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11863 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 44 / Wednesday, March 5, 2008 / Notices 1 We also received requests for an administrative review from Echjay Forgings Pvt., Ltd., and Hilton Metal Forging, Ltd. However, both of these companies subsequently withdrew their requests for review in a timely manner. Therefore, we rescinded the administrative review with respect to these companies. See Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Continued Any party having a substantial interest in these proceedings may request a public hearing on the matter. A written request for a hearing must be submitted to the Office of Performance Evaluation, Room 7009, Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, no later than ten (10) calendar days following publication of this notice. Please follow the procedures set forth in section 315.9 of EDA’s final rule (71 FR 56704) for procedures for requesting a public hearing. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance official program number and title of the program under which these petitions are submitted is 11.313, Trade Adjustment Assistance. Dated: February 28, 2008. William P. Kittredge, Program Officer for TAA. [FR Doc. E8–4209 Filed 3–4–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–24–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [Docket No. 990813222–0035–03] RIN 0625–AA55 Office of Insular Affairs; Allocation of Duty-Exemptions for Calendar Year 2008 Among Watch Producers Located in the United States Virgin Islands AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce; Office of Insular Affairs, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This action allocates calendar year 2008 duty exemptions for watch producers located in the Virgin Islands pursuant to Public Law 97–446, as amended by Public Law 103–465, Public Law 106–36 and Public Law 108–429 (‘‘the Act’’). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Faye Robinson, (202) 482–3526. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Act, the Departments of the Interior and Commerce (the Departments) share responsibility for the allocation of duty exemptions among watch assembly firms in the United States insular possessions and the Northern Mariana Islands. In accordance with section 303.3(a) of the regulations (15 CFR 303.3(a)), the total quantity of duty-free insular watches and watch movements for calendar year 2008 is 1,866,000 units for the Virgin Islands (65 FR 8048, February 17, 2000). The criteria for the calculation of calendar year 2008 duty-exemption allocations among insular watch producers are set forth in section 303.14 of the regulations (15 CFR 303.14). The Departments have verified and adjusted the data submitted on application form ITA–334P by U.S. Virgin Islands producers and inspected their current operations in accordance with Section 303.5 of the regulations (15 CFR 303.5). In calendar year 2007 the Virgin Islands watch assembly firms shipped 243,070 watches and watch movements into the customs territory of the United States under the Act. The dollar amount of creditable corporate income taxes paid by Virgin Islands producers during calendar year 2007 plus the creditable wages paid by the industry during calendar year 2007 to residents of the territory was $2,043,408. There are no producers in Guam, American Samoa or the Northern Mariana Islands. The calendar year 2008 Virgin Islands annual allocations, based on the data verified by the Departments, are as follows: Name of firm Annual allocation Belair Quartz, Inc ...................... 500,000 Hampden Watch Co., Inc ......... 200,000 Tropex, Inc ................................ 200,000 The balance of the units allocated to the Virgin Islands is available for new entrants into the program or producers who request a supplement to their allocation. Dated: February 28, 2008. Faye Robinson, Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, Department of Commerce. Tom Bussanich, Acting Director, Office of Insular Affairs, Department of the Interior. [FR Doc. 08–939 Filed 3–4–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODES 3510–DC–M; 4310–93–M DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–533–809] Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges From India; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Intent to Rescind Administrative Review in Part AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain forged stainless steel flanges (stainless steel flanges) from India manufactured by Shree Ganesh Forgings, Ltd. (Shree Ganesh) and Nakshatra Enterprises Pvt., Ltd. (Nakshatra). The period of review (POR) covers February 1, 2006, through January 31, 2007. We preliminarily determine that Shree Ganesh sold subject merchandise in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the POR. We also preliminarily determine that Nakshatra’s U.S. sales were not bona fide sales. Therefore, we intend to rescind the administrative review with respect to Nakshatra. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. Parties who submit written argument in these proceedings are requested to submit with the argument (1) a statement of the issues, and (2) a brief summary of the argument. EFFECTIVE DATE: March 5, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Baker or Robert James, AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2924 or (202) 482– 0649, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On February 9, 1994, the Department published the antidumping duty order on stainless steel flanges from India. See Amended Final Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges from India, 59 FR 5994 (February 9, 1994) (Order). On February 2, 2007, the Department published the Notice of Opportunity to Request Administrative Review for this order covering the period February 1, 2006, through January 31, 2007. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 72 FR 5007 (February 2, 2007). On February 28, 2007, we received requests for an administrative review from Nakshatra and Shree Ganesh.1 On VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:03 Mar 04, 2008 Jkt 214001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\05MRN1.SGM 05MRN1 jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES