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whether the material needs to be on the
National List.
The draft guidance document NOP
5033, Classification of Materials,
provides additional guidance to the
industry on how materials are classified
as nonsynthetic, synthetic, agricultural,
or nonagricultural. The terms
‘‘nonsynthetic,’’ ‘‘synthetic,’’
‘‘agricultural,’’ and ‘‘nonagricultural’’
are defined at 7 CFR 205.2 of the USDA
organic regulations. This guidance
implements a series of
recommendations of the NOSB and
provides clarification on how materials
should be classified according to these
defined terms. Draft guidance NOP
5033–1 includes a decision tree for
classifying a material as synthetic or
nonsynthetic. Draft guidance NOP
5033–2 includes a decision tree for
classifying a material as agricultural or
nonagricultural. For materials used in
organic crop production, the
classification guidance is intended to be
used in conjunction with the draft
guidance NOP 5034, Materials for
Organic Crop Production, to assist in
determining whether a material is
permitted for use.
The draft guidance document NOP
5034, Materials for Organic Crop
Production, provides guidance to the
industry on materials used in organic
crop production. Once finalized, NOP
5034–1 is intended to provide a tool for
organic producers to understand which
input materials are allowed in organic
crop production. The guidance includes
substances which are specifically
allowed in section 205.601 of the USDA
organic regulations, as well as materials
which are permitted, but are not
required to be included on the National
List. The appendix NOP 5034–2
provides a list of materials that are
specifically prohibited in organic crop
production. The appendix of prohibited
materials is not intended to be all
inclusive, but is provided for guidance
to the industry of items which have
been previously reviewed by the NOSB
and not recommended for use. The
appendix of prohibited materials also
includes materials which are
specifically listed in section 205.602 the
National List as prohibited for use in
organic crop production (e.g., lead salts)
or that are otherwise prohibited by the
USDA organic regulations (e.g., sewage
sludge). The guidance, once finalized,
will not grant new allowances for any
synthetic substance to be used in
organic production that have not been
specifically recommended by the NOSB
and added to the National List through
rulemaking for such purpose.
NOP is aware that there may have
been some inconsistency in the
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classification of a small number of
materials used in organic crop
production. NOP is issuing this draft
guidance in an effort to clarify the status
of these materials. Comments are
specifically requested on the
classification and descriptions provided
in NOP 5034–1 for the following
materials: bagasse, biochar, corn steep
liquor, fatty acids, glycerin, molasses,
vegetable protein hydrolysate, vinasse,
and xanthan gum. NOP is requesting
comments on whether these materials
are accurately classified according to the
draft guidance on classification, NOP
5033–1, and whether any amendments
are needed to the descriptions provided
in NOP 5034–1, Materials for Organic
Crop Production.
II. Significance of Guidance
This draft guidance document is being
issued in accordance with the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Bulletin on Agency Good Guidance
Practices (GGPs) (January 25, 2007, 72
FR 3432–3440).
The purpose of GGPs is to ensure that
program guidance documents are
developed with adequate public
participation, are readily available to the
public, and are not applied as binding
requirements. The draft guidance, when
finalized, will represent the NOP’s
current thinking on these topics. It does
not create or confer any rights for, or on,
any person and does not operate to bind
the NOP or the public. Guidance
documents are intended to provide a
uniform method for operations to
comply that can reduce the burden of
developing their own methods and
simplify audits and inspections.
Alternative approaches that can
demonstrate compliance with the
Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA),
as amended (7 U.S.C. 6501–6522), and
its implementing regulations are also
acceptable. The NOP strongly
encourages industry to discuss
alternative approaches with the NOP
before implementing them to avoid
unnecessary or wasteful expenditures of
resources and to ensure the proposed
alternative approach complies with the
Act and its implementing regulations.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6501–6522.
Dated: March 28, 2013.
David R. Shipman,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Sensors and Instrumentation
Technical Advisory Committee; Notice
of Partially Closed Meeting
The Sensors and Instrumentation
Technical Advisory Committee (SITAC)
will meet on April 23, 2013, 9:30 a.m.,
in the Herbert C. Hoover Building,
Room 6087B, 14th Street between
Constitution and Pennsylvania
Avenues, NW., Washington, DC The
Committee advises the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration on technical questions
that affect the level of export controls
applicable to sensors and
instrumentation equipment and
technology.
Agenda
Public Session
1. Welcome and Introductions.
2. Remarks from the Bureau of Industry
and Security Management.
3. Industry Presentations.
4. New Business.
Closed Session
5. 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).
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
Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov no later
than April 16, 2013.
A limited number of seats will be
available during the public session of
the meeting. 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
distribution of public presentation
materials to the Committee members,
the Committee suggests that the
materials be forwarded before the
meeting to Ms. Springer.
The Assistant Secretary for
Administration, with the concurrence of
the General Counsel, formally
determined on December 11, 2012
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
this meeting dealing with pre-decisional
changes to the Commerce Control List
and U.S. export control policies shall be
exempt from the provisions relating to
public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app.
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2 §§ 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The remaining
portions of the meeting will be open to
the public.
For more information contact Yvette
Springer on (202) 482–2813.
