56548 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 189 / Monday, September 29, 2008 / Notices 

1 DPE is the sole petitioner in this antidumping 

proceeding. See Polychloroprene Rubber From 

Japan: Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Review 

of the Antidumping Finding. 69 FR 64276 

(November 4, 2004), DPE has been the sole U.S. 

producer of polychloroprene rubber since 1998. 

when Bayer Group closed its polychloroprene 

rubber plant in Houston, Texas. See 

Polychloroprene Rubber from Japan, Inv. No. AA– 

1921–129 (Second Review), U.S. ITC Pub. 3786 

(June 2005), at 4–5. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Census Advisory Committee of 

Professional Associations is composed 

of 36 members, appointed by the 

presidents of the American Economic 

Association, the American Statistical 

Association, and the Population 

Association of America, and the 

Chairperson of the Board of the 

American Marketing Association. The 

Committee addresses Census Bureau 

programs and activities related to each 

respective Association’s area of 

expertise. The Committee has been 

established in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Title 

5, United States Code, Appendix 2, 

Section 10(a)(b)). 

The meeting is open to the public, 

and a brief period is set aside for public 

comment and questions. Persons with 

extensive questions or statements must 

submit them in writing at least three 

days before the meeting to the 

Committee Liaison Officer named 

above. Seating is available to the public 

on a first-come, first-served basis. 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign-language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should also be directed to 

the Committee Liaison Officer as soon 

as known, preferably two weeks prior to 

the meeting. 

Due to increased security and for 

access to the meeting, please call 301– 

763–3231 upon arrival at the Census 

Bureau on the day of the meeting. A 

photo ID must be presented in order to 

receive your visitor’s badge. Visitors are 

not allowed beyond the first floor. 

Dated: September 22, 2008. 

Steve H. Murdock, 

Director, Bureau of the Census. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economics and Statistics 

Administration 

Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463 as amended by Pub. L. 94–409, Pub. 

L. 96–523, Pub. L. 97–375 and Pub. L. 

105–153), we are announcing a meeting 

of the Bureau of Economic Analysis 

Advisory Committee. The meeting will 

address ways in which the national 

economic accounts can be presented 

more effectively for current economic 

analysis and recent statistical 

developments in national accounting. 

DATES: Friday, November 7, 2008, the 

meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and adjourn 

at 3:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the Bureau of Economic Analysis at 

1441 L St., NW., Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Newman, Media and Outreach 

Lead, Bureau of Economic Analysis, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone 

number: (202) 606–9265. 

Public Participation: This meeting is 

open to the public. Because of security 

procedures, anyone planning to attend 

the meeting must contact Jeffrey 

Newman of BEA at (202) 606–9265 in 

advance. The meeting is physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for foreign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Jeffrey Newman at 

(202) 606–9265. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee was established September 

2, 1999. The Committee advises the 

Director of BEA on matters related to the 

development and improvement of BEA’s 

national, regional, industry, and 

international economic accounts, 

especially in areas of new and rapidly 

growing economic activities arising 

from innovative and advancing 

technologies, and provides 

recommendations from the perspectives 

of the economics profession, business, 

and government. This will be the 

Committee’s seventeenth meeting. 

Dated: September 23, 2008. 

Rosemary D. Marcuss, 

Deputy Director, Bureau of Economic 

Analysis. 

[FR Doc. E8–22872 Filed 9–26–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–588–046] 

Polychloroprene Rubber From Japan: 

Initiation and Preliminary Results of 

Changed Circumstances Review, and 

Intent To Revoke Antidumping Duty 

Finding, in Part 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On August 4, 2008, the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) received a request from the 

petitioner, DuPont Performance 

Elastomers L.L.C. (DPE) 1 for a changed 

circumstances review and a request to 

revoke, in part, the antidumping duty 

(AD) finding on certain polychloroprene 

rubber products from Japan. In its 

August 4, 2008 request, DPE stated that 

it no longer has any interest in 

antidumping relief from imports of such 

polychloroprene rubber with respect to 

the subject merchandise defined in the 

‘‘Scope of the Finding’’ section below. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 29, 

2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Summer Avery, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office 6, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–4052. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 6, 1973, the Department 

of the Treasury published, in the 

Federal Register (38 FR 33593), the AD 

finding on polychloroprene rubber from 

Japan. 

