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II. Background 

To help us carry out our conservation 

responsibilities for affected species, and 

in consideration of section 10(a)(1)(A) of 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), along 

with Executive Order 13576, 

‘‘Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and 

Accountable Government,’’ and the 

President’s Memorandum for the Heads 

of Executive Departments and Agencies 

of January 21, 2009—Transparency and 

Open Government (74 FR 4685; Jan. 26, 

2009), which call on all Federal 

agencies to promote openness and 

transparency in Government by 

disclosing information to the public, we 

invite public comment on these permit 

applications before final action is taken. 

III. Permit Applications 

We invite the public to comment on 

applications to conduct certain 

activities with endangered species. With 

some exceptions, the Endangered 

Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; 

ESA) prohibits activities with listed 

species unless Federal authorization is 

acquired that allows such activities. 

Applicant: Matthew Barber, University 

of Oregon, Eugene, OR; PRT–38968C 

The applicant requests a permit to 

purchase in interstate commerce cell 

lines of gorilla (Gorilla gorilla), bonobo 

(Pan paniscus), and Borneo orangutan 

(Pongo pygmaeus) from Coriell Institute 

for Medical Research, Camden, NJ, for 

the purpose of scientific research. This 

notification is for a single interstate 

commerce transaction. 

Applicant: William Montgomery, Elgin, 

TX; PRT–65009A 

The applicant requests renewal of a 

captive-bred wildlife registration under 

50 CFR 17.21(g) for radiated tortoise 

(Astrochelys radiata) to enhance species 

propagation or survival. This 

notification covers activities to be 

conducted by the applicant over a 5- 

year period. 

Applicant: Mario Gutierrez, San 

Antonio, TX; PRT–32933C 

The applicant requests a captive-bred 

wildlife registration under 50 CFR 

17.21(g) for radiated tortoise 

(Astrochelys radiata) to enhance species 

propagation or survival. This 

notification covers activities to be 

conducted by the applicant over a 5- 

year period 

Applicant: New Mexico State University, 

Las Cruces, NM; PRT–36123C 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import scientific samples from captivebred blue-throated macaw (Ara 

glaucogularis) from the United 

Kingdom, for scientific research. This 

notification is for a single import. 

Applicant: Point Defiance Zoo & 

Aquarium, Tacoma, WA; PRT–31674C 

The applicant requests authorization 

to import 16 clouded leopards (Neofelis 

nebulosa) from Thailand to enhance 

propagation or survival of the species. 

This notification covers activities to be 

conducted by the applicant over a 5- 

year period. 

Applicant: Little Rock Zoological 

Gardens, Little Rock, AR; PRT–680316 

The applicant requests a renewal and 

amendment to a captive-bred wildlife 

registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for 

cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) and 

chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) to 

enhance species propagation or 

survival. This notification covers 

activities to be conducted by the 

applicant over a 5-year period. 

Applicant: Zoo of Acadiana, LLC, WA; 

PRT–209126 

The applicant requests a captive-bred 

wildlife registration under 50 CFR 

17.21(g) for the following species, to 

enhance species propagation or 

survival: Scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx 

dammah), addax (Addax 

nasomaculatus), brown lemur (Eulemur 

fulvus), black lemur (Eulemur macaco), 

ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta), black 

and white ruffed lemur (Varecia 

variegata), red ruffed lemur (Varecia 

rubra), Diana monkey (Cercopithecus 

diana), lion-tailed macaque (Macaca 

silenus), white-handed gibbon 

(Hylobates lar), leopard (Panthera 

pardus), salmon-crested cockatoo 

(Cacatua moluccensis), white cockatoo 

(Cacatua alba), military macaw (Ara 

militaris), Bactrian camel (Camelus 

bactrianus), African lion (Panthera leo), 

tiger (Panthera tigris), and clouded 

leopard (Neofelis nebulosa). This 

notification covers activities to be 

conducted by the applicant over a 5- 

year period. 

Trophy Applicants 

The following applicants each request 

a permit to import sport-hunted trophies 

of a male bontebok (Damaliscus 

pygargus pygargus) culled from a 

captive herd maintained under the 

management program of the Republic of 

South Africa, for the purpose of 

enhancing the propagation or survival of 

the species. 