Dated: March 28, 2013.
Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–840, A–549–822]
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp
From India and Thailand: Notice of
Initiation of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Reviews
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) has received requests
to conduct administrative reviews of the
antidumping duty orders on certain
frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from
India and Thailand. The anniversary
month of these orders is February. In
accordance with the Department’s
regulations, we are initiating these
administrative reviews.
DATES: Effective Date: April 2, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Crespo at (202) 482–3693 (India)
and Blaine Wiltse (202) 482–6345
(Thailand), AD/CVD Operations, Office
2, Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department
of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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During the anniversary month of
February 2013, the Department received
timely requests, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.213(b), for administrative
reviews of the antidumping duty orders
on shrimp from India and Thailand
from the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action
Committee (hereinafter, petitioner), the
American Shrimp Processors
Association (ASPA), and certain
individual companies.
All deadlines for the submission of
various types of information,
certifications, or comments or actions by
the Department discussed below refer to
the number of calendar days from the
applicable starting time.
Notice of No Sales
If a producer or exporter named in
this notice of initiation had no exports,
sales, or entries during the period of
review (POR), it must notify the
Department within 60 days of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. All submissions must be filed
electronically at https://
iaaccess.trade.gov in accordance with
19 CFR 351.303. See Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Electronic Filing Procedures;
Administrative Protective Order
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011).
Such submissions are subject to
verification in accordance with section
782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).
Respondent Selection
In the event the Department limits the
number of respondents for individual
examination for administrative reviews,
the Department intends to select
respondents based on U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) data for U.S.
imports during the POR. We intend to
release the CBP data under
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
to all parties having an APO within
seven days of publication of this
initiation notice and to make our
decision regarding respondent selection
within 21 days of publication of this
Federal Register notice. The
Department invites comments regarding
the CBP data and respondent selection
within five days of placement of the
CBP data on the record of the applicable
review.
In the event the Department decides
it is necessary to limit individual
examination of respondents and
conduct respondent selection under
section 777A(c)(2) of the Act:
In general, the Department has found
that determinations concerning whether
particular companies should be
‘‘collapsed’’ (i.e., treated as a single
entity for purposes of calculating
antidumping duty rates) require a
substantial amount of detailed
information and analysis, which often
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require follow-up questions and
analysis. Accordingly, the Department
will not conduct collapsing analyses at
the respondent selection phase of this
review and will not collapse companies
at the respondent selection phase unless
there has been a determination to
collapse certain companies in a
previous segment of this antidumping
proceeding (i.e., investigation,
administrative review, or changed
circumstances review). For any
company subject to these reviews, if the
Department determined, or continued to
treat, that company as collapsed with
others, the Department will assume that
such companies continue to operate in
the same manner and will collapse them
for respondent selection purposes.
Otherwise, the Department will not
collapse companies for purposes of
respondent selection. Parties are
requested to (a) identify which
companies subject to review previously
were collapsed, and (b) provide a
citation to the proceeding in which they
were collapsed.
Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a
party that has requested a review may
withdraw that request within 90 days of
the date of publication of the notice of
initiation of the requested review. The
regulation provides that the Department
may extend this time if it is reasonable
to do so. In order to provide parties
additional certainty with respect to
when the Department will exercise its
discretion to extend this 90-day
deadline, interested parties are advised
that the Department does not intend to
extend the 90-day deadline unless the
requestor demonstrates that an
extraordinary circumstance has
prevented it from submitting a timely
withdrawal request. Determinations by
the Department to extend the 90-day
deadline will be made on a case-by-case
basis.
Initiation of Reviews
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), we are initiating
administrative reviews of the
antidumping duty orders on shrimp
from India and Thailand. We intend to
issue the final results of these reviews
not later than February 28, 2014.
Period to be
reviewed
Antidumping Duty Proceedings
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Advisory Committee; Notice
of Partially Closed Meeting
The Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Advisory Committee
(SITAC) will meet on April 23, 2013, 9:30 a.m., in the Herbert C.
Hoover Building, Room 6087B, 14th Street between Constitution and
Pennsylvania Avenues, NW., Washington, DC The Committee advises the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on
technical questions that affect the level of export controls applicable
to sensors and instrumentation equipment and technology.
Agenda
Public Session
1. Welcome and Introductions.
2. Remarks from the Bureau of Industry and Security Management.
3. Industry Presentations.
4. New Business.
Closed Session
5. Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the provisions
relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 Sec. Sec.
10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3).
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
Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov no later than April 16, 2013.
A limited number of seats will be available during the public
session of the meeting. 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 distribution of
public presentation materials to the Committee members, the Committee
suggests that the materials be forwarded before the meeting to Ms.
Springer.
The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of
the General Counsel, formally determined on December 11, 2012 pursuant
to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5
U.S.C. app. 2 Sec. 10(d), that the portion of this meeting dealing
with pre-decisional changes to the Commerce Control List and U.S.
export control policies shall be exempt from the provisions relating to
public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app.
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2 Sec. Sec. 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The remaining portions of the
meeting will be open to the public.
For more information contact Yvette Springer on (202) 482-2813.
Dated: March 28, 2013.
Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison.
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