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Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we are directing 

CBP to continue to suspend liquidation 

of all imports of subject merchandise 

entered or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption for the PRC–wide 

entity and the Separate Rate Recipients 

on or after March 16, 2010. We will 

instruct CBP to continue to require a 

cash deposit or the posting of a bond for 

all companies based on the estimated 

weighted–average dumping margins 

shown above. 

These suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

ITC Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, we have notified the 

International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’) 

of our final determination of sales at 

LTFV. As our final determination is 

affirmative, in accordance with section 

735(b)(2) of the Act, within 45 days the 

ITC will determine whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports or 

sales (or the likelihood of sales) for 

importation of the merchandise under 

investigation. If the ITC determines that 

material injury or threat of material 

injury does not exist, the proceeding 

will be terminated and all securities 

posted will be refunded or canceled. If 

the ITC determines that such injury 

does exist, the Department will issue an 

antidumping duty order directing CBP 

to assess antidumping duties on all 

imports of the merchandise under 

investigation entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the effective date of the suspension 

of liquidation. 

Notification Regarding APO 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to the parties subject to administrative 

protective order (‘‘APO’’) of their 

responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely 

notification of 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 determination and notice are 

issued and published in accordance 

with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act. 

Dated: May 24, 2010. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[Docket No. 100513224–224–01 I.D. GF001] 

NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration 

and Research; Fiscal Year 2011 Ocean 

Exploration of the Aleutian Trench 

AGENCY: Office of Ocean Exploration 

and Research (OER) Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research (OAR), National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of funding availability. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Ocean 

Exploration and Research (OER) is 

seeking pre-proposals and full proposals 

to support its mission, consistent with 

NOAA’s Strategic Plan, to search, 

investigate, and document poorlyknown and unknown areas of the 

Aleutian Trench, through 

interdisciplinary exploration, and to 

advance and disseminate knowledge of 

the ocean environment and its physical, 

chemical, and biological resources. 

Competitive Ocean Exploration 

proposals will be bold, innovative and 

interdisciplinary in their approach. 

NOAA OER anticipates a total of 

approximately $1,000,000 will be 

available through this announcement. 

DATES: Completed pre-proposals must 

be received by 5 pm (EDT) on July 1, 

2010. Full proposal submissions must 

be received by 5 p.m. (EDT) on 

September 10, 2010. Applications 

received after the above deadlines will 

not be considered. 

ADDRESSES: Pre-proposals must be 

submitted by either (1) e-mail at 

OAR.OE.FAQ@noaa.gov, or (2) hardcopy to ATTN: Dr. Nicolas Alvarado, 

NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration & 

Research, SSMC III, 10th Floor, 1315 

East West Highway, Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910. For e-mail 

submissions, please put your last name 

in the subject heading along with ‘‘OE 

Pre-proposal,’’ e.g., ‘‘Smith OE Preproposal.’’ Adobe PDF format is 

preferred. No facsimile pre-proposals 

will be accepted. 

Full proposals must be submitted 

through Grants.gov. Applicants without 

Internet access may submit hard-copies 

to: ATTN: Dr. Nicolas Alvarado, NOAA 

Office of Ocean Exploration & Research, 

SSMC III, 10th Floor, 1315 East West 

Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 

20910. No e-mail or facsimile full 

proposal submissions will be accepted 

from applicants. 

The required cover sheet for preproposals may be obtained through the 

OER Office Web site at: http:// 

www.explore.noaa.gov/researchfunding-opportunities. Application 

forms for full proposals are available 

through http://www.Grants.gov. For 

applicants without Internet access, hard 

copies of the cover sheet and the full 

proposal application package can be 

obtained via mail at NOAA Office of 

Ocean Exploration and Research, 1315 

East West Highway, SSMC III, 10th 

Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, or 

requested by phone at (301) 734–1015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information contact the NOAA 

Office of Ocean Exploration and 

Research at (301) 734–1015 or submit 

inquiries via e-mail to the Frequently 

Asked Questions address: 

OAR.OE.FAQ@noaa.gov. E-mail 

inquiries should include the Principal 

Investigator’s name in the subject 

heading. Inquiries can be mailed to: 

ATTN: Dr. Nicolas Alvarado, NOAA 

Office of Ocean Exploration and 

Research, 1315 East-West Highway 

SSMC III, 10th Floor, R/OER Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic 

Access: The full text of the full funding 

opportunity (FFO) announcement for 

this program can be accessed via the 

Grants.gov Web site at http:// 

www.grants.gov. The announcement 

will also be available by contacting the 

program officials identified under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Applicants must comply with all 

requirements contained in the FFO 

announcement. 

