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BARGE TRANSPORTATION RATES—Continued 

[Dollars per short ton] 

2005 2004 

This week Next month 2 months 

out 

3 months 

out This week Next month 2 months out 

3 months 

out 

10/19/2005 .... 38.69 35.16 closed ...... closed ...... 10/20/2004 ... 19.93 19.93 closed ...... closed 

10/26/2005 .... 44.26 39.93 closed ...... closed ...... 10/27/2004 ... 23.65 22.22 closed ...... closed 

St. Louis 

8/3/2005 ........ 9.46 12.37 13.29 ........ 10.93 ....... 8/4/2004 ....... 7.18 10.29 10.69 ....... 7.46 

8/10/2005 ...... 10.93 13.21 13.77 ....... 11.25 ....... 8/11/2004 ..... 7.14 10.45 10.77 ....... 7.46 

8/17/2005 ...... 13.09 14.48 14.36 ....... 11.21 ....... 8/18/2004 ..... 8.70 10.57 10.89 ....... 7.42 

8/24/2005 ...... 14.08 14.88 15.36 ....... 11.33 ....... 8/25/2004 ..... 8.30 10.81 10.89 ....... 7.42 

8/31/2005 ...... 23.94 21.95 18.95 ....... 13.69 ....... 9/1/2004 ....... 8.46 10.77 7.70 .......... 6.30 

9/7/2005 ........ 27.33 22.62 19.95 ....... 12.97 ....... 9/8/2004 ....... 10.33 10.97 7.70 .......... 6.42 

9/14/2005 ...... 28.05 24.34 18.47 ....... 13.49 ....... 9/15/2004 ..... 14.88 12.77 8.10 .......... 6.58 

9/21/2005 ...... 20.31 22.46 16.48 ....... 13.17 ....... 9/22/2004 ..... 15.56 13.09 10.61 ....... 6.62 

9/28/2005 ...... 28.53 23.94 17.48 ....... 13.33 ....... 9/29/2004 ..... 16.52 13.73 9.54 .......... 7.02 

10/5/2005 ...... 30.76 18.83 14.28 ....... 13.69 ....... 10/6/2004 ..... 16.08 9.30 7.38 ......... 7.22 

10/12/2005 .... 36.75 19.15 15.08 ....... 14.12 ........ 10/13/2004 ... 12.25 9.30 7.02 ......... 6.98 

10/19/2005 .... 25.62 18.87 14.88 ....... 14.32 ........ 10/20/2004 ... 11.05 9.62 7.26 ......... 7.26 

10/26/2005 .... 21.35 17.44 14.36 ....... 14.12 ........ 10/27/2004 ... 14.68 10.93 7.78 .......... 7.90 

I. Unloading Barges of Agricultural 

Commodities 

CCC will consider proposals and enter 

into agreements with operators to 

unload barges of agricultural 

commodities located in the New 

Orleans area for the purpose of making 

the barges available to move 2005-crop 

commodities. CCC has not and will not 

take title to the agricultural commodity. 

The barges must have been loaded and 

shipped to the New Orleans area before 

August 29, 2005, when Hurricane 

Katrina made landfall. The barges must 

be unloaded by December 1, 2005, 

unless extended in writing by CCC, to 

accelerate barge availability to 

geographical areas under harvest 

pressure. There are no restrictions on 

the actual unload location, final 

destination or disposition of the 

agricultural commodities; however there 

must not be a negative market impact. 

This offer of economic assistance is only 

available to unload barges of 

agricultural commodities and facilitate 

barge availability. 

II. Proposal Requirements 

Proposals must include the following 

information: 

(1) Number of barges that contain 

agricultural commodities; 

(2) Type of agricultural commodity; 

(3) Quantity of agricultural 

commodities; 

(4) Market value of the agricultural 

commodity as of date proposal is 

submitted: 

(5) Current location; 

(6) Date the barges arrived in the New 

Orleans area; 

(7) Location where barge will be 

discharged, if different from item 4 

above; 

(8) Proposed disposition and 

compensation received for the sale of 

the agricultural commodity; 

(9) Dollar amount per ton of 

assistance requested, not to exceed $30 

per ton; 

(10) Whether the loss or damage to the 

agricultural commodity was covered by 

an insurance policy and, if so, the 

amount of indemnity received; and 

(11) A point of contact with 

applicable phone number, facsimile 

number, e-mail address and mailing 

address. 

