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EE442 (Daily Math Practice Journal 

Grades 1 - 3); EE443 and EE444 (Daily 

Math Practice Journal Grades 4 - 6); 

EE651 and EE652 (Daily Language 

Practice, Grades 1-3); EE653 and EE654 

(Daily Language Practice Journal, Grades 

4 - 6), are included within the scope of 

the antidumping duty order; requested 

December 7, 2006; initiated May 7, 

2007. 

Multiple Countries 

A-423-808 and C-423-809: Stainless 

Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium; A475-822: Stainless Steel Plate in Coils 

from Italy; A-580-831: Stainless Steel 

Plate in Coils from South Korea; A-583- 

830: Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from 

Taiwan; A-791-805 and C-791-806: 

Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from South 

Africa 

Requestor: Ugine & ALZ Belgium N.V.; 

whether stainless steel products with an 

actual thickness of less than 4.75 mm, 

regardless of nominal thickness, are 

within the scope of the antidumping 

and countervailing duty orders; 

requested June 8, 2007; initiated July 23, 

2007. 

A-533-809: Certain Forged Stainless 

Steel Flanges from India; A-583-821: 

Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges 

from Taiwan 

Requestor: Lokring Technology 

Corporation; whether certain assemblies 

comprising stainless steel flanges from 

India or Taiwan welded to stainless 

steel ‘‘half-bodies’’ with swage rings, 

and completed in Canada, are within 

the scope of the order; requested 

September 18, 2007. 

Anticircumvention Rulings Pending as 

of September 30, 2007: 

People’s Republic of China 

A-570-001: Potassium Permanganate 

from the People’s Republic of China 

Requestor: Specialty Products 

International, Inc.; whether sodium 

permanganate is later-developed 

merchandise that is circumventing the 

antidumping duty order; requested 

October 10, 2006. 

A-570-868: Folding Metal Tables and 

Chairs from the People’s Republic of 

China 

Requestor: Meco Corporation; whether 

the common leg table (a folding metal 

table affixed with cross bars that enable 

the legs to fold in pairs) produced in the 

PRC is a minor alteration that 

circumvents the antidumping duty 

order; requested October 31, 2005; 

initiated June 1, 2006. 

A-570-894: Certain Tissue Paper 

Products from the People’s Republic of 

China 

Requestor: Seaman Paper Company; 

whether imports of tissue paper from 

Vietnam made out of jumbo rolls of 

tissue paper from the PRC are 

circumventing the antidumping duty 

order; requested July 19, 2006; initiated 

September 5, 2006. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on the completeness of this 

list of pending scope and 

anticircumvention inquiries. Any 

comments should be submitted to the 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for D/CVD 

Operations, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 

N.W., Room 1870, Washington, DC 

20230. 

This notice is published in 

accordance with 19 C.F.R. 351.225(o). 

Dated: October 25, 2007. 

Stephen J. Claeys, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD57 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species 

(HMS); Pelagic Longline Research 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the 

availability of an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) analyzing the impacts 

of conducting research with pelagic 

longline (PLL) vessels in portions of the 

East Florida Coast (EFC) and Charleston 

Bump closed areas. Given the nearly 

rebuilt status of north Atlantic 

swordfish and recent bycatch reduction 

measures implemented throughout the 

U.S. PLL fishery, NMFS is proposing to 

collect baseline PLL fishery data in the 

closed areas to evaluate the 

effectiveness of existing bycatch 

reduction measures. The EA analyzes 

monthly and annual PLL logbook and 

pelagic observer program (POP) data on 

catch and bycatch rates of all species in 

the proposed research area from 1995–

2000 to determine potential impacts of 

the research fishery on target and nontarget species. NMFS invites comments 

from interested parties on the EA. 

DATES: Written comments on the EA 

must be received by 5 p.m. on 

November 20, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: PLL.ResearchEA@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line the following 

identifier: I.D. PLL Research EA. 

