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incorrectly matching the quality

physical characteristic for home market

and U.S. sales.

Department’s Position: We agree with

the POSCO Group and have corrected

our model match program to reflect the

proper quality physical matching

characteristic for the home and U.S.

markets. For the computer code we used

to correct this ministerial error, see the

Memorandum from Becky Hagen to

Edward Yang, dated March 21, 2000, a

public version of which is available in

the Central Records Unit, Room B–099

of the Department of Commerce

building, 14th Street and Constitution

Ave, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Amended Final Results of Review

As a result of the corrections, we have

determined that duty absorption has

occurred with respect to the percentages

of sales shown below which were made

through Respondents’ U.S. affiliates and

which had positive dumping margins:

Producer/manufacturer/exporter

Percentage

of U.S. affiliate’s sales

with dumping margins

Certain Cold-Rolled Carbon

Steel Flat Products: The

POSCO Group ...................... 1.16

Certain Corrosion-Resistant

Carbon Steel Flat Products:

Dongbu .................................. 20.68

The POSCO Group ............... 6.85

The percentages for Union remain

unchanged from the final results.

Additionally, we have determined that

the following weighted-average margins

exist for the period August 1, 1997

through July 31, 1998:

Producer/manufacturer/exporter

Weightedaverage

percent

margin

Certain Cold-Rolled Carbon

Steel Flat Products:

Dongbu .................................. 0.00

The POSCO Group ............... 0.10

Certain Corrosion-Resistant

Carbon Steel Flat Products:

Dongbu .............................. 1.42

The POSCO Group ........... 0.68

The weighted-average margins for

Union remain unchanged from the final

results.

The Department shall determine, and

the U.S. Customs Service (‘‘Customs’’)

shall assess, antidumping duties on all

appropriate entries. In accordance with

19 CFR 351.212(b), we have calculated

exporter/importer-specific assessment

rates. With respect to both export price

and constructed export price sales, we

divided the total dumping margins for

the reviewed sales by the total entered

value of those reviewed sales for each

importer. We will direct Customs to

assess the resulting percentage margins

against the entered Customs values for

the subject merchandise on each of that

importer’s entries under the relevant

order during the review period.

Notwithstanding the previous sentence,

and pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2),

we will instruct Customs to liquidate

without regard to antidumping duties

all entries of subject merchandise made

during the August 1, 1997 through July

31, 1998 review period which were

made by any person for which the

importer-specific assessment rate

calculated in accordance with 19 CFR

351.212(b)(1) is less than 0.5 percent ad

valorem, or the equivalent specific rate.

Cash Deposit Requirements

The following deposit requirements

will be effective upon publication of

this notice of amended final results of

administrative reviews for all shipments

of cold-rolled and corrosion-resistant

carbon steel flat products from Korea

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 except that, for

firms whose weighted-average margins

are less than 0.5 percent and therefore

de minimis, the Department shall

require no deposit of estimated

antidumping duties; (2) for previously

reviewed or investigated companies not

listed above, the cash deposit rate will

continue to be the company-specific rate

published for the most recent period; (3)

if the exporter is not a firm covered in

this review, a prior review, or the

original less than fair value (‘‘LTFV’’)

investigation, but the manufacturer is,

the cash deposit rate will be the rate

established for the most recent period

for the manufacturer of the

merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit

rate for all other manufacturers or

exporters will continue to be 14.44

percent (for certain cold-rolled carbon

steel flat products) or 17.70 percent (for

certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel

flat products). These rates are the ‘‘all

others’’ rates from the LTFV

investigations. See Antidumping Duty

Orders on Certain Cold-Rolled Carbon

Steel Flat Products and Certain

Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat

Products from Korea, 58 FR 44159

(August 19, 1993).

These deposit requirements shall

remain in effect until publication of the

final results of the next administrative

review.

This notice also serves as a final

reminder to importers of their

responsibility under 19 CFR 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.

