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limits or quotas, capacity restrictions, 

and bycatch reduction requirements; 

(2) Overfishing of fish stocks shared 

by the United States, for which there are 

no applicable international conservation 

or management measures or in areas 

with no applicable international fishery 

management organization or agreement, 

that has adverse impacts on such stocks; 

and 

(3) Fishing activity that has an 

adverse impact on seamounts, 

hydrothermal vents, and cold water 

corals located beyond national 

jurisdiction, for which there are no 

applicable conservation or management 

measures or in areas with no applicable 

international fishery management 

organization or agreement. 

Additionally, the Secretary must 

identify in the biennial report those 

nations whose fishing vessels are 

engaged, or have been engaged during 

the preceding calendar year, in fishing 

activities either (1) in waters beyond 

any national jurisdiction that result in 

bycatch of a PLMR, or (2) beyond the 

U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) that 

result in bycatch of a PLMR shared by 

the United States. In this context, 

PLMRs are defined as non-target fish, 

sea turtles, or marine mammals that are 

protected under U.S. law or 

international agreement, including the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act, the 

Endangered Species Act, the Shark 

Finning Prohibition Act, and the 

Convention on International Trade in 

Endangered Species of Wild Flora and 

Fauna. PLMRs do not include species, 

except sharks, managed under the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, the 

Atlantic Tunas Convention Act, or any 

international fishery management 

agreement. (A list of species considered 

as PLMRs for this purpose is available 

online at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ 

msa2007/mrip.htm) 

The first biennial report was 

submitted to Congress in January 2009 

and is available online at http:// 

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/msa2007/docs/ 

msralbienniallreportl011309.pdf. 

The report identified six nations for IUU 

fishing. 

The Moratorium Protection Act also 

requires the Secretary to establish 

procedures to certify whether each 

nation identified in the biennial report 

is taking appropriate corrective action to 

address IUU fishing and/or bycatch of 

PLMRs by fishing vessels of that nation. 

If a nation does not receive a positive 

certification by the Secretary, they could 

be subject to sanctions under the High 

Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act 

(Enforcement Act)(16 U.S.C. 1826a). On 

January 14, 2009, NMFS published a 

proposed rule to implement both the 

identification and certification 

procedures. (That proposed rule is 

available online at http:// 

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/msa2007/docs/ 

iuulbycatchlrule011409.pdf.)The rule 

provides information regarding the 

identification process and how the 

information solicited here will be used 

in that process. 

In fulfillment of its requirements 

under the Moratorium Protection Act, 

NMFS is preparing the second biennial 

report to Congress, which will identify 

nations whose fishing vessels are 

engaged in IUU fishing, or fishing 

practices that result in bycatch of 

PLMRs. NMFS is soliciting information 

from the public that could assist in its 

identification of nations engaged in 

activities that meet one or more of the 

three criteria described above for IUU 

fishing or one or more of the two criteria 

described above for PLMR bycatch. 

Information that may prove useful to 

NMFS includes: 

• Documentation (photographs, etc.) 

of IUU activity or PLMR bycatch; 

• Fishing vessel records; 

• Reports from off-loading facilities, 

port-side government officials, 

enforcement agents, military personnel, 

port inspectors, transshipment vessel 

workers and fish importers; 

• Government vessel registries; 

• IUU vessel lists from RFMOs; 

• RFMO catch documents and 

statistical document programs; 

• Appropriate certification programs; 

and 

• Reports from governments, 

international organizations, or 

nongovernmental organizations. 

NMFS will consider all available 

information, as appropriate, when 

making a determination whether or not 

to identify a particular nation in the 

biennial report to Congress. NMFS is 

particularly interested in information on 

IUU fishing activity and bycatch of 

PLMRs that occurred during 2009–2010. 

NMFS will consider several criteria 

when determining whether information 

is appropriate for use in making 

identifications, including but not 

limited to: 

• Corroboration of information; 

• Whether multiple sources have 

been able to provide information in 

support of an identification; 

• The methodology used to collect 

the information; 

• Specificity of the information 

provided; 

• Susceptibility of the information to 

falsification and alteration; and 

• Credibility of the individuals or 

organization providing the information. 

