36410 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 111 / Thursday, June 8, 2000 / Notices

Currency Conversion

Pursuant to section 773A(a) of the

Act, we made currency conversions into

U.S. dollars based on the exchange rates

in effect on the dates of the U.S. sales

as certified by the Federal Reserve Bank.

Preliminary Results of Review

As a result of this review, we

preliminarily determine that a 4.41

percent dumping margin exists for Atlas

for the period December 1, 1998,

through May 31, 1999.

The Department will disclose

calculations performed within five days

of the date of publication of this notice

to the parties of this proceeding in

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). An

interested party may request a hearing

within thirty days of publication of

these preliminary results. See 19 CFR

351.310(c). Any hearing, if requested,

will be held 44 days after the date of

publication, or the first working day

thereafter. Interested parties may submit

case briefs and/or written comments no

later than 30 days after the date of

publication of these preliminary results

of review. Rebuttal briefs and rebuttals

to written comments, limited to issues

raised in such briefs or comments, may

be filed no later than 37 days after the

date of publication. The Department

will issue the final results of this

administrative review, which will

include the results of its analysis of

issues raised in any such comments,

within 120 days of publication of these

preliminary results.

Upon completion of this

administrative review, the Department

shall determine, and the Customs

Service shall assess, antidumping duties

on all appropriate entries. There was

only one importer during the POR for

merchandise sold by Atlas. We have

calculated an importer-specific duty

assessment rate based on the ratio of the

total amount of antidumping duties

calculated for the examined sales to the

total entered value of examined sales.

Atlas reported entered value by

subtracting discounts, freight, and

brokerage and handling costs from the

its reported U.S. price. This rate will be

assessed uniformly on all entries made

during the POR. The Department will

issue appraisement instructions directly

to Customs.

Furthermore, the following deposit

requirements will be effective upon

completion of the final results of this

administrative review for all shipments

of OCTG from Canada entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after the publication

date of the final results of this

administrative review, as provided by

section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash

deposit rate for Atlas will be the rate

established in the final results of this

administrative review; (2) for

merchandise exported by manufacturers

or exporters not covered in this review

but covered in the original less-thanfair-value (LTFV) investigation or a

previous review, the cash deposit rate

will continue to be the companyspecific rate published for the most

recent period; (3) if the exporter is not

a firm covered in this review, or the

original 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) if neither the

exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm

covered in this or any previous review,

the cash deposit rate will be 16.65

percent, the ‘‘all-others’’ rate established

in the LTFV investigation.

These deposit requirements, when

imposed, shall remain in effect until

publication of the final results of

administrative review for a subsequent

review period.

This notice also serves as a

preliminary 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 double antidumping duties.

This administrative review and notice

are in accordance with sections

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1).

Dated: June 1, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Issuance of an

Amended Export Trade Certificate of

Review, Application No.97–3A003.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

has issued an amended Export Trade

Certificate of Review to The Association

for the Administration of Rice Quotas,

Inc. (‘‘AARQ’’) on June 1, 2000. Notice

of issuance of the original Certificate

was published in the Federal Register

on January 28, 1998 (63 FR 4223).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Morton Schnabel, Director, Office of

Export Trading Company Affairs,

International Trade Administration,

(202) 482–5131. This is not a toll-free

number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of

the Export Trading Company Act of

1982 (15 U.S.C. Sections 4001–21)

authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to

issue Export Trade Certificates of

Review. The regulations implementing

Title III are found at 15 CFR part 325

(1998).

The Office of Export Trading

Company Affairs (‘‘OETCA’’) is issuing

this notice pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b),

which requires the Department of

Commerce to publish a summary of a

Certificate in the Federal Register.

Under Section 305(a) of the Act and 15

CFR 325.11(a), any person aggrieved by

the Secretary’s determination may,

within 30 days of the date of this notice,

bring an action in any appropriate

district court of the United States to set

aside the determination on the ground

that the determination is erroneous.

Description of Amended Certificate

Export Trade Certificate of Review

No. 97–00003, was issued to The

Association for the Administration of

Rice Quotas, Inc. (‘‘AARQ’’) on January

21, 1998 (63 FR 4223, January 28, 1998)

and lastly amended on September 25,

1998 (63 FR 53013, October 2, 1998).

AARQ’s Export Trade Certificate of

Review has been amended to:

1. Add the following companies as

new ‘‘Members’’ of the Certificate

within the meaning of section 325.2(1)

of the Regulations (15 CFR 325.2(1)):

ADM Latin, Inc., Decatur, Illinois, and

ADM Rice, Inc., Tarrytown, New York

(subsidiaries of Archer Daniels Midland

Company); AFE (USA), Inc., Houston,

Texas; California Commodity Traders,

LLC, Sacramento, California; California

Pacific Rice Milling, Ltd., Arbuckle,

California; Family & Sons, Inc., Miami,

Florida; Far West Rice, Inc., Durham,

California; Glencore Ltd., Stamford,

Connecticut (a subsidiary of Glencore

International AG), for the activities of

Glencore Grain Division and Glencore

Ltd.’s subsidiary, LaGrain International

Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Incomar

Texas, Ltd. and its subsidiary, Gulf Rice

Arkansas, LLC, Houston, Texas;

International Grain Brokerage, LLC,

Yuba City, California; JFC International

Inc., San Francisco, California (a

subsidiary of Kikkoman Corp.); Kitoku

America, Inc., Davis, California (a

subsidiary of Kitoku Co., Ltd.);

