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qualifications (qualification-based selections or 

QBS) as opposed to price. 

NOAA may determine that a 

particular surveying or mapping activity 

is inherently governmental or otherwise 

not subject to contracting. NOAA 

surveying and mapping activities not 

subject to contracting may include, but 

are not limited to, services necessary to: 

(1) Monitor the quality of NOAA 

products; (2) promulgate and promote 

national and international technical 

standards and specifications; (3) 

conduct basic research and 

development and ensure the rapid 

transfer of derived technologies to the 

private sector; (4) maintain the integrity 

and accuracy of Federal geodetic and 

navigational databases; (5) support 

coastal stewardship ecosystem 

applications; and (6) support Maritime 

Domain Awareness and Homeland 

Security preparation and response 

activities; as well as (7) services that can 

only be carried out aboard a NOAA ship 

or aircraft because the survey platform 

possesses unique operational 

capabilities not available in the private 

sector. To carry out the aforementioned 

activities and to adequately monitor 

contracted services, NOAA will 

maintain core operational surveying and 

mapping capabilities. 

To facilitate the leveraging of 

government mapping resources, NOAA 

will continue to make its geospatial and 

hydrographic services contracts 

available to State and local government 

entities that have a need for the services 

provided by these contracts and can 

provide adequate funding. 

NOAA may task qualified commercial 

sources with ocean and coastal mapping 

services in any part of the U.S. 

Exclusive Economic Zone, territorial 

sea, Great Lakes, inland waters, and 

coastal watersheds for any missionrelated purpose. The government’s 

interests in and responsibilities for 

mapping vary broadly and experience 

has shown that maintaining flexibility is 

key to responding to the Nation’s 

changing needs for geospatial data. 

Ancillary Statements and Actions 

As recommended by the 

Hydrographic Services Review Panel, 

NOAA will continue to utilize a mix of 

in-house and private-sector resources to 

accomplish its ocean and coastal 

mapping missions. Costs and 

productivity will be monitored within 

each category (i.e., public and private) to 

ensure best use of mapping resources. 

NOAA will continue to seek the optimal 

resource allocation between in-house 

and private-sector resources based on 

the strength of the governmental 

interest, the total requirement for ocean 

and coastal mapping services, and the 

particular operational capabilities of 

either government or private-sector 

resources that may make one more 

suitable for a given situation. 

NOAA will continue to examine ways 

to improve its contracting process, 

including minimizing the turnover 

frequency of contracting personnel and 

reducing the length of time required to 

award contracts and task orders. NOAA 

will continue to offer debriefings to 

successful and unsuccessful contractors 

after final contractor selection has been 

made in order to assist contractors with 

identifying significant weaknesses or 

deficiencies in their submissions. 

NOAA will continue with its efforts to 

establish a Ocean and Coastal Mapping 

Training Center which, as conceived, 

will support NOAA’s in-house 

hydrographic and acoustic surveying 

training requirements. In addition, the 

Center would provide training to NOAA 

and private sector contractors in 

techniques, standards and technologies 

that support NOAA’s many shoreline, 

coastal and ocean mapping activities. 

Such training would be beneficial to 

current or prospective NOAA 

contractors seeking to improve their 

capabilities and proposal submissions. 

Dated: August 5, 2009. 

Steven R. Barnum, 

NOAA Director, Office of Coast Survey, 

National Ocean Service, National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–839] 

Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from the 

Republic of Korea: Partial Rescission 

of Ninth Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 19, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shelly Atkinson or Brandon Farlander, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone (202) 482–0116 and (202) 

482–0182, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 1, 

2009, the Department issued a notice of 

opportunity to request an administrative 

review of this order for the period of 

review (‘‘POR’’) May 1, 2008, through 

April 30, 2009. See Antidumping or 

Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 

Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

To Request Administrative Review, 74 

FR 20278 (May 1, 2009). On May 29, 

2009, Huvis Corporation (‘‘Huvis’’) 

requested an administrative review of 

its entries that were subject to the 

antidumping duty order for this period. 

