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we made certain modifications to the
program to ensure proper product
comparisons. These adjustments are
discussed in detail in the Decision
Memorandum.
Final Results of Review
As a result of our review, we
determine that the following weighted–
average margin exists for the period of
March 1, 2006 through February 28,
2007:
Weighted–
Average
Margin
(percent)
Manufacturer/Exporter
Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public)
Company, Ltd. .........................
4.26
Assessment Rates
The Department shall determine, and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties
on all appropriate entries. Pursuant to
19 CFR 351.212(b)(1) of the
Department’s regulations, the
Department calculates an assessment
rate for each importer of the subject
merchandise. The Department intends
to issue appropriate assessment
instructions directly to CBP 15 days
after the date of publication of these
final results of review.
The Department clarified its
‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on
May 6, 2003 (68 FR 23954). This
clarification will apply to entries of
subject merchandise during the period
of review produced by the company
included in these final results of review
for which the reviewed company did
not know their merchandise was
destined for the United States. In such
instances, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate unreviewed entries at the all–
others rate from the investigation if
there is no rate for the intermediate
company 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).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements
will be effective upon publication of the
final results of this administrative
review for all shipments of subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the publication date of these final
results, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for the
company covered by this review, the
cash deposit rate will be the rate listed
above; (2) for merchandise exported by
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producers or exporters not covered in
this review but covered in a previous
segment of this proceeding, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the
company–specific rate published in the
most recent final results in which that
producer or exporter participated; (3) if
the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review or in any previous segment of
this proceeding, but the producer is, the
cash deposit rate will be that established
for the producer of the merchandise in
these final results of review or in the
most recent final results in which that
producer participated; and, (4) if neither
the exporter nor the producer is a firm
covered in this review or in any
previous segment of this proceeding, the
cash deposit rate will be 15.67 percent,
the all–others rate established in the less
than fair value investigation. See
Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and
Tubes from Thailand: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, 51 FR 3384 (January 27,
1986).
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a final
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)
of the Department’s regulations to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping 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 in the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping
duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
This notice is the only reminder to
parties subject to the administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under the APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3) of the
Department’s regulations. Timely
written notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is
hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and the terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing these
final results and this notice in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act.
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Dated: October 6, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
Appendix I – Issues in Decision
Memorandum
Comment 1: Whether Saha Thai Has
Met Both Prongs of the Department’s
Duty Drawback Test
Comment 2: Whether Saha Thai Should
Receive an Upward Adjustment for Duty
Drawback/Exemption
Comment 3: Whether the Department
Should Add a ‘‘Third’’ Prong to Its
Eligibility Test
Comment 4: Whether the Department
Should Use Saha Thai’s Actual Yield
Factors in Evaluating the Duty
Exemption
Comment 5: Whether to Include
Exempted and Unpaid Duties on
Imported Raw Materials in Saha Thai’s
Reported Cost of Manufacture (COM)
Comment 6: Whether the Department
Needs to Make Corresponding
Adjustments to the G&A and Interest
Ratio Calculations if Unpaid Import
Duties Are Included in Saha Thai’s
COM
Comment 7: Whether to Deduct Ocean
Freight from C&F Value to Calculate
U.S. Duty
Comment 8: Level of Trade Adjustment
Comment 9: Whether Zeroing Is In
Accordance with the Antidumping
Statute or the International Obligations
of the United States
Comment 10: Whether the Department
Should Correct Alleged Errors in the
Preliminary G&A and Financial Expense
Ratio Calculations
Comment 11: Alleged Programming
Errors
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XL06
Fisheries in the Western Pacific;
Marine Conservation Plan for Pacific
Insular Areas; Northern Mariana
Islands
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of agency decision.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NMFS announces the
approval of a three-year marine
conservation plan (MCP) for the
Northern Mariana Islands.
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This agency decision is effective
October 6, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the MCP are
available from the Western Pacific
Fishery Management Council (Council),
1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu,
HI 96813, tel 808–522–8220, fax 808–
522–8226.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alvin Katekaru, NMFS Pacific Islands
Regional Office, at (808)944–2207.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under
Section 204(e)(1)(A)of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens
Act), the Secretary of State, with the
concurrence of the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary) and in
consultation with the Council, may
negotiate and enter into a Pacific Insular
Area fishery agreement (PIAFA) to allow
foreign fishing within waters of the U.S.