Information should be as specific as 

possible as this will assist NMFS in its 

review. 

Dated: March 1, 2010. 

Rebecca Lent, 

Director, Office of International Affairs, 

NOAA Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–890] 

Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the 

People’s Republic of China: Initiation 

of Antidumping Duty New Shipper 

Reviews 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 5, 2010. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Department’’) has determined that 

three requests for new shipper reviews 

of the antidumping duty order on 

wooden bedroom furniture from the 

People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) meet 

the statutory and regulatory 

requirements for initiation. The period 

of review (‘‘POR’’) for the three new 

shipper reviews is January 1, 2009, 

through December 31, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Pedersen, Rebecca Pandolph, or 

David Edmiston, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office 4, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 

Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 

482–2769, (202) 482–3627, or (202) 482– 

0989 respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The antidumping duty order on 

wooden bedroom furniture from the 

PRC was published on January 4, 2005. 

See Notice of Amended Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Antidumping Duty 

Order: Wooden Bedroom Furniture 

From the People’s Republic of China, 70 

FR 329 (January 4, 2005). On January 21, 

and 29, 2010, pursuant to section 

751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the ‘‘Act’’), and 19 CFR 

351.214(c), the Department received 

timely requests for new shipper reviews 

from Dongguan Huansheng Furniture 

Co., Ltd. (‘‘Dongguan Huansheng’’); 

Hangzhou Cadman Trading Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Cadman’’); and Wanvog Furniture 

(Kunshan) Co., Ltd. (‘‘Wanvog’’). 


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1 Dongguan Huansheng, Cadman, and Wanvog 

made no subsequent shipments to the United 

States. 

Dongguan Huansheng and Wanvog 

certified that they are each the exporter 

and producer of, and Cadman certified 

that it is the exporter of, the subject 

merchandise upon which their 

respective request for a new shipper 

review was based. 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i) and 

(b)(2)(ii)(A), Dongguan Huansheng, 

Cadman, and Wanvog certified that they 

did not export wooden bedroom 

furniture to the United States during the 

period of investigation (‘‘POI’’). Further, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(ii)(B), 

Haining Changbei Furniture Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Haining Changbei’’), the producer of 

subject merchandise exported by 

Cadman, certified that it did not export 

subject merchandise to the United 

States during the POI. In addition, 

pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), 

Dongguan Huansheng, Cadman, and 

Wanvog certified that, since the 

initiation of the investigation, they have 

never been affiliated with any PRC 

exporter or producer who exported 

wooden bedroom furniture to the 

United States during the POI, including 

those not individually examined during 

the investigation. As required by 19 CFR 

351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), Dongguan 

Huansheng, Cadman, and Wanvog, also 

certified that their export activities were 

not controlled by the central 

government of the PRC. 

In addition to the certifications 

described above, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.214(b)(2)(iv), Dongguan Huansheng, 

Cadman, and Wanvog submitted 

documentation establishing the 

following: (1) the date on which 

Dongguan Huansheng, Cadman, and 

Wanvog first shipped wooden bedroom 

furniture for export to the United States 

and the date on which the wooden 

bedroom furniture was first entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption; (2) the volume of their 

first shipment;1 and (3) the date of their 

first sale to an unaffiliated customer in 

the United States. 

The Department conducted U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) 

database queries and confirmed that 

shipments of subject merchandise from 

Dongguan Huansheng, Cadman, and 

Wanvog had entered the United States 

for consumption and that liquidation of 

such entries had been properly 

suspended for antidumping duties. The 

Department also confirmed by 

examining CBP data that Dongguan 

Huansheng, Cadman, and Wanvogs’ 

entries were made during the POR as 

specified by the Department’s 

regulations. See 19 CFR 

351.214(g)(1)(i)(B). After examining CBP 

data, the Department requested 

additional information from Wanvog. 

