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Thursday, July 3, 2008
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No.: AMS–DA–08–0026; DA–08–03]
Request for an Extension of and
Revision to a Currently Approved
Information Collection
Agricultural Marketing Service,
the Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice
announces the Agricultural Marketing
Service’s (AMS) intention to request an
extension for and revision to a currently
approved information collection for the
Regulations Governing the Inspection
and Grading of Manufactured or
Processed Dairy Products—
Recordkeeping (Subpart B).
DATES: Comments received by
September 2, 2008, will be considered.
Additional Information or Comments:
Contact Reginald L. Pasteur, USDA/
AMS/Dairy Programs, Dairy
Standardization Branch, Room 2746South Building, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–
0230; Telephone: 202–690–3571, Fax:
202–720–2643, or e-mail
Reginald.pasteur@usda.gov. All
comments will be available for public
inspection at the above location, or on
the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Regulations Governing the
Inspection and Grading of Manufactured
or Processed Dairy Products—
RecordKeeping (Subpart B).
OMB Number: 0581–0110.
Expiration Date of Approval: January
31, 2009.
Type of Request: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
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Abstract: The Agricultural Marketing
Act (AMA) of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et
seq.) directs the Department to develop
programs which will provide for and
facilitate the marketing of agricultural
products. One of these programs is the
USDA voluntary inspection and grading
program for dairy products (7 CFR Part
58) where these dairy products are
graded according to U.S. grade
standards by a USDA grader. The dairy
products under the dairy program may
be identified with the USDA grade
mark. Dairy processors, buyers, retailers,
institutional users, and consumers have
requested that such a program be
developed to assure the uniform quality
of dairy products purchased. In order
for any service program to perform
satisfactorily, there are regulations for
the provider and user. For these reasons,
the dairy inspection and grading
program regulations were developed
and issued under the authority of the
Act. These regulations are essential to
administer the program to meet the
needs of the user and to carry out the
purposes of the Act.
The information collection
requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of the
AMA to ensure that dairy products are
produced under sanitary conditions and
that buyers are purchasing a quality
product. In order for the Regulations
governing the Inspection and Grading of
Manufactured or Processed Dairy
Products to serve the government,
industry, and the consumer, laboratory
test results must be recorded.
Respondents are not required to
submit information to the agency. The
records are to be evaluated by a USDA
inspector at the time of an inspection.
These records include quality tests of
each producer, plant records of required
tests and analysis, and starter and
cheese make records. As an offsetting
benefit, the records required by USDA
are also records that are routinely used
by the inspected facility for their own
supervisory and quality control
purposes.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 2.85 hours per
response.
Respondents: Dairy products
manufacturing facilities.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
487.
Estimated Number of Responses:
1388.
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Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 2.85.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 3956.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Reginald
Pasteur, 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Room 2746—South, Washington,
DC 20250–0230. All comments received
will be available for public inspection at
the above location, or on the Internet at
https://www.regulations.gov.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Dated: June 27, 2008.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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Sunshine Act Notice
United States Commission on
Civil Rights
ACTION: Notice of briefing and meeting.
DATE AND TIME: Friday, July 11, 2008;
9:30 a.m.
PLACE: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights,
624 Ninth Street, NW., Rm. 540,
Washington, DC 20425.
AGENCY:
Meeting Agenda
I. Approval of Agenda
II. Approval of Minutes
• June 6, 2008 Meeting.
III. Staff Director’s Report
IV. Motion for Executive Session
V. Management and Operations
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• Status of FY 2008 Budget.
• FY 2009 Budget Submission to
Congress.
VI. Program Planning
• 2010 Program Planning.
• Briefing Report on Racial
Categorization in the Census.
• Briefing Report on the Deliberate
Creation of Racially Identifiable
School Districts in Omaha,
Nebraska.
VII. State Advisory Committee Issues
• Arkansas SAC.
• Wisconsin SAC.
VIII. Other Business
• DOT Guidance Regarding
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
(‘‘DBE’’) Program.
IX. Future Agenda Items
X. Adjourn
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting Chief, Public
Affairs Unit (202) 376–8582.
Dated: July 1, 2008.
Emma Monroig,
Solicitor.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A–570–882
Refined Brown Aluminum Oxide from
the People’s Republic of China: Notice
of Partial Rescission of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review and
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary
Results
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is rescinding in part
the administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on refined
brown aluminum oxide (RBAO) from
the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for
the period November 1, 2006, to October
31, 2007, with respect to Henan Yilong
High and New Materials Co. Ltd. (Henan
Yilong). This partial rescission is based
on the withdrawal of the request for
review by the interested party that
requested the review. Additionally, the
Department is extending the
preliminary results of this
administrative review to no later than
December 1, 2008.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 3, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Goldberger or Kate Johnson, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 2, Import
Administration, International Trade
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Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230;
telephone (202) 482–4136 or (202) 482–
4929, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background:
On November 1, 2007, the Department
published a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on, inter alia,
RBAO from the PRC. See Antidumping
or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding,
or Suspended Investigation;
Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review, 72 FR 61859 (November 1,
2007). In response, Fujimi Corporation
(Fujimi), an importer of the subject
merchandise, timely requested an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on RBAO from
the PRC for entries of the subject
merchandise during the November 1,
2006, through October 31, 2007, period
of review (POR) from two PRC
producers/exporters: Henan Yilong and
Qingdao Shunxingli Abrasives Co. Ltd.
