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activities to be be handled with due care
to prevent injury to live specimens,
observed for activity, and returned to
the water. All Foundation-associated
personnel who conduct onboard
sampling activities have undergone
formal sea turtle handling training
through NMFS, and are considered
NMFS-designated agents while
conducting work under the identified
Cooperative Agreements.
A final decision on issuance of the
EFP will depend on a NMFS review of
public comments received on the
application, consultations with the
affected states, the Gulf of Mexico and
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Councils, and the U.S. Coast Guard, and
a determination that it is consistent with
all applicable laws.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 1, 2010.
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–XT85
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish
Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of an
application for an exempted fishing
permit; request for comments.
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DATES: Comments must be received no
later than 5 p.m., eastern time, on March
8, 2010.
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Point
North latitude
West longitude
29°05’00’’
84°47’00’’
B
NMFS announces the receipt
of an application for an exempted
fishing permit (EFP) from Mr. Thomas
Haugen. If granted, the EFP would
authorize the applicant, with certain
conditions, to harvest legal-sized fish
with unauthorized fishing gear under
his commercial reef fish permit and
individual fishing quota allocation for
one year when testing his size-selective
fishing gear called an excluding fishing
device (EFD). This study is intended to
provide detailed information and
disposition of reef fish caught by Mr.
Haugen’s size-selective fishing device
and its affect on minimizing bycatch.
16:26 Feb 04, 2010
The EFP is
requested under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), and regulations at
50 CFR 600.745(b) concerning exempted
fishing.
The proposed gear testing involves
activities otherwise prohibited by
regulations implementing the Fishery
Management Plan for the Reef Fish
Resources of the Gulf of Mexico. The
applicant requires authorization to
harvest fish with unauthorized fishing
gear under his commercial reef fish
permit and individual fishing quota
(IFQ) allocation for one year while
testing his EFD. Testing would occur in
Federal waters off the west coast of
Florida, in two geographical areas. The
northern area is bounded by rhumb
lines connecting, in order, the following
points:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A
SUMMARY:
VerDate Nov<24>2008
You may submit comments
on the application by any of the
following methods:
• E-mail: Peter.Hood@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line of the e-mail
comment the following document
identifier: ‘‘HaugenlEFP’’.
• Mail: Peter Hood, Southeast
Regional Office, NMFS, 263 13th
Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
• Fax: 727–824–5308.
The application and related
documents are available for review
upon written request to any of the above
addresses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter Hood, 727–824–5305; fax: 727–
824–5308; e-mail:
Peter.Hood@noaa.gov.
ADDRESSES:
28°42’30’’
84°24’50’’
C
28°42’30’’
84°16’20’’
D
28°11’00’’
84°00’00’’
E
28°10’00’’
83°45’00’’
F
28°10’00’’
83°14’00’’
G
29°37’00’’
84°00’00’’
H
29°35’00’’
84°38’00’’
The southern area is bounded by
rhumb lines connecting, in order, the
following points:
Point
A
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North latitude
26°26’00’’
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West longitude
82°59’00’’
Point
North latitude
West longitude
B
26°26’00’’
82°29’00’’
C
25°15’00’’
82°02’00’’
D
24°48’00’’
82°06’00’’
E
24°45’00’’
82°42’00’’
F
24°48’00’’
82°48’00’’
G
25°07’30’’
82°34’00’’
H
26°26’00’’
82°59’00’’
The gear proposed to be tested is
similar to a fish trap but has an
adjustable entrance and exit. It would be
tested under an experimental design
developed with input from NMFS’
Southeast Fisheries Science Center. The
gear initially would be fished in
conjunction with traditional fish traps
to determine the size selectivity and
bycatch reduction offered by EFD. If
shown effective, the EFDs would be
used exclusively for the remainder of
the year to test what affect further
modifications to the gear would have on
catch.
Bycatch and regulatory discards are
persistent problems in the Gulf of
Mexico reef fish fishery. This is
particularly important for grouper
caught by the commercial sector as
stated by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council in their
Amendment 32 to the Fishery
Management Plan for the Reef Fish
Resources of the Gulf of Mexico. Even
though grouper are managed under an
IFQ program, potential reductions in the
gag allowable biological catch could
impinge upon the harvest of red grouper
due to gag bycatch. Providing fishermen
with a method to target one species over
another would allow them to maximize
their economic return from fishing
while reducing bycatch and regulatory
discards.
NMFS finds this application warrants
further consideration. Conditions the
agency will impose on this permit, if it
is indeed granted, include but are not
limited to, a prohibition of conducting
research within marine protected areas,
marine sanctuaries, or special
management zones without additional
authorization. Additionally, NMFS
requires any sea turtles taken
incidentally during the course of fishing
or scientific research activities to be
handled with due care to prevent injury
to live specimens, observed for activity,
and returned to the water.