Applicant: John Thomas, Kootenai, ID; 

PRT–32052C 

Applicant: Joseph F. Mandola, 

Columbus, TX; PRT–39695C 

Applicant: David R. Puck, Double Oak, 

TX; PRT–36319C 

IV. Next Steps 

If the Service decides to issue permits 

to any of the applicants listed in this 

notice, we will publish a notice in the 

Federal Register. You may locate the 

Federal Register notice announcing the 

permit issuance date by searching 

regulations.gov under the permit 

number listed in this document. 

V. Public Comments 

You may submit your comments and 

materials concerning this notice by one 

of the methods listed in ADDRESSES. We 

will not consider comments sent by 

email or fax or to an address not listed 

in ADDRESSES. 

If you submit a comment via 

regulations.gov, your entire comment, 

including any personal identifying 

information, will be posted on the Web 

site. If you submit a hardcopy comment 

that includes personal identifying 

information, you may request at the top 

of your document that we withhold this 

information from public review. 

However, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

We will post all hardcopy comments 

on regulations.gov. 

VI. Authority 

The authority for this action is the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Joyce Russell, 

Government Information Specialist, Branch 

of Permits, Division of Management 

Authority. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19983 Filed 9–19–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–571–572 and 

731–TA–1347–1348 (Final)] 

Biodiesel From Argentina and 

Indonesia; Scheduling of the Final 

Phase of Countervailing Duty and 

Antidumping Duty Investigations 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of the final 

phase of antidumping and 

countervailing duty investigation Nos. 


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701–TA–571–572 and 731–TA–1347– 

1348 (Final) pursuant to the Tariff Act 

of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’) to determine 

whether an industry in the United 

States is materially injured or 

threatened with material injury, or the 

establishment of an industry in the 

United States is materially retarded, by 

reason of imports of biodiesel from 

Argentina and Indonesia, provided for 

in subheadings 3826.00.10 and 

3826.00.30 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States, 

preliminarily determined by the 

Department of Commerce to be 

subsidized. Determinations with respect 

to imports of biodiesel alleged to be sold 

at less than fair value are pending. 

DATES: August 28, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nathanael N. Comly (202) 205–3174, 

Office of Investigations, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 500 E 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20436. 

Hearing-impaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the Office 

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its Internet server (https://

www.usitc.gov). The public record for 

these investigations may be viewed on 

the Commission’s electronic docket 

(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope.— For purposes of these 

investigations, the Department of 

Commerce has defined the subject 

merchandise as a fuel comprised of 

mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty 

acids derived from vegetable oils or 

animal fats, including biologically-based 

waste oils or greases, and other 

biologically-based oil or fat sources. The 

investigations cover biodiesel in pure 

form (B100) as well as fuel mixtures 

containing at least 99 percent biodiesel 

by volume (B99). For fuel mixtures 

containing less than 99 percent 

biodiesel by volume, only the biodiesel 

component of the mixture is covered by 

the scope of the investigations. 

Background.—The final phase of 

these investigations is being scheduled 

pursuant to section 705(b) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)), as a 

result of affirmative preliminary 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce that certain benefits which 

constitute subsidies within the meaning 

of section 703 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 

1671b) are being provided to 

manufacturers, producers, or exporters 

in Argentina and Indonesia of biodiesel. 

The investigations were requested in 

petitions filed on March 23, 2017, by 

National Biodiesel Board Fair Trade 

Coalition (Washington, DC), and its 

individual members. 

For further information concerning 

the conduct of this phase of the 

investigations, hearing procedures, and 

rules of general application, consult the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B 

(19 CFR part 201), and part 207, 

subparts A and C (19 CFR part 207). 

Participation in the investigations and 

public service list.—Persons, including 

industrial users of the subject 

merchandise and, if the merchandise is 

sold at the retail level, representative 

consumer organizations, wishing to 

participate in the final phase of these 

investigations as parties must file an 

entry of appearance with the Secretary 

to the Commission, as provided in 

section 201.11 of the Commission’s 

rules, no later than 21 days prior to the 

hearing date specified in this notice. A 

party that filed a notice of appearance 

during the preliminary phase of the 

investigations need not file an 

additional notice of appearance during 

this final phase. The Secretary will 

maintain a public service list containing 

the names and addresses of all persons, 

or their representatives, who are parties 

to the investigations. 