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Mermentau Rice, Inc., Mermentau,

Louisiana; Nishimoto Trading

Company, Ltd., Los Angeles, California

(a subsidiary of Nishimoto Trading

Company, Ltd. (Japan)); PS

International, Ltd., Durham, North

Carolina; Texana Rice, Inc., Houston,

Texas; Wehah Farm, Inc., dba Lundberg

Family Farms, Richvale, California;

2. Delete the following companies as

‘‘Members’’ of the Certificate within the

meaning of section 325.2(1) of the

Regulations (15 CFR 325.2(1)):

Broussard Rice Mill, Inc.; Cargill, Inc.,

for the activities of its division, Cargill

Rice Milling; Cargill Rice, Inc.; and Gulf

Rice Arkansas, Inc.;

3. Change the listings of the current

Members as follows: ‘‘AC HUMKO,

Corp. for the activities of AC HUMKO

Rice Specialties, Brinkley Rice Milling

Company, and El Campo Rice Milling

Company, Dallas, Texas’’ should be

amended to read ‘‘AC HUMKO Corp.,

Cordova, Tennessee;’’ ‘‘Busch

Agricultural Resources, Inc., St. Louis,

Missouri’’ and ‘‘Pacific International

Rice Mills, Inc., Woodland, California’’

should be amended to read ‘‘Busch

Agricultural Resources, Inc., St. Louis,

Missouri, and its subsidiary, Pacific

International Rice Mills, Inc.,

Woodland, California;’’ ‘‘Continental

Grain Company, New York, New York’’

should be amended to read ‘‘ContiGroup

Companies, Inc., New York, New York;’’

‘‘Gulf Rice Milling, Inc.’’ and ‘‘Gulf

Pacific Rice Co., Inc.’’ should be

amended to read ‘‘Gulf Pacific, Inc., and

its subsidiaries, Gulf Pacific Rice Co.,

Inc., and Gulf Rice Milling, Inc.,

Houston, Texas;’’ and ‘‘The Connell

Company for the activities of Connell

Rice & Sugar Co. and Connell

International Co.’’ should be amended

to read ‘‘The Connell Company,

Westfield, New Jersey.’’; and

4. Include as export markets for the

purpose of distributing tariff-rate quota

auction proceeds the Republic of the

Marshall Islands, the Federated States of

Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.

A copy of the amended certificate will

be kept in the International Trade

Administration’s Freedom of

Information Records Inspection Facility,

Room 4102, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: June 1, 2000.

Morton Schnabel,

Director, Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Performance Review Board;

Announcement of New Members

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Announcement of new

members for the performance review

board.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

LaVerne H. Hawkins, Department of

Commerce, Office of Human Resources,

Room 4803, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice announces the appointment by

the Acting Under Secretary for

International Trade, Robert LaRussa, of

the Performance Review Board (PRB).

This is a revised list of new members

and the reappointment of previous

board members as listed in the

September 3, 1998, Federal Register 63

FR 47000. The appointments are for a

period of 2 years. The purpose of the

International Trade Administration’s

Performance Review Board (PRB) is to

review and make recommendations to

the appointing authority on

performance management issues such as

appraisals, and bonuses, ES-level

Increases and Presidential Rank Awards

for members of the Senior Executive

Service (SES). The members are:

Eleanor Roberts

Lewis, Chief Counsel for International Trade.

Non-ITA career.

Stephen Jacobs, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Agreements Compliance,

Market Access &

Compliance.

Career.

Elizabeth Sears, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Domestic

Operations, U.S. &

Foreign Commercial Service.

Non-career

Barbara Tillman,

Senior Director,

Import Administration.

Career.

Jonathan C. Menes,

Director, Office of

Trade and Economic Analysis,

Trade Development.

Career.

Tong S. Chung, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Service Industries

and Finance, Trade

Development.

Non-Career.

Linda Moye

Cheatham, Chief

Financial Officer

and Director of

Administration.

Career.

LaVerne H. Hawkins,

Office of Human

Resources Management, 202–482–

2537.

Executive Secretary.

Dated: June 2, 2000.

James T. King, Jr.,

Human Resources Manager, ITA.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Minority Business Development

Agency

[Docket No. 000322079–0079–01]

RIN 0640–ZA06

Solicitation of Applications for the

Minority Business Capital Access

Policy Institute

AGENCY: Minority Business

Development Agency, U.S. Department

of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Executive

Order 11625 and 15 U.S.C. 1512, the

Minority Business Development Agency

(MBDA) is soliciting competitive

applications from organizations seeking

to establish a Minority Business Capital

Access Policy Institute. All information

required for submission of a grant

application by eligible applicants is

contained in this announcement.

The MBDA provides business

development services to minority

entrepreneurs through different types of

programs. Each program is designed to

focus on the unique business problems

of a specific market. MBDA’s programs

form a national business delivery

network that addresses the needs of

minority entrepreneurs throughout the

United States. Currently, there is very

limited information on the minority

business community, especially with

respect to capital demand and usage. To

support the development of minority

businesses and encourage informed

decision-making by both the public and

private sectors, it is critical to collect

and analyze quantitative information on

the capital needs of these businesses.

MBDA will therefore provide seed

funding for the planning, development

and establishment of the Minority

Business Capital Access Policy Institute

(‘‘MBCAPI’’ or ‘‘Institute’’), a research

and advocacy institute focused on