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any evidence of shipment from a nonselected company before making its 

respondent-selection decision. 

However, in the sampling context, the 

existence of shipments will be required 

in order to both define the population, 

and if the company is selected, establish 

a dumping margin for the company. 

Therefore, the Department will normally 

use CBP data as evidence of shipment, 

and proposes to define the relevant 

population from which to sample as (1) 

all companies subject to investigation 

with shipments of subject merchandise, 

and (2) all companies named in a review 

with shipments of subject merchandise. 

In a non-market economy (‘‘NME’’) 

case, the relevant population should not 

include companies that are a part of the 

NME entity. Since the Department may 

not be able to determine a company’s 

eligibility for a separate rate before 

respondent selection, the Department 

proposes to exclude from the relevant 

population companies that have not 

submitted separate rate applications. 

1.3 Sampling Technique 

The Department proposes to use 

stratified PPS samples. The first step in 

the proposed sampling technique is to 

sort all companies in the relevant 

population from largest to smallest, 

based on import volumes. Second, 

companies would be segregated into a 

number of strata equal to the sample 

size, with each stratum accounting for 

approximately the same share of import 

volume. For example, if the Department 

determines that it may individually 

examine three respondents, the 

companies would be divided into three 

strata, each accounting for 

approximately a third of imports. Third, 

one respondent from each stratum 

would be selected using PPS. If a single 

company accounts for more than 33 

percent or more of imports, that 

company would be assigned its own 

stratum and the remaining companies 

would be divided into two strata 

accounting for an equal share of the 

remaining imports. Then, one 

respondent would be selected from each 

of these strata. If two companies each 

account for more than 33 percent or 

more of imports, each of the two 

companies would be assigned its own 

stratum and one respondent would be 

randomly selected from the remaining 

companies. 

1.4 Calculating and Assigning Rates 

After examination of selected 

respondents by the sampling method, 

the Department will need to assign a 

rate to all non-selected companies. To 

do so, the Department proposes to 

calculate a ‘‘sample rate,’’ which will be 

an average of all selected respondent 

rates, weighted by the import share of 

their corresponding strata. In a market 

economy case, all companies in the 

relevant population who were not 

selected for individual examination 

would receive the sample rate. 

Consistent with the definition of 

‘‘relevant population’’ above, in NME 

cases, only companies in the relevant 

population that qualify for separate rates 

would receive the sample rate; those 

that do not qualify for separate rates 

would receive the NME country-wide 

rate. 

Request for Comments 

In addition to comments on the 

methodology described above, the 

Department requests comments on the 

following issues. First, how should the 

Department address the case in which a 

selected respondent needs to be 

replaced, due to withdrawal or 

disqualification for any reason? 

Examples of disqualified respondents 

include companies in an NME case that 

applied for a separate rate but do not 

qualify for such a rate, and companies 

with shipment of subject merchandize 

in CBP data due to misclassification. 

Second, how should the Department 

treat voluntary respondents in the 

sampling context? Finally, how should 

the Department treat adverse-factsavailable, de minimis, and zero 

antidumping duty rates in its 

calculation of the sample rate? 

Submission of Comments 

As specified above, to be assured of 

consideration, comments must be 

received no later than January 31, 2011. 

All comments must be submitted 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at http://www.regulations.gov, Docket 

No. ITA–2010–0009, unless the 

commenter does not have access to the 

Internet. Commenters that do not have 

access to the Internet may submit the 

original and two copies of each set of 

comments by mail or hand delivery/ 

courier. All comments should be 

addressed to the Secretary of Commerce, 

Attention: Albert Hsu, Senior 

Economist, Office of Policy, Room 1870, 

Import Administration, U.S., 

Department of Commerce, 14th Street 

and Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. 

The Department will consider all 

comments received before the close of 

the comment period. The Department 

will not accept comments accompanied 

by a request that part or all of the 

material be treated confidentially 

because of its business proprietary 

nature or for any other reason. All 

comments responding to this notice will 

be a matter of public record and will be 

available for inspection at Import 

Administration’s Central Records Unit 

(Room 7046 of the Herbert C. Hoover 

Building) and on the Department’s Web 

site at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. 