Limited disclosure of business 

proprietary information (BPI) under an 

administrative protective order (APO) 

and BPI service list.—Pursuant to 

section 207.7(a) of the Commission’s 

rules, the Secretary will make BPI 

gathered in the final phase of these 

investigations available to authorized 

applicants under the APO issued in the 

investigations, provided that the 

application is made no later than 21 

days prior to the hearing date specified 

in this notice. Authorized applicants 

must represent interested parties, as 

defined by 19 U.S.C. 1677(9), who are 

parties to the investigations. A party 

granted access to BPI in the preliminary 

phase of the investigations need not 

reapply for such access. A separate 

service list will be maintained by the 

Secretary for those parties authorized to 

receive BPI under the APO. 

Staff report.—The prehearing staff 

report in the final phase of these 

investigations will be placed in the 

nonpublic record on October 27, 2017, 

and a public version will be issued 

thereafter, pursuant to section 207.22 of 

the Commission’s rules. 

Hearing.—The Commission will hold 

a hearing in connection with the final 

phase of these investigations beginning 

at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 9, 

2017, at the U.S. International Trade 

Commission Building. Requests to 

appear at the hearing should be filed in 

writing with the Secretary to the 

Commission on or before November 2, 

2017. A nonparty who has testimony 

that may aid the Commission’s 

deliberations may request permission to 

present a short statement at the hearing. 

All parties and nonparties desiring to 

appear at the hearing and make oral 

presentations should participate in a 

prehearing conference to be held on 

November 7, 2017, at the U.S. 

International Trade Commission 

Building, if deemed necessary. Oral 

testimony and written materials to be 

submitted at the public hearing are 

governed by sections 201.6(b)(2), 

201.13(f), and 207.24 of the 

Commission’s rules. Parties must submit 

any request to present a portion of their 

hearing testimony in camera no later 

than 7 business days prior to the date of 

the hearing. 

Written submissions.—Each party 

who is an interested party shall submit 

a prehearing brief to the Commission. 

Prehearing briefs must conform with the 

provisions of section 207.23 of the 

Commission’s rules; the deadline for 

filing is November 2, 2017. Parties may 

also file written testimony in connection 

with their presentation at the hearing, as 

provided in section 207.24 of the 

Commission’s rules, and posthearing 

briefs, which must conform with the 

provisions of section 207.25 of the 

Commission’s rules. The deadline for 

filing posthearing briefs is November 16, 

2017. In addition, any person who has 

not entered an appearance as a party to 

the investigations may submit a written 

statement of information pertinent to 

the subject of the investigations, 

including statements of support or 

opposition to the petition, on or before 

November 16, 2017. On November 29, 

2017, the Commission will make 

available to parties all information on 

which they have not had an opportunity 

to comment. Parties may submit final 

comments on this information on or 

before December 1, 2017, but such final 

comments must not contain new factual 

information and must otherwise comply 

with section 207.30 of the Commission’s 

rules. All written submissions must 

conform with the provisions of section 

201.8 of the Commission’s rules; any 

submissions that contain BPI must also 

conform with the requirements of 

sections 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the 

Commission’s rules. The Commission’s 

Handbook on E-Filing, available on the 

Commission’s Web site at https://

www.usitc.gov/secretary/documents/ 

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elaborates upon the Commission’s rules 

with respect to electronic filing. 

Additional written submissions to the 

Commission, including requests 

pursuant to section 201.12 of the 

Commission’s rules, shall not be 

accepted unless good cause is shown for 

accepting such submissions, or unless 

the submission is pursuant to a specific 

request by a Commissioner or 

Commission staff. 

In accordance with sections 201.16(c) 

and 207.3 of the Commission’s rules, 

each document filed by a party to the 

investigations must be served on all 

other parties to the investigations (as 

identified by either the public or BPI 

service list), and a certificate of service 

must be timely filed. The Secretary will 

not accept a document for filing without 

a certificate of service. 

