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1See Notice of Amendment to Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Antidumping Duty Order: Freshwater Crawfish Tail 

Meat From the People’s Republic of China, 62 FR 

48218 (September 15, 1997) (Order). 2See Coland’s new shipper review request dated 

September 18, 2014 (Coland NSR request); 

Hongda’s new shipper review request dated 

September 29, 2014 (Hongda NSR request); Hubei 

Yuesheng’s new shipper review request dated 

September 30, 2014 (Hubei Yuesheng NSR request). 3See Coland NSR request at page 1; Hongda NSR 

request at Exhibit 1; Hubei Yuesheng NSR request 

at Exhibit 2. 4See Coland NSR request at Attachment 1; 

Hongda NSR request at Exhibit 1; Hubei Yuesheng 

NSR request at Exhibit 2. 

5 Id. 

6 Id. 

7See Coland NSR request at Attachment 2; 

Hongda NSR request at Exhibit 2; Hubei Yuesheng 

NSR request at Exhibit 1. 

8See the memoranda to the file entitled 

‘‘Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People’s 

Republic of China: Initiation Checklist for 

Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review of Wuhan 

Coland Aquatic Products and Food Co., Ltd.’’ dated 

concurrently with this notice; ‘‘Freshwater Crawfish 

Tail Meat from the People’s Republic of China: 

Initiation Checklist for Antidumping Duty New 

Shipper Review of Weishan Hongda Aquatic Food 

Co., Ltd.’’ dated concurrently with this notice; and 

‘‘Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People’s 

Republic of China: Initiation Checklist for 

Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review of Hubei 

Yuesheng Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.’’ dated 

concurrently with this notice. (Collectively, 

Initiation Checklists.) 

9See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.214(i). 

conversion to judicial protective order, 

is hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results and this notice in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

777(i) of the Act. 

Dated: October 22, 2014. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Comments Discussed in the Accompanying 

Final Issues and Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Discussion of Comments 

Comment 1: Application of Adverse Facts 

Available to the PRC-Wide Entity 

Comment 2A: The Status of Paras as Part 

of the PRC-Wide Entity 

Comment 2B: The Status of Evonik as Part 

of the PRC-Wide Entity 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–848] 

Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From 

the People’s Republic of China: 

Initiation of Antidumping Duty New 

Shipper Reviews 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATED: Effective Date: October 31, 2014. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) has determined that 

three requests for new shipper reviews 

of the antidumping duty order on 

freshwater crawfish tail meat from the 

People’s Republic of China (PRC), meet 

the statutory and regulatory 

requirements for initiation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine Cartsos, AD/CVD Operations 

Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; Telephone: 

(202) 482–1757. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The antidumping duty order on 

freshwater crawfish tail meat from the 

PRC published in the Federal Register 

on September 15, 1997.1 Pursuant to 

section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (the Act), we 

received three timely requests for new 

shipper reviews of the Order from 

Wuhan Coland Aquatic Products and 

Food Co., Ltd. (Coland), Weishan 

Hongda Aquatic Food Co., Ltd. 

(Hongda), and Hubei Yuesheng Aquatic 

Products Co., Ltd. (Hubei Yuesheng).2

Each new shipper review applicant 

certified that it is both the producer and 

exporter of the subject merchandise 

upon which its request was based.3

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), 

each new shipper applicant certified 

that it did not export subject 

merchandise to the United States during 

the period of investigation (POI).4 In 

addition, pursuant to section 

751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), each new shipper 

applicant certified that, since the 

initiation of the investigation, it has 

never been affiliated with any exporter 

or producer who exported subject 

merchandise to the United States during 

the POI, including those respondents 

not individually examined during the 

POI.5 As required by 19 CFR 

351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), each new shipper 

applicant also certified that its export 

activities were not controlled by the 

government of the PRC.6

In addition to the certifications 

described above, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.214(b)(2), each new shipper 

applicant submitted documentation 

establishing the following: (1) The date 

on which it first shipped subject 

merchandise for export to the United 

States; (2) the volume of its first 

shipment; and (3) the date of its first 

sale to an unaffiliated customer in the 

United States.7

Period of Review 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.214(g)(1)(A), the period of review 

(POR) for new shipper reviews initiated 

in the month immediately following the 

anniversary month will be the twelvemonth period immediately preceding 

the anniversary month. Therefore, under 

the Order, the POR is September 1, 

2013, through August 31, 2014. 

Initiation of New Shipper Reviews 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1), the 

Department finds that the request from 

each new shipper applicant meets 

threshold requirements for the initiation 

of a new shipper review of shipments of 

freshwater crawfish tail meat from the 

PRC produced and exported by each 

new shipper applicant.8

The Department intends to issue the 

preliminary results of these new shipper 

reviews no later than 180 days from the 

date of initiation and the final results of 

the review no later than 90 days after 

the date the preliminary results are 

issued.9 It is the Department’s usual 

practice, in cases involving non-market 

economy countries, to require that a 

company seeking to establish eligibility 

for an antidumping duty rate separate 

from the country-wide rate provide 

evidence of de jure and de facto absence 

of government control over the 

company’s export activities. 

Accordingly, we will issue a 

questionnaire to each new shipper 

applicant which will include a section 

requesting information concerning its 

eligibility for a separate rate. The new 

shipper review of each new shipper 

applicant will be rescinded if the 

Department determines that each new 

shipper applicant has not demonstrated 

that it is eligible for a separate rate. In 

addition, the Department has concerns 

with certain information contained in 

entry data that the Department obtained 

from U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP). Due to the business 

proprietary nature of this information, 

please refer to the Initiation Checklists 

for further discussion. The Department 

intends to address these concerns after 

initiation of the new shipper reviews. If 


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the Department subsequently 

determines, based on information 

collected, that a new shipper review for 

any applicant is not warranted, the 

Department may rescind the review or 

apply facts available pursuant to section 

776 of the Act, as appropriate. 

