10140 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 44 / Wednesday, March 7, 2007 / Notices 

Louisiana 

In accordance with Section 7(f)(2) of 

USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)), the following 

geographic area, the entire State of 

Louisiana, except those export port 

locations within the State which are 

serviced by GIPSA, is assigned to 

Louisiana. 

North Carolina 

In accordance with Section 7(f)(2) of 

USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)), the following 

geographic area, the entire State of 

North Carolina, except those export port 

locations within the State which are 

serviced by GIPSA, is assigned to North 

Carolina. 

Schaal 

In accordance with Section 7(f)(2) of 

USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)), the following 

geographic area, in the States of Iowa 

and Minnesota, is assigned to Schaal. 

In Iowa: 

• Bounded on the North by the 

northern Kossuth County line from U.S. 

Route 169; the northern Winnebago, 

Worth, and Mitchell County lines; 

• Bounded on the East by the eastern 

Mitchell County line; the eastern Floyd 

County line south to B60; B60 west to 

T64; T64 south to State Route 188; State 

Route 188 south to C33; 

• Bounded on the South by C33 west 

to T47; T47 north to C23; C23 west to 

S56; S56 south to C25; C25 west to U.S. 

Route 65; U.S. Route 65 south to State 

Route 3; State Route 3 west to S41; S41 

south to C55; C55 west to Interstate 35; 

Interstate 35 southwest to the southern 

Wright County line; the southern Wright 

County line west to U.S. Route 69; U.S. 

Route 69 to C54; C54 west to State Route 

17; and 

• Bounded on the West by State 

Route 17 north to the southern Kossuth 

County line; the Kossuth County line 

west to U.S. Route 169; U.S. Route 169 

north to the northern Kossuth County 

line. 

In Minnesota: 

• Faribault, Freeborn, and Mower 

Counties. 

• Schaal’s assigned geographic area 

does not include the following grain 

elevators inside Schaal’s area which 

have been and will continue to be 

serviced by the following official 

agencies: 

1. Central Iowa Grain Inspection 

Service, Inc.: Agvantage F.S., Chapin, 

Franklin County; and Five Star Coop, 

Rockwell, Cerro Gordo County. 

2. Sioux City Inspection and 

Weighing Service Company: West Bend 

Elevator Co., Algona, Kossuth County; 

Stateline Coop, Burt, Kossuth County; 

Gold-Eagle, Goldfield, Wright County; 

and North Central Coop, Holmes, 

Wright County. 

Opportunity for Designation 

Interested persons, including 

Amarillo, Cairo, Intercontinental, 

Louisiana, North Carolina, and Schaal, 

may apply for designation to provide 

official services in the geographic areas 

specified above under the provisions of 

Section 7(f) of USGSA (7 U.S.C. 

79(f)(2)), and 9 CFR 800.196(d) 

regulations. Designation in the specified 

geographic areas is for the period 

beginning October 1, 2007, and ending 

September 30, 2010. To apply for 

designation, contact the Compliance 

Division at the address listed above for 

forms and information, or obtain 

applications at the GIPSA Web site, 

http://www.gipsa.usda.gov. 

Request for Comments 

We are also publishing this notice to 

provide interested persons the 

opportunity to present comments on the 

quality of services provided by the 

Amarillo, Cairo, Intercontinental, 

Louisiana, North Carolina, and Schaal 

official agencies. In the designation 

process, we will consider substantive 

comments citing reasons and pertinent 

data for support or objection to the 

designation of the applicants. Submit all 

comments to the Compliance Division at 

the above address. 

In determining which applicant will 

be designated, we will consider 

applications, comments, and other 

available information. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq. 

James E. Link, 

Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–4098 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

Calculating Interest on Reparation 

Awards Under the Packers and 

Stockyards Act 

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) has changed the 

method used to calculate interest on 

reparation awards under the Packers 

and Stockyards Act, 1921 (P&S Act). 

The P&S Act calculation will be 

consistent with interest awarded on 

monetary judgments in Federal courts. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 7, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: S. 

Brett Offutt, Director, Policy and 

Litigation Division, USDA GIPSA, by 

telephone at (202) 720–7363, or e-mail 

at S.Brett.Offutt@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Grain 

Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 

Administration (GIPSA) administers 

and enforces the Packers and Stockyards 

Act, 1921 (P&S Act). The P&S Act 

prohibits unfair, deceptive, and 

fraudulent practices by livestock market 

agencies, dealers, stockyard owners, 

meat packers, swine contractors, and 

live poultry dealers in the livestock, 

poultry, and meatpacking industries. 

Section 308 of the P&S Act (7 U.S.C. 

209) makes persons subject to the P&S 

Act liable to the person or persons 

injured, when the injury involves the 

purchase, sale or handling of livestock 

or the purchase or sale of poultry, or if 

the injury relates to a poultry growing 

arrangement or swine production 

contract, and is caused by violations of 

the P&S Act or the violation of an order 

of the Secretary under the P&S Act. 

Section 309 of the P&S Act (7 U.S.C. 

210) sets out procedures for making 

reparation complaints to the Secretary 

for actions of stockyard owners, market 

agencies, or dealers in violation of 

sections 304, 305, 306, or 307 (7 U.S.C. 

204, 205, 207 or 208), or an order of the 

Secretary under Title III of the P&S Act. 

A person may file a reparation 

complaint with the Secretary under the 

P&S Act or pursue a claim for award of 

damages in any district court of the 

United States of competent jurisdiction. 

The decision of the Secretary can also 

be appealed to the Federal district 

courts. 

How will the interest rate be 

determined? 

GIPSA will follow the same 

procedural statute for assessing interest 

on money judgments as that used in 

civil cases recovered in Federal courts, 

which is found in 28 U.S.C. 1961. 

