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32Effective January 16, 2009, there is no longer 

a cash deposit requirement for certain producers/ 

exporters in accordance with the Implementation of 

the Findings of the WTO Panel in United States 

Antidumping Measure on Shrimp from Thailand: 

Notice of Determination under Section 129 of the 

Uruguay Round Agreements Act and Partial 

Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Order on 

Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand, 74 FR 

5638 (Jan. 30, 2009) (Section 129 Determination). 

1See Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat 

Products from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary 

Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review, 76 FR 54209 (August 31, 2011) 

(‘‘Preliminary Results’’). 

2See 2009 Review of the Countervailing Duty 

Order on Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flats 

Products from Korea: Post Preliminary Analysis 

Memorandum for Hyundai HYSCO Ltd. (‘‘HYSCO’’) 

and Post Preliminary Results of CVD Administrative 

Review: Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat 

Products from the Republic of Korea (C–580–818) 

dated September 27, 2011. 

3See Countervailing Duty Orders and 

Amendments to Final Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determinations: Certain Steel Products from 

Korea, 58 FR 43752 (August 17, 1993). 

4See Preliminary Results, 76 FR 54209. 

5See Preliminary Results at 54215. 

6See Post Preliminary Analysis Memorandum 

and Post Preliminary Results. 

7See Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat 

Products from the Republic of Korea: Extension of 

Time Limit for Final Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review, 76 FR 77775 (December 14, 

2011). 

Determination.32 These deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also serves as a 

preliminary reminder to importers of 

their responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 

the reimbursement of antidumping 

duties prior to liquidation of the 

relevant entries during this review 

period. Failure to comply with this 

requirement could result in the 

Secretary’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping duties. 

This administrative review and notice 

are published in accordance with 

sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: February 28, 2012. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–580–818] 

Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat 

Products From the Republic of Korea: 

Final Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On August 31, 2011, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (‘‘the 

Department’’) published in the Federal 

Register its preliminary results of the 

administrative review of the 

countervailing duty (‘‘CVD’’) order on 

corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat 

products (‘‘CORE’’) from the Republic of 

Korea (‘‘Korea’’) for the period of review 

(‘‘POR’’) January 1, 2009, through 

December 31, 2009.1 We preliminarily 

found that Hyundai HYSCO Ltd. 

(HYSCO) received de minimis 

countervailable subsidies during the 

POR. However, we subsequently issued 

a Post Preliminary Analysis 

Memorandum and Post Preliminary 

Final Results in which we found that 

HYSCO received additional 

countervailable subsidies.2 We received 

comments on our Preliminary Results 

from interested parties, and we have 

made revisions to our calculations. The 

final results are listed in the section 

‘‘Final Results of Review’’ below. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 5, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gayle Longest at (202) 482–3338, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office 3, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 17, 1993, the Department 

published in the Federal Register the 

CVD order on CORE from Korea.3 On 

August 31, 2011, the Department 

published in the Federal Register its 

Preliminary Results of the 

administrative review of this order for 

the period January 1, 2009, through 

December 31, 2009.4 In accordance with 

19 CFR 351.213(b), this administrative 

review covers HYSCO, a producer and 

exporter of subject merchandise. 

In the Preliminary Results, we 

indicated that we would address the 

Restriction of Special Taxation Act 

(RSTA) Article 26 program in a postpreliminary decision memorandum, 

because information concerning this 

program was submitted by the 

Government of Korea (GOK) shortly 

before the Preliminary Results.5 On 

September 27, 2011, we issued a Post 

Preliminary Analysis Memorandum and 

Post Preliminary Results.6

In the Preliminary Results, we invited 

interested parties to submit briefs or 

request a hearing. On October 11, 2011, 

the respondent, HYSCO, submitted 

comments on the Preliminary Results. 

On October 18, 2011, the petitioner, 

U.S. Steel Corporation, submitted 

rebuttal comments. 

Subsequent to Preliminary Results, 

the Department issued supplemental 

questionnaires to HYSCO on November 

18, 2011 and December 22, 2011. 

HYSCO submitted timely responses on 

December 2, 2011 and January 11, 2012. 

To allow sufficient time to collect and 

analyze this additional information, and 

the briefing process, the Department 

extended the time limit for these final 

results.7 We invited interested parties to 

submit comments on the additional 

information collected after the 

Preliminary Results. On December 12, 

2011 and January 11, 2012, HYSCO 

submitted comments. On December 19, 

2011 and January 17, 2012, U.S. Steel 

submitted rebuttal comments. HYSCO 

submitted rebuttal comments on January 

20, 2012. The Department did not 

conduct a hearing in this review 

because none was requested. 