Statutory Authority: 33 U.S.C. 3403(a)(4). 

Program Description: The Office of 

Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) 

is seeking pre-proposals and full 

proposals to support its mission, 

consistent with NOAA’s Strategic Plan, 

to search, investigate, and document 

poorly-known and unknown areas of the 

Aleutian Trench, through 

interdisciplinary exploration, and to 

advance and disseminate knowledge of 

the ocean environment and its physical, 

chemical, and biological resources. 

Competitive Ocean Exploration (OE) 

proposals will be bold, innovative and 

interdisciplinary in their approach. 

Specifically, the OER program intends 

to provide 60 days of UNOLS Global 

Class ship-time for operations in the 

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focus on preliminary mapping of the 

East-West extent of the axis of the 

trench which resides in the U.S. 

Exclusive Economic Zone. In addition 

to mapping, ship operations can 

include, but are not limited to, the 

deployment or towing of sensors and 

instrumentation packages. This 

announcement is intended to solicit 

proposals that can augment the survey 

operations of the Global Class vessel 

with minimal interference to the 

primary survey mission, or proposals for 

work on other vessels that can operate 

in conjunction with the Global Class 

vessel. Only exploratory proposals will 

be funded, any other kind of project will 

not be reviewed. 

Applicants are encouraged to visit the 

Ocean Explorer Web site (http:// 

www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov) to 

familiarize themselves with past and 

present OER-funded activities. The 

office priorities for this opportunity 

support NOAA’s mission support goal 

of: Ecosystems—Protect, Restore, and 

Manage Use of Coastal and Ocean 

Resources through Ecosystem-Based 

Management. 

Funding Availibility: For Fiscal Year 

(FY) 2011, OER anticipates a total of 

approximately $1,000,000 will be 

available through this announcement. 

Depending on the quality and quantity 

of proposals received, OER anticipates 

supporting approximately 2–4 awards 

through this solicitation, resulting in an 

average award level of approximately 

$250,000–$500,000, including analysis 

and publication. OE is currently 

working with other NOAA program 

offices, Federal institutions, and public 

and private organizations to design this 

expedition, including developing a 

consistent approach to gather, organize, 

and process data and information. Once 

proposals have been selected, OE will 

work with the PIs to plan an integrated 

expedition that will optimize ship and 

asset schedules. The OER Director may 

hold-over select proposals submitted for 

2011 funding for consideration in 2012. 

The amount of funding available 

through this announcement is subject to 

the final FY11 appropriation for the 

Office of Ocean Exploration and 

Research. Publication of this 

announcement does not obligate NOAA 

to fund any specific project or to 

obligate all or any part of available 

funds. There is no guarantee that 

sufficient funds will be available to 

initiate or continue research activities 

where funding has been recommended 

by OER. The exact amount of funds that 

OER may recommend be granted will be 

determined in pre-award negotiations 

between the applicant and NOAA 

representatives. Future opportunities for 

submitting proposals may be available 

and will depend on OER funding levels. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are 

institutions of higher education; other 

nonprofits; commercial organizations; 

foreign governments; organizations 

under the jurisdiction of foreign 

governments; international 

organizations; State, local and Indian 

Tribal governments; and other Federal 

agencies. Please Note: Before nonNOAA applicants may be funded, they 

must demonstrate that they have legal 

authority to receive funds from another 

Federal agency that is in excess of their 

appropriation. Because this 

announcement is not proposing to 

procure goods or services from 

applicants, the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 

1535) is not an appropriate legal basis. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: This 

program does not have any cost-sharing 

requirements. 

Preparation of Pre-proposals: 

Applicants are required to submit a twopage pre-proposal application before 

submitting a full proposal. Applicants 

must also attach a cover sheet for the 

pre-proposal, which may be obtained 

through the OER Office Web site. Please 

see section IV.B.1. of the FFO for more 

information on the contents of the preproposal. The purpose of a pre-proposal 

is to evaluate an applicant’s proposal 

and to provide feedback on the viability 

of the project. An applicant is free to 

submit a full proposal regardless of the 

result of the OER Director’s evaluation. 

