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Dated: September 13, 2017. 

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 

Scope of the Investigations 

The product covered by these 

investigations is all forms and grades of 

titanium sponge, except as specified below. 

Titanium sponge is unwrought titanium 

metal that has not been melted. Expressly 

excluded from the scope of these 

investigations are: 

(1) Loose particles of unwrought titanium 

metal having a particle size of less than 20 

mesh (0.84 mm); 

(2) alloyed or unalloyed briquettes of 

unwrought titanium metal that contain more 

than 0.2% oxygen on a dry weight basis; and 

(3) ultra-high purity titanium sponge. In 

ultra-high purity titanium sponge, metallic 

impurities do not exceed any of these 

amounts: 

WT % 

Aluminum 0.0005 

Chromium 0.0001 

Cobalt 0.0001 

Copper 0.0002 

Iron 0.0300 

Manganese 0.0010 

Nickel 0.0002 

Vanadium 0.0002 

Zirconium 0.0005 

Carbon 0.0150 

Hydrogen 0.0100 

Nitrogen 0.0020 

Oxygen 0.1000 

Titanium sponge is currently classified 

under subheading 8108.20.0010 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS). The HTSUS subheading is 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes; the written description of the 

scope of these investigations is dispositive. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF658 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Announcement of rescheduled 

meetings of the South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s Citizen Science 

Advisory Panel Projects/Topics 

Management; Volunteers; 

Communication/Outreach/Education 

Action Teams. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold meetings of its Citizen Science 

Advisory Panel Projects/Topics 

Management; Volunteers; 

Communication/Outreach/Education 

Action Teams via webinar. The 

meetings via webinar were originally 

scheduled for Tuesday, September 19, 

2017 at 1 p.m. (Projects/Topics 

Management); Thursday, September 21, 

2017 at 1 p.m. (Volunteers); Friday, 

September 22, 2017 at 10 a.m. 

(Communication/Outreach/Education) 

but have been rescheduled as a result of 

wide-spread impacts due to Hurricane 

Irma [See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION]. 

DATES: The Volunteers Team meeting 

has been rescheduled for Monday, 

October 2, 2017 at 1 p.m.; Projects/ 

Topics Management Team on Tuesday, 

October 3, 2017 at 2 p.m.; and 

Communication/Outreach/Education 

Team on Wednesday, October 4 at 1 

p.m. Each meeting is scheduled to last 

approximately 90 minutes. Additional 

Action Team webinar and plenary 

webinar dates and times will publish in 

a subsequent issue in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held 

via webinar and are open to members of 

the public. Webinar registration is 

required and registration links will be 

posted to the Citizen Science program 

page of the Council’s Web site at 

www.safmc.net. 

Council address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. 

Charleston, SC 29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amber Von Harten, Citizen Science 

Program Manager, SAFMC; phone: (843) 

302–8433 or toll free (866) SAFMC–10; 

fax: (843) 769–4520; email: 

amber.vonharten@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to the 

impacts of Hurricane Irma and ongoing 

recovery efforts in the South Atlantic 

region, the meetings of the Council’s 

Citizen Science Advisory Panel 

Projects/Topics Management; 

Volunteers; Communication/Outreach/ 

Education Action Team originally 

scheduled for Tuesday, September 19, 

2017 at 1 p.m. (Projects/Topics 

Management); Thursday, September 21, 

2017 at 1 p.m. (Volunteers); Friday, 

September 22, 2017 at 10 a.m. 

(Communication/Outreach/Education) 

have been rescheduled. The originally 

scheduled meetings were published in 

the Federal Register on September 1, 

2017 (82 FR 41613). 

The Volunteers Team meeting has 

been rescheduled for Monday, October 

2, 2017 at 1 p.m.; Projects/Topics 

Management Team on Tuesday, October 

3, 2017 at 2 p.m.; and Communication/ 

Outreach/Education Team on 

Wednesday, October 4 at 1 p.m. 

The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) created 

a Citizen Science Advisory Panel Pool 

in June 2017. The Council appointed 

members of the Citizen Science 

Advisory Panel Pool to five Action 

Teams in the areas of Volunteers, Data 

Management, Projects/Topics 

Management, Finance, and 

Communication/Outreach/Education to 

develop program policies and 

operations for the Council’s Citizen 

Science Program. 

The Communication/Outreach/ 

Education; Projects/Topics 

Management; Volunteers Action Teams 

will meet to continue work on 

developing recommendations on 

program policies and operations to be 

reviewed by the Council’s Citizen 

Science Committee. Public comment 

will be accepted at the beginning of the 

meeting. 

