Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 169 / Friday, August 29, 2008 / Notices 50941 

1November 11, 2008, is a federal holiday. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–861, A–570–935] 

Certain Circular Welded Carbon 

Quality Steel Line Pipe from the 

Republic of Korea and the People’s 

Republic of China: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determination of 

Antidumping Duty Investigations 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 29, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Edwards, Dena Crossland 

(Republic of Korea), Jeffrey Pedersen, or 

Rebecca Pandolph (People’s Republic of 

China), Office 7 and Office 4, AD/CVD 

Operations, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–8029, (202) 482–3362, (202) 482–

2769, and (202) 482–3627, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations 

On April 23, 2008, the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) initiated 

the antidumping duty investigations of 

certain circular welded carbon quality 

steel line pipe (line pipe) from the 

Republic of Korea (Korea) and the 

People’s Republic of China (PRC). See 

Certain Circular Welded Carbon Quality 

Steel Line Pipe from the Republic of 

Korea and the People’s Republic of 

China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty 

Investigations, 73 FR 23188 (April 29, 

2008). The notice of initiation stated 

that the Department would issue its 

preliminary determinations for these 

investigations no later than 140 days 

after the date of issuance of the 

initiation (i.e., September 10, 2008) in 

accordance with section 733(b)(1)(A) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act). 

On August 12, 2008, Maverick Tube 

Corporation, Tex–Tube Company, and 

United States Steel Corporation 

(collectively, the petitioners) made a 

timely request pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.205(e) for a postponement of the 

preliminary determinations with respect 

to Korea and the PRC. Therefore, the 

Department is postponing the deadline 

for the preliminary determinations with 

respect to Korea and the PRC pursuant 

to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act by 50 

days to October 30, 2008. The deadline 

for the final determination will continue 

to be 75 days after the date of the 

preliminary determination, unless 

extended. 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1). 

Dated: August 21, 2008. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–20158 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–122–853, A–570–937] 

Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts 

from Canada and the People’s 

Republic of China: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determinations of 

Antidumping Duty Investigations 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 29, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terre Keaton Stefanova (Canada) or 

Marin Weaver (the People’s Republic of 

China), AD/CVD Operations, Offices 2 

and 8, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–1280 or (202) 482–2336, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations 

On May 5, 2008, the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) initiated 

the antidumping investigations of Citric 

Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from 

Canada and the People’s Republic of 

China. See Citric Acid and Certain 

Citrate Salts from Canada and the 

People’s Republic of China: Initiation of 

Antidumping Duty Investigations, 73 FR 

27492 (May 13, 2008). 

The notice of initiation stated that 

unless postponed the Department would 

issue the preliminary determinations for 

these investigations no later than 140 

days after the date of issuance of the 

initiation, in accordance with section 

733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). The preliminary 

determinations are currently due no 

later than September 21, 2008. 

On August 19, 2008, the petitioners, 

Archer Daniels Midland Company, 

Cargill, Incorporated, and Tate & Lyle 

Americas, Inc., made a timely request 

pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e) for a 50-day 

postponement of the preliminary 

determinations. The petitioners 

requested postponement of the 

preliminary determinations in order to 

ensure that the Department has ample 

time to thoroughly analyze the novel 

and complex issues involved in these 

investigations. 

Because there are no compelling 

reasons to deny the request, the 

Department is postponing the deadline 

for the preliminary determinations 

pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the 

Act to November 12, 2008,1 the next 

business day after 190 days from the 

date of initiation. The deadline for the 

final determinations will continue to be 

75 days after the date of the preliminary 

determinations, unless postponed. 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to sections 733(c)(2) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1). 

Dated: August 25, 2008. 

Stephen J. Claeys, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–20153 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XK06 

Endangered Species; File No. 10115 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. 

Douglas Peterson, Warnell School of 

Forest Resources (Fisheries Division), 

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 

30602, has been issued a permit to take 

shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser 

brevirostrum) for purposes of scientific 

research. 

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)427–2521; and 

Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th 

Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701; 

phone (727)824–5312; fax (727)824–

5309. 

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