Evaluation and Selection Procedures: 

The general evaluation criteria and 

selection factors that will be applied to 

pre-proposals and full proposals for this 

funding opportunity are summarized 

below. Further information about the 

evaluation criteria and selection factors 

can be found in the full funding 

opportunity announcement. 

Evaluation Criteria for Projects 

i. Pre-Proposal Evaluation Criteria 

The OER Director, in consultation 

with the Office staff, will evaluate preproposals using the following criteria: 

(1) Importance, Relevance and 

Applicability of Proposal to the OER 

Goals and thematic priorities (see 

Section I.A. Office & Notice Objectives 

and Section I.B. Office Priorities & 

Guidance of the FFO announcement for 

more information); (2) Scientific and 

Technical Merit, (3) Overall 

qualifications of applicants, (4) Project 

Costs, (5) Logistical feasibility (e.g., ship 

or equipment availability), and (6) 

Consistency with the priorities of this 

announcement. These factors are 

described in more detail below and in 

Section V.A.ii. ‘‘Full Proposal 

Evaluation Criteria’’ of the FFO. 

ii. Full Proposal Evaluation Criteria 

The following criteria, with the 

corresponding weight value, will be 

used to review full proposals: 1. 

Importance/Relevance and Applicability 

of Proposal to OER Goals (40%): This 

criterion ascertains whether there is 

intrinsic value in the proposed work 

and relevance to appropriate NOAA, 

international, regional, State, or local 

activities. For the OER review process 

this includes the degree to which the 

proposal addresses and supports OER’s 

mission, objectives, themes and 

priorities (see Section I.A. Office & 

Notice Objectives, and Section I.B. 

Office Priorities & Guidance contained 

in the FFO). A central aspect of this 

criteria is whether the proposed effort is 

exploratory in nature (expanding the 

breadth of knowledge) as opposed to a 

research focus (expanding the depth of 

knowledge on any particular topic). 2. 

Scientific and Technical Merit (40%): 

This criterion ascertains whether the 

approach is technically sound and/or 

innovative, whether the methods are 

appropriate, and whether there are clear 

project goals and objectives. For the 

OER review process, in addition to the 

scientific, and/or technical merit of the 

effort, review criteria include whether: 

(a) The effort is interdisciplinary with 

suitable plans and methods, (b) the 

anticipated results (as appropriate, 

scientific, technical, historical, cultural, 

societal or economic) will have high 

downstream impact, e.g., leading to the 

revision of existing paradigms, the 

formulation of new paradigms or new 

frontiers of knowledge or activity, and 

(c) plans for preservation, 

documentation, and sharing of data, 

multimedia, specimen collections are 

adequately and clearly outlined. 3. 

Overall qualifications of applicants 

(10%): This ascertains whether the 

applicant(s) possesses the necessary 

education, experience, training, 

facilities and administrative resources to 

accomplish the project. For the OER 

review process this includes (a) the 

qualifications of the applicant(s), (b) the 

strength, diversity and depth of any 

partnership to accomplish the work 

proposed, and (c) the applicant’s prior 

OER award performance, including 

timely publication of results, if 

applicable. 4. Project Costs (10%): This 

criterion evaluates the budget to 

determine whether it is realistic and 

commensurate with the project needs 

and time-frame. For the OER review 

process this includes the reasonableness 

of project costs, relative to the scope and 

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available funds. 5. Outreach and 

education (no points): This criterion 

assesses whether the project provides a 

focused and effective education and 

outreach strategy regarding NOAA’s 

mission to protect the Nations natural 

resources. This criterion is not used in 

this competition. 

Review and Selection Process 

Upon receipt of a pre-proposal 

application, the OER Director, after 

consultation with OER staff, will 

evaluate each pre-proposal using the 

Pre-Proposal Evaluation Criteria, and 

make the decision whether to encourage 

or discourage the applicant from 

submitting a full proposal. A 

recommendation from the OER Director 

that discourages the submission of a full 

proposal does not preclude the 

applicant from submitting the full 

proposal. 

Once a full proposal is received by 

NOAA, an initial administrative review 

is conducted to determine compliance 

with requirements and completeness of 

the application. Proposals determined to 

be in compliance and complete will be 

subjected to peer-review. Peer reviewers 

shall rate the individual proposals using 

the evaluation criteria and percentage 

weights provided above and provide 

summary comment. Both Federal and 

non-Federal experts in the field may be 

used in the peer-review process, which 

may include external mail reviews and/ 

or a peer-review panel. Peer-review 

panelists will not be asked to reach 

consensus on individual proposals. 

