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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 the Secretary’s 

presumption that reimbursement of 

antidumping duties occurred and the 

subsequent assessment of double 

antidumping duties. 

We are issuing and publishing this 

determination in accordance with 

sections 751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act. 

Dated: January 20, 2015. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

1. Summary 

2. Background 

3. Scope of the Order 

4. Bona Fides Analysis 

5. Conclusion 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD738 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of final determination 

and discussion of underlying biological 

analysis. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has evaluated the joint 

resource management plan (RMP), 

represented by five Hatchery and 

Genetic Management Plans (HGMPs), 

submitted by the Lower Elwha Klallam 

Tribe and the Washington Department 

of Fish and Wildlife to NMFS pursuant 

to the limitation on take prohibitions for 

actions conducted under Limit 6 of the 

4(d) Rule for salmon and steelhead 

promulgated under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA). The plans specify 

the propagation of five species of 

salmon and steelhead in the Elwha 

River of Washington state. This 

document serves to notify the public 

that NMFS, by delegated authority from 

the Secretary of Commerce, has 

determined pursuant to Limit 6 of the 

ESA 4(d) Rule for salmon and steelhead 

that implementing and enforcing the 

RMP will not appreciably reduce the 

likelihood of survival and recovery of 

ESA-listed Puget Sound Chinook 

salmon and Puget Sound steelhead. 

DATES: The final determination on the 

plans was made on January 9, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Written responses to the 

determination should be sent to 

Sustainable Fisheries Division, 1201 

NE., Lloyd Boulevard, Suite 1100, 

Portland, OR 97232. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Tynan at (360) 753–9579 or email: 

tim.tynan@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

ESA-Listed Species Covered in This 

Notice 

Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 

tshawytscha): threatened, Puget Sound, 

naturally produced and artificially 

propagated. 

Steelhead (O. mykiss): threatened, 

Puget Sound, naturally produced and 

artificially propagated. 

Background 

The plans describe hatchery 

operations intended to protect five 

species of salmon and steelhead (two of 

them ESA-listed) during the removal of 

two dams on the Elwha River, and 

subsequent propagation intended to 

enhance the rebuilding of those 

salmonid species. Four of the plans are 

submitted by the Lower Elwha Klallam 

Tribe, and one by the Washington 

Department of Fish and Wildlife 

(WDFW); the plans were developed 

jointly by the Tribe and the WDFW. 

NMFS has determined that 

implementing and enforcing the RMP 

will not appreciably reduce the 

likelihood of survival and recovery of 

ESA-listed Puget Sound Chinook 

salmon or Puget Sound steelhead. 

As required by § 223.203(b)(6) of the 

ESA 4(d) Rule, NMFS must determine 

pursuant to 50 CFR 223.209 and 

pursuant to the government-togovernment processes therein whether 

the RMP for Elwha River basin 

hatcheries would appreciably reduce 

the likelihood of survival and recovery 

of the Puget Sound Chinook Salmon 

ESU or Puget Sound Steelhead DPS. 

NMFS must take comments on how the 

RMP addresses the criteria in 

§ 223.203(b)(5) in making that 

determination. 

Discussion of the Biological Analysis 

Underlying the Determination 

The proposed hatchery activities 

described in the RMP are intended to 

conserve salmon and steelhead 

populations in the Elwha River basin 

during operations to remove two dams 

on the Elwha River, and for a period of 

time after the dams have been removed, 

as the salmonid habitat is restored. The 

RMP provides the framework through 

which the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe 

and the State of Washington can jointly 

manage Elwha River salmon and 

steelhead hatchery, monitoring, and 

evaluation activities while meeting 

requirements specified under the ESA. 

The proposed action covers continued 

operation of the five hatchery programs 

over the initial phases of fish restoration 

in the Elwha River—the preservation 

and recolonization phases—with 

transitions between phases gauged by 

achievement of population viability 

parameters for listed Chinook salmon 

and steelhead. Using native Elwha River 

fish as broodstock, the programs would 

continue to be operated to minimize any 

impacts on genetic integrity of the 

natural salmon and steelhead 

populations while providing the 

intended benefits. The benefits include 

preserving and assisting in the 

recolonization of the indigenous 

populations of Elwha River salmon and 

steelhead in the wake of dam removal 

when natural productivity conditions 

will be poor. The hatchery programs 

would add marine-derived nutrients to 

the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems 

above Glines Canyon Dam, which were 

inaccessible to salmon and steelhead 

from the early 1900s until completion of 

dam removal in 2014. The programs 

would increase total and natural-origin 

abundance and spatial structure of the 

Chinook salmon and steelhead 

populations as hatchery-origin fish of 

the same native lineage return to spawn 

naturally with fish produced naturally, 

and as new habitat becomes available. 

The hatchery programs would protect 

the Elwha River salmon and steelhead 

populations when turbidity and bedload 

movement levels are high and 

detrimental to natural-origin fish 

survival due to dam removal activities. 

The proposed plans are interrelated and 

interdependent through shared 

population preservation and 

recolonization objectives and effects, 

broodstock collection locations and 

actions, fish rearing and release sites, 

monitoring and evaluation actions, and 

funding sources. 

The RMP includes provisions for 

annual reports that will assess 

compliance with performance standards 

established through the RMP. Reporting 

and inclusion of new information 

derived from RMP research, monitoring, 

and evaluation activities provides 

assurance that performance standards 

will be achieved in future seasons. 

