46978 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 176 / Monday, September 14, 2009 / Notices 

Laboratory feeding experiments 

would be conducted on American 

lobster to determine the trophic levels 

from which they feed. The isotope 

?948;15N would be measured, with the 

theoretical basis that the higher the 

trophic level an animal feeds, the higher 

the level of the isotope. Exemptions 

from lobster restrictions at 

§§ 697.7(c)(1)(xxiii) and 697.17(a) are 

necessary to collect specimens for 

laboratory research. 

Samples for the laboratory research 

would be collected aboard the same 

seven fishing vessels participating in the 

Otter Trawl study fleet, which intend to 

fish on GB from the date of issuance 

through April 2010, with a minimum of 

two trips per month and an average trip 

duration of 7 days. All vessels would 

utilize otter trawl gear, with gear 

configuration and mesh size dictated by 

current fishery regulations. 

Based on preliminary review of this 

project, and in accordance with NOAA 

Administrative Order 216–6, a 

Categorical Exclusion from 

requirements to prepare either an 

Environmental Impact Statement or an 

Environmental Assessment under the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

appears to be justified. The applicant 

may request minor modifications and 

extensions to the EFP throughout the 

year. EFP modifications and extensions 

may be granted without further notice if 

they are deemed essential to facilitate 

completion of the proposed research 

and have minimal impacts that do not 

change the scope or impact of the 

initially approved EFP request. 

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

Dated: September 8, 2009. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–21981 Filed 9–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

(C–570–953) 

Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven 

Selvedge From the People’s Republic 

of China: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determination in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigation 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 14, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Holland or Shelly Atkinson, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–1279 and (202) 

482–0166, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 6, 2009, the Department of 

Commerce (the ‘‘Department’’) initiated 

an investigation of narrow woven 

ribbons with woven selvedge from the 

People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’). See 

Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven 

Selvedge From the People’s Republic of 

China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation, 74 FR 39298 (August 6, 

2009). Currently, the preliminary 

determination is due no later than 

October 2, 2009. 

Postponement of Due Date for 

Preliminary Determination 

Under section 703(c)(1)(B) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

‘‘Act’’), the Department may extend the 

period for reaching a preliminary 

determination in a countervailing duty 

investigation until no later than the 

130th day after the date on which the 

investigation is initiated, if the 

Department determines that the parties 

are cooperating and the case is 

extraordinarily complicated. The 

Department finds that the instant case is 

extraordinarily complicated by reason of 

the number and complexity of the 

alleged countervailable subsidy 

practices, the need to determine the 

extent to which particular 

countervailable subsidies are used by 

individual manufacturers, producers, 

and exporters, and the number of firms 

whose activities must be investigated. 

Accordingly, we are fully extending the 

due date for the preliminary 

determination to no later than 130 days 

after the day on which the investigation 

was initiated (i.e., December 6, 2009). 

As December 6, 2009, is a Sunday, we 

will issue the preliminary determination 

no later than the next business day (i.e., 

December 7, 2009). 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1). 

Dated: September 8, 2009. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–22046 Filed 9–11–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of 

Foreign Government Subsidies on 

Articles of Cheese Subject to an In– 

Quota Rate of Duty 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 14, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gayle Longest, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office 3, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Ave., NW, 

Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 

482–3338. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

702 of the Trade Agreements Act of 

1979 (as amended) (‘‘the Act’’) requires 

the Department of Commerce (‘‘the 

Department’’) to determine, in 

consultation with the Secretary of 

Agriculture, whether any foreign 

government is providing a subsidy with 

respect to any article of cheese subject 

to an in–quota rate of duty, as defined 

in section 701(c)(1) of the Act, and to 

publish an annual list and quarterly 

updates to the type and amount of those 

subsidies. We hereby provide the 

Department’s quarterly update of 

subsidies on articles of cheese that were 

imported during the period April 1, 

2009, through 

June 30, 2009. 

The Department has developed, in 

consultation with the Secretary of 

Agriculture, information on subsidies 

(as defined in section 702(h)(2) of the 

Act and section 771(5) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (‘‘Tariff Act’’), 

being provided either directly or 

indirectly by foreign governments on 

articles of cheese subject to an in–quota 

rate of duty. 

The appendix to this notice lists the 

country, the subsidy program or 

programs, and the gross and net 

amounts of each subsidy for which 

information is currently available. The 

Department will incorporate additional 

programs which are found to constitute 

subsidies, and additional information 

on the subsidy programs listed, as the 

information is developed. 

The Department encourages any 

person having information on foreign 

government subsidy programs which 

benefit articles of cheese subject to an 

in–quota rate of duty to submit such 

information in writing to the Assistant 

Secretary for Import Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 


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