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after the date of the publication of the
preliminary determination if, in the
event of an affirmative determination, a
request for such postponement is made
by exporters who account for a
significant proportion of exports of the
subject merchandise, or in the event of
a negative preliminary determination, a
request for such postponement is made
by petitioner. In addition, section
351.210(e)(2) of the Department’s
regulations require that requests by
respondents for postponement of a final
determination be accompanied by a
request for extension of provisional
measures from a four month period to
not more than six months.
On October 8, 2008, Ningbo Yinzhou
Foreign Trade Co., Ltd., one of the two
mandatory respondents, requested a 60–
day extension of the final determination
and extension of the provisional
measures. Thus, because our amended
preliminary determination is
affirmative, and the respondent
requesting a postponement of the final
determination and an extension of the
provisional measures, accounts for a
significant proportion of exports of steel
threaded rod, and no compelling
reasons for denial exist, we are
postponing the deadline for the final
determination by 60 days until February
20, 2009, based on the publication date
of the Preliminary Determination.
International Trade Commission
Notification
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In accordance with section 733(f) of
the Act, we have notified the
International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’)
of our amended preliminary
determination. If our final
determination is affirmative, the ITC
will make its final determination as to
whether the domestic industry in the
United States is materially injured, or
threatened with material injury, by
reason of imports of steel threaded rod,
or sales (or the likelihood of sales) for
importation, of the merchandise under
investigation, within 45 days of our
final determination.
This determination is issued and
published in accordance with sections
733(f), 735(a)(2), and 777(i) of the Act
and sections 351.210(g) and 351.224(e)
of the Department’s regulations.
Dated: October 20, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A–351–825
Stainless Steel Bar From Brazil:
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 27, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Catherine Cartsos or Minoo Hatten, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 5, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–1757 or (202) 482–
1690, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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to the original and supplemental
questionnaires.1 Thus, the Department
needs additional time to review and
analyze the responses submitted by
Villares. Further, the Department
requires additional time to review issues
such as corporate affiliations and steel
grades of products reported by Villares
as it will affect the Department’s
matching methodology in this case.
Therefore, we are extending the time
period for issuing the preliminary
results of this review by 90 days until
January 29, 2009.
This notice is published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A)
and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2).
Dated: October 17, 2008.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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Background
At the request of interested parties,
the Department of Commerce (the
Department) initiated an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order
on certain stainless steel bar from Brazil
for the period February 1, 2007, through
January 31, 2008. See Initiation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, Request for
Revocation in Part, and Deferral of
Administrative Review, 73 FR 16837
(March 31, 2008). The preliminary
results of this administrative review are
currently due no later than October 31,
2008.
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary
Results
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires
the Department to make a preliminary
determination within 245 days after the
last day of the anniversary month of an
order for which a review is requested
and a final determination within 120
days after the date on which the
preliminary determination is published.
If it is not practicable to complete the
review within these time periods,
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows
the Department to extend the time limit
for the preliminary determination to a
maximum of 365 days after the last day
of the anniversary month. See also 19
CFR 351.213(h).
We determine that it is not practicable
to complete the preliminary results of
this review by the current deadline of
October 31, 2008, for several reasons.
Specifically, the Department has granted
the respondent, Villares Metals S.A.
(Villares), several extensions to respond
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Subsidy Programs Provided by
Countries Exporting Softwood Lumber
and Softwood Lumber Products to the
United States; Request for Comment
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Department) seeks public comment on
any subsidies, including stumpage
subsidies, provided by certain countries
exporting softwood lumber or softwood
lumber products to the United States
during the period January 1 through
June 30, 2008.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
within thirty days after publication of
this notice.
ADDRESSES: Written comments (original
and six copies) should be sent to the
Secretary of Commerce, Attn: Jill E.
Pollack, Import Administration, APO/
Dockets Unit, Room 1870, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street &
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill
E. Pollack, Office of the Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–4593.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
1 See, e.g., letters to Villares Metals S.A., from
Laurie Parkhill, dated April 18, 2008, May 22, 2008,
July 11, 2008, and July 30, 2008.
