Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 54 / Friday, March 20, 2015 / Notices 14907 

1See Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of 

Korea and the Republic of Turkey: Initiation of 

Countervailing Duty Investigations, 79 FR 67419 

(November 13, 2014). See also Welded Line Pipe 

From the Republic of Korea and the Republic of 

Turkey: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 79 FR 68213 (November 14, 2014). 

2The petitioners in this investigation are 

American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Energex (a 

division of JMC Steel Group), Maverick Tube 

Corporation, Northwest Pipe Company, Stupp 

Corporation (a division of Stupp Bros., Inc.), TexTube Company, TMK IPSCO, and Welspun Tubular 

LLC USA. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD825 

Marine Mammals; File Nos. 17278 and 

17557 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of applications 

for permit amendments. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

James Shine, Ph.D., Harvard University 

School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, 

404H West, Boston, Massachusetts 

02215, and the NMFS Forensics Office, 

219 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 

29412, have applied for amendments to 

their respective permits, Scientific 

Research Permit Nos. 17278 and 17557. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

April 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The applications and 

related documents are available for 

review by selecting ‘‘Records Open for 

Public Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ 

box on the Applications and Permits for 

Protected Species home page, https://

apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting 

File No. 17278 or 17557 from the list of 

available applications. 

These documents are also available 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the Permits and Conservation 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376. 

Written comments on these 

applications should be submitted to the 

Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division, at the address listed above. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

facsimile to (301) 713–0376, or by email 

to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 

Please include the File No. in the 

subject line of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

to the Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division at the address listed above. The 

request should set forth the specific 

reasons why a hearing would be 

appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Skidmore, Amy Sloan, or 

Malcolm Mohead; phone: (301) 427– 

8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject amendments to these permits are 

requested under the authority of the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, 

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.), and the regulations governing the 

taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR parts 222–226). 

Permit No. 17278, issued on August 

29, 2012 (77 FR 54902), authorizes Dr. 

Shine to import and receive parts from 

subsistence-collected long-finned pilot 

whales (Globicephala melas) archived at 

the Faroese Museum of Natural History, 

Foroe Islands. The permit holder is 

requesting the permit be amended to 

increase the number of samples 

imported from 15 to 100 animals 

annually, as well as authorization to 

conduct analyses of chlorinated and 

fluorinated organic chemicals using the 

same samples. No live takes from the 

wild would be authorized. The permit 

expires on August 28, 2017. 

Permit No. 17557, issued on August 9, 

2013 (78 FR 50395), authorizes the 

NMFS Forensics Office to receive, 

import, export, transfer, archive, and 

conduct analyses marine mammal and 

endangered species parts. Species 

include all those covered under the 

MMPA and ESA under NMFS 

jurisdiction. Samples are archived at the 

lab and used to support law 

enforcement actions, research studies 

(primarily genetics), and outreach 

education. The permit holder is 

requesting the permit be amended to 

include scalloped hammerhead sharks 

(Sphyrna lewinia) recently listed under 

the ESA. No live takes from the wild 

would be authorized. The permit 

expires on August 9, 2018. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding a copy of the 

amendment submitted for Permit No. 

17278 to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: March 16, 2015. 

Julia Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06391 Filed 3–19–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–580–877] 

Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of 

Korea: Preliminary Negative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Alignment of Final Determination With 

Final Antidumping Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) preliminarily 

determines that de minimis 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

welded line pipe from the Republic of 

Korea (Korea). The period of 

investigation is January 1, 2013, through 

December 31, 2013. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Effective March 20, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Trainor or Reza Karamloo, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–4007 or (202) 482– 

4470, respectively. 

Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty 

(CVD) Determination With Final 

Antidumping Duty (AD) Determination 

On the same day the Department 

initiated this CVD investigation, the 

Department also initiated a CVD 

investigation of welded line pipe from 

the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) and AD 

investigations of welded line pipe from 

Korea and Turkey.1 The CVD and AD 

investigations cover the same 

merchandise. On February 27, 2015, in 

accordance with section 705(a)(1) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (Act), the 

petitioners 2 requested alignment of the 

final CVD determination with the final 

AD determination of welded line pipe 

from Korea. Therefore, in accordance 

with section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(b)(4), we are aligning the 

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