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1See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 

48051 (October 16, 2017) (Initiation Notice); see 

also Appendix I therein for the complete list of all 

companies upon which Commerce initiated an 

administrative review. 

2 Id. 

3See Commerce Memorandums dated January 5, 

2018 (HVG), and February 7, 2018 (NTSF). 

4See Commerce Memorandum dated June 14, 

2018. 

5See Commerce Memorandum dated March 22, 

2018. 

6See Commerce Memorandum, ‘‘Decision 

Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 

2016–2017 Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review: Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam,’’ dated concurrently 

with this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

7See Appendix II for a full list of rescinded 

companies. 

8See Non-Market Economy Antidumping 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 

FR 65694, 65694–95 (October 24, 2011) and the 

‘‘Assessment Rates’’ section, below. 

and professional performance 

appraisals, bonus recommendations, 

pay adjustments and Presidential Rank 

Award nominations. The term of each 

PRB member will expire on December 

31, 2020. 

DATES: The effective date of service of 

appointees to the ESA Performance 

Review Board is based upon publication 

of this notice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

names and position titles of the 

members of the PRB are set forth below: 

John M. Abowd, Associate Director for 

Research and Methodology, Census Bureau 

Joanne Buenzli Crane, Chief Financial 

Officer, Census Bureau 

Gregory Capella, Deputy Director, National 

Technical Information Service 

Paul Farello, Associate Director for 

International Economics, Bureau of 

Economic Analysis (BEA) 

Albert Fontenot, Jr., Associate Director for 

Decennial Census Programs, Census 

Bureau 

Ron Jarmin, Deputy Director, Census Bureau 

Enrique Lamas, Associate Director for 

Demographic Programs, Census Bureau 

Brian Lenihan, Senior Advisor to the Chief of 

Staff, Office of the Secretary (OS) 

Edith J. McCloud, Associate Director for 

Management, Minority Business 

Development Agency 

Brian C. Moyer, Director, BEA 

Timothy Olson, Associate Director for Field 

Operations, Census Bureau 

Nick Orsini, Associate Director for Economic 

Programs, Census Bureau 

Jeremy Pelter, Chief Financial Officer and 

Director for Administration, ESA 

Joel D. Platt, Associate Director for Regional 

Economics, BEA 

Joseph Semsar, Senior Advisor, ESA 

Tyra Dent Smith, Deputy Director for Human 

Resources Management, OS 

Kevin Smith, Associate Director for 

Information Technology and Chief 

Information Officer, Census Bureau 

Erich Strassner, Associate Director for 

National Economic Accounts, BEA 

Sarahelen Thompson, Deputy Director, BEA 

David R. Ziaya, Chief Administrative Officer, 

Census Bureau 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Latasha Ellis, Program Manager, 

Executive Resources Office, Human 

Resources Division, Census Bureau, 

4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 

20233, 301–763–3727. 

Dated: September 6, 2018. 

Brian C. Moyer, 

Director, BEA, Chair, ESA Performance 

Review Board. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–BS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–552–801] 

Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Preliminary Results of the 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review, Preliminary Determination of 

No Shipments and Partial Rescission 

of the Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2016–2017 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that certain frozen fish fillets from the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) 

are being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than normal value 

(NV) during the period of review (POR), 

August 1, 2016, through July 31, 2017. 

DATES: Applicable September 13, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Javier Barrientos, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2243. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 16, 2017, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

notice of initiation of an administrative 

review of the antidumping duty (AD) 

order on frozen fish fillets from 

Vietnam.1 Commerce initiated a review 

with respect to 74 companies,2 and 

selected two of these companies, Hung 

Vuong Group (HVG) and NTSF Seafoods 

Joint Stock Company (NTSF), as 

mandatory respondents.3 On March 22, 

2018, Commerce partially extended the 

deadline for issuing the preliminary 

results.4 On June 14, 2018, Commerce 

fully extended the preliminary results of 

review to September 4, 2018.5

Scope of the Order 

The product covered by this review is 

certain frozen fish fillets from the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam. For a full 

description of the scope see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

dated concurrently with and hereby 

adopted by this notice.6

Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review, in whole or in 

part, if the parties that requested a 

review withdraw the request within 90 

days of the date of publication of the 

notice of initiation. Between December 

26, 2017 and January 12, 2018, we 

received timely withdrawal of review 

requests for 47 companies from the 

petitioners and self-requested 

companies. Of these 47 companies, 34 

do not have any other outstanding 

review requests. Therefore, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 

Commerce is rescinding this review of 

the AD order on certain frozen fish 

fillets from Vietnam with respect to 

these 34 companies.7 The review will 

continue with respect to the other firms 

for which a review was requested and 

initiated. 

Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments 

Based on the no-shipments letters 

filed by three companies, Commerce 

preliminarily determines that these 

companies had no shipments during the 

POR. For additional information 

regarding this determination, including 

a list of these companies, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Consistent with our assessment practice 

in non-market economy (NME) 

administrative reviews, Commerce is 

not rescinding this review for these 

companies, but intends to complete the 

review and issue appropriate 

instructions to CBP based on the final 

results of the review.8

Separate Rates 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that information placed on the record by 

the mandatory respondents HVG and 

NTSF, as well as by the four other 

separate rate applicants, demonstrates 

that these companies are entitled to 


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9See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement 

of Change in Department Practice for Respondent 

Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and 

Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy 

Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 

FR 65963 (November 4, 2013). 

10 Id. 

11See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

12See Appendix II. 

13See 19 CFR 351.212(b). 

14See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

separate rate status. See Preliminary 

Results of Review section below. For 

additional information, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Vietnam-Wide Entity 

Commerce’s policy regarding 

conditional review of the Vietnam-wide 

entity applies to this administrative 

review.9 Under this policy, the Vietnamwide entity will not be under review 

unless a party specifically requests, or 

Commerce self-initiates, a review of the 

entity. Because no party requested a 

review of the Vietnam-wide entity in 

this review, the entity is not under 

review and the weighted-average 

dumping margin determined for the 

Vietnam-wide entity is not subject to 

change (i.e., $2.39 per kilogram) as a 

result of this review.10 Aside from the 

companies discussed above, Commerce 

considers all other companies for which 

a review was requested to be part of the 

Vietnam-wide entity. For additional 

information, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with sections 751(a)(1)(B) 

and 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act. Constructed 

export prices and export prices have 

been calculated in accordance with 

section 772 of the Act. Because Vietnam 

is an NME country within the meaning 

of section 771(18) of the Act, normal 

value (NV) has been calculated in 

accordance with section 773(c) of the 

Act. 

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. The 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a 

public document and is on file 

electronically via Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at http://access.trade.gov and is 

available to all parties in the Central 

Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main 

Department of Commerce building. In 

addition, a complete version of the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum can 

be accessed directly on the internet at 

http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The 

signed Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum and the electronic 

versions of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following weighted-average 

dumping margins exist for the period 

August 1, 2016, through July 31, 2017: 

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin and 

cash deposit 

rate 

(dollars per 

kilogram) 

Hung Vuong Group .............. 0.00 

NTSF Seafoods Joint Stock 

Company ........................... 1.37 

C.P. Vietnam Corporation .... 0.41 

Cuu Long Fish Joint Stock 

Company ........................... 0.41 

Green Farms Seafood Joint 

Stock Company ................. 0.41 

Vinh Quang Fisheries Corporation ............................. 0.41 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with these 

preliminary results within five days of 

its public announcement or, if there is 

no public announcement, within five 

days of the date of publication of this 

notice in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.224(b). 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than 30 days after 

the date of publication of these 

preliminary results, unless the Secretary 

alters the time limit. Rebuttal briefs, 

limited to issues raised in case briefs, 

may be submitted no later than five days 

after the deadline date for case briefs.11

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this administrative 

review are encouraged to submit with 

each argument: (1) A statement of the 

issue; (2) a brief summary of the 

argument; and (3) a table of authorities. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, at a time and date to be 

determined. Parties should confirm by 

telephone the date, time, and location of 

the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

which will include the results of our 

analysis of all issues raised in the case 

briefs, within 120 days of publication of 

these preliminary results in the Federal 

Register, pursuant to section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, unless extended. 

