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summary to FDA for their MIR162 corn line in 2007. FDA completed their consultation on MIR 162 corn on December 9, 2008, concluding that FDA had ‘‘ no further questions concerning grain and forage derived from corn event MIR162. ’’
National Environmental Policy Act

A draft EA has been prepared to provide the APHIS decisionmaker with a review and analysis of any potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed determination of nonregulated status for the MIR162 corn line. The draft EA was prepared in accordance with (1) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq .), (2) regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), (3) USDA regulations implementing NEPA (7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 372).

In accordance with § 340.6(d) of the regulations, we are publishing this notice to inform the public that APHIS will accept written comments regarding the petition for a determination of nonregulated status from interested or affected persons for a period of 60 days from the date of this notice. We are also soliciting written comments from interested or affected persons on the draft EA prepared to examine any potential environmental impacts of the proposed determination for the deregulation of the subject corn line, and the plant pest risk assessment. The petition, draft EA, and plant pest risk assessment are available for public review, and copies of the petition, draft EA, and plant pest risk assessment are available as indicated under **ADDRESSES** and **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT** above.

After the comment period closes, APHIS will review all written comments received during the comment period and any other relevant information. All public comments received regarding the petition, draft EA, and plant pest risk assessment will be available for public review. After reviewing and evaluating the comments on the petition, the draft EA, plant pest risk assessment and other data, APHIS will furnish a response to the petitioner, either approving or denying the petition. APHIS will then publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing the regulatory status of the MIR162 corn line and the availability of APHIS’ written regulatory and environmental decision. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781– 7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and
371.3.

Done in Washington, DC, this 6 th day of January 2010.

Cindy Smith Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. [FR Doc. 2010–407 Filed 1–12–10: 2:16 pm]

**BILLING CODE 3410–34–S**

**COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS**

**Hearing on the Department of Justice’s Actions Related to the New Black**  **Panther Party Litigation and Its Enforcement of Section 11(b) of the**  **Voting Rights Act**

**AGENCY :**  United States Commission on Civil Rights.

**ACTION :**  Notice of hearing.

**DATE AND TIME :**  Friday, February 12, 2010; 9:30 a.m. EST.

**PLACE :**  U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 624 Ninth Street, NW., Room 540, Washington, DC 20425.

**SUMMARY :**  Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of the Civil Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. 1975a, and 45 CFR 702.3, that public hearings before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will commence on Friday, February 12, 2010, beginning at 9:30 a.m. EST in Washington, DC at the Commission’s offices located at 624 Ninth Street, NW., Room 540, Washington, DC 20425. An executive session not open to the public may be convened at any appropriate time before or during the hearing.

The purpose of this hearing is to collect information within the jurisdiction of the Commission, under 42 U.S.C. 1975a, related particularly to the Department of Justice’s actions in the New Black Panther Party Litigation and enforcement of Section 11(b) of the Voting Rights Act.

The Commission is authorized to hold hearings and to issue subpoenas for the production of documents and the attendance of witnesses pursuant to 45 CFR 701.2. The Commission is an independent bipartisan, fact finding agency authorized to study, collect, and disseminate information, and to appraise the laws and policies of the Federal Government, and to study and collect information with respect to discrimination or denials of equal protection of the laws under the Constitution because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or in the administration of justice. The Commission has broad authority to investigate allegations of voting irregularities even when alleged abuses do not involve discrimination.

**CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER**
**INFORMATION :**  Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting Chief, Public Affairs Unit (202) 376– 8591. TDD: (202) 376–8116.

Persons with a disability requiring special services, such as an interpreter for the hearing impaired, should contact Pamela Dunston at least seven days prior to the scheduled date of the hearing at 202–376–8105. TDD: (202)
376–8116.

Dated: January 8, 2010. David Blackwood,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2010–497 Filed 1–12–10; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE**

**International Trade Administration**

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**Light–Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Turkey: Extension of Time**  **Limits for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative**  **Review**

**AGENCY :**  Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

**EFFECTIVE DATE :**  January 13, 2010.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Tyler Weinhold or Robert James, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1121 and (202) 482–0649, respectively.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Background

At the request of interested parties, on June 24, 2009, the Department published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of this antidumping duty administrative review. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part , 74 FR 30052, August 25, 2009. The review covers the period January 30, 2008, through April 30, 2009. The preliminary results for this administrative review is currently due no later than January 31, 2010.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires the Department to complete the