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instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Patsy A. Bearden, (907) 586– 

7008 or patsy.bearden@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Regulations at 50 CFR part 679.24(a) 

require that all hook-and-line, longline 

pot, and pot-and-line marker buoys 

carried onboard or used by any vessel 

regulated under 50 CFR part 679 shall 

be marked with the vessel name and 

Federal fisheries permit number or 

Alaska Department of Fish and Game 

(ADF&G) vessel registration number. 

The regulations also specify the size and 

color of markings. The marking of gear 

aids law enforcement and enables other 

fishermen to report on misplaced gear. 

II. Method of Collection 

No information is submitted; this is a 

gear-marking requirement. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0353. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,692. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes per buoy. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,138. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $16,920. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

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: June 1, 2010. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13431 Filed 6–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 22–2009] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 203; Application 

for Subzone Authority; REC Silicon; 

Invitation for Public Comment on 

Preliminary Recommendation 

The FTZ Board is inviting public 

comment on its staff’s preliminary 

recommendation pertaining to the 

application by the Port of Moses Lake 

Public Corporation to establish a 

subzone at the REC Silicon facility in 

Moses Lake, Washington (Docket 22– 

2009). The staff’s preliminary 

recommendation is for approval of the 

application with a restriction 

prohibiting admission of foreign status 

silicon metal subject to an anti-dumping 

duty (AD) or countervailing duty (CVD) 

order. The bases for this finding are as 

follows: 

Analysis of the application record 

indicates that full approval of the 

request could negatively impact 

domestic silicon metal production. This 

finding is based primarily on the 

potential impact to domestic silicon 

metal prices compounded by multiple 

applications potentially involving 

avoidance of AD/CVD duties on silicon 

metal used in export production. 

Although REC Silicon’s current 

domestic purchases account for only a 

small portion of domestic silicon metal 

production, the company has been 

expanding its capacity and will need 

increased amounts of silicon metal as 

that production comes online. Thus, 

access to silicon metal subject to AD/ 

CVD duties for its export production 

(currently over 95% of production) 

could encourage the company to source 

silicon metal subject to AD/CVD orders 

for its expanded production, instead of 

increasing domestic sourcing or 

sourcing imported silicon metal that is 

not subject to AD/CVD orders. 

A key consideration in this request is 

the cumulative effect on domestic 

silicon metal prices and on the integrity 

of the domestic silicon metal industry’s 

AD/CVD relief should there be multiple 

applications to avoid AD/CVD duties on 

silicon metal for export production. In 

addition to the REC Silicon application, 

a similar application is pending for Dow 

Corning Corporation in Kentucky and 

we have received indication that further 

requests are being prepared for 

additional facilities. In its application, 

REC Silicon indicates that if it is granted 

full approval, other U.S. polysilison 

producers will likely apply for similar 

benefits. Given the production capacity 

of REC Silicon’s domestic facilities, as 

well as those of the other U.S. 

producers, the ripple effect on silicon 

metal suppliers would be significant 

and the resulting impact would likely be 

a decline in the U.S. price of silicon 

metal. 

Currently, very little silicon metal 

subject to AD/CVD orders is imported 

into the United States. However, the 

potential increase in supply to the U.S. 

market from the use of silicon metal 

subject to AD/CVD orders at this plant 

and others in the industry, and the 

resulting price effect, would likely be 

significant. 

In part due to the AD/CVD duties in 

place, U.S. silicon metal prices have 

increased. This has led to the recent 

restarting of a shuttered silicon metal 

production facility in New York. A 

weakening of the U.S. price of silicon 

metal could threaten the viability of this 

facility as well as the continuation of 

production at other domestic facilities. 

Given the volume of silicon metal 

involved in the current and anticipated 

applications, even a limit on the amount 

of silicon metal subject to AD/CVD 

orders that could be used in the facility 

for export production could have a 

significant impact on the U.S. price of 

silicon metal. The timing of that impact 

would also be occurring as domestic 

silicon metal production facilities are 

recovering and restarting, likely due (at 

least in part) to the relief provided 

through the AD/CVD orders that are in 

place. The FTZ regulations require that 

evaluations of manufacturing authority 

consider, ‘‘whether the approval is 

consistent with trade policy and 

programs, and whether its net economic 

effect is positive’’ (15 CFR 400.31(a)). In 

this case, given the potential impact on 

the silicon metal industry and based on 

the evidence currently on the record, 

the staff is unable to find that the net 

(national) economic effect of approving 

the use of silicon metal subject to AD/ 

CVD orders for export production would 

be positive. 

While unrestricted approval could 

have a negative impact, the issues raised 

do not extend to silicon metal not 

subject to AD/CVD orders. No 

arguments or evidence have been 

presented to the FTZ Board in 

opposition to FTZ savings on silicon 

metal not subject to AD/CVD orders. 

Since REC Silicon indicated that they 

do not currently anticipate using silicon 


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metal subject to AD/CVD orders, activity 

under the proposed restricted approval 

would provide REC Silicon with the full 

savings estimated in the application. 

The company has indicated that those 

savings would enhance the cost 

competitiveness of its Washington 

facility, which would help to encourage 

continued production and employment 

at the facility. 

Public comment on the preliminary 

recommendation and the bases for the 

finding is invited through July 12, 2010. 