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Background
On June 18, 2008, Section 805 of Title
VIII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (the
Softwood Lumber Act of 2008) was
enacted into law. Under this provision,
the Secretary of Commerce is mandated
to submit to the appropriate
Congressional committees a report every
180 days on any subsidies provided by
countries exporting softwood lumber or
softwood lumber products to the United
States, including stumpage subsidies.
As part of its report, Commerce intends
to include a list of subsidy programs
identified with sufficient clarity by the
public in response to this notice.
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Request for Comment
Given the large number of countries
that export softwood lumber and
softwood lumber products to the United
States, we are soliciting public comment
only on subsidies provided by countries
whose exports accounted for at least one
percent of total U.S. imports of softwood
lumber by quantity, as classified under
Harmonized Tariff Schedule code
4407.1001 (which accounts for the vast
majority of imports), during the period
January 1 through June 30, 2008.
Official U.S. import data published by
the United States International Trade
Commission Tariff and Trade DataWeb
indicate that exports of softwood lumber
from Brazil, Canada, Chile, and
Germany each account for at least one
percent of U.S. imports of softwood
lumber products during that time
period. We intend to rely on similar
previous six-month periods to identify
the countries subject to future reports on
softwood lumber subsidies. For
example, we will rely on U.S. imports
of softwood lumber and softwood
lumber products during the period July
1 through December 31, 2008, to select
the countries subject to the next report.
Under U.S. law, a subsidy is defined
as the situation in which a government
authority: (i) Provides a financial
contribution, (ii) provides any form of
income or price support within the
meaning of Article XVI of the GATT
1994, or (iii) makes a payment to a
funding mechanism to provide a
financial contribution to a person, or
entrusts or directs a private entity to
make a financial contribution, if
providing the contribution would
normally be vested in the government
and the practice does not differ in
substance from practices normally
followed by governments, and a benefit
is thereby conferred. See Section
771(5)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930.
Parties should include in their
comments: (1) The country which
provided the subsidy, (2) the name of
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the subsidy program, (3) a brief (3–4
sentence) description of the subsidy
program, and (4) the government body
or authority that provided the subsidy.
Submission of Comment
Dated: October 22, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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Persons wishing to comment should
file a signed original and six copies of
each set of comments by the date
specified above. The Department will
not accept comments accompanied by a
request that a part or all of the material
be treated confidentially due to business
proprietary concerns or for any other
reason. The Department will return such
comments and materials to the persons
submitting the comments and will not
include them in its report on softwood
lumber subsidies. The Department also
requests submission of comments in
electronic form to accompany the
required paper copies. Comments filed
in electronic form should be submitted
on CD–ROM with the paper copies or by
e-mail to the Webmaster below.
Comments received in electronic form
will be made available to the public in
Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Import Administration Web site at the
following address: https://ia.ita.doc.gov.
Any questions concerning file
formatting, document conversion,
access on the Internet, or other
electronic filing issues should be
addressed to Andrew Lee Beller, Import
Administration Webmaster, at (202)
482–0866, e-mail address: webmastersupport@ita.doc.gov.
All comments and submissions
should be mailed to Jill E. Pollack,
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Import Administration; Subject:
Softwood Lumber Subsidies Bi-Annual
Report: Request for Comment; Room
1870, U.S. Department of Commerce,
14th Street and Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20230, by no later
than 5 p.m., on the above-referenced
deadline date.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
Provisions; Fisheries of the
Northeastern United States; Atlantic
Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fishery;
2009 Fishing Quotas for Atlantic
Surfclams and Ocean Quahogs
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: NMFS is announcing that the
quotas for the Atlantic surfclam and
ocean quahog fisheries for 2009 remain
status quo. Regulations governing these
fisheries require NMFS to notify the
public of the allowable harvest levels for
Atlantic surfclams and ocean quahogs
from the Exclusive Economic Zone in
the Federal Register if the previous
year’s quota specifications remain
unchanged.