We will instruct CBP to allow, at the 

option of the importer, the posting, until 

the completion of the review, of a bond 

or security in lieu of a cash deposit for 

each entry of the subject merchandise 

from each new shipper applicant in 

accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). 

Because each new shipper applicant 

certified that it produced and exported 

subject merchandise, the sale of which 

is the basis for the request for a new 

shipper review, we will apply the 

bonding privilege to each new shipper 

applicant only for subject merchandise 

which was produced and exported by 

each new shipper applicant. 

To assist in its analysis of the bona 

fides of each new shipper applicant’s 

sales, upon initiation of this new 

shipper review, the Department will 

require each new shipper applicant to 

submit on an ongoing basis complete 

transaction information concerning any 

sales of subject merchandise to the 

United States that were made 

subsequent to the POR. 

Interested parties requiring access to 

proprietary information in the new 

shipper review should submit 

applications for disclosure under 

administrative protective order in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 

351.306. 

This initiation and notice are 

published in accordance with section 

751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i). 

Dated: October 24, 2014. 

Christian Marsh, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25958 Filed 10–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD457 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Atlantic Shark Management Measures; 

2015 Research Fishery 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; request for 

applications. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces its request 

for applications for the 2015 shark 

research fishery from commercial shark 

fishermen with directed or incidental 

shark limited access permits. The shark 

research fishery allows for the collection 

of fishery-dependent and biological data 

for future stock assessments to meet the 

shark research objectives of the Agency. 

The only commercial vessels authorized 

to land sandbar sharks are those 

participating in the shark research 

fishery. Shark research fishery 

permittees may also land other large 

coastal sharks (LCS), small coastal 

sharks (SCS), and pelagic sharks. 

Commercial shark fishermen who are 

interested in participating in the shark 

research fishery need to submit a 

completed Shark Research Fishery 

Permit Application in order to be 

considered. 

DATES: Shark Research Fishery 

Applications must be received no later 

than 5 p.m., local time, on December 1, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit completed 

applications to the HMS Management 

Division at: 

• Mail: Attn: Guy ́ DuBeck, HMS 

Management Division (F/SF1), NMFS, 

1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910. 

• Fax: (301) 713–1917. 

For copies of the Shark Research 

Fishery Permit Application, please write 

to the HMS Management Division at the 

address listed above, call (301) 427– 

8503 (phone), or fax a request to (301) 

713–1917. Copies of the Shark Research 

Fishery Application are also available at 

the HMS Web site at http://

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/index.htm. 

Additionally, please be advised that 

your application may be released under 

the Freedom of Information Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karyl Brewster-Geisz or Guy ́ DuBeck, at 

(301) 427–8503 (phone) or (301) 713– 

1917 (fax). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Atlantic shark fisheries are managed 

under the authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens 

Act). The Consolidated HMS Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) is 

implemented by regulations at 50 CFR 

part 635. 

The shark research fishery was 

established, in part, to maintain time 

series data for stock assessments and to 

meet NMFS’ research objectives. Since 

the shark research fishery was 

established in 2008, the research fishery 

has allowed for: The collection of 

fishery dependent data for current and 

future stock assessments; the operation 

of cooperative research to meet NMFS’ 

ongoing research objectives; the 

collection of updated life-history 

information used in the sandbar shark 

(and other species) stock assessment; 

the collection of data on habitat 

preferences that might help reduce 

fishery interactions through bycatch 

mitigation; and the evaluation of the 

utility of the mid-Atlantic closed area 

on the recovery of dusky sharks and 

collection of hook-timer and pop-up 

satellite archival tag (PSAT) information 

to determine at-vessel and post-release 

mortality of dusky sharks. 

The shark research fishery allows 

selected commercial fishermen the 

opportunity to earn revenue from selling 

additional sharks, including sandbar 

sharks. Only the commercial shark 

fishermen selected to participate in the 

shark research fishery are authorized to 

land sandbar sharks subject to the 

sandbar quota available each year. The 

base quota is 116.6 metric (mt) dressed 

weight (dw) per year, although this 

number may be reduced in the event of 

overharvests, if any. The selected shark 

research fishery permittees will also be 

allowed to land other LCS, SCS, and 

pelagic sharks per any restrictions 

established on their shark research 

fishery permit. Generally, the shark 

research fishery permits are valid only 

for the calendar year for which they are 

issued. 

The specific 2015 trip limits and 

number of trips per month will depend 

on the availability of funding, number of 

selected vessels, the availability of 

observers, the available quota, and the 

objectives of the research fishery and 

will be included in the permit terms at 

time of issuance. The number of 

participants in the research fishery 

change each year. In 2014, five 

fishermen were chosen to participate. 

From 2008 through 2014, there has been 

an average of seven participants each 

year with the range from five to eleven. 

The trip limits and the number of trips 

taken per month have changed each 

year the research fishery has been 

active. Participants may also be limited 

on the amount of gear they can deploy 

on a given set (e.g., number of hooks 

and sets, soak times, length of longline). 

In 2014, NMFS split the sandbar and 

LCS research fishery quotas equally 

among selected participants, with each 

vessel allocated 18.6 mt dw of sandbar 

shark research fishery quota and 8.0 mt 

dw of other LCS research fishery quota. 

NMFS also established a regional dusky 

bycatch limit where once three or more 

dusky sharks were caught dead in any 


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