11326 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 48 / Tuesday, March 13, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–122–848] 

Hard Red Spring Wheat from Canada: 

Rescission of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

initiated an administrative review of the 

countervailing duty order on hard red 

spring wheat from Canada, covering the 

period January 1, 2004, through 

December 31, 2004. See Initiation of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews and Request for 

Revocation in Part, 71 FR 68535 

(November 27, 2006). As a result of a 

timely withdrawal of the request for 

review by the Canadian Wheat Board, 

we are rescinding this review. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 13, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Audrey Twyman or Brandon Farlander, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone (202) 482–3534 and (202) 

482–0182, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 23, 2003, the Department 

of Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) 

published a countervailing duty order 

on hard red spring wheat (‘‘HRSW’’) 

from Canada. See Notice of 

Countervailing Duty Order: Hard Red 

Spring Wheat from Canada, 68 FR 

60642 (October 23, 2003). On October 

31, 2005, the Canadian Wheat Board 

(‘‘CWB’’) requested an administrative 

review of the countervailing duty order 

on HRSW from Canada covering the 

period January 1, 2004, through 

December 31, 2004. At the same time, 

the CWB requested that the review be 

deferred for one year. See Initiation of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews and Deferral of 

Administrative Reviews, 70 FR 72107 

(December 1, 2005). On November 27, 

2006, we automatically initiated the 

deferred 2004 review. See Initiation of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews and Request for 

Revocation in Part, 71 FR 68535 

(November 27, 2006). On February 26, 

2007, the CWB withdrew its request for 

review. 

Scope of the Countervailing Duty Order 

Imports covered by this order are all 

varieties of HRSW from Canada. This 

includes, but is not limited to, varieties 

commonly referred to as Canada 

Western Red Spring, Canada Western 

Extra Strong, and Canada Prairie Spring 

Red. The merchandise subject to this 

order is currently classifiable under the 

following Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

of the United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) 

subheadings: 1001.90.10.00, 

1001.90.20.05, 1001.90.20.11, 

1001.90.20.12, 1001.90.20.13, 

1001.90.20.14, 1001.90.20.16, 

1001.90.20.19, 1001.90.20.21, 

1001.90.20.22, 1001.90.20.23, 

1001.90.20.24, 1001.90.20.26, 

1001.90.20.29, 1001.90.20.35, and 

1001.90.20.96. This order does not cover 

imports of wheat that enter under the 

subheadings 1001.90.10.00 and 

1001.90.20.96 that are not classifiable as 

HRSW. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, our 

written description of the scope of this 

order is dispositive. 

Rescission of Review 

The Department’s regulations at 19 

CFR 351.213(d)(1) provide that the 

Department will rescind an 

administrative review if a party that 

requested a review withdraws the 

request within 90 days of the date of 

publication of the notice of initiation of 

the requested review. The CWB 

withdrew its request for an 

administrative review on February 26, 

2007, which is within the 90-day 

deadline. No other party requested a 

review of this order. Therefore, the 

Department is rescinding this 

administrative review. 

The Court of International Trade 

issued a temporary restraining order, 

covering 10 days, effective March 1, 

2007, instructing the Department not to 

liquidate CWB imports of the subject 

merchandise. As long as a temporary 

restraining order, or preliminary 

injunction, is in place pursuant to the 

ongoing litigation, the Department will 

not order liquidation of the relevant 

entries. 

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 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 the terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

This notice is issued and published in 

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

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 

CFR 351.213(d)(4). 

Dated: March 6, 2007. 

Stephen J. Claeys, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 022807C] 

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; 

General Provisions for Domestic 

Fisheries; Application for Exempted 

Fishing Permit 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Regional 

Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, 

Northeast Region, NMFS (Assistant 

Regional Administrator) has made a 

preliminary determination that the 

subject Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) 

application from the University of New 

Hampshire (UNH) for an exemption 

from Gulf of Maine (GOM) Rolling 

Closure Areas III and IV requirements of 

the Northeast (NE) Multispecies Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP), for the 

purpose of designing and testing a 

raised footrope haddock trawl, contains 

all of the required information and 

warrants further consideration. The EFP 

is intended to facilitate research that 

would lead to the development of a 

viable alternative to traditional fishing 

gear for landing haddock, while 

minimizing the impact on species of 

concern and other bycatch. The 

Assistant Regional Administrator has 

also made a preliminary determination 

that the activities authorized under the 

EFP would be consistent with the goals 

and objectives of the FMP. However, 

further review and consultation may be 

necessary before a final determination is 

made to issue the EFP. Therefore, NMFS 

announces that the Assistant Regional 

Administrator proposes to issue an EFP 

that would allow vessels to conduct 

fishing operations that are otherwise 

restricted by the regulations governing 

the fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States. 


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Regulations under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act require publication of 

this notification to provide interested 

parties the opportunity to comment on 

applications for proposed EFPs. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 12, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice 

may be submitted by e-mail. The 

mailbox address for providing e-mail 

comments is DA7012@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line of the e-mail 

comment the following document 

identifier: ‘‘Comments on UNH Raised 

Footrope Trawl (DA7–012).’’ Written 

comments should be sent to Patricia A. 

