April 7, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In response to requests from Tehran Negah Nima Trading Company, Inc., trading as Nima Trading Company, Inc. (Nima), an exporter of subject merchandise, California Pistachio Commission (petitioner), and Cal Pure Pistachios, Inc. (Cal Pure), an interested party to this proceeding, the U.S. Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain in-shell raw pistachios (pistachios) from Iran. No other interested party requested a review of Nima. The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004. For the reasons discussed below, the Department is rescinding this administrative review.

On November 17, 2004, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') published an Amended Final Determination in Accordance with Court Decision of the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Taiwan, 69 FR 67311 (November 17, 2004) (``Amended Final Determination''). In the Amended Final Determination, the Department announced the incorrect effective date of the exclusion from the antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Taiwan with respect to entries from Tung Mung Development Corporation (``Tung Mung'').

The Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from Italy. The period of review is March 1, 2003, through February 29, 2004. This review covers imports of stainless steel bar from one producer/ exporter. We have preliminarily found that the respondent in this review did not make shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the period of review and, therefore, we are preliminarily rescinding this administrative review. In addition, the Department of Commerce has received information sufficient to warrant a successor-in- interest analysis. Based on this information, we preliminarily find that UGITECH S.A. is the successor-in-interest to Ugine-Savoie Imphy S.A. for purposes of determining antidumping duty liability. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. We will issue the final results not later than 120 days from the date of publication of this notice.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Ad Hoc Allocation Committee (Committee) will hold a working meeting, which is open to the public.

Pending the availability of FY-2006 funds, the office anticipates revisions to the original program design as follows: (1) Under Award Information, Section II: Approximate total funding available may increase from $6,000,000 to $6,800,000. Proposals should be based on a level of $6.8 million. The Bureau still intends to make one award under this competition. (2) Stipend levels as outlined in the Proposal Objectives, Goals and Implementation (POGI) document for this RFGP have been increased as follows: Fellows: from $18,500 to $25,000 Senior Fellows: from $25,500 to $35,000 (3) All other terms and conditions contained in the original RFGP published on March 10, 2005 remain the same. Additional Information: Interested U.S. organizations should contact Catherine Williamson at (202) 619-5878 for additional information. The English Language Fellow Program was announced in the Federal Register, Volume 70, Number 46, on March 10, 2005.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public meeting to provide information and receive comments on the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) in advance of its next next Steering Committee and Expert Working Group meetings in Brussels, Belgium, May 9 through 12, 2005. Scheduled for the ICH meetings is an Efficacy Brainstorming Session focusing on the review of the existing efficacy guidelines and their need for updating as well as potential new topics for consideration. To promote a fuller discussion of this topic the public meeting will be expanded to include public input on initiatives related to current ICH efficacy guidelines and consider needs for further information both within and between existing guidances. These initiatives include electronic source data, clinical development plan summaries, Health Level 7 structured product labeling, and other initiatives including information exchange standards (e.g., Electronic Common Technical Document (eCTD) and terminology standards). Date and Time: The meeting will be held on April 20, 2005, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Location: The meeting will be held at The DoubleTree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. A block of rooms for those wishing to attend the meeting have been set aside at the government rate. Please contact the hotel directly for your reservation: DoubleTree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center, 301-468- 1100, FAX: 301-468-0308. Contact Person: Sema Hashemi, Office of the Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827- 3050, FAX: 301-480-0716, e-mail: Sema.Hashemi@fda.hhs.gov. Registration and Requests for Oral Presentations: Send registration information (including name, title, firm name, address, telephone, and FAX number), and written material and requests to make oral presentations, to the contact person by April 14, 2005. Transcripts: Transcripts of the meeting may be requested in writing from the Freedom of Information Office (HFI-35), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, rm. 12A-16, Rockville, MD 20857, approximately 15 working days after the meeting at a cost of 10 cents per page. If you need special accommodations due to a disability, please contact Sema Hashemi at least 7 days in advance.

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is proposing to establish a separate user-fee schedule for the Quality Systems Verification Programs (QSVP) and expand the scope of the QSVP to include all agricultural products and services within the responsibility of the Livestock and Seed (LS) Program. A new Part 62 would be established for QSVP services. QVSP are a collection of voluntary, audit-based, user-fee programs authorized under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. QSVP facilitate the global marketing and trade of agricultural products; provide consumers the opportunity to distinguish specific characteristics involved in the production and processing of agricultural products; and ensure that product consistently meets program requirements.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) , this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extension of currently approved collections. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on December 17, 2004 (69 FR 75603).