On September 29, 2006, the 

Department amended the scope of the 

AD finding. Polychloroprene Rubber 

from Japan: Final Changed 

Circumstances Review and 

Determination to Revoke Finding in 

Part, 71 FR 57470 (September 29, 2006). 

On August 4, 2008, DPE requested 

revocation, in part, of the AD finding 

with respect to aqueous dispersions of 

2-chlorobutadiene-1,3 homopolymers, 

where the polymer content of the 

dispersion is between 55 weight percent 

and 61 weight percent and the dispersed 

homopolymer contains less than 10 

weight percent of a tetrahydrofuraninsoluble fraction, because DPE stated 

that it no longer has any interest in 

antidumping relief from those imports. 

Scope of the Finding 

Imports covered by this finding are 

shipments of polychloroprene rubber, 

an oil resistant synthetic rubber also 

known as polymerized chlorobutadiene 

or neoprene, currently classifiable under 

items 4002.41.00, 4002.49.00, and 

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2See footnote 1. 

4003.00.00 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

HTSUS item numbers are provided for 

convenience and customs purpose. The 

Department’s written description of the 

scope remains dispositive. 

The following types of 

polychloroprene rubber from Japan are 

excluded from the scope of the finding: 

(1) Aqueous dispersions of 

polychloroprenes that are dipolymers of 

chloroprene and methacrylic acid, 

where the dispersion has a pH of 8 or 

lower (this category is limited to 

aqueous dispersions of these polymers 

and does include aqueous dispersions of 

these polychloroprenes that contain 

comonomers other than methacrylic 

acid); (2) aqueous dispersions of 

polychloroprenes that are dipolymers of 

chloroprene and 2,3-dichlorobutadiene1,3 modified with xanthogen disulfides, 

where the dispersion has a solids 

content of greater than 59 percent (this 

category is limited to aqueous 

dispersions of these polymers and does 

include aqueous dispersions of 

polychloroprenes that contain 

comonomers other than 2,3- 

dichlorobutadiene-1,3); and (3) solid 

polychloroprenes that are dipolymers of 

chloroprene and2,3-dichlorobutadiene1,3 having a 2,3-dichlorobutadiene-1,3 

content of 15 percent or greater (this 

category is limited to polychloroprenes 

in solid form and does include aqueous 

dispersions). 

Initiation and Preliminary Results of 

Changed Circumstances Review, and 

Intent To Revoke Antidumping Finding, 

in Part 

Pursuant to section 751(d)(1) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 

the Department may revoke, in whole or 

in part, an AD finding based on a review 

under section 751(b) of the Act (i.e., a 

changed circumstances review). Section 

751 (b)(1) of the Act requires a changed 

circumstances review to be conducted 

upon receipt of a request which shows 

changed circumstances sufficient to 

warrant a review. In conducting a 

changed circumstances review pursuant 

to 19 CFR 351.216, the Department may 

revoke an order, in whole or in part, if 

it determines that producers accounting 

for substantially all of the production of 

the domestic like product to which the 

order (or the part of the order to be 

revoked) pertains have expressed a lack 

of interest in the order, in whole or in 

part. See section 782(h)(2) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.222(g). In the event that 

the Department concludes that 

expedited action is warranted, 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(3)(ii) permits the Department 

to combine the notices of initiation and 

preliminary results. 

In this case, the Department finds that 

the information submitted by the 

petitioner provides sufficient evidence 

of changed circumstances to warrant a 

review. 19 CFR 351.216(d). DPE is the 

sole petitioner and domestic producer of 

polychloroprene rubber, and therefore 

accounts for all of the production of the 

domestic like product to which the 

order pertains.2 In addition, DPE affirms 

that it is no longer interested in the 

inclusion of the above products within 

the scope of the AD finding. DPE’s 

August 4, 2008 submission at page 2. 

Therefore, in accordance with sections 

751(b)(1) and 751(d)(1) of the Act, 

and19 CFR 351.216 and 351.222(g), and 

based on the information provided by 

DPE, the Department is initiating a 

changed circumstances review of 

polychloroprene rubber from Japan to 

determine whether partial revocation of 

the AD finding is warranted with 

respect to the aforementioned certain 

polychloroprene rubber products from 

Japan. Furthermore, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii), we have 

determined that expedited action is 

warranted. Our decision to expedite this 

review stems from the fact that the sole 

petitioner and domestic producer of the 

subject merchandise, DPE, has 

requested expedited action. Because we 

have concluded that expedited action is 

warranted, we are combining the 

initiation and preliminary results. 