Any questions concerning file 

formatting, document conversion, 

access on the Internet, or other 

electronic filing issues should be 

addressed to Andrew Lee Beller, Import 

Administration Webmaster, at (202) 

482–0866, e-mail address: webmastersupport@ita.doc.gov. 

Dated: December 10, 2010. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA088 

Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and 

South Atlantic; Southeast Data, 

Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); 

Assessment Process Webinar for 

Highly Migratory Species (HMS) 

Fisheries Sandbar, Dusky, and 

Blacknose Sharks 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 21 HMS of 

sandbar, dusky, and blacknose sharks 

assessment webinar. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 21 assessments of 

the HMS of sandbar, dusky, and 

blacknose sharks will consist of a series 

of workshops and webinars: a Data 

Workshop, a series of Assessment 

webinars, and a Review Workshop. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: A SEDAR 21 Assessment Process 

webinar will be held on Tuesday, 

January 11, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 

approximately 2 p.m. (Eastern). The 

established times may be adjusted as 

necessary to accommodate the timely 

completion of discussion relevant to the 

assessment process. Such adjustments 

may result in the meeting being 

extended from, or completed prior to 

the time established by this notice. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar. The webinar is open to 

members of the public. Those interested 

in participating should contact Julie 

Neer at SEDAR (See FOR FURTHER

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invitation providing webinar access 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 

Faber Place, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843) 

571–4366; 

e-mail: Julie.neer@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils, in conjunction with NOAA 

Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commissions 

have implemented the Southeast Data, 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 

process, a multi-step method for 

determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a threestep process including: (1) Data 

Workshop, (2) Assessment Process 

utilizing webinars and (3) Review 

Workshop. The product of the Data 

Workshop is a data report which 

compiles and evaluates potential 

datasets and recommends which 

datasets are appropriate for assessment 

analyses. The product of the Assessment 

Process is a stock assessment report 

which describes the fisheries, evaluates 

the status of the stock, estimates 

biological benchmarks, projects future 

population conditions, and recommends 

research and monitoring needs. The 

assessment is independently peer 

reviewed at the Review Workshop. The 

product of the Review Workshop is a 

Summary documenting Panel opinions 

regarding the strengths and weaknesses 

of the stock assessment and input data. 

Participants for SEDAR Workshops are 

appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South 

Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 

Management Councils and NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, 

HMS Management Division, and 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center. 

Participants include data collectors and 

database managers; stock assessment 

scientists, biologists, and researchers; 

constituency representatives including 

fishermen, environmentalists, and 

NGO’s; International experts; and staff 

of Councils, Commissions, and state and 

federal agencies. 

SEDAR 21 Assessment webinar: 

Using datasets recommended from the 

Data Workshop, participants will 

employ assessment models to evaluate 

stock status, estimate population 

benchmarks and management criteria, 

and project future conditions. 

Participants will recommend the most 

appropriate methods and configurations 

for determining stock status and 

estimating population parameters. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to the 

Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 

10 business days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: December 13, 2010. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA090 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Whiting Advisory Panel in January, 

2011 to consider actions affecting New 

England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Radisson Airport Hotel, 2081 Post 

Road, Warwick, RI 02886: telephone: 

(401) 739–3000; fax: (401) 732–9309. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Whiting Advisory Panel will discuss 

and provide feedback on potential 

accountability measures for Annual 

Catch Limit (ACL) management under 

Draft Amendment 18. Other issues 

related to ACL management may also be 

discussed. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, at (978) 

465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: December 13, 2010. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA091 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Hearings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Monkfish Fishery Management 

Plan Amendment 6; Reschedule of 

Scoping Hearing. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) has 

rescheduled a public hearing to solicit 

comments on proposals to be included 

in the Draft Amendment 6 to the 

Monkfish Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before 5 p.m. EST, 

February 15, 2011. The public hearing 

will be held on January 19, 2011. For 

specific dates and times, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 


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