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activities to be be handled with due care 

to prevent injury to live specimens, 

observed for activity, and returned to 

the water. All Foundation-associated 

personnel who conduct onboard 

sampling activities have undergone 

formal sea turtle handling training 

through NMFS, and are considered 

NMFS-designated agents while 

conducting work under the identified 

Cooperative Agreements. 

A final decision on issuance of the 

EFP will depend on a NMFS review of 

public comments received on the 

application, consultations with the 

affected states, the Gulf of Mexico and 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Councils, and the U.S. Coast Guard, and 

a determination that it is consistent with 

all applicable laws. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: February 1, 2010. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2428 Filed 2–4–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XT85 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish 

Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of an 

application for an exempted fishing 

permit; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the receipt 

of an application for an exempted 

fishing permit (EFP) from Mr. Thomas 

Haugen. If granted, the EFP would 

authorize the applicant, with certain 

conditions, to harvest legal-sized fish 

with unauthorized fishing gear under 

his commercial reef fish permit and 

individual fishing quota allocation for 

one year when testing his size-selective 

fishing gear called an excluding fishing 

device (EFD). This study is intended to 

provide detailed information and 

disposition of reef fish caught by Mr. 

Haugen’s size-selective fishing device 

and its affect on minimizing bycatch. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than 5 p.m., eastern time, on March 

8, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the application by any of the 

following methods: 

• E-mail: Peter.Hood@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line of the e-mail 

comment the following document 

identifier: ‘‘HaugenlEFP’’. 

• Mail: Peter Hood, Southeast 

Regional Office, NMFS, 263 13th 

Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. 

• Fax: 727–824–5308. 

The application and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request to any of the above 

addresses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Hood, 727–824–5305; fax: 727– 

824–5308; e-mail: 

Peter.Hood@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EFP is 

requested under the authority of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act (16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), and regulations at 

50 CFR 600.745(b) concerning exempted 

fishing. 

The proposed gear testing involves 

activities otherwise prohibited by 

regulations implementing the Fishery 

Management Plan for the Reef Fish 

Resources of the Gulf of Mexico. The 

applicant requires authorization to 

harvest fish with unauthorized fishing 

gear under his commercial reef fish 

permit and individual fishing quota 

(IFQ) allocation for one year while 

testing his EFD. Testing would occur in 

Federal waters off the west coast of 

Florida, in two geographical areas. The 

northern area is bounded by rhumb 

lines connecting, in order, the following 

points: 

Point North latitude 

West longitude 

A 29°05’00’’ 84°47’00’’ 

B 28°42’30’’ 84°24’50’’ 

C 28°42’30’’ 84°16’20’’ 

D 28°11’00’’ 84°00’00’’ 

E 28°10’00’’ 83°45’00’’ 

F 28°10’00’’ 83°14’00’’ 

G 29°37’00’’ 84°00’00’’ 

H 29°35’00’’ 84°38’00’’ 

The southern area is bounded by 

rhumb lines connecting, in order, the 

following points: 

Point North latitude 

West longitude 

A 26°26’00’’ 82°59’00’’ 

Point North latitude 

West longitude 

B 26°26’00’’ 82°29’00’’ 

C 25°15’00’’ 82°02’00’’ 

D 24°48’00’’ 82°06’00’’ 

E 24°45’00’’ 82°42’00’’ 

F 24°48’00’’ 82°48’00’’ 

G 25°07’30’’ 82°34’00’’ 

H 26°26’00’’ 82°59’00’’ 

The gear proposed to be tested is 

similar to a fish trap but has an 

adjustable entrance and exit. It would be 

tested under an experimental design 

developed with input from NMFS’ 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center. The 

gear initially would be fished in 

conjunction with traditional fish traps 

to determine the size selectivity and 

bycatch reduction offered by EFD. If 

shown effective, the EFDs would be 

used exclusively for the remainder of 

the year to test what affect further 

modifications to the gear would have on 

catch. 

Bycatch and regulatory discards are 

persistent problems in the Gulf of 

Mexico reef fish fishery. This is 

particularly important for grouper 

caught by the commercial sector as 

stated by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council in their 

Amendment 32 to the Fishery 

Management Plan for the Reef Fish 

Resources of the Gulf of Mexico. Even 

though grouper are managed under an 

IFQ program, potential reductions in the 

gag allowable biological catch could 

impinge upon the harvest of red grouper 

due to gag bycatch. Providing fishermen 

with a method to target one species over 

another would allow them to maximize 

their economic return from fishing 

while reducing bycatch and regulatory 

discards. 

NMFS finds this application warrants 

further consideration. Conditions the 

agency will impose on this permit, if it 

is indeed granted, include but are not 

limited to, a prohibition of conducting 

research within marine protected areas, 

marine sanctuaries, or special 

management zones without additional 

authorization. Additionally, NMFS 

requires any sea turtles taken 

incidentally during the course of fishing 

or scientific research activities to be 

handled with due care to prevent injury 

to live specimens, observed for activity, 

and returned to the water. 