• Mail: Margo Schulze-Haugen, Highly 

Migratory Species Management Division 

(F/SF1), NMFS, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

Please mark the outside of the envelope 

‘‘Comments on PLL Research EA.’’

• Fax: (301)713–1917 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Russell Dunn, 727–824–5399; fax: 727–

824–5398, or Chris Rilling 301–713–

2347; fax: 301–713–1917. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

proposes to conduct research with a 

limited number of vessels (two are 

proposed, but backup vessels may be 

used if breakdowns occur) in portions of 

the EFC and Charleston Bump closed 

areas (Figure 1). The latitude and 

longitude coordinates of the proposed 

research area are provided in Table 1. In 

the EFC closed area, the proposed 

research area would be north of Fort 

Pierce, FL, beginning at 28 degrees 

north latitude and proceeding north, 

seaward of the axis of the Gulf Stream, 

to the northern boundary of the EFC 

closed area at 31 degrees north latitude. 

In the Charleston Bump, the proposed 

research area would be north of 31 

degrees north latitude and following the 

200 meter isobath ( ∼100 fathom 

contour) to the northern and eastern 

boundaries of the Charleston Bump 

closed area. The two areas are hereafter 

referred to collectively as the proposed 

research area. NMFS closed the EFC and 

Charleston Bump closed areas to PLL 

gear in early 2001 to reduce bycatch of 

juvenile swordfish, billfish, and other 

HMS (65 FR 47214, August 1, 2000). 

The Charleston Bump closed area is a 

seasonal closure from February through 

April every year, whereas the EFC 

closed area is closed year-round to PLL 

gear. Since that time, the swordfish 

stock has been nearly rebuilt 

(B=0.99BMSY) and new bycatch 

reduction measures have been 

implemented throughout the PLL 

fishery (e.g., circle hook requirements, 

bait requirements, bycatch release gear, 

and careful handling and release 

workshops). No PLL fishing has been 

authorized in the closed areas since 

2001, and NMFS has not collected 

information on the effectiveness of 

current bycatch reduction measures in 

closed areas where bycatch rates may be 


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higher than in other areas. NMFS thus 

proposes to collect information under 

scientifically rigorous protocols to 

determine the effectiveness of bycatch 

reduction measures in these closed 

areas. This information will assist 

NMFS in making appropriate 

management decisions regarding the 

effectiveness of existing closed areas 

and bycatch reduction technologies, as 

well as any potential modifications to 

the closed areas. 

NMFS proposes to make a total of 289 

sets distributed inside and outside the 

proposed research area over a 12 month 

period beginning in late 2007 or early 

2008. Each set would consist of 500 18/ 

0 circle hooks with an offset not to 

exceed 10 degrees with whole dead 

finfish bait and/or squid bait. Vessels 

would be subject to 100 percent 

observer coverage, and observers or 

research staff would collect data that 

includes, but is not limited to, catch per 

unit effort (CPUE) for target and bycatch 

species; discard rates; interaction rates 

with protected species; size of target 

species; hooking location; mortality at 

haul back; bycatch mortality; and if 

possible, an evaluation of the condition 

of fish at haul back to allow post-release 

mortality estimates. 

All targeted catch (tunas, swordfish, 

and sharks) that can be legally landed 

could be harvested and sold by the 

vessel owners. No other compensation 

would be provided to the vessels. All 

bycatch would be released using NMFSapproved dehooking equipment and 

appropriate safe handling and release 

protocols. Incidental catch of bluefin 

tuna would be landed consistent with 

existing regulations. Any mortalities of 

Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA) 

regulated species (i.e., tunas and 

swordfish) and sharks would be counted 

against the appropriate quotas. Nontarget species and protected resources 

would be tagged and released alive, 

consistent with requirements of the 

Terms and Conditions of the 2004 

Biological Opinion issued for the 

fishery, and research objectives. 