Items to be addressed during these 

meetings: 

1. Discuss work on tasks in the Terms 

of Reference 

2. Other Business 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for auxiliary aids should be 

directed to the council office (see 

ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meeting. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

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

Dated: September 15, 2017. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF696 

Marine Mammals; File Nos. 21217 and 

21397 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of applications. 


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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the following entities have applied in 

due form for a permit to receive, import, 

and/or export marine mammal parts for 

scientific research: 

File No. 21217: Aaron Roberts, Ph.D., 

University of North Texas, Biological 

Sciences, 1155 Union Circle, #310559, 

Denton, TX 76203; 

File No. 21397: Burke Museum, 

Mammalogy [Julie Stein, Responsible 

Party], University of Washington, Box 

353010, Seattle, WA 98195. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

October 20, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: The applications and 

related documents are available for 

review by selecting ‘‘Records Open for 

Public Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ 

box on the Applications and Permits for 

Protected Species (APPS) home page, 

https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then 

selecting the appropriate File No. from 

the list of available applications. 

These documents are also available 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the Permits and Conservation 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376. 

Written comments on these 

applications should be submitted to the 

Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division, at the address listed above. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

facsimile to (301) 713–0376, or by email 

to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 

Please include the File No. in the 

subject line of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

to the Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division at the address listed above. The 

request should set forth the specific 

reasons why a hearing on the 

application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Lierheimer or Jennifer Skidmore, (301) 

427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permits are requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.), the regulations governing the 

taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR 222–226), and/or the Fur Seal Act 

of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et 

seq.). 

File No. 21217: The applicant 

proposes to import biological samples 

from up to 30 harp seals (Pagophilus 

groenlandicus) and 30 hooded seals 

(Cystophora cristata) from Canada to 

study the effects of polybrominated 

diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) on the fitness 

and immune function in two species of 

phocid seals. No takes of live animals 

would be authorized under this permit. 

The permit would be valid for up to five 

years after issuance. 

File No. 21397: The applicant 

proposes to receive, import, and export 

biological samples from up to 10 

cetaceans and 10 pinnipeds (excluding 

walrus) annually for scientific research, 

curation, and education. Receipt, 

import, and export is requested 

worldwide. Sources of samples may 

include marine mammal strandings in 

foreign countries, foreign and domestic 

subsistence harvests, captive animals, 

other authorized researchers or curated 

collections, and marine mammals that 

died incidental to commercial fishing 

operations in the U.S. and foreign 

countries, where such take is legal. The 

requested duration of the permit is 5 

years. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

proposed activities are categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of these 

applications to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: September 14, 2017. 

Julia Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF684 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting 

(webinar). 

SUMMARY: The Groundfish 

Subcommittee of the Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific 

Council’s) Scientific and Statistical 

Committee (SSC) will hold a meeting 

via webinar to review analyses 

informing 2019 and 2020 groundfish 

harvest specifications and other matters 

that will be considered at the November 

14–20, 2017 Pacific Council meetings in 

Costa Mesa, California. The webinar 

meeting is open to the public. 

DATES: The SSC Groundfish 

Subcommittee webinar will be held 

Thursday, September 28, 2017, from 

8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Pacific Daylight 

Time) or until business for the day has 

been completed. 

ADDRESSES: The SSC’s Groundfish 

Subcommittee meeting will be held by 

webinar. To attend the webinar, (1) join 

the meeting by visiting this link http:// 

www.gotomeeting.com/webinar; (2) 

enter the webinar ID: 975–440–411, and 

(3) enter your name and email address 

(required). After logging into the 

webinar, please (1) dial this TOLL 

number: 1–631–992–3221 (not a toll-free 

number); (2) enter the attendee phone 

audio access code: 214–350–817; and (3) 

then enter your audio phone pin (shown 

after joining the webinar). Note: We 

have disabled mic/speakers as an option 

and require all participants to use a 

telephone or cell phone to participate. 

Technical Information and System 

Requirements: PC-based attendees are 

required to use Windows® 7, Vista, or 

XP; Mac®-based attendees are required 

to use Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer; Mobile 

attendees are required to use iPhone®, 

iPad®, AndroidTM phone or Android 

tablet (See the https://

www.gotomeeting.com/webinar/ipadiphone-android-webinar-apps). You 

may send an email to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt at Kris.Kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov or contact him at 503–820– 

2280, extension 411 for technical 

assistance. A public listening station 

will also be available at the Pacific 

Council office. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

Oregon 97220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John DeVore, Staff Officer, Pacific 

Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: 503–820–2413. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the SSC Groundfish 

Subcommittee meeting is to review a 

new yelloweye rockfish rebuilding 

analysis, and review new data-limited 

estimates of overfishing limits (OFLs) 

for cowcod in the Monterey area, starry 

flounder, gopher rockfish off California, 

greenspotted rockfish north of 42° N. 

lat., blue and deacon rockfishes south of 


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