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12 ‘‘Intermodal transport’’ refers to a movement of 

freight using more than one mode of transportation, 

most commonly on a container chassis for on-theroad transportation and on a rail car for rail 

transportation. 

13 ‘‘Double-stacking’’ refers to two levels of 

intermodal containers on a rail car, one on top of 

the other. 

Singamas Issues 

Comment 5: The sales e value to be used as 

denominators to calculate subsidy rates 

with respect to Singamas 

Overlapping Issues 

Comment 6: Hot-Rolled Steel Sheet and Plate 

Less than Adequate Remuneration 

(LTAR) and whether the Department 

should reverse its findings regarding the 

hot-rolled LTAR benchmark. 

(A) Whether the Department should use 

domestic Chinese steel prices on the 

record to determine whether the GOC 

provided hot-rolled steel for LTAR. 

(B) Whether the Department properly 

found that ‘‘authorities’’ provided a 

benefit in the form of the provision of a 

good for LTAR 

(C) Whether the Department properly 

found ‘‘Specificity’’ 

(D) Benchmarks and calculation of benefit 

Comment 7: Export Buyer’s Credits Program 

Comment 8: Scope Exclusion Request 

VIII. Recommendation 

Appendix II 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise subject to investigation is 

closed (i.e., not open top) van containers 

exceeding 14.63 meters (48 feet) but generally 

measuring 16.154 meters (53 feet) in exterior 

length, which are designed for the intermodal 

transport 12 of goods other than bulk liquids 

within North America primarily by rail or by 

road vehicle, or by a combination of rail and 

road vehicle (domestic containers). The 

merchandise is known in the industry by 

varying terms including ‘‘53-foot containers,’’ 

‘‘53-foot dry containers,’’ ‘‘53-foot domestic 

dry containers,’’ ‘‘domestic dry containers’’ 

and ‘‘domestic containers.’’ These terms all 

describe the same article with the same 

design and performance characteristics. 

Notwithstanding the particular terminology 

used to describe the merchandise, all 

merchandise that meets the definition set 

forth herein is included within the scope of 

this investigation. 

Domestic containers generally meet the 

characteristic for closed van containers for 

domestic intermodal service as described in 

the American Association of Railroads (AAR) 

Manual of Standards and Recommended 

Practices Intermodal Equipment Manual 

Closed Van Containers for Domestic 

Intermodal Service Specification M 930 

Adopted: 1972; Last Revised 2013 (AAR 

Specifications) for 53-foot and 53-foot high 

cube containers. The AAR Specifications 

generally define design, performance and 

testing requirements for closed van 

containers, but are not dispositive for 

purposes of defining subject merchandise 

within this scope definition. Containers 

which may not fall precisely within the AAR 

Specifications or any successor equivalent 

specifications are included within the scope 

definition of the subject merchandise if they 

have the exterior dimensions referenced 

below, are suitable for use in intermodal 

transportation, are capable of and suitable for 

double-stacking 13 in intermodal 

transportation, and otherwise meet the scope 

definition for the subject merchandise. 

Domestic containers have the following 

actual exterior dimensions: An exterior 

length exceeding 14.63 meters (48 feet) but 

not exceeding 16.154 meters (53 feet); an 

exterior width of between 2.438 meters and 

2.60 meters (between 8 feet and 8 feet 63⁄8

inches); and an exterior height of between 

2.438 meters and 2.908 meters (between 8 

feet and 9 feet 61⁄2 inches), all subject to 

tolerances as allowed by the AAR 

Specifications. In addition to two frames (one 

at either end of the container), the domestic 

containers within the scope definition have 

two stacking frames located equidistant from 

each end of the container, as required by the 

AAR Specifications. The stacking frames 

have four upper handling fittings and four 

bottom dual aperture handling fittings, 

placed at the respective corners of the 

stacking frames. Domestic containers also 

have two forward facing fittings at the front 

lower corners and two downward facing 

fittings at the rear lower corners of the 

container to facilitate chassis interface. 

