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Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: December 29, 2017. 

Christian Marsh, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation includes all grades and 

granulation sizes of citric acid, sodium 

citrate, and potassium citrate in their 

unblended forms, whether dry or in solution, 

and regardless of packaging type. The scope 

also includes blends of citric acid, sodium 

citrate, and potassium citrate; as well as 

blends with other ingredients, such as sugar, 

where the unblended form(s) of citric acid, 

sodium citrate, and potassium citrate 

constitute 40 percent or more, by weight, of 

the blend. 

The scope also includes all forms of crude 

calcium citrate, including dicalcium citrate 

monohydrate, and tricalcium citrate 

tetrahydrate, which are intermediate 

products in the production of citric acid, 

sodium citrate, and potassium citrate. 

The scope includes the hydrous and 

anhydrous forms of citric acid, the dihydrate 

and anhydrous forms of sodium citrate, 

otherwise known as citric acid sodium salt, 

and the monohydrate and monopotassium 

forms of potassium citrate. Sodium citrate 

also includes both trisodium citrate and 

monosodium citrate which are also known as 

citric acid trisodium salt and citric acid 

monosodium salt, respectively. 

The scope does not include calcium citrate 

that satisfies the standards set forth in the 

United States Pharmacopeia and has been 

mixed with a functional excipient, such as 

dextrose or starch, where the excipient 

constitutes at least 2 percent, by weight, of 

the product. 

Citric acid and sodium citrate are 

classifiable under 2918.14.0000 and 

2918.15.1000 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), 

respectively. Potassium citrate and crude 

calcium citrate are classifiable under 

2918.15.5000 and, if included in a mixture or 

blend, 3824.99.9295 of the HTSUS. Blends 

that include citric acid, sodium citrate, and 

potassium citrate are classifiable under 

3824.99.9295 of the HTSUS. Although the 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the merchandise is 

dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Postponement of Final Determination and 

Extension of Provisional Measures 

V. Scope Comments 

VI. Scope of the Investigation 

VII. Preliminary Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

VIII. Discussion of the Methodology 

A. Determination of the Comparison 

Method 

B. Results of the Differential Pricing 

Analysis 

IX. Date of Sale 

X. Product Comparisons 

XI. Export Price and Constructed Export 

Price 

XII. Normal Value 

A. Comparison Market Viability 

B. Level of Trade 

C. Cost of Production (COP) Analysis 

1. Calculation of COP 

2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices 

3. Results of the COP Test 

D. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison 

Market Prices 

XIII. Currency Conversion 

XIV. Verification 

XV. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF931 

Fishing Capacity Reduction Program 

for the Longline Catcher Processor 

Subsector of the Bering Sea and 

Aleutian Islands Non Pollock 

Groundfish Fishery 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of fee rate adjustment. 

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this notice to 

increase the fee rate for the non-pollock 

groundfish fishery to repay the 

$35,000,000 reduction loan to finance 

the non-pollock groundfish fishing 

capacity reduction program. 

DATES: The non-pollock groundfish 

program fee rate increase will begin on 

January 1, 2018. The first due date for 

fee payments with the increased rate 

will be February 15, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send questions about this 

notice to Paul Marx, Chief, Financial 

Services Division, National Marine 

Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910– 

3282. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Marx, (301) 427–8799. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Sections 312(b)–(e) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a (b) 

through e) generally authorizes fishing 

capacity reduction programs. In 

particular, section 312(d) authorizes 

industry fee systems for repaying 

reduction loans, which finance 

reduction program costs. Subpart L of 

50 CFR part 600 is the framework rule 

generally implementing section 312(b)– 

(e). Sections 1111 and 1112 of the 

Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. 

U.S.C. 1279f and 1279g) generally 

authorize reduction loans. 

Enacted on December 8, 2004, section 

219, Title II, of FY 2005 Appropriations 

Act, Public Law 104–447 (Act) 

authorizes a fishing capacity reduction 

program implementing capacity 

reduction plans submitted to NMFS by 

catcher processor subsectors of the 

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

(‘‘BSAI’’) non-pollock groundfish fishery 

(‘‘reduction fishery’’) as set forth in the 

Act. 

The longline catcher processor 

subsector (the ‘‘Longline Subsector’’) is 

among the catcher processor subsectors 

eligible to submit to NMFS a capacity 

reduction plan under the terms of the 

Act. 

The longline subsector non-pollock 

groundfish reduction program’s 

objective was to reduce the number of 

vessels and permits endorsed for 

longline subsector of the non-pollock 

groundfish fishery. 

All post-reduction fish landings from 

the reduction fishery are subject to the 

longline subsector non-pollock 

groundfish program’s fee. 

NMFS proposed the implementing 

notice on August 11, 2006 (71 FR 

46364), and published the final notice 

on September 29, 2006 (71 FR 57696). 

NMFS allocated the $35,000,000 

reduction loan (A Loan) to the reduction 

fishery and this loan is repayable by fees 

from the fishery. 

On September 24, 2007, NMFS 

published in the Federal Register (72 

FR 54219), the final rule to implement 

the industry fee system for repaying the 

non-pollock groundfish program’s 

reduction loan and established October 

24, 2007, as the effective date when fee 

collection and loan repayment began. 

The regulations implementing the 

program are located at § 600.1012 of 50 

CFR part 600, subpart M. 

