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notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: November 2, 2005. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce has 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Pacific Islands Region Coral 

Reef Ecosystems Permit Form. 

Form Number(s): None. 

OMB Approval Number: 0648–0463. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 30. 

Number of Respondents: 12. 

Average Hours Per Response: 

Applications, 2 hours; and appeals, 3 

hours. 

Needs and Uses: The regulations 

implementing the Fishery Management 

Plan (FMP) for Coral Reef Ecosystems of 

the Western Pacific Region include the 

establishment of a permit requirement 

for any U.S. vessel fishing for coral reef 

management unit species in the 

designated low-use Marine Protected 

Areas and open areas, i.e., waters 

seaward of the inner boundary of the 

U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone in the 

western Pacific region. The special 

permit is also required for at-sea 

transshipment of coral reef management 

unit species. The permit application 

form provides basic information about 

the permit applicant, vessel, fishing gear 

and method, target species, projected 

fishing effort, etc. for use by NOAA 

Fisheries Service and the Western 

Pacific Fishery Management Council in 

determining eligibility for permit 

issuance. The information is important 

for understanding the nature of the 

fishery and provides a link to 

participants. It also aids in the 

enforcement of FMP management 

measures. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Annually and on occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: November 2, 2005. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

[Docket No. 051028278–5278–01] 

Impact of Implementation of the 

Chemical Weapons Convention on 

Commercial Activities Involving 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ Chemicals Through 

Calendar Year 2005 

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of inquiry. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and 

Security (BIS) is seeking public 

comments on the impact that 

implementation of the Chemical 

Weapons Convention has had on 

commercial activities involving 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals through 

calendar year 2005. This notice of 

inquiry is part of an effort to collect 

information to assist in the preparation 

of the annual certification required 

under Condition 9 of Senate Resolution 

75, April 24, 1997, in which the Senate 

gave its advice and consent to the 

ratification of the Chemical Weapons 

Convention. 

DATES: Comments are due December 6, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: wfisher@bis.doc.gov. 

Include the phrase ‘‘Schedule 1 Notice 

of Inquiry’’ in the subject line; 

• Fax: (202) 482–3355 (Attn: Willard 

Fisher); 

• Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Willard Fisher, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Regulatory Policy Division, 

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Room 2705, Washington, DC 

20230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions on the Chemical Weapons 

Convention requirements for ‘‘Schedule 

1’’ chemicals, contact Marcia Brisson, 

Treaty Compliance Division, Office of 

Nonproliferation and Treaty 

Compliance, Bureau of Industry and 

Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Phone: (703) 605–4400. For questions 

on the submission of comments, contact 

Willard Fisher, Regulatory Policy 

Division, Office of Exporter Services, 

Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Phone: (202) 

482–2440. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In providing its advice and consent to 

the ratification of the Chemical 

Weapons Convention (Convention) (S. 

Res. 75, April 24, 1997), the Senate 

included several conditions. Condition 

9 of Senate Resolution 75, titled 

‘‘Protection of Advanced 

Biotechnology,’’ provides that the 

President shall certify to the Congress 

on an annual basis that ‘‘* * * the 

legitimate commercial activities and 

interests of chemical, biotechnology, 

and pharmaceutical firms in the United 

States are not being significantly 

harmed by the limitations of the 

Convention on access to, and 

production of, those chemicals and 

toxins listed in Schedule 1 * * *’’. On 

July 8, 2004, President Bush, by 

Executive Order 13346, delegated his 

authority to make the annual 

certification to the Secretary of 

Commerce. 

In the years 2000 through 2004, BIS 

solicited comments from the public on 

the commercial impact of the 

Convention’s Schedule 1 limitations 

and received no comments. In light of 

this, the President certified to Congress 

that firms were not significantly harmed 

by the Convention’s Schedule 1 

limitations. The Bureau of Industry and 

Security is collecting data to assist in 

determining the impact, if any, that the 

implementation of the Convention’s 

requirements have had on commercial 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ activities through 

calendar year 2005. 

The Convention on the Prohibition of 

the Development, Production, 

Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical 

Weapons and Their Destruction, 

commonly called the Chemical 

Weapons Convention (CWC), is an 

international arms control treaty that 

establishes the Organization for the 

Prohibition of Chemical Weapons 

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(OPCW) to implement the verification 

provisions of the treaty. The CWC 

imposes a number of obligations on 

countries that have ratified the 

Convention (States Parties), including 

enactment of legislation to prohibit the 

production, storage, and use of chemical 

weapons, and establishment of a 

National Authority for liaison with the 

OPCW and other States Parties. The 

CWC also requires States Parties to 

implement a comprehensive data 

declaration and inspection regime to 

provide transparency and to verify that 

both the public and private sectors of 

States Parties are not engaged in 

activities prohibited under the CWC. 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals are those 

toxic chemicals and precursors 

identified in the Convention as posing 

a high risk to the object and purpose of 

the Convention. The ‘‘Schedule 1’’

chemicals are set forth in the 

Convention’s ‘‘Annex on Chemicals,’’ as 

well as in Supplement No. 1 to part 712 

of the Chemical Weapons Convention 

Regulations (15 CFR 712). 

