Notices. Additions to and deletions from Procurement List
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BILLING CODE 3410-15-M COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED Procurement List; Additions and Deletions AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled. ACTION: Additions to and deletions from Procurement List. SUMMARY: This action adds to the Procurement List a product and a service to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List a service previously furnished by such agencies.
DATES: Effective August 21, 2005. ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202-3259. For Further Information or to Submit Comments Contact: Sheryl D. Kennerly, Telephone:
(703)603-7740, Fax:
(703)603-0655, or e-mail *SKennerly@jwod.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additions On May 27, 2005, the Committee for Purchase From People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled published notice (70 FR 30692) of proposed additions to the Procurement List. After consideration of the material presented to it concerning capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the products and services and impact of the additions on the current or most recent contractors, the Committee has determined that the product and service listed below are suitable for procurement by the Federal government under 41 U.S.C. 46-48c and 41 CFR 51-2.4. Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification I certify that the following action will not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. The major factors considered for this certification were: 1. The action will not result in any additional reporting, recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities other than the small organizations that will furnish the product and service to the government. 2. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish the product and service to the government. 3. There are no known regulatory alternatives which would accomplish the objectives of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46-48c) in connection with the product and service proposed for addition to the Procurement List. End of Certification Accordingly, the following product and service are added to the Procurement List: Product Amazing Micro Mop Refill. *NSN:* M.R. 1059-Amazing Micro Mop Refill. *NPA:* The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. (Seattle Lighthouse), Seattle, Washington. *Contracting Activity:* Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA), Fort Lee, Virginia. Service *Service Type/Location:* Custodial Services, Social Security Administration, 2401 Lind Street, Quincy, Illinois. *NPA:* Transitions of Western Illinois, Inc., Quincy, Illinois. *Contracting Activity:* GSA, Public Buildings Service, Region 5, Chicago, Illinois. Deletion On May 27, 2005, the Committee for Purchase From People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled published notice (70 FR 30692) of proposed deletions to the Procurement List. After consideration of the relevant matter presented, the Committee has determined that the service listed below is no longer suitable for procurement by the Federal government under 41 U.S.C. 46-48c and 41 CFR 51-2.4. Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification I certify that the following action will not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. The major factors considered for this certification were: 1. The action may result in additional reporting, recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities. 2. The action may result in authorizing small entities to furnish the service to the government. 3. There are no known regulatory alternatives which would accomplish the objectives of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46-48c) in connection with the service deleted from the Procurement List. End of Certification Accordingly, the following service is deleted from the Procurement List: Service *Service Type/Location:* Maintenance and Repair of Portable Light Towers, Basewide, Fort Hood, Texas. *NPA:* Professional Contract Services, Inc., Austin, Texas. *Contracting Activity:* Army III Corps and Ft Hood Contracting CMD, Ft. Hood, Texas. G. John Heyer, General Counsel. [FR Doc. E5-3917 Filed 7-21-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6353-01-P COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED Procurement List; Proposed Addition AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled. ACTION: Proposed addition to Procurement List. SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List a product to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. *Comments Must be Received on or Before:* August 21, 2005. ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202-3259. For Further Information or to Submit Comments Contact: Sheryl D. Kennerly, Telephone:
(703)603-7740, Fax:
(703)603-0655, or e-mail *SKennerly@jwod.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51-2.3. Its purpose is to provide interested persons an opportunity to submit comments on the proposed actions. If the Committee approves the proposed addition, the entities of the Federal Government identified in the notice for each product or service will be required to procure the product listed below from nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification I certify that the following action will not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. The major factors considered for this certification were: 1. If approved, the action will not result in any additional reporting, recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities other than the small organizations that will furnish the product to the Government. 2. If approved, the action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish the product to the Government. 