Department of Commerce August 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This action corrects the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section to a notice published in the Federal Register on August 19, 2010, which didn't contain all of the necessary information for the agenda for a Pacific Council meeting, leaving attendees misinformed. This correction adds a sentence to further clarify the meeting agenda.

The U.S. Department of Commerce issued an amended Export Trade Certificate of Review to Northwest Fruit Exporters on August 18, 2010. The Certificate has been amended eleven times. The previous amendment was issued to NFE on September 16, 2009, and a notice of its issuance was published in the Federal Register on September 23, 2009 (74 FR 48250). The original Certificate for NFE was issued on June 11, 1984, and a notice of its issuance was published in the Federal Register on June 14, 1984 (74 FR 48520).

The SEDAR 23 assessment of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic stock of goliath grouper will consist of a series of workshops and webinars: a Data Workshop, an assessment workshop, an Assessment webinar, and a Review Workshop (SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

On March 22, 2010, the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from India to determine whether R.D.R. Exports (RDR) is the successor-in-interest company to Jaya Satya Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd. (Jaya Satya). See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed-Circumstances Review, 75 FR 13492 (Mar. 22, 2010) (Initiation). On July 30, 2010, RDR withdrew its request for a changed circumstances review. The Department is now rescinding this changed circumstances antidumping duty administrative review.

This final rule makes inseason adjustments to commercial fishery management measures for several groundfish species taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California. These actions, which are authorized by the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP), are intended to allow fisheries to access more abundant groundfish stocks while protecting overfished and depleted stocks.

The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a public hearing to solicit comments on proposals to be included in the Draft Amendment 3 to the Deep Sea Red Crab Fishery Management Plan (FMP).

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

On June 30, 2010, in response to a request from an interested party, the Department of Commerce initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyester staple fiber from Taiwan. The period of review is May 1, 2009, through April 30, 2010. The Department of Commerce is rescinding this review in part.

In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as amended, and implementing regulations, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued three one-year Letters of Authorization (LOAs) to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to the U.S. Navy's operation of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) sonar operations to the Chief of Naval Operations, Department of the Navy, 2000 Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350 and persons operating under his authority.

The U.S. Department of Commerce issued an amended Export Trade Certificate of Review to Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America on August 16, 2010. The Certificate has been amended eleven times. The previous amendment was issued to WMMA on July 9, 2008, and a notice of its issuance was published in the Federal Register on January 11, 2010 (75 FR 1335). The original Export Trade Certificate of Review No. 88- 00016 was issued on February 3, 1989, and published in the Federal Register on February 9, 1989 (54 FR 6312).

NMFS announces that the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) proposes to amend the fishery ecosystem plan (FEP) for Hawaii. If approved by the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), Amendment 2 would continue a moratorium on fishing at Hancock Seamounts for armorhead (Pseudopentaceros wheeleri) and other bottomfish and seamount groundfish until the armorhead stock is rebuilt, establish a minimum rebuilding time of 35 years for the U.S. portion of the armorhead stock, and classify the portion of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) around the Hancock Seamounts as an ecosystem management area. The intent of this amendment is to rebuild the overfished armorhead stock.

NMFS has determined that the Atlantic tunas General category daily Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) retention limit should be adjusted from one to three large medium or giant BFT for the September, October- November, and December time periods of the 2010 fishing year, based on consideration of the regulatory determination criteria regarding inseason adjustments. This action applies to Atlantic tunas General category permitted vessels and Highly Migratory Species Charter/ Headboat category permitted vessels (when fishing commercially for BFT).

The SEDAR Update Assessment of the South Atlantic stock of black sea bass will consist of a conference call and four webinars. This is an Update of the second SEDAR stock assessment, completed in 2003. This is notice of the conference call component of the SEDAR 2 Update. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

NMFS announces the receipt of an application for an exempted fishing permit (EFP) from the Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation, Inc. If granted, the EFP will authorize the applicants, with certain conditions, to collect limited numbers of fish and invertebrates where possession and retention is restricted or prohibited by regulations in South Atlantic Federal waters. This study is intended to characterize catch and discard mortality within the South Atlantic commercial hook-and-line snapper-grouper fishery.

The Department of Commerce (``Department'') preliminarily determines that drill pipe from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (``LTFV''), as provided in section 733 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``Act''), for the period of investigation (``POI'') April 1, 2009, through September 30, 2009. The estimated margins of sales at LTFV are shown in the ``Preliminary Determination'' section of this notice. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.

On February 5, 2010, the Department of Commerce (Department) published in the Federal Register its preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture (WBF) from the People's Republic of China (PRC), covering the period January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008.\1\ Further, on April

On May 28, 2010, the U.S. Department of Commerce (the Department) published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on sorbitol from France. The review covers one producer/exporter of sorbitol, Syral S.A.S. (Syral). Based on the withdrawal of the requests for review from Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) and Corn Products International (CP), domestic producers of sorbitol, we are now rescinding this administrative review in full.