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‘‘meaningful,’’ a term used in the
Preamble to the Regulations but which
is interpreted by the Department on a
case–by-case basis. See Antidumping
Duties; Countervailing Duties; Final
Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27366 (May 19,
1997) (Preamble). See, also, Shakeproof
v. United States, 268 F.3d 1376, 1382
(Fed. Cir. 2001) (Shakeproof). Second,
this average import price must reflect
arms–length, bona fide sales. See
Shakeproof at 14. Third, the Department
has disregarded all input values it has
reason to believe or suspect might be
dumped or subsidized. See China
National Machinery Import & Export
Corporation v, United States, 293 F.
Supp 2d 1334 (CIT 2003), as affirmed by
Federal Circuit, 104 Fed. Appx. 183
(Fed. Cir. 2004). Fourth, the Department
has disregarded the prices of inputs that
could not possibly have been used in
the production of subject merchandise
during the period of investigation or
review. See, e.g., Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain
Frozen and Canned Warmwater Shrimp
from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,
69 FR 71005 (December 8, 2004).
In comments submitted in response to
the Department’s May 26 Federal
Register notice requesting comment on
our current practice, seventeen
interested parties argued that the prices
paid for that portion of an input that
was purchased from market economy
countries often constitutes the ‘‘best
information available’’ required by the
statute for valuing domestically sourced
inputs. In particular, these parties
contended that using surrogate values in
place of actual market economy
purchase prices to value an entire input
would result in less accurate calculation
of normal value. These parties also
stressed that the Department already
requires that the quantity purchased
from market economy suppliers be
significant and that the transactions be
bona fide and conducted in market
economy currency. According to these
parties, the aforementioned
requirements already ensure that the
market economy purchase prices the
Department accepts constitute the ‘‘best
available information’’.
Other interested parties responding to
the request for comment, however,
submitted arguments that the
Department’s current case–by-case
assessment of what constitutes a
‘‘meaningful’’ quantity does not ensure
that the prices paid by respondents for
the portion of the input sourced from
market economy countries are an
accurate valuation of the entire input. In
particular, these parties have alleged
that it may be possible, under the
Department’s current practice, for
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respondents to source a small amount of
an input on favorable terms with the
goal of manipulating the Department’s
margin calculations. Alternatively, these
parties claim, market economy suppliers
may sometimes offer limited quantities
of an input at prices that are much
lower than the price at which
respondents could acquire the total
amount of the input in question. Where
situations such as these occur, these
parties claim that it would be distortive
to use the prices paid for a portion of
an input sourced from market economy
suppliers to value the entire input.
Upon consideration of these
comments, the Department proposes to
continue to value respondents’ entire
input with the prices paid by them to
market economy suppliers of the input,
as long as the purchases reflect bona
fide sales, were made in market
economy currency, constitute a
‘‘meaningful’’ quantity, and could have
been used in the production of the
subject merchandise. However, the
Department’s goal is to better ensure
that the market economy input purchase
prices it accepts are as free as possible
from distortions and constitute the best
available information. Accordingly, we
are now proposing a change in the
Department’s practice that is intended
to reduce potential distortions in the
Department’s current market economy
inputs practice while continuing to use
the average price paid for the inputs
sourced from market economy suppliers
to value an entire input.
The Department is now proposing to
use respondents’ market economy
purchase prices to value all of the input
(provided the Department’s four other
requirements described above are met)
when the majority of each input by
volume is sourced from market
economy countries. Where respondents
source less than a majority of the total
volume of an input from market
economy countries in transactions
meeting the Department’s other
requirements, the Department will
weight–average the portion that was
purchased from market economy
countries, using the actual price paid,
with the portion sourced domestically,
using a surrogate value. The Department
welcomes comments on whether this
proposal would appropriately address
distortions that have been identified in
the Department’s market economy
inputs practice and whether this
proposal would be consistent with the
Department’s regulations.
Comments
Persons wishing to comment should
file a signed original and six copies of
each set of comments by the date
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specified above. The Department will
consider all comments received before
the close of the comment period.