The Department has considered the 

comments from interested parties, and 

we have made revisions to our shortterm benchmark used to measure the 

benefit from the KEXIM short-term 

exporting financing program. Our 

findings concerning the issue raised by 

HYSCO and U.S. Steel are addressed in 

the accompanying Decision 

Memorandum for the Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review on 

Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat 

Products from the Republic of Korea 

(Decision Memorandum), which is 

dated concurrently with and hereby 

adopted by this notice. Parties can find 

a complete discussion of these issues 

and the corresponding 

recommendations in this public 

memorandum, which is on file in the 

Central Records Unit of the main 

commerce building. In addition, a 

complete version of the Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

on the internet at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ 

frn. 

The paper copy and the electronic 

version of the Decision Memorandum 

are identical in content. 

Scope of Order 

Products covered by the order are 

CORE from Korea. These products 

include flat-rolled carbon steel 

products, of rectangular shape, either 

clad, plated, or coated with corrosionresistant metals such as zinc, aluminum, 

or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel- or ironbased alloys, whether or not corrugated 

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plastics or other nonmetallic substances 

in addition to the metallic coating, in 

coils (whether or not in successively 

superimposed layers) and of a width of 

0.5 inch or greater, or in straight lengths 

which, if of a thickness less than 4.75 

millimeters, are of a width of 0.5 inch 

or greater and which measures at least 

10 times the thickness or if of a 

thickness of 4.75 millimeters or more 

are of a width which exceeds 150 

millimeters and measures at least twice 

the thickness. The merchandise subject 

to the order is currently classifiable in 

the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) at subheadings: 

7210.30.0000, 7210.31.0000, 

7210.39.0000, 7210.41.0000, 

7210.49.0030, 7210.29.0090, 

7210.60.0000, 7210.61.0000, 

7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 

7210.70.6090, 7210.90.1000, 

7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 

7212.20.0000, 7212.21.0000, 

7212.29.0000, 7212.30.1030, 

7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 

7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 

7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, 

7212.60.0000, 7215.90.1000, 

7215.90.3000, 7215.90.5000, 

7217.12.1000, 7217.13.1000, 

7217.19.1000, 7217.19.5000, 

7217.20.1500, 7217.22.5000, 

7217.23.5000, 7217.29.1000, 

7217.29.5000, 7217.30.15.0000, 

7217.32.5000, 7217.33.5000, 

7217.39.1000, 7217.39.5000, 

7217.90.1000 and 7217.90.5000. 

Although the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the Department’s written 

description of the merchandise subject 

to the order is dispositive. 

Period of Review 

The POR for which we are measuring 

subsidies is from January 1, 2009, 

through December 31, 2009. 

Final Results of Review 

As noted above, the Department 

received comments concerning the 

Preliminary Results. We find that 

changes are warranted in these final 

results. As a result, we have made 

revisions to our short-term benchmark 

used to measure the benefit from the 

short-term export financing program, as 

explained in our Decision 

Memorandum. Therefore, in these final 

results, we find that HYSCO received a 

net subsidy of 0.46 percent ad valorem, 

which is a de minimis rate. See 19 CFR 

351.106(c)(1). 

Listed below are the programs we 

examined in the review and our 

findings with respect to each of these 

programs. For a complete analysis of 

these programs, see the Preliminary 

Results and the Post Preliminary 

Analysis Memorandum. 

I. Programs Determined to Confer Subsidies 

During the POR 

A. Short-Term Export Financing 

B. R&D Grants and Loans Under the Act on 

Special Measures for the Promotion of 

Specialized Enterprises for Parts and 

Materials 

C. Restriction of Special Taxation Act 

(RSTA) Article 26 

II. Programs That Provided No Benefits 

During the POR 

A. Research and Development Grants 

Under the Industrial Development Act 

(IDA) 

B. Research and Development Grants 

Under the Industrial Technology 

Innovation Promotion Act (ITIPA) 

C. R&D Grants Under the Act on the 

Promotion of the Development, Use, and 

Diffusion of New and Renewable Energy 

D. Reduction in Taxes for Operation in 

Regional and National Industrial 

Complexes 

E. Overseas Resource Development 

Program: Loan From Korea Resources 

Corporation (KORES) 

F. Overseas Resource Development 

Program: Loan From Korea National Oil 

Corporation(KNOC) 

III. Programs Found Not to Have Been Used 

During the POR 

A. Reserve for Research and Manpower 

Development Fund Under RSTA Article 

9 (TERCL Article 8) 

