International Trade Administration Iraq Conference; Announcement of U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference in Washington, DC; October 20-21, 2009, 48222-48223 [E9-22823]

Download as PDF 48222 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 182 / Tuesday, September 22, 2009 / Notices Theodore P. Alves, Assistant Inspector General Financial Information, Department of Transportation. Dated: September 9, 2009. Donald A. Gambatesa, Inspector General. [FR Doc. E9–22637 Filed 9–21–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6116–01–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Title: Paperwork Submissions under the Coastal Zone Management Act Federal Consistency Requirements. OMB Control Number: 0648–0411. Form Number(s): None. Type of Request: Regular submission. Number of Respondents: 2,334. 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Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov. Dated: September 17, 2009. Gwellnar Banks, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. E9–22735 Filed 9–21–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Iraq Conference; Announcement of U.S.Iraq Business and Investment Conference in Washington, DC; October 20–21, 2009 Department of Commerce. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: Event Description: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce), International Trade Administration (ITA), is organizing a U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference, to be held in Washington, DC, on October 20th and 21st, 2009. The goal of the conference is to encourage U.S. private investment in Iraq by promoting current business opportunities, providing matchmaking opportunities for U.S. and Iraqi firms, providing opportunities for dialogue with Iraqi Ministers and other senior Government of Iraq (GOI) officials, and holding bilateral meetings with U.S. and Iraqi government officials to address commercial policy. The conference will cover twelve sectors—agriculture, banking/finance, defense, electricity, health, education, housing/construction, industry, oil/gas, telecommunications, tourism and transportation—and, while it will be open to all U.S. companies, those operating in these sectors are especially encouraged to participate. The Iraqi delegation will include several Iraqi Ministers and other senior GOI officials, many provincial government officials, and representatives from over 100 private-sector firms. Background: The investment conference was announced by Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce headquarters, Washington, DC, on July 24, 2009. The conference, to be held on October 20th and 21st, 2009, in Washington, DC, will provide plenary sessions with U.S. and GOI keynote speakers, break-out sessions with Iraqi provincial government officials, and breakout sessions on the following twelve sectors: agriculture, banking/finance, defense, electricity, health, education, housing/ construction, industry, oil/gas, telecommunications, tourism and transportation. It will also provide matchmaking opportunities for U.S. and Iraqi firms. Event Goals: The conference will facilitate business-to-business meetings between U.S. companies and their private-sector counterparts in Iraq, as well as improve U.S. industries’ understanding of the commercial opportunities in Iraq. The conference is also designed to facilitate commercial dialogue between the GOI and the U.S. private sector. The conference aims to: • Promote current investment and business opportunities in Iraq. • Provide matchmaking opportunities for U.S. and Iraqi firms. • Address challenges to doing business in Iraq. • Provide opportunities for U.S. firms to meet with Iraqi Ministers and other senior GOI officials. • Hold bilateral meetings with U.S. and Iraqi government officials to address commercial policy. Proposed Event Timetable • The opening day of the event will include a plenary session at which senior U.S.G. and GOI officials will address participants. • In the afternoon, industry sector breakout sessions will take place, as well as matchmaking meetings between U.S. and Iraqi firms. • Panels addressing how to do business in Iraq, the U.S. business experience and sector breakout sessions. • The afternoon session will allow for overviews of the Provinces, a regulatory and legal overview and matchmaking between firms. • One-on-one business meetings. 21:23 Sep 21, 2009 Jkt 217001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22SEN1.SGM 22SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 182 / Tuesday, September 22, 2009 / Notices Participation Requirements Interested parties will be able to register online for the investment conference at https://www.trade.gov/iraq. A registration fee of $200 will be charged to cover meal expenses. Registrations received after October 12, 2009, will be considered only if space and scheduling constraints permit. Disclaimer The U.S. Government does not make any representations or guarantees as to the commercial success of business activities that utilize or rely upon information obtained at this conference. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tanya Cheguer, U.S. Department of Commerce, Iraq Investment and Reconstruction Task Force, E-mail: tanya.cheguer@mail.doc.gov. Telephone: 202–482–1232, Facsimile: 202–482–0980. Ariana Monti, U.S. Department of Commerce, Iraq Investment and Reconstruction Task Force, E-mail: ariana.monti@mail.doc.gov, Telephone: 202–482–3754, Facsimile: 202–482–0980. Susan Hamrock-Mann, Director, Iraq Investment & Reconstruction Task Force, U.S. Department of Commerce. [FR Doc. E9–22823 Filed 9–21–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DA–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–836] Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Glycine from the People’s Republic of China sroberts on DSKD5P82C1PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. EFFECTIVE DATE: September 22, 2009. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angelica Mendoza or Dena Crossland, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce (‘‘the Department’’), 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3019 or (202) 482–3362, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Amendment to the Final Results In accordance with sections 751(a) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (‘‘the Act’’), on August 6, 2009, the Department issued its final VerDate Nov<24>2008 21:23 Sep 21, 2009 Jkt 217001 results in the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on glycine from the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’), covering the March 1, 2007, through February 29, 2008, period. The final results were subsequently released to all parties in the proceeding, and published in the Federal Register on August 14, 2009. See Glycine from the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 41121 (August 14, 2009) (‘‘Glycine Final Results’’). On August 17, 2009, and pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(c)(2), we received a timely–filed allegation from the domestic interested producer participating in this administrative review, GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (‘‘GEO’’), that the Department made ministerial errors with respect to its final dumping margin calculation for respondent Baoding Mantong Fine Chemistry Co., Ltd. (‘‘Baoding Mantong’’). See Letter from GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. to the Department of Commerce, regarding ‘‘Ministerial Error Comments,’’ dated August 17, 2009 (‘‘GEO Ministerial Letter’’). On August 21, 2009, we received comments from Baoding Mantong regarding the ministerial errors alleged by GEO. See Letter from Baoding Mantong Fine Chemistry Co., Ltd. to the Department of Commerce, regarding ‘‘Response to Petitioner’s Ministerial Error Allegations,’’ dated August 21, 2009 (‘‘Baoding Mantong Response Letter’’). For a discussion of the Department’s analysis of the allegations in the GEO Ministerial Letter and rebuttal comments in the Baoding Mantong Response Letter, see Memorandum from Dena Crossland to Richard O. Weible, entitled, ‘‘Ministerial Errors Allegation in the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Glycine from the People’s Republic of China: Baoding Mantong Fine Chemistry Co., Ltd.,’’ dated September 14, 2009. A ministerial error includes ‘‘errors in addition, subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type of unintentional error which {the Department} considers ministerial.’’ Section 751(h) of the Act; see also 19 CFR 351.224(f). In the GEO Ministerial Letter, GEO alleges that the Department made two ministerial errors in calculating Baoding Mantong’s dumping margin for the final results of this administrative review. First, GEO alleges that the Department made a ministerial error by not converting the Chemical Weekly value for methanol PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 48223 from a per–liter to a per–kilogram basis. Additionally, GEO argues that the Department should not have multiplied Chemical Weekly prices for formaldehyde from the period of review by a 37.2–percent concentration level (a simple average of the concentration levels that Baoding Mantong reported for the formaldehyde it consumes in the production of glycine) because Chemical Weekly prices were already based on a 37–percent concentration level, rather than a 100–percent concentration level. After analyzing GEO’s ministerial error comments and Baoding Mantong’s rebuttal comments, we have determined, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e), that we made the following ministerial error with respect to our final dumping margin calculation for Baoding Mantong: the Department inadvertently did not convert the Chemical Weekly value for methanol from a per–liter basis to a per–kilogram basis. See GEO Ministerial Letter; see also Administrative Review of Glycine from the People’s Republic of China: Surrogate Values for the Preliminary Results, dated March 31, 2009, at 6 and Attachment 5B, and 2007/2008 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Glycine from the People’s Republic of China: Program Analysis for the Final Results, dated August 6, 2009, at Attachment 3. The Department has revised its calculation of the surrogate value for methanol to be consistent with Baoding Mantong’s reporting of its methanol input, as originally intended by the Department. With respect to GEO’s allegation that the Department erred in its calculation of the surrogate value for formaldehyde, we find that the alleged error does not meet the definition of ministerial error pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(f) and is methodological in nature. Specifically, it is clear from the record that the Department intended to adjust the surrogate value for formaldehyde by 37.2 percent, which is a simple average of the concentration levels that Baoding Mantong reported for the formaldehyde it consumes in the production of the subject merchandise. Therefore, we have not changed our surrogate value for formaldehyde. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e), we are amending the final results in this antidumping duty administrative review of glycine from the PRC. After correcting the ministerial error with respect to Baoding Mantong’s methanol input, the amended final weighted–average dumping margin is as follows: E:\FR\FM\22SEN1.SGM 22SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48222-48223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


