Department of Commerce July 8, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Northeast Region, NMFS (Assistant Regional Administrator) has made a preliminary determination that the subject Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) application contains all the required information and warrants further consideration. The Assistant Regional Administrator has also made a preliminary determination that the activities authorized under the EFP would be consistent with the goals and objectives of the Northeast (NE) Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP). However, further review and consultation may be necessary before a final determination is made to issue the EFP. Therefore, the Assistant Regional Administrator proposes to recommend that an EFP be issued to test gear modification to reduce bycatch in the NE multispecies fishery that would allow three commercial fishing vessels to conduct fishing operations that are otherwise restricted by the regulations governing the fisheries of the Northeastern United States. The EFP would allow for exemptions from the FMP as follows: The Gulf of Maine (GOM) minimum mesh size requirements. Initially, the applicant requested an EFP to conduct research during May to July 15, 2005, and requested an exemption from the regulations pertaining to the GOM Rolling Closure Areas II and III at Sec. 648.81(f)(1)(ii) and (iii), respectively. Due to an oversight, exemptions from GOM minimum mesh size requirements and from the GOM Rolling Closure Area IV (Sec. 648.81(f)(1)(iv)) were omitted from the May 16, 2005 Federal Register notice (70 FR 25814) announcing the EFP for the project. This revision proposes a GOM minimum mesh size exemption (the GOM Rolling Closure Area exemptions would no longer be necessary due to the timing of this action) and would extend the duration of the project to August 12, 2005. Regulations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act require publication of this notification to provide interested parties the opportunity to comment on applications for proposed EFPs.

On December 1, 2004, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') initiated sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on certain carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings (``pipe fittings'') from Brazil, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, and the People's Republic of China pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). On the basis of a notice of intent to participate and adequate substantive responses filed on behalf of domestic interested parties and inadequate response from respondent interested parties, the Department conducted expedited (120-day) sunset reviews. As a result of these sunset reviews, the Department finds that revocation of the antidumping duty orders would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping. The dumping margins are identified in the Final Results of Review section of this notice.

The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') has received a request to conduct a new shipper review of the antidumping duty (``AD'') order on certain welded carbon steel pipe and tube from Turkey. In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214, we are initiating an AD new shipper review for Tos[ccedil]elik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi A.S. (``Tos[ccedil]elik''), and its affiliated export trading company, Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S. (``Tosyali'').