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
adjacent to American Samoa, Guam, or
the Northern Mariana Islands, and at the
request and with the concurrence of,
and in consultation with, the Governor
of the Pacific Insular Area to which the
PIAFA applies. Section 204(e)(4) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act requires that
prior to entering into a PIAFA, the
appropriate Governor and the Western
Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Council) shall develop a three-year
MCP containing detailing the uses for
funds to be collected by the Secretary
under the PIAFA. Any payments
received under a PIAFA shall be
deposited into the United States
Treasury and then covered over to the
Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for
which funds were collected. In the case
of violations by foreign fishing vessels
occurring within the EEZ off any Pacific
Insular Area, any amount received by
the Secretary which is attributable to
fines and penalties imposed under the
Magnuson-Stevens Act, including such
sums collected from the forfeiture and
disposition or sale of property seized
subject to its authority, after payment of
direct costs of the enforcement action to
all entities involved in such action,
shall be deposited into the Treasury of
the Pacific Insular Area adjacent to the
EEZ in which the violation occurred, to
be used for fisheries enforcement and
for implementation of a MCP.
The MCP to be approved by the
Secretary must be consistent with the
Council’s fishery management plans,
identify conservation and management
objectives (including criteria for
determining when such objectives have
been met), and prioritize planned
marine conservation projects.
At its 138th meeting held in June
2007, the Council approved the MCP for
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the Northern Mariana Islands and
recommended its submission to the
Secretary for approval. NMFS, designee
of the Secretary, received the MCP on
March 10, 2008. Following a review of
the MCP, NMFS informed the Council
and Government of the Commonwealth
of the Mariana Islands (CNMI) that the
MCP was incomplete. On September 23,
2008, the Department of Lands and
Natural Resources, CNMI, submitted an
amended MCP to NMFS.
The MCP contains 12 objectives,
listed below, which are consistent with
the Council’s five existing fishery
management plans:
1. Data collection and reporting;
2. Resource assessment and
monitoring;
3. Incidental catch, bycatch, and
protected species interaction;
4. Habitat assessment and monitoring;
5. Management procedures;
6. Surveillance and enforcement;
7. Domestic fisheries development;
8. Marine conservation education;
9. Public participation;
10. Regional cooperation;
11. Performance evaluation; and
12. Western Pacific demonstration
projects.
The MCP identifies 19 programs or
projects associated with the MCP
objectives for potential funding under a
PIAFA. The top ten projects in order of
priority are:
1. EEZ enforcement program;
2. Subsistence and recreational
harvest monitoring system;
3. Commercial harvest monitoring
system;
4. Charter fishing economic impact
study;
5. Analysis of data on pelagic fishery
resources;
6. CNMI commercial fisheries
baseline assessment;
7. Regional fisheries meeting and
conferences funding assistance;
8. Recreational and subsistence
fishing economic impact and use study;
9. Fisheries technology program; and
10. Local auction marketplace
feasibility study.
This notice announces that NMFS has
determined that the MCP for the
Northern Mariana Islands satisfies the
requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act and has approved the MCP for a
three-year period: October 6, 2008,
through October 6, 2011.
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Administration
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Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean
Quahog Fisheries; Notice that Vendor
Will Provide Year 2009 Cage Tags
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
Notice of vendor to provide year
2009 cage tags.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: NMFS informs surfclam and
ocean quahog allocation owners that
they will be required to purchase their
year 2009 cage tags from the National
Band and Tag Company. The intent of
this notice is to comply with regulations
for the Atlantic surfclam and ocean
quahog fisheries and to promote
efficient distribution of cage tags.
Written inquiries may be
sent to Edward Stern, National Marine
Fisheries Service, Northeast Regional
Office, One Blackburn Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930–2298.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Edward Stern, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 281–9177; fax (978)
281–9135.
