WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding Regarding United States-Antidumping Measures on Shrimp From Thailand, 33495-33496 [E6-9034]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 111 / Friday, June 9, 2006 / Notices
and very high radiation areas because of
the potential for overexposure.
The primary purpose of this revision
is to clarify the terminology related to
the physical barriers that licensees
could use to prevent unauthorized
personnel access to high and very high
radiation areas. The original version of
Regulatory Guide 8.38 used the term
‘‘inadvertent entry’’ with two different
connotations. As used in Section 1.5,
‘‘Physical Controls,’’ the term was
intended to connote ‘‘not a willful
violation.’’ In several other sections,
however, ‘‘inadvertent entry’’ was used
to mean ‘‘an accidental, or unintended,
entry.’’ This disparity led to
inconsistent readings of the staff’s
regulatory position by licensees and
other stakeholders. Consequently, in
preparing this revision, the NRC staff
rewrote Section 1.5 to eliminate the use
of the term ‘‘inadvertent entry,’’ and
provide additional guidance on the
acceptability of physical barriers used to
control access to high radiation areas.
The staff also revised Section 1.6,
‘‘Shielding,’’ and Section 4.2,
‘‘Materials,’’ to explicitly state the staff’s
regulatory positions, which were only
implied in the original version. In
addition, the staff updated Appendix B
to include recent references that discuss
industry experiences with high and very
high radiation areas.
Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 8.38
does not change previous staff positions.
Therefore, this revision does not
constitute a backfit, as defined in 10
CFR 50.109.
The NRC previously solicited public
comment on this revised guide by
publishing a Federal Register notice (70
FR 58490) concerning Draft Regulatory
Guide DG–8028 on October 6, 2005.
Following the closure of the public
comment period on December 5, 2005,
the staff considered all stakeholder
comments in the course of preparing
Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 8.38.
The staff’s responses to all comments
received are available in the NRC’s
Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html, under Accession
#ML061350247.
The NRC staff encourages and
welcomes comments and suggestions in
connection with improvements to
published regulatory guides, as well as
items for inclusion in regulatory guides
that are currently being developed. You
may submit comments by any of the
following methods.
Mail comments to: Rules and
Directives Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
VerDate Aug<31>2005
16:01 Jun 08, 2006
Jkt 208001
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001.
Hand-deliver comments to: Rules and
Directives Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland 20852, between
7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal
workdays.
Fax comments to: Rules and
Directives Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission at (301) 415–5144.
Requests for technical information
about Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide
8.38 may be directed to Harriet
Karagiannis at (301) 415–6377 or by email to HXK@nrc.gov.
Regulatory guides are available for
inspection or downloading through the
NRC’s public Web site in the Regulatory
Guides document collection of the
NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/. Electronic copies of
Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 8.38 are
also available in the NRC’s Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html,
under Accession #ML061350096.
In addition, regulatory guides are
available for inspection at the NRC’s
Public Document Room (PDR), which is
located at 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland; the PDR’s mailing
address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC
20555–0001. The PDR can also be
reached by telephone at (301) 415–4737
or (800) 397–4205, by fax at (301) 415–
3548, and by e-mail to PDR@nrc.gov.
Requests for single copies of draft or
final guides (which may be reproduced)
or for placement on an automatic
distribution list for single copies of
future draft guides in specific divisions
should be made in writing to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention:
Reproduction and Distribution Services
Section; by e-mail to
DISTRIBUTION@nrc.gov; or by fax to
(301) 415–2289. Telephone requests
cannot be accommodated.
Regulatory guides are not
copyrighted, and Commission approval
is not required to reproduce them.
(5 U.S.C. 552(a))
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day
of May, 2006.
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
Brian W. Sheron,
Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory
Research.
[FR Doc. E6–8975 Filed 6–8–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
PO 00000
Frm 00062
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
33495
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
[Docket No. WTO/DS343]
WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding
Regarding United States—
Antidumping Measures on Shrimp
From Thailand
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (‘‘USTR’’) is
providing notice that on April 24, 2006,
Thailand requested consultations with
the United States under the Marrakesh
Agreement Establishing the World Trade
Organization (‘‘WTO Agreement’’)
concerning certain issues relating to the
imposition of antidumping measures on
shrimp from Thailand. That request may
be found at https://www.wto.org
contained in a document designated as
WT/DS343/1. USTR invites written
comments from the public concerning
the issues raised in this dispute.
