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Further, we request that parties
submitting written comments provide
the Department with a diskette
containing an electronic copy of the
public version of such comments.
Unless the deadline for issuing the final
results of review is extended, the
Department will issue the final results
of this administrative review, including
the results of its analysis of issues raised
in the written comments, within 120
days of publication of the preliminary
results in the Federal Register.
Assessment Rates
In accordance with 19 CFR
§ 351.212(b)(1), in these preliminary
results of review, we calculated
importer/customer–specific assessment
rates for Vita’s subject merchandise.
Since Vita did not report the entered
value for its sales, we calculated per–
unit assessment rates for its
merchandise by summing, on an
importer or customer–specific basis, the
dumping margins calculated for all U.S.
sales to the importer or customer, and
dividing this amount by the total
quantity of those sales. If the importer/
customer–specific assessment rate is
above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent ad
valorem or greater), we will instruct
CBP to assess the importer/customer–
specific rate uniformly, as appropriate,
on all entries of subject merchandise
during the POR that were entered by the
importer or sold to the customer. To
determine whether the per–unit duty
assessment rates were de minimis (i.e.,
less than 0.50 percent ad valorem), in
accordance with the requirement set
forth in 19 CFR § 351.106(c)(2), we
calculated importer/customer–specific
ad valorem ratios based on the
estimated entered value. For TROFCO,
the respondent receiving a dumping
margin based upon AFA, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate entries
according to the AFA ad valorem rate.
Within 15 days of publication of the
final results of review, the Department
will issue instructions to CBP directing
it to assess the final importer/customer–
specific assessment rates (if above de
minimis) uniformly on all entries of
subject merchandise made by the
relevant importer during the POR. The
Department clarified its ‘‘automatic
assessment’’ regulation on May 6, 2003
(68 FR 23954). This clarification applies
to POR entries of subject merchandise
produced by companies examined in
this review (i.e., companies for which a
dumping margin was calculated) where
the companies did not know that their
merchandise was destined for the
United States. In such instances, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed
entries at the all–others rate if there is
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no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the
transaction. For a full discussion of this
clarification, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
Dated: July 31, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication date of the final results of
this administrative review, as provided
by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The
cash deposit rate for the reviewed
companies will be the rate established
in the final results of this review (except
that if the rate for a particular company
is de minimis, i.e., less than 0.5 percent,
no cash deposit will be required for that
company); (2) for previously
investigated or reviewed companies not
listed above, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company–specific
rate published for the most recent
period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review, a prior review,
or the less–than-fair–value (LTFV)
investigation, but the manufacturer is,
the cash deposit rate will be the rate
established for the most recent period
for the manufacturer of the subject
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other manufacturers or
exporters will continue to be the ‘‘all
others’’ rate of 24.64 percent, which is
the ‘‘all others’’ rate established in the
LTFV investigation. These cash deposit
rates, when imposed, shall remain in
effect until publication of the final
results of the next administrative
review.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a
preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping and duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this review period. Failure to
comply with this requirement could
result in the Secretary’s presumption
that reimbursement of antidumping
duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping
duties.
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
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Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic; South
Atlantic Snapper Grouper Fishery
Management Plan; Amendment 15
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a
draft environmental impact statement;
supplement; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
preparing a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) to assess the
environmental impacts of a range of
management actions proposed in its
draft Amendment 15 to the Snapper
Grouper Fishery Management Plan of
the South Atlantic (FMP). This notice is
intended to supplement notices
published in January 2002, September
2003, and July 2005, announcing the
preparations of DEISs for FMP
Amendments 13, 13B, and 13C,
respectively.
DATES: Comments on the scope of the
DEIS will be accepted through
September 5, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to
Jack McGovern, National Marine
Fisheries Service, Southeast Regional
Office, 263 13th Avenue South, St.
Petersburg, FL 33701; Phone: 727–824–
5311; Fax: 727–824–5308; email:
John.McGovern@noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim
Iverson, Public Information Officer, toll
free 1–866–SAFMC–10 or 843–571–
4366; kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
snapper grouper fishery operating in the
South Atlantic exclusive economic zone
is managed under the FMP. Following
Council preparation, this FMP was
approved and implemented by NMFS in
March 1983, under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act).
The actions proposed in FMP
Amendment 15 originated from the
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Council’s work on Amendment 13,
which contained a broad range of
actions to define management reference
points, end overfishing and rebuild
overfished stocks, consider a
multispecies approach to management,
address bycatch, modify permit renewal
and transferability requirements, and
address the scheduled sunset of
regulations protecting the Oculina
Experimental Closed Area. NMFS
published a notice of intent (NOI) to
prepare an EIS in association with
Amendment 13 in the Federal Register
on January 31, 2002 (67 FR 4696), then
later supplemented that notice on
September 12, 2003 (68 FR 53706) and,
again, on July 26, 2005 (70 FR 46126).