Assessment Rates 

For those companies for which 

Commerce is rescinding this review, 

Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) to assess 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries, consistent with 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(1).12 For these companies, 

antidumping duties shall be assessed at 

rates equal to the cash deposit of 

estimated antidumping duties required 

at the time of entry, or withdrawal from 

warehouse, for consumption, during the 

period August 1, 2016, through July 31, 

2017, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department 

intends to issue appropriate assessment 

instruction to CBP 15 days after 

publication of this notice. 

Upon issuance of the final results, 

Commerce will determine, and CBP 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries covered by this 

review.13 Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 

after the publication date of the final 

results of this review. 

For any individually examined 

respondent whose weighted average 

dumping margin is not zero or de 

minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in 

the final results of this review, 

Commerce will calculate importerspecific assessment rates on the basis of 

the ratio of the total amount of dumping 

calculated for the importer’s examined 

sales to the total entered value of those 

sales, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(1). Where an importerspecific ad valorem rate is not zero or 

de minimis, Commerce will instruct 

CBP to collect the appropriate duties at 

the time of liquidation.14 Where either 


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15See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). 

a respondent’s weighted-average 

dumping margin is zero or de minimis, 

or an importer-specific ad valorem 

assessment rate is zero or de minimis, 

Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate 

appropriate entries without regard to 

antidumping duties.15

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the final results of this 

review for shipments of the subject 

merchandise from Vietnam entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the publication 

date, as provided by sections 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the 

companies listed above that have a 

separate rate, the cash deposit rate will 

be equal to the weighted-average 

dumping margin established in the final 

results of this review (except, if the rate 

is de minimis, then cash deposit rate 

will be zero); (2) for previously 

examined Vietnamese and nonVietnamese exporters not listed above 

that at the time of entry are eligible for 

a separate rate based on a prior 

completed segment of this proceeding, 

the cash deposit rate will continue to be 

the existing exporter-specific cash 

deposit rate; (3) for all Vietnam 

exporters of subject merchandise that 

have not been found to be entitled to a 

separate rate at the time of entry, the 

cash deposit rate will be that for the 

Vietnam-wide entity (i.e., $2.39 per 

kilogram); and (4) for all nonVietnamese exporters of subject 

merchandise which at the time of entry 

are not eligible for a separate rate, the 

cash deposit rate will be the rate 

applicable to the Vietnam exporter that 

supplied that non-Vietnam exporter. 

These deposit requirements, when 

imposed, shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also serves as a 

preliminary reminder to importers of 

their responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during the POR. 

Failure to comply with this requirement 

could result in Commerce’s 

presumption that reimbursement of 

antidumping duties occurred and the 

subsequent assessment of double 

antidumping duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This preliminary determination is 

issued and published in accordance 

with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of 

the Act. 

Dated: September 4, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

1. Summary 

2. Case History 

3. Scope of the Order 

4. Affiliations 

5. Partial Rescission 

6. Selection of the Respondents 

7. Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments 

8. Non-Market Economy Country Status 

9. Separate Rates 

10. Vietnam-Wide Entity 

11. Surrogate Country 

12. Date of Sale 

13. Normal Value Comparisons 

14. Comparisons to Normal Value 

15. Results of the Differential Pricing 

Analysis 

16. Currency Conversion 

17. Recommendation 

Appendix II 

(1) An Giang Agriculture and Foods ImportExport Joint Stock Company (also known 

as Afiex, An Giang Agriculture and 

Foods Import-Export Joint Stock 

Company, An Giang Agriculture and 

Food Import-Export Company, or An 

Giang Agriculture and Foods Import and 

Export Company) 

(2) An My Fish Joint Stock Company (also 

known as Anmyfish or Anmyfishco) 

(3) An Phat Import-Export Seafood Co. Ltd. 

(also known as An Phat Seafood Co. Ltd.) 

(4) An Phu Seafood Corporation (also known 

as ASEAFOOD or An Phu Seafood Corp.) 

(5) Anvifish Joint Stock Company (also 

known as Anvifish or Anvifish Co., Ltd.) 

