28566 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 98 / Friday, May 21, 2010 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XW34 

Incidental Taking of Marine Mammals; 

Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental 

to the Explosive Removal of Offshore 

Structures in the Gulf of Mexico 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of letters of 

authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA) and implementing regulations, 

notification is hereby given that NMFS 

has issued one-year Letters of 

Authorization (LOA) to take marine 

mammals incidental to the explosive 

removal of offshore oil and gas 

structures (EROS) in the Gulf of Mexico. 

DATES: These authorizations are 

effective from June 1, 2010 through May 

31, 2011, July 1, 2010 through June 30, 

2011, and August 1, 2010 through July 

31, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The application and LOAs 

are available for review by writing to P. 

Michael Payne, Chief, Permits, 

Conservation, and Education Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910–3235 or by telephoning the 

contact listed here (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT), or online at: 

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

incidental.htm. Documents cited in this 

notice may be viewed, by appointment, 

during regular business hours, at the 

aforementioned address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Howard Goldstein or Jolie Harrison, 

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 

301–713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 

1361 et seq.) directs the Secretary of 

Commerce (who has delegated the 

authority to NMFS) to allow, upon 

request, the incidental, but not 

intentional, taking of small numbers of 

marine mammals by United States (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 ‘‘take’’ means to harass, 

hunt, capture, or kill or to attempt to 

harass, hunt, capture, or kill marine 

mammal. 

Authorization for incidental taking, in 

the form of annual LOAs, may be 

granted by NMFS for periods up to five 

years if NMFS finds, after notification 

and opportunity for public comment, 

that the taking will have a negligible 

impact on the species or stock(s) of 

marine mammals, and will not have an 

unmitigable adverse impact on the 

availability of the species or stock(s) for 

subsistence uses (where relevant). In 

addition, NMFS must prescribe 

regulations that include permissible 

methods of taking and other means of 

effecting the least practicable adverse 

impact on the species and its habitat 

(i.e., mitigation), and on the availability 

of the species for subsistence uses, 

paying particular attention to rookeries, 

mating rounds, and areas of similar 

significance. The regulations also must 

include requirements pertaining to the 

monitoring and reporting of such taking. 

Regulations governing the taking of 

marine mammals incidental to EROS 

were published on June 19, 2008 (73 FR 

34875), and remain in effect through 

July 19, 2013. For detailed information 

on this action, please refer to that 

Federal Register notice. The species 

that applicants may take in small 

numbers during EROS activities are 

bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops 

truncatus), Atlantic spotted dolphins 

(Stenella frontalis), pantropical spotted 

dolphins (Stenella attenuata), Clymene 

dolphins (Stenella clymene), striped 

dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba), 

spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris), 

rough-toothed dolphins (Steno 

bredanensis), Risso’s dolphins 

(Grampus griseus), melon-headed 

whales (Peponocephala electra), shortfinned pilot whales (Globicephala 

macrorhynchus), and sperm whales 

(Physeter macrocephalus). 

Pursuant to these regulations, NMFS 

has issued an LOA to Fairways Offshore 

Exploration, Inc., El Paso Exploration & 

Production Company, L.P., and ATP Oil 

& Gas Corporation. Issuance of the LOAs 

is based on a finding made in the 

preamble to the final rule that the total 

taking by these activities (with 

monitoring, mitigation, and reporting 

measures) will result in no more than a 

negligible impact on the affected species 

or stock(s) of marine mammals and will 

not have an unmitigable adverse impact 

on subsistence uses. NMFS also finds 

that the applicant will meet the 

requirements contained in the 

implementing regulations and LOA, 

including monitoring, mitigation, and 

reporting requirements. 

Dated: May 17, 2010. 

James H. Lecky, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XW57 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Groundfish/Scallop Advisory Panel will 

meet to consider actions affecting New 

England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, June 7, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hilton Garden Inn, One Thurber 

Street, Warwick, RI 02886; telephone: 

(401) 734–9600; fax: (401) 734–9700. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items 

of discussion in the panel’s agenda are 

as follows: 

1. The Joint Groundfish/Scallop 

Advisory Panel (AP) will meet to 

consider measures that will facilitate 

harvesting optimum yield from the two 

fisheries by addressing the potential 

constraints of groundfish stock 

allocations. The Joint AP may also 

consider measures to reduce catch of 

groundfish in the scallop fishery by 

adopting measures that would allow 

benefits for the fishery from reduction 

in groundfish catch. These measures 

will be considered by the Joint 

Committee at a future date, and may 

become part of an amendment to the 

Northeast Multispecies and Scallop 

Fishery Management Plans. 

