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Notices Federal Register

56163 

Vol. 70, No. 185 

Monday, September 26, 2005 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–423–808] 

Notice of Extension of Time Limit for 

Final Results of Administrative 

Review: Stainless Steel Plate in Coils 

from Belgium 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 26, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni 

Page or Scott Lindsay at (202) 482–1398 

or (202) 482–0780, respectively; Office 

of AD/CVD Operations Office 6, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

Statutory Time Limits 

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (the Act) requires 

the Department to issue the final results 

in an administrative review within 120 

days after the date on which the 

preliminary results were published. 

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 final results to 180 

days from the date of publication of the 

preliminary results. 

Extension of Time Limits for Final 

Results 

On June 3, 2005, the Department 

published the preliminary results of this 

administrative review. See Stainless 

Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review (70 FR 

32573). The current deadline for the 

final results in this review is October 3, 

2005. However, the Department finds 

that it is not practicable to complete the 

review within the original time frame 

because we have requested additional 

information pertaining to the U.S. sales 

database and will need time to analyze 

the response and the parties’ comments 

on this matter. As such, completion of 

this review is not practicable within the 

original time limit. 

For the reasons noted above, in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) of 

the Act and section 351.213(h)(2) of the 

Department’s regulations, the 

Department is extending the time limit 

for the completion of the final results 

until no later than November 30, 2005. 

This notice is issued and published in 

accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of 

the Act. 

Dated: September 20, 2005. 

Barbara E. Tillman, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E5–5174 Filed 9–23–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 090705C] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Hearings; Correction 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public scoping 

meetings, request for comments; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: On September 12, 2005, a 

notice of public hearings by the MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council 

was announced in the Federal Register. 

That document contained an error in 

relation to the comment acceptance 

period under the DATES heading. This 

document corrects that error. All other 

information remains the same. 

DATES: Written comments will be 

accepted until October 31, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted through any of the following 

methods: 

• Mail: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 300 S. New 

Street, Dover, DE 19904 

• Fax: 302–674–5399 

• Email: info@mafmc.org 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director of 

the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management, 

302–674–2331, ext. 19. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In FR doc. E5–4969, on page 53780 of 

the September 12, 2005, issue of the 

Federal Register, under the DATES

heading, the comment acceptance 

period was listed as November 15, 2005. 

The correct date for the end of the 

comment acceptance period should read 

October 31, 2005. The DATES heading of 

this document reflects the change. 

Dated: September 21, 2005. 

Emily Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–19166 Filed 9–23–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain 

Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textiles 

and Textile Products Produced or 

Manufactured in the Socialist Republic 

of Vietnam 

September 20, 2005. 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the 

Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and 

Border Protection. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 27, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross 

Arnold, International Trade Specialist, 

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, (202) 482– 

4212. For information on the quota 

status of these limits, refer to the Bureau 

of Customs and Border Protection 

website (http://www.cbp.gov), or call 

(202) 344-2650. For information on 

embargoes and quota re-openings, refer 

to the Office of Textiles and Apparel 

website at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural 

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); 

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 

amended. 

The current limits for certain 

categories are being adjusted for swing. 

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A description of the textile and 

apparel categories in terms of HTS 

numbers is available in the 

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel 

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (refer to 

the Office of Textiles and Apparel 

website at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov). Also 

see 69 FR 57272, published in the 

Federal Register on September 24, 2004. 

D. Michael Hutchinson, 

Acting Chairman, Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements. 

Committee for the Implementation of Textile 

Agreements 

September 20, 2005. 

Commissioner, 

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, 

Washington, DC 20229 

Dear Commissioner: This directive 

amends, but does not cancel, the directive 

issued to you on September 20, 2004, by the 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. That directive 

concerns imports of certain cotton and man–

made fiber textiles and textile products, 

produced or manufactured in Vietnam and 

exported during the twelve-month period 

which began on January 1, 2005 and extends 

through December 31, 2005. 

Effective on September 27, 2005, you are 

directed to adjust the limits for the following 

categories, as provided for under the terms of 

the current bilateral textile agreement 

between the Governments of the United 

States and Vietnam: 

Category Restraint limit 1

200 ........................... 161,252 kilograms. 

301 ........................... 394,171 kilograms. 

332 ........................... 179,684 dozen pairs. 

345 ........................... 167,923 dozen. 

620 ........................... 8,087,620 square meters. 

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December 

31, 2004. 

The Committee for the Implementation of 

Textile Agreements has determined that 

these actions fall within the foreign affairs 

exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 

U.S.C. 553(a)(1). 

