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Written comments may be submitted no 

later than 14 days after the date of 

publication of these preliminary results. 

Rebuttals to written comments, limited 

to issues raised in such comments, may 

be filed no later than 21 days after the 

date of publication. The Department 

will issue the final results of this 

changed–circumstances review, which 

will include the results of its analysis 

raised in any such written comments, 

no later than 270 days after the date on 

which this review was initiated, or 

within 45 days if all parties agree to our 

preliminary results. See 19 CFR 

351.216(e). 

This notice is published in 

accordance with section 751(b)(1) and 

777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216 

and 351.221. 

Dated: September 18, 2008. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–22551 Filed 9–24–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Notice of Solicitation of Applications 

for Allocation of Tariff Rate Quotas on 

the Imports of Certain Cotton Shirting 

Fabric to Persons Who Cut and Sew 

Men’s and Boys’ Cotton Shirts in the 

United States 

AGENCY: Department of Commerce, 

International Trade Administration. 

ACTION: The Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Department’’) is soliciting 

applications for an allocation of the 

2009 tariff rate quotas on certain cotton 

woven fabric to persons who cut and 

sew men’s and boys’ cotton shirts in the 

United States. 

SUMMARY: The Department hereby 

solicits applications from persons 

(including firms, corporations, or other 

legal entities) who cut and sew men’s 

and boys’ cotton shirts in the United 

States for an allocation of the 2009 tariff 

rate quotas on certain cotton woven 

fabric. Interested persons must submit 

an application on the form provided to 

the address listed below by October 27, 

2008. The Department will cause to be 

published in the Federal Register its 

determination to allocate the 2009 tariff 

rate quotas, will notify applicants of 

their respective allocation, and will 

issue licenses to eligible applicants 

within 60 days of that date. 

DATES: To be considered, applications 

must be received or postmarked by 5 

p.m. on October 27, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Applications must be 

submitted to the Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, Room 3100, United States 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20230 (telephone: (202) 482-3400). 

Application forms may be obtained from 

that office (via facsimile or mail) or from 

the following Internet address: http://

web.ita.doc.gov/tacgi/cottontrq.nsf/

TRQApp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurie Mease, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482-3400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 9, 2006, President Bush 

signed into law the Tax Relief and 

Health Care Act of 2006 (HR 6406/HR 

6111) (‘‘the Act’’). Section 406(b)(1) of 

the Act requires the Secretary of 

Commerce to fairly allocate tariff rate 

quotas on the import of certain cotton 

woven fabrics through December 31, 

2009. Section 406 (b)(1) authorizes the 

Secretary of Commerce to issue licenses 

to eligible manufacturers under 

headings 9902.52.08 through 9902.52.19 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States, specifying the 

restrictions under each such license on 

the quantity of cotton woven fabrics that 

may be entered each year on behalf of 

the manufacturer. The Act created an 

annual tariff rate quota providing for 

temporary reductions through December 

31, 2009 in the import duties of cotton 

woven fabrics suitable for making cotton 

shirts (new Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

of the United States (‘‘HTS’’) headings 

9902.52.08, 9902.52.09, 9902.52.10, 

9902.52.11, 9902.52.12, 9902.52.13, 

9902.52.14, 9902.52.15, 9902.52.16, 

9902.52.17, 9902.52.18, and 

9902.52.19). The reduction in duty is 

limited to 85 percent of the total square 

meter equivalents of all imported woven 

fabrics of cotton containing 85 percent 

or more by weight cotton used by 

manufacturers in cutting and sewing 

men’s and boys’ cotton shirts in the 

United States and purchased by such 

manufacturer during calendar year 

2000. 

The Act requires that the tariff rate 

quotas be allocated to persons 

(including firms, corporations, or other 

legal entities) who, during calendar year 

2000, were manufacturers cutting and 

sewing men’s and boys’ cotton shirts in 

the United States from imported woven 

fabrics of cotton containing 85 percent 

or more by weight cotton of the kind 

described in HTS 9902.52.08 through 

9902.52.19 purchased by such 

manufacturer during calendar year 

2000. On July 10, 2008, the Department 

published a final rule establishing 

procedures for allocating the tariff rate 

quota. See Imports of Certain Cotton 

Shirting Fabric: Implementation of 

Tariff Rate Quota Established Under the 

Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, 

73 FR 39585 (July 10, 2008), 15 CFR 

336. In order to be eligible for an 

allocation, an applicant must submit an 

application on the form provided at 

http://web.ita.doc.gov/tacgi/cotton.nsf/

TRQApp to the address listed above by 

5 p.m. on October 27, 2008 in 

compliance with the requirements of 15 

CFR 336. Any business confidential 

information that is marked business 

confidential will be kept confidential 

and protected from disclosure to the full 

extent permitted by law. 

Dated: September 22, 2008. 

R. Matthew Priest, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles and 

Apparel. 

[FR Doc. E8–22576 Filed 9–24–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Announcement of Padilla Bay National 

Estuarine Research Reserve Revised 

Management Plan 

AGENCY: Estuarine Reserves Division, 

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Approval and 

Availability of the Final Revised 

Management Plan for the Padilla Bay 

National Estuarine Research Reserve. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Estuarine Reserves Division, Office 

of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), U.S. 

Department of Commerce has approved 

the revised management plan for the 

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research 

Reserve. 

The Padilla Bay Reserve was 

designated in 1980 pursuant to Section 

315 of the Coastal Zone Management 

Act of 1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 

1461. The reserve has been operating 

under a management plan approved in 

1980. Pursuant to 15 CFR Section 

921.33(c), a state must revise their 

management plan every five years. The 

submission of this plan brings the 

reserve into compliance with this 

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requirement and sets a course for 

successful implementation of the goals 

and objectives of the reserve. 

