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10See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

11See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19, 85 FR 

17006 (March 26, 2020); and Temporary Rule 

Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to 

COVID–19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 

41363 (July 10, 2020). 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. Normally, 

Commerce verifies information using 

standard procedures, including an onsite examination of original accounting, 

financial, and sales documentation. 

However, due to current travel 

restrictions in response to the global 

COVID–19 pandemic, Commerce is 

unable to conduct on-site verification in 

this investigation. Accordingly, we 

intend to verify the information relied 

upon in making the final determination 

through alternative means in lieu of an 

on-site verification. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. A timeline for the 

submission of case briefs and written 

comments will be notified to interested 

parties at a later date. Rebuttal briefs, 

limited to issues raised in case briefs, 

may be submitted no later than seven 

days after the deadline date for case 

briefs after the deadline date for case 

briefs.10 Note that Commerce has 

temporarily modified certain of its 

requirements for serving documents 

containing business proprietary 

information, until further notice.11

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this investigation are 

encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) A statement of the issue; 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities. 

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 the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its determination. If the final 

determination is affirmative, the ITC 

will determine 75 days after the final 

determination. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: March 7, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is certain OCTG, which are 

hollow steel products of circular crosssection, including oil well casing and tubing, 

of iron (other than case iron) or steel (both 

carbon and alloy), whether seamless or 

welded, regardless of end finish (e.g., 

whether or not plain end, threaded, or 

threaded and coupled) whether or not 

conforming to American Petroleum Institute 

(API) or non-API specifications, whether 

finished (including limited service OCTG 

products) or unfinished (including green 

tubes and limited service OCTG products), 

whether or not thread protectors are attached. 

The scope of this investigation also covers 

OCTG coupling stock. 

Subject merchandise includes material 

matching the above description that has been 

finished, packaged, or otherwise processed in 

a third country, including by performing any 

heat treatment, cutting, upsetting, threading, 

coupling, or any other finishing, packaging, 

or processing that would not otherwise 

remove the merchandise from the scope of 

the investigation if performed in the country 

of manufacture of the OCTG. 

Excluded from the scope of the 

investigation are: Casing, tubing, or coupling 

stock containing 10.5 percent or more by 

weight of chromium; drill pipe; unattached 

couplings; and unattached thread protectors. 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation is currently classified in the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) under item numbers: 

7304.29.1010, 7304.29.1020, 7304.29.1030, 

7304.29.1040, 7304.29.1050, 7304.29.1060, 

7304.29.1080, 7304.29.2010, 7304.29.2020, 

7304.29.2030, 7304.29.2040, 7304.29.2050, 

7304.29.2060, 7304.29.2080, 7304.29.3110, 

7304.29.3120, 7304.29.3130, 7304.29.3140, 

7304.29.3150, 7304.29.3160, 7304.29.3180, 

7304.29.4110, 7304.29.4120, 7304.29.4130, 

7304.29.4140, 7304.29.4150, 7304.29.4160, 

7304.29.4180, 7304.29.5015, 7304.29.5030, 

7304.29.5045, 7304.29.5060, 7304.29.5075, 

7304.29.6115, 7304.29.6130, 7304.29.6145, 

7304.29.6160, 7304.29.6175, 7305.20.2000, 

7305.20.4000, 7305.20.6000, 7305.20.8000, 

7306.29.1030, 7306.29.1090, 7306.29.2000, 

7306.29.3100, 7306.29.4100, 7306.29.6010, 

7306.29.6050, 7306.29.8110, and 

7306.29.8150. 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation may also enter under the 

following HTSUS item numbers: 

7304.39.0024, 7304.39.0028, 7304.39.0032, 

7304.39.0036, 7304.39.0040, 7304.39.0044, 

7304.39.0048, 7304.39.0052, 7304.39.0056, 

7304.39.0062, 7304.39.0068, 7304.39.0072, 

7304.39.0076, 7304.39.0080, 7304.59.6000, 

7304.59.8015, 7304.59.8020, 7304.59.8025, 

7304.59.8030, 7304.59.8035, 7304.59.8040, 

7304.59.8045, 7304.59.8050, 7304.59.8055, 

7304.59.8060, 7304.59.8065, 7304.59.8070, 

7304.59.8080, 7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6090, 

7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5090, 7306.50.5050, 

and 7306.50.5070. 

