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15For a full discussion of this practice, see 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 

(May 6, 2003). 

16See Order. 

1See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: 

Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 50639 (October 9, 

2018) (Order). 

will instruct CBP to liquidate 

unreviewed entries at the all-others rate 

if there is no rate for the intermediate 

company(ies) involved in the 

transaction.15

For the company that was not selected 

for individual review, we assigned an 

assessment rate calculated as noted in 

the ‘‘Rate for Non-Examined 

Respondent’’ section, above. 

For the companies for which this 

review is rescinded with these final 

results (see appendix II), we will 

instruct CBP to assess antidumping 

duties on any suspended entries at a 

rate equal to the cash deposit of 

estimated antidumping duties required 

at the time of entry, or withdrawal from 

warehouse, for consumption, during the 

POR, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(c)(1)(i). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective for all 

shipments of subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative review, as provided by 

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

cash deposit rates for the reviewed 

companies will be equal to the 

weighted-average dumping margin 

established in the final results of this 

review; (2) for producers or exporters 

not covered in this review but covered 

in a prior completed segment of the 

proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 

continue to be the company-specific rate 

published in the most recently 

completed segment; (3) if the exporter is 

not a firm covered in this review, a prior 

review, or the original less-than-fairvalue (LTFV) investigation, but the 

producer is, then the cash deposit rate 

will be the rate established in the most 

recently completed segment for the 

producer of the merchandise; (4) the 

cash deposit rate for all other producers 

or exporters will continue to be 2.22 

percent, the all-others rate established 

in the LTFV investigation in this 

proceeding.16 These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice 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 duties prior to 

liquidation of the relevant entries 

during this 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. 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to an 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 subject to sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results of administrative review in 

accordance with sections 751(a) and 

777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: November 12, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

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: Treatment of Disputed 

Expenses 

Comment 2: Application of the 

Transactions Disregarded Rule 

VI. Recommendation 

Appendix II 

List of Companies for Which We Are 

Rescinding the Administrative Review 

1. Bali Natural Latex 

2. CV. Aumireta Anggun 

3. CV. Lautan Rezeki 

4. Duta Abadi Primantara, Pt 

5. Ecos Jaya JL Pasir Awi 

6. Mimpi 

7. P.T. Barat Daya Gemilang 

8. PT Celebes Putra Prima 

9. PT Champion Mattress Indonesia 

Manufacturing 

10. PT Demak Putra Mandiri 

11. PT Graha Anom Jaya 

12. PT Kline Total Logistics Indonesia 

13. PT Rubberfoam Indonesia 

14. PT Solo Murni Epte 

15. PT. Ateja Multi Industri 

16. PT. Ateja Tritunggal 

17. PT. Aurora World Cianjur 

18. PT. Cahaya Buana Furindotama 

19. PT. CJ Logistics Indonesia 

20. PT. Dinamika Indonusa Prima 

21. PT. Dunlopillo Indonesia 

22. PT. Dynasti Indomegah 

23. PT. Massindo International 

24. PT. Ocean Centra Furnindo 

25. PT. Quantum Tosan Internasional 

26. PT. Romance Bedding & Furniture 

27. PT. Royal Abadi Sejahtera 

28. PT. Transporindo Buana Kargotama 

29. Sonder Canada Inc 

30. Super Poly Industry PT 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–877] 

Stainless Steel Flanges From India: 

Preliminary Results and Rescission, in 

Part, of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2022–2023 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

finds that producers and/or exporters of 

stainless steel flanges (flanges) from 

India made sales of subject merchandise 

in the United States at prices below 

normal value (NV) during the period of 

review (POR) October 1, 2022, through 

September 30, 2023. In addition, we are 

rescinding this review for three 

companies. We invite interested parties 

to comment on these preliminary 

results. 