The
Federal Atlantic surfclam and ocean
quahog fishery regulations at 50 CFR
648.75(b) authorize the Regional
Administrator of the Northeast Region,
NMFS, to specify in the Federal
Register a vendor from whom cage tags,
required under the Atlantic Surfclam
and Ocean Quahog Fishery Management
Plan (FMP), shall be purchased. Notice
is hereby given that National Band and
Tag Company of Newport, Kentucky, is
the authorized vendor of cage tags
required for the year 2009 Federal
surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries.
Detailed instructions for purchasing
these cage tags will be provided in a
letter to allocation owners in these
fisheries from NMFS within the next
several weeks.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 9, 2008.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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October 7, 2008.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XL06
Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Marine Conservation Plan for
Pacific Insular Areas; Northern Mariana Islands
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of agency decision.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces the approval of a three-year marine
conservation plan (MCP) for the Northern Mariana Islands.
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DATES: This agency decision is effective October 6, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the MCP are available from the Western Pacific
Fishery Management Council (Council), 1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400,
Honolulu, HI 96813, tel 808-522-8220, fax 808-522-8226.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alvin Katekaru, NMFS Pacific Islands
Regional Office, at (808)944-2207.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Section 204(e)(1)(A)of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act),
the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary) and in consultation with the Council, may
negotiate and enter into a Pacific Insular Area fishery agreement
(PIAFA) to allow foreign fishing within waters of the U.S. Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) adjacent to American Samoa, Guam, or the Northern
Mariana Islands, and at the request and with the concurrence of, and in
consultation with, the Governor of the Pacific Insular Area to which
the PIAFA applies. Section 204(e)(4) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act
requires that prior to entering into a PIAFA, the appropriate Governor
and the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) shall
develop a three-year MCP containing detailing the uses for funds to be
collected by the Secretary under the PIAFA. Any payments received under
a PIAFA shall be deposited into the United States Treasury and then
covered over to the Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for which
funds were collected. In the case of violations by foreign fishing
vessels occurring within the EEZ off any Pacific Insular Area, any
amount received by the Secretary which is attributable to fines and
penalties imposed under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, including such sums
collected from the forfeiture and disposition or sale of property
seized subject to its authority, after payment of direct costs of the
enforcement action to all entities involved in such action, shall be
deposited into the Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area adjacent to the
EEZ in which the violation occurred, to be used for fisheries
enforcement and for implementation of a MCP.
The MCP to be approved by the Secretary must be consistent with the
Council's fishery management plans, identify conservation and
management objectives (including criteria for determining when such
objectives have been met), and prioritize planned marine conservation
projects.
At its 138th meeting held in June 2007, the Council approved the
MCP for the Northern Mariana Islands and recommended its submission to
the Secretary for approval. NMFS, designee of the Secretary, received
the MCP on March 10, 2008. Following a review of the MCP, NMFS informed
the Council and Government of the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands
(CNMI) that the MCP was incomplete. On September 23, 2008, the
Department of Lands and Natural Resources, CNMI, submitted an amended
MCP to NMFS.
The MCP contains 12 objectives, listed below, which are consistent
with the Council's five existing fishery management plans:
1. Data collection and reporting;
2. Resource assessment and monitoring;
3. Incidental catch, bycatch, and protected species interaction;
4. Habitat assessment and monitoring;
5. Management procedures;
6. Surveillance and enforcement;
7. Domestic fisheries development;
8. Marine conservation education;
9. Public participation;
10. Regional cooperation;
11. Performance evaluation; and
12. Western Pacific demonstration projects.
The MCP identifies 19 programs or projects associated with the MCP
objectives for potential funding under a PIAFA. The top ten projects in
order of priority are:
1. EEZ enforcement program;
2. Subsistence and recreational harvest monitoring system;
3. Commercial harvest monitoring system;
4. Charter fishing economic impact study;
5. Analysis of data on pelagic fishery resources;
6. CNMI commercial fisheries baseline assessment;
7. Regional fisheries meeting and conferences funding assistance;
8. Recreational and subsistence fishing economic impact and use
study;
9. Fisheries technology program; and
10. Local auction marketplace feasibility study.
This notice announces that NMFS has determined that the MCP for the
Northern Mariana Islands satisfies the requirements of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act and has approved the MCP for a three-year period: October
6, 2008, through October 6, 2011.
Dated: October 9, 2008.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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