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Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 

(February 14, 2012). 

11See Order, 87 FR at 22191, adjusted for export 

subsidies as outlined in Certain Mobile Access 

Equipment and Subassemblies Thereof from the 

People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 87 

FR 9576, 9578 (February 22, 2022). 

For sales for which Dingli reported 

entered value, we have calculated 

importer-specific ad valorem 

assessment rates based on the ratio of 

the total amount of dumping calculated 

for each importer’s examined sales to 

the total entered value of those sales, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

For sales for which Dingli did not report 

entered value, we have calculated 

importer-specific per-unit duty 

assessment rates based on the ratio of 

the total amount of antidumping duties 

calculated for the examined sales to the 

total quantity of those sales. To 

determine whether an importer-specific, 

per-unit assessment rate is de minimis, 

in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.106(c)(2), we also calculated an 

importer-specific ad valorem ratio based 

on estimated entered values. 

Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of these final results. If a 

timely summons is filed at the U.S. 

Court of International Trade, the 

assessment instructions will direct CBP 

not to liquidate relevant entries until the 

time for parties to file a request for a 

statutory injunction has expired (i.e., 

within 90 days of publication). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative review for shipments of 

the subject merchandise from China 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on, or after, the 

publication date of the final results of 

review, as provided in section 

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

subject merchandise exported by the 

company listed above that has a 

separate rate, the cash deposit rate will 

be equal to the weighted-average 

dumping margin established in the final 

results of this administrative review 

(except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, 

then zero cash deposit will be required); 

(2) for previously investigated or 

reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese 

exporters of subject merchandise not 

listed above that received a separate rate 

in a prior segment of this proceeding, 

the cash deposit rate will continue to be 

the existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for 

all Chinese exporters of subject 

merchandise that have not been found 

to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash 

deposit rate will be that for the Chinawide entity, i.e., 165.14 percent; 11 and 

(4) for all non-Chinese exporters of 

subject merchandise which have not 

received their own separate rate, the 

cash deposit rate will be the rate 

applicable to the Chinese exporter that 

supplied that non-Chinese exporter. 

These deposit requirements, when 

imposed, shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Notification to Importers Regarding the 

Reimbursement of Duties 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to importers of their 

responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping and/or countervailing 

duties prior to liquidation of the 

relevant entries during this review 

period. Failure to comply with this 

requirement could result in Commerce’s 

presumption that reimbursement of 

antidumping and/or countervailing 

duties has occurred and the subsequent 

assessment of double antidumping 

duties, and/or increase in the amount of 

antidumping duties by the amount of 

the countervailing duties. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to an administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the return or 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 

continues to govern business 

proprietary information in this segment 

of the proceeding. Timely written 

notification of the return or destruction 

of APO materials, or conversion to 

judicial protective order, is hereby 

requested. Failure to comply with the 

regulations and terms of an APO is a 

violation which is subject to sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results of administrative review 

and notice in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(5) and 19 CFR 

351.213(h)(2). 

Dated: November 4, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

V. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Tu ̈rkiye as the Primary 

Surrogate Country 

Comment 2: Turkish Financial Statements 

Comment 3: Bulgaria as the Primary 

Surrogate Country 

Comment 4: Valuation of Complex 

Fabricated Steel Components 

Comment 5: Valuation of Minor Fabricated 

Steel Parts 

Comment 6: Valuation of Ocean Freight 

Comment 7: Exclusion of Russian Imports 

from Average Unit Values (AUVs) 

Comment 8: Valuation of Marine Insurance 

Comment 9: Differential Pricing and 

Cohen’s d Test 

Comment 10: Section 301 Duties 

Comment 11: Turkish vs. Bulgarian 

Harmonized System (HS) Selection for 

Certain Inputs 

Comment 12: Appropriate Turkish HS 

Selection for Certain Inputs 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE403] 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to Ferry Berth 

Construction in Tongass Narrows in 

Ketchikan, Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of incidental 

harassment authorization. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request 

from the Alaska Department of 

Transportation and Public Facilities 

(ADOT&PF) for the re-issuance of a 

previously issued incidental harassment 

authorization (IHA) with the only 

change being effective dates. The initial 

IHA authorized take of 11 species of 

marine mammals, by Level A and Level 

B harassment, incidental to construction 

associated with the Ferry Berth 

construction Ketchikan, Alaska. The 

project has been delayed and none of 

the work covered in the initial IHA has 

been conducted. The scope of the 

activities and anticipated effects remain 

the same, authorized take numbers are 

not changed, and the required 

mitigation, monitoring, and reporting 

remains the same as included in the 

initial IHA. NMFS is, therefore, issuing 

a second identical IHA to cover the 


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incidental take analyzed and authorized 

in the initial IHA. 

