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request must be served on every party 

on the Department’s service list. 

The Department will publish in the 

Federal Register a notice of ‘‘Initiation 

of Administrative Review of 

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 

Order, Finding, or Suspended 

Investigation’’ for requests received by 

the last day of March 2009. If the 

Department does not receive, by the last 

day of March 2009, a request for review 

of entries covered by an order, finding, 

or suspended investigation listed in this 

notice and for the period identified 

above, the Department will instruct CBP 

to assess antidumping or countervailing 

duties on those entries at a rate equal to 

the cash deposit of (or bond for) 

estimated antidumping or 

countervailing duties required on those 

entries at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, for 

consumption and to continue to collect 

the cash deposit previously ordered. 

This notice is not required by statute 

but is published as a service to the 

international trading community. 

Dated: February 23, 2009. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations 

[FR Doc. E9–4347 Filed 2–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–822] 

Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils 

from Mexico; Extension of Time Limit 

for Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Due to the fact that the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) requires additional 

information from the respondent, 

ThyssenKrupp Mexinox S.A. de C.V. 

and Mexinox USA, Inc. (collectively, 

Mexinox), in order to complete our 

analysis, the Department finds that it is 

not practicable to complete the 

preliminary results of this review within 

the original time frame. Accordingly, 

the Department is extending fully the 

time limit for completion of the 

preliminary results of this 

administrative review until no later than 

July 31, 2009, which is 365 days from 

the last day of the anniversary month. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 2, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Edwards or Brian Davis, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office 7, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–8029 or (202) 482– 

7924, respectively. 

Background 

On July 30, 2008, the Department 

received a timely request from Mexinox 

for revocation from the antidumping 

duty order on certain stainless steel 

sheet and strip (S4) in coils from 

Mexico. On July 31, 2008, the 

Department received a timely request 

from Allegheny Ludlum Corporation, 

AK Steel Corporation, and North 

American Stainless, to conduct an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on S4 in coils 

from Mexico. On August 26, 2008, the 

Department published a notice of 

initiation of this administrative review, 

covering the period of July 1, 2007 to 

June 30, 2008. See Initiation of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews, 73 FR 50308 

(August 26, 2008). The current deadline 

for the preliminary results of this review 

is April 2, 2009. 

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 

preliminary results of an administrative 

review within 245 days after the last day 

of the anniversary month of an order for 

which a review is requested. However, 

if it is not practicable to complete the 

review within this time period, section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 

Department to extend the time limit for 

the preliminary results to a maximum of 

365 days after the last day of the 

anniversary month of an order for which 

a review is requested. 

The Department finds that it is not 

practicable to complete the preliminary 

results of this review within the original 

time frame because additional 

information from the respondent, 

Mexinox, is necessary to complete our 

analysis and we will not have sufficient 

time to obtain and analyze the new 

information prior to the current 

deadline for the preliminary results. 

Accordingly, the Department is 

extending fully the time limit for 

completion of the preliminary results of 

this administrative review until no later 

than July 31, 2009. We intend to issue 

the final results no later than 120 days 

after publication of the preliminary 

results notice. 

This extension is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act. 

Dated: February 23, 2009. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–4343 Filed 2–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XN12 

Fisheries Off West Coast States and in 

the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast 

Groundfish Fishery; Application for an 

Exempted Fishing Permit 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; intent to issue exempted 

fishing permits, request for comment. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the intent 

to issue exempted fishing permits 

(EFPs) to Pacific whiting shoreside 

vessels and first receivers that 

participate in a maximized retention 

and monitor program for the 2009 

Pacific whiting shoreside fishery. EFPs 

are needed to allow vessels to retain 

catch in excess of the cumulative limits 

and to retain prohibited species until 

offloading. EFPs are also needed to 

allow first receivers to possess Pacific 

whiting deliveries with prohibited 

species and catch that is in excess of 

cumulative limits, and to used hopper 

type scales to derive accurate catch 

weights prior to sorting. Issuance of the 

EFPs would allow NMFS to collect 

catch data on incidentally caught 

species, including salmonids listed 

under the Endangered Species Act, and 

would allow new components of an 

overall monitoring program to be 

investigated before implementation of a 

regulatory program. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

March 17,2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by RIN 0648–XN12 by any 

one of the following methods: 

• Fax: 206–526–6736, Attn: Becky 

Renko. 

• Mail: Barry A. Thom, Acting 

Regional Administrator, Northwest 

Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way 

NE, Seattle, WA 98115–0070, Attn: 

Becky Renko. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Becky Renko or Kevin Duffy at (206) 

526–6140. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action is authorized by the Magnuson– 

Stevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act provisions at 50 CFR 

600.745 which states that EFPs may be 

used to authorize fishing activities that 

would otherwise be prohibited in order 

to collect data among other activities. 

On January 14, 2009, NMFS Northwest 

Region sent a letter to the Pacific 

Fishery Management Council (Council) 

that included a proposal for issuance of 

EFPs to vessels and first receivers 

participating in the 2009 Pacific whiting 

shoreside fishery. If issued, the EFPs 

would provide for a maximized 

retention and monitoring program for 

the Pacific whiting shoreside fishery. 