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
Fishery Management Plan for the
Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog
Fisheries (FMP) requires that NMFS
issue notification in the Federal
Register of the upcoming year’s quota,
even in cases where the quota remains
unchanged from the previous year. At
its June 2008 meeting, the Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council voted that
no action be taken to change the quota
specifications for Atlantic surfclams and
ocean quahogs for the 2009 fishing year
(January 1 through December 31, 2009),
and recommended maintaining the 2008
quota levels of 3.4 million bu (181
million L) for Atlantic surfclams, 5.333
million bu (284 million L) for ocean
quahogs, and 100,000 Maine bu (3.524
million L) for Maine ocean quahogs, as
announced in the Federal Register on
January 4, 2008 (73 FR 820).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Subsidy Programs Provided by Countries Exporting Softwood Lumber
and Softwood Lumber Products to the United States; Request for Comment
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) seeks public comment
on any subsidies, including stumpage subsidies, provided by certain
countries exporting softwood lumber or softwood lumber products to the
United States during the period January 1 through June 30, 2008.
DATES: Comments must be submitted within thirty days after publication
of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Written comments (original and six copies) should be sent to
the Secretary of Commerce, Attn: Jill E. Pollack, Import
Administration, APO/Dockets Unit, Room 1870, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill E. Pollack, Office of the Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482-4593.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On June 18, 2008, Section 805 of Title VIII of the Tariff Act of
1930 (the Softwood Lumber Act of 2008) was enacted into law. Under this
provision, the Secretary of Commerce is mandated to submit to the
appropriate Congressional committees a report every 180 days on any
subsidies provided by countries exporting softwood lumber or softwood
lumber products to the United States, including stumpage subsidies. As
part of its report, Commerce intends to include a list of subsidy
programs identified with sufficient clarity by the public in response
to this notice.
Request for Comment
Given the large number of countries that export softwood lumber and
softwood lumber products to the United States, we are soliciting public
comment only on subsidies provided by countries whose exports accounted
for at least one percent of total U.S. imports of softwood lumber by
quantity, as classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule code 4407.1001
(which accounts for the vast majority of imports), during the period
January 1 through June 30, 2008. Official U.S. import data published by
the United States International Trade Commission Tariff and Trade
DataWeb indicate that exports of softwood lumber from Brazil, Canada,
Chile, and Germany each account for at least one percent of U.S.
imports of softwood lumber products during that time period. We intend
to rely on similar previous six-month periods to identify the countries
subject to future reports on softwood lumber subsidies. For example, we
will rely on U.S. imports of softwood lumber and softwood lumber
products during the period July 1 through December 31, 2008, to select
the countries subject to the next report.
Under U.S. law, a subsidy is defined as the situation in which a
government authority: (i) Provides a financial contribution, (ii)
provides any form of income or price support within the meaning of
Article XVI of the GATT 1994, or (iii) makes a payment to a funding
mechanism to provide a financial contribution to a person, or entrusts
or directs a private entity to make a financial contribution, if
providing the contribution would normally be vested in the government
and the practice does not differ in substance from practices normally
followed by governments, and a benefit is thereby conferred. See
Section 771(5)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930.
Parties should include in their comments: (1) The country which
provided the subsidy, (2) the name of the subsidy program, (3) a brief
(3-4 sentence) description of the subsidy program, and (4) the
government body or authority that provided the subsidy.
Submission of Comment
Persons wishing to comment should file a signed original and six
copies of each set of comments by the date specified above. The
Department will not accept comments accompanied by a request that a
part or all of the material be treated confidentially due to business
proprietary concerns or for any other reason. The Department will
return such comments and materials to the persons submitting the
comments and will not include them in its report on softwood lumber
subsidies. The Department also requests submission of comments in
electronic form to accompany the required paper copies. Comments filed
in electronic form should be submitted on CD-ROM with the paper copies
or by e-mail to the Webmaster below.
Comments received in electronic form will be made available to the
public in Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Import Administration
Web site at the following address: https://ia.ita.doc.gov. Any questions
concerning file formatting, document conversion, access on the
Internet, or other electronic filing issues should be addressed to
Andrew Lee Beller, Import Administration Webmaster, at (202) 482-0866,
e-mail address: webmaster-support@ita.doc.gov.
All comments and submissions should be mailed to Jill E. Pollack,
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration;
Subject: Softwood Lumber Subsidies Bi-Annual Report: Request for
Comment; Room 1870, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, by no later than 5
p.m., on the above-referenced deadline date.
Dated: October 22, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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