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SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) and the 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

the Department is issuing a 

countervailing duty order on circular 

welded austenitic stainless pressure 

pipe (CWASPP) from the People’s 

Republic of China (PRC). 

Effective Date: March 19, 2009. 

Contact Information: Robert Copyak, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office 3, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–2209. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On January 28, 2009, the Department 

published its final determination in the 

countervailing duty investigation on 

CWASPP from the PRC. See Circular 

Welded Austenitic Stainless Pressure 

Pipe from the People’s Republic of 

China: Final Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination, 74 FR 4936 

(January 28, 2009) (Final 

Determination). On March 11, 2009, the 

ITC notified the Department of its final 

determination pursuant to section 

705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the Act), that an industry 

in the United States is materially 

injured by reason of subsidized imports 

of subject merchandise from the PRC. 

See Letter from the ITC to the Secretary 

of Commerce, ‘‘Notification of Final 

Affirmative Determination of Welded 

Stainless Pressure Pipe from China 

(Investigation Nos. 701–TA–454 and 

731–TA–1144 (Final), USITC 

Publication 4064, March 2009),’’ March 

11, 2009. Pursuant to section 736(a) of 

the Act, the Department is publishing a 

countervailing duty order on the subject 

merchandise. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is circular welded 

austenitic stainless pressure pipe not 

greater than 14 inches in outside 

diameter. This merchandise includes, 

but is not limited to, the American 

Society for Testing and Materials 

(ASTM) A–312 or ASTM A–778 

specifications, or comparable domestic 

or foreign specifications. ASTM A–358 

products are only included when they 

are produced to meet ASTM A–312 or 

ASTM A–778 specifications, or 

comparable domestic or foreign 

specifications. 

Excluded from the scope are: (1) 

Welded stainless mechanical tubing, 

meeting ASTM A–554 or comparable 

domestic or foreign specifications; (2) 

boiler, heat exchanger, superheater, 

refining furnace, feedwater heater, and 

condenser tubing, meeting ASTM A– 

249, ASTM A–688 or comparable 

domestic or foreign specifications; and 

(3) specialized tubing, meeting ASTM 

A–269, ASTM A–270 or comparable 

domestic or foreign specifications. 

The subject imports are normally 

classified in subheadings 7306.40.5005, 

7306.40.5040, 7306.40.5062, 

7306.40.5064, and 7306.40.5085 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States. They may also enter 

under HTSUS subheadings 

7306.40.1010, 7306.40.1015, 

7306.40.5042, 7306.40.5044, 

7306.40.5080, and 7306.40.5090. The 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes 

only; the written description of the 

scope is dispositive. 

Countervailing Duty Order 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Act on January 28, 2009, the 

Department published its final 

determination in the countervailing 

duty investigation of CWASPP from the 

PRC. See Final Determination, 74 FR 

4936. On February 5, 2009, the 

Department terminated suspension of 

liquidation in accordance with 703(d) of 

the Act, effective November 7, 2008. 

Section 703(d) of the Act states that the 

suspension of liquidation pursuant to a 

preliminary determination may not 

remain in effect for more than four 

months. 

On March 11, 2009, in accordance 

with section 705(d) of the Act, the ITC 

notified the Department of its final 

determination that the industry in the 

United States producing welded 

stainless steel pressure pipe is 

materially injured within the meaning 

of section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by 

reason of subsidized imports of welded 

stainless steel pressure pipe from the 

PRC. Therefore, countervailing duties 

will be assessed on all unliquidated 

entries of CWASPP from the PRC 

entered or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption, on or after July 10, 

2008, the date on which the Department 

published its preliminary affirmative 

countervailing duty determination in 

the Federal Register, and before 

November 7, 2008, the date on which 

the Department instructed CBP to 

discontinue the suspension of 

liquidation in accordance with section 

703(d) of the Act. See Circular Welded 

Austenitic Stainless Pressure Pipe From 

the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination and Alignment of 

Final Countervailing Duty 

Determination with Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination, 73 FR 39657 (July 

10, 2008). Entries of CWASPP made on 

or after November 7, 2008, and prior to 

the date of publication of the ITC’s final 

determination in the Federal Register 

are not liable for the assessment of 

countervailing duties due to the 

Department’s discontinuation, effective 

November 7, 2008, of the suspension of 

liquidation. 

