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1See Certain Paper Shopping Bags from 

Cambodia, the People’s Republic of China, 

Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, the 

Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 88 FR 41589 (June 27, 2023) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Certain Paper Shopping Bags from 

Cambodia, the People’s Republic of China, 

Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, the 

Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 88 FR 68097 (October 3, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the 

Less-Than-Fair Value Investigation of Certain Paper 

Shopping Bags from the People’s Republic of 

China,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice, 88 FR at 41590. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with this notice 

(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). 

7See Initiation Notice, 88 FR at 4811. 

8See Enforcement and Compliance’s Policy 

Bulletin No. 05.1, regarding, ‘‘Separate-Rates 

Practice and Application of Combination Rates in 

Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market 

Economy Countries,’’ (April 5, 2005) (Policy 

Bulletin 05.1), available on Commerce’s website at 

http://enforcement.trade.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf. 

9See the Preliminary Decision Memorandum for 

additional details. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–152] 

Certain Paper Shopping Bags From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determinations 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Critical Circumstances, 

Postponement of Final Determination, 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that certain paper shopping 

bags (paper bags) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China) are being, or 

are likely to be, sold in the United States 

at less than fair value (LTFV). The 

period of investigation (POI) is October 

1, 2022, through March 31, 2023. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable January 3, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tyler Weinhold, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1211. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on June 27, 2023.1 On October 3, 2023, 

Commerce postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation until 

December 27, 2023.2

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. 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 https://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are paper bags from China. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 in the 

Initiation Notice, Commerce set aside a 

period of time for parties to raise issues 

regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).5

Certain parties commented on the scope 

of the investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. For a summary of the 

product coverage comments and 

rebuttal responses submitted to the 

record for this investigation and 

accompanying discussion and analysis 

of all comments timely received, see the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum.6 As discussed in the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce preliminarily 

modified the scope language as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice. In the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce established 

the deadline for parties to submit scope 

case and rebuttal briefs. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Commerce has 

calculated export prices in accordance 

with section 772(a) of the Act. Because 

China is a non-market economy within 

the meaning of section 771(18) of the 

Act, Commerce has calculated normal 

value in accordance with section 773(c) 

of the Act. 

In addition, pursuant to sections 

776(a) and (b) of the Act because the 

China-wide entity did not cooperate to 

the best of its ability in responding to 

Commerce’s request for data, Commerce 

preliminarily has relied upon facts 

otherwise available, with adverse 

inferences, in determining the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

the China-wide entity. For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying Commerce’s preliminary 

determination, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Critical Circumstances, in Part 

In accordance with section 733(e)(1) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.206(c), 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that critical circumstances exist with 

respect to imports of paper bags from 

China for Dongzheng Paperbag (DaLian) 

Factory (Dongzheng), the non-selected 

respondents eligible for a separate rate, 

and the China-wide entity. Commerce 

preliminarily determines that critical 

circumstances do not exist with respect 

to imports of paper bags from China for 

UUPAK Co., Ltd. (UUPAK). For a full 

description of the methodology and 

results of Commerce’s analysis, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Combination Rates 

In the Initiation Notice,7 Commerce 

stated that it would calculate producer/ 

exporter combination rates for the 

respondents that are eligible for a 

separate rate in this investigation. 

Commerce’s Policy Bulletin 05.1 

describes this practice.8 In this 

investigation, we calculated producer/ 

exporter combination rates for 

respondents eligible for separate rates. 

Separate Rates 

In addition to Dongzheng and 

UUPAK, we have preliminarily granted 

a separate rate to certain respondents 

that we did not select for individual 

examination.9 In calculating the rate for 

non-individually examined separate rate 

respondents in a non-market economy 

LTFV investigation, Commerce 

normally looks to section 735(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act, which pertains to the 

calculation of the all-others rate in a 

market economy LTFV investigation, for 

guidance. Pursuant to section 

735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, normally this 

rate shall be an amount equal to the 


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10We have not granted a separate rate to Qingdao 

Deepack Co., Ltd.; thus, the China-wide Entity 

preliminarily includes Qingdao Deepack Co., Ltd. 

See the Preliminary Decision Memorandum for 

additional details. 

weighted average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for those companies 

individually examined, excluding zero 

and de minimis and any rates based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

Commerce calculated individual 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins for Dongzheng and UUPAK that 

are not zero, de minimis, or based 

entirely on facts otherwise available. 