Comments received after the end of the
comment period will be considered, if
possible, but their consideration cannot
be assured. The Department will not
accept comments accompanied by a
request that a part or all of the material
be treated confidentially because of its
business proprietary nature or for any
other reason. The Department will
return such comments and materials to
the persons submitting the comments
and will not consider them in the
development of any changes to its
practice. The Department requires that
comments be submitted in written form.
The Department recommends
submission of comments in electronic
form to accompany the required paper
copies. Comments filed in electronic
form should be submitted either by e–
mail to the webmaster below, or on CD–
ROM, as comments submitted on
diskettes are likely to be damaged by
postal radiation treatment.
Comments received in electronic form
will be made available to the public in
Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the Import Administration
website at the following address: http:/
/ia.ita.doc.gov/.
Any questions concerning file
formatting, document conversion,
access on the Internet, or other
electronic filing issues should be
addressed to Andrew Lee Beller, Import
Administration Webmaster, at (202)
482–0866, email address: webmaster–
support@ita.doc.gov.
Dated: August 5, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) has
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO).
Title: Post Registration (Trademark
Processing).
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Form Number(s): PTO Form 1583,
1963, 4.16, PTO/TM/1593, 4.16.
Agency Approval Number: 0651–
00xx.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden: 19,748 hours.
Number of Respondents: 129,787
responses.
Avg. Hours Per Response: 3 to 30
minutes. This includes time to gather
the necessary information, create the
documents, and mail the completed
request. The time estimates shown for
the electronic forms in this collection
are based on the average amount of time
needed to complete and electronically
file the associated form.
Needs and Uses: The information in
this collection is a matter of public
record and is used by the public for a
variety of private business purposes
related to establishing and enforcing
trademark rights. At this time, the
USPTO is proposing to split collection
0651–0009, Trademark Processing, into
four separate collections based upon the
structure of the Trademark business
processes. The USPTO believes that
dividing this extensive collection into
smaller, more manageable, information
collection requests will result in a more
efficient updating and renewal process.
This new collection is one of the newly
created, or ‘‘split’’ groups.
The USPTO has split the
amendments/corrections/surrenders
category to include amendments and
corrections as one category. Surrenders
are treated as a separate category. The
remaining eight items in this collection
were part of the existing approved
0651–0009 collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit;
not-for-profit institutions; farms, the
Federal Government, and State, Local or
Tribal Governments.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker,
(202) 395–3897.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
any of the following methods:
• E-mail: Susan.Brown@uspto.gov.
Include ‘‘0651–0031 copy request’’ in
the subject line of the message.
• Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the
attention of Susan Brown.
• Mail: Susan K. Brown, Records
Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Office of Data Architecture and
Services, Data Administration Division,
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O.
Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent on
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or before September 12, 2005 to David
Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room
10202, New Executive Office Building,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
Dated: August 3, 2005.
Susan K. Brown,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of Data
Architecture and Services, Data
Administration Division.
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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P
DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND
REALIGNMENT COMMISSION
Notice of the Defense Base Closure
and Realignment Commission—Open
Meeting (Arlington, VA)
Defense Base Closure and
Realignment Commission.
ACTION: Notice; Defense Base Closure
and Realignment Commission—Open
Meeting to Make the Base Closure and
Realignment Recommendations the
Commission Will Forward to the
President (Arlington, VA).
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the Defense Base Closure and
Realignment Commission will hold an
open meeting on August 24, 25, 26 and
27, 2005 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., 1 p.m.
to 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on
each day indicated at the Hyatt Regency
Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis
Highway, Arlington VA 22202. The
Commission requests that the public
consult the 2005 Defense Base Closure
and Realignment Commission Web site,
https://www.brac.gov, for updates. The
Commission will make the base closure
and realignment recommendations the
Commission will forward to the
President. This deliberative meeting
will be open to the public, subject to the
availability of space. Sign language
interpretation will be provided.