The mission of the Padilla Bay 

Reserve is to provide leadership to 

promote informed management of 

estuarine and coastal habitats through 

scientific understanding and encourage 

good stewardship practices through 

partnerships, public education, and 

outreach programs. The management 

plan establishes three goals consistent 

with the Reserve’s mission. These goals 

are (1) protect and improve habitat and 

biological diversity within the boundary 

of the Reserve, (2) increase the use of 

the Reserve and its research program to 

address priority coastal management 

issues of Washington State and (3) to 

support informed decision-making and 

responsible stewardship of coastal 

communities and ecosystems. 

Organized in a framework of 

programmatic goals and objectives, the 

Padilla Bay Reserve’s management plan 

identifies specific strategies or actions 

for research, education/interpretation, 

public access, construction, land 

acquisition, and resource protection, 

restoration, and manipulation. Overall, 

the plan seeks to accomplish the 

mission of the Reserve by facilitating 

scientific research, encouraging 

stewardship, and addressing the local 

education and outreach needs. 

Specifically, stewardship is 

encompassed under resource protection, 

habitat restoration, and resource 

conservation priorities. These priorities 

address reserve efforts to evaluate 

natural and anthropogenic processes 

that affect the reserve and its habitats, 

support for research and monitoring of 

important resources, restore and protect 

natural habitats and to actively educate 

the public to inform resource 

management. 

Research and monitoring activities 

support independent research projects 

within the reserve and its vicinity with 

resources and background data. Staff 

and visiting researchers conduct 

monitoring and research within the 

boundaries of the reserve and Padilla 

Bay watershed and use GIS to map 

critical habitats. Research and 

monitoring results are made available to 

others and are translated to public and 

private users through education, 

training and outreach programs. 

Education at the reserve targets a wide 

variety of audiences including students, 

teachers, adults, resource users and 

coastal decision-maker audiences. The 

reserve’s comprehensive approach to 

education including a K–12 education 

program, outreach and a coastal training 

program are designed to increase 

knowledge of the target audiences about 

Pacific Northwest estuaries. Public 

access at the Padilla Bay Reserve 

includes trails, an observation deck and 

boat launches. 

Administration at the reserve includes 

supporting the staffing and budget 

necessary to carry out the goals and 

objectives of the plan. The 

administration of the Padilla Bay 

Reserve is a collective effort involving 

the Washington State Department of 

Ecology (WDOE), other state or local 

agencies and organizations, a Reserve 

oversight and programmatic advisory 

committee for research, education, 

coastal training, and stewardship, and 

the Padilla Bay Foundation. An 

established administrative framework 

implements and coordinates Reserve 

programs under the plan. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nina Garfield at (301) 563–1171 or 

Laurie McGilvray at (301) 563–1158 of 

NOAA’s National Ocean Service, 

Estuarine Reserves Division, 1305 EastWest Highway, N/ORM5, 10th floor, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

Dated: September 17, 2008. 

David M. Kennedy, 

Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–22571 Filed 9–24–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Announcement of Sapelo Island 

National Estuarine Research Reserve 

Revised Management Plan 

AGENCY: Estuarine Reserves Division, 

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Approval and 

Availability of the Final Revised 

Management Plan for the Sapelo Island 

National Estuarine Research Reserve. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Estuarine Reserves Division, Office 

of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), U.S. 

Department of Commerce has approved 

the revised management plan for the 

Sapelo Island National Estuarine 

Research Reserve. 

The Sapelo Island National Estuarine 

Research Reserve was designated as part 

of the National Estuarine Research 

Reserve System in 1976 pursuant to 

Section 315 of the Coastal Zone 

Management Act of 1972, as amended, 

16 U.S.C. 1461. The Reserve has been 

operating under a management plan 

approved in 1999. Pursuant to 15 CFR 

Section 921.33(c), a state must revise 

their management plan every five years. 

The submission of this plan brings the 

reserve into compliance and sets a 

course for successful implementation of 

the goals and objectives of the reserve. 

New facilities and updated 

programmatic objectives are notable 

revisions to the 1999 approved 

management plan. 

The mission of the Sapelo Island 

Reserve is to perpetuate the protection 

of the Sapelo Island National Estuarine 

Research Reserve and to provide a 

platform for conservation-based 

research, education and stewardship 

through the Reserve. The revised 

management plan identifies priority 

resource issues that are addressed 

through active management. These 

priority issues include addressing 

public access and visitor impact on 

Reserve uplands and marsh areas, 

addressing impacts related to activities 

on the Reserve by the island’s 

population and addressing the projected 

increase in development and population 

growth on the Georgia coast. By 

addressing these priority resource 

issues, the Sapelo Island Reserve aims 

to fulfill its mission. 

The revised plan establishes goals and 

objectives for the Reserve’s various 

programmatic activities, including 

scientific biological research; water 

quality monitoring; education, training, 

and outreach programs; and 

stewardship programs. It also outlines 

plans for future facility development to 

support reserve operations. 

The reserve has realized some aspects 

of the 1999 plan, including 

contributions toward the completion of 

the Barrier Island Research and 

Learning Center, a joint research 

dormitory and lab shared with the 

University of Georgia. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Clark at (301) 563–1137 or Laurie 

McGilvray at (301) 563–1158 of NOAA’s 

National Ocean Service, Estuarine 

Reserves Division, 1305 East-West 

Highway, N/ORM5, 10th floor, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910. For copies of the 

Sapelo Island National Estuarine 

Research Reserve Management Plan 

revision, visit: http:// 

www.sapelonerr.org/. 

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