Thus, the weighted-average dumping 

margins calculated for Dongzheng and 

UUPAK are the basis to determine the 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

the non-examined, separate rate 

companies, investigation. See the table 

below in the ‘‘Preliminary 

Determination’’ section of this notice. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margins exist: 

Exporter Producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit 

rate 

(adjusted 

for export 

subsidy 

offset(s) 

(percent) 

Dongzheng Paperbag (DaLian) Factory.Dongzheng Paperbag (DaLian) Factory ................................................... 59.41 48.86 

UUPAK Co., Ltd ............................... Tianjin Haishun Printing & Packing Co., Ltd ............................................. 24.15 12.81 

Fujian Eco Packaging Co., Ltd ........ Fujian Hongkai Packaging Co., Ltd .......................................................... 40.55 29.21 

Fujian Eco Packaging Co., Ltd ........ Fujian Yihe Packaging Co., Ltd ................................................................ 40.55 29.21 

Fujian Eco Packaging Co., Ltd ........ Guangdong Union Eco-Packaging Scien-Tech Co., Ltd .......................... 40.55 29.21 

Fujian Eco Packaging Co., Ltd ........ Xiamen Huide Eco-friendly Paper Bags Co., Ltd ..................................... 40.55 29.21 

Fujian Eco Packaging Co., Ltd ........ Xiamen Jihong Technology Co., Ltd ......................................................... 40.55 29.21 

Fujian Nanwang Environment Protection Scien-tech Co., Ltd.Anhui Nanwang Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd .............. 40.55 29.15 

Fujian Nanwang Environment Protection Scien-tech Co., Ltd.Fujian Nanwang Environment Protection Scien-tech CO., LTD ............... 40.55 29.15 

Fujian Nanwang Environment Protection Scien-tech Co., Ltd.Hubei Nanwang Environmental Protection Scien-tech Co., Ltd ............... 40.55 29.15 

Fujian Nanwang Environment Protection Scien-tech Co., Ltd.Xianghe Nanwang Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd .......... 40.55 29.15 

Fujian Nanwang Environment Protection Scien-tech Co., Ltd.Zhuhai Zhongyue Paper CUP Container Co., Ltd .................................... 40.55 29.15 

Grand Intelligent Limited .................. Ruichuang Limited ..................................................................................... 40.55 29.21 

Max Fortune Industrial Ltd ............... Winner Printing and Packaging (He Yuan) Ltd ......................................... 40.55 29.21 

Ningbo Beiheng Import & Export 

Company Limited.

Wenzhou Weijie Packing Co., Ltd ............................................................ 40.55 29.21 

Shanghai Miho Package & Product 

Co., Ltd.

Zhejiang Shengxiang Industrial Co., Ltd ................................................... 40.55 29.21 

Union Packaging Group Limited ...... Guangdong Union Eco-Packaging Scien-Tech Co., Ltd .......................... 40.55 29.21 

Wuxi Hualite Metal Plastic Products 

Co., Ltd.

Wuxi Hualite Paper Products Co., Ltd ...................................................... 40.55 29.21 

Xiamen Bag Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd ... Xiamen CYR Green-Tech Co., Ltd ........................................................... 40.55 29.21 

Xiamen Huide Xiesheng Packaging 

Co., Ltd.

Xiamen Huide Eco-Friendly Paper Bags Co., Ltd .................................... 40.55 29.21 

Xiamen Jihong Technology Co., Ltd Xiamen Jihong Technology Co., Ltd ......................................................... 40.55 29.21 

Xiamen Joy Supply Chain Co., Ltd Fujian Huian Nice Paper Products Co., Ltd .............................................. 40.55 29.21 

Xiamen Joy Supply Chain Co., Ltd Xiamen THINKER Packaging Products Co., Ltd ...................................... 40.55 29.2 

Xiamen Nice Packaging Products 

Co., Ltd.

Fujian Huian Nice Paper Products Co., Ltd .............................................. 40.55 29.21 

Xiamen Nice Packaging Products 

Co., Ltd.

Xiamen THINKER Packaging Products Co., Ltd ...................................... 40.55 29.21 

China-wide Entity 10 ......................... .................................................................................................................... 146.32 135.77 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

suspend liquidation of subject 

merchandise, as described in the scope 

of the investigation section, entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register, or earlier, as discussed below. 