The first NOI supplement announced
the Council’s intent to transfer the
Oculina Experimental Closed Area
action from Amendment 13 to Snapper
Grouper FMP Amendment 13A, and the
remaining actions in Amendment 13 to
Snapper Grouper FMP Amendment 13B.
This decision was intended to ensure
the Council adequate time to fully
evaluate a range of actions to address
overfishing, rebuilding, and other issues
in the snapper grouper fishery without
compromising the Council’s ability to
act on the Oculina Experimental Closed
Area before its scheduled sunset date of
June 27, 2004.
The second NOI supplement
announced the Council’s intent to
address overfishing and a few other
priority actions in a regulatory
amendment, which later became
Amendment 13C. This decision was
intended to ensure extended debate
about multispecies management and
other actions in Amendment 13B did
not delay Council action to effectively
address overfishing of snowy grouper,
golden tilefish, vermilion snapper, and
black sea bass.
During its December 2005 meeting,
the Council decided to transfer from
Amendment 13B to Amendment 15
actions to define management reference
points and rebuilding plans, as needed,
for the select stocks addressed in
Amendment 13C. This action is
intended to ensure the timely
implementation of biological reference
points, status determination criteria,
and rebuilding schedules and strategies
for these stocks before the Southeast
Data Assessment and Review
assessments describing their status
become outdated.
The Council also will consider in
Amendment 15: establishing a strategy
to ensure stock rebuilding stays on
schedule should the total allowable
catch levels specified in rebuilding
plans be exceeded; adjusting the golden
tilefish fishing year and trip limit
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strategy; eliminating the 12–inch (30.5–
cm) total length minimum size limit
regulation for the queen snapper and
silk snapper; requiring a Federal
commercial snapper grouper permit to
sell snapper grouper species harvested
in Federal waters of the South Atlantic
and limiting sales to only those fish
captured on commercial trips;
establishing a deep-water grouper unit
to further minimize bycatch of deepwater grouper species; implementing
measures to minimize bycatch mortality
of sea turtles and smalltooth sawfish;
establishing a method to monitor and
assess bycatch in the snapper grouper
fishery; and modifying commercial
snapper grouper permit renewal and
transferability requirements. All other
actions referenced above and not
evaluated in Amendments 13A, 13B,
13C, or 15 continue to remain in
Amendment 13B.
This NOI supplement announces the
Council’s intent to prepare a DEIS in
association with Amendment 15. A
Federal Register notice will announce
the availability of the DEIS, as well as
a 45–day public comment period,
pursuant to regulations issued by the
Council on Environmental Quality for
implementing the National
Environmental Policy Act and to
NOAA’s Administrative Order 216–6.
The Council will consider public
comments received on the DEIS in
developing the Final Environmental
Impact Statement (FEIS), and before
voting to submit the final amendment to
NMFS for Secretarial consideration.
NMFS will announce in the Federal
Register the availability of the final
amendment and FEIS during the
Secretarial review period, and will
consider all public comments prior to
agency action to approve, disapprove, or
partially approve the final amendment.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 31, 2006.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION:
Notice of public meeting.
SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
convene a public meeting of the Ad Hoc
Grouper Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ)
Advisory Panel (AHGIFQAP).
The AHGIFQAP meeting will
convene at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday,
August 22 and conclude no later than 3
p.m. on Thursday, August 24, 2006.
DATES:
The meeting will be held at
the Quorum Hotel Tampa, 700 North
Westshore Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33609;
telephone: (813) 289–8200.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa,
FL 33607.
ADDRESSES:
Stu
Kennedy, Fishery Biologist, telephone
(813) 348–1630.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The Gulf
of Mexico Fishery Management Council
has begun deliberation of a Dedicated
Access Privilege System (DAP) for the
Commercial grouper fishery. The
Council has appointed an AHGIFQAP
composed of commercial grouper
fishermen and others knowledgeable
about DAP systems to assist in the
development of such a program. The
Panel will discuss the scope and the
general configuration of an IFQ program
for the Gulf of Mexico commercial
grouper fishery.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agenda may come before the
AHGIFQAP for discussion, in
accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during these meetings. Actions of
the AHGIFQAP will be restricted to
those issues specifically identified in
the agenda and any issues arising after
publication of this notice that require
emergency action under Section 305(c)
of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided
the public has been notified of the
Council’s intent to take action to
address the emergency. Copies of the
agenda can be obtained by calling (813)
348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Tina
Trezza at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at
least 5 working days prior to the
meeting.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 072806B]
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic;
South Atlantic Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan; Amendment 15
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a draft environmental impact
statement; supplement; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) is
preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to assess the
environmental impacts of a range of management actions proposed in its
draft Amendment 15 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan of
the South Atlantic (FMP). This notice is intended to supplement notices
published in January 2002, September 2003, and July 2005, announcing
the preparations of DEISs for FMP Amendments 13, 13B, and 13C,
respectively.
