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BARGE TRANSPORTATION RATES—Continued
[Dollars per short ton]
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I. Unloading Barges of Agricultural
Commodities
CCC will consider proposals and enter
into agreements with operators to
unload barges of agricultural
commodities located in the New
Orleans area for the purpose of making
the barges available to move 2005-crop
commodities. CCC has not and will not
take title to the agricultural commodity.
The barges must have been loaded and
shipped to the New Orleans area before
August 29, 2005, when Hurricane
Katrina made landfall. The barges must
be unloaded by December 1, 2005,
unless extended in writing by CCC, to
accelerate barge availability to
geographical areas under harvest
pressure. There are no restrictions on
the actual unload location, final
destination or disposition of the
agricultural commodities; however there
must not be a negative market impact.
This offer of economic assistance is only
available to unload barges of
agricultural commodities and facilitate
barge availability.
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(7) Location where barge will be
discharged, if different from item 4
above;
(8) Proposed disposition and
compensation received for the sale of
the agricultural commodity;
(9) Dollar amount per ton of
assistance requested, not to exceed $30
per ton;
(10) Whether the loss or damage to the
agricultural commodity was covered by
an insurance policy and, if so, the
amount of indemnity received; and
(11) A point of contact with
applicable phone number, facsimile
number, e-mail address and mailing
address.
Operators entering into agreements
with CCC will be required to meet
certain documentation and certification
requirements. These requirements will
allow CCC to verify the unloading of the
barges, the quantity and value of the
agricultural commodity, and any
compensation received for the final
disposition of the agricultural
commodity.
II. Proposal Requirements
Proposals must include the following
information:
(1) Number of barges that contain
agricultural commodities;
(2) Type of agricultural commodity;
(3) Quantity of agricultural
commodities;
(4) Market value of the agricultural
commodity as of date proposal is
submitted:
(5) Current location;
(6) Date the barges arrived in the New
Orleans area;
III. Proposal Evaluation Criteria and
Award
Proposals must be evaluated
objectively in accordance with the
regulations on ‘‘Competition in the
awarding of discretionary grants and
cooperative agreements’’ found at 7 CFR
part 3015.158. The following criteria
must be used equally in the evaluation:
(1) Proposal’s cost in relation to the
agricultural commodity’s current market
value;
(2) Net positive impact on barge
availability; and
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(3) Overall cost-effectiveness of
proposal.
CCC will notify interested parties of
approval of their proposal.
Signed at Washington, DC November 1,
2005.
Teresa C. Lasseter,
Executive Vice-President, Commodity Credit
Corporation.
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BILLING CODE 3410–05–P
BROADCASTING BOARD OF
GOVERNORS
Sunshine Act Meeting
Wednesday, November
9th, 2005, 2–4:30 p.m.
PLACE: Cohen Building, Room 3321, 330
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20237.
CLOSED MEETING: The members of the
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)
will meet in closed session to review
and discuss a number of issues relating
to U.S. Government-funded nonmilitary international broadcasting.
They will address internal procedural,
budgetary, and personnel issues, as well
as sensitive foreign policy issues
relating to potential options in the U.S.
international broadcasting field. This
meeting is closed because if open it
likely would either disclose matters that
would be properly classified to be kept
secret in the interest of foreign policy
under the appropriate executive order (5
U.S.C. 552b.(c)(1)) or would disclose
information the premature disclosure of
which would be likely to significantly
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frustrate implementation of a proposed
agency action. (5 U.S.C. 552b.(c)(9)(B))
In addition, part of the discussion will
relate solely to the internal personnel
and organizational issues of the BBG or
the International Broadcasting Bureau.
(5 U.S.C. 552b.(c)(2) and (6)).
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Persons interested in obtaining more
information should contact either
Brenda Hardnett or Carol Booker at
(202) 203–4545.
Dated: November 1, 2005.
Carol Booker,
Legal Counsel.
[FR Doc. 05–22236 Filed 11–3–05; 12:39 pm]
BILLING CODE 8230–01–M
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A–570–899
Preliminary Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value: Certain Artist
Canvas from the People’s Republic of
China
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 7, 2005.
SUMMARY: We preliminarily determine
that artist canvas from the People’s
Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) is being, or
is likely to be, sold in the United States
at less than fair value (‘‘LTFV’’), as
provided in section 733 of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’). The
estimated margins of sales at LTFV are
shown in the ‘‘Preliminary
Determination’’ section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jon
Freed or Michael Holton, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 8, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–3818 or 482–1324,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Case History
On March 31, 2005, the Department of
Commerce (‘‘Department’’) received a
Petition on imports of certain artist
canvas from the PRC (‘‘Petition’’) filed
in proper form by Tara Materials Inc.
(‘‘Tara’’ or ‘‘Petitioner’’) on behalf of the
domestic industry and workers
producing certain artist canvas. On
April 7, 2005, the Department clarified
that the official filing date for the
Petition was April 1, 2005, and that the
proper period of investigation (‘‘POI’’) is
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July 1, 2004, through December 31,
2004. See Memorandum from Edward
Yang to Barbara Tillman: Decision
Memo Concerning Petition Filing Date
and Period of Investigation, April 7,
2005. On April 7, 2005, and April 14,
2005, the Department requested
clarification of certain areas of the
Petition and received responses to those
requests on April 12, 2005, April 15,
2005, and April 18, 2005. This
investigation was initiated on April 28,
2005. See Initiation of Antidumping
Duty Investigation: Certain Artist
Canvas from the People’s Republic of
China, 70 FR 21996 (April 28, 2005)
(‘‘Notice of Initiation’’). Additionally, in
the Notice of Initiation, the Department
applied the modified process by which
exporters and producers may obtain
separate–rate status in NME
investigations. The new process requires
exporters and producers to submit a
separate–rate status application. See
Policy Bulletin 05.1: Separate–Rates
Practice and Application of
Combination Rates in Antidumping
Investigations involving Non–Market
Economy Countries, (April 5, 2005),
(‘‘Policy Bulletin 05.1’’) available at
https://ia.ita.doc.gov/policy/bull05–
1.pdf. However, the standard for
eligibility for a separate rate (which is
whether a firm can demonstrate an
absence of both de jure and de facto
governmental control over its export
activities) has not changed.