Kurkul, Regional Administrator, NMFS, 

Northeast Regional Office, 1 Blackburn 

Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the 

outside of the envelope ‘‘Comments on 

UNH Raised Footrope Trawl (DA7–

012).’’ Comments may also be sent via 

facsimile (fax) to (978) 281–9135. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Moira Kelly, Fishery Management 

Specialist, phone: 978–281–9218, fax: 

978–281–9135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A 

complete application for an EFP was 

submitted on January 5, 2007, by Dr. 

Pingguo He of the University of New 

Hampshire (UNH). This project is 

funded by the Northeast Consortium. 

The project would be used to study 

the effectiveness of a raised footrope 

trawl in retaining haddock while 

excluding Atlantic cod and flounders, 

and comparing catch composition to a 

standard groundfish trawl. The intent is 

for this project to take place between 

May and June 2007, in GOM Rolling 

Closure Areas III and IV, when the 

researcher believes that the best mix of 

haddock, Atlantic cod, and flounders 

would be present. As a result, UNH has 

requested an exemption from the 

requirements of the GOM Rolling 

Closure Areas III and IV which would 

otherwise be closed. Undersized, or 

otherwise protected fish, would not be 

retained or landed. Legal sized fish 

would be landed and sold under a 

normal NE multispecies day-at-sea and 

other applicable regulations. The 

researcher anticipates that the overall 

fishing mortality of the experimental 

trawl would be approximately 30 

percent of an average commercial 

fishing trawl. 

Two vessels, working with UNH, 

would be involved in this research. The 

vessels would make alternating tows 

consisting of towing the raised footrope 

trawl and subsequently towing the same 

trawl with the footrope tied down to the 

sweep, as is standard practice. The 

researcher estimates that the two vessels 

would perform two 1-hour tows with 

the standard net and two 1-hour tows 

with the experimental net, daily, over 

25 fishing days, for a project total of 50 

standard tows and 50 experimental 

tows. Overall, the total expected catch 

from both the experimental and 

commercial trawls would be: 

SPECIES CATCH 

(LB) 

CATCH 

(KG) 

Atlantic Cod 5,000 2,268 

Atlantic Haddock 10,000 4,563 

American Plaice 2,500 1,134 

Yellowtail Flounder 250 113 

Winter Flounder 500 227 

Witch Flounder 1,250 567 

Hake 500 227 

Pollock 10,000 4,563 

The applicant may place requests for 

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 result in only a minimal change in 

the scope or impact of the initially 

approved EFP request. 

In accordance with NOAA 

Administrative Order 216–6, a 

Categorical Exclusion or other 

appropriate NEPA document would be 

completed prior to the issuance of the 

EFP. Further review and consultation 

may be necessary before a final 

determination is made to issue the EFP. 

After publication of this document in 

the Federal Register, the EFP, if 

approved, may become effective 

following the public comment period. 

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

Dated: March 7, 2007. 

James P. Burgess, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 030107C] 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Exempted Fishing Permits 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for an exempted 

fishing permit; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the receipt 

of a request for an exempted fishing 

permit (EFP) to collect fisheries data 

from approximately 13 pelagic longline 

(PLL) vessels fishing in the East Florida 

Coast and Charleston Bump closed 

areas. At this time, given the nearly 

rebuilt status of north Atlantic 

swordfish and numerous management 

measures regulating target and bycatch 

species in the PLL fishery, NMFS is 

considering issuing the proposed EFP to 

evaluate bycatch measures in these 

areas. The applicant states that these 

data would provide information on 

circle hook performance, target and 

bycatch species composition, and allow 

comparative analysis with historical 

pelagic longline logbook and observer 

program data. The applicant states that 

the goals of these fishing activities are 

to determine if implementation of new 

pelagic longline fishing practices justify 

the resumption of PLL fishing in the 

selected areas and to catch more of the 

United States swordfish quota. The 

proposed activities would occur in 

Federal waters of the Atlantic Ocean off 

Florida and South Carolina from the 

date of issuance through April 2008. 

NMFS invites comments from interested 

parties on this EFP request. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

application for an exempted fishing 

permit must be received by 5 p.m. on 

April 11, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: SF1.030107C@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line the following 

identifier: I.D. 030107C. 

• Mail: Michael Clark, Highly 

Migratory Species Management Division 

(F/SF1), NMFS, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

Please mark the outside of the envelope 

‘‘Comments on EFP Application.’’

• Fax: (301)713–1917 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Clark, by phone: (301) 713–

2347; fax: (301)713–1917. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EFPs are 

requested and issued under the 

authority of the Atlantic Tunas 

Convention Act (ATCA) (16 U.S.C. 971 

et seq.) and the Magnuson Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (1601 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), which 

regulate fishing activities of tunas, 

swordfish, sharks, and billfish. 

Regulations at 50 CFR Section 635.32 

govern scientific research activity, 

exempted fishing, and exempted 

educational activity with respect to 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species 

(HMS). 

Blue Water Fishermen’s Association 

(applicant) has requested an EFP to 

collect fisheries data in Federal waters 

of the Charleston Bump and East Florida 


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