The HTSUS subheadings and 

specifications above are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes only. The 

written description of the scope of this 

investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Investigation 

IV. Subsidies Valuation 

V. Analysis of Programs 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–821–834] 

Oil Country Tubular Goods From the 

Russian Federation: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, Preliminary Negative 

Critical Circumstances 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 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from 

the Russian Federation (Russia) for the 

period of investigation (POI) January 1, 

2020, through December 31, 2020. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable March 14, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brontee Jeffries or Theodore Pearson, 


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1See Oil Country Tubular Goods From the 

Republic of Korea and the Russia Federation: 

Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations, 86 

FR 60210 (November 1, 2021). 

2See Oil Country Tubular Goods from the 

Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigations, (November 23, 

2021). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination and Preliminary 

Negative Critical Circumstances Determination in 

the Countervailing Duty Investigation of Oil 

Country Tubular Goods from the Russian 

Federation,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice, 86 FR at 60210–11. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Investigations of Oil Country Tubular Goods from 

Argentina, Mexico, and the Russian Federation and 

Countervailing Duty Investigations of Oil Country 

Tubular Goods from the Republic of Korea, and the 

Russian Federation: Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated March 7, 2022 (Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum). 

7See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

8See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

9See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Oil Country Tubular 

Goods from Argentina, Mexico, Russia, and the 

Republic of Korea: Petitioners’ Request to Extend 

Preliminary Determinations and Align the 

Countervailing Duty Investigations with the 

Concurrent Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations,’’ 

dated February 10, 2022. 

10See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Oil Country Tubular 

Goods from the Russian Federation: Critical 

Circumstances Allegation,’’ dated February 15, 

2022. 

11With two respondents under examination, 

Commerce normally calculates (A) a weightedaverage of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for 

the examined respondents; (B) a simple average of 

the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the 

examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-average 

of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the 

examined respondents using each company’s 

publicly-ranged U.S. sale quantities for the 

merchandise under consideration. Commerce then 

compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate 

closest to (A) as the most appropriate rate for all 

other producers and exporters. See, e.g., Ball 

Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, 

Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results 

AD/CVD Operations, Office I, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4645 or 

(202) 482–2631, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on November 1, 2021.1 On November 

23, 2021, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation to March 7, 2022.2

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II 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 http://

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 Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are OCTG from Russia. For 

a complete description of the scope of 

this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).5 Certain interested 

parties commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. For a summary of the 

product coverage comments and 

rebuttal responses submitted to the 

record for this preliminary 

determination and accompanying 

discussion and analysis of all comments 

timely received, see the Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum.6

Commerce is preliminarily modifying 

the scope language as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice, see Appendix I. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.7 For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying our preliminary conclusions, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Commerce notes that, in making these 

findings, it relied, in part, on facts 

available and, because it finds that the 

Government of Russia did not act to the 

best of its ability to respond to 

Commerce’s requests for information, it 

drew an adverse inference where 

appropriate in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available.8 For further 

information, see ‘‘Use of Facts 

Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’ in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Alignment 

In accordance with section 705(a)(1) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), 

and based on the petitioners’ request,9

we are aligning the final CVD 

determination in this investigation with 

the final determination in the 

companion AD investigations of OCTG 

from Argentina, Mexico, Korea, and 

Russia. Consequently, the final CVD 

determination will be issued on the 

same date as the final AD 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be issued no later than July 

18, 2022, unless postponed. 

