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Timely written notification of the return 

or destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and the terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

This administrative review and this 

notice are published in accordance with 

sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act. 

Dated: January 6, 2010. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

Appendix I 

Issues in Decision Memorandum 

Comment 1: Application of the PRC-wide 

rate to Foshan Shunde. 

Comment 2: Application of Total Adverse 

Facts Available to Foshan Shunde. 

Comment 3: Whether Substantial 

Deficiencies exist in Foshan Shunde’s 

Responses. 

Comment 4: Whether the Department 

Should Calculate a Separate Rare for Foshan 

Shunde. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

[Docket No. PTO–PTO–C–2009–0058] 

National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation Call for 2010 Nominations 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(United States Patent and Trademark 

Office) is accepting nominations for its 

National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation (NMTI). 

Since establishment by Congress in 

1980, the President of the United States 

has awarded the National Medal of 

Technology and Innovation (formerly 

known as the National Medal of 

Technology) annually to our Nation’s 

leading innovators. If you know of a 

candidate who has made an 

outstanding, lasting contribution to the 

economy through the promotion of 

technology or technological manpower, 

you may obtain a nomination form from: 

http://www.uspto.gov/about/nmti/ 

index.jsp. 

DATES: The deadline for submission of 

a nomination is March 31, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The NMTI Nomination form 

for the year 2010 may be obtained by 

visiting the Web site at http:// 

www.uspto.gov/about/nmti/index.jsp. 

Nomination applications should be 

submitted to Richard Maulsby, Program 

Manager, National Medal of Technology 

and Innovation Program, by electronic 

mail to: NMTI@uspto.gov or by mail to: 

Richard Maulsby, United States Patent 

and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22313–1450. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Maulsby, Program Manager, 

National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation Program, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 

1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313–1450, 

telephone (571) 272–8333, or electronic 

mail: nmti@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Enacted by Congress in 

1980, the Medal of Technology was first 

awarded in 1985. On August 9, 2007, 

the President signed the America 

COMPETES (Creating Opportunities to 

Meaningfully Promote Excellence in 

Technology, Education, and Science) 

Act of 2007. The Act amended Section 

16 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 

Innovation Act of 1980, changing the 

name of the Medal to the ‘‘National 

Medal of Technology and Innovation.’’ 

The Medal is the highest honor awarded 

by the President of the United States to 

America’s leading innovators in the 

field of technology, and is given 

annually to individuals, teams, or 

companies who have made outstanding 

contributions to the promotion of 

technology or technological manpower 

for the improvement of the economic, 

environmental or social well-being of 

the United States. 

The primary purpose of the National 

Medal of Technology and Innovation is 

to recognize American innovators 

whose vision, creativity, and brilliance 

in moving ideas to market has had a 

profound and lasting impact on our 

economy and way of life. The Medal 

highlights the national importance of 

fostering technological innovation based 

upon solid science, resulting in 

commercially successful products and 

services. 

Eligibility and Nomination Criteria: 

Information on eligibility and 

nomination criteria is provided on the 

Nominations Guidelines Form at 

http://www.uspto.gov/about/nmti/ 

index.jsp. 

Dated: January 12, 2010. 

David J. Kappos, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–944] 

Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Amended Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Countervailing Duty Order 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) and the 

International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’), 

the Department is issuing a 

countervailing duty order on certain oil 

country tubular goods (‘‘OCTG’’) from 

the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’). 

Also, as explained in this notice, the 

Department is amending its final 

determination to correct certain 

ministerial errors. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 20, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Neubacher or Shane Subler, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office 1, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–5823 and (202) 

482–0189, respectively. 

Background 

The Department published its final 

determination on December 7, 2009. See 

Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, Final Negative Critical 

Circumstances Determination, 74 FR 

64045 (December 7, 2009) (‘‘Final 

Determination’’). 

On January 13, 2010, the ITC notified 

the Department of its final 

determination pursuant to sections 

705(b)(1)(A)(ii) and 705(d) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’), that 

an industry in the United States is 

threatened with material injury by 

reason of subsidized imports of subject 

merchandise from the PRC. See Certain 

Oil Country Tubular Goods from China, 

USITC Investigation No. 701–TA–463 

(Final), USITC Publication 4124 

(January 2010). Pursuant to section 

706(a) of the Act, the Department is 

publishing a countervailing duty order 

on the subject merchandise. 

