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the Government of Mexico established
Rules of Procedure for Article 1904
Binational Panel Reviews (‘‘Rules’’).
These Rules were published in the
Federal Register on February 23, 1994
(59 FR 8686). The panel review in this
matter was requested and terminated
pursuant to these Rules.
requirements of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 USC 601 et seq.) are
inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory
flexibility analysis is not required and
has not been prepared.
Dated: February 15, 2007.
R. Matthew Priest,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles and
Apparel.
[FR Doc. 07–794 Filed 2–16–07; 2:26 pm]
Dated: February 15, 2007.
Caratina L. Alston,
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. E7–2903 Filed 2–21–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA), Article 1904 Binational Panel
Reviews: Notice of Termination of
Panel Review
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
NAFTA Secretariat, United
States Section, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Consent Motion To
Terminate the Panel Review of the final
antidumping duty determination and
order made by the International Trade
Commission, respecting Purified
Carboxymethylcellulose (‘‘CMC’’) from
Mexico, Secretariat File No. USA–MEX–
2005–1904–05.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Notice of
Consent Motion To Terminate the Panel
Review by the complainants, the panel
review is terminated as of February 13,
2007. A panel has not been appointed
to this panel review. Pursuant to Rule
71(2) of the Rules of Procedure for
Article 1904 Binational Panel Review,
this panel review is terminated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Caratina L. Alston, United States
Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite
2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,
Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–5438.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter
19 of the North American Free-Trade
Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’) establishes a
mechanism to replace domestic judicial
review of final determinations in
antidumping and countervailing duty
cases involving imports from a NAFTA
country with review by independent
binational panels. When a Request for
Panel Review is filed, a panel is
established to act in place of national
courts to review expeditiously the final
determination to determine whether it
conforms with the antidumping or
countervailing duty law of the country
that made the determination.
Under Article 1904 of the Agreement,
which came into force on January 1,
1994, the Government of the United
States, the Government of Canada and
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Fisheries Off West Coast States and in
the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast
Groundfish Fishery; Application for an
Exempted Fishing Permit
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
Notice; receipt of an exempted
fishing permit application (EFP); intent
to issue the EFP; request for comments.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: NMFS announces the receipt
of an exempted fishing permit (EFP)
application, and the intent to issue EFPs
for vessels participating in an
observation program to monitor the
incidental take of salmon and
groundfish in the shore-based
component of the Pacific whiting
fishery. The EFPs are necessary to allow
trawl vessels fishing for Pacific whiting
to delay sorting their catch, and thus to
retain prohibited species and groundfish
in excess of cumulative trip limits until
the point of offloading. These activities
are otherwise prohibited by Federal
regulations. The EFPs will be effective
no earlier than April 1, 2007, and would
expire no later than December 31, 2007,
but could be terminated earlier under
the terms and conditions of the EFPs
and other applicable laws.
Comments must be received by
March 9, 2007.
DATES:
Send comments or request
for copies of the EFP application to
Gretchen Arentzen, Northwest Region,
NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Bldg.
1, Seattle, WA 98115 0070 or email
EFPwhiting2007.nwr@noaa.gov.
Comments sent via email, including all
attachments, must not exceed a 10
megabyte file size.
ADDRESSES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gretchen Arentzen or Becky Renko at
(206)526 6140.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
action is authorized by the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act provisions at 50 CFR
600.745, which state that EFPs may be
used to authorize fishing activities that
would otherwise be prohibited. At the
November 2006 Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) meeting
in Del Mar, California, NMFS received
an application for these EFPs from the
States of Washington, Oregon, and
California. An opportunity for public
testimony was provided during the
Council meeting. The Council
recommended that NMFS issue the
EFPs, as requested by the States, and
forwarded the EFP applications to
NMFS.
Each year since 1992, EFPs have been
issued to vessels in the Pacific whiting
shoreside fishery to allow unsorted
catch to be landed. Without an EFP,
groundfish regulations at 50 CFR
660.306(a) require vessels to sort their
catch at sea. The vessels fishing under
the EFPs are required to deliver catch to
designated processors. EFPs have been
used to: track the incidental take of
Chinook salmon as required in the
Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7
Biological Opinion for Chinook salmon
catch in the Pacific whiting fishery; and
to track the catch of whiting and other
groundfish species such that the fishing
industry is not unnecessarily
constrained and that the OYs, harvest
guidelines, sector allocation and
overfished species bycatch limits are not
exceeded.
Over the past five years, the number
of vessels issued these EFPs has been
between 31 and 38 vessels. Issuance of
the 2007 EFPs, to approximately 40
vessels, will allow samplers located at
the shoreside processing facilities to
collect information on the incidental
catch of salmon and groundfish in
unsorted whiting deliveries. Unlike the
at-sea sectors of the Pacific whiting
fishery, where catch is sorted and
processed shortly after it has been taken,
vessels in the shoreside fishery must
hold primary season Pacific whiting on
the vessel for several hours or days until
it can be offloaded at a shoreside
processor. Pacific whiting deteriorates
rapidly, so it must be handled quickly
and immediately chilled to maintain
product quality. This is particularly true
if the Pacific whiting is to be used to
make surimi (a fish paste product). The
quality or grade of surimi is highly
dependent on the freshness of the
Pacific whiting, which demands careful
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Article 1904
Binational Panel Reviews: Notice of Termination of Panel Review
AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United States Section, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Consent Motion To Terminate the Panel Review of the
final antidumping duty determination and order made by the
International Trade Commission, respecting Purified
Carboxymethylcellulose (``CMC'') from Mexico, Secretariat File No. USA-
MEX-2005-1904-05.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Notice of Consent Motion To Terminate the
Panel Review by the complainants, the panel review is terminated as of
February 13, 2007. A panel has not been appointed to this panel review.
Pursuant to Rule 71(2) of the Rules of Procedure for Article 1904
Binational Panel Review, this panel review is terminated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caratina L. Alston, United States
Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite 2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,
Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482-5438.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter 19 of the North American Free-Trade
Agreement (``Agreement'') establishes a mechanism to replace domestic
judicial review of final determinations in antidumping and
countervailing duty cases involving imports from a NAFTA country with
review by independent binational panels. When a Request for Panel
Review is filed, a panel is established to act in place of national
courts to review expeditiously the final determination to determine
whether it conforms with the antidumping or countervailing duty law of
the country that made the determination.
Under Article 1904 of the Agreement, which came into force on
January 1, 1994, the Government of the United States, the Government of
Canada and the Government of Mexico established Rules of Procedure for
Article 1904 Binational Panel Reviews (``Rules''). These Rules were
published in the Federal Register on February 23, 1994 (59 FR 8686).
The panel review in this matter was requested and terminated pursuant
to these Rules.
Dated: February 15, 2007.
Caratina L. Alston,
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. E7-2903 Filed 2-21-07; 8:45 am]
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