Operators entering into agreements 

with CCC will be required to meet 

certain documentation and certification 

requirements. These requirements will 

allow CCC to verify the unloading of the 

barges, the quantity and value of the 

agricultural commodity, and any 

compensation received for the final 

disposition of the agricultural 

commodity. 

III. Proposal Evaluation Criteria and 

Award 

Proposals must be evaluated 

objectively in accordance with the 

regulations on ‘‘Competition in the 

awarding of discretionary grants and 

cooperative agreements’’ found at 7 CFR 

part 3015.158. The following criteria 

must be used equally in the evaluation: 

(1) Proposal’s cost in relation to the 

agricultural commodity’s current market 

value; 

(2) Net positive impact on barge 

availability; and 

(3) Overall cost-effectiveness of 

proposal. 

CCC will notify interested parties of 

approval of their proposal. 

Signed at Washington, DC November 1, 

2005. 

Teresa C. Lasseter, 

Executive Vice-President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 05–22239 Filed 11–3–05; 1:51 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

BROADCASTING BOARD OF 

GOVERNORS 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, November 

9th, 2005, 2–4:30 p.m. 

PLACE: Cohen Building, Room 3321, 330 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20237. 

CLOSED MEETING: The members of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) 

will meet in closed session to review 

and discuss a number of issues relating 

to U.S. Government-funded nonmilitary international broadcasting. 

They will address internal procedural, 

budgetary, and personnel issues, as well 

as sensitive foreign policy issues 

relating to potential options in the U.S. 

international broadcasting field. This 

meeting is closed because if open it 

likely would either disclose matters that 

would be properly classified to be kept 

secret in the interest of foreign policy 

under the appropriate executive order (5 

U.S.C. 552b.(c)(1)) or would disclose 

information the premature disclosure of 

which would be likely to significantly 

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frustrate implementation of a proposed 

agency action. (5 U.S.C. 552b.(c)(9)(B)) 

In addition, part of the discussion will 

relate solely to the internal personnel 

and organizational issues of the BBG or 

the International Broadcasting Bureau. 

(5 U.S.C. 552b.(c)(2) and (6)). 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Persons interested in obtaining more 

information should contact either 

Brenda Hardnett or Carol Booker at 

(202) 203–4545. 

Dated: November 1, 2005. 

Carol Booker, 

Legal Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 05–22236 Filed 11–3–05; 12:39 pm] 

BILLING CODE 8230–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

A–570–899 

Preliminary Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value: Certain Artist 

Canvas from the People’s Republic of 

China 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 7, 2005. 

SUMMARY: We preliminarily determine 

that artist canvas from the People’s 

Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) is being, or 

is likely to be, sold in the United States 

at less than fair value (‘‘LTFV’’), as 

provided in section 733 of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’). The 

estimated margins of sales at LTFV are 

shown in the ‘‘Preliminary 

Determination’’ section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jon 

Freed or Michael Holton, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 8, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–3818 or 482–1324, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Case History 

On March 31, 2005, the Department of 

Commerce (‘‘Department’’) received a 

Petition on imports of certain artist 

canvas from the PRC (‘‘Petition’’) filed 

in proper form by Tara Materials Inc. 

(‘‘Tara’’ or ‘‘Petitioner’’) on behalf of the 

domestic industry and workers 

producing certain artist canvas. On 

April 7, 2005, the Department clarified 

that the official filing date for the 

Petition was April 1, 2005, and that the 

proper period of investigation (‘‘POI’’) is 

July 1, 2004, through December 31, 

2004. See Memorandum from Edward 

Yang to Barbara Tillman: Decision 

Memo Concerning Petition Filing Date 

and Period of Investigation, April 7, 

2005. On April 7, 2005, and April 14, 

2005, the Department requested 

clarification of certain areas of the 

Petition and received responses to those 

requests on April 12, 2005, April 15, 

2005, and April 18, 2005. This 

investigation was initiated on April 28, 

2005. See Initiation of Antidumping 

Duty Investigation: Certain Artist 

Canvas from the People’s Republic of 

China, 70 FR 21996 (April 28, 2005) 

(‘‘Notice of Initiation’’). Additionally, in 

the Notice of Initiation, the Department 

applied the modified process by which 

exporters and producers may obtain 

separate–rate status in NME 

investigations. The new process requires 

exporters and producers to submit a 

separate–rate status application. See 

Policy Bulletin 05.1: Separate–Rates 

Practice and Application of 

Combination Rates in Antidumping 

Investigations involving Non–Market 

Economy Countries, (April 5, 2005), 

(‘‘Policy Bulletin 05.1’’) available at 

http://ia.ita.doc.gov/policy/bull05–

1.pdf. However, the standard for 

eligibility for a separate rate (which is 

whether a firm can demonstrate an 

absence of both de jure and de facto 

governmental control over its export 

activities) has not changed. 