Scope of the Order 

The scope of this order consists of 

certain oil country tubular goods 

(‘‘OCTG’’), which are hollow steel 


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1TMK IPSCO, V&M Star L.P., Wheatland Tube 

Corp., Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel, and The United 

Steelworkers. 

2Maverick Tube Corporation is also a petitioner 

in this investigation, but the company did not file 

any ministerial error allegations. 

3See generally Memorandum to Susan Kuhbach, 

Director, Office 1, AD/CVD Operations, from Nancy 

Decker, Program Manager, Office 1, ‘‘Countervailing 

Duty Investigation: Certain Oil Country Tubular 

Goods from the People’s Republic of China: 

Ministerial Errors for Final Determination’’ 

(December 28, 2009) (‘‘Ministerial Error Allegations 

Memo’’). 

4See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From 

the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 

Preliminary Negative Critical Circumstances 

Determination, 74 FR 47210 (September 15, 2009) 

(‘‘Preliminary Determination’’). 

5The Department instructed CBP to discontinue 

the suspension of liquidation on January 13, 2010, 

in accordance with section 703(a) of the Act. 

Section 703(d) states that the suspension of 

liquidation pursuant to a preliminary determination 

may not remain in effect for more than four months. 

Entries of OCTG from the PRC made on or after 

January 13, 2010, and prior to the date of 

publication of the ITC’s final determination in the 

Federal Register are not liable for the assessment 

of countervailing duties because of the 

Department’s discontinuation, effective January 13, 

2010, of the suspension of liquidation. 

products of circular cross-section, 

including oil well casing and tubing, of 

iron (other than cast iron) or steel (both 

carbon and alloy), whether seamless or 

welded, regardless of end finish (e.g., 

whether or not plain end, threaded, or 

threaded and coupled) whether or not 

conforming to American Petroleum 

Institute (‘‘API’’) or non-API 

specifications, whether finished 

(including limited service OCTG 

products) or unfinished (including 

green tubes and limited service OCTG 

products), whether or not thread 

protectors are attached. The scope of the 

order also covers OCTG coupling stock. 

Excluded from the scope of the order 

are: casing or tubing containing 10.5 

percent or more by weight of chromium; 

drill pipe; unattached couplings; and 

unattached thread protectors. 

The merchandise subject to this order 

is currently classified in the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) under item 

numbers: 7304.29.10.10, 7304.29.10.20, 

7304.29.10.30, 7304.29.10.40, 

7304.29.10.50, 7304.29.10.60, 

7304.29.10.80, 7304.29.20.10, 

7304.29.20.20, 7304.29.20.30, 

7304.29.20.40, 7304.29.20.50, 

7304.29.20.60, 7304.29.20.80, 

7304.29.31.10, 7304.29.31.20, 

7304.29.31.30, 7304.29.31.40, 

7304.29.31.50, 7304.29.31.60, 

7304.29.31.80, 7304.29.41.10, 

7304.29.41.20, 7304.29.41.30, 

7304.29.41.40, 7304.29.41.50, 

7304.29.41.60, 7304.29.41.80, 

7304.29.50.15, 7304.29.50.30, 

7304.29.50.45, 7304.29.50.60, 

7304.29.50.75, 7304.29.61.15, 

7304.29.61.30, 7304.29.61.45, 

7304.29.61.60, 7304.29.61.75, 

7305.20.20.00, 7305.20.40.00, 

7305.20.60.00, 7305.20.80.00, 

7306.29.10.30, 7306.29.10.90, 

7306.29.20.00, 7306.29.31.00, 

7306.29.41.00, 7306.29.60.10, 

7306.29.60.50, 7306.29.81.10, and 

7306.29.81.50. 

