Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 98 / Friday, May 21, 2010 / Notices 28551 

1United States Steel Corporation, Maverick Tube 

Corporation, TMK IPSCO, V&M Star L.P., 

Wheatland Tube Corp., Evraz Rocky Mountain 

Steel, and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, 

Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and 

Service Workers International Union, AFL–CIO– 

CLC are the petitioners (collectively ‘‘Petitioners’’) 

in this investigation. 

2This second set of rebuttal comments was 

submitted by TPCO in response to Petitioners’ 

rebuttal comments submitted on April 23, 2010. 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: May 17, 2010. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12184 Filed 5–20–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–943] 

Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Amended Final Determination of Sales 

at Less Than Fair Value and 

Antidumping Duty Order 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: May 21, 2010. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (the ‘‘Department’’) and the 

International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’), 

the Department is issuing an 

antidumping duty order on certain oil 

country tubular goods (‘‘OCTG’’) from 

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

On May 14, 2010 the ITC notified the 

Department of its affirmative 

determination of threat of material 

injury to a U.S. industry, and its 

negative determination of critical 

circumstances. See Certain Oil Country 

Tubular Goods from China 

(Investigation No. 731–TA–1159 (Final), 

USITC Publication 4152 (May 2010)). In 

addition, the Department is amending 

its final determination as a result of 

ministerial errors. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Stolz or Eugene Degnan, 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) 482–4474 or (202) 482– 

0414, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with sections 735(d) and 

777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, (‘‘Act’’), the Department 

published the final determination of 

sales at less than fair value in the 

antidumping investigation of OCTG 

from the PRC. See Certain Oil Country 

Tubular Goods from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Affirmative Final Determination of 

Critical Circumstances and Final 

Determination of Targeted Dumping, 75 

FR 20335 (April 19, 2010) (‘‘Final 

Determination’’). 

Amendment to the Final Determination 

On April 19, 2010, the Department 

published its affirmative final 

determination in this proceeding. See 

Final Determination. On April 21, 2010, 

Tianjin Pipe (Group) Corporation 

(‘‘TPCO’’), a mandatory respondent, and 

Petitioners 1 submitted ministerial error 

allegations and requested, pursuant to 

19 CFR 351.224, that the Department 

correct the alleged ministerial errors in 

the calculation of TPCO’s dumping 

margin. Petitioners submitted rebuttal 

comments on April 26, 2010. TPCO 

submitted rebuttal comments on April 

23, 2010 and on April 27, 2010.2 No 

other interested party submitted 

ministerial error allegations or rebuttal 

comments. 

After analyzing all interested party 

comments and rebuttals, we have 

determined, in accordance with section 

735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), 

that we made ministerial errors in our 

calculations for the Final Determination 

with respect to TPCO. For a detailed 

discussion of these ministerial errors, as 

well as the Department’s analysis of the 

errors and allegations, see the 

Memorandum to the File, ‘‘Ministerial 

Error Memorandum, Certain Oil 

Country Tubular Goods from the 

People’s Republic of China, Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 

Value,’’ dated May 18, 2010. 

Additionally, in the Final 

Determination, we determined that 

numerous companies qualified for a 

separate rate. See Final Determination. 

Because the only other mandatory 

respondent in this investigation, Jiangsu 

Changbao Steel Tube Co., Ltd. and 

Jiangsu Changbao Precision Tube Co., 

Ltd. (collectively ‘‘Changbao’’), was 

determined to be part of the PRC-wide 

entity in the Final Determination, the 

cash deposit rate for these separate-rate 

companies is based on the calculated 

rate of the sole remaining mandatory 

respondent: TPCO. See id.; see also 

Final Determination and accompanying 

‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for 

the Antidumping Duty Investigation of 

Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from 

the People’s Republic of China’’, at 

Comment 30. Therefore, because the 

margin for TPCO has changed since the 

Final Determination, the separate rate 

has changed as well. It is now 32.07 

percent. See Memorandum to the File, 

‘‘Investigation of Certain Oil Country 

Tubular Goods from the People’s 

Republic of China: Amended Final 

Determination Analysis Memorandum, 

Tianjin Pipe (Group) Corporation,’’ 

dated May 18, 2010. The amended 

weighted-average dumping margins are 

as follows: 

Exporter Producer 

Weighted-average margin 

percent 

Tianjin Pipe International Economic and Trading Corporation Tianjin Pipe (Group) Corporation ............................................. 32.07 

Angang Group Hong Kong Co., Ltd ......................................... Angang Steel Co. Ltd ............................................................... 32.07 

Angang Steel Co., Ltd., and Angang Group International 

Trade Corporation.