DATES: The initial IHA was effective 

from September 11, 2023, through 

September 10, 2024. ADOT&PF has 

requested re-issuance with new effective 

dates of September 1, 2025 through 

August 31, 2026. 

ADDRESSES: An electronic copy of the 

final 2023 IHA previously issued to 

ADOT&PF, ADOT&PF’s application, 

and the Federal Register notices 

proposing and issuing the initial IHA 

may be obtained by visiting https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/ 

marine-mammal-protection/incidentaltake-authorizations-constructionactivities. In case of problems accessing 

these documents, please call the contact 

listed below (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate 

Fleming, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA; 

16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct the 

Secretary of Commerce (as delegated to 

NMFS) to allow, upon request, the 

incidental, but not intentional, taking of 

small numbers of marine mammals by 

U.S. citizens who engage in a specified 

activity (other than commercial fishing) 

within a specified geographical region if 

certain findings are made and either 

regulations are issued or, if the taking is 

limited to harassment, a notice of a 

proposed authorization is provided to 

the public for review. 

An authorization for incidental 

takings shall be granted if NMFS finds 

that the taking will have a negligible 

impact on the species or stock(s), will 

not have an unmitigable adverse impact 

on the availability of the species or 

stock(s) for subsistence uses (where 

relevant), and if the permissible 

methods of taking and requirements 

pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring 

and reporting of such takings are set 

forth. 

NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible 

impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact 

resulting from the specified activity that 

cannot be reasonably expected to, and is 

not reasonably likely to, adversely affect 

the species or stock through effects on 

annual rates of recruitment or survival. 

The MMPA states that the term ‘‘take’’ 

means to harass, hunt, capture, kill or 

attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill 

any marine mammal. 

Except with respect to certain 

activities not pertinent here, the MMPA 

defines ‘‘harassment’’ as any act of 

pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i) 

has the potential to injure a marine 

mammal or marine mammal stock in the 

wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has 

the potential to disturb a marine 

mammal or marine mammal stock in the 

wild by causing disruption of behavioral 

patterns, including, but not limited to, 

migration, breathing, nursing, breeding, 

feeding, or sheltering (Level B 

harassment). 

Summary of Request 

On September 14, 2023, NMFS 

published final notification of our 

issuance of an IHA authorizing take of 

marine mammals incidental to the 

Tongass Narrows Ferry Berth 

Construction Project (88 FR 63067). The 

effective dates of that IHA were 

September 11, 2023 through September 

10, 2024. On August 16, 2024, 

ADOT&PF submitted a request that we 

reissue an identical IHA that would be 

effective from September 1, 2025 

through August 31, 2026, in order to 

conduct the construction work that was 

analyzed and authorized through the 

previously issued IHA. In the request 

they described that the project had been 

delayed. None of the work identified in 

the initial IHA (e.g., pile driving and 

removal and down-the-hole drilling) has 

occurred. Therefore, re-issuance of the 

IHA is appropriate. 

Summary of Specified Activity and 

Anticipated Impacts 

The planned activities (including 

mitigation, monitoring, and reporting), 

authorized incidental take, and 

anticipated impacts on the affected 

stocks are the same as those analyzed 

and authorized through the previously 

issued IHA. 

The existing ferry facilities improve 

access to developable land on Gravina 

Island, improve access to the Ketchikan 

International Airport, and facilitate 

economic development in the Ketchikan 

Gateway Borough. The new ferry berths 

provide redundancy to the existing ferry 

berths. The location, timing, and nature 

of the activities, including the types of 

equipment planned for use, are within 

scope of those described in the initial 

IHA. The mitigation and monitoring are 

also as prescribed in the initial IHA. 