Authority: These investigations are 

being conducted under authority of title 

VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice 

is published pursuant to section 207.21 

of the Commission’s rules. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: September 15, 2017. 

Lisa R. Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20020 Filed 9–19–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–573–574 and 

731–TA–1349–1358 (Final)] 

Wire Rod From Belarus, Italy, Korea, 

Russia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, 

Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, and 

the United Kingdom; Scheduling of the 

Final Phase of Countervailing Duty and 

Antidumping Duty Investigations 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of the final 

phase of countervailing duty and 

antidumping duty investigation Nos. 

701–TA–573–574 and 731–TA–1349– 

1358 (Final) pursuant to the Tariff Act 

of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’) to determine 

whether an industry in the United 

States is materially injured or 

threatened with material injury, or the 

establishment of an industry in the 

United States is materially retarded, by 

reason of imports of wire rod from 

Belarus, Italy, Korea, Russia, South 

Africa, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, the 

United Arab Emirates, and the United 

Kingdom, provided for in subheadings 

7213.91.30, 7213.91.45, 7213.91.60, 

7213.99.00, 7227.20.00, and 7227.90.60 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States. The Department of 

Commerce (‘‘Commerce’’) has 

preliminarily determined imports of 

wire rod to be subsidized by the 

governments of Italy and Turkey (82 FR 

41931 and 82 FR 41929). 

Determinations with respect to imports 

of wire rod alleged to be sold at less 

than fair value are pending. 

DATES: September 5, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Justin Enck ((202) 205–3363), Office of 

Investigations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the Office 

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its internet server (https://

www.usitc.gov). The public record for 

these investigations may be viewed on 

the Commission’s electronic docket 

(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope.—For purposes of these 

investigations, Commerce has defined 

the subject merchandise as, ‘‘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) highnickel 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 more of the following elements: 0.1 

percent or 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’’ (82 

FR 41933). 

Background.—The final phase of 

these investigations is being scheduled 

pursuant to section 705(b) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)), as a 

result of affirmative preliminary 

determinations by Commerce that 

certain benefits which constitute 

subsidies within the meaning of section 

703 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b) are 

being provided to manufacturers, 

producers, or exporters in Italy and 

Turkey of wire rod. The investigations 

were requested in petitions filed on 

March 28, 2017 by Charter Steel, 

Saukville, Wisconsin; Gerdau 

Ameristeel US Inc., Tampa, Florida; 

Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc., 

Peoria, Illinois; and Nucor Corporation, 

Charlotte, North Carolina. 

For further information concerning 

the conduct of this phase of the 

investigations, hearing procedures, and 

rules of general application, consult the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B 

(19 CFR part 201), and part 207, 

subparts A and C (19 CFR part 207). 

Participation in the investigations and 

public service list.—Persons, including 

industrial users of the subject 

merchandise and, if the merchandise is 

sold at the retail level, representative 

consumer organizations, wishing to 

participate in the final phase of these 

investigations as parties must file an 

entry of appearance with the Secretary 

to the Commission, as provided in 

section 201.11 of the Commission’s 

rules, no later than 21 days prior to the 

hearing date specified in this notice. A 

party that filed a notice of appearance 

during the preliminary phase of the 

investigations need not file an 

additional notice of appearance during 

this final phase. The Secretary will 

maintain a public service list containing 

the names and addresses of all persons, 

or their representatives, who are parties 

to the investigations. 

Limited disclosure of business 

proprietary information (BPI) under an 

administrative protective order (APO) 

and BPI service list.—Pursuant to 

section 207.7(a) of the Commission’s 

rules, the Secretary will make BPI 

gathered in the final phase of these 

investigations available to authorized 

applicants under the APO issued in the 

investigations, provided that the 

application is made no later than 21 

days prior to the hearing date specified 

in this notice. Authorized applicants 

must represent interested parties, as 

defined by 19 U.S.C. 1677(9), who are 

parties to the investigations. A party 

granted access to BPI in the preliminary 

phase of the investigations need not 

reapply for such access. A separate 

service list will be maintained by the 

Secretary for those parties authorized to 

receive BPI under the APO. 

Staff report.—The prehearing staff 

report in the final phase of these 

investigations will be placed in the 

nonpublic record on November 2, 2017, 


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