(6) Asia Commerce Fisheries Joint Stock 

Company (also known as Acomfish JSC 

or Acomfish) 

(7) Basa Joint Stock Company (BASACO) 

(8) Ben Tre Aquaproduct Import and Export 

Joint Stock Company (also known as 

Bentre Aquaproduct or Aquatex Bentre) 

(9) Bentre Forestry and Aquaproduct ImportExport Joint Stock Company (also known 

as Bentre Forestry and Aquaproduct 

Import and Export Joint Stock Company 

or Ben Tre Forestry and Aquaproduct 

Import-Export Company or Ben Tre 

Forestry Aquaproduct Import-Export 

Company or Ben Tre Frozen 

Aquaproduct Export Company or 

Faquimex) 

(10) Bien Dong Seafood Company Ltd. (also 

known as Bien Dong, Bien Dong Seafood, 

Bien Dong Seafood Co., Ltd., or 

Biendong Seafood Limited Liabilty 

Company) 

(11) Binh An Seafood Joint Stock Company 

(also known as Binh An or Binh An 

Seafood Joint Stock Co.) Binh Dinh 

Import Export Company (also known as 

Binh Dinh) 

(12) Cafatex Corporation (also known as 

Cafatex) 

(13) Can Tho Animal Fishery Products 

Processing Export Enterprise (also 

known as Cafatex) 

(14) Cuu Long Fish Import-Export 

Corporation (also known as CL Panga 

Fish) 

(15) Da Nang Seaproducts Import-Export 

Corporation (also known as Da Nang or 

Da Nang Seaproducts Import/Export 

Corp.) 

(16) Dai Thanh Seafoods Company Limited 

(also known as DATHACO or Dai Thanh 

Seafoods or Dai Thanh Seafoods Co., 

Ltd.) 

(17) East Sea Seafoods LLC (also known as 

ESS LLC, ESS, ESS JVC, East Sea 

Seafoods Limited Liabiltiy Company, 

East Sea Seafoods Joint Venture Co., 

Ltd.) 

(18) Fatifish Company Limited (also known 

as FATIFISH or FATIFISHCO) 

(19) Go Dang An Hiep One Member Limited 

Company 

(20) Go Dang Ben Tre One Member Limited 

Liability Company 

(21) Hai Huong Seafood Joint Stock Company 

(also known as HHFish, HH Fish, or Hai 

Houng Seafood) 

(22) Hiep Thanh Seafood Joint Stock 

Company (also known as Hiep Thanh or 

Hiep Thanh Seafood Joint Stock Co.) 

(23) Hoa Phat Seafood Import-Export and 

Processing J.S.C. (also known as 

HOPAFISH or Hoa Phat Seafood ImportExport and Processing Joint Stock 

Company) 

(24) Hung Vuong—Mien Tay Aquaculture 

Corporation 

(25) Hung Vuong Seafood Joint Stock 

Company 

(26) International Development & Investment 

Corporation (also known as IDI) 

(27) Lian Heng Investment Co., Ltd. (also 

known as Lien Heng Investment or Lian 

Heng) 

(28) Lian Heng Trading Co., Ltd. (also known 

as Lian Heng or Lian Heng Trading) 

(29) Nam Phuong Seafood Co., Ltd. (also 

known as Nam Phuong or NAFISHCO or 

Nam Phuong Seafood or Nam 

PhuongSeafood Company Ltd.) 

(30) Nam Viet Corporation (also known as 

NAVICO) 

(31) Ngoc Ha Co., Ltd. Food Processing and 

Trading (also known as Ngoc Ha or Ngoc 

Ha Co., Ltd. Foods Processing and 

Trading) 

(32) Nha Trang Seafoods, Inc. (also known as 

Nha Trang Seafoods-F89, Nha Trang 

Seafoods, or Nha Trang Seaproduct 

Company) 

(33) NTACO Corporation (also known as 

NTACO or NTACO Corp.) 

(34) Quang Minh Seafood Company Limited 

(also known as Quang Minh, Quang 

Minh Seafood Co., Ltd., or Quang Minh 

Seafood Co.) 

(35) QVD Dong Thap Food Co., Ltd. (also 

known as Dong Thap or QVD DT) 

(36) QVD Food Company, Ltd. (also known 

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(37) Saigon-Mekong Fishery Co., Ltd. (also 

known as SAMEFICO or Saigon Mekong 

Fishery Co., Ltd.) 