The OCTG coupling stock covered by 

the order may also enter under the 

following HTSUS item numbers: 

7304.39.00.24, 7304.39.00.28, 

7304.39.00.32, 7304.39.00.36, 

7304.39.00.40, 7304.39.00.44, 

7304.39.00.48, 7304.39.00.52, 

7304.39.00.56, 7304.39.00.62, 

7304.39.00.68, 7304.39.00.72, 

7304.39.00.76, 7304.39.00.80, 

7304.59.60.00,, 7304.59.80.15, 

7304.59.80.20, 7304.59.80.25, 

7304.59.80.30, 7304.59.80.35, 

7304.59.80.40, 7304.59.80.45, 

7304.59.80.50, 7304.59.80.55, 

7304.59.80.60, 7304.59.80.65, 

7304.59.80.70, and 7304.59.80.80. 

The HTSUS subheadings are provided 

for convenience and customs purposes 

only. The written description of the 

scope of this order is dispositive. 

Amendment to the Final Determination 

On December 14, 2009, petitioners 

United States Steel Corporation (‘‘U.S. 

Steel’’) and TMK IPSCO et al.1

(collectively, ‘‘Petitioners’’) 2 filed timely 

allegations that the Department made 

three ministerial errors in its Final 

Determination. No interested party filed 

a rebuttal to Petitioners’ allegations. 

After analyzing the allegations, we 

have determined, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(e), that we made these 

three ministerial errors in the 

calculations.3 We have also corrected an 

additional ministerial error. 

In summary, U.S. Steel alleged that 

the Department made errors in the 

calculation of the electricity subsidy 

rate for Wuxi Seamless Oil Pipe Co., 

Ltd. (‘‘WSP’’) and applied incorrect 

benchmark interest and inflation rates to 

certain WSP loans in the policy lending 

program calculation. TMK IPSCO et al. 

alleged that the Department omitted the 

electricity subsidy rate from Jiangsu 

Changbao Steel Tube Co., Ltd.’s 

(‘‘Changbao’’) overall subsidy rate. We 

agree with Petitioners that these errors 

constitute ministerial errors. Also, we 

identified a ministerial error in the 

benefit calculation for the policy 

lending program for Tianjin Pipe 

(Group) Co. (‘‘TPCO’’). We are correcting 

these errors with this notice. See 

Ministerial Error Allegations Memo at 

pages 2–3. 

As a result of these corrections, WSP’s 

countervailing duty rate changed from 

14.61 percent to 14.95 percent, 

Changbao’s rate changed from 11.98 

percent to 12.46 percent, and TPCO’s 

rate changed from 10.36 percent to 

10.49 percent. The countervailing duty 

rate for Zhejiang Jianli Enterprise Co., 

Ltd. is unchanged. The countervailing 

duty rate for all others changed from 

13.20 percent to 13.41 percent. In 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e), we 

are amending the Final Determination to 

reflect these changes. 

Countervailing Duty Order 

In accordance with section 706(a)(1) 

of the Act, the Department will direct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(‘‘CBP’’) to assess, upon further 

instruction by the Department, 

countervailing duties equal to the 

amount of the net countervailable 

subsidy for all relevant entries of OCTG 

from the PRC. 

According to section 706(b)(2) of the 

Act, duties shall be assessed on subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the date of publication of the ITC’s 

notice of final determination if that 

determination is based upon the threat 

of material injury. Section 706(b)(1) of 

the Act states, ‘‘If the Commission, in its 

final determination under section 

705(b), finds material injury or threat of 

material injury which, but for the 

suspension of liquidation under section 

703(d)(2), would have led to a finding 

of material injury, then entries of the 

merchandise subject to the 

countervailing duty order, the 

liquidation of which has been 

suspended under section 703(d)(2), 

shall be subject to the imposition of 

countervailing duties under section 

701(a).’’ In addition, section 706(b)(2) of 

the Act requires CBP to refund any cash 

deposits or bonds of estimated 

countervailing duties posted since the 

Department’s preliminary 

countervailing duty determination, if 

the ITC’s final determination is threatbased. Because the ITC’s final 

determination in this case is based on 

the threat of material injury and is not 

accompanied by a finding that injury 

would have resulted but for the 

imposition of suspension of liquidation 

of entries since the Department’s 

Preliminary Determination 4 was 

published in the Federal Register, 

section 706(b)(2) of the Act is 

applicable. 