3. There are no known regulatory alternatives which would accomplish the objectives of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46-48c) in connection with the product proposed for addition to the Procurement List. Comments on this certification are invited. Commenters should identify the statement(s) underlying the certification on which they are providing additional information. End of Certification The following product is proposed for addition to Procurement List for production by the nonprofit agencies listed: Product Emergency Administrative Kit. *NSN:* 7520-00-NIB-1738—50 Person. *NPA:* Tarrant County Association for the Blind, Fort Worth, Texas. *NPA:* Associated Industries for the Blind, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. *Contracting Activity:* Federal Emergency Management Agency, Fort Worth, Texas. G. John Heyer, General Counsel. [FR Doc. E5-3918 Filed 7-21-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6353-01-P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration (A-570-827) Certain Cased Pencils from the People's Republic of China; Final Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: On January 12, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the **Federal Register** the preliminary results and rescission in part of the 2002-2003 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cased pencils (pencils) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The period of review
(POR)is December 1, 2002, through November 30, 2003. We have now completed the 2002-2003 administrative review of the order. Based on comments received, we have made changes in the dumping margin calculations. Therefore, the final results differ from the preliminary results. For details regarding these changes, see the section of this notice entitled “Changes Since the Preliminary Results.” The final results are listed below in the “Final Results of Review” section. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 22, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Stolz or Erin Begnal, AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20230; telephone:
(202)482-4474 and
(202)482-1442, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On January 12, 2005, the Department published the preliminary results of this review. *See Certain Cased Pencils from the People's Republic of China; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Intent to Rescind in Part* , 70 FR 2115 ( *Preliminary Results* ). The POR is December 1, 2002, through November 30, 2003. On February 11, 2005, we received case briefs from China First Pencil Co., Ltd. (CFP)/Three Star Stationery Industry Corp. (Three Star)(CFP/Three Star) 1 , Orient International Holding Shanghai Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. (SFTC), and Shandong Rongxin Import & Export Co. Ltd. (Rongxin), the respondents, and Sanford LLP, Musgrave Pencil Company, Rose Moon, Inc., and General Pencil Company, domestic interested parties. We received rebuttal briefs from CFP/Three Star, SFTC, and Rongxin on February 24, 2005, and from the domestic interested parties on February 25, 2005 2 . On May 19, 2005, we rejected Rongxin's rebuttal brief because it contained new argument. Rongxin resubmitted its rebuttal brief on May 23, 2005, in accordance with the deadline set by the Department. On May 26, 2005, we issued a supplemental questionnaire and requested comments from CFP/Three Star on documents we placed on the record from a prior review. CFP/Three Star submitted its response and comments on June 7, 2005. The domestic interested parties submitted comments on CFP/Three Star's submission on June 15, 2005. As described in more detail below in comment 1, on June 15, 2005, the Department placed an additional document on the record of this segment of the proceeding and requested that CFP/Three Star and the domestic interested parties submit comments by June 20, 2005. CFP/Three Star and the domestic interested parties submitted comments on this document on June 20, 2005. 1 Although we initiated on CFP and Three Star separately, we subsequently found them to be a single entity. *See* Memorandum to The File: Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Cased Pencils from the People's Republic of China - Affiliation and Collapsing (December 30, 2004). 2 The Department closed its Washington, D.C. facilities prior to 5:00 PM on February 24, 2005, due to inclement weather before the domestic interested parties were able to file their rebuttal brief. The domestic interested parties submitted their rebuttal brief on February 25, 2005. Scope of the Order Imports covered by this order are shipments of certain cased pencils of any shape or dimension (except as noted below) which are writing and/or drawing instruments that feature cores of graphite or other materials, encased in wood and/or man-made materials, whether or not decorated and whether or not tipped ( *e.g.* , with erasers, etc.) in any fashion, and either sharpened or unsharpened. The pencils subject to the order are classified under subheading 9609.10.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Specifically excluded from the scope of the order are mechanical pencils, cosmetic pencils, pens, non-cased crayons (wax), pastels, charcoals, chalks, and pencils produced under U.S. patent number 6,217,242, from paper infused with scents by the means covered in the above-referenced patent, thereby having odors distinct from those that may emanate from pencils lacking the scent infusion. Also excluded from the scope of the order are pencils with all of the following physical characteristics: 1) length: 13.5 or more inches; 2) sheath diameter: not less than one-and-one quarter inches at any point (before sharpening); and 3) core length: not more than 15 percent of the length of the pencil. Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope of the order is dispositive. Partial Rescission The Department is rescinding this review with respect to Tianjin Custom Wood Processing Co., Ltd.
