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1See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and 

Request for Revocation in Part, 76 FR 37781 (June 

28, 2011). See also Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof 

From Japan and the United Kingdom: Revocation of 

Antidumping Duty Orders, 76 FR 41761 (July 15, 

2011), where we revoked the antidumping duty 

orders with respect to ball bearings and parts 

thereof from Japan and the United Kingdom. In the 

Federal Register notice we indicated that, as a 

result of the revocation, the Department is 

discontinuing all unfinished administrative reviews 

immediately and will not initiate any new 

administrative reviews of the orders. 

2See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from 

France, Germany, and Italy: Extension of Time 

Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Reviews, 77 FR 2511 (January 18, 

2012). 

2010, through April 30, 2011.1 On 

January 18, 2012, we published a notice 

in the Federal Register extending the 

deadline for the preliminary results to 

March 31, 2012.2

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 

Results 

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires 

the Department to complete the 

preliminary results within 245 days 

after the last day of the anniversary 

month of an order for which a review 

is requested. If it is not practicable to 

complete the review within this time 

period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 

allows the Department to extend the 

time limit for the preliminary results to 

a maximum of 365 days after the last 

day of the anniversary month. 

We determine that it is not practicable 

to complete the preliminary results of 

these reviews within the original time 

limit because there are concurrent cases 

before Office 1 (the office responsible 

for the AFB orders) with numerous 

complex issues. Furthermore, these 

concurrent cases have fully extended 

deadlines that are proximate to the 

current deadline in these reviews 

making it impracticable for Office 1 to 

complete these ball-bearings reviews 

within the current deadline. For 

example, Office 1 has the antidumping 

duty investigations on certain steel nails 

from the United Arab Emirates and 

certain stilbenic optical brightening 

agents from Taiwan, the countervailing 

duty investigations on circular welded 

carbon-quality steel pipe from India, the 

Sultanate of Oman, the United Arab 

Emirates, and the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam, and in the antidumping duty 

administrative review of freshwater 

crawfish tail meat from the People’s 

Republic of China, all of which involve 

complex issues and all of which have 

fully extended deadlines which are 

within two weeks of the current 

deadline for the preliminary results in 

these reviews. Therefore, we are 

extending the time period for issuing 

the preliminary results of these reviews 

by an additional 60 days, which is 365 

days after the last day of the anniversary 

month, until May 30, 2012. 

This notice is published in 

accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2). 

Dated: March 14, 2012. 

Gary Taverman, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB085 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Initiation of 5-Year Review for the 

North Atlantic Right Whale and the 

North Pacific Right Whale 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of initiation of 5-year 

reviews; request for information. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces a 5-year 

review of North Atlantic right whale 

(Eubalaena glacialis) and North Pacific 

right whale (Eubalaena japonica) under 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973 

(ESA), as amended. A 5-year review is 

based on the best scientific and 

commercial data available at the time of 

the review; therefore, we are requesting 

submission of any such information on 

these whales that has become available 

since the last status review in 2006. 

DATES: To allow us adequate time to 

conduct this review, we must receive 

your information no later than April 20, 

2012. However, we will continue to 

accept new information about any listed 

species at any time. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this document, identified by NOAA– 

NMFS–2012–0057, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal 

www.regulations.gov. To submit 

comments via the e-Rulemaking Portal, 

first click the ‘‘submit a comment’’ icon, 

then enter NOAA–NMFS–2012–0057 in 

the keyword search. Locate the 

document you wish to comment on 

from the resulting list and click on the 

‘‘Submit a Comment’’ icon to the right 

of that line. 

• Mail or hand-delivery: Angela 

Somma, National Marine Fisheries 

Service, Office of Protected Resources, 

Endangered Species Division, 1325 East 

West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. 

Instructions: Comments must be 

submitted by one of the above methods 

to ensure that the comments are 

received, documented, and considered 

by NMFS. Comments sent by any other 

method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered. All comments received are 

a part of the public record and will 

generally be posted for public viewing 

on www.regulations.gov without change. 

All personal identifying information 

(e.g., name, address, etc.) submitted 

voluntarily by the sender will be 

publicly accessible. Do not submit 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information. NMFS will accept 

anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in 

the required fields if you wish to remain 

anonymous). Attachments to electronic 

comments will be accepted in Microsoft 

Word or Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe 

PDF file formats only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larissa Plants, Office of Protected 

Resources, 301–427–8471, or Shannon 

Bettridge, Office of Protected Resources 

301–427–8437. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

4(c)(2)(A) of the ESA requires that we 

conduct a review of listed species at 

least once every five years. The 

regulations in 50 CFR 424.21 require 

that we publish a notice in the Federal 

Register announcing species currently 

under active review. This notice 

announces our active review of right 

whales, currently listed as endangered. 