Sincerely, 

D. Michael Hutchinson, 

Acting Chairman, Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements. 

[FR Doc. 05–19164 Filed 9–23–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS 

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Limitations of Duty- and Quota-Free 

Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled 

in Beneficiary Sub-Saharan African 

Countries from Regional and ThirdCountry Fabric 

September 22, 2005. 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Publishing the New 12-Month 

Cap on Duty- and Quota-Free Benefits 

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anna Flaaten, International Trade 

Specialist, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482-3400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Title I, Section 112(b)(3) of the 

Trade and Development Act of 2000, as 

amended by Section 3108 of the Trade Act 

of 2002 and Section 7(b)(2) of the AGOA 

Acceleration Act of 2004; Presidential 

Proclamation 7350 of October 4, 2000 (65 FR 

59321); Presidential Proclamation 7626 of 

November 13, 2002 (67 FR 69459). 

Title I of the Trade and Development 

Act of 2000 (TDA 2000) provides for 

duty- and quota-free treatment for 

certain textile and apparel articles 

imported from designated beneficiary 

sub-Saharan African countries. Section 

112(b)(3) of TDA 2000 provides dutyand quota-free treatment for apparel 

articles wholly assembled in one or 

more beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries from fabric wholly formed in 

one or more beneficiary countries from 

yarn originating in the U.S. or one or 

more beneficiary countries. This 

preferential treatment is also available 

for apparel articles assembled in one or 

more lesser-developed beneficiary subSaharan African countries, regardless of 

the country of origin of the fabric used 

to make such articles. This special rule 

for lesser-developed countries applies 

through September 30, 2004. TDA 2000 

imposed a quantitative limitation on 

imports eligible for preferential 

treatment under these two provisions. 

The Trade Act of 2002 amended TDA 

2000 to extend preferential treatment to 

apparel assembled in a beneficiary subSaharan African country from 

components knit-to-shape in a 

beneficiary country from U.S. or 

beneficiary country yarns and to apparel 

formed on seamless knitting machines 

in a beneficiary country from U.S. or 

beneficiary country yarns, subject to the 

quantitative limitation. The Trade Act of 

2002 also increased the quantitative 

limitation but provided that this 

increase would not apply to apparel 

imported under the special rule for 

lesser-developed countries. Section 

7(b)(2)(B) of the AGOA Acceleration Act 

extended the expiration of the 

quantitative limitations. It also further 

amended the percentages to be used in 

calculating the quantitative limitations 

for each twelve-month period, 

beginning on October 1, 2003. The 

AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 

provides that the quantitative limitation 

for the twelve-month period beginning 

October 1, 2005 will be an amount not 

to exceed 5.8735 percent of the 

aggregate square meter equivalents of all 

apparel articles imported into the 

United States in the preceding 12-month 

period for which data are available. See 

Section 112(b)(3)(A)(ii)(I) of TDA 2000, 

as amended by Section 7(b)(2)(B) of the 

AGOA Acceleration Act. Of this overall 

amount, apparel imported under the 

special rule for lesser-developed 

countries is limited to an amount not to 

exceed 2.9285 percent of apparel 

imported into the United States in the 

preceding 12-month period. See Section 

112(b)(3)(B)(ii)(II) of TDA 2000, as 

amended by Section 7(b)(2)(B) of the 

AGOA Acceleration Act. For the 

purpose of this notice, the most recent 

12-month period for which data are 

available is the 12-month period ending 

July 31, 2005. 

Presidential Proclamation 7350 

directed CITA to publish the aggregate 

quantity of imports allowed during each 

12-month period in the Federal 

Register. Presidential Proclamation 

7626, published on November 18, 2002, 

modified the aggregate quantity of 

imports allowed during each 12-month 

period. 

For the one-year period, beginning on 

October 1, 2005, and extending through 

September 30, 2006, the aggregate 

quantity of imports eligible for 

preferential treatment under these 

provisions is 1,344,476,567 square 

meters equivalent. Of this amount, 

670,349,813 square meters equivalent is 

available to apparel imported under the 

special rule for lesser-developed 

countries. These quantities will be 

recalculated for each subsequent year. 

Apparel articles entered in excess of 

these quantities will be subject to 

otherwise applicable tariffs. 

These quantities are calculated using 

the aggregate square meter equivalents 

of all apparel articles imported into the 

United States, derived from the set of 

Harmonized System lines listed in the 

Annex to the World Trade Organization 

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 

(ATC), and the conversion factors for 

units of measure into square meter