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Notices Federal Register

62847

Vol. 69, No. 208

Thursday, October 28, 2004

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, this 

constitutes notice of the upcoming 

meeting of the Grain Inspection 

Advisory Committee (‘‘the Committee’’).

DATES: November 16, 2004, 7:30 a.m. to 

5 p.m.; and November 17, 2004, 7:30 

a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Advisory Committee 

meeting will take place at the Iberville 

Suites, 910 Iberville Street, New 

Orleans, LA 70112. 

Requests to address the Committee at 

the meeting or written comments may 

be sent to: Administrator, GIPSA, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 

3601, Washington, DC 20250–3601. 

Requests and comments may also be 

Faxed to (202) 205–9237.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Terri Henry, (202) 205–8281 

(telephone); (202) 690–2755 (facsimile).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the Committee is to provide 

advice to the Administrator of the Grain 

Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 

Administration with respect to the 

implementation of the U.S. Grain 

Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.). 

The agenda will include Enterprise 

Architecture, Process Verification, ISO 

evaluation, Phytosanitary Certification, 

New Soybean Traits, Ethanol CoProducts/DDG Standards, Outsourcing: 

Rice Program, and general Agency 

issues. For a copy of the agenda please 

contact Terri Henry, (202) 205–8281 

(telephone); (202) 690–2755 (facsimile) 

or by e-mail Terri.L.Henry@usda.gov. 

Public participation will be limited to 

written statements, unless permission is 

received from the Committee Chairman 

to orally address the Committee. The 

meeting will be open to the public. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means of communication of 

program information or related 

accommodations should contact Terri 

Henry, at the telephone number listed 

above.

Dated: October 25, 2004. 

Donna Reifschneider, 

Administrator.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Housing Service 

Request for Proposals: Section 516 

Farm Labor Housing (FLH) New 

Construction or Repair Grants and 

Emergency Grants To Assist LowIncome Migrant and Seasonal 

Farmworkers 

Announcement Type: Initial Request 

for Proposals (RFP) inviting proposals 

from qualified applicants. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number (CFDA): 10.405.

SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service 

announces the availability of funds and 

the timeframe to submit applications for 

grants to construct or repair Section 516 

off-farm FLH. In addition, this RFP also 

announces an availability of funds and 

the timeframe to submit applications for 

grants to provide emergency services to 

assist low-income migrant and seasonal 

farmworkers. Both of these funding 

opportunities are designed to meet 

needs in communities that were affected 

by hurricanes and tropical storms in 

calendar year 2003 or 2004, as 

authorized by the Military Construction 

Appropriations and Emergency 

Hurricane Supplemental Appropriations 

Act, 2005, Public Law 108–324 (October 

13, 2004).

DATES: The deadline for receipt of all 

applications in response to this RFP is 

5 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on 

December 27, 2004. The application 

closing deadline is firm as to date and 

hour. The Agency will not consider any 

application that is received after the 

closing deadline. Applicants intending 

to mail applications must provide 

sufficient time to permit delivery on or 

before the closing deadline. Acceptance 

by a post office or private mailer does 

not constitute delivery. Facsimile 

(FAX), COD, and postage due 

applications will not be accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas H. MacDowell, Senior Loan 

Specialist, Multi-Family Housing 

Processing Division—STOP 0781 (Room 

1263–S), U.S. Department of 

Agriculture—Rural Housing Service, 

1400 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0781 or by 

telephone at (202) 720–1627. (This is 

not a toll free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The reporting requirements contained 

in this notice have been approved by the 

Office of Management and Budget under 

Control Number 0575–0045. 

Overview

The Military Construction 

Appropriations and Emergency 

Hurricane Supplemental 

Appropriations, 2005, Public Law 108–

324 (October 13, 2004), made available 

$5,000,000 for the provision of low-rent 

housing and related facilities for 

domestic farm labor, as authorized by 

Section 516 of the Housing Act of 1949. 

