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responsibility concerning the
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with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues
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and Countervailing Duty Policy and
Negotiations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(A–588–046)
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Polychloroprene Rubber From Japan:
Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Review and
Determination To Revoke Antidumping
Duty Finding, in Part
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On September 29, 2008, the
Department of Commerce (the
Department) published a notice of
initiation and preliminary results of a
changed circumstances review with
intent to revoke, in part, the
antidumping duty (AD) finding on
polychloroprene rubber from Japan. See
Polychloroprene Rubber From Japan:
Initiation and Preliminary Results of
Changed Circumstances Review, and
Intent to Revoke Antidumping Duty
Finding, in Part, 73 FR 56548
(September 29, 2008) (Initiation and
Preliminary Results). On October 27,
2008, the Federal Register corrected
certain errors it made in publishing the
Initiation and Preliminary Results. See
Polychloroprene Rubber From Japan:
Initiation and Preliminary Results of
Changed Circumstances Review, and
Intent to Revoke Antidumping Duty
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Finding, in Part, 73 FR 63687 (October
27, 2008) (Initiation Correction).
In the Initiation and Preliminary
Results and Initiation Correction, the
Department invited interested parties to
comment on the Initiation and
Preliminary Results and no comments
were received. Accordingly, we are now
revoking this AD finding, in part, with
regard to certain polychloroprene rubber
products from Japan, as described in the
‘‘Scope of Changed Circumstances
Review’’ section of this notice, based on
the fact that domestic parties have
expressed no further interest in the
relief provided by the AD finding with
respect to the imports of such products.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 18, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Summer Avery, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 6, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–4052.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 4, 2008, the Department
received a request on behalf of the
petitioner, DuPont Performance
Elastomers L.L.C. (DPE),1 for revocation,
in part, of the AD finding on
polychloroprene rubber from Japan
pursuant to sections 751(b)(1) and
782(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). DPE requested
partial revocation of the AD finding
with respect to certain polychloroprene
rubber products, listed below in the
section entitled ‘‘Scope of Changed
Circumstances Review.’’ In its August 4,
2008 submission, DPE stated that it no
longer has any interest in antidumping
relief from imports of such
polychloroprene rubber from Japan. On
September 29, 2008, the Department
published a notice of initiation and
preliminary results of a changed
circumstances review with intent to
revoke, in part, the AD finding on
polychloroprene rubber from Japan. See
Initiation and Preliminary Results. In
preparing the notice for publication, the
Federal Register made a number of
substantive errors during its technical
preparation of the Initiation and
1 DPE is the sole petitioner in this antidumping
proceeding. See Polychloroprene Rubber From
Japan: Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Review
of the Antidumping Duty Finding, 69 FR 64276
(November 4, 2004). DPE has been the sole U.S.
producer of polychloroprene rubber since 1998,
when Bayer Group closed its polychloroprene
rubber plant in Houston, Texas. See
Polychloroprene Rubber from Japan, Inv. No. AA1921-129 (Second Review), U.S. ITC Pub. 3786
(June 2005), at 4-5.
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Preliminary Results for publication. On
October 27, 2008, the Federal Register
published corrections of these errors.
See Initiation Correction. The
Department provided interested parties
with a deadline to submit written
comments no later than 30 days after the
date of the Initiation Correction. The
Department did not receive any
comments from interested parties.
Scope of Changed Circumstances
Review
The merchandise subject to DPE’s
request and covered by this changed
circumstances review is
polychloroprene rubber from Japan with
aqueous dispersions of 2–
chlorobutadiene–1,3 homopolymers,
where the polymer content of the
dispersion is between 55 weight percent
and 61 weight percent and the dispersed
homopolymer contains less than 10
weight percent of a tetrahydrofuran–
insoluble fraction. This changed
circumstances review covers
polychloroprene rubber from Japan
meeting the specifications as described
above. Effective upon publication of
these final results of changed
circumstances review in the Federal
Register, the amended scope of the AD
finding will read as identified in the
‘‘Scope of the Finding (As Amended By
These Final Results of Changed
Circumstances)’’ section below.