See letter to Wanvog regarding, ‘‘Request 

for New Shipper Review of Wooden 

Bedroom Furniture from the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ dated February 18, 

2010. On February 25, 2010, Wanvog 

submitted its response to the 

Department’s request for additional 

information. See Wanvog’s letter 

regarding, ‘‘New Shipper Review 

Request on Behalf of Wanvog Furniture 

(Kunshan) Co., Ltd.: Response to 

Supplemental Information Requests,’’ 

dated February 25, 2010. For a detailed 

discussion regarding Wanvog’s CBP 

data, see Memorandum to the File 

through Abdelali Elouaradia, Director, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office 4: Initiation 

of AD New Shipper Review of Wanvog 

Furniture (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.: Wooden 

Bedroom from the People’s Republic of 

China (‘‘Wanvog Checklist’’), dated 

concurrently with this notice. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), 

the Department will publish the notice 

of initiation of a new shipper review no 

later than the last day of the month 

following the anniversary month of the 

order. As explained in the 

memorandum from the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration, the Department has 

exercised its discretion to toll deadlines 

for the duration of the closure of the 

Federal Government from February 5, 

through February 12, 2010. Thus, the 

deadline for publishing this notice of 

initiation has been extended by seven 

days. The revised deadline for 

publishing this notice is March 8, 2010, 

which is the first business day after the 

extended deadline. See Memorandum to 

the Record from Ronald Lorentzen, DAS 

for Import Administration, regarding 

‘‘Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As 

a Result of the Government Closure 

During the Recent Snowstorm,’’ dated 

February 12, 2010. 

Initiation of New Shipper Reviews 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1), the 

Department finds that Dongguan 

Huansheng, Cadman, and Wanvog meet 

the threshold requirements for initiation 

of new shipper reviews of their 

shipments of wooden bedroom furniture 

from the PRC. See Memorandum to the 

File through Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Director, AD/CVD Operations, Office 4: 

Initiation of AD New Shipper Review of 

Dongguan Huansheng Furniture Co., 

Ltd.: Wooden Bedroom from the 

People’s Republic of China, dated 

concurrently with this notice; 

Memorandum to the File through 

Abdelali Elouaradia, Director, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 4: Initiation of AD 

New Shipper Review of Hangzhou 

Cadman Trading Co., Ltd.: Wooden 

Bedroom from the People’s Republic of 

China, dated concurrently with this 

notice; and Wanvog Checklist. 

The POR for the new shipper reviews 

of Dongguan Huansheng, Cadman, and 

Wanvog is January 1, 2009, through 

December 31, 2009. See 19 CFR 

351.214(g)(1)(i)(B). The Department 

intends to issue the preliminary results 

of these reviews no later than 180 days 

from the date of initiation, and the final 

results of these reviews no later than 

270 days from the date of initiation.See 

section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act. 

It is the Department’s usual practice, 

in cases involving non–market 

economies, to require that a company 

seeking to establish eligibility for an 

antidumping duty rate separate from the 

country–wide rate provide evidence of 

de jure and de facto absence of 

government control over the company’s 

export activities. Accordingly, we will 

issue questionnaires to Dongguan 

Huansheng, Cadman, and Wanvog, 

which will include a separate rate 

section. The review of each exporter 

will proceed if the response provides 

sufficient indication that the exporter is 

not subject to either de jure or de facto 

government control with respect to its 

exports of wooden bedroom furniture. 

We will instruct CBP to allow, at the 

option of the importer, the posting, until 

the completion of the review, of a bond 

or security in lieu of a cash deposit for 

certain entries of the subject 

merchandise from Dongguan 

Huansheng, Cadman, and Wanvog in 

accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). 

Because Dongguan Huansheng, and 

Wanvog certified that they both produce 

and export the subject merchandise, the 

sales of which form the basis for their 

new shipper review requests, we will 

instruct CBP to permit the use of a bond 

only for entries of subject merchandise 

which the respondent both produced 

and exported. Because Cadman certified 

that it exported subject merchandise 

produced by Haining Changbei, the 

sales of which form the basis for 

Cadman’s request for a new shipper 

review, we will instruct CBP to permit 

the use of a bond only for entries of the 

subject merchandise produced by 

Haining Changbei and exported by 

Cadman in accordance with section 

751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.214(e). 

Interested parties requiring access to 

proprietary information in these new 


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shipper reviews should submit 

applications for disclosure under 

administrative protective order in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 

351.306. 

