Department of Commerce January 14, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

NMFS has completed a draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) on the Issuance of Endangered Species Act Permits for Scientific Research on Endangered and Threatened Sea Turtles in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico.

In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on hand trucks and certain parts thereof (``hand trucks'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') covering the period December 1, 2005, through November 30, 2006. We have preliminarily determined that sales have been made below normal value (``NV'') by one exporter participating in the review. We have also preliminarily rescinded the review for five exporters that did not have any exports during the period of review (``POR'') or whose request for review was timely withdrawn. We have also preliminarily determined that two companies have not demonstrated that they are entitled to separate rates and have assigned them the rate for the PRC-wide entity. If these preliminary results are adopted in the final results of these reviews, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. We will issue the final results no later than 120 days from the date of publication of this notice.

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council), its Mid-Atlantic Bycatch Committee, its Research Set-Aside Committee, its Ecosystems Committee, its Protected Resources Committee, its Executive Committee, and its Surfclam/Ocean Quahog Committee, will hold public meetings.

The SEDAR assessments of the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico stocks of king mackerel will consist of a series of three workshops: a Data Workshop, an Assessment Workshop, and a Review Workshop. This is the sixteenth SEDAR. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

The final revised management plan for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) has been approved and is now available. The plan is the result of a multi-year management plan review at the FKNMS that included extensive public, as well as state, local and other federal agency involvement. The plan is available for download on the Web site: https://floridakeys.noaa.gov. For a hard copy or data CD of the plan contact the sanctuary office at the contact number identified below.