DATES: Although USTR will accept any
comments received during the course of
the dispute settlement proceedings,
comments should be submitted on or
before June 30, 2006 to be assured of
timely consideration by USTR.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
submitted (i) electronically, to
FR0619@ustr.eop.gov, Attn: ‘‘Thailand
Shrimp Zeroing/Bond Dispute (DS343)’’
in the subject line, or (ii) by fax, to
Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–3640. For
documents sent by fax, USTR requests
that the submitter provide a
confirmation copy to the electronic mail
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elissa Alben, Assistant General Counsel,
Office of the United States Trade
Representative, 600 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20508, (202) 395–9622.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
127(b) of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act (‘‘URAA’’) (19 U.S.C.
3537(b)(1)) requires that notice and
opportunity for comment be provided
after the United States submits or
receives a request for the establishment
of a WTO dispute settlement panel. In
an effort to provide additional
opportunity for comment, USTR is
providing notice that consultations have
been requested pursuant to the WTO
Understanding on Rules and Procedures
Governing the Settlement of Disputes
(‘‘DSU’’). If such consultations should
fail to resolve the matter and a dispute
settlement panel is established pursuant
to the DSU, such panel, which would
hold its meetings in Geneva,
E:\FR\FM\09JNN1.SGM
09JNN1
33496
Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 111 / Friday, June 9, 2006 / Notices
Switzerland, would be expected to issue
a report on its findings and
recommendations within nine months
after it is established.
jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES
Major Issues Raised by Thailand
On August 4, 2004, the Department of
Commerce published in the Federal
Register notice of its affirmative
preliminary less-than-fair-value
(‘‘LTFV’’) determination in an
investigation concerning certain frozen
and canned warm water shrimp from
Thailand (69 FR 47,100). On December
23, 2004, the Department of Commerce
published notice of its affirmative final
LTFV determination (69 FR 76,918), and
on February 1, 2005, the Department of
Commerce published an amended final
LTFV determination, along with an
antidumping duty order, covering only
certain frozen warm water shrimp from
Thailand (70 FR 5145). The latter notice
contains the final margins of LTFV
sales, as provided in section 733 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.
In its request for consultations,
Thailand alleges that the United States
‘‘through its use of ‘zeroing’ * * *
failed to make a fair comparison
between the export price and the normal
value, and calculated distorted margins
of dumping,’’ and therefore violated
Articles 1, 2.1, 2.4, 2.4.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3,
3.4, 3.5, 5.8, 9.2 and 9.3 of the AD
Agreement. In addition, Thailand
alleges that the United States has
imposed on importers a requirement to
maintain a continuous entry bond in the
amount of the anti-dumping duty
margin multiplied by the value of
imports of frozen warmwater shrimp
imported by the importer in the
preceding year, and that the continuous
bond requirement and its application to
goods subject to the order ‘‘constitute
specific action against dumping not in
accordance with’’ Article VI:2 of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
1994 (‘‘GATT 1994’’) and its Ad Article,
as well as Articles 2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.5, 9.2,
and 9.3 of the AD Agreement. Thailand
also states that the continuous bond
requirement as such and its application
to imports of frozen warmwater shrimp
from Thailand may be inconsistent with
Articles I:1, II, III, XI:1 and XIII:1, and
may not be justified under Article
XX(d), of the GATT 1994.
Public Comment: Requirements for
Submissions
Interested persons are invited to
submit written comments concerning
the issues raised in this dispute. Persons
may submit their comments either (i)
electronically, to FR0619@ustr.eop.gov,
Attn: ‘‘Thailand Shrimp Zeroing/Bond
Dispute (DS343)’’ in the subject line, or
VerDate Aug<31>2005
16:01 Jun 08, 2006
Jkt 208001
(ii) by fax to Sandy McKinzy at (202)
395–3640. For documents sent by fax,
USTR requests that the submitter
provide a confirmation copy to the
electronic mail address listed above.
USTR encourages the submission of
documents in Adobe PDF format, as
attachments to an electronic mail.
Interested persons who make
submissions by electronic mail should
not provide separate cover letters;
information that might appear in a cover
letter should be included in the
submission itself. Similarly, to the
extent possible, any attachments to the
submission should be included in the
same file as the submission itself, and
not as separate files.
A person requesting that information
contained in a comment submitted by
that person be treated as confidential
business information must certify that
such information is business
confidential and would not customarily
be released to the public by the
submitter. Confidential business
information must be clearly designated
as such and the submission must be
marked ‘‘Business Confidential’’ at the
top and bottom of the cover page and
each succeeding page.