Further, pursuant to section 733(d)(1)(B) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(d), 

Commerce will instruct CBP to require 

a cash deposit equal to the weighted 

average amount by which normal value 

exceeds U.S. price, as indicated in the 

chart above, as follows: (1) for the 

producer/exporter combinations listed 

in the table above, the cash deposit rate 

is equal to the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin listed for that 

combination in the table; (2) for all 

combinations of Chinese producers/ 

exporters of subject merchandise that 

have not established eligibility for their 

own separate rates, the cash deposit rate 

will be equal to the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin established for 

the China-wide entity; and (3) for all 

third-country exporters of subject 

merchandise not listed in the table 

above, the cash deposit rate is the cash 

deposit rate applicable to the Chinese 

producer/exporter combination (or 

China-wide entity) that supplied that 

third-country exporter. 

Section 733(e)(2) of the Act provides 

that, given an affirmative determination 

of critical circumstances, any 

suspension of liquidation shall apply to 

unliquidated entries of merchandise 


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11See Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

12 Id. 

13See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and 

Service Final Rule). 

14See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

15We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

16See APO and Service Final Rule. 

17See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request to Postpone 

Final Determination,’’ dated November 6, 2023. 

18See Dongzheng’s Letter, ‘‘Request to Extend 

Final Determination,’’ dated December 19, 2023. 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the later of 

(a) the date which is 90 days before the 

date on which the suspension of 

liquidation was first ordered, or (b) the 

date on which notice of initiation of the 

investigation was published. Commerce 

preliminarily finds that critical 

circumstances exist for imports of 

subject merchandise from Dongzheng, 

the non-selected respondents eligible for 

a separate rate, and the China-wide 

entity.11 However, we have found that 

critical circumstances do not exist for 

UUPAK.12 In accordance with section 

733(e)(2)(A) of the Act, the suspension 

of liquidation shall apply to all 

unliquidated entries of merchandise 

from Dongzheng, the non-selected 

respondents eligible for a separate rate, 

and the China-wide entity that were 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the date 

which is 90 days before the publication 

of this notice in the Federal Register. 

To determine the cash deposit rate, 

Commerce normally adjusts the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin by the amount of domestic 

subsidy pass-through and export 

subsidies determined in a companion 

countervailing duty (CVD) proceeding 

when CVD provisional measures are in 

effect. Accordingly, where Commerce 

has made a preliminary affirmative 

determination for domestic subsidy 

pass-through or export subsidies, 

Commerce offset the calculated 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin by the appropriate rate(s). Any 

such adjusted rates may be found in the 

chart of estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins in the ‘‘Preliminary 

Determination’’ section above. 

Should provisional measures in the 

companion CVD investigation expire 

prior to the expiration of provisional 

measures in this LTFV investigation, 

Commerce will direct CBP to begin 

collecting cash deposits at a rate equal 

to the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins calculated in this 

preliminary determination unadjusted 

for export subsidies at the time the CVD 

provisional measures expire. These 

suspension of liquidation instructions 

will remain in effect until further notice. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with this 

preliminary determination 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 the Federal 

Register in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.224(b). 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the date on which the verification 

report is issued in this investigation. 

Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised 

in the case briefs, may be filed not later 

than five days after the date for filing 

case briefs.13 Interested parties who 

submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 

this proceeding must submit: (1) a table 

of contents listing each issue; and (2) a 

table of authorities.14

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their brief that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this 

investigation, we instead request that 

interested parties provide at the 

beginning of their briefs a public, 

executive summary for each issue raised 

in their briefs.15 Further, we request that 

interested parties limit their executive 

summary of each issue to no more than 

450 words, not including citations. We 

intend to use the executive summaries 

as the basis of the comment summaries 

included in the issues and decision 

memorandum that will accompany the 

final determination in this investigation. 

We request that interested parties 

include footnotes for relevant citations 

in the executive summary of each issue. 

Note that Commerce has amended 

certain of its requirements pertaining to 

the service of documents in 19 CFR 

351.303(f).16

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 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. 

Postponement of Final Determination 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that a final determination may be 

postponed until not later than 135 days 

after the date of the publication of the 

preliminary determination if, in the 

event of an affirmative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by exporters who 

account for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise, or in 

the event of a negative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by the 

petitioners. Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.210(e)(2), Commerce requires that 

requests by respondents for 

postponement of a final antidumping 

duty determination be accompanied by 

a request for extension of provisional 

measures from a four-month period to a 

period not more than six months in 

duration. 