International Trade Administration Iraq Conference; Announcement 
of U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference in Washington, DC; 
October 20-21, 2009

AGENCY: Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Event Description: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce), 
International Trade Administration (ITA), is organizing a U.S.-Iraq 
Business and Investment Conference, to be held in Washington, DC, on 
October 20th and 21st, 2009. The goal of the conference is to encourage 
U.S. private investment in Iraq by promoting current business 
opportunities, providing matchmaking opportunities for U.S. and Iraqi 
firms, providing opportunities for dialogue with Iraqi Ministers and 
other senior Government of Iraq (GOI) officials, and holding bilateral 
meetings with U.S. and Iraqi government officials to address commercial 
policy. The conference will cover twelve sectors--agriculture, banking/
finance, defense, electricity, health, education, housing/construction, 
industry, oil/gas, telecommunications, tourism and transportation--and, 
while it will be open to all U.S. companies, those operating in these 
sectors are especially encouraged to participate. The Iraqi delegation 
will include several Iraqi Ministers and other senior GOI officials, 
many provincial government officials, and representatives from over 100 
private-sector firms.
    Background: The investment conference was announced by Iraqi Prime 
Minister Maliki at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce headquarters, 
Washington, DC, on July 24, 2009. The conference, to be held on October 
20th and 21st, 2009, in Washington, DC, will provide plenary sessions 
with U.S. and GOI keynote speakers, break-out sessions with Iraqi 
provincial government officials, and breakout sessions on the following 
twelve sectors: agriculture, banking/finance, defense, electricity, 
health, education, housing/construction, industry, oil/gas, 
telecommunications, tourism and transportation. It will also provide 
matchmaking opportunities for U.S. and Iraqi firms.
    Event Goals: The conference will facilitate business-to-business 
meetings between U.S. companies and their private-sector counterparts 
in Iraq, as well as improve U.S. industries' understanding of the 
commercial opportunities in Iraq. The conference is also designed to 
facilitate commercial dialogue between the GOI and the U.S. private 
sector. The conference aims to:
     Promote current investment and business opportunities in 
Iraq.
     Provide matchmaking opportunities for U.S. and Iraqi 
firms.
     Address challenges to doing business in Iraq.
     Provide opportunities for U.S. firms to meet with Iraqi 
Ministers and other senior GOI officials.
     Hold bilateral meetings with U.S. and Iraqi government 
officials to address commercial policy.

Proposed Event Timetable

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Oct 20......................   The opening day of the event will
                               include a plenary session at which senior
                               U.S.G. and GOI officials will address
                               participants.
                               In the afternoon, industry sector
                               breakout sessions will take place, as
                               well as matchmaking meetings between U.S.
                               and Iraqi firms.
Oct 21......................   Panels addressing how to do
                               business in Iraq, the U.S. business
                               experience and sector breakout sessions.
                               The afternoon session will allow
                               for overviews of the Provinces, a
                               regulatory and legal overview and
                               matchmaking between firms.
Oct 22......................   One-on-one business meetings.
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Participation Requirements

    Interested parties will be able to register online for the 
investment conference at https://www.trade.gov/iraq. A registration fee 
of $200 will be charged to cover meal expenses. Registrations received 
after October 12, 2009, will be considered only if space and scheduling 
constraints permit.

Disclaimer

    The U.S. Government does not make any representations or guarantees 
as to the commercial success of business activities that utilize or 
rely upon information obtained at this conference.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tanya Cheguer, U.S. Department of Commerce, Iraq Investment and 
Reconstruction Task Force, E-mail: tanya.cheguer@mail.doc.gov. 
Telephone: 202-482-1232, Facsimile: 202-482-0980.
Ariana Monti, U.S. Department of Commerce, Iraq Investment and 
Reconstruction Task Force, E-mail: ariana.monti@mail.doc.gov, 
Telephone: 202-482-3754, Facsimile: 202-482-0980.

Susan Hamrock-Mann,
Director, Iraq Investment & Reconstruction Task Force, U.S. Department 
of Commerce.
[FR Doc. E9-22823 Filed 9-21-09; 8:45 am]
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