2. Other business may also be 

discussed. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 


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action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul 

J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: May 18, 2010. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12291 Filed 5–20–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XW56 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific Council) 

Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) will 

hold a work session by telephone 

conference to develop recommendations 

for the June 2010 Council meeting. 

DATES: The telephone conference will be 

held Monday, June 7, 2010, from 1:30 

p.m. to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: A public listening station 

will be available at the Pacific Council 

Office, Small Conference Room, 7700 

NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, 

Portland, OR 97220–1384; telephone: 

(503) 820–2280. 

Council address: Pacific Council, 

7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, 

Portland, OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Chuck Tracy, Salmon Management Staff 

Officer, Pacific Council; telephone: 

(503) 820–2280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the work session is to review 

information in the Pacific Council’s 

June 2010 meeting briefing book related 

to salmon management, and to develop 

comments and recommendations for 

consideration at the June 2010 Pacific 

Council meeting. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may 

come before the SAS for discussion, 

those issues may not be the subject of 

formal SAS action during this meeting. 

SAS action will be restricted to those 

issues specifically listed in this notice 

and any issues arising after publication 

of this notice that require emergency 

action under section 305(c) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the SAS’s intent to take final action to 

address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The public listening station is 

physically accessible to people with 

disabilities. Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Ms. Carolyn Porter 

at (503) 820–2280 at least 5 days prior 

to the meeting date. 

Dated: May 18, 2010. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12312 Filed 5–20–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–912] 

New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Notice of Partial Rescission of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: May 21, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrea Staebler Berton, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 8, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–4037. 

Background 

On September 1, 2009, the 

Department of Commerce (‘‘the 

Department’’) published a notice of 

opportunity to request an administrative 

review of the antidumping duty order 

on New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires 

(‘‘OTR tires’’) from the People’s Republic 

of China (‘‘PRC’’) for the period of review 

(‘‘POR’’) February 20, 2008, through 

August 31, 2009. See Antidumping or 

Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 

Suspended Investigation: Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review, 74 

FR 45179 (September 1, 2009). On 

September 28, 2009, Guizhou Tire I&E 

Corporation, Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd., 

and Guizhou Advanced Rubber Co., Ltd. 

(collectively ‘‘GTC’’), exporters of OTR 

tires, requested that the Department 

conduct an administrative review of its 

exports to the United States during the 

POR. On September 29, 2009, GPX 

International Tire Corporation (‘‘GPX’’), 

an importer of OTR tires, requested that 

the Department conduct an 

administrative review of OTR tires 

exports from the following entities: 

GTC; Hebei Starbright Tire Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Starbright’’); Tianjin United Tire & 

Rubber International Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘TUTRIC’’); Jiangsu Feichi Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Feichi’’); Shangdong Huitong Tyre Co., 

Ltd. (‘‘Huitong’’); Aeolus Tyre Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Aeolus’’); Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Triangle’’); and Tianjin Wanda Tyre 

Group (‘‘Wanda’’). On September 30, 

2009, Super Grip, an importer of OTR 

tires, and Innova Rubber Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Innova’’), a PRC exporter and producer 

of OTR tires, requested that the 

Department conduct an administrative 

review of Innova’s exports. Also on 

September 30, 2009, TUTRIC, a PRC 

exporter of OTR tires, requested that the 

Department conduct an administrative 

review of its own exports. The 

Department received timely requests for 

review for six additional exporters: 

Hanghzou Zhongce Rubber Co., Ltd., KS 

Holding Limited and KS Resources 

Limited, Laizhou Xiongying Rubber 

Industry Co., Ltd., Qingdao Free Trade 

Zone Full World International Trading 

Co., Ltd., Qingdao Taifa Group Co., Ltd., 

and Weihai Zhongwei Rubber Co., Ltd. 

The Department then published in the 

Federal Register the initiation notice for 

the antidumping duty administrative 

review of OTR tires from the PRC for the 

2008–2009 POR. See Initiation of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews, Request for 

Revocation in Part, 74 FR 54956 

(October 26, 2009). 

Partial Rescission of Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the 

Secretary will rescind an administrative 

review, in whole or in part, if the party 

that requested the review withdraws the 

request within 90 days of the date of 

publication of the notice of initiation of 

the requested review. The Secretary may 

also extend this time limit if the 

Secretary decides that it is reasonable to 

do so. On November 20, 2009, GPX 


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