(38) Seafood Joint Stock Company No. 4 

Branch Dongtam Fisheries Processing 

Company (also known as 

DOTASEAFOODCO or Seafood Joint 

Stock Company No. 4-Branch Dong Tam 

Fisheries Processing Company) 

(39) Southern Fishery Industries Company, 

Ltd. (also known as South Vina, South 

Vina Co., Ltd., or Southern Fisheries 

Industries Company, Ltd.) 

(40) Sunrise Corporation. 

(41) TG Fishery Holdings Corporation (also 

known as TG) 

(42) Thanh Hung Co., Ltd. (also known as 

Thanh Hung Frozen Seafood Processing 

Import Export Co., Ltd. or Thanh Hung) 

(43) Thien Ma Seafood Co., Ltd. (also known 

as THIMACO or Thien Ma or Thien Ma 

Seafood Company, Ltd. or Thien Ma 

Seafoods Co., Ltd.) 

(44) Thuan An Production Trading and 

Service Co., Ltd. (also known as 

TAFISHCO, Thuan An Production 

Trading and Services Co., Ltd., or Thuan 

An Production & Trading Service Co., 

Ltd.) 

(45) Thuan Hung Co., Ltd. (also known as 

THUFICO) 

(46) To Chau Joint Stock Company (also 

known as TOCHAU) 

(47) Van Duc Food Export Joint Stock 

Company 

(48) Van Duc Tien Giang Food Export 

Company 

(49) Viet Hai Seafood Company Limited (also 

known as Viet Hai or Vietnam Fish-One 

Co., Ltd. or Viet Hai Seafood Co. or Fish 

One) 

(50) Viet Phu Foods and Fish Corporation 

(also known as Vietphu, Viet Phu, Viet 

Phu Food and Fish Corporation, or Viet 

Phu Food & Fish Corporation) 

(51) Viet Phu Foods & Fish Co., Ltd. 

(52) Vinh Hoan Corporation (also known as 

Vinh Hoan or Ving Hoan Co.) 

(53) Vinh Long Import-Export Company (also 

known as Vinh Long or Imex Cuu Long 

or Vinh Long Import/Export Company) 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG479 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic, Gulf of 

Mexico, and Caribbean; Southeast 

Data, Assessment, and Review 

(SEDAR); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Meeting of the SEDAR Steering 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR Steering 

Committee will meet to discuss the 

SEDAR process and assessment 

schedule. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: The SEDAR Steering Committee 

will meet Monday, September 24, 2018, 

from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Steering Committee 

meeting will be held via webinar. The 

webinar is open to members of the 

public. Those interested in participating 

should contact John Carmichael at 

SEDAR (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT) at least 24 hours in advance to 

request webinar access information. 

SEDAR address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N 

Charleston, SC 29405; 

www.sedarweb.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Carmichael, Deputy Executive Director, 

4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405; phone: (843) 571– 

4366 or toll free (866) SAFMC–10; fax: 

(843) 769–4520; email: 

john.carmichael@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items 

of discussion are as follows: 

1. SEDAR projects update 

2. SEDAR assessment schedule 

The Committee will discuss the agenda 

items and take action as necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the intent to take final action 

to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is accessible to people 

with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary 

aids should be directed to the SAFMC 

office (see ADDRESSES) at least 3 

business days prior to the meeting. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C 1801 et seq. 

Dated: September 10, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Submission of 

Conservation Efforts To Make Listings 

Unnecessary Under the Endangered 

Species Act 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before November 13, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

internet at docpra@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Angela Somma, (301) 427– 

8474 or Angela.Somma@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

On March 28, 2003, the National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(Services) announced a final policy on 

the criteria the Services will use to 

evaluate conservation efforts by states 

and other non-Federal entities (68 FR 

15100). The Services take these efforts 

into account when making decisions on 

whether to list a species as threatened 

or endangered under the Endangered 

Species Act. The efforts usually involve 

the development of a conservation plan 

or agreement, procedures for monitoring 

the effectiveness of the plan or 

agreement, and an annual report. 

II. Method of Collection 

NMFS does not require, but will 

accept, plans and reports electronically. 

NMFS has not developed a form to be 

used for submission of plans or reports. 


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