Angang Steel Co. Ltd ............................................................... 32.07 

Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe Co., Ltd ................................................. Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe Co., Ltd ................................................ 32.07 

Anshan Zhongyou Tipo Pipe & Tubing Co., Ltd ...................... Anshan Zhongyou Tipo Pipe & Tubing Co., Ltd ...................... 32.07 

Baotou Steel International Economic and Trading Co., Ltd ..... Seamless Tube Mill of Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union 

Co., Ltd.3.

32.07 

Benxi Northern Steel Pipes Co., Ltd ........................................ Benxi Northern Steel Pipes Co., Ltd ........................................ 32.07 


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3 In Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the 

People’s Republic of China: Notice of Preliminary 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Critical 

Circumstances and Postponement of Final 

Determination, 74 FR 59117 (November 17, 2009) 

and Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the 

People’s Republic of China: Notice of Amended 

Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, 74 FR 69065 (December 30, 2009), we 

inadvertently identified the producer as Baotou 

Steel International Economic and Trading Co., Ltd. 

Exporter Producer 

Weighted-average margin 

percent 

Chengdu Wanghui Petroleum Pipe Co. Ltd ............................. Chengdu Wanghui Petroleum Pipe Co. Ltd ............................ 32.07 

Dalipal Pipe Company .............................................................. Dalipal Pipe Company ............................................................. 32.07 

Faray Petroleum Steel Pipe Co. Ltd ........................................ Faray Petroleum Steel Pipe Co. Ltd ........................................ 32.07 

Freet Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd. of Shengli Oil Field, The 

Thermal Recovery Equipment, Zibo Branch.

Freet Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd. of Shengli Oil Field, 

The Thermal Recovery Equipment, Zibo Branch.

32.07 

Hengyang Steel Tube Group International Trading, Inc .......... Hengyang Valin MPM Tube Co., Ltd.; Hengyang Valin Steel 

Tube Co., Ltd.

32.07 

Huludao Steel Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd./Huludao City Steel 

Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd.

Huludao Steel Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd./Huludao City Steel 

Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd.

32.07 

Jiangsu Chengde Steel Tube Share Co., Ltd .......................... Jiangsu Chengde Steel Tube Share Co., Ltd .......................... 32.07 

Jiangyin City Changjiang Steel Pipe Co., Ltd .......................... Jiangyin City Changjiang Steel Pipe Co., Ltd .......................... 32.07 

Pangang Group Beihai Steel Pipe Corporation ....................... Pangang Group Beihai Steel Pipe Corporation ....................... 32.07 

Pangang Group Chengdu Iron & Steel .................................... Pangang Group Chengdu Iron & Steel .................................... 32.07 

Qingdao Bonded Logistics Park Products International Trading Co., Ltd.Shengli Oilfield Highland Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd.; ...... 32.07 

Shandong Continental Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd.; 32.07 

Aofei Tele Dongying Import & Export Co., Ltd.; 

Highgrade Tubular Manufacturing (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.; 

Cangzhou City Baohai Petroleum Material Co., Ltd. 

Qiqihaer Haoying Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. of Northeast Special Steel Group.Qiqihaer Haoying Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. of Northeast Special Steel Group.32.07 

Shandong Dongbao Steel Pipe Co., Ltd .................................. Shandong Dongbao Steel Pipe Co., Ltd ................................. 32.07 

ShanDong HuaBao Steel Pipe Co., Ltd ................................... ShanDong HuaBao Steel Pipe Co., Ltd .................................. 32.07 

Shandong Molong Petroleum Machinery Co., Ltd ................... Shandong Molong Petroleum Machinery Co., Ltd ................... 32.07 

Shanghai Metals & Minerals Import & Export Corp./Shanghai 

Minmetals Materials & Products Corp.

Jiangsu Changbao Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.; ................................. 32.07 

Huludao Steel Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd.; 

Northeast Special Steel Group Qiqihaer Haoying Steel and 

Iron Co., Ltd.; 

Beijing Youlu Co., Ltd. 