B. RSTA Article 11: Tax Credit for 

Investment in Equipment to 

Development Technology and Manpower 

(TERCL Article 10) 

C. Reserve for Export Loss Under TERCL 

Article 16 

D. Reserve for Overseas Market 

Development Under TERCL Article 17 

E. Reserve for Export Loss Under TERCL 

Article 22 

F. Exemption of Corporation Tax on 

Dividend Income From Overseas 

Resources Development Investment 

Under TERCL Article 24 

G. Reserve for Investment (Special Cases of 

Tax for Balanced Development Among 

Areas Under TERCL Articles 41–45) 

H. Tax Credits for Specific Investments 

Under TERCL Article 71 

I. Asset Revaluation Under Article 56(2) of 

the TERCL 

J. RSTA Article 94: Equipment Investment 

to Promote Worker’s Welfare (TERCL 

Article 88) 

K. Electricity Discounts Under the 

Requested Loan Adjustment Program 

L. Electricity Discounts Under the 

Emergency Load Reductions Program 

M. Export Industry Facility Loans and 

Specialty Facility Loans 

N. Exemption of VAT on Imports of 

Anthracite Coal 

O. Short-Term Trade Financing Under the 

Aggregate Credit Ceiling Loan Program 

Administered by the Bank of Korea 

P. Industrial Base Fund 

Q. Excessive Duty Drawback 

R. Private Capital Inducement Act Tax 

Credits for Temporary Investments 

Under TERCL Article 27 

S. Scrap Reserve Fund 

T. Short-Term Document Acceptance (D/A) 

Financing Provided Under KEXIM’s 

Trade Rediscount Program 

U. Special Depreciation of Assets on 

Foreign Exchange Earnings 

V. Export Insurance Rates Provided by the 

Korean Export Insurance Corporation 

W. Loans From the National Agricultural 

Cooperation Federation 

X. Tax Incentives From Highly Advanced 

Technology Businesses Under the 

Foreign Investment and Foreign Capital 

Inducement Act 

Y. Other Subsidies Related to Operations at 

Asan Bay: Provision of Land and 

Exemption of Port Fees Under the Harbor 

Act 

Z. D/A Loans Issued by the Korean 

Development Bank and Other 

Government-Owned Banks EnergyServings Facilities Investment Reserve 

Funds Under TERCL Article 29 

AA. R&D Grants Under the Promotion of 

Industrial Technology Innovation Act 

AB. Export Loans by Commercial Banks 

Under KEXIM’s Trade Bill Rediscounting 

Program 

Assessment Rates/Cash Deposits 

The Department intends to issue 

assessment instructions to U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days 

after the date of publication of these 

final results of review to liquidate 

shipments of subject merchandise by 

HYSCO entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

January 1, 2009, through December 31, 

2009, without regard to countervailing 

duties. We will also instruct CBP not to 

collect cash deposits of estimated 

countervailing duties on shipments of 

the subject merchandise by HYSCO 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the date of 

publication of these final results of 

review. 

For all non-reviewed companies, the 

Department has instructed CBP to assess 

countervailing duties at the cash deposit 

rates in effect at the time of entry, for 

entries between January 1, 2009, and 

December 31, 2009. The cash deposit 

rates for all companies not covered by 

this review are not changed by the 

results of this review, and remain in 

effect until further notice. 

Return or Destruction of Proprietary 

Information 

This notice 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 return or 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 


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with the regulations and the terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended. 

Dated: February 27, 2012. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5188 Filed 3–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA986 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for NOAA 

Restoration Center Programmatic 

Coastal Habitat Restoration Activities 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Announcement of public 

scoping; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969 and in compliance with the 

implementing regulations issued by the 

Council on Environmental Quality and 

procedures issued by NOAA 

Administrative Order 216–6, NOAA is 

providing notice of its intent to develop 

a Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (PEIS) to evaluate the 

potential environmental impacts of 

different ranges of coastal and marine 

habitat restoration project types 

conducted and supported by the NOAA 

Restoration Center. 

DATES: Interested parties should provide 

written comments by May 31, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties that wish 

to send questions, comments or requests 

for information may send an email to 

the following address: 

rc.compliance@noaa.gov. 

Interested parties that wish to send 

questions, comments or requests for 

information through regular mail may 

use the following mailing address: 

NOAA Restoration Center (F/HC3), 

ATTN: Restoration PEIS Scoping, 1315 

East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. 