Of this amount, up to $3,000,000 may be 

used for emergency services to assist 

low-income migrant and seasonal 

farmworkers, as authorized by section 

2281 of the Food, Agriculture, 

Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990. 

Program Administration 

I. Funding Opportunities Description 

This RFP requests applications from 

eligible applicants for grants to 

construct or repair section 516 off-farm 

FLH. The Agency’s Farm Labor Housing 

Program is authorized by the Housing 

Act of 1949. Grants for the construction 

or repair of off-farm FLH are authorized 

by section 516 (42 U.S.C. 1486) of the 

Housing Act of 1949. Agency 

regulations for the Farm Labor Housing 

Program are published at 7 CFR part 

1944, subpart D. Eligibility for section 

516 off-farm FLH grants is limited to 

broad-based nonprofit organizations, 

nonprofit organizations of farmworkers, 

federally recognized Indian tribes, 

agencies or political subdivisions of 

State or local government, and public 

agencies (such as housing authorities). 

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Housing that is constructed or repaired 

with these grants must meet the Agency 

design and construction standards 

contained in 7 CFR part 1924, subparts 

A and C. Once constructed, section 516 

off-farm FLH must be managed in 

accordance with the program’s 

management regulation, 7 CFR part 

1930, subpart C. Tenant eligibility is 

limited to ‘‘domestic farm laborer’’, as 

defined by 7 CFR part 1944, subpart D, 

at 7 CFR 1944.153. That definition is ‘‘a 

person who receives a substantial 

portion of his or her income performing 

farm labor employment (not selfemployed) in the United States, Puerto 

Rico, or the Virgin Islands and either is 

a citizen of the United States or resides 

in the United States, Puerto Rico, or the 

Virgin Islands after being legally 

admitted for permanent residence. This 

definition may include the immediate 

family members residing with such a 

person.’’ The term ‘‘farm labor’’, as used 

in the definition of domestic farm labor, 

includes services in connection with 

cultivating the soil, raising or harvesting 

any agriculture or aquaculture 

commodity; or in catching, netting, 

handling, planting, drying, packing, 

grading, storing, or preserving in its 

unmanufactured state any agriculture or 

aquaculture commodity; or delivering to 

storage, market, or a carrier for 

transportation to market or to processing 

any agricultural or aquacultural 

commodity. In addition, section 516 offfarm FLH must be operated on a nonprofit basis and tenancy must be open 

to all qualified domestic farm laborers, 

regardless of which farm they work at. 

Rental assistance is not available 

through this Notice. 

This RFP also requests applications 

for the purpose of providing emergency 

services to low-income migrant and 

seasonal farmworkers. Grants for 

emergency services will be awarded 

separate and apart from the grants for 

the construction and repair of section 

516 housing and is not subject to the 

same limitations. Eligibility for grants 

for emergency services is limited to 

public agencies or private organizations 

with tax exempt status under section 

501(c)(3) of Title 26 United States Code 

that have experience in providing 

emergency services to low-income 

migrant and seasonal farmworkers 

where the Secretary of Agriculture 

determines that a local, state, or national 

emergency or disaster has caused lowincome migrant or seasonal farmworkers 

to lose income, be unable to work, or to 

stay at home or return home in 

anticipation of work shortages. The 

types of service could include, but are 

not limited to, assistance in meeting 

rent or mortgage payments, utility bills, 

child care, transportation, school 

supplies, food, repair or rehabilitation of 

farmworker housing (not restricted to 

units financed by the Agency), facilities 

related to farmworker housing such as 

an infirmary for emergency care of a 

child care facility, and the construction 

of new farmworker housing units. A 

low-income migrant or seasonal 

farmworker is defined by section 2281 

of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 

and Trade Act of 1990 as an individual: 

(1) Who has, during any consecutive 

12 month period within the preceding 

24 month period, performed farm work 

for wages; 

(2) Who has received not less than 

one-half of such individual’s total 

income, or been employed at least onehalf of total work time in farm work; 

and 

(3) Whose annual family income 

within the 12 month period referred to 

in paragraph (1) does not exceed the 

higher of the poverty level or 70 percent 

of the lower living standard income 

level. 

