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The scope is not limited to standard

pipe and fence tubing, or those types of

mechanical and structural pipe that are

used in standard pipe application. All

carbon steel pipes and tubes within the

physical description outlined above are

included in the scope of this review,

except for line pipe, oil country tubular

goods, boiler tubing, cold-drawn or

cold-rolled mechanical tubing, pipe and

tube hollows for redraws, finished

scaffolding, and finished rigid conduit.

Imports of these products are

currently classifiable under the

following Harmonized Tariff Schedule

of the United States (HTSUS)

subheadings: 7306.30.10.00,

7306.30.50.25, 7306.30.50.32,

7306.30.50.40, 7306.30.50.55,

7306.30.50.85, and 7306.30.50.90.

Although the HTSUS subheadings are

provided for convenience and customs

purposes, our written description of the

scope of this proceeding is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

Borusan made only two comments

regarding the Preliminary Results. As

stated above no other party commented

on the decision. In its first comment,

Borusan points out that the wrong

exchange rates were used in the

preliminary results margin calculation.

We discuss this below in the ‘‘Changes

Since the Preliminary Results’’ section.

In its second comment, Borusan asked

that the Department indicate in the final

results and the subsequent cash deposit

instructions issued to Customs that two

pipe producers, Mannesmann Boru and

Kartal Boru, are part of the Borusan

Group. The Department notes that these

affiliations are well established by the

record of the review and have never

been disputed by the Department or any

interested party. We will ensure that

Customs is notified accordingly in the

cash deposit instructions. Because these

issues do not require extensive

discussion, we have not issued a

separate decision memorandum to

accompany these final results of the

review.

Sales Below Cost in the Home Market

The Department disregarded

Borusan’s home-market below-cost sales

which failed the cost test in these final

results of review.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

In its case brief, Borusan pointed out

a clerical error resulting in the use of the

wrong set of Turkish lira exchange rates

in the margin calculation for the

preliminary results. We agree with

Borusan. For these final results, we have

applied the exchange rates which we

had stated we would use in the

preliminary results.

Final Results of Review

As a result of our correction of the

clerical error, we determine a final

weighted-average margin of 0.38 percent

for Borusan for the period May 1, 1998,

through April 30, 1999.

The Customs Service will assess

antidumping duties on all appropriate

entries. The Department will issue

appraisement instructions directly to

the Customs Service. We have

calculated an exporter/customerspecific assessment value for subject

merchandise based on the ratio of the

total amount of antidumping duties

calculated for the examined sales to the

total quantity sold.

Cash-Deposit Requirements

The following deposit requirement

shall be effective upon publication of

this notice of final results of review for

all shipments of certain welded carbon

steel pipe and tube from Turkey,

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after the

publication date, as provided for by

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

deposit rate for the Borusan Group is

zero based on a weighted-average

margin rate for Borusan of 0.38 percent,

which is de minimis within the

meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c); (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-fairvalue (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

conducted by the Department, the cash

deposit rate will be 14.74 percent, the

‘‘all others’’ rate established in the LTFV

investigation.

The deposit requirements shall

remain in effect until publication of the

final results of the next administrative

review.

This notice 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 double antidumping

duties.

This notice also serves as a reminder

to parties subject to administrative

protective order (APO) of their

responsibility concerning the

disposition of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely

notification of return/destruction of

APO materials or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested.

Failure to comply with the regulations

and the terms of an APO is a

sanctionable violation.

We are issuing and publishing this

determination in accordance with

sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the

Act.

Dated: June 7, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–14892 Filed 6–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instruments

Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the

Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.

L. 89–651; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part

301), we invite comments on the

question of whether instruments of

equivalent scientific value, for the

purposes for which the instruments

shown below are intended to be used,

are being manufactured in the United

States.

Comments must comply with 15 CFR

301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and

be filed within 20 days with the

Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

DC 20230. Applications may be

examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00

p.m. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.

Docket Number: 00–012. Applicant:

Washington University, Department of

Anesthesiology Research Unit, 660 S.

Euclid, Campus Box 8054, St. Louis,

MO 63110. Instrument: XY Shifting

Table, Model 240 with Accessories.

Manufacturer: Luigs and Neuman,

Germany. Intended Use: The instrument

is intended to be used to search neurons

and synapses to determine the electrical

properties of a synapse in the auditory

system in the rat. Application accepted

by Commissioner of Customs: April 21,

2000.

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Docket Number: 00–014. Applicant:

Washington University, Department of

Anesthesiology Research Unit, 660 S.

Euclid, Campus Box 8054, St. Louis,

MO 63110. Instrument: XY Shifting

Table, Model 240 with Accessories.

Manufacturer: Luigs and Neuman,

Germany. Intended Use: The instrument

is intended to be used to search neurons

and synapses to determine the electrical

properties of a synapse in the auditory

system in the rat. Application accepted

by Commissioner of Customs: May 15,

2000.

Docket Number: 00–015. Applicant:

University of California, San Diego,

Department of Neurosciences, 9500

Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093–0608.

Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model

JEM–3100. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd.,

Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is

intended to be used for electron

microscopic studies of cells and tissues

from a variety of biological specimens

used in biomedical and basic biology

experiments. Specifically, the

instrument will be used to determine 3D

structure of cells and tissues in

relatively thick sections using the

technique of energy filtering microscopy

and electron tomography. In addition,

the instrument will be used for

educational purposes in the course

‘‘Introduction to Light and Electron

Microscopy.’’ Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: March 19,

2000.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 00–14894 Filed 6–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[Docket No. 000531162–0168–02; I.D.

040400B]

RIN 0648–AN49

New England Fishery Management

Council; Notice and Request for Sea

Scallop Research Proposals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation for

applications.

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this document

to describe how you, the researcher,

may be selected to perform sea scallop

research projects funded by a 1-percent

set aside of the scallop total allowable

catch (TAC) under Framework

Adjustment 13 to the New England

Fishery Management Council’s

(Council’s) Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery

Management Plan (FMP) and

Framework Adjustment 34 to the

Council’s Northeast Multispecies FMP

(Frameworks 13/34) and how NOAA

and the Council will determine whether

to select your proposal. Framework 13/

34 proposes to allow scallop vessels

temporary access to the groundfish

closed areas on Georges Bank and

Nantucket Shoals to harvest sea scallops

and will allow selected vessels to land

scallops in excess of the trip limit or

take additional trips and use the

proceeds of the catch or additional trips

to offset the costs of the research

proposals submitted in response to this

notification. Pending approval by

NOAA, certain scallop vessels during

the 2000 scallop fishing year will be

allowed in Closed Area II, the Nantucket

Lightship Area, and Closed Area I for

periods of time to be specified in the

final rule implementing the framework

action. Frameworks 13 and 34, if

approved by NOAA, would allow for

three trips per vessel in Closed Area II,

one trip per vessel in the Nantucket

Lightship Area, and two trips per vessel

in Closed Area I, unless modified by

action taken by the Regional

Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

(Regional Administrator).

In anticipation of final approval of

these framework adjustments, NOAA, in

cooperation with the Council, is

soliciting proposals for sea scallop

research activities. Vessels participating

in an approved project and fishing in

the closed areas would be authorized by

the Regional Administrator to take

additional trips into the closed areas

and/or to land scallops in excess of the

10,000-lb (4,536-kg) trip limit allowed

for all closed area trips.

DATES: All research proposals to be

conducted with TAC set aside funds

from Closed Area II must be received

between June 13, 2000 and no later than

5:00 p.m., local time, on June 28, 2000,

in the office listed in the ADDRESSES

section of this document. Postmarks

will not be sufficient. Facsimile

applications will not be accepted.

For further information related to the

timeframe for review and selection of

proposals to be conducted with TAC set

aside funds from Closed Area II and for

information related to the TAC set aside

for research proposals for Closed Area I

and the Nantucket Lightship Closed

Area, see Section A, Background, under

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION of this

document.

ADDRESSES: Proposals must be

submitted to Patricia A. Kurkul,

Regional Administrator, NMFS,

Northeast Regional Office, 1 Blackburn

Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Marked

‘‘Attention—Sea Scallop Research

Proposals.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia M. Fiorelli, New England

Fishery Management Council, (978)

465–0492 or David Gouveia, National

Marine Fisheries Service, (978) 281–

9280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

All research proposals to be

conducted with TAC set aside funds

from Closed Area II must be received

during the period identified in the

DATES section of this document. Prior

to selection, applications may be

reviewed and evaluated by the Council

at the request of NOAA and become

subject to public review as part of an

open public comment process at the

Council meeting. If it is determined that

the Council should evaluate the

proposals in a public meeting, the

Council anticipates that the review will

occur on or about June 30, 2000.

Subsequently, the Council will provide

its recommendations to NOAA no later

than July 7, 2000. Researchers may

submit proposals for sea scallop

research to be conducted with TAC setaside funds from the Nantucket

Lightship Closed Area and Closed Area

I during the June 13, 2000 to June 28,

2000 submission period; however, a

second Request for Proposal will be

published in the Federal Register

concerning the harvest of research set

aside scallops from these areas at a later

date. All proposals received for TAC setaside funds from the Nantucket

Lightship Closed Area and Closed Area

I will be kept on file and reviewed

against other proposals received as a

result of a future notice. Researchers

may amend proposals submitted under

this notice for TAC set-aside funds from

the Nantucket Lightship Closed Area

and Closed Area I during the request for

proposal period specified in a future

notice.

The TAC set-aside for sea scallop

research would total 191,000 lb

(86,637.6 kg) of scallops and have an

estimated value of $955,000. The TAC

for the sea scallop research by area

would be as follows: Closed Area II,

66,000 lb (29,937.6 kg); the Nantucket

Lightship Area, 55,000 lb (24,948 kg);

and Closed Area I, 70,000 lb (31,752 kg).

B. Authority

Issuing grants is consistent with

§§ 402(e), 303(b)(11), 304(e), and 404(c)