To ensure that the 5-year review is 

complete and based on the best 

available scientific and commercial 

information, we are soliciting new 

information from the public, 

governmental agencies, Tribes, the 

scientific community, industry, 

environmental entities, and any other 

interested parties concerning the status 

of right whales. Categories of requested 

information include: (1) Species biology 

and demographics (population trends, 

distribution, abundance, genetics, etc.); 

(2) habitat conditions (amount, 

distribution, suitability, quality, etc.); 

(3) conservation measures that have 

been implemented that benefit the 

species; (4) status and trends of threats; 

and (5) other new information, data, or 

corrections including, but not limited 

to, taxonomic or nomenclatural changes, 

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contained in the list of threatened and 

endangered species, and improved 

analytical methods, if any. Any new 

information will be considered during 

the 5-year review and will also be useful 

in evaluating the ongoing recovery 

programs for these whales. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. 

Dated: March 12, 2012. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6575 Filed 3–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB084 

Incidental Taking of Marine Mammals; 

Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental 

to the Explosive Removal of Offshore 

Structures in the Gulf of Mexico 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of Letters of 

Authorization (LOA). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA) and implementing regulations, 

notification is hereby given that NMFS 

has issued one-year LOAs to take 

marine mammals incidental to the 

explosive removal of offshore oil and 

gas structures (EROS) in the Gulf of 

Mexico. 

DATES: These authorizations are 

effective from March 16, 2012 through 

March 15, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: The application and LOAs 

are available for review by writing to P. 

Michael Payne, Chief, Permits and 

Conservation Division, Office of 

Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910– 

3235 or by telephoning the contact 

listed here (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT), or online at: 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ 

incidental.htm. Documents cited in this 

notice may be viewed, by appointment, 

during regular business hours, at the 

aforementioned address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Howard Goldstein or Jolie Harrison, 

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 

301–427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 

1361 et seq.) directs the Secretary of 

Commerce (who has delegated the 

authority to NMFS) to allow, upon 

request, the incidental, but not 

intentional, taking of small numbers of 

marine mammals by United States 

citizens who engage in a specified 

activity (other than commercial fishing) 

within a specified geographical region, 

if certain findings are made and 

regulations are issued. Under the 

MMPA, the term ‘‘take’’ means to 

harass, hunt, capture, or kill or to 

attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill 

any marine mammal. 

Authorization for incidental taking, in 

the form of annual LOAs, may be 

granted by NMFS for periods up to five 

years if NMFS finds, after notice and 

opportunity for public comment, that 

the total taking over the five-year period 

will have a negligible impact on the 

species or stock(s) of marine mammals, 

and will not have an unmitigable 

adverse impact on the availability of the 

species or stock(s) for subsistence uses 

(where relevant). In addition, NMFS 

must prescribe regulations that include 

permissible methods of taking and other 

means of effecting the least practicable 

adverse impact on the species and its 

habitat (i.e., mitigation), and on the 

availability of the species for 

subsistence uses, paying particular 

attention to rookeries, mating rounds, 

and areas of similar significance. The 

regulations also must include 

requirements pertaining to the 

monitoring and reporting of such taking. 

Regulations governing the taking of 

marine mammals incidental to EROS 

were published on June 19, 2008 (73 FR 

34875), and remain in effect through 

July 19, 2013. For detailed information 

on this action, please refer to that 

Federal Register notice. The species 

that applicants may take in small 

numbers during EROS activities are 

bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops 

truncatus), Atlantic spotted dolphins 

(Stenella frontalis), pantropical spotted 

dolphins (Stenella attenuata), Clymene 

dolphins (Stenella clymene), striped 

dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba), 

spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris), 

rough-toothed dolphins (Steno 

bredanensis), Risso’s dolphins 

(Grampus griseus), melon-headed 

whales (Peponocephala electra), shortfinned pilot whales (Globicephala 

macrorhynchus), and sperm whales 

(Physeter macrocephalus). NMFS 

received requests for LOAs from W&T 

Offshore, Inc. (W&T Offshore) and W&T 

Energy VI, L.L.C. (W&T Energy) for 

activities covered by EROS regulations. 

W&T Offshore and W&T Energy have 

not conducted any EROS activities to 

date. 

Pursuant to these regulations, NMFS 

has issued an LOA to W&T Offshore and 

W&T Energy. Issuance of the LOAs is 

based on a finding made in the 

preamble to the final rule that the total 

taking over the five-year period (with 

monitoring, mitigation, and reporting 

measures) will have a negligible impact 

on the affected species or stock(s) of 

marine mammals and will not have an 

unmitigable adverse impact on 

subsistence uses. NMFS will review 

reports to ensure that the applicants are 

in compliance with meeting the 

requirements contained in the 

implementing regulations and LOA, 

including monitoring, mitigation, and 

reporting requirements. 

Dated: March 14, 2012. 

James H. Lecky, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB098 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Council to convene a public 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council will convene a 

meeting of the Socioeconomic Scientific 

and Statistical Committee. 

DATES: The meeting will be 9 a.m. to 

5 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council, 2203 North Lois Avenue, Suite 

1100, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: 

(813) 348–1630. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 2203 N. 

Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 

33607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dr. Assane Diagne, Economist; Gulf of 

Mexico Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico Fishery Management Council 

(Council) will convene the 

Socioeconomic Scientific and Statistical 

Committee to discuss socioeconomic 

issues related to allocation and the 

application of social indicators to 


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