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Wacker Chemical Corporation--Application for Subzone Status; Extension of Comment Period

Tue, Dec 9 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The comment period for the application for subzone status at the Wacker Chemical Corporation in Adrian, Michigan, submitted by the Greater Detroit ForeignTrade Zone, Inc. (68 FR 38009, 6/26/03), is being extended again, to December 22, 2003 to allow interested parties additional time in which to comment. Rebuttal comments may be submitted during the subsequent 15 day period, until January 6, 2004. Submissions (original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at one of the following addresses:

1. Submissions Via Express/Package Delivery Services: Foreign TradeZones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court BuildingSuite 4100W, 1099 14th St. NW., Washington, DC 20005; or

2. Submissions Via the U.S. Postal Service: ForeignTradeZones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCBSuite 4100W, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: December 3, 2003.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.

Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone; Koochiching County, MN

Tue, Dec 9 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board adopts the following Order:

Whereas, the ForeignTrade Zones Act provides for ``* * * the establishment * * * of foreigntrade zones in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other purposes,'' and authorizes the ForeignTrade Zones Board to grant to qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreigntrade zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs ports of entry;

Whereas, the Koochiching Economic Development Authority (the Grantee), a Minnesota public corporation, has made application to the Board (FTZ Docket 222003, filed 4/30/03), requesting the establishment of a foreigntrade zone at sites in Koochiching County, Minnesota, within the International FallsRanier Customs port of entry;

Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal Register (68 FR 23952, 5/6/03); and,

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Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof from the People's

Tue, Dec 9 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review: Industrial Nitrocellulose from the United

Tue, Dec 9 2003 11:00:00 GMT

On October 16, 2003, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published a notice of preliminary results of its changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on industrial nitrocellulose (INC) from the United Kingdom in which we preliminarily determined that Troon Investments Limited (TIL) is the successorin interest to Imperial Chemical Industries, PLC (ICI).\1\ See Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review: Industrial Nitrocellulose from the United Kingdom, 68 FR 59584, 59585 (October 16, 2003) (Preliminary Results). We gave interested parties, TIL and Green Tree Chemical Technologies, Inc. (Green Tree), the sole U.S. producer of INC and the petitioner in this proceeding, the [[Page 68594]]
opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results. We received no comments from either Green Tree or TIL on the Department's Preliminary Results. Therefore, the Department is adopting its preliminary finding that TIL is the successorininterest to ICI in the

Steel Import Licensing and Surge Monitoring

Tue, Dec 9 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Pursuant to the Presidential Proclamation to Provide for the Termination of Action Taken with Regard to Imports of Steel Products, issued December 4, 2003, the Department of Commerce will continue the Steel Import Licensing and Surge Monitoring program established effective February 1, 2003 (19 CFR part 360).

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Exempted Fishing and Scientific Research Permits

Tue, Dec 9 2003 11:00:00 GMT

NMFS announces the intent to issue Exempted Fishing Permits (EFPs) and Scientific Research Permits (SRPs) for the collection of Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS). These EFPs/SRPs would authorize collections of a limited number of tunas, swordfish, billfishes, and sharks from Federal waters in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico for the purposes of scientific data collection and public display. Generally, the EFPs/SRPs will be valid through December 31, 2004. NMFS also announces the intent to consider issuing EFPs upon receiving applications from U.S. fishermen whose vessels fish for Atlantic HMS while operating under chartering arrangements within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of other nations to ensure consistency with another country's regulations without violating U.S. regulations.

Marine Mammals; File No. 881-1710

Tue, Dec 9 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Notice is hereby given that Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC), 301 Railway Avenue, Seward, AK 99664, (Shannon Atkinson, Ph.D., Principal Investigator) has been issued a permit to take harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) for purposes of scientific research.