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and Industrial Park, located adjacent to 

State Route 156 at mile 424.0 L on 

Guntersville Reservoir, New Hope 

(Marion County); Proposed Site 10 

(121.15 acres)—Hiwassee River 

Industrial Park, 1590 Lauderdale 

Memorial Highway NW, Charleston 

(Bradley County); Proposed Site 11 (87 

acres, 3 parcels)—within the 330-acre 

Cleveland/Bradley Industrial Park, 620 

Industrial Drive, Cleveland (Bradley 

County); and, Proposed Site 12 (5.8 

acres)—within the 50-acre Pike Hill 

Industrial Center, 70 Easy Street, 

McMinnville. The sites will provide 

public warehousing and distribution 

services to area businesses. No specific 

manufacturing authority is being 

requested at this time. Such requests 

would be made to the Board on a caseby-case basis. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, a member of the FTZ staff 

has been designated examiner to 

investigate the application and report to 

the Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address below. The closing period for 

their receipt is May 11, 2007. Rebuttal 

comments in response to material 

submitted during the foregoing period 

may be submitted during the subsequent 

15-day period to May 29, 2007. 

A copy of the application and 

accompanying exhibits will be available 

for public inspection at each of the 

following locations: Chattanooga 

Chamber Foundation, 811 Broad Street, 

Chattanooga, TN 37402; and, Office of 

the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade 

Zones Board, Room 2814B, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230. 

For further information, contact 

Camille Evans at 

Camille_Evans@ita.doc.gov or at (202) 

482–2350. 

Dated: February 28, 2007. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 07–1133 Filed 3–9–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–552–801] 

Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Partial 

Rescission and Notice of Intent To 

Rescind, in Part, and Partial Extension 

of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 

the Third Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce 

DATES: Effective Date: March 12, 2007. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Department’’) is partially rescinding 

the administrative review with respect 

to 38 companies, for which it received 

timely withdrawal requests for review 

for the antidumping duty order on 

certain frozen fish fillets from the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam 

(‘‘Vietnam’’). The period of review 

(‘‘POR’’) covers August 1, 2005, through 

July 31, 2006. A complete list of the 

companies for which the administrative 

review is being rescinded is provided in 

the ‘‘Partial Rescission’’ section below. 

Furthermore, because nine companies 

reported that they had no sales or 

shipments to the United States during 

the POR, we intend to rescind the 

review of these companies. 

Additionally, for the reasons discussed 

below, the Department is partially 

extending the preliminary results of this 

administrative review by an additional 

90 days, to no later than August 1, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cindy Robinson or Michael Holton, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office 9, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–3797 and (202) 

482–1324, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 1, 2006, the Department 

published a notice of an opportunity to 

request an administrative review on the 

antidumping duty order on certain 

frozen fish fillets from Vietnam. See 

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 

Order, Finding, or Suspended 

Investigation; Notice of Opportunity To 

Request Administrative Review, 71 FR 

43441 (August 1, 2006) (‘‘Notice of 

Opportunity’’); Notice of Antidumping 

Duty Order: Certain Frozen Fish Fillets 

from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 

68 FR 47909 (August 12, 2003) 

(‘‘Order’’). Pursuant to its Notice of 

Opportunity, and in accordance with 

section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’), and 

section 351.213(b) of the Department’s 

regulations, on August 31, 2006, the 

Department received a joint request 

from the Catfish Farmers of America 

and individual U.S. catfish processors 

(collectively, ‘‘Petitioners’’) for a review 

covering 51 exporters/manufacturers. 