On that same date, the Department also 

received a request from Wellman, Inc., 

DAK Americas LLC, and Invista, S.a.r.L. 

(collectively, ‘‘the petitioners’’) for a 

review of Huvis and Saehan Industries, 

Inc. (‘‘Saehan’’). On June 24, 2009, the 

Department published the notice of 

initiation of this antidumping duty 

administrative review, covering Huvis 

and Saehan. See Initiation of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews and Requests 

for Revocation in Part, 74 FR 30052 

(June 24, 2009). On July 1, 2009, the 

petitioners submitted a letter noting that 

the Department issued a changed 

circumstances determination on August 

20, 2008, and found that Woongjin 

Chemical Co., Ltd. (‘‘Woongjin’’) was 

the successor–in-interest to Saehan. See 

Notice of Final Results of Changed 

Circumstances Antidumping Duty 

Review: Certain Polyester Staple Fiber 

from the Republic of Korea, 73 FR 49168 

(August 20, 2008). At the same time the 

petitioners clarified that their review 

request covered entries by Saehan and 

its successor Woongjin, as shipments 

may have been made under either name. 

See Letter from the Petitioners, to the 

Secretary of Commerce, entitled, 

‘‘Polyester Staple Fiber from Korea,’’ 

dated July 1, 2009, at 2 and Attachment 

1. On July 14, 2009, the petitioners 

timely withdrew their review request for 

Saehan and its successor company, 

Woongjin. 

Partial Rescission of Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the 

Secretary will rescind an administrative 

review, in whole or in part, if the party 

who requested the review withdraws 

the request within 90 days of the date 

of publication of the notice of initiation 

of the requested review. Because the 

petitioners withdrew their request for 

review of Saehan and Woongjin within 

the 90–day period and no other party 

requested a review of Saehan’s or 

Woongjin’s entries, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding 

this review with respect to Saehan and 

Woongjin. 

The Department intends to issue 

appropriate assessment instructions 

directly to the U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (‘‘CBP’’) 15 days after the 

publication of this notice. The 


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Department will direct CBP to assess 

antidumping duties at the cash deposit 

rate in effect on the date of entry for 

entries of subject merchandise produced 

and/or exported by Saehan or Woongjin, 

during the period May 1, 2008, through 

April 30, 2009. 

This notice is published in 

accordance with section 777(i)(1) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 

CFR 351.213(d)(4). 

Dated: August 13, 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 

RIN 0648–XQ19 

Taking and Importing Marine 

Mammals: Taking Marine Mammals 

Incidental to Navy Operations of 

Surveillance Towed Array Sensor 

System Low Frequency Active Sonar 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of two Letters 

of Authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA), as amended, and 

implementing regulations, notification 

is hereby given that NMFS has issued 

two one-year Letters of Authorization 

(LOAs) to take marine mammals by 

harassment incidental to the U.S. Navy’s 

operation of Surveillance Towed Array 

Sensor System Low Frequency Active 

(SURTASS LFA) sonar operations to the 

Chief of Naval Operations, Department 

of the Navy, 2000 Navy Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20350 and persons 

operating under his authority. 

DATES: Effective from August 16, 2009, 

through August 15, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Navy’s April 

1, 2009, LOA application letter, the 

LOAs, the Navy’s 2008 annual report 

and the Navy’s 2007 5–Year 

Comprehensive Report are available by 

writing to P. Michael Payne, Chief, 

Permits, Conservation, and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 

East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910–3225, by telephoning the contact 

listed here (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT), or online at: 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ 

incidental.htm#applications. 

Documents cited in this notice may be 

viewed, by appointment, during regular 

business hours, at the aforementioned 

address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeannine Cody, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS (301) 713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) directs the Secretary 

of Commerce to allow, upon request, the 

incidental, but not intentional taking of 

marine mammals by U.S. citizens who 

engage in a military readiness activity if 

certain findings are made and 

regulations are issued. 