Shanghai Zhongyou Tipo Steel Pipe Co., Ltd .......................... Shanghai Zhongyou Tipo Steel Pipe Co., Ltd ......................... 32.07 

Shengli Oil Field Freet Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd ............ Freet Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd. of Shengli Oil Field, 

The Thermal Recovery Equipment, Zibo Branch;.

32.07 

Faray Petroleum Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.; Shengli Oil Field Freet 

Petroleum Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. 

Shengli Oil Field Freet Petroleum Steel Pipe Co., Ltd ............ Freet Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd. of Shengli Oil Field, 

The Thermal Recovery Equipment, Zibo Branch;.

32.07 

Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe Co., Ltd; 

Wuxi Fastube Dingyuan Precision Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. 

Shengli Oilfield Highland Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd ........ Tianjin Pipe Group Corp.; ........................................................ 32.07 

Goods & Materials Supply Dept. of Shengli Oilfield SinoPEC; 

Dagang Oilfield Group New Century Machinery Co. Ltd.; 

Tianjin Seamless Steel Pipe Plant; Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. 

Ltd. 

Shengli Oilfield Shengji Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd ........... Shengli Oilfield Shengji Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd .......... 32.07 

Tianjin Xingyuda Import and Export Co., Ltd. & Hong Kong 

Gallant Group Limited.

Tianjin Lifengyuanda Steel Group Co., Ltd ............................. 32.07 

Tianjin Seamless Steel Pipe Plant ........................................... Tianjin Seamless Steel Pipe Plant ........................................... 32.07 

Tianjin Tiangang Special Petroleum Pipe Manufacturer Co., 

Ltd.

Tianjin Tiangang Special Petroleum Pipe Manufacturer Co., 

Ltd.

32.07 

Wuxi Baoda Petroleum Special Pipe Manufacturing Co., Ltd Wuxi Baoda Petroleum Special Pipe Manufacturing Co., Ltd 32.07 

Wuxi Seamless Oil Pipe Co., Ltd ............................................. Wuxi Seamless Oil Pipe Co., Ltd ............................................ 32.07 

Wuxi Sp. Steel Tube Manufacturing Co., Ltd ........................... Wuxi Precese Special Steel Co., Ltd ....................................... 32.07 

Wuxi Zhenda Special Steel Tube Manufacturing Co., Ltd ....... Huai’an Zhenda Steel Tube Manufacturing Co., Ltd ............... 32.07 

Xigang Seamless Steel Tube Co., Ltd ..................................... Xigang Seamless Steel Tube Co., Ltd.; .................................. 32.07 

Wuxi Seamless Special Pipe Co., Ltd. 

Yangzhou Lontrin Steel Tube Co., Ltd ..................................... Yangzhou Lontrin Steel Tube Co., Ltd .................................... 32.07 

Zhejiang Jianli Co., Ltd. & Zhejiang Jianli Steel Tube Co., Ltd Zhejiang Jianli Co., Ltd.; .......................................................... 32.07 

Zhejiang Jianli Steel Tube Co., Ltd. 

PRC-wide Entity * ...................................................................... ................................................................................................... 99.14 

*Includes: Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Changbao Precision Tube Co., Ltd. and Shengli Oil Field Freet Import & Export Trade Co., Ltd. 

Antidumping Duty Order 

On May 14, 2010, in accordance with 

section 735(d) of the Act, the ITC 

notified the Department of its final 

determination in this investigation. In 

its determination, the ITC found a threat 


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4This date was incorrectly identified as ‘‘April 19, 

2009’’ in the Final Determination. 

of material injury. According to section 

736(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 on the threat of material injury 

and is not accompanied by a finding 

that injury would have resulted without 

the imposition of suspension of 

liquidation of entries since the 

Department’s preliminary 

determination. In addition, section 

736(b)(2) of the Act requires U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) 

to refund any cash deposits or bonds of 

estimated antidumping duties posted 

since the preliminary antidumping 

determination if the ITC’s final 

determination is threat-based. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

733(d) of the Act and our practice, we 

will instruct CBP to terminate the 

suspension of liquidation and to 

liquidate, without regard to 

antidumping duties, unliquidated 

entries of OCTG from the PRC entered, 

or withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after November 17, 

2009, and before the date of publication 

of the ITC’s final determination in the 

Federal Register. Suspension of 

liquidation will continue after this date. 

