Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty, 76637-76638 [E6-21883]
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order on silicon metal from the PRC
would likely lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping and material
injury to an industry in the United
States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of
the Act, the Department hereby orders
the continuation of the antidumping
duty order on silicon metal from the
PRC. U.S. Customs and Border
Protection will continue to collect
antidumping duty cash deposits at the
rates in effect at the time of entry for all
imports of subject merchandise.
The effective date of continuation of
this order will be the date of publication
in the Federal Register of this Notice of
Continuation. Pursuant to section
751(c)(2) of the Act, the Department
intends to initiate the next five-year
review of this order not later than
November 2011.
This five-year (sunset) review and
notice are in accordance with section
751(c) of the Act and published
pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: December 14, 2006.
David M. Spooner
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A–570–848
Notice of Extension of the Preliminary
Results of New Shipper Antidumping
Duty Reviews: Silicon Metal from the
People’s Republic of China
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 21, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scot
Fullerton or Mike Quigley, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 9, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–1386 and (202)
482–4047, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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AGENCY:
Background
The Department received timely
requests from Shanghai Jinneng
International Trade Co., Ltd. (‘‘Shanghai
Jinneng’’) and Jiangxi Gangyuan Silicon
Industry Co., Ltd. (‘‘Jiangxi Gangyuan’’)
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c)
for new shipper reviews of the
antidumping duty order on silicon
metal from the People’s Republic of
China. On July 25, 2006, the Department
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found that the requests for review with
respect to Shanghai Jinneng and Jiangxi
Guangyuan met all of the regulatory
requirements set forth in 19 CFR
351.214(b) and initiated these new
shipper antidumping duty reviews
covering the period June 1, 2005,
through May 30, 2006. See Silicon Metal
From the People’s Republic of China:
Initiation of Antidumping Duty New
Shipper Reviews, 71 FR 42084 (July 25,
2006).
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Dated: December 14, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Extension of Time Limits for
Preliminary Results
Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of
Foreign Government Subsidies on
Articles of Cheese Subject to an In–
Quota Rate of Duty
Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’),
and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(1) require the
Department to issue the preliminary
results of a new shipper review within
180 days after the date on which the
new shipper review was initiated and
final results of a review within 90 days
after the date on which the preliminary
results were issued. The Department
may, however, extend the deadline for
completion of the preliminary results of
a new shipper review to 300 days if it
determines that the case is
extraordinarily complicated. See 19 CFR
351.214(i)(2).
The Department has determined that
the review is extraordinarily
complicated as the Department must
gather additional publicly available
information on surrogate values to use
for a highly complex and technical
process involving specialized inputs,
evaluate the complex corporate
structures of both respondents, issue
additional supplemental questionnaires,
and conduct verifications of both
respondents. Based on the timing of the
case and the additional information that
must be gathered and verified, the
preliminary results of this new shipper
review cannot be completed within the
statutory time limit of 180 days.
Accordingly, the Department is
extending the time limit for the
completion of the preliminary results of
the new shipper reviews of Shanghai
Jinneng and Jiangxi Guangyuan by 120
days from the original January 14, 2007,
deadline. The preliminary results for
both new shipper reviews will now be
due May 14, 2007, in accordance with
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.214(i)(2). The final results will,
in turn, be due 90 days after the date of
issuance of the preliminary results,
unless extended.
This notice is published pursuant to
sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 777(i)(1) of
the Act.
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 21, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maura Jeffords or Eric Greynolds, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 3, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230,
telephone: (202) 482–3146 or 6071,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
702 of the Trade Agreements Act of
1979 (as amended) (‘‘the Act’’) requires
the Department of Commerce (‘‘the
Department’’) to determine, in
consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, whether any foreign
government is providing a subsidy with
respect to any article of cheese subject
to an in–quota rate of duty, as defined
in section 702(h) of the Act, and to
publish an annual list and quarterly
updates of the type and amount of those
subsidies. We hereby provide the
Department’s quarterly update of
subsidies on articles of cheese that were
imported during the period July 1, 2006,
through September 30, 2006.
The Department has developed, in
consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, information on subsidies
(as defined in section 702(h) of the Act)
being provided either directly or
indirectly by foreign governments on
articles of cheese subject to an in–quota
rate of duty. The appendix to this notice
lists the country, the subsidy program or
programs, and the gross and net
amounts of each subsidy for which
information is currently available. The
Department will incorporate additional
programs which are found to constitute
subsidies, and additional information
on the subsidy programs listed, as the
information is developed.
The Department encourages any
person having information on foreign
government subsidy programs which
benefit articles of cheese subject to an
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in–quota rate of duty to submit such
information in writing to the Assistant
Secretary for Import Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230.
This determination and notice are in
accordance with section 702(a) of the
Act.
Dated: December 12, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
APPENDIX
SUBSIDY PROGRAMS ON CHEESE SUBJECT TO AN IN–QUOTA RATE OF DUTY
Country
Gross1 Subsidy ($/lb)
Program(s)
25 European Union Member States3 ............
Canada ..........................................................