The ‘‘lower living standard income 

level’’ referred to in paragraph (3) was 

defined in a Department of Labor, 

Federal Register Notice entitled 

‘‘Workforce Investment Act; Lower 

Living Standard Income Level,’’ dated 

June 25, 2004, (69 FR 35679–35685). 

Copies of that Notice shall be made 

available on request. 

Applicants who seek funding for both 

the construction or repair of section 516 

off-farm FLH and to provide emergency 

services to low-income migrant and 

seasonal farmworkers, must submit 

separate, individual applications for 

each grant purpose.

II. Award Information 

The Military Construction 

Appropriations and Emergency 

Hurricane Supplemental Appropriations 

Act, 2005, Public Law 108–324 (October 

13, 2004), made available $5,000,000 for 

the provision of low-rent housing and 

related facilities for domestic farm labor, 

as authorized by section 516 of the 

Housing Act of 1949. Of this amount, up 

to $3,000,000 may be used for 

emergency services to assist low-income 

migrant and seasonal farmworkers, as 

authorized by section 2281 of the Food, 

Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade 

Act of 1990. 

Grants to provide emergency services 

may not exceed $500,000 and may be 

limited by geographic area so that 

multiple grant recipients are not 

providing similar services to the same 

service areas. Grants for the 

construction or repair of section 516 offfarm FLH are not limited to $500,000, 

but the grant may not exceed 90 percent 

of the total development cost of the 

housing. 

III. Eligibility Information 

Applicant Eligibility 

(1) To be eligible to receive a grant for 

the construction or repair of section 516 

off-farm FLH, the applicant must be a 

broad-based nonprofit organization, a 

nonprofit organization of farmworkers, a 

federally recognized Indian tribe, or an 

agency or political subdivision of a State 

or local government, or a public agency 

(such as a housing authority) and: 

(a) Be an organization, as defined in 

7 CFR 1944.153 with an assured life 

over a period of years sufficient to carry 

out the purpose of providing low-rent 

housing for domestic farm labor. This 

should not be less than the anticipated 

useful life of the project as suitable 

housing for domestic farm labor, 

assuming proper maintenance and 

repair of the property. Ordinarily, this 

should not be less than 50 years. 

(b) When the grant is closed, be the 

owner of the housing and related 

facilities, including the site. 

(c) Be unable to provide the necessary 

housing from its own resources, 

including any power to levy taxes, 

assessments, or charges, and be unable 

to obtain the necessary credit through a 

labor housing loan or from other sources 

upon terms and conditions the 

applicant could reasonably be expected 

to fulfill. 

(d) Possess the legal and actual 

capacity, ability, and experience to 

incur and carry out the undertakings 

and obligations required, including the 

obligations to maintain and operate the 

housing and related facilities for the 

purpose for which the grant is made. 

(e) Legally obligate itself not to divert 

income from the housing to any other 

business, enterprise, or purpose. 

(f) In addition, eligibility is limited to 

projects in communities affected by 

hurricanes and tropical storms in 

calendar year 2003 or 2004. Applicants 

must provide documentation to 

evidence that they meet all of these 

eligibility requirements. 

(2) To be eligible to receive a grant to 

provide emergency services to lowincome migrant and seasonal 

farmworkers, the applicant must: 

(a) Be either a public agency or 

private organization with tax exempt 

status under section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 

United States Code. 

(b) Have experience in providing 

emergency services to low-income 

migrant and seasonal farmworkers 

where the Secretary of Agriculture 

determines that a local, state, or national 

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emergency or disaster has caused lowincome migrant or seasonal farmworkers 

to lose income, be unable to work, or to 

stay at home or return home in 

anticipation of work shortages. 

