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• South Carolina SAC. 

VIII. Future Agenda Items. 

IX. Adjourn. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Robert Lerner, Press and 

Communications, (202) 376–8582. 

Dated: December 31, 2007. 

David Blackwood, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 07–6310 Filed 12–31–07; 2:25 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

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: January 3, 2008. 

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, D.C. 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 of 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 July 1, 2007 

through September 30, 2007. 

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, D.C. 20230.This 

determination and notice are in 

accordance with section 702(a) of the 

Act. 

Dated: December 27, 2007. 

Stephen J. Claeys, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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 

$ 0.33 $ 0.33 

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). 

1 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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BILLING CODE: 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–427–818] 

Continuation of Antidumping Duty 

Order on Low Enriched Uranium From 

France 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: As a result of the 

determination by the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) and the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

that revocation of the antidumping duty 

order on Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) 

from France would likely lead to a 

continuation or recurrence of dumping 

and material injury to an industry in the 

United States, the Department is 

publishing a notice of continuation for 

this antidumping duty order. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 3, 2008. 

Contact Information: Douglas Kirby or 

Dana Mermelstein, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office 6, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–3782 or (202) 482–1391, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Department initiated and the ITC 

instituted sunset reviews of the 

antidumping duty order on LEU from 

France, pursuant to section 751(c) of the 

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

See Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) 

Reviews, 72 FR 100 (January 3, 2007) 

(Notice of Initiation). 

As a result of its review, the 

Department found that a revocation of 

the antidumping duty order would 

likely lead to a continuation or 

recurrence of dumping, and therefore 

notified the ITC of the magnitude of the 

margins likely to prevail were the order 

to be revoked. See Final Results of 

Expedited Sunset Review: 

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Enriched Uranium from France, 72 FR 

26603 (May 10, 2007). 

On December 13, 2007, the ITC 

determined, pursuant to section 751(c) 

of the Act, that a revocation of the 

antidumping duty order on LEU from 

France would likely lead to a 

continuation or recurrence of material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States within a reasonably foreseeable 

time: See Low Enriched Uranium from 

France; 72 FR 71954 (December 19, 

2007), and USITC Publication 3967 

(December 2007), (Inv. No. 731–TA–

909) (Review). 

Scope of the Order 

The product covered by this order is 

all low enriched uranium (LEU). LEU is 

enriched uranium hexafluoride (UF6) 

with a U235 product assay of less than 

20 percent that has not been converted 

into another chemical form, such as 

UO2, or fabricated into nuclear fuel 

assemblies, regardless of the means by 

which the LEU is produced (including 

LEU produced through the downblending of highly enriched uranium). 

Certain merchandise is outside the 

scope of this order. Specifically, this 

order does not cover enriched uranium 

hexafluoride with a U235 assay of 20 

percent or greater, also known as highly 

enriched uranium. In addition, 

fabricated LEU is not covered by the 

scope of this order. For purposes of this 

order, fabricated uranium is defined as 

enriched uranium dioxide (UO2), 

whether or not contained in nuclear fuel 

rods or assemblies. Natural uranium 

concentrates (U3O8) with a U235

concentration of no greater than 0.711 

percent and natural uranium 

concentrates converted into uranium 

hexafluoride with a U235 concentration 

of no greater than 0.711 percent are not 

covered by the scope of this order. 

Also excluded from this order is LEU 

owned by a foreign utility end-user and 

imported into the United States by or for 

such end-user solely for purposes of 

conversion by a U.S. fabricator into 

uranium dioxide (UO2) and/or 

fabrication into fuel assemblies so long 

as the uranium dioxide and/or fuel 

assemblies deemed to incorporate such 

imported LEU (i) remain in the 

possession and control of the U.S. 

fabricator, the foreign end-user, or their 

designed transporter(s) while in U.S. 

customs territory, and (ii) are reexported within eighteen (18) months of 

entry of the LEU for consumption by the 

end-user in a nuclear reactor outside the 

United States. Such entries must be 

accompanied by the certifications of the 

importer and end-user. 

The merchandise subject to this order 

is currently classifiable in the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) at subheading 

2844.20.0020. Subject merchandise may 

also enter under 2844.20.0030, 

2844.20.0050, and 2844.40.00. Although 

the HTSUS subheadings are provided 

for convenience and customs purposes, 

the written description of the 

merchandise is dispositive. 

Continuation of Order 

As a result of these determinations by 

the Department and the ITC that a 

revocation of the antidumping duty 

order would likely lead to a 

continuation or recurrence of dumping 

and material injury to an industry in the 

United States, pursuant to section 

751(d)(2) of the Act, the Department 

hereby orders the continuation of the 

antidumping duty order on LEU from 

France. U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection will continue to collect 

antidumping duty cash deposits at the 

rates in effect at the time of entry for all 

imports of subject merchandise. 

The effective date of the continuation 

of this order will be the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of 

this notice of continuation. Pursuant to 

sections 751(c)(2) and 751(c)(6)(A) of 

the Act, the Department intends to 

initiate the next five-year review of this 

order no later than November 2012. 

This five-year (sunset) review and this 

notice are in accordance with section 

751(c) of the Act and published 

pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: December 26, 2007. 

Stephen J. Claeys, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD57 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Pelagic Longline Research 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the 

availability of a Final Environmental 

Assessment (EA) and a final decision to 

issue an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) 

to conduct research in portions of the 

East Florida Coast (EFC) and Charleston 

Bump closed areas using a limited 

number of pelagic longline (PLL) 

vessels. Given the nearly rebuilt status 

of north Atlantic swordfish (B = 

0.99BMSY) and bycatch reduction 

measures that were implemented 

throughout the U.S. PLL fishery in 2004, 

NMFS is authorizing the collection of 

baseline PLL fishery data in the closed 

areas to evaluate the effectiveness of 

existing bycatch reduction measures. 

The Final 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 programfishery on target and 

non-target species. The Final EA 

includes additional analyses of catch 

rates for all species based on 18/0 circle 

hooks. NMFS will require the use of 18/ 

0 non-offset circle hooks in the research 

project to minimize bycatch and bycatch 

mortality and 100 percent observer 

coverage to ensure scientific rigor. 

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: By issuing 

the EFP, NMFS authorizes a limited 

number of vessels (three are authorized, 

but only two vessels will fish at any 

given time and one vessel is designated 

as a backup vessels if breakdowns 

occur) to conduct research 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° N. lat. In the 

Charleston Bump, the proposed research 

area would be north of 31 degrees north 

latitude and following the 200–meter 

isobath (approximately 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 

Highly Migratory Species (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, and new bycatch reduction 

measures have been implemented 

throughout the PLL fishery (e.g., circle 


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