These exporters/manufacturers are: 

Alphasea Co., Ltd. (‘‘Alphasea’’); An 

Giang Agriculture and Foods Import 

Export Company (‘‘Afiex’’); An Giang 

Agriculture Technology Service 

Company (‘‘ANTESCO’’); An Giang 

Fisheries Import and Export Joint Stock 

Company (‘‘Agifish’’); An Lac Seafood 

Co., Ltd.; (‘‘An Lac’’); ANHACO; 

Bamboo Food Co., Ltd.; Basa Co., Ltd.; 

Ben Tre Forestry and Aquaproduct 

Import-Export Company 

(‘‘FAQUIMEX’’); Binh Dinh Import 

Export Company (‘‘Imex Binhdinh’’); 

Blue Sky Co., Ltd.; Cam Ranh Seafood 

Processing Seaprodex Company (‘‘Cam 

Ranh’’); Can Tho Agricultural and 

Animal Products Import Export 

Company (‘‘CATACO’’); Cantho Seafood 

Export (‘‘CASEAFOOD’’); Can Tho 

Animal Fishery Products Processing 

Export Enterprise (‘‘Cafatex’’); Da Nang 

Seaproducts Import-Export Corporation 

(‘‘Seaprodex Danang’’); Dragon Waves 

Frozen Food Factory Co. (‘‘Dragon’’); 

Duyen Hai Foodstuffs Processing 

Factory (‘‘COSEAFEX’’); Geologistics 

Ltd.; Gepimex 404 Company; Hai Thach 

Trading Services Co., Ltd.; Hai Vuong 

Co., Ltd.; Hung Vuong Co., Ltd.; Kien 

Giang Ltd.; Mekongfish Company (aka 

Mekong Fisheries Joint Stock Company) 

(‘‘Mekonimex’’); Nam Duong Co., Ltd. 

(aka KP Khanh Loi or Nam Duong 

Trading Co.); Nam Hai Co., Ltd.; Nam 

Viet Company Limited (‘‘NAVICO’’); 

Nhan Hoa Co., Ltd.; Phan Quan Trading 

Co., Ltd.; Phu Thanh Frozen Factory; 

Phu Thuan Company; Phuoc My 

Seafoods Processing Factory; Phuong 

Dong Seafood Co., Ltd.; Quang Dung 

Food Co., Ltd.; QVD; QVD Dong Thap 

Food Co., Ltd.; Sadec Aquatic Products 

Import Enterprise (‘‘DOCIFISH’’); Thanh 

Viet Co. Ltd.; Thuan Hung Co., Ltd.; Tin 

Thinh Co. Ltd.; Tuan Anh Company 

Limited; United Seafood Packers Co., 

Ltd.; Van Duc Foods Export Joint Stock 

Co.; Viet Hai Seafood Company Limited 

(‘‘Vietnam Fish-One’’); Vinh Hiep Co., 

Ltd.; Vinh Hoan Company, Ltd. (‘‘Vinh 

Hoan’’); Vinh Long Import-Export 

Company (‘‘Imex Cuu Long’’); VN 

Seafoods Co., Ltd.; Lian Heng 

Investment Co., Ltd. and Lian Heng 

Trading Co., Ltd. (collectively ‘‘Lian 

Heng’’). Additionally, on August 31, 

2006, the following four exporters/ 


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1On August 31, 2006, East Sea also separately 

requested a new shipper review (‘‘NSR’’), but it 

withdrew its NSR request on November 13, 2006. 

The Department rescinded East Sea’s NSR request 

on January 23, 2007. See Certain Frozen Fish Fillets 

from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Notice of 

Rescission of Antidumping Duty New Shipper 

Review, 72 FR 2857 (January 23, 2007). 

2On August 29, 2006, H & N Foods International 

(‘‘H & N’’), a U.S.-based importer of the 

merchandise subject to this administrative review, 

also requested that the Department conduct an 

administrative review of H & N’s entries of subject 

merchandise produced and exported by Vinh Hoan. 

3Petitioners did not object to CASEAMEX’s and 

Vinh Hoan’s withdrawal requests. In fact, 

Petitioners included Vinh Hoan in its withdrawal 

request dated December 26, 2006. 

4See Letter with Attachments from Alex 

Villanueva, Program Manager, to All Interested 

Parties (October 12, 2006). The Q&V questionnaire 

response was originally due on October 26, 2006. 