(c) Be limited to projects in 

communities affected by hurricanes and 

tropical storms in calendar year 2003 or 

2004. Applicants must provide 

documentation to evidence that they 

meet all of these eligibility 

requirements. 

Cost sharing or matching. Grants for 

the construction or repair of section 516 

off-farm FLH may not exceed 90 percent 

of the total development cost. There are 

no cost sharing or matching 

requirements for grants for emergency 

services. 

Other Administrative Requirements 

(1) The following policies and 

regulations apply to grants made in 

response to this RFP: 

(a) The policies and regulations 

contained in 7 CFR part 1901, subpart 

E regarding equal opportunity 

requirements. 

(b) The requirements of 7 CFR part 

3015, and 7 CFR part 3016 or 7 CFR part 

3019 (as applicable), which establish the 

uniform administrative requirements for 

grants and cooperative agreements to 

state and local governments and to nonprofit organizations. 

(c) The policies and regulations 

contained in 7 CFR part 1901, subpart 

F regarding historical and 

archaeological properties.

(d) The policies and regulations 

contained in 7 CFR part 1940, subpart 

G regarding environmental assessments. 

(2) The following additional policies 

and regulations also apply to grants for 

the construction or repair of section 516 

off-farm FLH: 

(a) The policies and regulations 

contained in 7 CFR part 1944, subpart 

D regarding the grant authorities of the 

Farm Labor Housing Program. 

(b) The policies and regulations 

contained in 7 CFR part 1924, subpart 

A regarding planning and construction. 

(c) The policies and regulations 

contained in 7 CFR part 1924, subpart 

C regarding the planning and 

performing of site development work. 

(e) The policies and regulations 

contained in 7 CFR part 1930, subpart 

C regarding the management and 

supervision of section 516 off-farm FLH. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

Applicants who seek funding for both 

the construction or repair of section 516 

off-farm FLH and for emergency services 

to low-income migrant and seasonal 

farmworkers, must submit separate, 

individual applications for each grant 

purpose. 

The application process will be in two 

phases: the initial preapplication (or 

proposal) and the submission of a 

formal application. Only those 

proposals that are selected for funding 

will be invited to submit formal 

applications. In the event that a 

proposal is selected for further 

processing and the applicant declines, 

the next highest ranked unfunded 

preapplication may be selected. If a 

preapplication is accepted for further 

processing, the applicant will be 

expected to submit the additional 

information prior to the obligation of 

grant funds. At the time of final grant 

approval, the Agency and grant 

recipients shall enter into a grant 

agreement. 

Preapplication Requirements 

The preapplication must contain the 

following: 

(1) A summary page listing the 

following items. This information 

should be double-spaced between items 

and not be in narrative form. 

(a) Identification of the grant purpose 

(i.e., for the construction or repair of 

section 516 off-farm FLH or for 

providing emergency services to lowincome migrant and seasonal 

farmworkers). As stated in this Notice, 

separate, individual applications must 

be submitted for each grant purpose. 

(b) Applicant’s name. 

(c) Applicant’s Taxpayer 

Identification Number. 

(d) Applicant’s address. 

(e) Applicant’s telephone number. 

(f) Name of applicant’s contact 

person, telephone number, and address. 

(g) Amount of grant requested. 

(h) Applicant’s Dun and Bradstreet 

Data Universal Numbering System 

(DUNS) number. As required by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), all grant applicants must 

provide a DUNS number when applying 

for Federal grants, on or after October 1, 

2003. Organizations can receive a DUNS 

number at no cost by calling the 

dedicated toll-free DUNS Number 

request line at 1–866–705–5711. 

Additional information concerning this 

requirement is provided in a policy 

directive issued by OMB and published 

in the Federal Register on June 27, 2003 

(68 FR 38402–38405). 

(2) A narrative describing the 

applicant’s ability to meet the eligibility 

requirements stated in this Notice. 

(3) A detailed Statement of Work. 