Scope of the Finding (As Amended By
These Final Results of Changed
Circumstances)
The merchandise covered are
shipments of polychloroprene rubber,
an oil resistant synthetic rubber also
known as polymerized chlorobutadiene
or neoprene, currently classifiable under
items 4002.41.00, 4002.49.00, and
4003.00.00 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
Although HTSUS item numbers are
provided for convenience and customs
purpose, the Department’s written
description of the scope remains
dispositive.
The following types of
polychloroprene rubber from Japan are
excluded from the scope: (1) aqueous
dispersions of polychloroprenes that are
dipolymers of chloroprene and
methacrylic acid, where the dispersion
has a pH of 8 or lower (this category is
limited to aqueous dispersions of these
polymers and does not include aqueous
dispersions of these polychloroprenes
that contain comonomers other than
methacrylic acid); (2) aqueous
dispersions of polychloroprenes that are
dipolymers of chloroprene and 2,3–
dichlorobutadiene–1,3 modified with
xanthogen disulfides, where the
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dispersion has a solids content of
greater than 59 percent (this category is
limited to aqueous dispersions of these
polymers and does not include aqueous
dispersions of polychloroprenes that
contain comonomers other than 2,3–
dichlorobutadiene–1,3); and (3) solid
polychloroprenes that are dipolymers of
chloroprene and 2,3–
dichlorobutadiene–1,3 having a 2,3–
dichlorobutadiene–1,3 content of 15
percent or greater (this category is
limited to polychloroprenes in solid
form and does not include aqueous
dispersions).
In addition, the following types of
polychloroprene rubber are excluded
from the scope: 1) solid
polychloroprenes that are dipolymers of
chloroprene and methacrylic acid
having methacrylic acid comonomer
content in the 0.2 percent to 5.0 percent
range (this category does not include
aqueous chloroprene/methacrylic acid
diploymer dispersion products or
solvent solutions of chloroprene/
methacrylic acid dipolymers),2 and 2)
aqueous dispersions of 2–
chlorobutadiene–1,3 homopolymers,
where the polymer content of the
dispersion is between 55 weight percent
and 61 weight percent and the dispersed
homopolymer contains less than 10
weight percent of a tetrahydrofuran–
insoluble fraction.
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Final Results of Review: Partial
Revocation of Antidumping Duty
Finding
The affirmative statement of no
interest by the petitioner concerning
certain polychloroprene rubber from
Japan, as described herein, constitutes
changed circumstances sufficient to
warrant revocation of the AD finding in
part. Therefore, the Department is
revoking, in part, the AD finding on
polychloroprene rubber from Japan with
regard to products which meet the
specifications detailed above, in
accordance with sections 751(b) and (d)
and 782(h) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.216(d) and 351.222(g). We will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection to terminate the suspension
of liquidation of entries of certain
polychloroprene rubber, meeting the
specifications indicated above, entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of
publication in the Federal Register of
the final results of this changed
circumstances review, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.222. Entries of subject
2 See Polychloroprene Rubber from Japan: Final
Results of Changed Circumstances Review and
Determination to Revoke Antidumping Duty
Finding in Part, 73 FR 64914 (October 31, 2008).
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merchandise prior to the effective date
of revocation will continue to be subject
to suspension of liquidation and
antidumping duty deposit requirements.
This notice serves as a reminder to
parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.306. Timely written
notification of the return/destruction of
APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply is a violation of the
APO which may be subject to sanctions.
The Department is issuing this
changed circumstances review, partial
revocation of the AD finding, and this
notice in accordance with sections
751(b) and (d), 777(i), and 782(h) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.216(e) and
351.222(g).
Dated: December 11, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Highly Migratory
Species Tournament Registration and
Reporting
AGENCY: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and the
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before February 17,
2009.
Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 7845,
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at dHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
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be directed to Randy Blankinship, (727)
824–5399 or
Randy.Blankinship@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Under the authorization of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management
and Conservation Act, National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) would like to
renew its requirement that operators of
fishing tournaments involving Highly
Migratory Species (HMS), specifically
Atlantic tunas, swordfish, billfish, and
sharks, provide advance identification
of the tournament date(s), location,
operator, and target species. Also, after
the tournament, provide information on
the HMS that are caught, whether they
were kept or released, the length and
weight of the fish, and other
information. Most of the data required
for post-tournament reporting are
already collected in the course of
routine tournament operations. The data
collected are needed by NMFS to
estimate the total annual catch of these
species and to evaluate the impact of
tournament fishing in relation to other
types of fishing.
II. Method of Collection
Completed paper forms are returned
to NMFS, at an address or FAX number
designated by NMFS on the forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0323.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
300.
Estimated Time per Response: 2
minutes for a registration form; and 20
minutes for a tournament summary
report.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 83.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $161.20 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(A-588-046)
Polychloroprene Rubber From Japan: Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Review and Determination To Revoke Antidumping Duty
Finding, in Part
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On September 29, 2008, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) published a notice of initiation and preliminary results of
a changed circumstances review with intent to revoke, in part, the
antidumping duty (AD) finding on polychloroprene rubber from Japan. See
Polychloroprene Rubber From Japan: Initiation and Preliminary Results
of Changed Circumstances Review, and Intent to Revoke Antidumping Duty
Finding, in Part, 73 FR 56548 (September 29, 2008) (Initiation and
Preliminary Results). On October 27, 2008, the Federal Register
corrected certain errors it made in publishing the Initiation and
Preliminary Results. See Polychloroprene Rubber From Japan: Initiation
and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review, and Intent to
Revoke Antidumping Duty Finding, in Part, 73 FR 63687 (October 27,
2008) (Initiation Correction).
In the Initiation and Preliminary Results and Initiation
Correction, the Department invited interested parties to comment on the
Initiation and Preliminary Results and no comments were received.
Accordingly, we are now revoking this AD finding, in part, with regard
to certain polychloroprene rubber products from Japan, as described in
the ``Scope of Changed Circumstances Review'' section of this notice,
based on the fact that domestic parties have expressed no further
interest in the relief provided by the AD finding with respect to the
imports of such products.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 18, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Summer Avery, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4052.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 4, 2008, the Department received a request on behalf of
the petitioner, DuPont Performance Elastomers L.L.C. (DPE),\1\ for
revocation, in part, of the AD finding on polychloroprene rubber from
Japan pursuant to sections 751(b)(1) and 782(h) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act). DPE requested partial revocation of the AD
finding with respect to certain polychloroprene rubber products, listed
below in the section entitled ``Scope of Changed Circumstances
Review.'' In its August 4, 2008 submission, DPE stated that it no
longer has any interest in antidumping relief from imports of such
polychloroprene rubber from Japan. On September 29, 2008, the
Department published a notice of initiation and preliminary results of
a changed circumstances review with intent to revoke, in part, the AD
finding on polychloroprene rubber from Japan. See Initiation and
Preliminary Results. In preparing the notice for publication, the
Federal Register made a number of substantive errors during its
technical preparation of the Initiation and Preliminary Results for
publication. On October 27, 2008, the Federal Register published
corrections of these errors. See Initiation Correction. The Department
provided interested parties with a deadline to submit written comments
no later than 30 days after the date of the Initiation Correction. The
Department did not receive any comments from interested parties.
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\1\ DPE is the sole petitioner in this antidumping proceeding.
See Polychloroprene Rubber From Japan: Final Results of the
Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Finding, 69 FR 64276
(November 4, 2004). DPE has been the sole U.S. producer of
polychloroprene rubber since 1998, when Bayer Group closed its
polychloroprene rubber plant in Houston, Texas. See Polychloroprene
Rubber from Japan, Inv. No. AA-1921-129 (Second Review), U.S. ITC
Pub. 3786 (June 2005), at 4-5.