Based on the expression of no interest 

by the sole domestic producer, the 

Department preliminarily determines 

that producers accounting for 

substantially all of the production of the 

domestic like product have no further 

interest in the continued application of 

the AD finding on polychloroprene 

rubber that is subject to this request. 

Section 782(h)(2) of the Act. Therefore, 

we are notifying the public of our intent 

to revoke, in part, the AD finding as it 

relates to imports of certain 

polychloroprene rubber products from 

Japan. 

Accordingly, the Department intends 

to amend the scope of the AD finding on 

polychloroprene rubber from Japan to 

read as follows: Imports covered by this 

finding are shipments of 

polychloroprene rubber, an oil resistant 

synthetic rubber also known as 

polymerized chlorobutadiene or 

neoprene, currently classifiable under 

items 4002.41.00, 4002.49.00, and 

4003.00.00 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

HTSUS item numbers are provided for 

convenience and customs purpose. The 

Department’s written description of the 

scope remains dispositive. 

The following types of 

polychloroprene rubber from Japan are 

excluded from the scope of the finding: 

(1) Aqueous dispersions of 

polychloroprenes that are dipolymers of 

chloroprene and methacrylic acid, 

where the dispersion has a pH of S or 

lower (this category is limited to 

aqueous dispersions of these polymers 

and does pp include aqueous 

dispersions of these polychloroprenes 4 

that contain comonomers other than 

methacrylic acid); (2) aqueous 

dispersions of polychloroprenes that are 

dipolymers of chloroprene and 2,3- 

dichlorobutadiene-1,3 modified with 

xanthogen disulfides, where the 

dispersion has a solids content of 

greater than 59 percent (this category is 

limited to aqueous dispersions of these 

polymers and does include aqueous 

dispersions of polychloroprenes that 

contain comonomers other than 2,3- 

dichlorobutadiene-1,3); and (3) solid 

polychloroprenes that are dipolymers of 

chloroprene and 2,3-dichlorobutadiene1,3 having a 2,3-dichlorobutadiene-1,3 

content of 15 percent or greater (this 

category is limited to polychloroprenes 

in solid form and does ii include 

aqueous dispersions). 

In addition, the following type of 

polychloroprene rubber is excluded 

from the scope of the finding: aqueous 

dispersions of 2-chlorobutadiene-1,3 

homopolymers, where the polymer 

content of the dispersion is between 55 

weight percent and 61 weight percent 

and the dispersed homopolymer 

contains less than 10 weight percent of 

a tetrahydrofuran-insoluble fraction. 

Public Comment 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

All written comments shall be 

submitted in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.303 and shall be served on all 

interested parties. Interested parties may 

submit case briefs and/or written 

comments no later than 30 days after the 

date of publication of this notice. 19 

CFR 351.309(c)(ii). Rebuttal briefs and 

rebuttals to written comments, which 

must be limited to issues raised in such 

briefs or comments, may be filed no 

later than 5 days after the time limit for 

filing the case brief. See 19 CFR 

351.309(d). Parties who submit 

arguments are requested to submit with 

the argument (1) a statement of the 

issue, (2) a brief summary of the 

argument, and (3) a table of authorities. 

Also, any interested party may request 

a hearing within 30 days of publication 

of this notice. See 19 CFR 351.3 10(c). 

Any hearing, if requested, will be held 

44 days after the date of publication of 

this notice, or the first working day 

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56550 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 189 / Monday, September 29, 2008 / Notices 

1We extended the end of the period of review 

(‘‘POR’’) from April 30, 2007 to May 17, 2007, to 

capture entries for two respondents. See the 

‘‘Expansion of the POR’’ section in the Preliminary 

Results. 

thereafter. Persons interested in 

attending a hearing should contact the 

Department for the date and time of the 

hearing. 