DATES: August 24, 25, 26 and 27, 2005
from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., 1 p.m. to 5:30
p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on each day
indicated.
ADDRESSES: Hyatt Regency Crystal City,
2799 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington VA 22202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please see the 2005 Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Commission
Web site, https://www.brac.gov. The
Commission invites the public to
provide direct comment by sending an
electronic message through the portal
provided on the Commission’s Web site
or by mailing comments and supporting
documents to the 2005 Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Commission,
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2521 South Clark Street Suite 600,
Arlington, Virginia 22202–3920. The
Commission requests that public
comments be directed toward matters
bearing on the decision criteria
described in The Defense Base Closure
and Realignment Act of 1990, as
amended, available on the Commission
Web site. Sections 2912 through 2914 of
that Act describe the criteria and many
of the essential elements of the 2005
BRAC process. For questions regarding
this announcement, contact Mr. Dan
Cowhig, Deputy General Counsel and
Designated Federal Officer, at the
Commission’s mailing address or by
telephone at 703–699–2950 or 2708.
Dated: August 5, 2005.
Jeannette Owings-Ballard,
Administrative Support Officer.
[FR Doc. 05–15907 Filed 8–10–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND
REALIGNMENT COMMISSION
Notice of the Defense Base Closure
and Realignment Commission—Open
Meeting
Defense Base Closure and
Realignment Commission.
AGENCY:
Notice; Defense Base Closure
and Realignment Commission—Open
Meeting To Receive Department of
Defense Comment on Various Base
Closure and Realignment
Recommendations (Washington, DC).
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the Defense Base Closure and
Realignment Commission will hold an
open meeting on August 20, 2005 from
8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to
4:30 p.m. at Senate Hart Hearing Room
216, Constitution Avenue, Washington
DC 20510. The delay of this notice
resulted from the short time-frame
established by statute for the operations
of the Defense Base Closure and
Realignment Commission and the
necessity of coordinating this meeting
with a variety of Federal government
officials. The Commission requests that
the public consult the 2005 Defense
Base Closure and Realignment
Commission Web site, https://
www.brac.gov, for updates. The
Commission will meet to receive
Department of Defense comment on
various recommendations for closure or
realignment of installations. This
meeting will be open to the public,
subject to the availability of space.
August 20, 2005 from 8:30 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m.
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has submitted
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Title: Post Registration (Trademark Processing).
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Form Number(s): PTO Form 1583, 1963, 4.16, PTO/TM/1593, 4.16.
Agency Approval Number: 0651-00xx.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden: 19,748 hours.
Number of Respondents: 129,787 responses.
Avg. Hours Per Response: 3 to 30 minutes. This includes time to
gather the necessary information, create the documents, and mail the
completed request. The time estimates shown for the electronic forms in
this collection are based on the average amount of time needed to
complete and electronically file the associated form.
Needs and Uses: The information in this collection is a matter of
public record and is used by the public for a variety of private
business purposes related to establishing and enforcing trademark
rights. At this time, the USPTO is proposing to split collection 0651-
0009, Trademark Processing, into four separate collections based upon
the structure of the Trademark business processes. The USPTO believes
that dividing this extensive collection into smaller, more manageable,
information collection requests will result in a more efficient
updating and renewal process. This new collection is one of the newly
created, or ``split'' groups.
The USPTO has split the amendments/corrections/surrenders category
to include amendments and corrections as one category. Surrenders are
treated as a separate category. The remaining eight items in this
collection were part of the existing approved 0651-0009 collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit; not-for-profit institutions; farms, the Federal Government, and
State, Local or Tribal Governments.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by any of the following methods:
E-mail: Susan.Brown@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-0031 copy
request'' in the subject line of the message.
Fax: 571-273-0112, marked to the attention of Susan Brown.
Mail: Susan K. Brown, Records Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Office of Data Architecture and Services, Data
Administration Division, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box
1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent on or before September 12, 2005 to David
Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: August 3, 2005.
Susan K. Brown,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of Data Architecture and Services, Data
Administration Division.
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