The ‘‘Schedule 1’’ provisions of the 

Convention that affect commercial 

activities are implemented through part 

712 of the Chemical Weapons 

Convention Regulations and parts 742 

and 745 of the Export Administration 

Regulations, both administered by the 

Bureau of Industry and Security. These 

regulations: 

(1) Prohibit the import of ‘‘Schedule 

1’’ chemicals from States not Party to 

the Convention (15 CFR 712.2(a)); 

(2) Require annual declarations by 

certain facilities engaged in the 

production of ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals 

in excess of 100 grams aggregate per 

calendar year (i.e., declared ‘‘Schedule 

1’’ facilities) for purposes not prohibited 

by the Convention (15 CFR 712.3(a)(2) 

and (a)(3)); 

(3) Require government approval of 

‘‘declared Schedule 1’’ facilities (15 CFR 

712.3(e)); 

(4) Provide that ‘‘declared Schedule 

1’’ facilities are subject to initial and 

routine inspection by the Organization 

for the Prohibition of Chemical 

Weapons (15 CFR 712.3(d) and 

716.1(b)(1)); 

(5) Require 200 days advance 

notification of establishment of new 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ production facilities 

producing greater than 100 grams 

aggregate of ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals per 

calendar year (15 CFR 712.4); 

(6) Require advance notification and 

annual reporting of all imports and 

exports of ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals to, or 

from, other States Parties to the 

Convention (15 CFR 712.5, 742.18(a)(1) 

and 745.1); and 

(7) Prohibit the export of ‘‘Schedule 

1’’ chemicals to States not Party to the 

Convention (15 CFR 742.18(a)(1) and 

(b)(1)(ii)). 

Discussion and Request for Comments 

In order to assist in determining 

whether the legitimate commercial 

activities and interests of chemical, 

biotechnology, and pharmaceutical 

firms in the United States are being 

significantly harmed by the limitations 

of the Convention on access to, and 

production of, ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals, 

BIS is seeking public comments on any 

effects that implementation of the 

Chemical Weapons Convention has had 

on commercial activities involving 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals through 

calendar year 2005. 

Submission of Comments 

All comments must be submitted to 

the address indicated in this notice. The 

Department requires that all comments 

be submitted in written form. 

The Department encourages interested 

persons who wish to comment to do so 

at the earliest possible time. The period 

for submission of comments will close 

on December 6, 2005. The Department 

will consider all comments received 

before the close of the comment period. 

Comments received after the end of the 

comment period will be considered if 

possible, but their consideration cannot 

be assured. The Department will not 

accept comments accompanied by a 

request that a part or all of the material 

be treated confidentially because of its 

business proprietary nature or for any 

other reason. The Department will 

return such comments and materials to 

the persons submitting the comments 

and will not consider them. All 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be a matter of public record 

and will be available for public 

inspection and copying. 

The Office of Administration, Bureau 

of Industry and Security, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, displays 

public comments on the BIS Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA) Web site at 

http://www.bis.doc.gov/foia. This office 

does not maintain a separate public 

inspection facility. If you have technical 

difficulties accessing this Web site, 

please call BIS’s Office of 

Administration, at (202) 482–0637, for 

assistance. 

Dated: November 2, 2005. 

Matthew S. Borman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

(A–533–502, A–583–008, A–549–502, A–489–

501, A–351–809, A–201–805, A–580–809, A–

583–814) 

Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel 

Pipes and Tubes from India, Taiwan, 

Thailand, and Turkey, and Circular 

Welded Non–Alloy Steel Pipe from 

Brazil, Republic of Korea, Mexico, and 

Taiwan; Notice of Final Results of 

Expedited Five–Year (‘‘Sunset’’) 

Reviews of Antidumping Duty Orders 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On July 1, 2005, the 

Department of Commerce (‘‘the 

Department’’) initiated the second 

sunset reviews of the antidumping duty 

orders on certain circular welded carbon 

steel pipes and tubes from India, 

Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey, and 

circular welded non–alloy steel pipe 

from Brazil, Republic of Korea 

(‘‘Korea’’), Mexico, and Taiwan, 

pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff 

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

the basis of a notice of intent to 

participate and adequate substantive 

responses filed on behalf of the 

domestic interested parties and 

inadequate response from respondent 

interested parties, the Department has 

conducted expedited sunset reviews of 

these antidumping duty orders. As a 

result of these sunset reviews, the 

Department finds that revocation of the 

antidumping duty orders would likely 

lead to continuation or recurrence of 

dumping at the level indicated in the 

‘‘Final Results of Review’’ section of this 

notice. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 8, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dana Mermelstein, Antidumping/ 

Countervailing Duty Operations, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20230; 

telephone:(202) 482–1391. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Pursuant to section 736 of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register the antidumping duty orders 

on Certain Circular Welded Carbon 

Steel Pipes and Tubes from India, 

Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and Circular 

Welded Non–Alloy Steel Pipe from 

Brazil, Korea, Mexico, and Taiwan. See 

Antidumping Duty Order; Certain