(Qingdao Shunxingli).
On December 27, 2007, the
Department initiated a review on Henan
Yilong and Qingdao Shunxingli. See
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews, 72 FR 73315 (December 27,
2007). The preliminary results of this
review are currently due no later than
August 1, 2008.
In a letter dated May 23, 2008, Fujimi
withdrew its request for review of
Henan Yilong and requested that the
Department rescind the review with
respect to this company. On June 2,
2008, domestic producers Washington
Mills, C + E Minerals, and Treibacher
Scheifmittel Corp. (collectively,
‘‘domestic producers’’), submitted
comments opposing Fujimi’s request.
Fujimi responded to the domestic
producers’ opposition on June 11, 2008.
Rescission, in Part, of Administrative
Review
The applicable regulation, 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), states that if a party that
requested an administrative review
withdraws the request within 90 days of
the publication of the notice of
initiation of the requested review, the
Secretary will rescind the review in
whole or in part. Furthermore, the
regulation states the Secretary may
extend this time limit if the Secretary
decides that it is reasonable to do so.
The domestic producers object to
Fujimi’s request, stating that it is
untimely, and that both the Department
and the domestic producers already
have devoted extensive time and
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resources to this review. Further, the
domestic producers contend that Fujimi
waited until surrogate value data was
placed on the record to determine
whether the review results would be
favorable before withdrawing its review
request for Henan Yilong.
Although Fujimi withdrew the
request for review of Henan Xilong after
the 90-day deadline, the Department
finds it reasonable to extend the
withdrawal deadline. Contrary to the
domestic producers’ assertions, the
Department has not yet devoted
significant time or resources to
analyzing Henan Yilong’s information
for this review, e.g., the Department has
not yet completed its analysis of Henan
Xilong’s questionnaire responses, nor
issued a supplemental questionnaire for
portions of the Henan Xilong
questionnaire response. See, e.g., Honey
from Argentina: Notice of Extension of
Time Limit for Preliminary Results and
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 72 FR 50661
(September 4, 2007), remaining
unchanged in Honey from Argentina:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and
Determination Not to Revoke in Part, 73
FR 24220 (May 2, 2008) (where the
Department extended the deadline for
withdrawal of the review request
because it had not yet devoted
significant resources to the review).
Additionally, the Department has not
yet made any determinations on the
selection of surrogate values to apply in
this review. Thus, we find no basis to
support the domestic producers’
allegation concerning Fujimi’s timing of
the withdrawal request. Further, we
note that the domestic producers did
not request a review for this segment of
the proceeding. Therefore, for all these
reasons, the Department determines it is
reasonable to rescind the review with
respect to Henan Xilong. The
Department will issue appropriate
assessment instructions for Henan
Xilong directly to U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after
the publication of this notice. The
Department will direct CBP to assess
antidumping duties for Henan Xilong at
the cash deposit rates in effect on the
date of entry for entries during the
period November 1, 2006, through
October 31, 2007.
Notification to Parties
This notice serves as a reminder to
importers of their responsibility under
19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this period
of time. Failure to comply with this
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Sunshine Act Notice
AGENCY: United States Commission on Civil Rights
ACTION: Notice of briefing and meeting.
Date and Time: Friday, July 11, 2008; 9:30 a.m.
Place: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 624 Ninth Street, NW., Rm. 540,
Washington, DC 20425.
Meeting Agenda
I. Approval of Agenda
II. Approval of Minutes
June 6, 2008 Meeting.
III. Staff Director's Report
IV. Motion for Executive Session
V. Management and Operations
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Status of FY 2008 Budget.
FY 2009 Budget Submission to Congress.
VI. Program Planning
2010 Program Planning.
Briefing Report on Racial Categorization in the Census.
Briefing Report on the Deliberate Creation of Racially
Identifiable School Districts in Omaha, Nebraska.
VII. State Advisory Committee Issues
Arkansas SAC.
Wisconsin SAC.
VIII. Other Business
DOT Guidance Regarding Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
(``DBE'') Program.
IX. Future Agenda Items
X. Adjourn
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting Chief, Public
Affairs Unit (202) 376-8582.
Dated: July 1, 2008.
Emma Monroig,
Solicitor.
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