Scope Clarification Request-Foreign-Trade Subzone 122K (Alumina Production) Sherwin Alumina Company-Gregory, TX, 51572-51573 [E6-14476]

Download as PDF 51572 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 168 / Wednesday, August 30, 2006 / Notices jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES and 1.1 percentage points for total response), and more specifically, in areas where there is a high concentration of non-White and Hispanic populations. Moreover, the response to the bilingual form resulted in a higher proportion of Hispanic persons than the English-only form. However, item nonresponse rates for the bilingual form were higher for all household level items and Hispanic origin compared to the English-only form. There are many potential reasons for these item nonresponse discrepancies, including forms design, question wording, translation, and differences in the responding population. The purpose of the 2007 CBiFS is to determine if the item nonresponse issues can be resolved by improved form design and utilization of the questions that will be on the form in the 2008 Census Dress Rehearsal. Moreover, this study provides the opportunity to analyze the impact of the bilingual form in areas that contain a heavy concentration of Spanish-speaking people with limited English proficiency. Additionally, this study will provide the opportunity to verify the 2005 NCT finding of increased response to the bilingual census form. II. Method of Collection This study will include two experimental bilingual form panels, and one control panel. Each panel will have the same questionnaire content (i.e., the content selected for dress rehearsal). The control panel will be the Englishonly form. The two experimental panels will contain variations of the bilingual form design to try to improve on the design that was used in the 2005 NCT. The first experimental panel will be the bilingual form that will be used in the dress rehearsal. The second experimental panel will contain an experimental format alternative to the first panel. We expect to mail each form to roughly 10,000 housing units, for a total of 30,000 housing units in the study. In early April 2007, the Census Bureau will mail an advance letter to every housing unit in this study. The advance letter will explain why we are conducting the 2007 CBiFS. The letter also will inform households that they will soon receive a request to complete a questionnaire. The advance letter for the two bilingual panels will have a dual language design. The second mailing will be the initial questionnaire package. Housing units will receive a paper questionnaire and a first-class postage-paid return envelope. Included in the mailing VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:39 Aug 29, 2006 Jkt 208001 package will be a letter from the Census Bureau’s Director that encourages households to respond. Households selected for the bilingual panels will receive one of the bilingual questionnaires, and households selected for the control panel will receive the English form. Respondents will be asked to mail back their completed questionnaire by Census Day, May 1, 2007. The third mailing will be a reminder mailing. The reminder mailing asks households to respond to the census test if they have not already done so. The reminder mailing will be an Englishonly postcard for the control panel and a letter for the bilingual panels since the Spanish translation requires more space than is available on the postcard. Beginning May 2007, a replacement questionnaire will be sent to all housing units that have not responded by a predetermined date. Accompanying the questionnaire will be a letter from the Census Bureau’s Director urging response. The replacement questionnaire will be the English form for all panels, including the bilingual panels. There will be no field follow-up for the 2007 CBiFS. III. Data OMB Number: Not available. Form Number(s): DE–1, DE–1(E/S), DE–2(E/S). Type of Review: Regular. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Estimated Number of Respondents: 30,000. Estimated Time Per Response: 10 minutes. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,000 hours. Estimated Total Annual Cost: There is no cost to respondents except for their time to respond. Respondent Obligation: Mandatory. Legal Authority: Title 13 of the United States Code, Sections 141 and 193. IV. Request for Comments Comments are invited on (a) whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden (including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 or other forms of information technology. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information collection; they also will become a matter of public record. Dated: August 24, 2006. Madeleine Clayton, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. E6–14358 Filed 8–29–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board Scope Clarification Request—ForeignTrade Subzone 122K (Alumina Production) Sherwin Alumina Company—Gregory, TX A request for clarification of scope has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by Sherwin Alumina Company (Sherwin), operator of Foreign-Trade Subzone 122K. A grant of authority for Sherwin’s subzone was issued on December 30, 1988, for the manufacture of alumina and aluminum hydrate. In its original application, Sherwin indicated that its foreignsourced input would be bauxite, imported duty-free under subheading 2606.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), to be used in the production of alumina and aluminum hydrate. Sherwin now seeks clarification as to whether its scope includes authority to further refine 24,500 metric tons of the bauxite into smaller particles of aluminum hydrate than is currently being produced. There will be no increase in imports of bauxite used in the refining process nor in total production of alumina at the Sherwin plant as a result of the new manufacturing activity. Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions shall be addressed to the Board’s Executive Secretary at the address listed below. The closing period for their receipt is September 29, 2006. A copy of the request is available for public inspection at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 1115, 1401 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20230. E:\FR\FM\30AUN1.SGM 30AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 168 / Wednesday, August 30, 2006 / Notices Dated: August 23, 2006. Andrew McGilvray, Acting Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E6–14476 Filed 8–29–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Industry and Security Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Open Meeting The Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee will meet on September 12, 2006, 9 a.m., Room 4830, in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on implementation of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and provides for continuing review to update the EAR as needed. Agenda 1. Opening remarks by the Chairman. 2. Presentation of papers or comments by the public. 3. Regulations update. 4. Update on Wassenaar Statement of Understanding on Military End-uses (China ‘catch-all’). 5. Country policy update: Libya, North Korea. 6. Encryption update. 7. Enforcement update. 8. Automated Export System (AES) update. 9. Working group reports. The meeting will be open to the public and a limited number of seats will be available. Reservations are not accepted. To the extent time permits, members of the public may present oral statements to the Committee. Written statements may be submitted at any time before or after the meeting. However, to facilitate distribution of public presentation materials to Committee members, the Committee suggests that presenters forward the public presentation materials to Yvette Springer at Yspringer@bis.doc.gov. For more information contact Ms. Springer on (202) 482–4814. Dated: August 23, 2006. Yvette Springer, Committee Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 06–7259 Filed 8–29–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–JT–M DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of initiation of antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews and requests for revocation in part. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received requests 51573 to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with July anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department’s regulations, we are initiating those administrative reviews. The Department also received requests to revoke one antidumping duty order in part. DATES: Effective Date: August 30, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheila E. Forbes, Office of AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482–4697. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The Department has received timely requests, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(2002), for administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with July anniversary dates. The Department also received timely requests to revoke in part the antidumping duty order on Individually Quick Frozen (‘‘IQF’’) Red Raspberries from Chile. Initiation of Reviews In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are initiating administrative reviews of the following antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings. We intend to issue the final results of these reviews not later than July 31, 2007. Period to be reviewed jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES Antidumping Duty Proceedings Brazil: Silicon Metal, A–351–806 ............................................................................................................................................. Camargo Correa Metais S.A. Companhia Ferroligas de Minas Gerais—Minasligas. Italmagnesio Nordeste S.A. Ligas de Aluminio S.A. Chile: Individually Quick Frozen Red Raspberries, A–337–806 ............................................................................................. Agricola Nova Ltda. Agricola San Antonio. Agrocomercial Las Tinajas Ltda. Agrofruta Chilena Ltda. Agrofruticola Pehuenche S.A. Agroindustria Framberry Ltd. Agroindustria Frisac Ltda. Agroindustria Frutos del Maipo Ltda. Agroindustria Merco Trading Ltda. Agroindustria Niquen Ltda. Agroindustria Sagrada Familia Ltda. Agroindustria San Francisco Ltda. Agroindustria y Frigorifico M y M Ltda. Agroindustrial del Maule. Agross S.A. Alimentos Naturales Vitafoods, S.A. Alimentos Prometeo Ltda. Alimentos y Frutos S.A. VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:39 Aug 29, 2006 Jkt 208001 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30AUN1.SGM 30AUN1 7/1/05–6/30/06 7/1/05–6/30/06

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51572-51573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14476]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board


Scope Clarification Request--Foreign-Trade Subzone 122K (Alumina 
Production) Sherwin Alumina Company--Gregory, TX

    A request for clarification of scope has been submitted to the 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by Sherwin Alumina Company 
(Sherwin), operator of Foreign-Trade Subzone 122K. A grant of authority 
for Sherwin's subzone was issued on December 30, 1988, for the 
manufacture of alumina and aluminum hydrate. In its original 
application, Sherwin indicated that its foreign-sourced input would be 
bauxite, imported duty-free under subheading 2606.00 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), to be used in the 
production of alumina and aluminum hydrate.
    Sherwin now seeks clarification as to whether its scope includes 
authority to further refine 24,500 metric tons of the bauxite into 
smaller particles of aluminum hydrate than is currently being produced. 
There will be no increase in imports of bauxite used in the refining 
process nor in total production of alumina at the Sherwin plant as a 
result of the new manufacturing activity.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address 
listed below. The closing period for their receipt is September 29, 
2006. A copy of the request is available for public inspection at the 
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 1115, 1401 Constitution Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.


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    Dated: August 23, 2006.
Andrew McGilvray,
Acting Executive Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-14476 Filed 8-29-06; 8:45 am]
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