Based on the individual external mail 

reviewer scores, summary comments, 

and summaries and scores by the 

panelists, if a peer-review panel is used, 

the OER Senior Scientist, after 

consultation with appropriate OER staff, 

will make funding recommendations to 

the Selecting Official, who is the OER 

Director. In making the final selections, 

the OER Director will award in rank 

order unless the proposal is justified to 

be selected out of rank order based upon 

one or more of the selection factors 

below and as further detailed in section 

V.C. of the FFO. 

Selection Factors for Projects: The 

Selecting Official shall award in the 

rank order unless the proposal is 

justified to be selected out of rank order 

based on the following factors. 1. 

Availability of funding. 2. Balance/ 

distribution of funds: a. Geographically 

(This includes ship availability). b. by 

type of institutions. c. by type of 

partners. d. by research areas. e. by 

project types. 3. Whether this project 

duplicates other projects funded or 

considered for funding by NOAA or 

other agencies. 4. Office priorities and 

policy factors (as described in Section 

I.B of the FFO). 5. Applicants prior 

award performance. 6. Partnerships 

and/or participation of targeted groups. 

7. Adequacy of information necessary 

for NOAA staff to make a NEPA 

determination and draft necessary 

documentation before recommendations 

for funding are made to the Grants 

Officer. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this notice are 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of 

Programs.’’ Applicants must contact 

their State’s Single Point of Contact 

(SPOC) to find out about and comply 

with the State’s process under EO 

12372. The names and addresses of the 

SPOC’s are listed in the Office of 

Management and Budget’s Web site: 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. 

Limitation of Liability: In no event 

will NOAA or the Department of 

Commerce be responsible for proposal 

preparation costs if these programs fail 

to receive funding or are cancelled 

because of other agency priorities. 

Publication of this announcement does 

not oblige NOAA to award any specific 

project or to obligate any available 

funds. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA): NOAA must analyze the 

potential environmental impacts, as 

required by the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA), for applicant 

projects or proposals which are seeking 

NOAA Federal funding opportunities. 

Detailed information on NOAA 

compliance with NEPA can be found at 

the following NOAA NEPA Web site: 

http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/, including 

our NOAA Administrative Order 216–6 

for NEPA, http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/ 

NAO216_6_TOC.pdf, and the Council 

on Environmental Quality 

implementation regulations, http:// 

ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/ 

toc_ceq.htm. Consequently, as part of an 

applicant’s package, and under their 

description of their program activities, 

applicants are required to provide 

detailed information on the activities to 

be conducted, locations, sites, species 

and habitat to be affected, possible 

construction activities, and any 

environmental concerns that may exist 

(e.g., the use and disposal of hazardous 

or toxic chemicals, introduction of nonindigenous species, impacts to 

endangered and threatened species, 

aquaculture projects, and impacts to 

coral reef systems). In addition to 

providing specific information that will 

serve as the basis for any required 

impact analyses, applicants may also be 

requested to assist NOAA in drafting of 

an environmental assessment, if NOAA 

determines an assessment is required. 

Applicants will also be required to 

cooperate with NOAA in identifying 

feasible measures to reduce or avoid any 

identified adverse environmental 

impacts of their proposal. The failure to 

do so shall be grounds for not selecting 

an application. In some cases, if 

additional information is required after 

an application is selected, funds can be 

withheld by the Grants Officer, under a 

special award condition requiring the 

recipient to submit additional 

environmental compliance information 

sufficient to enable NOAA to make an 

assessment on any impacts that a project 

may have on the environment. 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements: 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

contained in the Federal Register notice 

of February 11, 2008 (73 FR 7696), are 

applicable to this solicitation. 

Paperwork Reduction Act: This 

document contains collection-ofinformation requirements subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The 

use of Standard Forms 424, 424A, 424B, 

and SF–LLL and CD–346 has been 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under the respective 

control numbers 0348–0043, 0348–0044, 

0348–0040, 0348–0046, and 0605–0001. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, no person is required to, nor shall 

a person be subject to a penalty for 

failure to comply with, a collection of 

information subject to the requirements 

of the PRA unless that collection of 

information displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. 

Executive Order 12866: This notice 

has been determined to be not 

significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866. 

