Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 34 / Monday, February 22, 2010 / Notices 7567 

6See Saccharin from the People’s Republic of 

China: Notice of Final Results of Expedited Sunset 

Review of Antidumping Duty Order, 73 FR 59604 

(October 9, 2008). 

(‘‘HTSUS’’) and includes all types of 

saccharin imported under this HTSUS 

subheading, including research and 

specialized grades. Although the 

HTSUS subheading is provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

Department’s written description of the 

scope of this order remains dispositive. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

No parties commented on the 

preliminary results. 

Final Results of Changed 

Circumstances Review 

As the Department explained in the 

Preliminary Results, in the five-year 

sunset review of this order, the 

Department stated that ‘‘PMCSG claimed 

interested party status under section 

771(9)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (‘‘the Act’’), as the sole 

domestic producer of saccharin in the 

United States and the petitioner in the 

original investigation,’’ which was not 

contested during the sunset review.6

However, since PMCSG failed to 

respond to the Department’s 

questionnaire in the instant review, the 

Department is unable to determine 

PMCSG’s status as a producer of the 

domestic like product during the instant 

review period and whether it represents 

‘‘substantially all of the production of 

the domestic like product,’’ as required 

under the Department’s regulations 

governing revocation. See 19 CFR 

351.222(g)(1)(i). Accordingly, we are 

notifying the public of our intent to not 

revoke the antidumping duty order as it 

relates to imports of saccharin from the 

People’s Republic of China. 

This notice of the final results of this 

administrative review is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act. 

Dated: February 4, 2010. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XU41 

Marine Mammals; File No. 13545 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Ocean Alliance, Inc. (Responsible Party: 

Iain Kerr), 191 Weston Road, Lincoln, 

MA 01773, has been issued a permit to 

conduct research on and import 

specimens of marine mammals. 

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

(See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Hapeman or Amy Sloan, (301)713– 

2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

20, 2008, notice was published in the 

Federal Register (73 FR 49174) that a 

request for a scientific research permit 

to take sperm (Physeter macrocephalus), 

blue (Balaenoptera musculus), Bryde’s 

(B. edeni), dwarf sperm (Kogia sima), 

false killer (Pseudorca crassidens), fin 

(B. physalus), gray (Eschrichtius 

robustus), humpback (Megaptera 

novaeangliae), killer (Orcinus orca), 

minke (B. acutorostrata), pilot 

(Globicephala spp.), pygmy sperm (K. 

breviceps), sei (B. borealis), southern 

right (Eubalaena australis), northern 

right (E. glacialis), and unidentified 

beaked (Ziphius cavirostris and 

Mesoplodon spp.) whales, and common 

dolphins (Delphinus delphis), had been 

submitted by the above-named 

organization. The requested permit has 

been issued under the authority of the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, 

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.), and the regulations governing 

the taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR parts 222–226). 

Permit No. 13545 authorizes Ocean 

Alliance, Inc. to conduct research over 

a five-year period to determine 

contaminant levels; culture cells; and 

collect data on abundance, movement 

and distribution patterns, habitat use, 

energetics, behaviors, and stock and 

social structures of the above identified 

species. During vessel surveys 

researchers may harass live animals and 

collect tissues from dead, stranded 

cetaceans in U.S. waters and on the high 

seas. Researchers may conduct: biopsy 

sampling, collection of sloughed skin 

and feces, photo-identification, 

videography, passive acoustic recording, 

focal follows, and behavioral 

observation of up to 250 sperm whales 

annually and 20 animals annually for 

each of the above remaining species, 

except southern right whales. 

Researchers may import from foreign 

waters 150 sperm whale samples per 

year and 20 samples per year each for 

all other identified species. Research 

may occur in U.S. waters and the high 

seas of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, 

including the Gulf of Maine, Mexico 

and the Caribbean Sea, the territorial 

waters of Mexico, Indian Ocean, and 

Mediterranean Sea. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an environmental 

assessment was prepared analyzing the 

effects of the permitted activities. After 

a Finding of No Significant Impact, the 

determination was made that it was not 

necessary to prepare an environmental 

impact statement. 

Issuance of this permit, as required by 

the ESA, was based on a finding that 

such permit: (1) was applied for in good 

faith; (2) will not operate to the 

disadvantage of such endangered 

species; and (3) is consistent with the 

purposes and policies set forth in 

section 2 of the ESA. 

Documents may be reviewed in the 

following locations: 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301)713–2289; fax (301)713–0376; 

Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand 

Point Way NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, 

Seattle, WA 98115–0700; phone 

(206)526–6150; fax (206)526–6426; 

Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 

21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668; phone 

(907)586–7221; fax (907)586–7249; 

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West 

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, 

CA 90802–4213; phone (562)980–4001; 

fax (562)980–4018; 

Pacific Islands Region, NMFS, 1601 

Kapiolani Blvd., Rm 1110, Honolulu, HI 

96814–4700; phone (808)944–2200; fax 

(808)973–2941; 

Northeast Region, NMFS, 55 Great 

Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930; 

phone (978)281–9328; fax (978)281– 

9394; and 

Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th 

Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, Florida 

33701; phone (727)824–5312; fax 

(727)824–5309. 

Dated: February 16, 2010. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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