Species that are expected to be taken 

by the planned activity include minke 

whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), fin 

whale (Balaenoptera physalus), 

humpback whale (Megaptera 

novaeangliae), Gray whale (Eschrichtius 

robustus), Pacific white-sided dolphin 

(Lagenorhynchus obliquidens), killer 

whale (Oricnus orca), harbor porpoise 

(Phocoena phocoena), Dall’s porpoise 

(Phocoenoides dalli), Steller sea lion 

(Eumetopias jubatus), northern elephant 

seal (Mirounga angustirostris), harbor 

seal (Phoca vitulina). A description of 

the methods and inputs used to estimate 

take anticipated to occur and, 

ultimately, the take that was authorized 

is found in the previous documents 

referenced above. The data inputs and 

methods of estimating take are identical 

to those used in the initial IHA. NMFS 

has reviewed recent stock assessment 

reports, information on relevant unusual 

mortality events, and recent scientific 

literature, and determined that no new 

information affects our original analysis 

of impacts or take estimate under the 

initial IHA. 

We refer to the documents related to 

the previously issued IHA, which 

include the Federal Register notice of 

the issuance of the initial 2023 IHA for 

ADOT&PF’s construction work (88 FR 

63067), ADOT&PF’s application, the 

Federal Register notice of the proposed 

IHA (88 FR 46746), and all associated 

references and documents. 

Determinations 

ADOT&PF will conduct activities as 

analyzed in the initial 2023 IHA. As 

described above, the number of 

authorized takes of the same species and 

stocks of marine mammals are identical 

to the numbers that were found to meet 

the negligible impact and small 

numbers standards and authorized 

under the initial IHA and no new 

information has emerged that would 

change those findings. The re-issued 

2025 IHA includes identical required 

mitigation, monitoring, and reporting 

measures as the initial IHA, and there is 

no new information suggesting that our 

analysis or findings should change. 

Based on the information contained 

here and in the referenced documents, 

NMFS has determined the following: (1) 

the required mitigation measures will 

effect the least practicable impact on 

marine mammal species or stocks and 

their habitat; (2) the authorized takes 

will have a negligible impact on the 

affected marine mammal species or 

stocks; (3) the authorized takes 

represent small numbers of marine 

mammals relative to the affected stock 

abundances; and (4) ADOT&PF’s 

activities will not have an unmitigable 

adverse impact on taking for subsistence 

purposes as no relevant subsistence uses 

of marine mammals are implicated by 

this action. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

To comply with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

NOAA Administrative Order (NAO) 

216–6A, NMFS must review our 


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proposed action with respect to 

environmental consequences on the 

human environment. 

Accordingly, NMFS has determined 

that the issuance of the IHA qualifies to 

be categorically excluded from further 

NEPA review. This action is consistent 

with categories of activities identified in 

CE B4 of the Companion Manual for 

NAO 216–6A, which do not 

individually or cumulatively have the 

potential for significant impacts on the 

quality of the human environment and 

for which we have not identified any 

extraordinary circumstances that would 

preclude this categorical exclusion. 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

Section 7(a)(2) of the ESA of 1973 (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) requires that each 

Federal agency insure that any action it 

authorizes, funds, or carries out is not 

likely to jeopardize the continued 

existence of any endangered or 

threatened species or result in the 

destruction or adverse modification of 

designated critical habitat. To ensure 

ESA compliance for the issuance of 

IHAs, NMFS consults internally 

whenever we propose to authorize take 

for endangered or threatened species, in 

this case with the NMFS’ Alaska 

Regional Office (AKRO). 

NMFS is authorizing take of the 

Mexico-North Pacific stock of 

humpback whale, and fin whale, which 

are listed as threatened or endangered 

under the ESA. The NMFS AKRO 

issued a Biological Opinion under 

section 7 of the ESA on the issuance of 

an IHA to ADOT&PF under section 

101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA by NMFS 

OPR. The biological opinion concluded 

that the action is not likely to jeopardize 

the continued existence of the listed 

species. 

