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review), the Secretary, if requested by a 

domestic interested party within 30 

days of the date of publication of the 

notice of initiation of the review, will 

determine, consistent with FAG Italia 

v.United States, 291 F.3d 806 (Fed. Cir. 

2002), as appropriate, whether 

antidumping duties have been absorbed 

by an exporter or producer subject to the 

review if the subject merchandise is 

sold in the United States through an 

importer that is affiliated with such 

exporter or producer. The request must 

include the name(s) of the exporter or 

producer for which the inquiry is 

requested. 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under 

administrative protective orders in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. On 

January 22, 2008, the Department 

published Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 

Documents Submission Procedures; 

APO Procedures, 73 FR 3634 (January 

22, 2008). Those procedures apply to 

administrative reviews included in this 

notice of initiation. Parties wishing to 

participate in any of these 

administrative reviews should ensure 

that they meet the requirements of these 

procedures (e.g., the filing of separate 

letters of appearance as discussed at 19 

CFR 351.103(d)). 

These initiations and this notice are 

in accordance with section 751(a) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 

U.S.C. 1675(a)), and 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(1)(i). 

Dated: July 23, 2009. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

National Estuarine Research Reserve 

System 

AGENCY: Estuarine Reserves Division, 

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period for the Revised Management Plan 

for the North Carolina National 

Estuarine Research Reserve. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Estuarine Reserves Division, Office 

of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), U.S. 

Department of Commerce is announcing 

a thirty day public comment period on 

the North Carolina National Estuarine 

Research Reserve Management Plan 

Revision. 

Four sites in coastal North Carolina 

comprise the North Carolina National 

Estuarine Research Reserve; Currituck 

Banks, Rachel Carson, Masonboro Island 

and Zeke’s Island. Currituck Banks, 

Rachel Carson and Zeke’s Island were 

designated in 1985, and Masonboro 

Island was designated in 1991, as the 

North Carolina National Estuarine 

Research Reserve pursuant to Section 

315 of the Coastal Zone Management 

Act of 1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 

1461. The reserve has been operating in 

partnership with the North Carolina 

Department of Environment and Natural 

Resources under a management plan 

approved in 1998. Pursuant to 15 CFR 

Section 921.33(c), a state must revise 

their management plan every five years. 

The submission of this plan fulfills this 

requirement and sets a course for 

successful implementation of the goals 

and objectives of the reserve. An 

increase in the vertical placement of the 

program on the state organizational 

chart, a new administrative facility, and 

updated programmatic objectives are 

notable revisions to the 1998 approved 

management plan. 

The revised management plan 

outlines the administrative structure; 

the education, stewardship, and 

research goals of the reserve; and the 

plans for future land acquisition and 

facility development to support reserve 

operations. This management plan 

describes how the strengths of the 

reserve will focus on several areas 

relevant to coastal North Carolina, 

including coastal population increase, 

altered land use, storm water runoff and 

eutrophication, invasive species, 

tropical and coastal storm impacts and 

sea level rise. 

Since 1998, the reserve has added a 

coastal training program that delivers 

science-based information to key 

decision makers in North Carolina; has 

completed a site profile that 

characterizes the reserve; and has 

expanded the monitoring, stewardship 

and education programs. A new 

administrative building (2007) has been 

built to support the growth of reserve 

programs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Clark at (301) 563–1137 or Laurie 

McGilvray at (301) 563–1158 of NOAA’s 

National Ocean Service, Estuarine 

Reserves Division, 1305 East-West 

Highway, N/ORM5, 10th floor, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910. For copies of the 

North Carolina Management Plan 

revision, visit http:// 

www.nccoastalreserve.net/. 

Dated: July 23, 2009. 

Donna Wieting, 

Deputy Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

National Estuarine Research Reserve 

System 

AGENCY: Estuarine Reserves Division, 

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Comment 

Period for the Revised Management Plan 

for the Hudson River National Estuarine 

Research Reserve. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Estuarine Reserves Division, Office 

of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), U.S. 

Department of Commerce is announcing 

a thirty day public comment period on 

the Hudson River National Estuarine 

Research Reserve Management Plan 

Revision. 

Four sites along the Hudson River 

comprise the Hudson River National 

Estuarine Research Reserve; Piermont 

Marsh, Iona Island, Tivoli Bays, and 

Stockport Flats. The Hudson River 

National Estuarine Research Reserve 

was designated in 1982 pursuant to 

Section 315 of the Coastal Zone 

Management Act of 1972, as amended, 

16 U.S.C. 1461. The reserve has been 

operating in partnership with the New 

York State Department of 

Environmental Conservation under a 

management plan approved in 1993. 

Pursuant to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a state 

must revise their management plan 

every five years. The submission of this 

plan fulfills this requirement and sets a 

course for successful implementation of 

the goals and objectives of the reserve. 

New facilities and updated 

programmatic objectives are notable 

revisions to the 1993 approved 

management plan. 

