Department of Commerce March 19, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), the Department is issuing a countervailing duty order on circular welded austenitic stainless pressure pipe (CWASPP) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). Effective Date: March 19, 2009. Contact Information: Robert Copyak, AD/CVD Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2209.

The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA (AA), on behalf of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC), publishes annual management measures promulgated as regulations by the IPHC and approved by the Secretary of State governing the Pacific halibut fishery. The AA also announces modifications to the Catch Sharing Plan (CSP) for Area 2A (waters off the U.S. West Coast) and implementing regulations for 2009, and announces approval of the Area 2A CSP. These actions are intended to enhance the conservation of Pacific halibut and further the goals and objectives of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) (Councils).

On February 3, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') received a request for a changed circumstances review and a request to revoke, in part, the antidumping duty order on steel wire garment hangers from the People's Republic of China with respect to chrome-plated steel wire garment hangers with a diameter of 3.4 mm or greater. Petitioner submitted a letter to the Department expressing lack of interest in antidumping duty relief from imports of chrome- plated steel wire garment hangers with a diameter of 3.4 mm or greater. Therefore, we are notifying the public of our intent to revoke, in part, the antidumping duty order as it relates to imports of chrome- plated steel wire garment hangers with a diameter of 3.4 mm or greater as described below. The Department invites interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of its Marine Mammal Advisory Committee (MMAC).

On November 29, 1999, the President signed into law the Patent and Trademark Office Efficiency Act (the ``Act''), Public Law 106-113, which, among other things, established two Public Advisory Committees to review the policies, goals, performance, budget and user fees of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) with respect to patents, in the case of the Patent Public Advisory Committee, and with respect to trademarks, in the case of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee, and to advise the Director on these matters (now codified at 35 U.S.C. 5). Due to the expiration of current members' terms, the USPTO is requesting nominations for three (3) members to the Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) and two (2) members to the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC) for terms of three years that begin from date of appointment.