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1 19 U.S.C. 3721(c)(2)(B)(ii). 

2 Denim articles provided for in subheading 

5209.42.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. See 

section 112(c)(2)(C) of AGOA, 19 U.S.C. 

3721(c)(2)(C). 

3Congress defined the term ‘‘fiscal year’’ to mean 

the period October 1 through September 30. 

4Commissioner Dean A. Pinkert determines that 

the quantity that will be so available during fiscal 

year 2009 is within a range from 19,054,860 to 

20,515,692 SMEs. 

5 In AGOA–001, Commissioner Dean A. Pinkert 

determined that the quantity that would be 

available in fiscal year 2008 was within a range 

from 21,303,613 to 25,017,171 SMEs. 

BLM Vegetation Treatments EIS, Travel 

Management Planning and Energy 

Rights-of-Way and other matters as may 

reasonably come before the council. A 

field trip is scheduled for September 

15th to view Off-Highway Vehicle 

issues and vegetation and weed 

management issues on BLM lands near 

John Day, Oregon. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Public comment is scheduled for 1 p.m. 

to 1:15 p.m. (Pacific Time) September 

16, 2008. For a copy of the information 

to be distributed to the Council 

members, please submit a written 

request to the Vale District Office 10 

days prior to the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information concerning the 

John Day/Snake Resource Advisory 

Council may be obtained from Mark 

Wilkening, Public Affairs Officer, Vale 

District Office, 100 Oregon Street, Vale, 

Oregon 97918, (541) 473–6218 or e-mail 

mark_wilkening@blm.gov. 

Dated: July 31, 2008. 

David R. Henderson, 

District Manager. 

[FR Doc. E8–18097 Filed 8–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. AGOA–003] 

Denim Fabric: Commercial Availability 

in AGOA Countries During Fiscal Year 

2009 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of determination. 

Determination: Based on the 

information developed in the subject 

investigation, the United States 

International Trade Commission, 

pursuant to section 112(c)(2)(B)(ii) of 

the African Growth and Opportunity 

Act (AGOA),1 determines that (1) denim 

fabric 2 produced in beneficiary subSaharan African (SSA) countries will be 

available in commercial quantities 

during the period October 1, 2008 

through September 30, 2009 (fiscal year 

2009) 3 for use by lesser developed 

beneficiary (LDB) SSA countries in the 

production of apparel articles receiving 

U.S. preferential treatment, and (2) the 

quantity of such denim fabric that will 

be so available during fiscal year 2009 

is 18,260,400 square meters equivalent.4

Background: Section 112(c)(2)(B)(ii) 

of AGOA requires the Commission, in 

each year through 2012 after it has made 

an affirmative determination under 

section 112(c)(2)(A), to determine 

whether, during the next fiscal year, the 

fabric or yarn that is the subject of that 

affirmative determination will be 

available in commercial quantities for 

use by LDB SSA countries in the 

production of apparel articles receiving 

U.S. preferential treatment, and if so, 

the quantity that will be available. In the 

case of denim fabric, Congress, in 

section 112(c)(2)(C) of AGOA, deemed 

denim fabric to be available in 

commercial quantities in the amount of 

30 million square meters equivalent 

(SMEs) during fiscal year 2007, as if the 

Commission had made an affirmative 

determination under section 

112(c)(2)(A) of AGOA. 

The determinations that the 

Commission made in this investigation 

are with respect to whether the subject 

denim fabric will be available in 

commercial quantities for such use 

during fiscal year 2009, and, if so, the 

quantity that will be so available. This 

is the second such set of determinations 

that the Commission has made under 

section 112(c)(2)(B)(ii) with respect to 

the subject denim fabric. In September 

2007, the Commission, in investigation 

No. AGOA–001, determined that the 

subject denim fabric will be available in 

commercial quantities for such use 

during fiscal year 2008, and that the 

quantity that will be available is 

21,303,613 SMEs.5

Notice of the institution of the 

Commission’s investigation and of the 

scheduling of a public hearing in 

connection therewith was given by 

posting a copy of the notice on the 

Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.usitc.gov) and by publishing the 

notice in the Federal Register of 

December 12, 2007 (72 FR 70609). The 

hearing was held on April 9, 2008, in 

Washington, DC; all persons who 

requested the opportunity were 

permitted to appear in person or by 

counsel. 

The views of the Commission are 

contained in USITC Publication 4027 

(August 2009), entitled Denim Fabric: 

Commercial Availability in AGOA 

Countries During Fiscal Year 2009. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: August 1, 2008. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E8–18117 Filed 8–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–458 and 731–

TA–1154 (Preliminary)] 

Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving 

and Racks From China 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Institution of countervailing 

duty and antidumping investigations 

and scheduling of preliminary phase 

investigations. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the institution of investigation 

and commencement of preliminary 

phase countervailing duty investigation 

No. 701–TA–458 (Preliminary) under 

section 703(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 

(19 U.S.C. 1671b(a)) (the Act) to 

determine whether there is a reasonable 

indication that an industry in the 

United States is materially injured or 

threatened with material injury, or the 

establishment of an industry in the 

United States is materially retarded, by 

reason of imports from China of certain 

kitchen appliance shelving and racks, 

provided for in subheadings 7321.90.50, 

8418.99.80, and 8516.90.80 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States, that are alleged to be 

subsidized by the Government of the 

People’s Republic of China. The 

Commission also hereby gives notice of 

the institution of investigation and 

commencement of preliminary phase 

antidumping investigation No. 731–TA–

1154 (Preliminary) under section 733(a) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 

1673b(a)) (the Act) to determine 

whether there is a reasonable indication 

that an industry in the United States is 

materially injured or threatened with 

material injury, or the establishment of 

an industry in the United States is 

materially retarded, by reason of 

imports from China of certain kitchen 

appliance shelving and racks, currently 

provided for in the subheadings 

identified above of the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States, 

that are alleged to be sold in the United 

States at less than fair value. Unless the 

Department of Commerce extends the 

time for initiation pursuant to section 

702(c)(1)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 

1671a(c)(1)(B)), the Commission must 

reach preliminary determinations in 


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