This initiation and notice are 

published in accordance with section 

751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i). 

Dated: March 1, 2010. 

Edward C. Yang, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4709 Filed 3–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XR83 

Marine Mammals; File No. 358–1787 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Alaska Department of Fish and 

Game, Division of Wildlife 

Conservation, 1255 West 8th Street, 

Juneau, AK 99802 (Principal 

Investigator: Robert Small, Ph.D.), has 

been issued a major amendment to 

Permit No. 358–1787–02. 

ADDRESSES: The permit amendment and 

related documents are available for 

review upon written request or by 

appointment in the following office(s): 

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; and 

Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 

21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668; phone 

(907) 586–7221; fax (907) 586–7249. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tammy Adams or Amy Sloan, (301) 

713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 25, 2009, notice was 

published in the Federal Register (74 

FR 48909) that a request for an 

amendment to Permit No. 358–1787–02 

to conduct research on harbor seals 

(Phoca vitulina), spotted seals (P. 

largha), ringed seals (P. hispida), ribbon 

seals (P. fasciata), and bearded seals 

(Erignathus barbatus) in Alaska had 

been submitted by the above-named 

applicant. The requested permit 

amendment has been issued under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the regulations 

governing the taking and importing of 

marine mammals (50 CFR part 216). 

The amended permit allows an 

increase in the number of ringed, 

bearded, spotted, and ribbon seals that 

may be captured, from 50 per year to 

100 per year, to allow for selection of 

animals of specific age, sex, and molt 

condition. The amendment also 

includes permission to (1) administer 

diazepam as needed to sedate seals 

acting aggressively during handling, (2) 

pull a whisker for stable isotope 

analyses of diet; and (3) use a dip net 

from a boat as an additional capture 

method. The amendment is valid for the 

duration of the permit, which expires on 

December 31, 2011. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Dated: March 1, 2010. 

Tammy C. Adams, 

Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4683 Filed 3–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

The Manufacturing Council: Meeting of 

the Manufacturing Council 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Manufacturing Council 

will hold a meeting to discuss a variety 

of issues affecting the U.S. 

manufacturing industry. The Council 

was re-chartered on April 10, 2008, to 

advise the Secretary of Commerce on 

matters relating to the U.S. 

manufacturing industry. 

DATES: March 22, 2010. 

Time: 1:30–3 p.m. (ET). 

ADDRESSES: Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 

4830, Washington, DC, 20230. Because 

of building security, all non-government 

attendees must pre-register. This 

program will be physically accessible to 

people with disabilities. Seating is 

limited and will be on a first come, first 

served basis. Requests for sign language 

interpretation, other auxiliary aids, or 

pre-registration, should be submitted no 

later than March 15, 2010, to J. Marc 

Chittum, the Manufacturing Council, 

Room 4043, 1401 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC, 20230, telephone 

202–482–4501, 

Marc.Chittum@trade.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. 

Marc Chittum, the Manufacturing 

Council, Room 4043, 1401 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20230, 

telephone: 202–482–4501, e-mail: 

Marc.Chittum@trade.gov. 

Dated: March 1, 2010. 

J. Marc Chittum 

Executive Secretary, the Manufacturing 

Council. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4797 Filed 3–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A-570–881] 

Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from 

the People’s Republic of China: Notice 

of Rescission of the 2008–2009 

Administrative Review of the 

Antidumping Duty Order 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 5, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FOR 

FURTHER CONTACT INFORMATION: 

Brian D. Behringer, AD/CVD 

Operations, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–6810. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 1, 2009, the Department 

of Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) 

published a notice of opportunity to 

request an administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on malleable 

cast iron pipe fittings from the People’s 

Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’). See 

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 

Order, Finding, or Suspended 

Investigation; Opportunity to Request 

Administrative Review, 74 FR 62743 

(December 1, 2009). On December 31, 

2009, Mueller Comercial de Me ́xico, S. 

De R.L. de C.V. (‘‘Mueller’’) and 

Southland Pipe Nipples Company, Inc. 

(‘‘Southland’’) requested that the 

Department conduct an administrative 

review of Mueller’s exports to the 


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