On November 21, 2023, the Coalition 

For Fair Trade in Shopping Bags (the 

petitioner) timely requested that 

Commerce fully extend the deadline for 

the final determination in the event of 

a negative preliminary determination.17

On December 19, 2023, Dongzheng 

timely requested that Commerce fully 

extend the deadline for the final 

determination in the event of an 

affirmative preliminary determination.18

In accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), 

because: (1) the preliminary 

determination is affirmative; (2) the 

requesting exporter accounts for a 

significant proportion of exports of the 

subject merchandise; and (3) no 

compelling reasons for denial exist, 

Commerce is postponing the final 

determination and extending the 

provisional measures from a four-month 

period to a period not greater than six 

months. Accordingly, Commerce will 

make its final determination no later 

than 135 days after the date of 


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19See Certain Paper Shopping Bags from the 

People’s Republic of China and India: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 

Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances 

Determination, in Part, and Alignment of Final 

Determination with Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 88 FR 76180 (November 6, 2023). 

20Paper sacks or bags with handles made of 

braided or twisted materials, such as rope or cord, 

do not qualify for this exclusion. 

publication of this preliminary 

determination, pursuant to section 

735(a)(2) of the Act. Furthermore, as the 

final CVD determination has been 

aligned with the final LTFV 

determination, Commerce will make its 

final CVD determination no later than 

135 days after the date of publication of 

this preliminary determination.19

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination of sales at 

LTFV. If the final determination is 

affirmative, the ITC will determine 

before the later of 120 days after the date 

of this preliminary determination or 45 

days after the final determination 

whether these imports of the subject 

merchandise are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: December 27, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation 

The products within the scope of this 

investigation are paper shopping bags with 

handles of any type, regardless of whether 

there is any printing, regardless of how the 

top edges are finished (e.g., folded, serrated, 

or otherwise finished), regardless of color, 

and regardless of whether the top edges 

contain adhesive or other material for sealing 

closed. Subject paper shopping bags have a 

width of at least 4.5 inches and depth of at 

least 2.5 inches. 

Paper shopping bags typically are made of 

kraft paper but can be made from any type 

of cellulose fiber, paperboard, or pressboard 

with a basis weight less than 300 grams per 

square meter (GSM). 

A non-exhaustive illustrative list of the 

types of handles on shopping bags covered 

by the scope include handles made from any 

materials such as twisted paper, flat paper, 

yarn, ribbon, rope, string, or plastic, as well 

as die-cut handles (whether the punchout is 

fully removed or partially attached as a flap). 

Excluded from the scope are: 

• Paper sacks or bags that are of a 1⁄6 or 1⁄7

barrel size (i.e., 11.5–12.5 inches in width, 

6.5–7.5 inches in depth, and 13.5–17.5 

inches in height) with flat paper handles or 

die-cut handles; 

• Paper sacks or bags with die-cut handles, 

a grams per square meter paper weight of less 

than 86 GSM, and a height of less than 11.5 

inches; and 

• Paper sacks or bags (i) with non-paper 

handles made wholly of woven ribbon or 

other similar woven fabric 20 and (ii) that are 

finished with folded tops or for which tied 

knots or t-bar aglets (made of wood, metal, 

or plastic) are used to secure the handles to 

the bags. 

The above-referenced dimensions are 

provided for paper bags in the opened 

position. The height of the bag is the distance 

from the bottom fold edge to the top edge 

(i.e., excluding the height of handles that 

extend above the top edge). The depth of the 

bag is the distance from the front of the bag 

edge to the back of the bag edge (typically 

measured at the bottom of the bag). The 

width of the bag is measured from the left to 

the right edges of the front and back panels 

(upon which the handles typically are 

located). 

This merchandise is currently classifiable 

under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) subheadings 

4819.30.0040 and 4819.40.0040. The HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes only; the written 

description of the scope is dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Discussion of the Methodology 

V. Critical Circumstances 

VI. Adjustment Under Section 777A(f) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended 

VII. Adjustment to Cash Deposit Rate for 

Export Subsidies 

VIII. Currency Conversion 

IX. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD619] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Groundfish Recreational Advisory Panel 

via webinar to consider actions affecting 

New England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: This webinar will be held on 

Monday, January 22, 2024, at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: Webinar registration URL 

information: https://

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 

5812975475550509918. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Recreational Advisory Panel will 

meet to discuss and develop 

recommendations to the Groundfish 

Committee on fishing year 2024 

recreational measures for Georges Bank 

cod, Gulf of Maine cod and Gulf of 

Maine haddock. They will also receive 

an overview of the Council’s groundfish 

priorities for 2024. Other business may 

be discussed as necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on the agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Council 

action will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at 

(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

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

Dated: December 28, 2023. 

Diane M. DeJames-Daly, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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