This notice also serves as the only

reminder to parties subject to

administrative protective orders

(‘‘APO’’) of their responsibility

concerning the return or destruction of

proprietary information disclosed under

APO in accordance with 19 CFR

351.305 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 777(i) of the

Act.

Dated: April 14, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–10300 Filed 4–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–588–852]

Notice of Final Determination of Sales

at Less Than Fair Value: Structural

Steel Beams From Japan

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 25, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Juanita H. Chen or Robert Bolling,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 1401 Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone 202–482–0409 and 202–482–

3434, respectively.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘Act’’)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

(‘‘URAA’’). In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the

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Department regulations are to the

regulations at 19 CFR Part 351 (April

1999).

Final Determination

We determine that Structural Steel

Beams (‘‘Structurals’’) from Japan are

being, or are likely to be, sold in the

United States at less than fair value

(‘‘LTFV’’), as provided in Section 735 of

the Act. The estimated margins are

shown in the ‘‘Continuation of

Suspension of Liquidation’’ section of

this notice.

Case History

On February 11, 2000, we published

in the Federal Register the preliminary

determination in this investigation. See

Notice of Preliminary Determination of

Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Structural

Steel Beams from Japan, 65 FR 6992

(February 11, 2000) (‘‘Preliminary

Determination’’). No interested parties

have filed case briefs or rebuttal briefs

on the Preliminary Determination and

no request for a hearing has been

received by the Department.

Scope of Investigation

For purposes of this investigation, the

products covered are doubly-symmetric

shapes, whether hot- or cold-rolled,

drawn, extruded, formed or finished,

having at least one dimension of at least

80 mm (3.2 inches or more), whether of

carbon or alloy (other than stainless)

steel, and whether or not drilled,

punched, notched, painted, coated, or

clad. These products (‘‘Structural Steel

Beams’’) include, but are not limited to,

wide-flange beams (‘‘W’’ shapes),

bearing piles (‘‘HP’’ shapes), standard

beams (‘‘S’’ or ‘‘I’’ shapes), and Mshapes.

All products that meet the physical

and metallurgical descriptions provided

above are within the scope of this

investigation unless otherwise

excluded. The following products, are

outside and/or specifically excluded

from the scope of this investigation:

• Structural steel beams greater than

400 pounds per linear foot or with a

web or section height (also known as

depth) over 40 inches.

The merchandise subject to this

investigation is classified in the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) at

subheadings: 7216.32.0000,

7216.33.0030, 7216.33.0060,

7216.33.0090, 7216.50.0000,

7216.61.0000, 7216.69.0000,

7216.91.0000, 7216.99.0000,

7228.70.3040, 7228.70.6000. Although

the HTSUS subheadings are provided

for convenience and Customs purposes,

the written description of the

merchandise under investigation is

dispositive.

Period of Investigation

The period of investigation (‘‘POI’’) is

July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999.

Facts Available

In the Preliminary Determination, the

Department based the dumping margins

for respondents Kawasaki Steel

Corporation, Nippon Steel Corporation,

NKK Corporation/Toa Steel Co., Ltd.,

and Sumitomo Metals Industries, Ltd.,

on facts otherwise available under

Section 776(a)(2)(A) of the Act because

these respondents failed to participate

in the investigation and failed to

provide information requested by the

Department needed to calculate a

dumping margin as detailed in the

Preliminary Determination. The

Department based the dumping margins

for respondent Tokyo Steel

Manufacturing Co., Ltd. on facts

otherwise available under Section

776(a)(2)(B) of the Act because this

respondent failed to provide the

information requested by the

Department in the form or manner

requested as detailed in the Preliminary

Determination. The Department based

the dumping margins for respondent

Topy Industries, Limited, on facts

otherwise available under Section

776(a)(2)(A) of the Act because this

respondent only provided information

responding to Section A of the

Department’s antidumping

questionnaire and failed to provide any

other information requested by the

Department needed to calculate a

dumping margin as detailed in the

Preliminary Determination.