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The revised management plan 

outlines the administrative structure; 

the education, stewardship, and 

research goals of the reserve; and the 

plans for future land acquisition and 

facility development to support reserve 

operations. This management plan 

describes how the strengths of the 

reserve will focus on several areas 

relevant to the Hudson River, including 

sea level rise and other effects of climate 

change, development pressure, and 

invasive species. 

Since 1993, the reserve has added an 

estuary training program that delivers 

science-based information to key 

decision makers in New York; has 

completed a site profile that 

characterizes the reserve; and has 

expanded the monitoring, stewardship 

and education programs. A new 

headquarters building, the Norrie Point 

Environmental Center, (2007) has been 

built to support the growth of reserve 

programs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Clark at (301) 563–1137 or Laurie 

McGilvray at (301) 563–1158 of NOAA’s 

National Ocean Service, Estuarine 

Reserves Division, 1305 East-West 

Highway, N/ORM5, 10th floor, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910. For copies of the 

Hudson River Management Plan 

revision, visit: http://hrnerr.org. 

Dated: July 23, 2009. 

Donna Wieting, 

Deputy Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

A–570–886 

Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from 

the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: In response to requests from 

interested parties, the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) is 

conducting an administrative review of 

the antidumping duty order on 

polyethylene retail carrier bags (PRCBs) 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(PRC). The review covers Rally Plastics 

Co., Ltd. The period of review (POR) is 

August 1, 2007, through July 31, 2008. 

We have preliminarily determined 

that sales have been made at prices 

below normal value by the company 

subject to this review. If these 

preliminary results are adopted in our 

final results of administrative review, 

we will instruct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection to assess antidumping 

duties on all appropriate entries. 

We invite interested parties to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

Parties who submit comments in this 

review are requested to submit with 

each argument (1) a statement of the 

issue and (2) a brief summary of the 

argument. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 29, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine Cartsos or Minoo Hatten, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office 5, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–1757 or (202) 482– 

1690, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 9, 2004, the Department 

published the antidumping duty order 

on PRCBs from the PRC. See 

Antidumping Duty Order: Polyethylene 

Retail Carrier Bags From the People’s 

Republic of China, 69 FR 48201 (August 

9, 2004). In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(b), the Department received 

requests for a review of Rally Plastics 

Co., Ltd. (Rally). In accordance with 19 

CFR 351.213(g) and 19 CFR 351.221(b) 

we published a notice of initiation of 

administrative review. See Initiation of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews and Requests 

for Revocation in Part, 73 FR 56795 

(September 30, 2008). 

Since initiation of the review, we 

have extended the due date for 

completion of these preliminary results 

from May 3, 2009, to July 22, 2009. See 

Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From 

Malaysia, Thailand, and the People’s 

Republic of China: Extension of Time 

Limit for Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Reviews, 74 FR 17633 (April 16, 2009), 

and Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 

Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review, 74 FR 32884 

(July 9, 2009). 

We are conducting this review in 

accordance with section 751(a) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to the 

antidumping duty order is PRCBs, 

which may be referred to as t–shirt 

sacks, merchandise bags, grocery bags, 

or checkout bags. The subject 

merchandise is defined as non–sealable 

sacks and bags with handles (including 

drawstrings), without zippers or integral 

extruded closures, with or without 

gussets, with or without printing, of 

polyethylene film having a thickness no 

greater than 0.035 inch (0.889 mm) and 

no less than 0.00035 inch (0.00889 mm), 

and with no length or width shorter 

than 6 inches (15.24 cm) or longer than 

40 inches (101.6 cm). The depth of the 

bag may be shorter than 6 inches but not 

longer than 40 inches (101.6 cm). 

PRCBs are typically provided without 

any consumer packaging and free of 

charge by retail establishments, e.g., 

grocery, drug, convenience, department, 

specialty retail, discount stores, and 

restaurants, to their customers to 

package and carry their purchased 

products. The scope of the order 

excludes (1) polyethylene bags that are 

not printed with logos or store names 

and that are closeable with drawstrings 

made of polyethylene film and (2) 

polyethylene bags that are packed in 

consumer packaging with printing that 

refers to specific end–uses other than 

packaging and carrying merchandise 

from retail establishments, e.g., garbage 

bags, lawn bags, trash–can liners. 

As a result of changes to the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS), imports of the 

subject merchandise are currently 

classifiable under statistical category 

3923.21.0085 of the HTSUS. 

Furthermore, although the HTSUS 

subheading is provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, the written 

description of the scope of the order is 

dispositive. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i) of the 

Act, we have verified information 

provided by Rally using standard 

verification procedures including on– 

site inspection of the manufacturer’s 

facilities and the examination of 

relevant sales and financial records. Our 

verification results are outlined in the 

public version of the verification report 

on file in the Central Records Unit, 

Room 1117 of the main Department 

building. 

NME Country Status 

In every case conducted by the 

Department involving the PRC, the PRC 

has been treated as a non–marketeconomy (NME) country. In accordance 

with section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, 

any determination that a foreign country 

is an NME country shall remain in effect 

until revoked by the administering 

authority. See Brake Rotors From the 

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