The due date for the Separate-Rate Application was 

December 11, 2006, and the due date for the 

Separate-Rate Certification was November 11, 2006. 

5See Letter with Attachments from Alex 

Villanueva, Program Manager, to All Interested 

Parties (November 3, 2006). In the letter, the 

Department also extended the deadline to submit 

the Separate-Rate Certification from November 11, 

2006, to December 11, 2006, which coincided with 

the deadline for the Separate-Rate Application. 

6Phu Thuan and DOCIFISH did not file their 

Q&V responses correctly. After we examined entry 

data furnished by CBP for these exporters/ 

manufacturers, we were satisfied that the record 

does not indicate that there were U.S. entries of 

subject merchandise from these companies during 

the POR. The Department placed the Q&V 

submissions from Phu Thuan and DOCIFISH on the 

record and notified the interested parties on the 

service list that these two no-shipment companies 

did not properly file their submissions and did not 

properly serve interested parties. In addition, 

Alphasea also did not file its response properly. On 

November 22, 2006, the Department issued a letter 

to Alphasea rejecting its Q&V due to filing 

deficiency and notifying it to resubmit its Q&V 

questionnaire response by December 1, 2006. 

Alphasea resubmitted its Q&V questionnaire 

response on December 1, 2006. 

7 In addition to Petitioners, withdrawal requests 

for review 37 companies, CASEAMEX also 

withdrew its request for review. With 38 companies 

withdrawn from the review, there are 15 remaining 

companies: FAQUIMEX; CATACO; East Sea; Hung 

Vuong Co. Ltd.; NAVICO; Phu Thuan Company; 

QVD; QVD Dong Thap Food Co., Ltd.; DOCIFISH; 

Thuan Hung Co., Ltd.; United Seafood Packers Co., 

Ltd.; Van Duc Foods Export Joint Stock Co.; 

Vietnam Fish-One; and Lian Heng (which conisists 

of Lian Heng Investment Co., Ltd and Lian Heng 

Trading Co., Ltd.). 

manufacturers separately requested a 

review: CASEAMEX; East Sea Seafoods 

Joint Venture Co., Ltd. (‘‘East Sea’’); 1

QVD; and Vinh Hoan.2 No other 

interested party requested a review. 

On September 29, 2006, the 

Department published its notice of 

initiation of an antidumping 

administrative review on certain frozen 

fish fillets from Vietnam. See Notice of 

Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews, 71 FR 57465 (September 29, 

2006) (‘‘Initiation Notice’’). We initiated 

the review covering all 53 companies for 

which an administrative review was 

requested. 

Withdrawal of Requests for Review 

On October 25, 2006, CASEAMEX 

withdrew its request for an 

administrative review. On December 8, 

2006, Vinh Hoan withdrew its request 

for an administrative review.3 On 

December 26, 2006, H & N withdrew its 

request for the review of its entries of 

subject merchandise produced and 

exported by Vinh Hoan. Also on 

December 26, 2006, Petitioners 

withdrew their request for the instant 

administrative review with respect to 

the following 37 exporters/ 

manufacturers: Alphasea; Afiex; 

ANTESCO; Agifish; An Lac; ANHACO; 

Bamboo Food Co., Ltd.; Basa Co., Ltd.; 

Imex Binhdinh; Blue Sky Co., Ltd.; Cam 

Ranh; CASEAFOOD; Cafatex; Seaprodex 

Danang; Dragon; COSEAFEX; 

Geologistics Ltd.; Gepimex 404 

Company; Hai Thach Trading Services 

Co., Ltd.; Hai Vuong Co., Ltd.; Kien 

Giang Ltd.; Mekonimex; Nam Duong 

Co., Ltd.; Nam Hai Co., Ltd.; Nhan Hoa 

Co., Ltd.; Phan Quan Trading Co., Ltd.; 

Phu Thanh Frozen Factory; Phuoc My 

Seafoods Processing Factory; Phuong 

Dong Seafood Co., Ltd.; Quang Dung 

Food Co., Ltd.; Thanh Viet Co. Ltd.; Tin 

Thinh Co. Ltd.; Tuan Anh Company 

Limited; Vinh Hiep Co., Ltd.; Vinh 

Hoan; Imex Cuu Long; and VN Seafoods 

Co., Ltd. 