In selecting from among the facts

otherwise available, section 776(b) of

the Act provides that adverse inferences

may be used when a party fails to

cooperate by not acting to the best of its

ability to comply with the Department’s

requests for information. As detailed in

the Preliminary Determination, the

Department has determined that the use

of adverse inferences is warranted for all

respondents because all respondents

have failed to cooperate to the best of

their abilities in this investigation.

Further, section 776(b) of the Act

states that an adverse inference may

include reliance on information derived

from the petition or any other

information placed on the record. See

also ‘‘Statement of Administrative

Action’’ (‘‘SAA’’) accompanying the

URAA, H.R. Rep. No. 103–316, 829–831

(1994). Pursuant to Section 776(b) of the

Act, the Department applied the highest

margin calculated from the information

placed on the record by petitioners on

August 13, 1999 and November 12,

1999. We continue to find this margin

corroborated, pursuant to Section 776(c)

of the Act, for the reasons discussed in

the Preliminary Determination. No

interested parties have objected to the

use of adverse facts available for the

mandatory respondents in this

investigation, nor to the Department’s

choice of facts available. Furthermore,

the Department has received no request

for a hearing in this investigation.

Accordingly, for its final determination,

the Department is continuing use of the

highest margin alleged by petitioners for

all non-responding mandatory

respondents in this investigation.

The All-Others Rate

No interested parties have filed case

briefs or rebuttal briefs on this issue.

Accordingly, the Department is

continuing to base the ‘‘all-others’’ rate

on the simple average of margins

submitted to the record by petitioners

on August 13, 1999 and November 12,

1999 which is 31.98 percent, for the

reasons discussed in the Preliminary

Determination.

Continuation of Suspension of

Liquidation

In accordance with Section

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we are directing

the U.S. Customs Service (‘‘Customs’’)

to continue to suspend liquidation of all

entries of subject merchandise from

Japan that are entered, or withdrawn

from warehouse, for consumption on or

after February 11, 2000, the date of

publication of the Preliminary

Determination in the Federal Register.

We will instruct Customs to require a

cash deposit or posting of a bond for

each entry equal to the margins shown

below. These suspension of liquidation

instructions will remain in effect until

further notice. The weighted-average

dumping margins are as follows:

Exporter/manufacturer

Weighted-average margin

(percentage)

Kawasaki Steel Corporation 65.21

Nippon Steel Corporation ..... 65.21

NKK Corporation/Toa Steel

Co., Ltd ............................. 65.21

Sumitomo Metals Industries,

Ltd ..................................... 65.21

Tokyo Steel Manufacturing

Co., Ltd ............................. 65.21

Topy Industries, Limited ....... 65.21

All Others .............................. 31.98

ITC Notification

In accordance with Section 735(d) of

the Act, we have notified the

International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’)

of our determination. As our final

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determination is affirmative, the ITC

will, within 45 days, determine whether

these imports are materially injuring, or

threaten material injury to, the U.S.

industry. If the ITC determines that

material injury, or threat of material

injury does not exist, the proceeding

will be terminated and all securities

posted will be refunded or canceled. If

the ITC determines that such injury

does exist, the Department will issue an

antidumping duty order directing

Customs officials to assess antidumping

duties on all imports of the subject

merchandise entered, or withdrawn

from warehouse, for consumption on or

after the effective date of the suspension

of liquidation.

This determination is issued and

published in accordance with Sections

735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

Dated: April 14, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–10299 Filed 4–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 041900B]

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council (Council) and its

Comprehensive Management

Committee, Law Enforcement

Committee, Information & Education

Committee, Habitat Committee, Large

Pelagics Committee, Executive

Committee, and Demersal Committee as

a Council Committee of the Whole

together with the Atlantic States Marine

Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC)

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea

Bass Board, will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meetings will be held on

Tuesday, May 9, 2000 to Thursday, May

11, 2000. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and

times.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held

at the Sheraton Inn, N. duPont Highway,

Dover, DE; telephone: 302–678–8500.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, 300 S. New

Street, Dover, DE 19904, telephone:

302–674–2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; telephone: 302–674–2331, ext.