A final decision on issuance of the
EFP will depend on a NMFS review of
public comments received on the
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application, consultations with the
affected states, the Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, and the
U.S. Coast Guard, and a determination
that it is consistent with all applicable
laws.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 1, 2010.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010–2429 Filed 2–4–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Emerging Technology and Research
Advisory Committee; Notice of
Partially Closed Meeting
The Emerging Technology and
Research Advisory Committee (ETRAC)
will meet on February 18 and 19, 2010,
8:30 a.m., Room 3884, at the Herbert C.
Hoover Building, 14th Street between
Pennsylvania and Constitution
Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The
Committee advises the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration on emerging technology
and research activities, including those
related to deemed exports.
Agenda
Dated: January 29, 2010.
Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
Thursday, February 18
Open Session
1. Opening Remarks.
2. Is Deemed Export Regulation Broken?
3. Discussion with the Bureau of
Industry and Security on Process.
4. Deemed Export Control Methodology.
5. Public Comments.
Closed Session
Friday, February 19
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Open Session
1. NSC Interagency Policy Committee on
Export Controls.
2. Corporate Views on BIS Deemed
Export Controls.
3. Deemed Export Control Methodology.
4. Discussion of Next TASK.
5. Public Comments.
The open session will be accessible
via teleconference to 20 participants on
a first come, first serve basis. To join the
conference, submit inquiries to Ms.
Yvette Springer at
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International Trade Administration
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6. Discussion of matters determined to
be exempt from the provisions
relating to public meetings found in
5 U.S.C. app. 2 §§ 10(a)(1) and
10(a)(3).
VerDate Nov<24>2008
Yspringer@bis.doc.gov no later than
February 10, 2010.
A limited number of seats will be
available for the public session.
Reservations are not accepted. To the
extent that time permits, members of the
public may present oral statements to
the Committee. The public may submit
written statements at any time before or
after the meeting. However, to facilitate
the distribution of public presentation
materials to the Committee members,
the Committee suggests that presenters
forward the public presentation
materials prior to the meeting to Ms.
Springer via e-mail.
The Assistant Secretary for
Administration, with the concurrence of
the delegate of the General Counsel,
formally determined on January 26,
2010, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 (10)(d)), that
the portion of the meeting dealing with
matters the disclosure of portion of the
meeting dealing with matters the
disclosure of which would be likely to
frustrate significantly implementation of
an agency action as described in 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) shall be exempt
from the provisions relating to public
meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 10(a)1
and 10(a)(3). The remaining portions of
the meeting will be open to the public.
For more information, call Yvette
Springer at (202) 482–2813.
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Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the
People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review and Intent
To Rescind Review in Part
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to requests from
interested parties, the Department of
Commerce (Department) is conducting
an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on wooden
bedroom furniture (WBF) from the
People’s Republic of China (PRC). The
period of review (POR) is January 1,
2008 through December 31, 2008. This
administrative review covers multiple
exporters of the subject merchandise,
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two of which are being individually
examined as mandatory respondents.
We have preliminarily determined
that one of the mandatory respondents
made sales in the United States at prices
below normal value (NV), one
mandatory respondent and two separate
rate applicants did not demonstrate that
they are entitled to a separate rate, and
thus have been treated as part of the
PRC-wide entity, and 12 separate rate
applicants demonstrated that they are
entitled to a separate rate and have been
assigned the dumping margin calculated
for the one fully participating
mandatory respondent. If these
preliminary results are adopted in our
final results of review, we will instruct
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) to assess antidumping duties on
entries of subject merchandise during
the POR for which the importer-specific
assessment rates are above de minimis.
We invite interested parties to
comment on these preliminary results.
Parties who submit comments are
requested to submit with each argument
a statement of the issue and a brief
summary of the argument. We intend to
issue the final results of this review no
later than 120 days from the date of
publication of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Pedersen or David Edmiston, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 4, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–2769, and (202)
482–0989 respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
January 4, 2005, the Department
published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on WBF from
the PRC. See Notice of Amended Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Antidumping Duty
Order: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from
the People’s Republic of China, 70 FR
329 (January 4, 2005) (Order). On
January 5, 2009, the Department notified
interested parties of their opportunity to
request an administrative review of
orders, finding, or suspended
investigations with anniversaries in
January 2009, including the
antidumping duty order on WBF from
the PRC. See Antidumping or
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review, 74
FR 265 (January 5, 2009). In January
2009, the American Furniture
Manufacturers Committee for Legal
Trade and Vaughan-Bassett Furniture
Company, Inc., (AFMC/VaughanBassett) (petitioners), Kimball
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[FR Doc No: 2010-2429]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XT85
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic;
Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of an application for an exempted fishing
permit; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces the receipt of an application for an exempted
fishing permit (EFP) from Mr. Thomas Haugen. If granted, the EFP would
authorize the applicant, with certain conditions, to harvest legal-
sized fish with unauthorized fishing gear under his commercial reef
fish permit and individual fishing quota allocation for one year when
testing his size-selective fishing gear called an excluding fishing
device (EFD). This study is intended to provide detailed information
and disposition of reef fish caught by Mr. Haugen's size-selective
fishing device and its affect on minimizing bycatch.
DATES: Comments must be received no later than 5 p.m., eastern time,
on March 8, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the application by any of the
following methods:
E-mail: Peter.Hood@noaa.gov. Include in the subject line
of the e-mail comment the following document identifier: ``Haugen--
EFP''.
Mail: Peter Hood, Southeast Regional Office, NMFS, 263
13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
Fax: 727-824-5308.
The application and related documents are available for review upon
written request to any of the above addresses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Hood, 727-824-5305; fax: 727-
824-5308; e-mail: Peter.Hood@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EFP is requested under the authority of
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C.
1801 et seq.), and regulations at 50 CFR 600.745(b) concerning exempted
fishing.
The proposed gear testing involves activities otherwise prohibited
by regulations implementing the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef
Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico. The applicant requires
authorization to harvest fish with unauthorized fishing gear under his
commercial reef fish permit and individual fishing quota (IFQ)
allocation for one year while testing his EFD. Testing would occur in
Federal waters off the west coast of Florida, in two geographical
areas. The northern area is bounded by rhumb lines connecting, in
order, the following points:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
North West
Point latitude longitude
------------------------------------------------------------------------
A 29[deg]05'00 84[deg]47
'' '00''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B 28[deg]42'30 84[deg]24
'' '50''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C 28[deg]42'30 84[deg]16
'' '20''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
D 28[deg]11'00 84[deg]00
'' '00''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
E 28[deg]10'00 83[deg]45
'' '00''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
F 28[deg]10'00 83[deg]14
'' '00''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
G 29[deg]37'00 84[deg]00
'' '00''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
H 29[deg]35'00 84[deg]38
'' '00''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The southern area is bounded by rhumb lines connecting, in order,
the following points:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
North West
Point latitude longitude
------------------------------------------------------------------------
A 26[deg]26'00 82[deg]59
'' '00''
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B 26[deg]26'00 82[deg]29
'' '00''
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C 25[deg]15'00 82[deg]02
'' '00''
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D 24[deg]48'00 82[deg]06
'' '00''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
E 24[deg]45'00 82[deg]42
'' '00''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
F 24[deg]48'00 82[deg]48
'' '00''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
G 25[deg]07'30 82[deg]34
'' '00''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
H 26[deg]26'00 82[deg]59
'' '00''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The gear proposed to be tested is similar to a fish trap but has an
adjustable entrance and exit. It would be tested under an experimental
design developed with input from NMFS' Southeast Fisheries Science
Center. The gear initially would be fished in conjunction with
traditional fish traps to determine the size selectivity and bycatch
reduction offered by EFD. If shown effective, the EFDs would be used
exclusively for the remainder of the year to test what affect further
modifications to the gear would have on catch.
Bycatch and regulatory discards are persistent problems in the Gulf
of Mexico reef fish fishery. This is particularly important for grouper
caught by the commercial sector as stated by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council in their Amendment 32 to the Fishery Management Plan
for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico. Even though grouper
are managed under an IFQ program, potential reductions in the gag
allowable biological catch could impinge upon the harvest of red
grouper due to gag bycatch. Providing fishermen with a method to target
one species over another would allow them to maximize their economic
return from fishing while reducing bycatch and regulatory discards.
NMFS finds this application warrants further consideration.
Conditions the agency will impose on this permit, if it is indeed
granted, include but are not limited to, a prohibition of conducting
research within marine protected areas, marine sanctuaries, or special
management zones without additional authorization. Additionally, NMFS
requires any sea turtles taken incidentally during the course of
fishing or scientific research activities to be handled with due care
to prevent injury to live specimens, observed for activity, and
returned to the water.
A final decision on issuance of the EFP will depend on a NMFS
review of public comments received on the
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application, consultations with the affected states, the Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, and the U.S. Coast Guard, and a
determination that it is consistent with all applicable laws.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 1, 2010.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-2429 Filed 2-4-10; 8:45 am]
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