Additionally, on December 27, 2006, 

Petitioners withdrew their review 

request for another exporter/ 

manufacturer: QVD. However, we are 

not rescinding the review with respect 

to QVD because QVD still has an active 

review request. 

Accordingly, for 38 of the 53 

companies for which the Department 

initiated a review, the Department 

subsequently received timely 

withdrawal requests. 

Quantity and Value (‘‘Q&V’’) 

Submission, and Separate-Rate 

Application/Certification 

On October 12, 2006, the Department 

issued a quantity and value (‘‘Q&V’’) 

questionnaire to the 53 named 

companies, requesting the Q&V of 

subject merchandise exported during 

the POR. In the same letter, the 

Department also provided information 

for respondents wishing to submit a 

Separate-Rate Application or SeparateRate Certification.4 On November 3, 

2006, the Department issued a letter to 

those companies that had not submitted 

a Q&V response granting them a second 

opportunity to submit the Q&V of any 

exports of subject merchandise to the 

United States during the POR by 

November 17, 2006.5

Between October 19, 2006, and 

November 17, 2006, the Department 

received Q&V questionnaire responses 

from the following 17 companies: 

Alphasea; Agifish; FAQUIMEX; 

Seaprodex Da Nang; East Sea; Hung 

Vuong Co., Ltd.; NAVICO; Phu Thuan 

Company; QVD; DOCIFISH; Thanh Viet 

Co. Ltd.; Thuan Hung Co., Ltd.; United 

Seafood Packers Co., Ltd.; Van Duc 

Foods Export Joint Stock Co.; Vietnam 

Fish-One; Vinh Hoan; and Lian Heng. 

Of the 17 companies, the following nine 

companies stated that they did not have 

sales, shipments, or entries of the 

subject merchandise to the United 

States during the POR: FAQUIMEX; 

Hung Vuong Co., Ltd.; NAVICO; Phu 

Thuan Company; DOCIFISH; 6 Thuan 

Hung Co., Ltd.; United Seafood Packers 

Co., Ltd.; Van Duc Foods Export Joint 

Stock Co.; and Vietnam Fish-One. 

In addition, between November 8, 

2006, and December 11, 2006, we 

received five Separate-Rate 

Certifications from the following 

companies: Agifish; QVD; Seaprodex 

Danang; Thuan Hung Co., Ltd.; and 

Vinh Hoan, and a Separate-Rate Status 

Application from East Sea. 

In Petitioners’ December 26, 2006, 

letter, in addition to submitting 

withdrawal requests for 37 exporters/ 

manufacturers, Petitioners also 

submitted comments regarding 

respondent selection. Specifically, 

Petitioners requested that the 

Department conduct a review of the 

entries of subject merchandise during 

the POR for the remaining 15 

companies.7 In addition, Petitioners 

requested that the Department 

corroborate the shipment information 

for those companies claiming no 

shipments with the entry information 

available from U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (‘‘CBP’’). 

Partial Rescission 

Pursuant to section 351.213(d)(1) of 

the Department’s regulations, the 

Department may rescind an 

administrative review, ‘‘if a party who 

requested the review withdraws the 

request within 90 days of the date of 

publication of notice of initiation of the 

requested review.’’

Because Petitioners’ and certain 

Respondent requests were timely, in 

accordance with section 351.213(d)(1) of 

the Department’s regulations, we are 

rescinding this review with respect to 

the following 38 companies: Alphasea; 

Afiex; ANTESCO; Agifish; An Lac; 

ANHACO; Bamboo Food Co., Ltd.; Basa 

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9 In their January 16, 2007, letter, Petitioners also 

requested that the Department extend the deadline 

for the submission of new factual information by 60 

days, or until March 19, 2007. On February 8, 2007, 

the Department issued a letter to all interested 

parties, providing all interested parties the 

opportunity to provide any comments on the 

Department’s surrogate country selection, and to 

submit any information which they believe the 

Department should consider when valuing factors 

of production in this review. The due date for 

submitting such information is March 19, 2007. 