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NMFS’ evaluation is available on the 

Sustainable Fisheries Division Web site 

at http://

www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/. 

Summary of Comments Received in 

Response to the Proposed Evaluation 

and Pending Determination 

NMFS published notice of its 

proposed evaluation and pending 

determination on the RMP for public 

review and comment on August 5, 2014 

(79 FR 45426). The proposed evaluation 

and pending determination and an 

associated draft environmental 

assessment were available for public 

review and comment for 30 days. 

NMFS received no comments in 

response to the notice. However, NMFS 

did receive comments from one 

environmental group pertaining to the 

proposed evaluation and pending 

determination on the RMP in response 

to a prior, separate notice published to 

announce availability for public review 

of NMFS’s draft Supplemental 

Environmental Assessment for the RMP 

(79 FR 35318, June 20, 2014). NMFS 

considered these comments in 

completing the final Evaluation and 

Recommended Determination 

document, but no substantive changes 

were required to the RMP. A detailed 

summary of the comments and NMFS’ 

responses is also available on the 

Sustainable Fisheries Division Web site. 

Based on its evaluation and 

recommended determination and taking 

into account the public comments, 

NMFS issued its final determination on 

the Elwha River basin salmon and 

steelhead hatchery RMP. 

Authority 

Under section 4 of the ESA, the 

Secretary of Commerce is required to 

adopt such regulations as he deems 

necessary and advisable for the 

conservation of species listed as 

threatened. The ESA salmon and 

steelhead 4(d) Rule (65 FR 42422, July 

10, 2000) specifies categories of 

activities that contribute to the 

conservation of listed salmonids and 

sets out the criteria for such activities. 

The Rule further provides that the 

prohibitions of paragraph (a) of the Rule 

do not apply to actions undertaken in 

compliance with a RMP developed 

jointly by the State of Washington and 

the Tribe and determined by NMFS to 

be in accordance with the salmon and 

steelhead 4(d) Rule (65 FR 42422, July 

10, 2000). 

Dated: January 23, 2015. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, 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–XD696 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meetings and Hearings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of opportunities to 

submit public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Pacific Council) 

has announced its annual preseason 

management process for the 2015 ocean 

salmon fisheries. This notice informs 

the public of opportunities to provide 

comments on the 2015 ocean salmon 

management measures. 

DATES: Written comments on the salmon 

management alternatives adopted by the 

Pacific Council at its March 2015 

meeting, and described in Preseason 

Report II, submitted electronically or in 

hard copy by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time, 

April 2, 2015, will be considered in the 

Pacific Council’s final recommendation 

for the 2015 management measures. 

ADDRESSES: Documents will be available 

from Ms. Dorothy Lowman, Chair, 

Pacific Fishery Management Council, 

7700 NE., Ambassador Place, Suite 101, 

Portland, OR 97220–1384, telephone: 

503–820–2280 (voice) or 503–820–2299 

(fax), and posted on the Pacific Council 

Web site at http://www.pcouncil.org. 

You may submit comments, identified 

by NOAA–NMFS–2015–0001, by any 

one of the following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2015- 

0001, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, 

complete the required fields, and enter 

or attach your comments. 

• Mail: Ms. Dorothy Lowman, Chair, 

Pacific Fishery Management Council, 

7700 NE. Ambassador Place, Suite 101, 

Portland, OR 97220–1384. 

• Fax: 503–820–2299, Attn: Mr. Mike 

Burner. 

• Comments can also be submitted 

via email at PFMC.comments@noaa.gov. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual may not be considered by 

NMFS or the Pacific Council. 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.), confidential 

business information, or otherwise 

sensitive information submitted 

voluntarily by the sender will be 

publicly accessible. NMFS and the 

Pacific Council 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, Excel, or Adobe PDF file formats 

only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mike Burner, telephone: 503–820–2280. 

For information on submitting 

comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking 

portal, contact Peggy Mundy, telephone: 

206–526–4323. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Pacific Council has published its annual 

notice of availability of reports; public 

meetings, and hearings for the 2015 

ocean salmon fisheries (79 FR 78805, 

December 31, 2014). The Pacific Council 

will adopt alternatives for 2015 ocean 

salmon fisheries at its meeting, March 

6–12, 2015, at the Hilton Hotel in 

Vancouver, WA. Details of this meeting 

are available on the Pacific Council’s 

Web site (www.pcouncil.org) and will be 

published in the Federal Register in 

February 2015. On March 20, 2015, 

‘‘Preseason Report II-Proposed 

Alternatives and Environmental 

Assessment Part 2 for 2015 Ocean 

Salmon Fishery Regulations’’ and public 

hearing schedule will be mailed to the 

public that have requested to receive 

these documents (see ADDRESSES) and 

posted on the Pacific Council Web site 

at http://www.pcouncil.org. The report 

will include a description of the salmon 

management alternatives and a 

summary of their biological and 

economic impacts. 

Comments on the alternatives the 

Pacific Council adopts at its March 2015 

meeting, and described in Preseason 

Report II, may be submitted in writing 

or electronically as described under 

ADDRESSES, or verbally or in writing at 

any of the public hearings held on 

March 30–31, 2015, or at the Pacific 

Council’s meeting, April 10–16, 2015, at 

the DoubleTree by Hilton Sonoma in 

Rohnert Park, CA. Details of these 

meetings are available on the Pacific 

Council’s Web site (www.pcouncil.org) 

and will be published in the Federal 

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