Therefore, the Department will direct 

CBP to reinstitute suspension of 

liquidation,5 and to assess, upon further 


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instruction from the Department, 

countervailing duties on all 

unliquidated entries of OCTG from the 

PRC entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication of the ITC’s 

notice of final determination of threat of 

material injury in the Federal Register. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

Effective on the date of publication of 

the ITC’s notice of final determination 

in the Federal Register, CBP will 

require, at the same time as importers 

would normally deposit estimated 

duties, cash deposits for the subject 

merchandise equal to the net subsidy 

rates listed below. See section 706(a)(3) 

of the Act. The all-others rate applies to 

all producers and exporters of subject 

merchandise not specifically listed. 

Exporter/manufacturer Net subsidy rate 

(percent) 

Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Co. and Jiangsu Changbao Precision Steel Tube Co., Ltd. ..................................................... 12.46 

Tianjin Pipe (Group) Co., Tianjin Pipe Iron Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tianguan Yuantong Pipe Product Co., Ltd., Tianjin 

Pipe International Economic and Trading Co., Ltd., and TPCO Charging Development Co., Ltd. ........................................ 10.49 

Wuxi Seamless Pipe Co, Ltd., Jiangsu Fanli Steel Pipe Co, Ltd., Tuoketuo County Mengfeng Special Steel Co., Ltd. .......... 14.95

Zhejiang Jianli Enterprise Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Jianli Steel Steel Tube Co., Ltd., Zhuji Jiansheng Machinery Co., Ltd., and 

Zhejiang Jianli Industry Group Co., Ltd. .................................................................................................................................. 15.78 

All Others ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 13.41 

Termination of the Suspension of 

Liquidation 

The Department will also instruct 

CBP to terminate the suspension of 

liquidation for entries of OCTG from the 

PRC entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption prior to the 

publication of the ITC’s notice of final 

determination. The Department will 

also instruct CBP to refund any cash 

deposits made and release any bonds 

posted between September 15, 2009 

(i.e., the date of publication of the 

Department’s Preliminary 

Determination) and the date of 

publication of the ITC’s final 

determination in the Federal Register. 

This notice constitutes the 

countervailing duty order with respect 

to OCTG from the PRC, pursuant to 

section 706(a) of the Act. Interested 

parties may contact the Department’s 

Central Records Unit, Room 1117 of the 

main Commerce Building, for copies of 

an updated list of countervailing duty 

orders currently in effect. 

This order is issued and published in 

accordance with section 706(a) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b). 

Dated: January 15, 2010. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XT88 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Pacific Council) 

will hold a joint meeting of 

subcommittees from a number of its 

advisory bodies, as follows: 

Enforcement Consultants, Groundfish 

Advisory Subpanel, Groundfish 

Management Team, and the Ad Hoc 

Trawl Individual Quota Committee. The 

meeting is open to the public. 

DATES: The joint subcommittee meeting 

will be held Thursday, February 4, 

2010, from 8 a.m. until business for the 

day is completed and Friday, February 

5, 2010 from 8 a.m. until no later than 

3 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The joint subcommittee 

meeting will be held at the Watertown 

Hotel, 4242 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle 

WA 98105; telephone: (206) 826–4242. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jim Seger, Staff Officer; telephone: (503) 

820–2280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the joint subcommittee 

meeting is to orient members 

representing the various advisory 

panels, and Pacific Council members 

who will be in attendance, on the 

organization and content of a 

preliminary draft of the Amendment 20 

(Trawl Rationalization) regulations. This 

orientation will facilitate Pacific 

Council review of the draft regulations 

at the March 2010 Pacific Council 

meeting. Participants may also provide 

drafters of the regulations with some 

initial reactions which the drafters may 

take into account as they complete the 

draft package for Pacific Council review. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may 

come before the joint subcommittee for 

discussion, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal joint subcommittee 

action during this meeting. Joint 

subcommittee action will be restricted 

to those issues specifically listed in this 

notice and any issues arising after 

publication of this notice that require 

emergency action under Section 305(a) 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the joint subcommittee’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. 

Carolyn Porter at (503) 820–2280 at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: January 14, 2010. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Administration 

RIN 0648–XT89 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

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