10On January 5, 2007, the Department selected 

the following two companies as mandatory 

respondents: QVD and East Sea. See Letter from 

Alex Villanueva, Program Manager, to All 

Interested Parties (Selection of Respondents) 

(January 5, 2007). 

11Lian Heng is a Cambodian company subject to 

this review pursuant to Circumvention and Scope 

Inquiries on the Antidumping Duty Order on 

Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam: Partial Affirmative Final 

Determination of Circumvention of the 

Antidumping Duty Order, Partial Final Termination 

of Circumvention Inquiry and Final Rescission of 

Scope Inquiry, 71 FR 38608 (July 7, 2006). 

On October 25, 2006, Lian Heng submitted a 

letter to the Department arguing that it was 

inappropriate for Lian Heng to respond to the Q&V 

questionnaire response because its exports of frozen 

fish fillets are products of Cambodia, not Vietnam, 

and therefore, Lian Heng claimed that responding 

to the questionnaire would seem to contradict the 

country of origin. On November 6, 2006, the 

Department issued a letter to Lian Heng, rejecting 

Lian Heng’s October 25, 2006, arguments, and 

granted Lian Heng a second opportunity to submit 

its Q&V by November 17, 2006. Lian Heng 

submitted its Q&V response on November 17, 2006. 

Ltd.; Cam Ranh; CASEAFOOD; Cafatex; 

CASEAMEX; Seaprodex Danang; 

Dragon; COSEAFEX; Geologistics Ltd.; 

Gepimex 404 Company; Hai Thach 

Trading Services Co., Ltd.; Hai Vuong 

Co., Ltd.; Kien Giang Ltd.; Mekonimex; 

Nam Duong Co., Ltd.; Nam Hai Co., Ltd.; 

Nhan Hoa Co., Ltd.; Phan Quan Trading 

Co., Ltd.; Phu Thanh Frozen Factory; 

Phuoc My Seafoods Processing Factory; 

Phuong Dong Seafood Co., Ltd.; Quang 

Dung Food Co., Ltd.; Thanh Viet Co. 

Ltd.; Tin Thinh Co. Ltd.; Tuan Anh 

Company Limited; Vinh Hiep Co., Ltd.; 

Vinh Hoan; Imex Cuu Long; and VN 

Seafoods Co., Ltd. 

Intent to Rescind 

Additionally, nine of the remaining 

15 companies indicated no shipments, 

entries, or sales of the subject 

merchandise to the United States during 

the POR. Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(3) of the Department’s 

regulations, the Department may rescind 

an administrative review, ‘‘to a 

particular exporter or producer, if the 

Secretary concludes that, during the 

period covered by the review, there 

were no entries, exports, or sales of the 

subject merchandise, as the case may 

be.’’ We examined entry data furnished 

by CBP for these nine exporters/ 

manufacturers, and are satisfied that the 

record does not indicate that there were 

U.S. entries of subject merchandise from 

these nine companies during the POR. 

Accordingly, we intend to rescind this 

review with respect to the following 

nine companies: FAQUIMEX; Hung 

Vuong Co., Ltd.; NAVICO; Phu Thuan 

Company; DOCIFISH; Thuan Hung Co., 

Ltd.; United Seafood Packers Co., Ltd.; 

Van Duc Foods Export Joint Stock Co.; 

and Vietnam Fish-One. 

After the partial rescission of 38 

companies and the intent to rescind on 

nine companies, six companies remain 

in this review: CATACO; East Sea; Lian 

Heng (including Lian Heng Investment 

Co., Ltd., and Lian Heng Trading Co., 

Ltd.); QVD; and QVD Dong Thap Food 

Co., Ltd. 