Norway ...........................................................
........................................................................
........................................................................
Switzerland ....................................................
European Union Restitution
Payments
Export Assistance on Certain
Types of Cheese
Indirect (Milk) Subsidy
Consumer Subsidy
Total
Deficiency Payments
Net2 Subsidy ($/lb)
$ 0.00
$ 0.00
$ 0.31
$ 0.31
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1 Defined
in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
3 The 25 member states of the European Union are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the
United Kingdom.
2 Defined
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 121506B]
Endangered Species; File No. 1420–01
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr.
Doug Peterson (Permit Holder and
Principal Investigator), Warnell School
of Forest Resources (Fisheries Division),
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
30602 (File No. 1420–01) has been
issued a modified permit to conduct
scientific research on shortnose
sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum).
ADDRESSES: The permit and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the following offices:
Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301)713–2289; fax (301)713–0376; and
Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th
Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701;
phone (727)824–5312; fax (727)824–
5309.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Malcolm Mohead or Brandy Hutnak,
(301)713–2289.
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On
November 10, 2005, notice was
published in the Federal Register (70
FR 68398) that a request for a scientific
research permit to take shortnose
sturgeon had been submitted by Dr.
Doug Peterson. The requested permit
has been issued under the authority of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
and the regulations governing the
taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50
CFR parts 222–226).
Dr. Peterson is authorized to conduct
a study of shortnose sturgeon in the
Altamaha River, Georgia, to collect
information on the status of the
population of shortnose sturgeon in the
Altamaha River and Estuary. The goals
and methods employed in the
modification will be consistent with the
original permit and provide critical data
on stock status, life history, and survival
rates as well as to identify specific
habitat requirements of the various life
stages of shortnose sturgeon in the
Altamaha River.
In his initial application, Dr.
Peterson’s request for an annual take of
200 adults and juvenile shortnose
sturgeon was based on previous studies
that suggested the Altamaha River
population contained less than 1,000
total individuals. After 2 years of study,
Dr. Peterson made two revised estimates
supporting 5,000 and 6,320 individuals
respectively in the Altamaha River.
Therefore, to obtain a more meaningful
population estimate with a reasonable
confidence interval, Dr. Peterson is
authorized to increase the number of
shortnose to be marked and released
annually to 1,000, an increase of 800
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sturgeon. Additionally, 12 adult
shortnose sturgeon annually (from the
1000 per year above) are permitted in
the take for sex ratio determination by
laparoscopic methods and for
performing blood work. The remaining
adult and juvenile fish (up to 30 total)
scheduled to receive an internal radiosonic tracking transmitter, are also
authorized to be examined
laparoscopically for sex ratio
verification. Lastly, the annual
incidental lethal take of adult or
juvenile sturgeon is increased from 0 to
2 animals.
Issuance of this permit, as required by
the ESA, was based on a finding that
such permit (1) was applied for in good
faith, (2) will not operate to the
disadvantage of the endangered species
which is the subject of this permit, and
(3) is consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in section 2 of the
ESA.
Dated: December 18, 2006.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government
Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 21, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maura Jeffords or Eric Greynolds, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-3146
or 6071, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 702 of the Trade Agreements Act of
1979 (as amended) (``the Act'') requires the Department of Commerce
(``the Department'') to determine, in consultation with the Secretary
of Agriculture, whether any foreign government is providing a subsidy
with respect to any article of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of
duty, as defined in section 702(h) of the Act, and to publish an annual
list and quarterly updates of the type and amount of those subsidies.
We hereby provide the Department's quarterly update of subsidies on
articles of cheese that were imported during the period July 1, 2006,
through September 30, 2006.
The Department has developed, in consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, information on subsidies (as defined in section 702(h) of
the Act) being provided either directly or indirectly by foreign
governments on articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty.
The appendix to this notice lists the country, the subsidy program or
programs, and the gross and net amounts of each subsidy for which
information is currently available. The Department will incorporate
additional programs which are found to constitute subsidies, and
additional information on the subsidy programs listed, as the
information is developed.
The Department encourages any person having information on foreign
government subsidy programs which benefit articles of cheese subject to
an
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in-quota rate of duty to submit such information in writing to the
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
20230.
This determination and notice are in accordance with section 702(a)
of the Act.
Dated: December 12, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
APPENDIX
SUBSIDY PROGRAMS ON CHEESE SUBJECT TO AN IN-QUOTA RATE OF DUTY
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Country Program(s) Gross\1\ Subsidy ($/lb) Net\2\ Subsidy ($/lb)
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25 European Union Member States\3\............................ European Union Restitution $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Payments
Canada........................................................ Export Assistance on Certain $ 0.31 $ 0.31
Types of Cheese
Norway........................................................ Indirect (Milk) Subsidy $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Consumer Subsidy $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Total $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Switzerland................................................... Deficiency Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
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\1\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
\2\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
\3\ The 25 member states of the European Union are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United
Kingdom.
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