Authorization 

NMFS has issued an IHA to 

ADOT&PF for in-water construction 

activities associated with the specified 

activity from September 1, 2025 through 

August 31, 2026. All previously 

described mitigation, monitoring, and 

reporting requirements from the initial 

2023 IHA are incorporated. 

Dated: November 5, 2024. 

Kimberly Damon-Randall, 

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 

[RTID 0648–XE292] 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Atlantic Shark Management Measures; 

2025 Research Fishery 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for applications. 

SUMMARY: NMFS requests applications 

for the 2025 shark research fishery from 

commercial shark fishermen with 

Atlantic shark Directed or Incidental 

limited access permits. The shark 

research fishery provides fisherydependent and biological data 

collection to support stock assessments 

and other NMFS’ research and 

management objectives. The only 

commercial vessels authorized to land 

sandbar sharks are those participating in 

the shark research fishery. Shark 

research fishery participants may also 

land other species of sharks, dependent 

on the terms and conditions of their 

permit. Commercial shark fishermen 

who are interested in participating in 

the shark research fishery must submit 

a completed Shark Research Fishery 

Permit Application to be considered. 

DATES: NMFS must receive Shark 

Research Fishery Permit Applications 

no later than December 9, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit completed 

applications via email to 

NMFS.Research.Fishery@noaa.gov. 

For copies of the Shark Research 

Fishery Permit Application, please 

email a request to 

NMFS.Research.Fishery@noaa.gov. 

Copies of the Shark Research Fishery 

Permit Application are also available on 

the highly migratory species (HMS) 

website at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highlymigratory-species/atlantic-highlymigratory-species-exempted-fishingpermits. Please be advised that NMFS 

may release your application under the 

Freedom of Information Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karyl Brewster-Geisz or Delisse Ortiz at 

301–427–8503, or email 

NMFS.Research.Fishery@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HMS 

fisheries (tunas, billfish, swordfish, and 

sharks) are managed under the 2006 

Consolidated HMS Fishery Management 

Plan (FMP) and its amendments 

pursuant to the authority of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act (16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and consistent with 

the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (16 

U.S.C. 971 et seq.). HMS implementing 

regulations are at 50 CFR part 635. 

Section 635.27(b)(1) describes the 

commercial shark quotas, § 635.24(a)(1) 

includes information on retention 

limits, and § 635.32(f) provides details 

on the shark research fishery. 

In Amendment 2 to the 2006 

Consolidated HMS FMP (73 FR 40657, 

July 7, 2008; corrected at 73 FR 40658, 

July 15, 2008), NMFS established the 

shark research fishery, in part, to 

maintain time series data for stock 

assessments and to meet NMFS’ 

management and research objectives. 

Since then, the shark research fishery 

has allowed for: 

• Fishery-dependent data collection 

for current and future stock 

assessments; 

• Cooperative research to meet 

NMFS’ ongoing objectives; 

• Data collection on life-history 

information used in the sandbar shark 

(and other species) stock assessments; 

• Data collection on habitat 

preferences that might help reduce 

fishery interactions through bycatch 

mitigation; 

• Evaluation of the utility of the midAtlantic closed area on the recovery of 

dusky sharks and collection of hooktimer and pop-up satellite archival tag 

information to determine at-vessel and 

post-release mortality of dusky sharks; 

and 

• Shark collection to determine the 

weight conversion factor from dressed 

weight to whole weight. 

The shark research fishery allows 

selected commercial fishermen the 

opportunity to earn revenue from selling 

additional sharks, including sandbar 

sharks. Only shark research fishery 

participants are authorized to land 

sandbar sharks subject to the sandbar 

quota available each year. The base 

annual commercial quotas for sandbar 

sharks is 90.7 metric tons (mt) dressed 

weight (dw) and for research large 

coastal sharks (LCS) is 50 mt dw per 

year, although the quotas may be 

reduced in the event of overharvests. 

The selected shark research fishery 

participants will also be allowed to land 

other shark species consistent with any 

restrictions established on their shark 

research fishery permit. Generally, the 

shark research fishery permits are valid 

only for the calendar year for which 

they are issued. 

NMFS requires 100-percent observer 

coverage on shark research fishery trips. 

The specific 2025 trip limits and 

number of trips per month will depend 

on the availability of funding, number of 


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