The EA analyzed the status quo and 

two alternatives on different proposed 

research areas within the EFC and 

Charleston Bump areas. A fourth 

alternative to conduct research 

throughout the entire EFC and 

Charleston Bump closed areas was 

considered but not further analyzed. 

Based on analysis in the EA of PLL and 

POP data from 1995–2000 and prior to 

the closures and circle hook 

requirements going into effect, a limited 

number of interactions with leatherback 

sea turtles (four based on PLL data and 

six based on POP data over six years) 

and loggerhead sea turtles (five based on 

PLL data and 12 based on POP data over 

six years) occurred in the proposed 

research area. Under a worst case 

scenario using estimates from the POP 

data, and applying anticipated fishing 

effort in the research fishery to preclosure J-hook catch rates, two 

leatherback and six loggerhead sea turtle 

interactions may occur as a result of the 

research fishery. Given the significantly 

lower interaction and mortality rates of 

Atlantic sea turtles with circle hooks, 

this action is not expected to 

significantly increase fishery 

interactions with, or mortalities of, sea 

turtles. The predicted interactions 

would not cause the Incidental Take 

Statement in the 2004 Biological 

Opinion for the PLL fishery to be 

exceeded, and would not be expected to 

jeopardize the continued existence of 

sea turtles. Incidental takes of, or 

interactions with, protected species that 

are listed as threatened or endangered 

under the Endangered Species Act 

taking place under the research fishery 

would be counted against the 

authorized incidental take levels 

specified in the 2004 Biological Opinion 

for the PLL fishery. 

The EA includes similar analyses of 

PLL and POP data from 1995–2000 on 

catch rates, live and dead discard rates, 

and retained numbers of swordfish, 

bluefin, yellowfin, and bigeye tunas, 

large coastal sharks, and pelagic sharks. 

Based on the worst case scenario from 

the POP data, and applying anticipated 

fishing effort in the research fishery to 

pre-closure J-hook catch rates, an 

estimated 1,083 swordfish are predicted 

to be retained, 973 discarded alive, and 

360 discarded dead; zero (0) bluefin 

tuna are predicted to be caught or 

discarded; nine white marlin are 

predicted to be discarded alive and 13 

dead; 10 blue marlin are predicted to be 

discarded alive and 14 dead; 113 large 

coastal sharks are predicted to be kept; 

124 discarded alive, and 50 discarded 

dead (depending upon available quota); 

and 21 pelagic sharks are predicted to 

be kept, 81 discarded alive, and 11 

discarded dead (depending upon 

available quota). Given the known and 

anticipated mortality reduction benefits 

of circle hooks for Atlantic HMS relative 

to J-hooks, the estimates above are likely 

over-estimates. As a result, this action is 

not expected to significantly increase 

the retention or bycatch of HMS. 

All fishing activities would be 

monitored by Federal fisheries observers 

or trained research staff to provide data 

on longline gear configuration; target 

and incidental catch; bycatch of billfish, 

juvenile swordfish, and bluefin tuna; 

and sea turtle interactions. NMFS 

currently collects this information on 

selected PLL vessels through the POP. 

Even though fishing effort will 

increase in the proposed research area, 

fishing effort across the entire fishery is 

not anticipated to increase because 

vessels participating in the research 

fishery would have otherwise been 

fishing commercially for HMS in open 

areas. 

The regulations that prohibit the 

proposed activities absent issuance of 

an EFP, include requirements for vessel 

reporting (50 CFR 635.4) and fishing in 

a closed area (50 CFR 635.21(c)(2)). All 

other relevant regulations concerning 

HMS at 50 CFR Part 635 would apply. 

NMFS is requesting public comment 

on the EA because the fishing activities 

are proposed to occur in closed areas, 

specifically the EFC and Charleston 

Bump. If NMFS proceeds with the 

proposed research as described in the 

EA, then NMFS would issue the 

necessary exempted fishing permits to 

authorize the research activity. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. and 16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: October 30, 2007. 