On April 28, 2005, the Department
requested quantity and value (‘‘Q&V’’)
information from a total of six producers
of artist canvas in the PRC which were
identified in the petition and for which
the Department was able to locate
contact information. On April 28, 2005,
the Department also sent the
Government of the PRC a letter
requesting assistance in locating all
known Chinese producers/exporters of
artist canvas who exported artist canvas
to the United States during the POI, July
1, 2004, through December 31, 2004. In
addition, on May 11, 2005, in response
to a request from ColArt Americas Inc.
(‘‘ColArt’’), the Department requested
Q&V information from ColArt.
On May 16, 2005, the Department
received Q&V responses from four
Chinese producers/exporters of artist
canvas: Hangzhou Haili Electronic
Equipment Co., Ltd. (‘‘Haili’’); ColArt;
Ningbo Conda Import & Export Co., Ltd.
(‘‘Ningbo Conda’’); and Wuxi Phoenix
Artist Materials Co., Ltd. (‘‘Phoenix
Materials’’). On May 16, 2005, the
Department also received a Q&V
response from Textus Industries stating
that it is a U.S. importer and it is not
a producer or exporter of subject
merchandise. The Government of the
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PRC did not respond to the
Department’s April 28, 2005, letter
requesting assistance in identifying
producers and exporters of the subject
merchandise in the PRC. On June 2,
2005, the Department requested
clarifying Q&V information from Haili,
ColArt, Ningbo Conda and Phoenix
Materials. On June 6, 2005, we received
responses from Haili, ColArt, Ningbo
Conda and Phoenix Materials clarifying
their Q&V information.
On May 13, 2005, the Department
requested comments from all interested
parties on proposed control numbers
(‘‘CONNUMs’’) to be assigned the
subject merchandise. On May 23, 2005,
we received comments from: Michaels
Stores, Inc., Aaron Brothers,
Macpherson’s ColArt Americas Inc.,
Crafts, Etc!, Ltd./Hobby Lobby Stores,
Inc., and Jerry’s Artarama, Inc.
(collectively, ‘‘Importers’’); Petitioner;
and Phoenix Materials.
On May 24, 2005, the United States
International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’)
issued its affirmative preliminary
determination that there is a reasonable
indication that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by
reason of imports from the PRC of
certain artist canvas. The ITC’s
determination was published in the
Federal Register on May 24, 2005. See
Investigation Nos. 731–TA–1091
(Preliminary), Artists’ Canvas from
China, 70 FR 29781 (May 24, 2005).
On May 25, 2005, the Department
determined that India, Indonesia, Sri
Lanka, the Philippines, and Egypt are
countries comparable to the PRC in
terms of economic development. See
Memorandum from Ron Lorentzen,
Acting Director, Office of Policy to
Robert Bolling, Program Manager,
China/NME Group, Office 8:
Antidumping Duty Investigation of
Certain Artist Canvas from the People’s
Republic of China (PRC): Request for a
List of Surrogate Countries, dated May
25, 2005 (‘‘Office of Policy Surrogate
Countries Memorandum’’).
On May 27, 2005, the Department
requested that the parties submit
comments on surrogate country
selection. On June 24, 2005, we received
comments regarding the selection of a
surrogate country from the Petitioner
and from the Importers. Both the
Petitioner and Importers argued that
India is the appropriate surrogate
country.
On May 27, 2005, we received
separate rate applications from
Hangzhou Foreign Relation & Trade
Service Co. Ltd. (‘‘HFERTS’’) and
Jiangsu Animal By–products Import &
Export Group Corp. (‘‘Jiangsu By–
products’’). On June 16, 2005, we
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BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Sunshine Act Meeting
DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, November 9th, 2005, 2-4:30 p.m.
PLACE: Cohen Building, Room 3321, 330 Independence Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20237.
CLOSED MEETING: The members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
(BBG) will meet in closed session to review and discuss a number of
issues relating to U.S. Government-funded non-military international
broadcasting. They will address internal procedural, budgetary, and
personnel issues, as well as sensitive foreign policy issues relating
to potential options in the U.S. international broadcasting field. This
meeting is closed because if open it likely would either disclose
matters that would be properly classified to be kept secret in the
interest of foreign policy under the appropriate executive order (5
U.S.C. 552b.(c)(1)) or would disclose information the premature
disclosure of which would be likely to significantly
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frustrate implementation of a proposed agency action. (5 U.S.C.
552b.(c)(9)(B)) In addition, part of the discussion will relate solely
to the internal personnel and organizational issues of the BBG or the
International Broadcasting Bureau. (5 U.S.C. 552b.(c)(2) and (6)).
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Persons interested in obtaining
more information should contact either Brenda Hardnett or Carol Booker
at (202) 203-4545.
Dated: November 1, 2005.
Carol Booker,
Legal Counsel.
[FR Doc. 05-22236 Filed 11-3-05; 12:39 pm]
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