19.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

Tuesday, May 9, 2000, from 9:00 a.m.

until noon, the Comprehensive

Management Committee will meet.

The Law Enforcement Committee will

meet from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.

The Information & Education

Committee will meet from 11:00 a.m.

until noon.

The Habitat Committee will meet

from 1:00–5:00 p.m.

On Wednesday, May 10, 2000, from

8:00–9:00 a.m., the Large Pelagics

Committee will meet.

The Executive Committee will meet

from 9:00–10:00 a.m.

Council convenes at 10:00 a.m. and

meets with the Atlantic States Marine

Fisheries Commission’s Summer

Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass

Board from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

On Thursday, May 11, 2000, Council

will be in session from 8:00 a.m. until

1:00 p.m.

Agenda items for this meeting are:

Review and modify draft framework

action regarding research quota set

asides, review and rank Council

research priorities, and discuss summer

flounder workshop design. Review

nomination process for quarterly Law

Enforcement recognitions. Discuss use

of teleconferencing in lieu of meetings,

explore possibilities for future

Information & Education presentations,

and discuss ideas for the June

Newsletter. Review and discuss

Minerals Management Service

Environmental Assessment for sand

mining (NJ south to VA), discuss NMFS

general concurrence process regarding

Council Fishery Management Plans

(FMPs), evaluate performance of NMFS

success in use of elevation process with

Corps of Engineers, and review Long

Island Sound Environmental Impact

Statement regarding ocean disposal

sites. Develop recommendations

regarding NMFS proposed division line

for north-south Atlantic bluefin tuna

angling categories. Discuss possible

decoupling of joint Dogfish and

Monkfish FMPs, and review

composition of monitoring committees.

Initiate action to amend the summer

flounder section of the FMP by

considering perpetuation of

conservation equivalency (or not), and

amend the scup section of the FMP by

revising the process used for allocation

of total allowable catch, discards, and

total allowable levels, and by possibly

re-establishing state-by-state quota

allocations. Address scup recreational

specifications for 2000 by determining a

response to NMFS’ rejection of 50 fish

possession limit. The Council will also

approve minutes from its March, 2000

meeting, review and comment on March

meeting actions, and receive

organizational reports from the NMFS

Regional Administrator, NMFS Science

Center Director, NOAA Office of

General Counsel, U.S. Fish & Wildlife,

Federal Enforcement units and the

ASMFC. It will also receive Committee

reports from the following committees:

New England Council, South Atlantic

Council, Monkfish, Comprehensive

Management, Law Enforcement,

Information & Education, Habitat, Large

Pelagics, and Executive.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before the Council for discussion, such

issues may not be the subject of formal

Council action during this meeting.

Council action will be restricted to those

issues specifically listed in this notice

and any issues arising after publication

of this notice that require emergency

action under section 305(c) of the

Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the

public has been notified of the Council’s

intent to take final actions to address

such emergencies.

Request for Comment on Experimental

Fishing Proposal

On May 11, 2000, the NMFS

Northeast Regional Administrator will

request oral public comment on a

proposed experimental fishery that

requires issuance of Experimental

Fishing Permits (EFPs). The public may

comment at that time, or may submit

comments in writing. Written comments

must be received by May 11, 2000 and

should be submitted to: Patricia Kurkul,

Regional Administrator, NMFS,

Northeast Regional Office, 1 Blackburn

Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Written

comments may be submitted by

facsimile (fax) to 978–281–9135, but

may not be submitted via e-mail or the

Internet. The proposal is summarized

below.

The NMFS Northeast Fisheries

Science Center (NEFSC) proposes to

conduct cooperative research with

industry that would require two vessels

to conduct Illex Squid (Illex

illecebrosus) surveys in the U.S.

Exclusive Economic Zone on the edge of

the continental shelf between

northeastern Georges Bank and Cape

Fear, North Carolina (approximately

35°–41° latitude). The purpose of the

surveys is to calculate a pre-fishery

abundance estimate and improve data