(4) An organizational plan that 

includes a staffing chart complete with 

name, job title, salary, hours, timelines, 

and descriptions of employee duties to 

achieve the objectives of the grant 

program. 

(5) Organizational documents to 

evidence the applicant’s status as a 

properly organized private or public 

nonprofit agency which meets the 

applicant eligibility requirements and 

financial statements to evidence the 

applicant’s financial ability to carry out 

the objectives of the grant program. 

(6) A detailed budget plan projecting 

the monthly and annual expenses the 

grantee will incur. Costs will be limited 

to those that are allowed under 7 CFR 

part 3015, and 7 CFR part 3016 or 3019, 

as applicable. 

(7) Applicants must submit 

documentation that the community was 

affected by a hurricane or tropical storm 

in calendar year 2003 or 2004. 

(8) Applicants for grants to provide 

emergency services to low-income 

migrant and seasonal farmworkers must 

include a narrative describing its 

knowledge, demonstrated ability, or 

practical experience in delivering direct 

emergency assistance to low-income 

migrant and seasonal farmworkers. In 

addition, to ensure that funds are 

equitably distributed, and that there is 

no duplication of efforts on related 

projects, applicants must clearly 

identify the geographic area that they 

intend to serve and provide 

documentation that they have the 

experience and ability to service those 

areas. 

(9) Applications for grants to 

construct or repair section 516 off-farm 

FLH must also include all of the 

information, materials, forms, and 

exhibits required by 7 CFR part 1944, 

subpart D, as well as comply with the 

requirements of this Notice. Each 

application must also include an 

estimate of development cost utilizing 

Form RD 1924–13, ‘‘Estimate and 

Certificate of Actual Cost,’’ and a 

proposed operating budget utilizing 

Form RD 1930–7, ‘‘Multiple Family 

Housing Project Budget.’’ Applicants 

must provide documentation that there 

is a pressing need for such facilities and 

that there is a reasonable doubt that the 

housing can be provided without the 

grant assistance. 

(10) A separate one-page information 

sheet listing each of the ‘‘Application 

Scoring Criteria’’ contained in this 

Notice, followed by the page numbers of 

all relevant material and documentation 

that is contained in the proposal that 

supports these criteria. Applicant’s are 

also encouraged, but not required, to 

include a checklist of all of the 

application requirements and to have 

their application indexed and tabbed to 

facilitate the review process. 

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Funding Restrictions 

Grants to provide emergency services 

may not exceed $500,000 and may be 

limited by geographic area so that 

multiple grant recipients are not 

providing similar services to the same 

service areas. Grants for emergency 

services may not be used for pre-award 

costs. 

Grants for the construction or repair 

of section 516 off-farm FLH are not 

limited to $500,000, but the grant may 

not exceed 90 percent of the total 

development cost of the housing. Grants 

for the construction or repair of section 

516 off-farm FLH is subject to the 

limitations and conditions listed at 7 

CFR 1944.164. 

All grants made in response to this 

Notice are subject to the restrictions 

contained in 7 CFR parts 3015, 3016, 

and 3019.

Intergovernmental review. The 

construction of new section 516 off-farm 

FLH is subject to the Intergovernmental 

Review provisions of Executive Order 

12372, which requires 

intergovernmental consultation with 

State and local officials. 

Submission address. Preapplications 

should be submitted to USDA—Rural 

Housing Service; Attention: Douglas H. 

MacDowell, Multi-Family Housing 

Processing Division—STOP 0781 (Room 

1263–S), 1400 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0781. 

V. Application Review Information 

All applications will be evaluated by 

a grant committee. The grant committee 

will make recommendations to the 

Agency Administrator concerning 

preliminary eligibility determinations 

and for the selection of applications for 

further processing based on the 

selection criteria contained in this RFP 

and the availability of funds. The 

Administrator will inform applicants of 

the status of their application within 30 

days of the closing date of the RFP. 