All domestic containers as described 

herein are included within this scope 

definition, regardless of whether the 

merchandise enters the United States in a 

final, assembled condition, or as an 

unassembled kit or substantially complete 

domestic container which requires additional 

manipulation or processing after entry into 

the United States to be made ready for use 

as a domestic container. 

The scope of this investigation excludes 

the following items: (1) Refrigerated 

containers; (2) trailers, where the cargo box 

and rear wheeled chassis are of integrated 

construction, and the cargo box of the unit 

may not be separated from the chassis for 

further intermodal transport; (3) container 

chassis, whether or not imported with 

domestic containers, but the domestic 

containers remain subject merchandise, to 

the extent they meet the written description 

of the scope. Imports of the subject 

merchandise are provided for under 

subheading 8609.00.0000 of the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS). Imports of the subject merchandise 

which meet the definition of and 

requirements for ‘‘instruments of 

international traffic’’ pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 

1322 and 19 CFR 10.41a may be classified 

under subheading 9803.00.50, HTSUS. While 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the subject 

merchandise as set forth herein is 

dispositive. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD789 

Taking and Importing Marine 

Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals 

Incidental to U.S. Marine Corps 

Training Exercises at Brant Island 

Bombing Target and Piney Island 

Bombing Range, USMC Cherry Point 

Range Complex, North Carolina 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of a Letter of 

Authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA), as amended, and 

implementing regulations, notification 

is hereby given that a Letter of 

Authorization (LOA) has been issued to 

the U.S. Marine Corps (Marine Corps) to 

take marine mammals, by harassment, 

incidental to training operations at the 

Brant Island Bombing Target (BT–9) and 

Piney Island Bombing Range (BT–11) 

located within the Marine Corps’ Cherry 

Point Range Complex in Pamlico Sound, 

NC. 

DATES: Effective from March 13, 2015, 

through March 12, 2020. 

ADDRESSES: The LOA and supporting 

documentation may be obtained by 

writing to Jolie Harrison, Division Chief, 

Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 

1315 East West-Highway, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910, calling the contact listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT, or visiting the Internet at: 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/

incidental/military.htm.Documents 

cited in this notice may also be viewed, 

by appointment, during regular business 

hours at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeannine Cody, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA 

(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) directs the 

Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) 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 regulations are 

issued. Under the MMPA, the term 


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‘‘take’’ means to harass, hunt, capture, 

or kill or to attempt to harass, hunt, 

capture, or kill any marine mammal. 

Authorization for incidental takings 

may 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 

certain subsistence uses, and that the 

permissible methods of taking and 

requirements pertaining to the 

mitigation, monitoring and reporting of 

such taking 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 National Defense Authorization 

Act of 2004 (NDAA) (Pub. L. 108–136) 

removed the ‘‘small numbers’’ and 

‘‘specified geographical region’’ 

limitations and amended the definition 

of ‘‘harassment’’ as it applies to a 

‘‘military readiness activity’’ to read as 

follows (Section 3(18)(B) of the MMPA): 

‘‘(i) Any act that injures or has the 

significant potential to injure a marine 

mammal or marine mammal stock in the 

wild [Level A Harassment]; or (ii) any 

act that disturbs or is likely to disturb 

a marine mammal or marine mammal 

stock in the wild by causing disruption 

of natural behavioral patterns, 

including, but not limited to, migration, 

surfacing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or 

sheltering, to a point where such 

behavioral patterns are abandoned or 

significantly altered [Level B 

Harassment].’’ Because the Marine 

Corps’ activities constitute military 

readiness activities, they are not subject 

to the small numbers or specified 

geographic region limitations. 

NMFS issued regulations governing 

the take of one species of marine 

mammal, by Level A and Level B 

harassment, incidental to training 

activities on March 13, 2015. These 

regulations include mitigation, 

monitoring, and reporting requirements 

for the incidental take of marine 

mammals during the specified activities. 