Preliminary Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

The petitioners alleged, based on 

publicly available trade statistics, that 

there is a reasonable basis to believe or 

suspect that critical circumstances exist 

regarding imports of OCTG.10 Based on 

monthly shipment information 

requested from the mandatory 

respondents, Commerce is preliminarily 

determining that critical circumstances 

do not exist within the meaning of 

section 703(e)(1) of the Act. For further 

information, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d)(1)(A)(i) and 

705(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that, in 

the preliminary determination, 

Commerce shall determine an estimated 

all-others rate for companies not 

individually examined. Pursuant to 

section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act, this 

rate shall normally be an amount equal 

to the weighted average of the estimated 

subsidy rates established for those 

companies individually examined, 

excluding any rates that are zero, de 

minimis, or rates based entirely under 

section 776 of the Act. 

We preliminarily calculated 

individual estimated countervailable 

subsidy rates for TMK Group (TMK) and 

United Metallurgical Company and 

Vyksa Steel Works (collectively, OMK) 

that are not zero, de minimis, or based 

entirely on facts otherwise available. 

Commerce calculated the all-others rate 

using a weighted average of the 

individual estimated subsidy rates 

calculated for the examined respondents 

using each company’s publicly-ranged 

values for the merchandise under 

consideration.11


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of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final 

Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, and 

Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 

(September 1, 2010). See also Forged Steel Fluid 

End Blocks from Italy: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, and Alignment 

of Final Determination with Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination, 85 FR 31460, 31461 (May 26, 

2020) (unchanged in Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks 

from Italy: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, 85 FR 80022, 80023 (December 11, 

2020)). 

12As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

companies to be cross-owned with Volzhsky Pipe 

Plant: TMK Neftegasservice-Nizhnevartovsk, Joint 

Stock Company; TMK Neftegasservice-Buzuluk, 

Limited Liability Company; Russian Research 

Institute of the Tube & Pipe Industries, JSC; and 

Scientific and Technical Center TMK, LLC. 

13As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

companies to be cross-owned with JSC Vyska Steel 

Works: BusinessOptima; Metallolomaya Company 

OMK—Ecometall; United Metallurgical Company; 

and Joint-Stock Company Trubodetal. 

14See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements); Temporary Rule 

Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to 

COVID–19, 85 FR 17006 (March 26, 2020) 

(Temporary Rule); and Temporary Rule Modifying 

AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; 

Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 

2020) (Temporary Rule Extension). 

15See Temporary Rule; see also Temporary Rule 

Extension. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminary determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Manufacturer/exporter 

Subsidy rate 

(percent 

ad valorem) 

Volzhsky Pipe Plant, Joint Stock Company; Sinarsky Pipe Plant, Joint Stock Company; Seversky Pipe Plant, Joint Stock Company; Taganrog Metallurgical Plant, Joint Stock Company; Orsky Machine Building Plant, Joint Stock Company; and PAO 

TMK12 .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1.37 

JSC Vyksa Steel Works 13 ................................................................................................................................................................... 1.68 

All Others ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1.53 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise as described in the scope 

of the investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

rates indicated above. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. Normally, 

Commerce verifies information using 

standard procedures, including an onsite examination of original accounting, 

financial, and sales documentation. 

However, due to current travel 

restrictions in response to the global 

COVID–19 pandemic, Commerce is 

unable to conduct on-site verification in 

this investigation. Accordingly, we 

intend to verify the information relied 

upon in making the final determination 

through alternative means in lieu of an 

on-site verification. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. Interested parties will be 

notified of the timeline for the 

submission of case briefs and written 

comments at a later date. Rebuttal briefs, 

limited to issues raised in case briefs, 

may be submitted no later than seven 

days after the deadline date for case 

briefs.14 Note that Commerce has 

temporarily modified certain of its 

requirements for serving documents 

containing business proprietary 

information, until further notice.15

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this investigation are 

encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) A statement of the issue; 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities. 