DATES: Applicable November 19, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Benito Ballesteros or Eric Chen, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office IX, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–4725 or (202) 482–2860, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 9, 2018, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register an 

antidumping duty order on flanges from 

India.1 On December 6, 2023, based on 

timely requests for review, Commerce 

initiated an administrative review (AD) 

of the Order covering 16 companies, in 

accordance with section 751(a) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 


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1See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: 

Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 50639 (October 9, 

2018) (Order). 2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

84784 (December 6, 2023) (Initiation Notice), 

corrected by Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 

8641 (February 8, 2024). 3See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of 2022–2023 Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated June 7, 2024. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review of Stainless Steel Flanges 

from India; 2022–2023,’’ dated concurrently with, 

7See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2). 8See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). 9See Memorandum, ‘‘Notice of Intent to Rescind 

Review, In Part,’’ dated December 21, 2023. 

10Commerce previously found BFN Forgings 

Private Limited to be collapsed with the companies 

listed above. See, e.g., Stainless Steel Flanges from 

India: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Critical 

Circumstance Determination, 83 FR 40745 (August 

16, 2018). 

11See Memorandum, ‘‘Calculation of the NonSelected Company Rate for the Preliminary 

Results,’’ dated concurrently with this notice; see 

also, e.g., Xanthan Gum from the People’s Republic 

of China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review, and Partial Rescission; 

2018–2019, 85 FR 75686, 74687 (November 23, 

2020), unchanged in Xanthan Gum from the 

People’s Republic of China: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018– 

2019, 86 FR 16189 (March 26, 2021); Emulsion 

Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from the Republic of 

Korea: Preliminary Results of the Administrative 

Review of the Antidumping Duty Order; 2018–2019, 

85 FR 39534 (July 1, 2020), unchanged in Emulsion 

Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from the Republic of 

Korea: Final Results of the Administrative Review 

of the Antidumping Duty Order; 2018–2019, 85 FR 

67512 (October 23, 2020); and Albemarle Corp. v. 

United States, 821 F. 3d 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2016). 

Act).2 On June 7, 2024, we extended the 

deadline for the preliminary results of 

this administrative review.3 On July 22, 

2024, Commerce tolled certain 

deadlines in this administrative 

proceeding by seven days.4 The 

deadline for the preliminary results is 

now November 6, 2024. 

For details regarding the events that 

occurred subsequent to the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.5 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included in as 

appendix I 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 Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is stainless steel flanges from 

India. For a full description of the 

scope, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), 

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review when there are no 

entries of subject merchandise during 

the POR for which liquidation is 

suspended.6 Normally, upon 

completion of an administrative review, 

the suspended entries are liquidated at 

the AD assessment rate calculated for 

the review period.7 Therefore, for an 

administrative review of a company to 

be conducted, there must be a 

suspended entry that Commerce can 

instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the AD 

assessment rate calculated for the POR.8

On December 21, 2023, we notified 

parties of our intent to rescind this 

administrative review, in part, with 

respect to: (1) Hilton Metal Forging 

Limited (Hilton); (2) Jay Jagdamba 

Profile Private Limited (Jay Profile); and 

(3) Shree Jay Jagdamba Flanges Private 

Limited (Shree Jay), because there were 

no suspended entries of subject 

merchandise produced or exported by 

these companies during the POR, and 

we invited interested parties to 

comment.9 No parties commented on 

our intent to rescind the review, in part. 

Therefore, in the absence of any 

suspended entries of subject 

merchandise from Hilton, Jay Profile, 

and Shree Jay during the POR, we are 

rescinding the administrative review for 

these companies, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.213(d)(3) and (d)(4). 

Review-Specific Rate for Companies 

Not Selected for Individual Review 

The Act and Commerce’s regulations 

do not address the rate to be applied to 

companies not selected for individual 

examination when Commerce limits its 

examination in an administrative review 

pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the 

Act. Generally, Commerce looks to 

section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which 

provides instructions for calculating the 

all-others rate in a less-than-fair value 

(LTFV) investigation for guidance when 

calculating the rate for companies 

which were not selected for individual 

examination in an administrative 

review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act, the all-others rate is normally 

an amount equal to the weighted 

average of the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins established 

for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding any 

zero or de minimis margins, and any 

margins determined entirely on the 

basis of facts available. In this review, 

Commerce calculated estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins for: 

(1) Chandan Steel Limited (Chandan) 

and (2) BFN Forgings Private Limited; 

Viraj Impoexpo, Ltd.; Fanschen werk 

Bebitz GmbH; Viraj Alloys, Ltd.; Viraj 

Forgings, Ltd.; and Viraj Profiles 

Limited (collectively, BFN/Viraj),10 that 

are not zero, de minimis, or based 

entirely on facts otherwise available. 

