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(vii) 3.04 percent of manganese; 

(viii) 2.05 percent of molybdenum; 

(ix) 20.15 percent of nickel; 

(x) 1.55 percent of niobium; 

(xi) 0.20 percent of nitrogen; 

(xii) 0.21 percent of phosphorus; 

(xiii) 3.10 percent of silicon; 

(xiv) 0.21 percent of sulfur; 

(xv) 1.05 percent of titanium; 

(xvi) 4.06 percent of tungsten; 

(xvii) 0.53 percent of vanadium; or 

(xviii) 0.015 percent of zirconium. 

Finished carbon steel flanges are currently 

classified under subheadings 7307.91.5010 

and 7307.91.5050 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). They 

may also be entered under HTSUS 

subheadings 7307.91.5030 and 7307.91.5070. 

The HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes; the 

written description of the scope is 

dispositive. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18057 Filed 8–23–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Participant 

Application, Participant Exit 

Questionnaire, Alumni Success Story 

Report 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before October 23, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at PRAcomments@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Department of Commerce, 

International Trade Administration, 

SABIT, Attn: Tracey Rollins, 1401 

Constitution Ave. NW., 20230, (202) 

482–0073, tracy.rollins@trade.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Special American Business 

Internship Training (SABIT) Program of 

the Department of Commerce’s 

International Trade Administration 

(ITA), is a key element in the U.S. 

Government’s efforts to support the 

economic transition of Eurasia (the 

former Soviet Union) and to support 

economic growth in other regions of the 

world, including Pakistan, South Asia, 

and the Middle East, et al. SABIT 

develops and implements two- to threeweek training programs for groups of up 

to 20 business and government 

professionals from Eurasia and other 

regions. These professionals meet with 

U.S. government agencies, nongovernmental organizations and private 

sector companies in order to learn about 

various business practices and 

principles. This unique private sectorU.S. Government partnership was 

created in order to tap into the U.S. 

private sector’s expertise and to assist 

developing regions in their transition to 

market-based economies while 

simultaneously boosting trade between 

the United States and other countries. 

Participant applications are needed to 

enable SABIT to find the most qualified 

participants for the training programs. 

Participant exit questionnaires provide 

insight as to what the participants have 

learned, and they are used to improve 

the content and administration of future 

programs. Alumni success story reports 

track the success of the program as 

regards to business ties between the U.S. 

and the countries SABIT covers. 

The closing date for participant 

applications is based upon the starting 

date of the program and is published 

with the application, on the program’s 

English-language Web site at 

www.trade.gov/sabit, and also on the 

Russian-language Web site at 

www.sabitprogram.org, if applicable. 

Pursuant to section 632(a) of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 

funding for the programs will be 

provided by the Agency for 

International Development (AID). 

The SABIT Program has revised the 

collection instruments. The instruments 

are very similar to those used by SABIT 

in past years. However, some wording 

has been changed to reflect the changing 

needs of SABIT over time. The changes 

are relatively minor and most of them 

are rephrasing of wording. Instructions 

for filling out the form, methods of 

submission, and the order of questions 

have been revised on the Participant 

Application. These revisions are not 

expected to increase the response time 

to complete the instruments. 

II. Method of Collection 

Participant applications are available 

for download from the SABIT English 

and Russian language Web sites at 

www.trade.gov/sabit and 

www.sabitprogram.org. Applications 

may be sent to program candidates via 

email or fax upon request. Applications 

are collected via email. Participant exit 

questionnaires are given to program 

participants at the completion of 

programs in by email and are collected 

by email, although in rare situations, a 

paper questionnaire may be completed 

and submitted. Alumni success story 

reports are used internally by SABIT 

staff to record success information, but 

at times they may be sent to alumni to 

fill out and submit via email or fax. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0625–0225. 

Form Number(s): ITA–4143P–3. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(revision of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,500. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Participant application, 3 hours; 

participant exit questionnaire, 1 hour; 

alumni success story report, 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 7,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 


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they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17976 Filed 8–23–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–HE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XE467 

Taking and Importing Marine 

Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals 

Incidental to Testing and Training 

Activities Conducted in the Eglin Gulf 

Test and Training Range 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for 

Letter of Authorization; request for 

comments and information. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request 

from the United States Air Force 

(USAF), Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) 

96th Test Wing (AFMC) for 

authorization to take marine mammals 

incidental to conducting testing and 

training activities in the Eglin Gulf Test 

and Training Range (EGTTR) in the Gulf 

of Mexico over the course of five years, 

from February 4, 2018 through February 

3, 2023. Pursuant to regulations 

implementing the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is 

announcing receipt of Eglin AFB’s 

request for the development and 

implementation of regulations 

governing the incidental taking of 

marine mammals and inviting 

information, suggestions, and comments 

on Eglin AFB’s application and request. 

DATES: Comments and information must 

be received no later than September 25, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the 

application should be addressed to Jolie 

Harrison, Chief, Permits and 

Conservation Division, Office of 

Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910– 

3225 and electronic comments should 

be sent ITP.Pauline@noaa.gov. 