The proposed maximized retention and 

monitoring program regulations are 

intended to allow for the Pacific whiting 

shoreside fishery to be efficiently 

prosecuted while providing accurate 

catch data such that the Endangered 

Species Act and Magnuson–Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act requirements for this fishery are 

adequately met. 

The issuance of EFPs would allow 

approximately 40 vessels to delay 

sorting of groundfish catch and to retain 

catch in excess of cumulative trip limits 

and prohibited species catch until 

offloading. These activities are 

otherwise prohibited by regulations at 

50 CFR 660.306(a)(10) and (a)(2), 

respectively. 

Additionally, issuance of the EFPs to 

approximately 15 first receivers 

(generally land–based processing 

facilities) would allow first receivers to 

possess more than a single cumulative 

limit of a particular species, per vessel, 

per applicable cumulative limit period. 

The possession of catch in excess of the 

cumulative limits is otherwise 

prohibited by regulations at 50 CFR 

660.306(a)(10). In addition, the EFPs 

would include an allowance for first 

receivers to use hopper type scales to 

derive an accurate total catch weight 

prior to sorting. Regulations pertaining 

to sorting at § 660.370(h)(6) and 

prohibitions at § 660.306(a)(7) require 

vessels to sort the catch before 

weighing. 

Issuance of the EFPs would allow for 

the collection of information on the 

catch of salmon, non–whiting 

groundfish, and other non–groundfish 

species incidentally taken with Pacific 

whiting. These data are needed to 

monitor the attainment of the shore– 

based whiting allocation while assuring 

that the fishery specifications (bycatch 

limits, species allocations, OYs, and 

biological opinion thresholds) are not 

exceeded. Because whiting flesh 

deteriorates rapidly once the fish are 

caught, whiting must be minimally 

handled and immediately chilled to 

maintain the flesh quality. Allowing 

Pacific whiting shoreside vessels to 

retain unsorted catch will also enable 

whiting quality to be maintained. 

At the June 2007 Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (PFMC) meeting, 

the PFMC recommended that NMFS 

implement a maximized retention 

program in Federal regulations that 

would allow full retention of Pacific 

whiting catch by the vessels and 

delivered to first receivers on shore. 

NMFS Northwest Region is in the 

process of transitioning the Pacific 

whiting shoreside fishery from a 

maximized retention and monitoring 

program conducted under EFPs to a 

Federal regulatory program. Though it 

was expected that the program would be 

in place at the start of the 2009 fishing 

season, it will not be possible given the 

complexity in developing the program. 

The EFPs, as proposed, would be used 

to investigate the new components of 

the overall monitoring program before 

regulatory implementation. The EFPs 

would be in effect until the effective 

date of the new Federal maximized 

retention and monitoring program, or 

December 31, 2009, if the regulatory 

program is not in effect by that time. 

Proposed Federal regulations for a 

maximized retention and monitoring 

program would require Pacific whiting 

shoreside vessels to dump unsorted 

catch directly below deck and would 

allow unsorted catch to be landed, 

providing that an electronic monitoring 

system (EMS) is used on all fishing trips 

to verify retention of catch at sea. The 

EMS is an effective tool for accurately 

monitoring catch retention and 

identifying the time and location of 

discard events. The EFPs would include 

provisions for EMS, paid for by the 

vessels, similar to the 2008 EFP and 

similar to the proposed Federal 

regulatory program. 

Proposed Federal regulations for a 

maximized retention and monitoring 

program would also require first 

receivers to have on shore monitoring 

conducted by catch monitors. Catch 

monitors are third party employees, 

paid for by industry, and trained to 

NMFS standards. The EFP would 

include provisions for third party catch 

monitors from a NMFS specified 

provider. Like the proposed Federal 

regulatory program, catch monitors used 

under the EFPs would be trained in 

techniques that would be used for the 

verification of fish ticket data and in 

species identification. Catch monitor 

duties include overseeing the sorting, 

weighing, and recordkeeping process, as 

well as gathering information on 

incidentally caught salmon. Catch 

monitors verify the accuracy of 

electronic fish ticket data used to 

manage the Pacific whiting shoreside 

fishery such that inaccurate or delayed 

information does not result in any 

fishery specifications (bycatch limits, 

species allocations, OYs, and biological 

opinion thresholds) being exceeded. 

In 2008, the first receiver EFPs 

required each first receiver to have one 

catch monitor on each day that Pacific 

whiting deliveries were received. In 

June 2008, to insure the integrity of 

sector–specific bycatch limits, the 

Council recommended as part of the 

2009–2010 harvest specifications and 

management measures, that NMFS 

increase the catch monitor coverage in 

the proposed monitoring program to full 

coverage. With full coverage all Pacific 

whiting deliveries are monitored by 

catch monitors (the number of 

individual catch monitors per facility 

would vary depending on the hours of 

operation and the number of Pacific 

whiting deliveries received each day). 

NMFS intends to implement the 

Council’s recommendations for full 

catch monitoring coverage in its 

rulemaking for a maximized retention 

and monitoring program. To be 

consistent with Council 

recommendations, the first receiver 

EFPs would also require full catch 

monitor coverage for 2009. 

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

Dated: February 24, 2009. 

Emily H. Menashes 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–4299 Filed 2–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XN61 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic and the 

New England Fishery Management 

Councils’ (MAFMC/NEFMC) Joint Spiny 

Dogfish Committee. 


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