The NOAA Restoration Center Web 

site that contains information and 

updates relevant to this PEIS can be 

found at: http:// 

www.restoration.noaa.gov/ 

environmentalcompliance 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom 

Barry at 301–427–8653 or via the 

following email address: 

rc.compliance@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NOAA Restoration Center is the only 

office within NOAA solely devoted to 

restoring the nation’s coastal, marine, 

and migratory fish habitat. Recognizing 

that the most successful environmental 

restoration projects are supported and 

implemented at the community-level, 

the Restoration Center creates and 

builds partnerships on local, regional 

and national scales to carry out habitat 

restoration projects within the coastal 

United States, Great Lakes region, and 

territories. Restoration projects use a 

number of priority habitat restoration 

approaches to positively impact fishery 

production. Most notably these 

approaches include, but are not limited 

to, opening rivers, reconnecting coastal 

wetlands, restoring corals, rebuilding 

shellfish populations, land and 

easement acquisition, erosion reduction, 

public outreach, restoration research, or 

a combination of these project types. 

The Restoration Center provides 

financial and technical assistance for 

implementing habitat restoration 

projects to partners primarily on a 

competitive basis through a number of 

programs and funding opportunities 

administered by the Restoration Center. 

These include the Community-based 

Restoration Program (CRP), the Damage 

Assessment, Remediation and 

Restoration Program (DARRP), the 

Coastal Wetland Planning, Protection 

and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) 

Program, and the Great Lakes Habitat 

Restoration Program (GLHRP). 

In 2002 the NOAA Restoration Center 

released the ‘‘NOAA Fisheries’ 

Implementation Plan for the 

Community-based Restoration Program’’ 

to document environmental compliance 

processes and procedures for the CRP. 

In 2006, the NOAA Restoration Center 

released a Supplemental Programmatic 

Environmental Assessment (SPEA) to 

update and further refine the 

environmental impact evaluation 

process for the CRP. Since that time, the 

Restoration Center has increased the 

scope and scale of the individual 

projects implemented by the CRP, as 

well as other Restoration Center 

programs. Therefore, the environmental 

impact analysis process under NEPA 

that uses the 2002 implementation plan 

and 2006 SPEA needs to be revised. 

Accordingly, NOAA is providing 

notice of its intent to develop a PEIS to 

evaluate the potential environmental 

impacts of proposed coastal and marine 

habitat restoration activities that the 

NOAA Restoration Center may conduct 

and support through its funding 

programs and restoration partners. 

These activities include: (1) Technical 

Assistance (includes planning, 

permitting, monitoring, research and 

outreach); (2) Riverine/Riparian/ 

Associated Uplands Restoration 

(includes channel, bank and floodplain, 

buffer area and watershed revegetation); 

(3) Inter-tidal Restoration (includes 

saltmarsh and oyster restoration); (4) 

Sub-tidal Restoration (includes 

submerged aquatic vegetation and coral 

restoration); and (5) Land and Water 

Acquisition. Possible alternatives 

NOAA will explore during the scoping 

process include the following: 

• Alternative 1 (preferred): NOAA 

proposes to support a comprehensive 

range of restoration activities through a 

wide variety of project types. Under this 

alternative, the Restoration Center 

would carry out Activities 1–5 

(Technical Assistance, Riverine/ 

Riparian/Associated Uplands 

Restoration, Sub-tidal Restoration, Intertidal Restoration, and Land and Water 

Acquisition). This alternative enables 

the Restoration Center to implement its 

programs and work toward its mission 

with the greatest efficiency and impact. 

• Alternative 2: Under this alternative 

NOAA would support a more limited 

range of project types, limited to 

Activities 1–4 (Technical Assistance, 

Riverine/Riparian/Associated Uplands 

Restoration, Sub-tidal Restoration, and 

Inter-tidal Restoration). This alternative, 

while not preferred, enables the 

Restoration Center to maintain a high 

level of efficiency and impact in 

implementing its programs. However, 

the exclusion of land and easement 

acquisition would steer program 

priorities toward on-the-ground 

restoration activities and technical 

support. 

• Alternative 3: Under this alternative 

NOAA would support a very limited 

range of project types, limited to 

Activity 1 (Technical Assistance). This 

alternative, while not preferred, enables 

the Restoration Center to support 

restoration activities conducted by 

partners. 

The publication date of this notice 

constitutes the start of the public 

scoping process under NEPA for the 

PEIS. Through public comment, the 

scoping process will help identify and 

determine the environmental issues that 

the PEIS will address. This notice 

provides information on how the public 

may participate. NOAA encourages all 

parties with an interest in or who are 

affected by habitat restoration activities 

to provide suggestions, comments and 

input on the alternatives, scope of 


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