Assessment Rates 

The Department will instruct CBP to 

assess antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries. For those 

companies for which this review has 

been rescinded, antidumping duties 

shall be assessed at rates equal to the 

cash deposit of estimated antidumping 

duties required at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, for 

consumption, during the POR in 

accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department will 

issue appropriate assessment 

instructions directly to CBP within 15 

days of publication of this notice. 

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 

Results 

On January 16, 2007, Petitioners 

submitted a timely request for a 120-day 

extension of the preliminary results of 

this review.9 On January 19, 2007, East 

Sea argued that an extension of 120 days 

is not warranted and would be unfair to 

respondents and, therefore, requested 

that the Department extend the 

preliminary results deadline by 30 days, 

and in no case more than 60 days. The 

preliminary results of this 

administrative review are currently due 

no later than May 3, 2007. 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

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

the Department shall issue preliminary 

results in an administrative review of an 

antidumping duty order within 245 

days after the last day of the anniversary 

month of the date of publication of the 

order. The Act further provides, 

however, that the Department may 

extend that 245-day period to 365 days 

if it determines it is not practicable to 

complete the review within the 

foregoing time period. 

The Department finds that it is not 

practicable to complete the preliminary 

results in the administrative review of 

certain frozen fish fillets from Vietnam 

within the current time limit. 

Specifically, it is necessary to extend 

the deadline of the preliminary results 

because: (1) The Department was only 

recently able to select the respondents 

for this review, on January 5, 2007; (2) 

the Department will need time to collect 

and analyze questionnaire responses for 

all mandatory respondents 10 and the 

non-mandatory respondent, Lian 

Heng,11 and issue supplemental 

questionnaires where necessary; and (3) 

the Department needs additional time to 

analyze the responses of companies who 

submitted Separate Rate Certifications/ 

Applications. Accordingly, the 

Department finds that additional time is 

needed in order to complete these 

preliminary results. 

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 

section 351.213(h)(2) of the 

Department’s regulations allow the 

Department to extend the deadline for 

the preliminary results to a maximum of 

365 days from the last of the anniversary 

month of the order. For the reasons 

noted above, we are partially extending 

the time for the completion of the 

preliminary results of this review by 90 

days until no later than August 1, 2007. 

The deadline for the final results of the 

administrative review continues to be 

120 days after the publication of the 

preliminary results. 

Notification to Parties 

This notice serves as a reminder to 

importers of their responsibility under 

section 351.402(f) of the Department’s 

regulations to file a certificate regarding 

the reimbursement of antidumping 

duties prior to liquidation of the 

relevant entries during this period of 

time. Failure to comply with this 

requirement could result in the 

Secretary’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and subsequent assessment of 

double antidumping duties. 

Notification Regarding APOs 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective order (‘‘APO’’) of their 

responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with section 351.305(a)(3) of the 

Department’s regulations. Timely 

written notification of the return or 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

This notice is issued and published in 

accordance with section 351.213(d)(4) of 

the Department’s regulations and 


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sections 751(a)(2)(c) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act. 

Dated: March 2, 2007. 

Gary S. Taverman, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 071206C] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Northwest Indian Fisheries 

Commission (NWIFC) has submitted a 

Tribal Resource Management Plan 

(Tribal Plan) for NMFS to evaluate. It 

was presented by the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs (BIA) on behalf of the Northwest 