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 the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date and time 

of the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its determination. If Commerce’s final 

determination is affirmative, the ITC 

will make its final injury determination 

before the later of 120 days after the date 

of this preliminary determination or 45 

days after the final determination. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: March 7, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is certain OCTG, which are 

hollow steel products of circular crosssection, including oil well casing and tubing, 

of iron (other than case iron) or steel (both 

carbon and alloy), whether seamless or 

welded, regardless of end finish (e.g., 

whether or not plain end, threaded, or 

threaded and coupled) whether or not 

conforming to American Petroleum Institute 

(API) or non-API specifications, whether 

finished (including limited service OCTG 

products) or unfinished (including green 

tubes and limited service OCTG products), 


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whether or not thread protectors are attached. 

The scope of this investigation also covers 

OCTG coupling stock. 

Subject merchandise includes material 

matching the above description that has been 

finished, packaged, or otherwise processed in 

a third country, including by performing any 

heat treatment, cutting, upsetting, threading, 

coupling, or any other finishing, packaging, 

or processing that would not otherwise 

remove the merchandise from the scope of 

the investigation if performed in the country 

of manufacture of the OCTG. 

Excluded from the scope of the 

investigation are: Casing, tubing, or coupling 

stock containing 10.5 percent or more by 

weight of chromium; drill pipe; unattached 

couplings; and unattached thread protectors. 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation is currently classified in the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) under item numbers: 

7304.29.1010, 7304.29.1020, 7304.29.1030, 

7304.29.1040, 7304.29.1050, 7304.29.1060, 

7304.29.1080, 7304.29.2010, 7304.29.2020, 

7304.29.2030, 7304.29.2040, 7304.29.2050, 

7304.29.2060, 7304.29.2080, 7304.29.3110, 

7304.29.3120, 7304.29.3130, 7304.29.3140, 

7304.29.3150, 7304.29.3160, 7304.29.3180, 

7304.29.4110, 7304.29.4120, 7304.29.4130, 

7304.29.4140, 7304.29.4150, 7304.29.4160, 

7304.29.4180, 7304.29.5015, 7304.29.5030, 

7304.29.5045, 7304.29.5060, 7304.29.5075, 

7304.29.6115, 7304.29.6130, 7304.29.6145, 

7304.29.6160, 7304.29.6175, 7305.20.2000, 

7305.20.4000, 7305.20.6000, 7305.20.8000, 

7306.29.1030, 7306.29.1090, 7306.29.2000, 

7306.29.3100, 7306.29.4100, 7306.29.6010, 

7306.29.6050, 7306.29.8110, and 

7306.29.8150. 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation may also enter under the 

following HTSUS item numbers: 

7304.39.0024, 7304.39.0028, 7304.39.0032, 

7304.39.0036, 7304.39.0040, 7304.39.0044, 

7304.39.0048, 7304.39.0052, 7304.39.0056, 

7304.39.0062, 7304.39.0068, 7304.39.0072, 

7304.39.0076, 7304.39.0080, 7304.59.6000, 

7304.59.8015, 7304.59.8020, 7304.59.8025, 

7304.59.8030, 7304.59.8035, 7304.59.8040, 

7304.59.8045, 7304.59.8050, 7304.59.8055, 

7304.59.8060, 7304.59.8065, 7304.59.8070, 

7304.59.8080, 7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6090, 

7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5090, 7306.50.5050, 

and 7306.50.5070. 

The HTSUS subheadings and 

specifications above are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes only. The 

written description of the scope of this 

investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Injury Test 

IV. Preliminary Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

V. Scope of the Investigation 

VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Application of Adverse Inferences 

VII. Subsidies Valuation 

VIII. Interest Rate Benchmarks, Discount 

Rates, and Natural Gas Benchmark 

IX. Analysis of Programs 

X. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB865] 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a four-day meeting to consider 

actions affecting the Gulf of Mexico 

fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ). This is a hybrid meeting open to 

the public offering both in-person and 

virtual options for participation. 