See the Suspension of Liquidation 

section below. In addition, with regard 

to the ITC’s negative critical 

circumstances determination, and 

regarding to exports from the PRC-wide 

entity, we will also instruct CBP to lift 

suspension, release any bond or other 

security, and refund any cash deposit 

made to secure the payment of 

antidumping duties with respect to 

entries of the merchandise entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after August 19, 

2009 4 (i.e., 90 days prior to the date of 

publication of the preliminary 

determination in the Federal Register), 

through November 16, 2009. 

Scope of the Order 

The scope of this order consists of 

certain OCTG, which are hollow steel 

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 covered by the 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 the order is dispositive. 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will instruct 

CBP to suspend liquidation on all 

entries of subject merchandise from the 

PRC. We will also instruct CBP to 

require cash deposits equal to the 

estimated amount by which the normal 

value exceeds the U.S. price as 

indicated in the chart above. These 

instructions suspending liquidation will 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Additionally, in the Final 

Determination, the Department noted 

that in Certain Oil Country Tubular 

Goods From the People’s Republic of 

China: Amended Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Countervailing Duty Order, 75 FR 3203 

(January 20, 2010) (‘‘CVD Final’’) the 

Department determined that the 

products under investigation, exported 

and produced by TPCO, benefitted from 

an export subsidy. Therefore, we will 

instruct CBP to require an antidumping 

cash deposit or posting of a bond equal 

to the weighted-average amount by 

which the normal value exceeds the 

U.S. price for TPCO, as indicated above, 

minus the amount determined to 

constitute an export subsidy. 

Further, for the two separate-rate 

companies in this investigation that also 

participated as mandatory respondents 

in the CVD investigation (i.e., Wuxi 

Seamless Oil Pipe Co., Ltd., and 

Zhejiang Jianli Co., Ltd. & Zhejiang 

Jianli Steel Tube Co., Ltd.), because it 

was determined in the CVD Final that 

these companies did not benefit from 

any export subsidy, we will not make an 

adjustment to the antidumping duty rate 

of these companies for purposes of cash 

deposits. 

For the remaining separate-rate 

companies, we will instruct CBP to 

adjust the dumping margin by the 

amount of export subsidies included in 

the All Others rate from the CVD Final. 

Accordingly, effective on the date of 

publication of the ITC’s final affirmative 

injury determination, CBP will require, 

at the same time as importers would 

normally deposit estimated duties on 

this subject merchandise, a cash deposit 

equal to the estimated weighted-average 

antidumping duty margins as discussed 

above. See section 735(c)(3) of the Act. 

The ‘‘PRC-wide’’ rate applies to all 

exporters of subject merchandise not 

specifically listed. 

In accordance with section 736 of the 

Act, the Department will also direct CBP 

to assess antidumping duties on all 

unliquidated entries of OCTG from the 

PRC entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date on which the ITC published its 

notice of final determination of threat of 

material injury in the Federal Register. 

This notice constitutes the 

antidumping duty order with respect to 

OCTG from the PRC pursuant to section 

736(a) of the Act. Interested parties may 

contact the Department’s Central 

Records Unit, Room 1117 of the main 


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Commerce building, for copies of an 

updated list of antidumping duty orders 

currently in effect. 

This order is published in accordance 

with section 736(a) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.211. 

Dated: May 19, 2010. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 35–2010] 

Foreign–Trade Zone 50 Long Beach, 

California, Application for Subzone, 

Louisville Bedding Company 

(Household Bedding Products), 

Ontario, California 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the Board of Harbor 

Commissioners of the Port of Long 

Beach, grantee of FTZ 50, requesting 

special–purpose subzone status for the 

bedding products manufacturing facility 

of Louisville Bedding Company (LBC) 

located in Ontario, California. The 

application was submitted pursuant to 

the provisions of the Foreign–Trade 

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a– 

81u), and the regulations of the Board 

(15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed 

on May 14, 2010. 