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism): 

It has been determined that this notice 

does not contain policies with 

federalism implications as that term is 

defined in Executive Order 13132. 

Administrative Procedure Act/ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act: Prior notices 

and an opportunity for public comment 

are not required by the Administrative 

Procedure Act or any other law for rules 

concerning public property, loans, 

grants, benefits, and contracts (5 U.S.C. 

553(a)(2)). Because notice and 

opportunity for comment are not 

required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or any 

other law, the analytical requirements 

for the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are inapplicable. 

Therefore, a regulatory flexibility 

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Dated: May 25, 2010. 

Mark E. Brown, 

Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative 

Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–KA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XV92 

Marine Mammals; File No. 14610 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Alaska Department of Fish and 

Game (ADFG), Division of Wildlife 

Conservation, Juneau, AK (Principal 

Investigator: Robert Small, Ph.D.) has 

been issued a permit to conduct 

research on marine mammals. 

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following office(s): 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301)713–2289; fax (301)713–0376; and 

Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 

21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668; phone 

(907)586–7221; fax (907)586–7249. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tammy Adams or Carrie Hubard, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

20, 2010, notice was published in the 

Federal Register (75 FR 20565) that a 

request for a permit to conduct research 

on beluga whales (Delphinapterus 

leucas), endangered bowhead whales 

(Balaena mysticetus), gray whales 

(Eschrictius robustus), and endangered 

humpback whales (Megaptera 

novaeangliae) had been submitted by 

the above-named applicant. The 

requested permit has been issued for the 

beluga whale and gray whale projects 

under the authority of the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and 

the regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). A decision on the bowhead 

whale and humpback whale projects has 

been deferred pending completion of 

consultation under section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

The permit is valid through May 31, 

2015, for research activities including 

aerial surveys for beluga whales, capture 

of beluga whales for instrument 

attachment and sample collection, 

remote biopsy of beluga whales, and 

remote biopsy and instrument 

attachment for gray whales. Research 

may occur in waters of the Bering, 

Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas in Alaska to 

determine population abundance, stock 

structure, feeding areas and other 

important habitats, migration routes, 

behavior relative to human disturbance, 

and to genetically identify individuals 

to determine survival and calving 

intervals. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Dated: May 26, 2010. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XT64 

NOAA’s Arctic Vision and Strategy; 

Comment Period Extension 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NOAA wishes to ensure its 

Arctic Vision and Strategy document 

reaches the broadest possible audience 

and allows adequate time for review, 

and therefore is extending the public 

comment period by fifteen days. 

The Arctic has profound significance 

for climate and functioning of 

ecosystems around the globe. The region 

is particularly vulnerable and prone to 

rapid change. Increasing air and ocean 

temperatures, thawing permafrost, loss 

of sea ice, and shifts in ecosystems are 

evidence of widespread and dramatic 

ongoing change. As a result, critical 

environmental, economic, and national 

security issues are emerging, many of 

which have significant impacts for 

human lives, livelihoods, and coastal 

communities. Though NOAA has 

numerous and diverse capabilities that 

support these emerging issues, a 

strategic approach that leverages 

NOAA’s existing priorities and 

strengths, as well as those of our 

national and international partners, is 

needed. This document provides a highlevel framework and six strategic goals 

to address NOAA’s highest priorities in 

the region. It is based upon assumptions 

that the region will: continue to 

experience dramatic change; become 

more accessible to human activities; 

and, be a focus of increasing global 

strategic interest. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

June 25, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of 

the following methods— 

• Electronic Submissions: 

strategic.planning@noaa.gov. 

• Mail: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, Office of 

Program Planning and Integration, 1315 

East-West Highway, Room 15749, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tracy Rouleau, Office of Program 

Planning and Integration, at 

strategic.planning@noaa.gov or (301) 

713–1622 x187. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

original document published at 75 FR 

25843, May 10, 2010; to view the 

document in its entirety, go to http:// 

www.arctic.noaa.gov/. 

NOAA invites comments on its: (a) 

vision for the Arctic; and (b) six 

strategic goals and five-year strategies 

for the Arctic. 

Dated: May 25, 2010. 

Laura K. Furgione, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Program 

Planning and Integration, National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–NW–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 

Order, Finding, or Suspended 

Investigation; Opportunity To Request 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sheila E. Forbes, Office of AD/CVD 

Operations, Customs Unit, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 


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