DATES: The meeting will convene 

Monday, April 4 at 8 a.m. through 5:30 

p.m., CDT and Tuesday, April 5 at 8 

a.m. through Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 

5 p.m., CDT. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at The Lodge at Gulf State Park, 21196 

East Beach Boulevard, Gulf Shores, AL 

36542. 

Please note, in-person meeting 

attendees will be expected to follow any 

current COVID–19 safety protocols as 

determined by the Council, hotel and 

the City of Gulf Shores. Such 

precautions may include masks, room 

capacity restrictions, and/or social 

distancing. If you prefer to ‘‘listen in’’, 

you may access the log-on information 

by visiting our website at 

www.gulfcouncil.org. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 4107 W 

Spruce Street, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 

33607; telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Carrie Simmons, Executive Director, 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Monday, April 4, 2022; 8 a.m.–5:30 

p.m., CDT 

The meeting will begin with the 

Administrative/Budget Committee 

reviewing 2022 Anticipated Activities, 

Budget and 2021 Funded Expenditures, 

and discuss Electronic Voting Process 

and available technology for Council 

and Council Bodies. 

The Ecosystem Committee will review 

and discuss contracted Draft Fishery 

Ecosystem Plan, and receive a meeting 

summary from the Ecosystem Technical 

Committee meeting. 

The Mackerel Committee will review 

and discuss Coastal Migratory Pelagics 

Landings, Draft Framework Amendment 

11: Modifications to the Gulf of Mexico 

Migratory Group King Mackerel Catch 

Limits, Final Action: Draft Amendment 

34: Atlantic Migratory Group King 

Mackerel Catch Levels and Atlantic 

King and Spanish Mackerel 

Management Measures, and Other 

Business: Discussion Gulf King 

Mackerel Southern Zone Gillnet Fishing 

Restriction on Weekends. 

The Shrimp Committee will receive 

the Biological Review of the Texas 

Closure; receive update on Current 

Shrimp Vessel Position Data Collection, 

a summary from the Shrimp Advisory 

Panel Meeting, update on Council 

Request for Proposals to Address 

Expanded Sampling of the Fleet for 

Effort Monitoring in the Gulf Shrimp 

Industry, and SSC Recommendations on 

Development and Process of Using 

Empirical Dynamic Models on Brown 

and White Shrimp. 

At approximately 2:45 p.m. until 5:30 

p.m., the Council will convene the Full 

Council in a Closed Session to review 

and discuss the selection of Individual 

Fishing Quotas (IFQ) Focus Group 

Participants, Coral, Data Collection, and 

Spiny Lobster Advisory Panel Members, 

and select the 2021 Law Enforcement 

Officer of the Year or Team of the Year. 

Tuesday, April 5, 2022; 8 a.m.–5 p.m., 

CDT 

The Reef Fish Committee will 

convene to review Reef Fish Landings 

and Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) 

Landings, and Federal For-hire Season 

Projection. The Committee will review 

the Red Snapper Private Recreational 

Component 2021 Landings Summary 

and 2022 Season Projections, and Draft 

Options: Gulf of Mexico Greater 

Amberjack Catch Limits, Sector 

Allocations, and other Rebuilding Plan 

Modifications. The Committee will 

review the revised Great Red Snapper 

Count Estimates and SSC 

Recommendations for Red Snapper 

Catch Advice. 

Following lunch, the Committee will 

receive a presentation and hold a 

discussion on the Gulf of Mexico Gag 

Grouper Interim Rule, State Reef Fish 

Survey (SRFS) Calibration, and Interim 

Analysis. The Committee will hold an 

SSC discussion of Limited Access 

Privilege Programs in Mixed-use 

Fisheries, Focus Group Formation and 

Next Steps Individual Fishing Quota 

(IFQ) Programs, and review of the Gulf 


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