This LOA is effective from March 13, 

2015, through March 12, 2020, and 

authorizes the incidental take of 

bottlenose dolphins that may result 

from the training exercises occurring at 

the BT–9 and BT–11 bombing targets 

located within the Marine Corps’ Cherry 

Point Range Complex in Pamlico Sound, 

NC. 

The Marine Corps would conduct 

weapons delivery training exercises (airto-surface and surface-to-surface) at the 

two water-based bombing targets located 

within the Cherry Point Range Complex 

in North Carolina. The military 

readiness activities would occur 

between March 2015 and March 2020, 

year-round, day or night. The Marine 

Corps proposes to use small arms, large 

arms, bombs, rockets, grenades, and 

pyrotechnics for the air-to-surface and 

surface-to-surface training exercises, 

which qualify as military readiness 

activities. NMFS anticipates that take, 

by Level B (behavioral) and Level A 

harassment of individuals of Atlantic 

bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 

would result from the training exercises. 

The noise generated by the Marine 

Corps’ activities would result in the 

incidental harassment of bottlenose 

dolphins, both behaviorally and in 

terms of physiological (auditory) 

impacts. 

Take of marine mammals will be 

minimized through the implementation 

of the following mitigation and 

monitoring measures: 

• Required pre- and post-exercise 

monitoring of the training areas to 

detect the presence of marine mammals 

during training exercises. 

• Required monitoring of the training 

areas during active training exercises 

with required suspensions/delays of 

training activities if a marine mammal 

enters within any of the designated 

mitigation zones. 

• Required reporting of stranded or 

injured marine mammals in the vicinity 

of the BT–9 and BT–11 bombing targets 

located within the Marine Corps’ Cherry 

Point Range Complex in Pamlico Sound, 

North Carolina to the NMFS Marine 

Mammal Stranding Network. 

• Required research on a real-time 

acoustic monitoring system to automate 

detection of bottlenose dolphins in the 

training areas. 

Through this LOA, the Marine Corps 

is required to monitor for marine 

mammals and submit an annual report 

to NMFS by June 1, annually. The report 

will include data collected from the 

monitoring program. Additional 

information on the mitigation, 

monitoring, and reporting requirements 

can be found in the final rule (80 FR 

13264, March 13, 2015). The Marine 

Corps is also required to submit a 

comprehensive report, which shall 

provide full documentation of methods, 

results, and interpretation of all 

monitoring during the period of 

effectiveness of this LOA. 

This Authorization remains valid 

through March 12, 2020 provided the 

Marine Corps remains in conformance 

with the conditions of the regulations 

and the LOA, and the mitigation, 

monitoring, and reporting requirements 

described in 50 CFR 218.240 through 

218.249 and the LOA are implemented. 

Dated: April 13, 2015. 

Donna S. Wieting, 

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 

RIN 0648–XD814 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Land Survey 

Activities Within the Eastern Aleutian 

Islands Archipelago, Alaska, 2015 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental 

harassment authorization; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has received an 

application from the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) to take marine 

mammals, by harassment incidental to 

conducting a one-day field-based land 

survey of cultural sites located on a 

small island within the eastern Aleutian 

Islands archipelago for a land claim 

made by an Alaska Regional Native 

Corporation under the Alaska Native 

Claims Settlement Act. The proposed 

date for this action would be on one day 

between the periods of June 1 through 

July 31, 2015. Per the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act, NMFS is requesting 

comments on the proposal to issue an 

Authorization to BLM to incidentally 

take, by Level B harassment only, one 

species of marine mammal during the 

specified activity. 

DATES: NMFS must receive comments 

and information on or before May 18, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the 

application to Jolie Harrison, Division 

Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 

East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. The mailbox address for 

providing email comments is ITP.Cody@

noaa.gov. Please include 0648–XD818 

in the subject line. Comments sent via 

email to ITP.Cody@noaa.gov, including 

all attachments, must not exceed a 25- 

megabyte file size. NMFS is not 

responsible for email comments sent to 

addresses other than the one provided 

here. 


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