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make its final determination as to 

whether the domestic industry in the 

United States is materially injured, or 

threatened with material injury, by 

reason of imports, or sales (or the 

likelihood of sales) for importation of 

wire rod from South Africa no later than 

45 days after this final determination, in 

accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the 

Act. If the ITC determines that such 

injury does not exist, the proceeding 

will be terminated and all cash deposits 

posted will be refunded or cancelled. If 

the ITC determines that such injury 

exists, Commerce will issue an 

antidumping duty order directing CBP 

to assess, upon further instruction by 

Commerce, antidumping duties on all 

imports of the subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the effective 

date of the suspension of liquidation, as 

discussed above in the ‘‘Continuation of 

Suspension of Liquidation’’ section. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice serves as a reminder to 

parties subject to an administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return or 

destruction of APO materials, or 

conversion to judicial protective order, 

is hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and the terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These determinations are issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(c). 

Dated: January 8, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this investigation 

are certain hot-rolled products of carbon steel 

and alloy steel, in coils, of approximately 

round cross section, less than 19.00 mm in 

actual solid cross-sectional diameter. 

Specifically excluded are steel products 

possessing the above-noted physical 

characteristics and meeting the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

definitions for (a) stainless steel; (b) tool 

steel; (c) high-nickel steel; (d) ball bearing 

steel; or (e) concrete reinforcing bars and 

rods. Also excluded are free cutting steel 

(also known as free machining steel) 

products (i.e., products that contain by 

weight one or more of the following 

elements: 0.1 percent of more of lead, 0.05 

percent or more of bismuth, 0.08 percent or 

more of sulfur, more than 0.04 percent of 

phosphorous, more than 0.05 percent of 

selenium, or more than 0.01 percent of 

tellurium). All products meeting the physical 

description of subject merchandise that are 

not specifically excluded are included in this 

scope. 

The products under investigation are 

currently classifiable under subheadings 

7213.91.3011, 7213.91.3015, 7213.91.3020, 

7213.91.3093, 7213.91.4500, 7213.91.6000, 

7213.99.0030, 7227.20.0030, 7227.20.0080, 

7227.90.6010, 7227.90.6020, 7227.90.6030, 

and 7227.90.6035 of the HTSUS. Products 

entered under subheadings 7213.99.0090 and 

7227.90.6090 of the HTSUS may also be 

included in this scope if they meet the 

physical description of subject merchandise 

above. Although the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of these proceedings is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Discussion of the Issues: 

Comment 1: Affiliation and Collapsing of 

AMSA/Scaw/CWI 

Comment 2: Application of Total AFA to 

AMSA/Scaw/CWI 

Comment 3: Commerce’s Statutory 

Obligations Under 782(d) of the Act 

Comment 4: Verification 

Comment 5: Adjustment to AMSA’s 

General and Administrative (G&A) 

Expense Ratio 

Comment 6: Adjustment to AMSA’s 

Warranty Expenses 

Comment 7: Adjustment to AMSA’s Direct 

Selling Expenses 

Comment 8: Denial of AMSA’s CEP Offset 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Visiting Committee on Advanced 

Technology 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Visiting Committee on 

Advanced Technology (VCAT or 

Committee), National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST), will 

meet in Wednesday, February 7, 2018, 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time. The VCAT is composed of not 

fewer than 9 members appointed by the 

NIST Director who are eminent in such 

fields as business, research, new 

product development, engineering, 

labor, education, management 

consulting, environment, and 

international relations. 

DATES: The VCAT will meet on 

Wednesday, February 7, 2018, from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Portrait Room, Administration 

Building, at NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. Please 

note admittance instructions under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Shaw, VCAT, NIST, 100 

Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1060, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–1060, 

telephone number 301–975–2667. Ms. 

Shaw’s email address is 

stephanie.shaw@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 278, as amended, and 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 

The purpose of this meeting is for the 

VCAT to review and make 

recommendations regarding general 

policy for NIST, its organization, its 

budget, and its programs within the 

framework of applicable national 

policies as set forth by the President and 

the Congress. The agenda will include 

an update on major programs at NIST. 

In addition, the meeting will include 

presentations and discussions on NIST’s 

role in cybersecurity and technology 

transfer from federal laboratories. The 

Committee also will present its initial 

observations, findings, and 

recommendations for the 2017 VCAT 

Annual Report. The agenda may change 

to accommodate Committee business. 

The final agenda will be posted on the 

NIST website at http://www.nist.gov/ 

director/vcat/agenda.cfm. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to the 

Committee’s affairs are invited to 

request a place on the agenda. 

Approximately one-half hour will be 

reserved for public comments and 

speaking times will be assigned on a 

first-come, first-serve basis. The amount 

of time per speaker will be determined 

by the number of requests received, but 

is likely to be about 3 minutes each. The 

exact time for public comments will be 

included in the final agenda that will be 

posted on the NIST website at http://

www.nist.gov/director/vcat/agenda.cfm. 

Questions from the public will not be 


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considered during this period. Speakers 

who wish to expand upon their oral 

statements, those who had wished to 

speak but could not be accommodated 

on the agenda, and those who were 

unable to attend in person are invited to 

submit written statements to VCAT, 

NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 1060, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, via fax at 

301–216–0529 or electronically by email 

to stephanie.shaw@nist.gov. 

