Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 55 / Tuesday, March 24, 2009 / Notices 12313 

Dated: March 17, 2009. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations, 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of 

Foreign Government Subsidies on 

Articles of Cheese Subject to an In– 

Quota Rate of Duty 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 24, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gayle Longest, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office 3, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Ave., NW, 

Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 

482–3338. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

702 of the Trade Agreements Act of 

1979 (as amended) (‘‘the Act’’) requires 

the Department of Commerce (‘‘the 

Department’’) to determine, in 

consultation with the Secretary of 

Agriculture, whether any foreign 

government is providing a subsidy with 

respect to any article of cheese subject 

to an in–quota rate of duty, as defined 

in section 702(h) of the Act, and to 

publish an annual list and quarterly 

updates to the type and amount of those 

subsidies. We hereby provide the 

Department’s quarterly update of 

subsidies on articles of cheese that were 

imported during the period October 1, 

2008 through December 31, 2008. 

The Department has developed, in 

consultation with the Secretary of 

Agriculture, information on subsidies 

(as defined in section 702(h) of the Act) 

being provided either directly or 

indirectly by foreign governments on 

articles of cheese subject to an in–quota 

rate of duty. 

The appendix to this notice lists the 

country, the subsidy program or 

programs, and the gross and net 

amounts of each subsidy for which 

information is currently available. The 

Department will incorporate additional 

programs which are found to constitute 

subsidies, and additional information 

on the subsidy programs listed, as the 

information is developed. 

The Department encourages any 

person having information on foreign 

government subsidy programs which 

benefit articles of cheese subject to an 

in–quota rate of duty to submit such 

information in writing to the Assistant 

Secretary for Import Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Ave., NW, 

Washington, DC 20230. 

This determination and notice are in 

accordance with section 702(a) of the 

Act. 

Dated: March 16, 2009. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

APPENDIX 

SUBSIDY PROGRAMS ON CHEESE SUBJECT TO AN IN–QUOTA RATE OF DUTY 

Country Program(s) Gross1 Subsidy 

($/lb) 

Net2 Subsidy 

($/lb) 

27 European Union Member States3 ......................... European Union Restitution Payments .............. $ 0.00 $0.00 

Canada ........................................................................ Export Assistance on Certain Types of Cheese $ 0.29 $ 0.29 

Norway ........................................................................ Indirect (Milk) Subsidy ........................................ $ 0.00 $ 0.00 

..................................................................................... Consumer Subsidy ............................................. $ 0.00 $ 0.00 

..................................................................................... Total ................................................................... $ 0.00 $ 0.00 

Switzerland .................................................................. Deficiency Payments .......................................... $ 0.00 $ 0.00 

1 Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5). 

2 Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6). 

3The 27 member states of the European Union are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, 

Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, 

Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XO01 

Magnuson–Stevens Act Provisions; 

General Provisions for Domestic 

Fisheries; Application for Exempted 

Fishing Permits 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notification of a proposal to 

conduct exempted fishing; 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 that was submitted by the 

Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) 

warrants further consideration and 

should be issued for public comment. 

The EFP would exempt participating 

vessels from the seasonal Atlantic 

herring (herring) Management Area 1A 

and Management Area 1B quota 

closures, seasonal Management Area 1A 

gear restrictions, and herring trip 

possession limits. 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 Atlantic Herring 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP). 

However, further review and 

consultation may be necessary before a 

final determination is made. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 8, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by e–mail to 

herring.efp@noaa.gov. Include in the 

subject line of the e–mail comment the 

following document identifier: 

‘‘Comments on GMRI herring EFP.’’ 

Written comments should be sent to 

Patricia A. Kurkul, Regional 

Administrator, NMFS, Northeast 

Regional Office, 55 Great Republic 

Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the 

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