NMFS published, in the Federal 

Register on November 2, 2009 (74 FR 

56592), a notice to decrease the A Loan 

fee rate to $0.016 per pound effective 

January 1, 2010. On November 12, 2010, 

NMFS published a notice (75 FR 69401), 

to decrease the fee rate to $0.015 per 

pound, effective January 1, 2011. NMFS 

published a notice on November 30, 

2011 (76 FR 74048) to decrease the fee 


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rate to $0.0145 per pound effective 

January 1, 2012. NMFS published a 

notice on February 13, 2013 (78 FR 

10136) to further decrease the fee rate 

once more to $0.0111 per pound 

effective January 1, 2013. 

NMFS published a final rule to 

implement a second $2,700,000 

reduction loan (B Loan) for this fishery 

in the Federal Register on September 

24, 2012 (77 FR 58775). The loan was 

disbursed December 18, 2012, with fee 

collection of $0.001 per pound to begin 

January 1, 2013. This fee is in addition 

to the A Loan fee. 

II. Purpose 

The purpose of this notice is to adjust 

the fee rate for the reduction fishery in 

accordance with the framework rule’s 

§ 600.1013(b). Section 600.1013(b) 

directs NMFS to recalculate the fee rate 

that will be reasonably necessary to 

ensure reduction loan repayment within 

the specified 30-year term. 

NMFS has determined for the 

reduction fishery that the current fee 

rate of $0.0111 per pound is less than 

that needed to service the A Loan. 

Therefore, NMFS is increasing the A 

Loan fee rate to $0.013 per pound, 

which NMFS has determined is 

sufficient to ensure timely loan 

repayment. The fee rate for the B Loan 

will remain $0.001 per pound. 

Subsector members may continue to 

use Pay.gov to disburse collected fee 

deposits at: http://www.pay.gov/ 

paygov/. 

Please visit the NMFS website for 

additional information at: http://

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/mb/financial_

services/buyback.htm. 

III. Notice 

The new fee rate for the non-pollock 

Groundfish fishery will begin on 

January 1, 2018. 

From and after this date, all subsector 

members paying fees on the non-pollock 

groundfish fishery shall begin paying 

non-pollock groundfish fishery program 

fees at the revised rate. 

Fee collection and submission shall 

follow previously established methods 

in § 600.1013 of the framework rule and 

in the final fee rule published in the 

Federal Register on September 24, 2007 

(72 FR 54219). 

Dated: January 3, 2018. 

Samuel D. Rauch, III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Market Risk Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (CFTC) announces 

that on January 31, 2018, from 10:00 

a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Market Risk 

Advisory Committee (MRAC) will hold 

a public meeting in the Conference 

Center at the CFTC’s Washington, DC, 

headquarters. At this meeting, the 

MRAC will: (1) Discuss the selfcertification process for listing new 

products on CFTC-regulated Designated 

Contract Markets and Swap Execution 

Facilities and (2) explore how new and 

novel products are considered and 

analyzed by CFTC staff from a risk 

perspective. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

January 31, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 

4:00 p.m. Members of the public who 

wish to submit written statements in 

connection with the meeting should 

submit them by February 7, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

in the Conference Center at the CFTC’s 

headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 

20581. Written statements should be 

submitted by mail to: Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission, Three 

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20581, attention: Office 

of the Secretary; or by electronic mail to: 

secretary@cftc.gov. Please use the title 

‘‘Market Risk Advisory Committee’’ in 

any written statement you submit. Any 

statements submitted in connection 

with the committee meeting will be 

made available to the public, including 

publication on the CFTC website, http:// 

www.cftc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alicia L. Lewis, MRAC Designated 

Federal Officer, Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette 

Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20581; (202) 418–5862. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting will be open to the public with 

seating on a first-come, first-served 

basis. Members of the public may also 

listen to the meeting by telephone by 

calling a domestic toll-free telephone or 

international toll or toll-free number to 

connect to a live, listen-only audio feed. 

Call-in participants should be prepared 

to provide their first name, last name, 

and affiliation. 

Domestic Toll Free: 1–866–844–9416. 

International Toll and Toll Free: Will 

be posted on the CFTC’s website, http:// 

www.cftc.gov, on the page for the 

meeting, under Related Links. 

Pass Code/Pin Code: 1834106. 

The meeting agenda may change to 

accommodate other MRAC priorities. 

For agenda updates, please visit the 

MRAC committee site at: http://

www.cftc.gov/About/CFTCCommittees/ 

MarketRiskAdvisoryCommittee/mrac_

meetings. 

After the meeting, a transcript of the 

meeting will be published through a 

link on the CFTC’s website, http://

www.cftc.gov. All written submissions 

provided to the CFTC in any form will 

also be published on the CFTC’s 

website. Persons requiring special 

accommodations to attend the meeting 

because of a disability should notify the 

contact person above. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. app. 2 sec. 10(a)(2). 

Dated: January 3, 2018. 

Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Lake Eufaula Advisory Committee 

Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

is publishing this notice to announce 

the following Federal advisory 

committee meeting of the Lake Eufaula 

Advisory Committee (LEAC). The 

meeting is open to the public. 

DATES: The Committee will meet from 

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. on Monday, 

January 29, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Legacy on Main Street, 224 

North Main Street, Eufaula, OK 74432. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jeff Knack; Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO) for the Committee, in writing at 

Eufaula Lake Office, 102 E BK 200 Rd, 

Stigler, OK 74462–1829, or by email at 

Jeff.Knack@usace.army.mil, or by phone 

at 1–918–484–5135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being held under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., 

Appendix, as amended), the Sunshine 

in the Government Act of 1976 (U.S.C. 

552b, as amended) and 41 Code of the 

Federal Regulations (41 CFR 102–3.150). 

Purpose of the Meeting: The Lake 

Eufaula Advisory Committee is an 

independent Federal advisory 


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