Indian Tribes; the submission fulfills 

the Tribes’ obligations under the 

protective regulations promulgated for 

Puget Sound Chinook salmon and Hood 

Canal summer-run chum salmon under 

the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The 

Tribal Plan describes research and 

assessment activities that may affect 

listed Puget Sound Chinook salmon and 

Hood Canal summer-run chum salmon 

in Washington State. NMFS has 

completed a proposed evaluation of 

how well the Tribal Plan fulfills ESA 

criteria, and the Secretary of Commerce 

(Secretary) is making that proposed 

evaluation available for public 

comment. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

Secretary’s proposed evaluation must be 

received at the appropriate address or 

fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later 

than 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on 

April 11, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

requests for copies of the proposed 

evaluation should be addressed to Gary 

Rule, Protected Resources Division, 

National Marine Fisheries Service, 1201 

NE Lloyd Boulevard, Suite 1100, 

Portland, OR 97232–1274. Comments 

may also be sent via fax to (503) 230 

5441. Comments will not be accepted if 

submitted via e-mail or the Internet. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Rule, Portland, OR (ph.: 503- 230 5424, 

Fax: 503–210–5441, e-mail: 

gary.rule@noaa.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Species Covered in this Notice 

Puget Sound Chinook salmon 

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) 

Hood Canal summer-run chum 

salmon (O. keta) 

Authority 

Under section 4 of the ESA, the 

Secretary is required to adopt such 

regulations as he deems necessary and 

advisable for the conservation of the 

species listed as threatened. The ESA 

Tribal 4(d) rule (70 FR 37160; June 28, 

2005) states that the ESA section 9 take 

prohibitions do not apply to Tribal 

Plans that will not appreciably reduce 

the likelihood of survival and recovery 

for the listed species. 

The Tribal Plan 

The NWIFC–through the BIA and on 

behalf of the Northwest Indian Tribes–

has submitted a Tribal Plan for scientific 

research and assessment activities 

within the range of the Puget Sound 

Chinook salmon and Hood Canal 

summer-run chum salmon ESUs. The 

Northwest Indian Tribes conduct, 

independently and in cooperation with 

other agencies, a variety of research and 

assessment projects. These projects 

provide the technical basis for managing 

fisheries and conserving and restoring 

salmon stocks and their habitat. The 

need for an improved understanding of 

salmonid survival in the freshwater and 

early marine life stages drives much of 

the current research. The Tribal Plan 

includes implementation, monitoring, 

and evaluation procedures designed to 

ensure that the research is consistent 

with the objectives of the ESA. The 

research activities described in the 

Tribal Plan would take place over a tenyear period starting in 2007. 

As 50 CFR 223.209 requires, the 

Secretary must determine whether the 

Tribal Plan would appreciably reduce 

the likelihood of survival and recovery 

for Puget Sound Chinook salmon and 

Hood Canal summer-run chum salmon 

ESUs. The Secretary must take 

comments on how the Tribal Plan 

addresses the criteria in 50 CFR 223.209 

in making that determination. 

Dated: March 7, 2007. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[030602141–7049–48] 

California Bay Watershed Education 

and Training (B–WET) Program, Adult 

and Community Watershed Education 

in the Monterey Bay 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; cancellation of 

solicitation. 

SUMMARY: The National Marine 

Sanctuary Program (NMSP) cancels the 

competitive California B–WET Program, 

Adult and Community Watershed 

Education in the Monterey Bay, for 

fiscal year 2007 due to insufficient 

funding. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Seaberry Nachbar, National Marine 

Sanctuary Program, 299 Foam Street, 

Monterey, CA 93940, or by phone at 

(831) 647–4204. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The B–

WET Program solicitation was originally 

included in the NOAA Omnibus Notice, 

Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal 

Year 2007, published in the Federal 

Register on December 27, 2006. Due to 

insufficient funding, NMSP cancels the 

competitive grant program announced 

in that solicitation. NMSP will return to 

the applicants all applications NMSP 

received in response to the solicitation. 

The B–WET Program is listed in the 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) under Grant Program 11.429, 

California Bay Watershed Education and 

Training Program. 

Dated: March 1, 2007. 

Daniel Basta, 

Director, National Marine Sanctuary Program. 

[FR Doc. 07–1155 Filed 3–9–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–NK–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Marine Protected Areas Federal 

Advisory Committee; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, 

NOAA, Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a 

meeting of the Marine Protected Areas 

Federal Advisory Committee 

(Committee) in Arlington, Virginia. 


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