(TCW)because TCW reported it did not export subject merchandise to the United States during the POR. *See* the *Preliminary Results* ; *see* also; TCW's February 19, 2004, response to the Department's questionnaire. TCW's claim that it did not export subject merchandise during the POR is supported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP)data and entry documents. Moreover, there is no evidence on the record of this segment of the proceeding indicating that TCW exported subject merchandise during the POR. Therefore, we are rescinding this review with respect to TCW. Analysis of Comments Received All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to this administrative review are addressed in the “Issues and Decision Memorandum” ( *Decision Memorandum* ) from Barbara E. Tillman, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, to Joseph A. Spetrini, Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, dated July 11, 2005, which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues which parties have raised and to which we have responded, all of which are in the *Decision Memorandum* , is attached to this notice as an Appendix. Parties can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in this review and the corresponding recommendations in this public memorandum, which is on file in the Central Records Unit, room B-099 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on Import Administration's Web site at www.ia.ita.doc.gov.frn The paper copy and the electronic version of the *Decision Memorandum* are identical in content. Changes Since the Preliminary Results Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made changes in the margin calculations for CFP/Three Star, SFTC and Rongxin. The specific calculation changes made can be found in our calculation memoranda dated July 11, 2005. These changes are listed below. CFP/Three Star and SFTC We collapsed CFP with its subsidiaries Shanghai First Writing Instrument Co., Ltd., (First), Shanghai Great Wall Pencil Co., Ltd. (Great Wall), and China First Pencil Fang Zheng Co., Ltd. (Fang Zheng). We converted transportation expenses from Indian rupees to U.S. dollars in the calculation of normal value. We also corrected the calculation of cost of manufacturing in the computer program to exclude packing. In addition, we corrected the computer program to correctly calculate slat consumption for ordinary size pencils. Final Results of Review We determine that the following weighted-average, *ad valorem* , percentage margins exist for the period December 1, 2002, through November 30, 2003: Exporter/Manufacturer Margin (percent) CFP/Three Star/First/Great Wall/Fang Zheng 0.61 SFTC 13.25 Rongxin 22.63 PRC Wide-Rate 114.90 Cash Deposit Requirements The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon publication of this notice of final results of administrative review for all shipments of pencils from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication, as provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Act:
(1)the cash deposit rates for the reviewed companies will be the rates shown above;
(2)for previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period;
(3)the cash deposit rate for all other PRC exporters will be 114.90 percent; and 4) the cash deposit rate for non-PRC exporters will be the rate applicable to the PRC exporter that supplied that exporter. These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication of the final results of the next administrative review. Assessment The Department will determine, and CBP will assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with these final results of review. For the companies subject to this review, we calculated exporter-specific assessment rates because there is no information on the record which identifies the importers of record. Specifically, for CFP/Three Star/First/Great Wall/Fang Zheng, SFTC and Rongxin, we calculated duty assessment rates for subject merchandise based on the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to the total quantity of those sales. The Department will issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP within 15 days of publication of these final results of review. Reimbursement of Duties This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 C.F.R. 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping duties. Administrative Protective Orders This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to administrative protective orders
(APOs)of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under an APO in accordance with 19 C.F.R. 351.305. Timely written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction. We are issuing and publishing this determination and notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 771(i) of the Act. Dated: July, 11, 2005. Susan H. Kubach, Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. Appendix Issues in Decision Memorandum Comments *Comment 1:* CFP and Three Star Affiliation/Collapsing *Comment 2:* Surrogate Valuation of Writing Cores *Comment 3:* Surrogate Financial Ratios *Comment 4:* Pencil Slat Valuation *Comment 5:* Clerical Errors: Inland Transportation Charges, Packing Labor, Slat Usage Factors *Comment 6:* Regression-Based Labor Rate Calculation *Comment 7:* CFP's Subsidiaries *Comment 8:* Surrogate Value for Kaolin Clay [FR Doc. 05-14524 Filed 7-21-05; 8:45 am]
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