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Dated: February 25, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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preliminary determination) from the
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Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–533–825]
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film,
Sheet, and Strip From India: Extension
of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: March 4, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Pedersen or Sam Zengotitabengoa, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 4, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–2769 or (202) 482–
4195, respectively.
AGENCY:
Background
On August 30, 2004, the Department
of Commerce (the Department)
published a notice of initiation of
administrative review of the
countervailing duty order on
polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet,
and strip (PET film) from India covering
the period from January 1, 2003,
through December 31, 2003. See
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in
Part, 69 FR 52857 (August 30, 2004).
The preliminary results are currently
due no later than April 2, 2005.
Statutory Time Limits
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires
the Department to make a preliminary
determination within 245 days after the
last day of the anniversary month of the
date of publication of the order for
which a review is requested and a final
determination within 120 days after the
date on which the preliminary
determination is published. However, if
it is not practicable to complete the
review within this time period, section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the
Department to extend the time limit for
the preliminary determination to a
maximum of 365 days and the time
limit for the final determination to 180
days (or 300 days if the Department
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The Department finds that it is not
practicable to complete the preliminary
results in this countervailing duty
administrative review of PET film from
India within the 245-day statutory time
frame because additional time is needed
to fully analyze a new subsidy
allegation submitted by the petitioner in
this review, new subsidy programs, and
submissions from a new respondent, as
well as to conduct the verifications of
the questionnaire responses of the
respondents in this administrative
review.
Therefore, in accordance with section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department
is extending the time limit for
completion of the preliminary results of
this review until no later than August 1,
2005, which is the next business day
after 365 days from the last day of the
anniversary month of the date of
publication of the order. The deadline
for the final results of this
administrative review continues to be
120 days after the publication of the
preliminary results.
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act.
Dated: February 28, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
[FR Doc. E5–902 Filed 3–3–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Insular Affairs
[Docket No. 990813222–0035–03]
RIN 0625–AA55
Allocation of Duty-Exemptions for
Calendar Year 2005 Among Watch
Producers Located in the Virgin
Islands
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce; Office of
Insular Affairs, Department of the
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: This action allocates calendar
year 2005 duty exemptions for watch
producers located in the Virgin Islands
pursuant to Public Law 97–446, as
amended by Public Law 103–465 (‘‘the
Act’’).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Faye
Robinson, (202) 482–3526.
Pursuant
to the Act, the Departments of the
Interior and Commerce (the
Departments) share responsibility for
the allocation of duty exemptions
among watch assembly firms in the
United States insular possessions and
the Northern Mariana Islands. In
accordance with Section 303.3(a) of the
regulations (15 CFR 303.3(a)), the total
quantity of duty-free insular watches
and watch movements for calendar year
2004 is 1,866,000 units for the Virgin
Islands (65 FR 8048, February 17, 2000).
The criteria for the calculation of the
calendar year 2005 duty-exemption
allocations among insular producers are
set forth in § 303.14 of the regulations
(15 CFR 303.14).
The Departments have verified and
adjusted the data submitted on
application form ITA–334P by Virgin
Islands producers and inspected their
current operations in accordance with
§ 303.5 of the regulations (15 CFR
303.5).
In calendar year 2004 the Virgin
Islands watch assembly firms shipped
319,624 watches and watch movements
into the customs territory of the United
States under the Act. The dollar amount
of creditable corporate income taxes
paid by Virgin Islands producers during
calendar year 2004 plus the creditable
wages paid by the industry during
calendar year 2004 to residents of the
territory was $2,041,956.
There are no producers in Guam,
American Samoa or the Northern
Mariana Islands.
The calendar year 2005 Virgin Islands
annual allocations, based on the data
verified by the Departments, are as
follows:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Name of firm
Belair Quartz, Inc ......................
Hampden Watch Co., Inc .........
Goldex Inc ................................
Tropex, Inc ................................
Annual
allocation
500,000
200,000
50,000
300,000
The balance of the units allocated to
the Virgin Islands is available for new
entrants into the program or producers
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who request a supplement to their
allocation.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, Department of Commerce.
Nikolao Pula,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Insular
Affairs; Department of the Interior.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 022505B]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Atlantic Mackerel Fishery;
Scoping Process
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a
supplemental environmental impact
statement (SEIS); notice of scoping
meetings; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council)
announces its intention to prepare, in
cooperation with NMFS, a SEIS in
accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act to assess
potential effects on the human
environment of alternative measures for
managing the Atlantic mackerel
(Scomber scombrus) fishery pursuant to
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act.
Amendment 9 to the Atlantic Mackerel,
Squid and Butterfish Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) is under
development and a NOI was previously
published on November 29, 2001. Issues
scoped under the previous NOI include:
a multi-year specification process, the
expiration of the moratorium on entry
into the Illex squid fishery, revisions to
the overfishing definition for Loligo
squid, measures to minimize the
adverse effects of fishing on essential
fish habitat, and measures to reduce
discards and bycatch. This notice
further expands the scope of measures
under consideration to include
controlled access measures for the
Atlantic mackerel fishery. This notice
also announces a public process for
determining the scope of issues to be
addressed and for identifying the
significant issues relating to the possible
development of a limited access
program for the Atlantic mackerel
fishery. The intended effect of this
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notice is to alert the interested public of
the scoping process and to provide for
public participation. During this
scoping period, the Council is seeking
comments on the possible development
of a limited access program for Atlantic
mackerel only.