Rebuttal comments may be submitted 

during the subsequent 15-day period, 

until July 27, 2010. Submissions 

(original and one electronic copy) shall 

be addressed to the Board’s Executive 

Secretary at: Foreign-Trade Zones 

Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Room 2111, 1401 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

For further information, contact 

Elizabeth Whiteman at 

Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202) 

482–0473. 

Dated: May 28, 2010. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13455 Filed 6–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 20–2009] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 29; Application for 

Subzone Authority; Dow Corning 

Corporation; Invitation for Public 

Comment on Preliminary 

Recommendation 

The FTZ Board is inviting public 

comment on its staff’s preliminary 

recommendation pertaining to the 

application by the Louisville and 

Jefferson County Riverport Authority to 

establish a subzone at the Dow Corning 

Corporation (Dow Corning) facilities in 

Carrollton, Elizabethtown and 

Shepherdsville, Kentucky (Docket 20– 

2009). The staff’s preliminary 

recommendation is for approval of the 

application with a restriction 

prohibiting admission of foreign status 

silicon metal subject to an anti-dumping 

duty (AD) or countervailing duty (CVD) 

order. The bases for this finding are as 

follows: 

Analysis of the application record 

indicates that full approval of the 

request could negatively impact 

domestic silicon metal production. This 

finding is based primarily on the 

potential impact to domestic silicon 

metal prices from the volume of 

production involved and the cumulative 

impact of multiple applications 

potentially involving avoidance of AD/ 

CVD duties on silicon metal used in 

export production. 

Dow Corning is a major U.S. 

consumer of silicon metal, and access to 

the material for its export production 

without the payment of AD/CVD duties 

would decrease the average price of 

silicon metal paid by the company, 

providing a new, lower benchmark to be 

used in supply negotiations. Given the 

volume of silicon metal consumed by 

the company in the U.S., the ripple 

effect on silicon metal suppliers could 

be significant and the likely resulting 

impact would be a decline in the U.S. 

price of silicon metal. 

Currently, very little silicon metal 

subject to AD/CVD orders is imported 

into the United States. However, due to 

the size of Dow Corning’s production in 

the U.S., and the amount of silicon 

metal consumed by the company’s 

operations, the potential increase in 

supply to the U.S. market and resulting 

price effect would likely be significant. 

In part due to the AD/CVD duties in 

place, U.S. silicon metal prices have 

increased. This has led to the recent 

restarting of a shuttered silicon metal 

production facility in New York. A 

weakening of the U.S. price of silicon 

metal could threaten the viability of this 

facility as well as the continuation of 

production at other domestic facilities. 

The preliminary recommendation also 

reflects the cumulative effect on 

domestic silicon metal prices and on the 

integrity of the domestic silicon metal 

industry’s AD/CVD relief should there 

be multiple applications to avoid AD/ 

CVD duties on silicon metal for export 

production. In addition to the Dow 

Corning application, a similar 

application is pending for REC Silicon 

in Moses Lake, Washington and we have 

received indication that further requests 

are being prepared for additional 

facilities. 

Given the volume of silicon metal 

involved in the current and anticipated 

applications, even a limit on the amount 

of silicon metal subject to AD/CVD 

orders that could be used in the 

facilities for export production could 

have a significant impact on the U.S. 

price of silicon metal. The timing of that 

impact would also be occurring as 

domestic silicon metal production 

facilities are recovering and restarting, 

likely due (at least in part) to the relief 

provided through the AD/CVD orders 

that are in place. The FTZ regulations 

require that evaluations of 

manufacturing authority consider, 

‘‘whether the approval is consistent with 

trade policy and programs, and whether 

its net economic effect is positive’’ (15 

CFR 400.31(a)). In this case, given the 

potential impact on the silicon metal 

industry and based on the evidence 

currently on the record, the staff is 

unable to find that the net (national) 

economic effect of approving the use of 

silicon metal subject to AD/CVD orders 

for export production would be positive. 

While unrestricted approval could 

have a negative impact, the issues raised 

do not extend to silicon metal not 

subject to AD/CVD orders. No 

arguments or evidence have been 

presented to the FTZ Board in 

opposition to FTZ savings on silicon 

metal not subject to AD/CVD orders and 

on other imported components. Such 

savings would allow for duty deferral, 

inverted tariff, scrap and export savings 

on imported silicon metal and other 

components not subject to AD/CVD 

orders. In addition, the facilities could 

benefit from logistical savings involved 

in FTZ operations. The savings from 

restricted approval would constitute a 

significant portion of those projected in 

the application and could help 

encourage continued production and 

employment at Dow Corning’s Kentucky 

facilities. 

Public comment on the preliminary 

recommendation and the bases for the 

finding is invited through July 12, 2010. 

Rebuttal comments may be submitted 

during the subsequent 15-day period, 

until July 27, 2010. Submissions 

(original and one electronic copy) shall 

be addressed to the Board’s Executive 

Secretary at: Foreign-Trade Zones 

Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Room 2111, 1401 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

For further information, contact 

Elizabeth Whiteman at 

Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202) 

482–0473. 

Dated: May 28, 2010. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13454 Filed 6–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

[Docket No.: PTO–P–2010–0035] 

Enhanced Examination Timing Control 

Initiative; Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; 

request for comments. 


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