Information or advice contained in a
comment submitted, other than business
confidential information, may be
determined by USTR to be confidential
in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2155(g)(2)). If the submitter believes that
information or advice may qualify as
such, the submitter—
(1) Must clearly so designate the
information or advice;
(2) Must clearly mark the material as
‘‘Submitted in Confidence’’ at the top
and bottom of the cover page and each
succeeding page; and
(3) Is encouraged to provide a nonconfidential summary of the
information or advice.
Pursuant to section 127(e) of the
URAA (19 U.S.C. 3537(e)), USTR will
maintain a file on this dispute
settlement proceeding, accessible to the
public, in the USTR Reading Room,
which is located at 1724 F Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20508. The public file
will include non-confidential comments
received by USTR from the public with
respect to the dispute; if a dispute
settlement panel is convened, the U.S.
submissions to that panel, the
submissions, or non-confidential
summaries of submissions, to the panel
received from other participants in the
dispute, as well as the report of the
panel; and, if applicable, the report of
the Appellate Body. An appointment to
review the public file (Docket No. WT/
DS–343, Thailand Shrimp Zeroing/Bond
PO 00000
Frm 00063
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
Dispute) may be made by calling the
USTR Reading Room at (202) 395–6186.
The USTR Reading Room is open to the
public from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1
p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Daniel Brinza,
Assistant United States Trade Representative
for Monitoring and Enforcement.
[FR Doc. E6–9034 Filed 6–8–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3190–W6–P
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–53592; File No. SR–
NYSEArca–2006–21]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE
Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed
Rule Change Relating to Approval of
Market Data Fees for NYSE Arca Data
June 7, 2006.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on May 23,
2006, the NYSE Arca, Inc. (‘‘Exchange’’)
filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the
proposed rule change as described in
Items I, II, and III below, which Items
have been prepared by the Exchange.
The Commission is publishing this
notice to solicit comments on the
proposed rule change from interested
persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange, through its wholly
owned subsidiary, NYSE Arca Equities,
Inc. (‘‘NYSE Arca Equities’’), proposes
to establish market data fees for the
receipt and use of market data that the
Exchange makes available. The text of
the proposed rule change is available
below. Proposed new language is
italicized.
*
*
*
*
*
Schedule of NYSE Arca Market Data
Fees
1. Monthly Access Fees.
A. Direct Access: $750 per set of four
Logons
B. Indirect Access: $750
2. Monthly Device Fees
A. Professional Subscribers
i. For ArcaBook information relating
to Exchange-Traded Funds and CTA
Plan Securities: $15.00
ii. For ArcaBook information relating
to UTP Plan Securities (other than
Exchange-Traded Funds): $15.00
1 15
2 17
E:\FR\FM\09JNN1.SGM
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
09JNN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 111 (Friday, June 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33495-33496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9034]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
[Docket No. WTO/DS343]
WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding Regarding United States--
Antidumping Measures on Shrimp From Thailand
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative
(``USTR'') is providing notice that on April 24, 2006, Thailand
requested consultations with the United States under the Marrakesh
Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (``WTO Agreement'')
concerning certain issues relating to the imposition of antidumping
measures on shrimp from Thailand. That request may be found at https://
www.wto.org contained in a document designated as WT/DS343/1. USTR
invites written comments from the public concerning the issues raised
in this dispute.
DATES: Although USTR will accept any comments received during the
course of the dispute settlement proceedings, comments should be
submitted on or before June 30, 2006 to be assured of timely
consideration by USTR.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted (i) electronically, to
FR0619@ustr.eop.gov, Attn: ``Thailand Shrimp Zeroing/Bond Dispute
(DS343)'' in the subject line, or (ii) by fax, to Sandy McKinzy at
(202) 395-3640. For documents sent by fax, USTR requests that the
submitter provide a confirmation copy to the electronic mail address
listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elissa Alben, Assistant General
Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508, (202) 395-9622.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 127(b) of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act (``URAA'') (19 U.S.C. 3537(b)(1)) requires that notice
and opportunity for comment be provided after the United States submits
or receives a request for the establishment of a WTO dispute settlement
panel. In an effort to provide additional opportunity for comment, USTR
is providing notice that consultations have been requested pursuant to
the WTO Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement
of Disputes (``DSU''). If such consultations should fail to resolve the
matter and a dispute settlement panel is established pursuant to the
DSU, such panel, which would hold its meetings in Geneva,
[[Page 33496]]
Switzerland, would be expected to issue a report on its findings and
recommendations within nine months after it is established.