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Scope of Changed Circumstances Review
The merchandise subject to DPE's request and covered by this
changed circumstances review is polychloroprene rubber from Japan with
aqueous dispersions of 2-chlorobutadiene-1,3 homopolymers, where the
polymer content of the dispersion is between 55 weight percent and 61
weight percent and the dispersed homopolymer contains less than 10
weight percent of a tetrahydrofuran-insoluble fraction. This changed
circumstances review covers polychloroprene rubber from Japan meeting
the specifications as described above. Effective upon publication of
these final results of changed circumstances review in the Federal
Register, the amended scope of the AD finding will read as identified
in the ``Scope of the Finding (As Amended By These Final Results of
Changed Circumstances)'' section below.
Scope of the Finding (As Amended By These Final Results of Changed
Circumstances)
The merchandise covered are shipments of polychloroprene rubber, an
oil resistant synthetic rubber also known as polymerized
chlorobutadiene or neoprene, currently classifiable under items
4002.41.00, 4002.49.00, and 4003.00.00 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although HTSUS item numbers are
provided for convenience and customs purpose, the Department's written
description of the scope remains dispositive.
The following types of polychloroprene rubber from Japan are
excluded from the scope: (1) aqueous dispersions of polychloroprenes
that are dipolymers of chloroprene and methacrylic acid, where the
dispersion has a pH of 8 or lower (this category is limited to aqueous
dispersions of these polymers and does not include aqueous dispersions
of these polychloroprenes that contain comonomers other than
methacrylic acid); (2) aqueous dispersions of polychloroprenes that are
dipolymers of chloroprene and 2,3-dichlorobutadiene-1,3 modified with
xanthogen disulfides, where the
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dispersion has a solids content of greater than 59 percent (this
category is limited to aqueous dispersions of these polymers and does
not include aqueous dispersions of polychloroprenes that contain
comonomers other than 2,3-dichlorobutadiene-1,3); and (3) solid
polychloroprenes that are dipolymers of chloroprene and 2,3-
dichlorobutadiene-1,3 having a 2,3-dichlorobutadiene-1,3 content of 15
percent or greater (this category is limited to polychloroprenes in
solid form and does not include aqueous dispersions).
In addition, the following types of polychloroprene rubber are
excluded from the scope: 1) solid polychloroprenes that are dipolymers
of chloroprene and methacrylic acid having methacrylic acid comonomer
content in the 0.2 percent to 5.0 percent range (this category does not
include aqueous chloroprene/methacrylic acid diploymer dispersion
products or solvent solutions of chloroprene/methacrylic acid
dipolymers),\2\ and 2) aqueous dispersions of 2-chlorobutadiene-1,3
homopolymers, where the polymer content of the dispersion is between 55
weight percent and 61 weight percent and the dispersed homopolymer
contains less than 10 weight percent of a tetrahydrofuran-insoluble
fraction.
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\2\ See Polychloroprene Rubber from Japan: Final Results of
Changed Circumstances Review and Determination to Revoke Antidumping
Duty Finding in Part, 73 FR 64914 (October 31, 2008).
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Final Results of Review: Partial Revocation of Antidumping Duty Finding
The affirmative statement of no interest by the petitioner
concerning certain polychloroprene rubber from Japan, as described
herein, constitutes changed circumstances sufficient to warrant
revocation of the AD finding in part. Therefore, the Department is
revoking, in part, the AD finding on polychloroprene rubber from Japan
with regard to products which meet the specifications detailed above,
in accordance with sections 751(b) and (d) and 782(h) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.216(d) and 351.222(g). We will instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection to terminate the suspension of liquidation of entries of
certain polychloroprene rubber, meeting the specifications indicated
above, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final
results of this changed circumstances review, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.222. Entries of subject merchandise prior to the effective date of
revocation will continue to be subject to suspension of liquidation and
antidumping duty deposit requirements.
This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.306. Timely written notification of
the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply is a violation
of the APO which may be subject to sanctions.
The Department is issuing this changed circumstances review,
partial revocation of the AD finding, and this notice in accordance
with sections 751(b) and (d), 777(i), and 782(h) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.216(e) and 351.222(g).
Dated: December 11, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
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