Consistent with 19 CFR 35l.216(e), the 

Department will issue the final results 

of this changed circumstances review, 

including the results of its analysis of 

issues raised in any 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 finding. If final partial 

revocation occurs, we will instruct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection to 

terminate the suspension of liquidation 

for the merchandise covered by the 

revocation on the effective date of the 

notice of revocation and to release any 

cash deposit or bond. See 19 CFR 

35l.222(g)(4). The current requirement 

for a cash deposit of estimated AD 

duties on all subject merchandise will 

continue unless and until it is modified 

pursuant to the final results of this 

changed circumstances review. 

This notice of initiation is in 

accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 

777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216, 

351.221, and 351.222. 

Dated: September 18, 2008. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–942] 

Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving 

and Racks from the People’s Republic 

of China: Notice of Postponement of 

Preliminary Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 29, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Holland or Yasmin Nair, AD/CVD 

Operations, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–1279 and (202) 482–3813, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 20, 2008, the Department 

of Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) 

initiated the countervailing duty 

investigation of certain kitchen 

appliance shelving and racks from the 

People’s Republic of China. See Notice 

of Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation: Certain Kitchen 

Appliance Shelving and Racks from the 

People’s Republic of China, 73 FR 50304 

(August 26, 2008). Currently, the 

preliminary determination is due no 

later than October 24, 2008. 

Postponement of Due Date for 

Preliminary Determination 

On September 17, 2008, the 

Department received a request from 

Nashville Wire Products Inc., SSW 

Holding Company, Inc., United Steel, 

Paper and Forestry, Rubber, 

Manufacturing, Energy, Allied– 

Industrial and Service Workers 

International Union, and the 

International Association of Machinists 

and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge 

6 (Clinton, IA) (collectively, ‘‘the 

petitioners’’) to postpone the 

preliminary determination of the 

countervailing duty investigation of 

certain kitchen appliance shelving and 

racks from the PRC. Under section 

703(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act), the Department may 

extend the period for reaching a 

preliminary determination in a 

countervailing duty investigation until 

no later than the 130th day after the date 

on which the administering authority 

initiates an investigation if the 

petitioner makes a timely request for an 

extension of the period within which 

the determination must be made under 

section 703(b) of the Act. In accordance 

with section 351.205(e) of the 

Department’s regulations, the 

petitioners’ request for postponement of 

the preliminary determination was 

made 25 days or more before the 

scheduled date of the preliminary 

determination. Accordingly, we are 

extending the due date for the 

preliminary determination by 59 days to 

no later than December 22, 2008. 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act. 

Dated: September 22, 2008. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–831] 

Fresh Garlic from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Results and 

Rescission, In Part, of Twelfth New 

Shipper Reviews 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 29, 2008. 

SUMMARY: On May 1, 2008, the 

Department of Commerce (the 

‘‘Department’’) published the 

preliminary results of these new shipper 

reviews, covering the period November 

1, 2006, through April 30, 2007.1 See 

Fresh Garlic from the People’s Republic 

of China: Preliminary Results of the 

12th New Shipper Reviews, 73 FR 24042 

(May 1, 2008) (‘‘Preliminary Results’’). 

Based on our analysis of the comments 

received, we have made certain changes 

to our calculations. The final dumping 

margins for these reviews are listed in 

the ‘‘Final Results of the Reviews’’ 

section below. Finally, after 

reexamining the bona fides of Shandong 

Chenhe International Trading Co., Ltd.’s 

(‘‘Chenhe’’) single sale, the Department 

finds that that sale is not a bona fide 

transaction; therefore, for these final 

results, the Department has rescinded 

the review with respect to Chenhe. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Walker and Blaine Wiltse, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–0413 or (202) 482– 

6345, respectively. 

Case History 

Background 

The Department conducted a 

verification of Chenhe from May 12–14, 

2008. The Department conducted a 

verification of Jining Yongjia Trade Co., 

Ltd. (‘‘Yongjia’’) and its supplier 

Jinxiang County Shanfu Frozen Co. Ltd. 

(‘‘Shanfu’’) from May 15–18, 2008. 

On July 7, 2008, we extended the time 

limit for the completion of the final 

results of these reviews. See Fresh 

Garlic from the People’s Republic of 

China: Notice of Extension of Time 

Limits for the Final Results of the 

Twelfth New Shipper Reviews, 73 FR 

38396 (July 7, 2008). 

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