Applications for grants to construct or 

repair section 516 off-farm FLH will 

compete against other applications to 

construct or repair section 516 off-farm 

FLH. Likewise, applications for grants to 

provide emergency services to lowincome migrant and seasonal 

farmworkers will compete against other 

applications for grants for emergency 

services. 

Applications for grants to provide 

emergency services to low-income 

migrant and seasonal farmworkers will 

be evaluated by the types of assistance 

to be provided. Because the types of 

assistance may differ depending on the 

geographic area to be served and the 

nature of the disaster or emergency 

experienced, equal weight will be 

applied to each form of assistance to be 

rendered. 

Selection Criteria 

(1) Applications to provide emergency 

services to low-income migrant and 

seasonal farmworkers will be scored on 

the following basis: 

(a) Experience of applicant providing 

emergency services. 

(b) The number of low-income 

migrant and seasonal farmworkers (as 

defined in this Notice) affected by the 

emergency. 

(c) The number of low-income 

migrant and seasonal farmworkers (as 

defined in this Notice) to be assisted by 

the proposal. 

(d) Economic and social benefits to 

low-income migrant and seasonal 

farmworkers (as defined in this Notice) 

and their families from the services to 

be provided. 

(2) Proposals for construction or 

repair of section 516 off-farm FLH for 

domestic farm laborers will be scored on 

the following basis: 

(a) The number of domestic farm 

laborers (as defined in 7 CFR part 1944, 

subpart D) that will be provided with 

decent, safe and sanitary housing as a 

result of the proposed use of the grant 

funds. 

(b) The degree to which health and 

safety issues will be addressed through 

the use of the grant funds.

Dated: October 22, 2004. 

Russell T. Davis, 

Administrator, Rural Housing Service.

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BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Sunshine Act Meetings

AGENCY: Rural Telephone Bank, USDA.

ACTION: Staff briefing for the Board of 

Directors. 

TIME AND DATE: 2 p.m., Thursday, 

November 4, 2004.

PLACE: Conference Room 104–A, Jamie 

L. Whitten Federal Building, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 12th & 

Jefferson Drive, SW., Washington, DC.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED:

1. FY 2005 Budget status. 

2. Year end Program report. 

3. Privatization discussion. 

4. Administrative and other issues.

ACTION: Board of Directors meeting.

TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m., Friday, November 

5, 2004.

PLACE: Conference Room 104–A, Jamie 

L. Whitten Federal Building, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 12th & 

Jefferson Drive, SW., Washington, DC.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The 

following matters have been placed on 

the agenda for the Board of Directors 

meeting: 

1. Call to order. 

2. Action on Minutes of the August 

10, 2004, board meeting. 

3. Secretary’s Report on loans 

approved, FY 2004. 

4. Treasurer’s Report. 

5. Privatization discussion. 

6. Establish date for next Board 

meeting. 

7. Governor’s Remarks. 

8. Adjournment.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Roberta D. Purcell, Assistant Governor, 

Rural Telephone Bank, (202) 720–9554.

Curtis M. Anderson, 

Acting Governor, Rural Telephone Bank.

[FR Doc. 04–24159 Filed 10–25–04; 4:21 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration 

[A–549–823] 

Notice of Preliminary Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Postponement of Final Determination: 

Bottle-Grade Polyethylene 

Terephthalate (PET) Resin From 

Thailand

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 28, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Audrey Twyman or Natalie Kempkey 

(202) 482–3534 or (202) 482–1698, 

respectively; AD/CVD Operations Office 

I, Import Administration, Room 1870, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 

Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Preliminary Determination 

We preliminarily determine that 

bottle-grade polyethylene terephthalate 

resin (‘‘PET resin’’) from Thailand is 

being sold, or is likely to be sold, in the 

United States at less than fair value, as 

provided in section 733 of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’). The 

preliminary margin assigned to Thai 

Shinkong Industry Corporation Ltd. 

(‘‘Thai Shinkong’’) is based on adverse 

facts available (‘‘AFA’’). The estimated 

margins of sales at less than fair value