Major Issues Raised by Thailand
On August 4, 2004, the Department of Commerce published in the
Federal Register notice of its affirmative preliminary less-than-fair-
value (``LTFV'') determination in an investigation concerning certain
frozen and canned warm water shrimp from Thailand (69 FR 47,100). On
December 23, 2004, the Department of Commerce published notice of its
affirmative final LTFV determination (69 FR 76,918), and on February 1,
2005, the Department of Commerce published an amended final LTFV
determination, along with an antidumping duty order, covering only
certain frozen warm water shrimp from Thailand (70 FR 5145). The latter
notice contains the final margins of LTFV sales, as provided in section
733 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.
In its request for consultations, Thailand alleges that the United
States ``through its use of `zeroing' * * * failed to make a fair
comparison between the export price and the normal value, and
calculated distorted margins of dumping,'' and therefore violated
Articles 1, 2.1, 2.4, 2.4.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 5.8, 9.2 and 9.3
of the AD Agreement. In addition, Thailand alleges that the United
States has imposed on importers a requirement to maintain a continuous
entry bond in the amount of the anti-dumping duty margin multiplied by
the value of imports of frozen warmwater shrimp imported by the
importer in the preceding year, and that the continuous bond
requirement and its application to goods subject to the order
``constitute specific action against dumping not in accordance with''
Article VI:2 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (``GATT
1994'') and its Ad Article, as well as Articles 2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.5, 9.2,
and 9.3 of the AD Agreement. Thailand also states that the continuous
bond requirement as such and its application to imports of frozen
warmwater shrimp from Thailand may be inconsistent with Articles I:1,
II, III, XI:1 and XIII:1, and may not be justified under Article XX(d),
of the GATT 1994.
Public Comment: Requirements for Submissions
Interested persons are invited to submit written comments
concerning the issues raised in this dispute. Persons may submit their
comments either (i) electronically, to FR0619@ustr.eop.gov, Attn:
``Thailand Shrimp Zeroing/Bond Dispute (DS343)'' in the subject line,
or (ii) by fax to Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395-3640. For documents sent
by fax, USTR requests that the submitter provide a confirmation copy to
the electronic mail address listed above.
USTR encourages the submission of documents in Adobe PDF format, as
attachments to an electronic mail. Interested persons who make
submissions by electronic mail should not provide separate cover
letters; information that might appear in a cover letter should be
included in the submission itself. Similarly, to the extent possible,
any attachments to the submission should be included in the same file
as the submission itself, and not as separate files.
A person requesting that information contained in a comment
submitted by that person be treated as confidential business
information must certify that such information is business confidential
and would not customarily be released to the public by the submitter.
Confidential business information must be clearly designated as such
and the submission must be marked ``Business Confidential'' at the top
and bottom of the cover page and each succeeding page.
Information or advice contained in a comment submitted, other than
business confidential information, may be determined by USTR to be
confidential in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155(g)(2)). If the submitter believes that information
or advice may qualify as such, the submitter--
(1) Must clearly so designate the information or advice;
(2) Must clearly mark the material as ``Submitted in Confidence''
at the top and bottom of the cover page and each succeeding page; and
(3) Is encouraged to provide a non-confidential summary of the
information or advice.
Pursuant to section 127(e) of the URAA (19 U.S.C. 3537(e)), USTR
will maintain a file on this dispute settlement proceeding, accessible
to the public, in the USTR Reading Room, which is located at 1724 F
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508. The public file will include non-
confidential comments received by USTR from the public with respect to
the dispute; if a dispute settlement panel is convened, the U.S.
submissions to that panel, the submissions, or non-confidential
summaries of submissions, to the panel received from other participants
in the dispute, as well as the report of the panel; and, if applicable,
the report of the Appellate Body. An appointment to review the public
file (Docket No. WT/DS-343, Thailand Shrimp Zeroing/Bond Dispute) may
be made by calling the USTR Reading Room at (202) 395-6186. The USTR
Reading Room is open to the public from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to
4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Daniel Brinza,
Assistant United States Trade Representative for Monitoring and
Enforcement.
[FR Doc. E6-9034 Filed 6-8-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3190-W6-P