DATES: Comments on the scope of the DEIS will be accepted through
September 5, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Jack McGovern, National Marine
Fisheries Service, Southeast Regional Office, 263 13th Avenue South,
St. Petersburg, FL 33701; Phone: 727-824-5311; Fax: 727-824-5308;
email: John.McGovern@noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Iverson, Public Information
Officer, toll free 1-866-SAFMC-10 or 843-571-4366;
kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The snapper grouper fishery operating in the
South Atlantic exclusive economic zone is managed under the FMP.
Following Council preparation, this FMP was approved and implemented by
NMFS in March 1983, under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).
The actions proposed in FMP Amendment 15 originated from the
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Council's work on Amendment 13, which contained a broad range of
actions to define management reference points, end overfishing and
rebuild overfished stocks, consider a multispecies approach to
management, address bycatch, modify permit renewal and transferability
requirements, and address the scheduled sunset of regulations
protecting the Oculina Experimental Closed Area. NMFS published a
notice of intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS in association with Amendment
13 in the Federal Register on January 31, 2002 (67 FR 4696), then later
supplemented that notice on September 12, 2003 (68 FR 53706) and,
again, on July 26, 2005 (70 FR 46126).
The first NOI supplement announced the Council's intent to transfer
the Oculina Experimental Closed Area action from Amendment 13 to
Snapper Grouper FMP Amendment 13A, and the remaining actions in
Amendment 13 to Snapper Grouper FMP Amendment 13B. This decision was
intended to ensure the Council adequate time to fully evaluate a range
of actions to address overfishing, rebuilding, and other issues in the
snapper grouper fishery without compromising the Council's ability to
act on the Oculina Experimental Closed Area before its scheduled sunset
date of June 27, 2004.
The second NOI supplement announced the Council's intent to address
overfishing and a few other priority actions in a regulatory amendment,
which later became Amendment 13C. This decision was intended to ensure
extended debate about multispecies management and other actions in
Amendment 13B did not delay Council action to effectively address
overfishing of snowy grouper, golden tilefish, vermilion snapper, and
black sea bass.
During its December 2005 meeting, the Council decided to transfer
from Amendment 13B to Amendment 15 actions to define management
reference points and rebuilding plans, as needed, for the select stocks
addressed in Amendment 13C. This action is intended to ensure the
timely implementation of biological reference points, status
determination criteria, and rebuilding schedules and strategies for
these stocks before the Southeast Data Assessment and Review
assessments describing their status become outdated.
The Council also will consider in Amendment 15: establishing a
strategy to ensure stock rebuilding stays on schedule should the total
allowable catch levels specified in rebuilding plans be exceeded;
adjusting the golden tilefish fishing year and trip limit strategy;
eliminating the 12-inch (30.5-cm) total length minimum size limit
regulation for the queen snapper and silk snapper; requiring a Federal
commercial snapper grouper permit to sell snapper grouper species
harvested in Federal waters of the South Atlantic and limiting sales to
only those fish captured on commercial trips; establishing a deep-water
grouper unit to further minimize bycatch of deep-water grouper species;
implementing measures to minimize bycatch mortality of sea turtles and
smalltooth sawfish; establishing a method to monitor and assess bycatch
in the snapper grouper fishery; and modifying commercial snapper
grouper permit renewal and transferability requirements. All other
actions referenced above and not evaluated in Amendments 13A, 13B, 13C,
or 15 continue to remain in Amendment 13B.
This NOI supplement announces the Council's intent to prepare a
DEIS in association with Amendment 15. A Federal Register notice will
announce the availability of the DEIS, as well as a 45-day public
comment period, pursuant to regulations issued by the Council on
Environmental Quality for implementing the National Environmental
Policy Act and to NOAA's Administrative Order 216-6. The Council will
consider public comments received on the DEIS in developing the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), and before voting to submit the
final amendment to NMFS for Secretarial consideration. NMFS will
announce in the Federal Register the availability of the final
amendment and FEIS during the Secretarial review period, and will
consider all public comments prior to agency action to approve,
disapprove, or partially approve the final amendment.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 31, 2006.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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