In accordance with section 706(a)(1) 

of the Act, the Department will direct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) to assess, upon further instruction 

by the Department, countervailing 

duties equal to the amounts of the net 

countervailable subsidy for all relevant 

entries of CWASPP from the PRC. 

In accordance with section 706 of the 

Act, the Department will direct CBP to 

suspend liquidation, effective the date 

of publication of the ITC’s final 

determination in the Federal Register, 

and to require a cash deposit for each 

entry of the subject merchandise in an 

amount based on the net countervailable 

subsidy rates for the subject 

merchandise as noted in the Final 

Determination. 

This notice constitutes the 

countervailing duty order with respect 

to CWASPP from the PRC pursuant to 

section 706(a) of the Act. Interested 

parties may contact the Department’s 

Central Records Unit, Room 1117 of the 

main Department Building, for copies of 

an updated list of countervailing duty 

orders currently in effect. 

This countervailing duty order is 

issued and published in accordance 

with section 706(a) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.211. 

Dated: March 16, 2009. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

A–570–918 

Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the 

People’s Republic of China: Initiation 

and Preliminary Results of Changed 

Circumstances Review, and Intent to 

Revoke Order in Part 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 19, 2009. 

SUMMARY: On February 3, 2009, the 

Department of Commerce 


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(‘‘Department’’) received a request for a 

changed circumstances review and a 

request to revoke, in part, the 

antidumping duty order on steel wire 

garment hangers from the People’s 

Republic of China with respect to 

chrome–plated steel wire garment 

hangers with a diameter of 3.4 mm or 

greater. Petitioner submitted a letter to 

the Department expressing lack of 

interest in antidumping duty relief from 

imports of chrome–plated steel wire 

garment hangers with a diameter of 3.4 

mm or greater. Therefore, we are 

notifying the public of our intent to 

revoke, in part, the antidumping duty 

order as it relates to imports of chrome– 

plated steel wire garment hangers with 

a diameter of 3.4 mm or greater as 

described below. The Department 

invites interested parties to comment on 

these preliminary results. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine Bertrand, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, N.W., Washington DC 20230; 

telephone (202) 482–3207. 

Background 

On October 6, 2008, the Department 

published the antidumping duty order 

on steel wire garment hangers from the 

People’s Republic of China. See Notice 

of Antidumping Duty Order: Steel Wire 

Garment Hangers from the People’s 

Republic of China, 73 FR 58111 

(October 6, 2008). On February 3, 2009, 

the Department received a request on 

behalf of M&B Metal Products 

Company, Inc. (‘‘Petitioner’’) for a 

changed circumstances review to 

revoke, in part, the antidumping duty 

order on steel wire garment hangers 

from the People’s Republic of China 

with respect to chrome–plated steel 

wire garment hangers with a diameter of 

3.4 mm or greater. We did not receive 

comments from any other party. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise that is subject to the 

order is steel wire garment hangers, 

fabricated from carbon steel wire, 

whether or not galvanized or painted, 

whether or not coated with latex or 

epoxy or similar gripping materials, 

and/or whether or not fashioned with 

paper covers or capes (with or without 

printing) and/or nonslip features such 

as saddles or tubes. These products may 

also be referred to by a commercial 

designation, such as shirt, suit, strut, 

caped, or latex (industrial) hangers. 

Specifically excluded from the scope of 

the order are wooden, plastic, and other 

garment hangers that are not made of 

steel wire. The products subject to the 

order are currently classified under 

HTSUS subheadings 7326.20.0020 and 

7323.99.9060. 

Although the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

merchandise is dispositive. 