Therefore, Commerce calculated the 

review-specific rate using a weighted 

average of the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins calculated for 

the examined respondents using each 

company’s publicly-ranged values for 

the merchandise under consideration.11

The companies not selected for 

individual examination are listed in 

appendix II. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) 

and (2) of the Act. We calculated 

constructed export price in accordance 

with section 772 of the Act. We 

calculated NV in accordance with 

section 773 of the Act. For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying these preliminary results, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

We preliminarily determine the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins exist for the period 

October 1, 2022, through September 30, 

2023: 


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12The exporters and/or producers not selected for 

individual review are listed in appendix II. 

13See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). 

14See 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). 

15See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

16We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

17See APO and Service Final Rule. 

18See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

19See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Notice 

of Court Decision Not in Harmony with the Final 

Determination of Antidumping Investigation; Notice 

of Amended Final Determination, 86 FR 50325 

(September 8, 2021) (Amended Final). 

20For a full discussion of this practice, see 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 

(May 6, 2003). 

21See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. 

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Chandan Steel Limited ........................................................................................................................................................................ 0.62 

BFN Forgings Private Limited; Fanschen werk Bebitz GmbH; Viraj Alloys, Ltd.; Viraj Forgings, Ltd.; Viraj Impoexpo, Ltd.; and 

Viraj Profiles Limited ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2.25 

Companies Not Selected for Individual Review 12 .............................................................................................................................. 1.27 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties for these preliminary 

results within five days of any 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). 

Interested parties may submit case 

briefs no later than 30 days after the 

date of publication of this notice.13

Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised 

in case briefs, may be filed no later than 

five days after the date for filing case 

briefs.14 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.15 All briefs must be 

filed electronically using ACCESS. An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety in 

ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

the established deadline. 

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 review, we 

instead request that interested parties 

provide, at the beginning of their briefs, 

a public executive summary for each 

issue raised in their briefs.16 Further, we 

request that interested parties limit their 

public executive summary of each issue 

to no more than 450 words, no 

including citations. We intend to use 

the public executive summaries as the 

basis of the comment summaries 

included in the issues and decision 

memorandum that will accompany the 

final results in this administrative 

review. We request that interested 

parties include footnotes for relevant 

citations in the public 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).17

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: (1) party’s name, 

address, and telephone number; (2) the 

number of participants; and (3) a list of 

the issues to be discussed. Oral 

presentations at the hearing will be 

limited to issues raised in the briefs. If 

a request for a hearing is made, parties 

will be notified of the time and date for 

the hearing.18

Final Results of Review 

Unless otherwise extended, 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis of 

the issues raised in any written briefs, 

not later than 120 days after the date of 

publication of this notice, pursuant to 

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.213(h)(1). 

Assessment Rates 

Upon completion of this 

administrative review, Commerce shall 

determine, and CBP shall assess, 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries covered by this review. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), 

because the individually-examined 

respondents reported the entered value 

for their U.S. sales, we will calculate 

importer-specific ad valorem 

antidumping duty assessment rates 

based on the ratio of the total amount of 

antidumping duties calculated for the 

examined sales to the total entered 

value of those same sales. If either 

respondent’s weighted-average dumping 

margin is zero or de minimis within the 

meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c), or an 

importer-specific rate is zero or de 

minimis, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate the appropriate entries 

without regard to antidumping duties. 

In accordance with Commerce’s 

‘‘automatic assessment’’ practice, for 

entries of subject merchandise during 

the POR produced by each respondent 

where the company did not know that 

the merchandise was destined for the 

United States, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate those entries at the all-others 

rate established in the LTFV 

investigation (i.e., 7.00 percent) 19 if 

there is no rate for the intermediate 

company(ies) involved in the 

transaction.20

For the companies listed in appendix 

II which were not selected for 

individual review, we will assign an 

assessment rate based on the reviewspecific average rate, calculated as noted 

in the ‘‘Preliminary Results of Review’’ 

section, above. The final results of this 

review shall be the basis for the 

assessment of antidumping duties on 

entries of merchandise covered by this 

review and for future deposits of 

estimated duties, where applicable.21

For the companies for which we are 

rescinding the review, we will instruct 

CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries at rates equal to the 

cash deposit of estimated antidumping 

duties required at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to 

issue these rescission instructions to 

CBP no earlier than 35 days after the 

date of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. 

Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP 

regarding Chandan, BFN/Viraj, and the 

companies listed in appendix II no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 


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22See Amended Final, 86 FR at 50326. 

publication of the final results of this 

review in the Federal Register. 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 for all 

shipments of the subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication date of the final results of 

this administrative review, as provided 

by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the 

cash deposit rate for the companies 

under review will be equal to the 

weighted-average dumping margin 

established in the final results of this 

review, except if the rate is de minimis 

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

case the cash deposit rate will be zero; 

(2) for previously reviewed or 

investigated companies not covered by 

this review, the cash deposit rate will 

continue to be the company-specific rate 

published for the most recentlycompleted segment of this proceeding in 

which they were examined; (3) if the 

exporter is not a firm covered in this 

review, a prior review, or the LTFV 

investigation, but the producer is, the 

cash deposit rate will be the rate 

established for the most recentlycompleted segment of this proceeding 

for the producer of the merchandise; 

and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 

producers or exporters will continue to 

be 7.00 percent,22 the all-others rate 

established in the Amended Final. 

These cash 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 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 occurred and the subsequent 

assessment of double antidumping 

duties, and/or an increase in the amount 

of antidumping duties by the amount of 

the countervailing duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

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

CFR 351.213 and 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: November 6, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Discussion of the Methodology 

V. Recommendation 

Appendix II 

List of Companies Not Selected for 

Individual Examination 

1. Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd. 

2. CD Industries (Prop. Kisaan Engineering 

Works Pvt. Ltd.) 

3. Echjay Forgings Private Limited 

4. Fivebros Forgings Private Limited 

5. Goodluck India Limited; Goodluck 

Engineering Co. 

6. Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd 

7. Jay Jagdamba Limited 

8. Jay Jagdamba Forgings Private Limited 

9. Kisaan Die Tech Private Limited 

10. Pradeep Metals Limited 

11. R.N. Gupta & Company Limited 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE398] 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to a Marine 

Geophysical Survey in the Northwest 

Gulf of Mexico 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental 

harassment authorization; request for 

comments on proposed authorization 

and possible renewal. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request 

from the University of Texas at Austin 

(UT) for authorization to take marine 

mammals incidental to a marine 

geophysical survey in coastal waters off 

Texas in the northwest (NW) Gulf of 

Mexico (GOM). Pursuant to the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS 

is requesting comments on its proposal 

to issue an incidental harassment 

authorization (IHA) to incidentally take 

marine mammals during the specified 

activities. NMFS is also requesting 

comments on a possible one-time, 1- 

year renewal that could be issued under 

certain circumstances and if all 

requirements are met, as described in 

the Request for Public Comments 

section at the end of this notice. NMFS 

will consider public comments prior to 

making any final decision on the 

issuance of the requested MMPA 

authorization and agency responses will 

be summarized in the final notice of our 

decision. 

DATES: Comments and information must 

be received no later than December 19, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief, 

Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service and should be 

submitted via email to 

ITP.wachtendonk@noaa.gov. Electronic 

copies of the application and supporting 

documents, as well as a list of the 

references cited in this document, may 

be obtained online at: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/ 

marine-mammal-protection/incidentaltake-authorizations-research-and-otheractivities. In case of problems accessing 

these documents, please call the contact 

listed below. 

Instructions: NMFS is not responsible 

for comments sent by any other method, 

to any other address or individual, or 

received after the end of the comment 

period. Comments, including all 

attachments, must not exceed a 25- 

megabyte file size. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted online at 

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/ 

incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act without 

change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address) 

voluntarily submitted by the commenter 

may be publicly accessible. Do not 

submit confidential business 

information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel Wachtendonk, Office of 

Protected Resources, NMFS, (301) 427– 

8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of 

marine mammals, with certain 

exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and 

(D) of the 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 


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