Emily H. Menashes 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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TABLE 1. COORDINATES OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH AREA (PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE 3) SHOWN IN FIGURE 1 BEGINNING

WITH LOCATION NUMBER 1 AND PROCEEDING CLOCKWISE THROUGH LOCATION NUMBER 12. 

Point 

Latitude Longitude 

Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds 

1 34 ................................... 0 0 76 0 0 

2 31 ................................... 0 0 76 0 0 

3 31 ................................... 0 0 78 0 0 

4 28 ................................... 17 6.8 79 11 54.5 

5 28 ................................... 0 0 79 23 47.9 

6 28 ................................... 0 0 79 40 0 

7 31 ................................... 0 0 79 40 0 

8 31 ................................... 0 0 79 54 38.9 

9 31 ................................... 47 7.2 78 21 50.5 

10 32 ................................... 29 12.1 78 40 21.0 

11 33 ................................... 5 35.8 77 27 15.7 

12 34 ................................... 0 0 76 15 26.5 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–C 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control 

Program: Proposed Findings 

Document, Environmental 

Assessment, and Finding of No 

Significant Impact 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, and the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of 

Proposed Findings Document, 

Environmental Assessment, and Finding 

of No Significant Impact on Approval of 

the Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control 

Program for Indiana. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

availability of the Proposed Findings 

Document, Environmental Assessment, 

and Finding of No Significant Impact for 

Indiana’s Coastal Nonpoint Pollution 

Control Program. Coastal states and 

territories are required to submit their 

coastal nonpoint programs to the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

for approval. The Findings Document 

was prepared by NOAA and EPA to 

provide the rationale for the agencies’

decision to approve the state coastal 

nonpoint pollution control program. 

Section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act 

Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA), 

16 U.S.C. 1455b, requires states and 

territories with coastal zone 

management programs that have 

received approval under section 306 of 

the Coastal Zone Management Act to 

develop and implement coastal 

nonpoint programs. The Environmental 

Assessment was prepared by NOAA, 

pursuant to the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. sections 

4321 et seq., to assess the environmental 

impacts associated with the approval of 

the coastal nonpoint pollution control 

program submitted to NOAA and EPA 

by Indiana. 

NOAA and EPA have proposed to 

approve, with conditions, the coastal 

nonpoint program submitted by Indiana. 

The requirements of 40 CFR Parts 1500–

1508 (Council on Environmental 

Quality (CEQ) regulations to implement 

the National Environmental Policy Act) 

apply to the preparation of these 

Environmental Assessments. 

Specifically, 40 CFR section 1506.6 

requires agencies to provide public 

notice of the availability of 

environmental documents. This notice 

is part of NOAA’s action to comply with 

this requirement. 

Copies of the proposed Findings 

Document, Environmental Assessment, 

and Finding of No Significant Impact 

may be found on the NOAA Web site at 

http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/ 

assessments/welcome.html or may be 

obtained upon request from: Allison 

Castellan, Coastal Programs Division (N/ 

ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 

1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910, phone (301) 713–3155, 

extension 125, e-mail 

allison.castellan@noaa.gov. 

DATES: Individuals or organizations 

wishing to submit comments on the 

proposed Findings or Environmental 

Assessment should do so by December 

5, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be made 

to: John King, Chief, Coastal Programs 

Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and 

Coastal Resource Management, NOS, 

NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910, phone (301) 

713–3155 extension 188, e-mail 

john.king@noaa.gov. 

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 

Coastal Zone Management Program 

Administration). 

John H. Dunnigan, 

Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services 

and Coastal Zone Management, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

Benjamin H. Grumbles, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0037] 

Federal Acquisition 

Regulation;Information Collection; 

Presolicitation Notice and Response 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding an extension to an 

existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

Secretariat will be submitting to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to review and approve 


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