Initiation and Preliminary Results of 

Changed Circumstances Review, and 

Intent to Revoke Order in Part 

At the request of Petitioner, and in 

accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 

(d)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (‘‘Act’’), and 19 CFR 351.216, 

the Department is initiating a changed 

circumstances review of steel wire 

garment hangers from the People’s 

Republic of China to determine whether 

partial revocation of the antidumping 

duty order is warranted with respect to 

chrome–plated steel wire garment 

hangers with a diameter of 3.4 mm or 

greater. Section 782(h)(2) of the Act and 

19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i) provide that the 

Department may revoke an order (in 

whole or in part) if it determines that 

producers accounting for substantially 

all of the production of the domestic 

like product have no further interest in 

the order, in whole or in part. In 

addition, in the event the Department 

determines that expedited action is 

warranted, 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii) 

permits the Department to combine the 

notices of initiation and preliminary 

results. 

In accordance with section 751(b) of 

the Act, and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(l)(i) and 

351.221(c)(3), we are initiating this 

changed circumstances review and have 

determined that expedited action is 

warranted. Petitioner stated in its 

February 3, 2009, request that itself, 

Shanti Industries Inc., and Metro 

Supply Company account for all or 

substantially all of the steel wire 

garment hangers production in the 

United States. Petitioner further stated 

that Shanti Industries Inc., and Metro 

Supply Company support the request 

for changed circumstances review as 

filed by Petitioner on February 3, 2009. 

In accordance with section 751(b) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i), we find 

Petitioner, along with the other 

domestic producers supporting the 

request, comprise substantially all of the 

production of the domestic like product. 

See Petitioner’s Request for Changed 

Circumstances Review dated February 

3, 2009. Petitioner has expressed a lack 

of interest in the order, in part, with 

respect to chrome–plated steel wire 

garment hangers with a diameter of 3.4 

mm or greater. Because this changed 

circumstances request was filed less 

than 24 months after the date of 

publication of notice of the final 

determination in an investigation, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.216(c), the 

Department must determine whether 

good cause exists. We find that 

Petitioners’ affirmative statement of no 

interest in the order with respect to 

chrome–plated steel wire garment 

hangers with a diameter of 3.4 mm or 

greater constitutes good cause for the 

conduct of this review. Based on the 

expression of no interest by Petitioner 

and the supporting domestic producers, 

and absent any objection by any other 

interested parties, we have preliminarily 

determined that the domestic producers 

of the like product have no interest in 

the continued application of the 

antidumping duty order on steel wire 

garment hangers to the merchandise that 

is subject to this request. Accordingly, 

we are notifying the public of our intent 

to revoke, in part, the antidumping duty 

order as it relates to imports of chrome– 

plated steel wire garment hangers with 

a diameter of 3.4 mm or greater. 

Therefore, we intend to change the 

scope of the order on steel wire garment 

hangers from the People’s Republic of 

China to include the following 

exclusion: Excluded from the scope are 

chrome–plated steel wire garment 

hangers with a diameter of 3.4 mm or 

greater. 

Public Comment 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

Written comments may be submitted no 

later than 14 days after the date of 

publication of these preliminary results. 

Rebuttals to written comments, limited 

to issues raised in such comments, may 

be filed no later than 21 days after the 

date of publication of these preliminary 

results. The Department will issue the 

final results of this changed 

circumstances review, which will 

include its analysis of any written 

comments, no later than 270 days after 

the date on which this review was 

initiated, or within 45 days if all parties 

agree to our preliminary results. See 19 

CFR 351.216(e). 

If final revocation occurs, we will 

instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection to end the suspension of 

liquidation for the merchandise covered 

by the revocation on the effective date 

of the notice of revocation and to release 

any cash deposit or bond. See 19 CFR 

351.222(g)(4). The current requirement 

for a cash deposit of estimated 

antidumping duties on all subject 

merchandise will continue unless and 

until it is modified pursuant to the final 

results of this changed circumstances 

review. 

This initiation and preliminary results 

of review and notice are in accordance 


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with sections 751(b) and 777(i) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.216, 351.221, and 

351.222. 