All visitors to the NIST site are 

required to pre-register to be admitted. 

Please submit your name, time of 

arrival, email address and phone 

number to Stephanie Shaw by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time, Monday, January 29, 

2018. Non-U.S. citizens must submit 

additional information; please contact 

Ms. Shaw. Ms. Shaw’s email address is 

stephanie.shaw@nist.gov and her phone 

number is 301–975–2667. For 

participants attending in person, please 

note that federal agencies, including 

NIST, can only accept a state-issued 

driver’s license or identification card for 

access to federal facilities if such license 

or identification card is issued by a state 

that is compliant with the REAL ID Act 

of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–13), or by a state 

that has an extension for REAL ID 

compliance. NIST currently accepts 

other forms of federal-issued 

identification in lieu of a state-issued 

driver’s license. For detailed 

information please contact Ms. Shaw at 

301–975–2667 or visit: http://nist.gov/ 

public_affairs/visitor/. 

Kevin Kimball, 

Chief of Staff. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF946 

New England 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 New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council, NEFMC) 

will hold a two-day meeting to consider 

actions affecting New England fisheries 

in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, January 30, and Wednesday, 

January 31, 2018, beginning at 10 a.m. 

on January 30 and 9 a.m. on January 31. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Sheraton Harborside, 250 Market 

Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801; 

telephone: (603) 431–2300; online at 

www.sheratonportsmouth.com. 

Council Address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492; 

www.nefmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492, ext. 

113. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

Tuesday, January 30, 2018 

After introductions and brief 

announcements, the meeting will begin 

with reports from the Council Chairman 

and Executive Director, NMFS’s 

Regional Administrator for the Greater 

Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office 

(GARFO), liaisons from the Northeast 

Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) and 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, representatives from NOAA 

General Counsel and the Office of Law 

Enforcement, and staff from the Atlantic 

States Marine Fisheries Commission 

(ASMFC) and U.S. Coast Guard. Next, 

the Council will receive an industryfunded monitoring briefing from 

GARFO that includes: (1) An update 

with preliminary results on the agency’s 

electronic monitoring project aboard 

midwater trawl vessels participating in 

the Atlantic herring and mackerel 

fisheries; and (2) information on 

industry-funded monitoring service 

providers. The Skate Committee will 

report next. The Council is expected to 

initiate Framework Adjustment 6 to the 

Northeast Skate Complex Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) to consider 

adjustments to the skate wing 

possession limit. 

After a lunch break, members of the 

public will have the opportunity to 

speak during an open comment period 

on issues that relate to Council business 

but are not included on the published 

agenda for this meeting. The Council 

asks the public to limit remarks to 3–5 

minutes. The Habitat Committee will 

report after the public comment period. 

The Council is scheduled to take final 

action on coral protection measures for 

the continental slope and canyons south 

of Georges Bank in its Omnibus DeepSea Coral Amendment. The Council 

took final action on coral protection 

measures for the Gulf of Maine in June 

of 2017. In other habitat-related 

business, the Council will: (1) Review 

NMFS’s decision on Omnibus Habitat 

Amendment 2 and discuss how it 

relates to the Council’s 2018 habitat 

priorities; and (2) review comments on 

offshore wind projects. The Council 

then will hear from its Research 

Steering Committee and first review and 

possibly approve the committee’s 

recommendations for potential 

improvements to the Council’s research 

priority-setting process. The Council 

also will receive an update on issues 

related to the Northeast Cooperative 

Research Program and be briefed on 

management reviews of completed 

research projects. Following these 

actions, the Council will adjourn for the 

day. 

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 

The second day of the meeting will 

begin with a closed session in order for 

the Council to consult on Scientific and 

Statistical Committee appointments for 

2018–20. The first item of business in 

the open session will be an update on 

the ongoing external review of Council 

operations, known as the Council 

Program Review. Next, the Council will 

receive a report on the latest meeting of 

the Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel and 

discuss several issues related to the 

workings of the panel, including NEFSC 

engagement and previous/future studies 

and projects. This discussion will be 

followed by a National Fish and 

Wildlife Foundation-funded report on 

implementing electronic monitoring in 

New England’s groundfish fishery. The 

Council then will receive a presentation 

on the NEFSC’s ‘‘2007–2015 Final 

Report on the Performance of the 

Northeast Multispecies Fishery,’’ 

followed by the Scientific and Statistical 

Committee’s report, which is centered 

on providing overfishing limit and 

acceptable biological catch 

recommendations for Atlantic halibut to 

the Council. 

Following a lunch break, the Council 

will begin its Groundfish Committee 

report, which will cover recreational 

fishery measures and the Council’s 

Groundfish Monitoring Amendment 23. 

On the recreational end, the Council 

will: (1) Provide recommendations to 

GARFO on fishing year 2018 

recreational measures for Gulf of Maine 

cod and haddock; (2) possibly consult 

with GARFO on fishing year 2018 

recreational measures for Georges Bank 

cod; and (3) consider recommending a 

new control date for the party/charter 

fishery. Regarding Amendment 23 to the 

Northeast Multispecies Fishery 

Management Plan, which is focused on 

monitoring in the groundfish fishery, 

the Council will: (1) Receive a progress 

report on the amendment’s 

development; and (2) discuss the 


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