Accordingly, the interest rate on all 

reparation awards ordered under the 

P&S Act, subsequent to the publication 

of this notice, will be calculated using 

an interest rate equal to the weekly 

average 1-year constant maturity 

Treasury yield for the calendar week 

preceding the date of the Order, as 

published by the Board of Governors of 

the Federal Reserve System in the 

Federal Reserve Statistical Release 

(H.15) for Selected Interest Rates. The 

interest will be computed daily at that 

same rate, and compounded annually, 

until the full payment is received. 


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When will the interest begin accruing 

and how long will it continue to 

accrue? 

The interest on a reparation award 

will accrue from the date payment or 

remittance would have been due under 

the P&S Act. The interest will continue 

accruing at the same rate, compounded 

annually, until full payment is made. 

For example, if an Order issued 

October 2, 2006, awarded $800 for one 

transaction in which payment was due 

on June 30, 2006, then the Order would 

start interest accrual on the award as of 

June 30, 2006, and continue accruing 

the interest until the person subject to 

the Order makes full payment, 

including interest. The rate of interest 

used to calculate the accrual in this 

example would be 4.9 percent, since the 

weekly average 1-year constant maturity 

Treasury yield for the calendar week 

prior to October 2, 2006, reported by the 

Federal Reserve as of September 29, 

2006, was 4.9 percent. 

If the reparation involves more than 

one transaction, the interest on the 

reparation award will accrue from the 

date payment or remittance is due under 

the P&S Act for the last transaction on 

which the award is calculated. The 

interest will continue accruing at the 

same rate, compounded annually, until 

the person subject to the Order makes 

full payment. 

For example, if an Order issued 

October 2, 2006, awarded $1500 for 

three transactions in which payment 

was due on June 15, June 30, and July 

15, 2006, respectively, the Order would 

start interest accrual on the award on 

July 15, 2006, and continue accruing the 

interest until full payment, including 

interest, is made. The rate of interest 

used to calculate the accrual in this 

instance would be 4.9 percent, since the 

weekly average 1-year constant maturity 

Treasury yield for the calendar week 

prior to October 2, 2006, reported by the 

Federal Reserve as of September 29, 

2006, was 4.9 percent. 

Beginning interest accrual when 

payment is due under the P&S Act 

accomplishes several goals. It 

consistently enforces the payment 

requirements of the P&S Act and 

regulations and it discourages violations 

of the P&S Act that are subject to the 

reparations process. It also encourages 

the parties to resolve complaints early 

in the reparations process, and 

compensates the injured party for delays 

in payment from the date payments 

were originally due. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 228. 

James E. Link, 

Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–4095 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Deemed Export Advisory Committee; 

Notice To Solicit Meeting Speakers and 

Presentations 

The Deemed Export Advisory 

Committee (DEAC), which advises the 

Secretary of Commerce on deemed 

export licensing policy, will meet on 

May 2, 2007 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. The 

DEA is a Federal Advisory Committee 

that was established under the auspices 

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

as amended, 5 U.S.C. app. 2. The 

meeting location will be Atlanta, GA, 

with exact details to be announced in a 

subsequent Federal Register Notice. At 

this time, the Department of Commerce, 

Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), 

would like to solicit stakeholders from 

industry, academia and other 

backgrounds to address the DEAC 

members on May 2 in an open session 

on issues related to deemed exports and, 

in particular, their organizations’

perspectives and concerns related to 

U.S. deemed export control policies. 

Stakeholders are those individuals or 

organizations who have some 

experience in or knowledge of export 

control regulations and policies, who 

must apply these rules in the course of 

normal business or whose operations 

are directly impacted by those export 

regulations and policies mandated by 

the U.S. government. BIS seeks to have 

an equal number of presenters from 

industry, academia, and other 

backgrounds. There may be up to three 

presenters from each group and 

speaking time may be limited to 10 

minutes or less per speaker depending 

on the number of interested parties. 

Speakers may be selected on the basis 

of one or more of the following criteria 

(not in any order of importance): (1) 

Demonstrated experience in and 

knowledge of export control regulations; 

(2) demonstrated ability to provide 

DEAC members with relevant 

information related to deemed export 

policies and issues; (3) the degree to 

which the organization is impacted by 

the U.S. Government’s export policies 

and regulations; and (4) industry area or 

academic type of institution 

represented. BIS reserves the right to 

limit the number of participants based 

on time considerations. For planning 

purposes, BIS requests that (1) that 

interested parties inform BIS of their 

commitment, via e-mail or telephone 

call, to address the DEAC no later than 

5 p.m. EST April 11, 2007, as well as 

provide a brief outline of the topics to 

be discussed by this same deadline; and 

(2) that once interested parties receive 

confirmation of their participation at the 

meeting, they provide either an 

electronic or paper copy of any prepared 

remarks/presentations no later than 5 

p.m. EST April 25, 2007. Interested 

parties may contact Ms. Yvette Springer 

at Yspringer@bis.doc.gov or (202) 482–

2813. The purpose of this solicitation is 

only to accept speakers for the May 2, 

2007 DEAC meeting. However, all 

members of the public may submit 

written comments to BIS at any time for 

the DEAC’s consideration. 

Dated: March 1, 2007. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–1063 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

(A–570–868) 

Folding Metal Tables and Chairs from 

the People’s Republic of China: Notice 

of Extension of Time Limit for the 

Preliminary Results of the 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 7, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurel LaCivita or Matthew Quigley, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–4243 or (202) 482–

4551, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 27, 2006, the Department of 

Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) 

published the initiation of the 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on folding 

metal tables and chairs from the 

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

Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews and Request for Revocation in 

Part, 71 FR 42626 (July 27, 2006). This 


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