Instructions: NMFS is not responsible 

for comments sent by any other method, 

to any other address or individual, or 

received after the end of the comment 

period. Comments sent via email, 

including all attachments, must not 

exceed a 25-megabyte file size. 

Attachments to electronic comments 

will be accepted in Microsoft Word or 

Excel or Adobe PDF file formats only. 

All comments received are a part of the 

public record and will generally be 

posted to www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/ 

permits/military.htm without change. 

All personal identifying information (for 

example, name, address, etc.) 

voluntarily submitted by the commenter 

may be publicly accessible. Do not 

submit confidential business 

information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob 

Pauline, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Availability 

An electronic copy of Eglin AFB’s 

application may be obtained online at: 

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

incidental/military.htm. In case of 

problems accessing the document, 

please call the contact listed above. 

Background 

Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the 

MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct 

the Secretary of Commerce to allow, 

upon request, the incidental, but not 

intentional, taking of small numbers of 

marine mammals of a species or 

population stock, by U.S. citizens who 

engage in a specified activity (other than 

commercial fishing) within a specified 

geographical region if certain findings 

are made and either regulations are 

issued or, if the taking is limited to 

harassment, a notice of a proposed 

authorization is provided to the public 

for review. 

An authorization for incidental 

takings for marine mammals shall be 

granted if NMFS finds that the taking 

will have a negligible impact on the 

species or stock(s), will not have an 

unmitigable adverse impact on the 

availability of the species or stock(s) for 

subsistence uses (where relevant), and if 

the permissible methods of taking and 

requirements pertaining to the 

mitigation, monitoring, and reporting of 

such taking are set forth. NMFS has 

defined ‘‘negligible impact’’ in 50 CFR 

216.103 as an impact resulting from the 

specified activity that cannot be 

reasonably expected to, and is not 

reasonably likely to, adversely affect the 

species or stock through effects on 

annual rates of recruitment or survival. 

The NDAA of 2004 (Pub. L. 108–136) 

removed the ‘‘small numbers’’ and 

‘‘specified geographical region’’ 

limitations indicated earlier and 

amended the definition of harassment as 

it applies to a ‘‘military readiness 

activity’’ to read as follows (Section 

3(18)(B) of the MMPA): (i) Any act that 

injures or has the significant potential to 

injure a marine mammal or marine 

mammal stock in the wild (Level A 

Harassment); or (ii) any act that disturbs 

or is likely to disturb a marine mammal 

or marine mammal stock in the wild by 

causing disruption of natural behavioral 

patterns, including, but not limited to, 

migration, surfacing, nursing, breeding, 

feeding, or sheltering, to a point where 

such behavioral patterns are abandoned 

or significantly altered (Level B 

Harassment). Eglin AFB has identified 

these testing and training activities as 

military readiness activities. 

On April 23, 2012, NMFS 

promulgated a rulemaking and issued a 

Letter of Authorization (LOA) for takes 

of marine mammals incidental to Eglin 

AFB’s Naval Explosive Ordnance 

Disposal School (NEODS) training 

operations at Eglin AFB. This rule 

expired on April 24, 2017 (77 FR 16718, 

March 22, 2012). On March 5, 2014, 

NMFS promulgated rulemaking and 

issued a LOA for takes of marine 

mammals incidental to Eglin AFB’s Air 

Force Special Operations Command 

(AFSOC) precision strike weapons 

(PSW) and air-to-surface (AS) gunnery 

activities in the EGTTR, which is valid 

through March 4, 2019 (79 FR 13568, 

March 11, 2014). In addition to these 

rules and LOAs, NMFS has issued 

Incidental Harassment Authorizations 

(IHA) for take of marine mammals 

incidental to Eglin AFB’s Maritime 

Strike Operations (78 FR 52135, August 

22, 2013; valid August 19, 2013 through 

August 18, 2014) and Maritime 

Weapons Systems Evaluations Program 

(WSEP) annually in 2015 (81 FR 7307) 

and 2016 (82 FR 10747). Eglin AFB 

complied with all conditions of the 

LOAs and IHAs issued, including 

submission of final reports. Based on 

these reports, NMFS has determined 

that impacts to marine mammals were 

not beyond those anticipated. On 

November 10, 2015, Eglin Natural 

Resources submitted an LOA request to 

consolidate all EGTTR activities into 

one authorization for five years. NMFS 

Office of Protected Resources planned to 

issue the EGTTR LOA by January 2017. 

However, it became apparent that the 

LOA would not be issued in time to 

cover February 2017 Maritime WSEP 

missions based on concerns associated 

with the acoustic model methodology 

and mission-day scenario versus perdetonation approach. Eglin Natural 

Resources requested and received a 

separate IHA (82 FR 10747, February 15, 

2017) valid from February 4, 2017 

through February 3, 2018 for those 


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