The LBC plant (105 employees/9.7 

acres) is located at 1200 South Etiwanda 

Avenue in Ontario, California. The 

facility is used to manufacture 

household bedding products, including 

mattress pads and pillows (up to 10 

million pillows and 2 million mattress 

pads annually) for the U.S. market and 

export. LBC is requesting authority to 

utilize foreign–origin wide roll (80 

inches and wider), high thread count 

(180 threads per inch and higher) 

cotton, polyester, and synthetic woven 

fabric and pillow shells (classified 

under HTSUS Headings 5208, 5210, 

5512, 5513, and 6307; duty rate range: 

7 14.9%) to be cut, sewn, quilted and 

assembled into the bedding products 

noted above under FTZ procedures. The 

company has also submitted an 

application to the Board for subzone 

status for its Louisville, Kentucky, 

facilities (Docket 28–2010, 75 FR 24572, 

5–5–2010). 

FTZ procedures could exempt LBC 

from customs duty payments on the 

foreign–origin fabrics and pillow shells 

used in export production. On its 

shipments for the domestic market, the 

finished household bedding products 

would be entered for consumption from 

the proposed subzone classified under 

HTSUS 9404.90, and LBC is seeking 

authority to elect the various finished 

bedding product duty rates (4.4 - 7.3%, 

ad valorem) for the foreign–origin fabric 

and pillow shell material inputs. 

Domestic–status fibers would be used to 

fill the foreign pillow shells. The 

application indicates that the savings 

from FTZ procedures would help 

improve the facility’s international 

competitiveness. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, Pierre Duy of the FTZ Staff 

is designated examiner to evaluate and 

analyze the facts and information 

presented in the application and case 

record and to report findings and 

recommendations to the Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

following address: Office of the 

Executive Secretary, Room 2111, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, 

DC 20230–0002. The closing period for 

receipt of comments is July 20, 2010. 

Rebuttal comments in response to 

material submitted during the foregoing 

period may be submitted during the 

subsequent 15-day period to August 4, 

2010. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Foreign–Trade Zones 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address listed above and in the ‘‘Reading 

Room’’ section of the Board’s website, 

which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ 

ftz. For further information, contact 

Pierre Duy at Pierre.Duy@trade.gov or 

(202) 482–1378. 

Dated: May 17, 2010. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12287 Filed 5–20–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

[Docket No.: PTO–P–2010–0042] 

Elimination of Classification 

Requirement in the Green Technology 

Pilot Program 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) 

implemented the Green Technology 

Pilot Program on December 8, 2009, 

which permits patent applications 

pertaining to environmental quality, 

energy conservation, development of 

renewable energy resources, and 

greenhouse gas emission reduction to be 

advanced out of turn for examination 

and reviewed earlier (accorded special 

status). The program is designed to 

promote the development of green 

technologies. However, the pilot 

program was limited to only 

applications classified in a number of 

U.S. classifications to assist the USPTO 

to balance the workload and gauge 

resources needed for the program. The 

USPTO has determined that the 

classification requirement is 

unnecessary because the workload has 

been balanced with other mechanism, 

and this requirement was causing the 

denial of petitions for applications that 

are drawn to green technologies. The 

USPTO is hereby eliminating the 

classification requirement for any 

petitions that are decided on or after the 

publication date of this notice. This will 

permit more applications to qualify for 

the program, thereby allowing more 

inventions related to green technologies 

to be advanced out of turn for 

examination and reviewed earlier. 

DATES: Effective Date: This change to the 

Green Technology Pilot Program is 

effective May 21, 2010. 

Duration: The Green Technology Pilot 

Program will run for twelve months 

from December 8, 2009, and the USPTO 

will only accept the first 3,000 grantable 

petitions to make special under the 

Green Technology Pilot Program in new 

applications filed before December 8, 

2009. Accordingly, if less than 3,000 

grantable petitions are received, the 

pilot program will end on December 8, 

2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pinchus M. Laufer and Joni Y. Chang, 

Senior Legal Advisors, Office of Patent 

Legal Administration, Office of the 

Associate Commissioner for Patent 

Examination Policy, by telephone at 

571–272–7726 or 571–272–7720; by 

facsimile transmission to 571–273– 

7726, marked to the attention of Pinchus 

M. Laufer; or by mail addressed to: Mail 

Stop Comments Patents, Commissioner 

for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, 

VA 22313–1450. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

USPTO published a notice for the 

implementation of the Green 

Technology Pilot Program on December 

8, 2009. See Pilot Program for Green 

Technologies Including Greenhouse Gas 


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