DATES: Written comments on the intent
to prepare an SEIS must be received on
or before 5 p.m., local time, April 4,
2005. The first public scoping meeting
will be held at 10 a.m. on March 17,
2005, at the Ramada Inn Outer Banks
Resort and Conference Center located at
1701 S. Virginia Dare Trail, Kill Devil
Hills, NC 27948 (telephone 252–441–
2151). The second scoping meeting will
be held at 7 p.m. on March 28, 2005, at
the Hotel Viking, One Bellevue Avenue,
Newport, RI 02840 (telephone 401–848–
4864).
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the
possible development of a limited
access program for the Atlantic
mackerel fishery for inclusion in the
SEIS for Amendment 9 to the FMP
should be directed to Mr. Daniel T.
Furlong, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, Room 2115
Federal Building, 300 S. New St., Dover,
DE 19904, (telephone 302–674–2331).
Comments may also be sent via fax to
302–674–5399 or by e-mail to
MackLA9@noaa.gov. Please include in
the subject line of e-mail comments the
following document identifier: ‘‘Scoping
Comments-Mackerel Limited Access.’’
The scoping document may also be
obtained from the Council office at the
address and telephone number above or
via the Internet at https://
www.nero.noaa.gov/nero/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Daniel T. Furlong, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, Room 2115
Federal Building, 300 S. New St., Dover,
DE 19904, (telephone 302–674–2331).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 5,
2002 (67 FR 44794), NMFS announced
that it was considering proposed
rulemaking to control future access to
the Atlantic mackerel fishery if a
management program was implemented
to limit the number of participants in
the fishery. The purpose of this ‘‘control
date’’ was to discourage speculative
entry into the Atlantic mackerel fishery
while the Council and NMFS discussed
whether and how access to the Atlantic
mackerel fishery should be controlled.
The Council recently voted to include
the possible development of a limited
access program to the Atlantic mackerel
fishery in Amendment 9 at its January
2005 meeting. The issue was
subsequently discussed at a meeting of
the Councils’ Atlantic Mackerel, Squid
and Butterfish Committee (Committee)
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on February 18, 2005, in Cape May, NJ.
The Committee agreed to seek public
comment on the following questions
relative to limiting access to the Atlantic
mackerel fishery: (1) Is limited access to
the Atlantic mackerel fishery warranted
or should no action be taken? (2) If
limited access in the mackerel fishery is
warranted, then what type of system is
appropriate? (3) What criteria should
the Council consider to qualify vessels
for limited access to the mackerel
fishery? (4) What is the appropriate
qualifying period and should the control
date be used in the definition of the
qualifying period? (5) Should the
Council consider the implementation of
a trigger which would initiate controlled
access at a future date? (6) What
provisions for vessel upgrades, if any,
should the Council consider if limited
access is implemented in the mackerel
fishery? (7) Under limited access
conditions, should rules governing at
sea processing and transfers at sea in the
mackerel fishery be established? and (8)
To what extent does the lack of joint
management of the Atlantic mackerel
resource with Canada affect the
development of a limited access
program in the portion of the fishery
under US jurisdiction?
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Debbie
Donnangelo at the Mid-Atlantic
Council, telephone (302) 674–2331, at
least 5 days prior to the scoping
meetings.
Authority: Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et
seq.
Dated: February 28, 2005.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
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Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meetings and Hearings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public hearings.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Insular Affairs
[Docket No. 990813222-0035-03]
RIN 0625-AA55
Allocation of Duty-Exemptions for Calendar Year 2005 Among Watch
Producers Located in the Virgin Islands
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce; Office of Insular Affairs, Department of the
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This action allocates calendar year 2005 duty exemptions for
watch producers located in the Virgin Islands pursuant to Public Law
97-446, as amended by Public Law 103-465 (``the Act'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Faye Robinson, (202) 482-3526.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Act, the Departments of the
Interior and Commerce (the Departments) share responsibility for the
allocation of duty exemptions among watch assembly firms in the United
States insular possessions and the Northern Mariana Islands. In
accordance with Section 303.3(a) of the regulations (15 CFR 303.3(a)),
the total quantity of duty-free insular watches and watch movements for
calendar year 2004 is 1,866,000 units for the Virgin Islands (65 FR
8048, February 17, 2000).
The criteria for the calculation of the calendar year 2005 duty-
exemption allocations among insular producers are set forth in Sec.
303.14 of the regulations (15 CFR 303.14).
The Departments have verified and adjusted the data submitted on
application form ITA-334P by Virgin Islands producers and inspected
their current operations in accordance with Sec. 303.5 of the
regulations (15 CFR 303.5).
In calendar year 2004 the Virgin Islands watch assembly firms
shipped 319,624 watches and watch movements into the customs territory
of the United States under the Act. The dollar amount of creditable
corporate income taxes paid by Virgin Islands producers during calendar
year 2004 plus the creditable wages paid by the industry during
calendar year 2004 to residents of the territory was $2,041,956.
There are no producers in Guam, American Samoa or the Northern
Mariana Islands.
The calendar year 2005 Virgin Islands annual allocations, based on
the data verified by the Departments, are as follows:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual
Name of firm allocation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Belair Quartz, Inc......................................... 500,000
Hampden Watch Co., Inc..................................... 200,000
Goldex Inc................................................. 50,000
Tropex, Inc................................................ 300,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The balance of the units allocated to the Virgin Islands is
available for new entrants into the program or producers
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who request a supplement to their allocation.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Department of
Commerce.
Nikolao Pula,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Insular Affairs; Department of
the Interior.
[FR Doc. 05-4169 Filed 3-3-05; 8:45 am]
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