A final decision on issuance of the 

EFP will depend on a NMFS review of 

public comments received on the 


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application, consultations with the 

affected states, the Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, and the 

U.S. Coast Guard, and a determination 

that it is consistent with all applicable 

laws. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: February 1, 2010. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2429 Filed 2–4–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Emerging Technology and Research 

Advisory Committee; Notice of 

Partially Closed Meeting 

The Emerging Technology and 

Research Advisory Committee (ETRAC) 

will meet on February 18 and 19, 2010, 

8:30 a.m., Room 3884, at the Herbert C. 

Hoover Building, 14th Street between 

Pennsylvania and Constitution 

Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The 

Committee advises the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Export 

Administration on emerging technology 

and research activities, including those 

related to deemed exports. 

Agenda 

Thursday, February 18 

Open Session 

1. Opening Remarks. 

2. Is Deemed Export Regulation Broken? 

3. Discussion with the Bureau of 

Industry and Security on Process. 

4. Deemed Export Control Methodology. 

5. Public Comments. 

Closed Session 

6. Discussion of matters determined to 

be exempt from the provisions 

relating to public meetings found in 

5 U.S.C. app. 2 §§ 10(a)(1) and 

10(a)(3). 

Friday, February 19 

Open Session 

1. NSC Interagency Policy Committee on 

Export Controls. 

2. Corporate Views on BIS Deemed 

Export Controls. 

3. Deemed Export Control Methodology. 

4. Discussion of Next TASK. 

5. Public Comments. 

The open session will be accessible 

via teleconference to 20 participants on 

a first come, first serve basis. To join the 

conference, submit inquiries to Ms. 

Yvette Springer at 

Yspringer@bis.doc.gov no later than 

February 10, 2010. 

A limited number of seats will be 

available for the public session. 

Reservations are not accepted. To the 

extent that time permits, members of the 

public may present oral statements to 

the Committee. The public may submit 

written statements at any time before or 

after the meeting. However, to facilitate 

the distribution of public presentation 

materials to the Committee members, 

the Committee suggests that presenters 

forward the public presentation 

materials prior to the meeting to Ms. 

Springer via e-mail. 

The Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the delegate of the General Counsel, 

formally determined on January 26, 

2010, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 (10)(d)), that 

the portion of the meeting dealing with 

matters the disclosure of portion of the 

meeting dealing with matters the 

disclosure of which would be likely to 

frustrate significantly implementation of 

an agency action as described in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) shall be exempt 

from the provisions relating to public 

meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 10(a)1 

and 10(a)(3). The remaining portions of 

the meeting will be open to the public. 

For more information, call Yvette 

Springer at (202) 482–2813. 

Dated: January 29, 2010. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2502 Filed 2–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–890] 

Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review and Intent 

To Rescind Review in Part 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: In response to requests from 

interested parties, the Department of 

Commerce (Department) is conducting 

an administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on wooden 

bedroom furniture (WBF) from the 

People’s Republic of China (PRC). The 

period of review (POR) is January 1, 

2008 through December 31, 2008. This 

administrative review covers multiple 

exporters of the subject merchandise, 

two of which are being individually 

examined as mandatory respondents. 

We have preliminarily determined 

that one of the mandatory respondents 

made sales in the United States at prices 

below normal value (NV), one 

mandatory respondent and two separate 

rate applicants did not demonstrate that 

they are entitled to a separate rate, and 

thus have been treated as part of the 

PRC-wide entity, and 12 separate rate 

applicants demonstrated that they are 

entitled to a separate rate and have been 

assigned the dumping margin calculated 

for the one fully participating 

mandatory respondent. If these 

preliminary results are adopted in our 

final results of review, we will instruct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) to assess antidumping duties on 

entries of subject merchandise during 

the POR for which the importer-specific 

assessment rates are above de minimis. 

We invite interested parties to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

Parties who submit comments are 

requested to submit with each argument 

a statement of the issue and a brief 

summary of the argument. We intend to 

issue the final results of this review no 

later than 120 days from the date of 

publication of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Pedersen or David Edmiston, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 4, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–2769, and (202) 

482–0989 respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 4, 2005, the Department 

published in the Federal Register the 

antidumping duty order on WBF from 

the PRC. See Notice of Amended Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Antidumping Duty 

Order: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from 

the People’s Republic of China, 70 FR 

329 (January 4, 2005) (Order). On 

January 5, 2009, the Department notified 

interested parties of their opportunity to 

request an administrative review of 

orders, finding, or suspended 

investigations with anniversaries in 

January 2009, including the 

antidumping duty order on WBF from 

the PRC. See Antidumping or 

Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 

Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review, 74 

FR 265 (January 5, 2009). In January 

2009, the American Furniture 

Manufacturers Committee for Legal 

Trade and Vaughan-Bassett Furniture 

Company, Inc., (AFMC/VaughanBassett) (petitioners), Kimball 


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