Dated: March 13, 2009. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XO17 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Scallop Survey Advisory Panel in April, 

2009 to consider actions affecting New 

England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Monday, April 6, 2009 at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: This 

meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 

31 Hampshire Street, Mansfield, MA 

02048; telephone: (508) 339–2200; fax: 

(508) 339–1040. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Sea 

Scallop Survey Advisory Panel (SSAP) 

will meet to review 2008 survey 

research and plans for 2009 research 

projects. The SSAP will recommend 

changes in research priorities to develop 

improved scallop survey data collection 

and analysis methods. The SSAP will 

also develop and recommend a peer 

review process to analyze the new 

survey dredge calibrations and also to 

evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, and 

utility of existing survey technologies. 

The SSAP will also develop 

recommendations for implementation of 

integrated, multi-technology annual 

scallop resource surveys. Other issues 

may also be discussed and 

recommendations will be presented to 

the New England Fishery Management 

Council for approval. 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, at 978– 

465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

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

Dated: March 16, 2009 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XO23 

National Marine Fisheries Service, 

Pacific Fishery Management Council 

(Pacific Council); April 2–9, 2009 

Council Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Council and its 

advisory entities will hold public 

meetings. 

DATES: The Council and its advisory 

entities will meet April 2–9, 2009. The 

Council meeting will begin on Saturday, 

April 4, at 8:00 a.m., reconvening each 

day through Thursday, April 9. All 

meetings are open to the public, except 

a closed session will be held from 8:00 

a.m. until 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 

4 to address litigation and personnel 

matters. The Council will meet as late 

as necessary each day to complete its 

scheduled business. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

The Westin San Francisco Airport, 1 

Old Bayshore Highway, Millbrae, 

California 94030; telephone: 650–692– 

3500. The Pacific Council address is 

Pacific Fishery Management Council, 

7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, 

Portland, OR 97220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Donald O. McIsaac, Executive Director, 

telephone 866–806–7204 or 503–820– 

2280; or access the Pacific Council 

website, www.pcouncil.org for the 

current meeting location, proposed 

agenda, and meeting briefing materials. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following items are on the Pacific 

Council agenda, but not necessarily in 

this order: 

A. Call to Order 

1. Opening Remarks and 

Introductions 

2. Roll Call 

3. Executive Director(s Report 

4. Approve Agenda 

B. Open Comment Period 

1. Comments on Non-Agenda Items 

C. Habitat 

1. Current Habitat Issues 

D. Highly Migratory Species 

Management 

1. National Marine Fisheries Service 

Report 

2. Fishery Management Plan 

Amendment 2 - High Seas Shallow-Set 

Longline 

3. Fishery Management Plan 

Amendments to Implement Annual 

Catch Limit Requirements 

4. International Regional Fishery 

Management Organization Matters 

E. Marine Protected Areas 

1. Update on Olympic Coast National 

Marine Sanctuary Management Plan 

Review Process 

F. Groundfish Management 

1. National Marine Fisheries Service 

Report 

2. Consideration of Inseason 

Adjustments 

3. Fishery Management Plan 

Amendment 21 - Intersector Allocation 

4. Fishery Management Plan 

Amendment 20 - Trawl Rationalization 

— Community Fishery Association and 

Miscellaneous Clarification Issues 

5. Fishery Management Plan 

Amendment 20 - Trawl Rationalization 

— Analysis of Parameters for Adaptive 

Management Program 

6. Final Consideration of Inseason 

Adjustments 

7. Fishery Plan Amendments to 

Implement Annual Catch Limit 

Requirements 

8. Review of Implementing 

Regulations for the Vessel Monitoring 

System 

G. Administrative Matters 

1. Legislative Matters 

2. Approval of Council Meeting 

Minutes 

3. Membership Appointments and 

Council Operating Procedures 

4. Review of Proposed Rule on 

Council Standard Operating Policies 

and Procedures 

5. Future Council Meeting Agenda 

and Workload Planning 

H. Salmon Management 

1. Update on National Marine 

Fisheries Service Draft Biological 

Opinion for California Water Projects 

2. Work Group Report on Causes of 

2008 Salmon Failure 


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