On April 28, 2005, the Department 

requested quantity and value (‘‘Q&V’’) 

information from a total of six producers 

of artist canvas in the PRC which were 

identified in the petition and for which 

the Department was able to locate 

contact information. On April 28, 2005, 

the Department also sent the 

Government of the PRC a letter 

requesting assistance in locating all 

known Chinese producers/exporters of 

artist canvas who exported artist canvas 

to the United States during the POI, July 

1, 2004, through December 31, 2004. In 

addition, on May 11, 2005, in response 

to a request from ColArt Americas Inc. 

(‘‘ColArt’’), the Department requested 

Q&V information from ColArt. 

On May 16, 2005, the Department 

received Q&V responses from four 

Chinese producers/exporters of artist 

canvas: Hangzhou Haili Electronic 

Equipment Co., Ltd. (‘‘Haili’’); ColArt; 

Ningbo Conda Import & Export Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Ningbo Conda’’); and Wuxi Phoenix 

Artist Materials Co., Ltd. (‘‘Phoenix 

Materials’’). On May 16, 2005, the 

Department also received a Q&V 

response from Textus Industries stating 

that it is a U.S. importer and it is not 

a producer or exporter of subject 

merchandise. The Government of the 

PRC did not respond to the 

Department’s April 28, 2005, letter 

requesting assistance in identifying 

producers and exporters of the subject 

merchandise in the PRC. On June 2, 

2005, the Department requested 

clarifying Q&V information from Haili, 

ColArt, Ningbo Conda and Phoenix 

Materials. On June 6, 2005, we received 

responses from Haili, ColArt, Ningbo 

Conda and Phoenix Materials clarifying 

their Q&V information. 

On May 13, 2005, the Department 

requested comments from all interested 

parties on proposed control numbers 

(‘‘CONNUMs’’) to be assigned the 

subject merchandise. On May 23, 2005, 

we received comments from: Michaels 

Stores, Inc., Aaron Brothers, 

Macpherson’s ColArt Americas Inc., 

Crafts, Etc!, Ltd./Hobby Lobby Stores, 

Inc., and Jerry’s Artarama, Inc. 

(collectively, ‘‘Importers’’); Petitioner; 

and Phoenix Materials. 

On May 24, 2005, the United States 

International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’) 

issued its affirmative preliminary 

determination that there is a reasonable 

indication that an industry in the 

United States is materially injured by 

reason of imports from the PRC of 

certain artist canvas. The ITC’s 

determination was published in the 

Federal Register on May 24, 2005. See 

Investigation Nos. 731–TA–1091 

(Preliminary), Artists’ Canvas from 

China, 70 FR 29781 (May 24, 2005). 

On May 25, 2005, the Department 

determined that India, Indonesia, Sri 

Lanka, the Philippines, and Egypt are 

countries comparable to the PRC in 

terms of economic development. See 

Memorandum from Ron Lorentzen, 

Acting Director, Office of Policy to 

Robert Bolling, Program Manager, 

China/NME Group, Office 8: 

Antidumping Duty Investigation of 

Certain Artist Canvas from the People’s 

Republic of China (PRC): Request for a 

List of Surrogate Countries, dated May 

25, 2005 (‘‘Office of Policy Surrogate 

Countries Memorandum’’). 

On May 27, 2005, the Department 

requested that the parties submit 

comments on surrogate country 

selection. On June 24, 2005, we received 

comments regarding the selection of a 

surrogate country from the Petitioner 

and from the Importers. Both the 

Petitioner and Importers argued that 

India is the appropriate surrogate 

country. 

On May 27, 2005, we received 

separate rate applications from 

Hangzhou Foreign Relation & Trade 

Service Co. Ltd. (‘‘HFERTS’’) and 

Jiangsu Animal By–products Import & 

Export Group Corp. (‘‘Jiangsu By–

products’’). On June 16, 2005, we