Authorization may be granted for 

periods of 5 years or less if NMFS finds 

that the taking will have a negligible 

impact on the species or stock(s), and 

will not have an unmitigable adverse 

impact on the availability of the species 

or stock(s) for certain subsistence uses. 

In addition, NMFS must prescribe 

regulations that include permissible 

methods of taking and other means 

effecting the least practicable adverse 

impact on the species and its habitat, 

and on the availability of the species for 

subsistence uses, paying particular 

attention to rookeries, mating grounds, 

and areas of similar significance. The 

regulations also must include 

requirements pertaining to the 

monitoring and reporting of such taking. 

Regulations governing the taking of 

marine mammals incidental to the U.S. 

Navy’s operation of SURTASS LFA 

sonar were published on August 21, 

2007 (72 FR 46846), and remain in effect 

through August 15, 2012. They are 

codified at 50 CFR part 216 subpart Q. 

These regulations include mitigation, 

monitoring, and reporting requirements 

for the incidental taking of marine 

mammals by the SURTASS LFA sonar 

system. For detailed information on this 

action, please refer to the August 21, 

2007 Federal Register Notice and 50 

CFR part 216 subpart Q. 

Summary of LOA Request 

NMFS received an application from 

the U.S. Navy for two LOAs, one 

covering the USNS ABLE (T-AGOS 20) 

and one covering the USNS 

IMPECCABLE (T-AGOS 23), under the 

regulations issued on August 21, 2007 

(72 FR 46846). (The R/V Cory Chouest 

has been retired and has been replaced 

by the USNS ABLE.) The Navy 

requested that these LOAs become 

effective on August 16, 2009. The 

application requested authorization, for 

a period not to exceed one year, to take, 

by harassment, marine mammals 

incidental to employment of the 

SURTASS LFA sonar system for 

training, testing and routine military 

operations on the aforementioned ships 

in areas of the North Pacific Ocean. 

Monitoring and Reporting 

In compliance with NMFS’ 2007 

SURTASS LFA sonar regulations, the 

Navy submitted an annual report for 

SURTASS LFA sonar operations during 

2007–2008. The Navy also submitted a 

comprehensive report on SURTASS 

LFA sonar operations and the mitigation 

and monitoring activities conducted 

under the LOAs issued under its 

previous rule for the 2002 through 2007 

period. A copy of these reports can be 

viewed and/or downloaded at: http:// 

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ 

incidental.htm#applications. 

In accordance with the current 

SURTASS LFA sonar regulations (50 

CFR 216.186), the Navy’s has submitted 

classified quarterly mission reports, and 

its annual report for the 2008–2009 LOA 

is due on September 30, 2009. Upon 

receipt, NMFS will post this annual 

report on the same Internet address. 

Authorization 

NMFS has issued two LOAs to the 

U.S. Navy, authorizing the incidental 

harassment of marine mammals 

incidental to operating the two 

SURTASS LFA sonar systems for 

training, testing and routine military 

operations. Issuance of these two LOAs 

is based on findings, described in the 

preamble to the final rule (August 21, 

2007, 72 FR 46846)) and supported by 

information contained in the Navy’s 

required reports on SURTASS LFA 

sonar, that the activities described 

under these two LOAs will have no 

more than a negligible impact on marine 

mammal stocks and will not have an 

unmitigable adverse impact on the 

availability of the affected marine 

mammal stocks for subsistence uses. 

These LOAs remain valid through 

August 15, 2010, provided the Navy 

remains in conformance with the 

conditions of the regulations and the 

LOAs, and the mitigation, monitoring, 

and reporting requirements described in 

50 CFR 216.184–216.186 (August 21, 

2007, 72 FR 46846) and in the LOAs are 

undertaken. 

Dated: August 13, 2009. 

James H. Lecky, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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