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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 (‘‘B–099’’) of the main

Department building. In addition, a

complete version of the Decision

Memorandum can be accessed directly

on the Web at www.ita.doc.gov/

import_admin/records/frn/. The paper

copy and electronic version of the

Decision Memorandum are identical in

content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

Based on our analysis of comments

received, we have made certain changes

in the margin calculations. These

changes are discussed in the relevant

sections of the ‘‘Decision

Memorandum,’’ accessible in B–099 and

on the Web at www.ita.doc.gov/

import_admin/records/frn/.

Final Results of Review

We determine that the following

percentage weighted-average margin

exists for the period January 1, 1998,

through December 31, 1998:

Manufacturer/exporter Margin

(percent)

Wolverine Tube (Canada) Inc .. 3.38

The Department shall determine, and

Customs shall assess, antidumping

duties on all appropriate entries. In

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b), we

have calculated exporter/importerspecific 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 order during the

review period.

Cash Deposit Requirements

The following deposit requirements

will be effective upon publication of

this notice of final results of

administrative review for all shipments

of brass sheet and strip from Canada

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,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

rate for the reviewed company will be

the rate shown above; (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 8.10

percent. This rate is the ‘‘All Others’’

rate from the LTFV investigation. 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 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 and notice in accordance

with sections section 751(a)(1) and

777(i) of the Act.

Dated: June 7, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

Appendix—Issues in Decision

Memorandum Comments and

Responses

1. General and Administrative Expenses,

Interest Expenses

A. Packing and Movement Expenses

B. Parent Company General and

Administrative Expenses

C. Interest Expense

D. Foreign Exchange Gains

2. Circumstance of Sale Adjustments

A. Warranty Expenses

3. Model-Match Methodology

A. Product Width Comparison

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–822]

Certain Helical Spring Lock Washers

From the People’s Republic of China:

Notice of Extension of Time Limit for

the Preliminary Results of the Sixth

Administrative Antidumping Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

is extending the time limit for the

preliminary results of the sixth

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on certain

helical spring lock washers from the

People’s Republic of China. The period

of review is October 1, 1998 through

September 30, 1999.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sally Hastings or Annika O’Hara, Office

of AD/CVD Enforcement I, Import

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482–3464 or (202) 482–

3798, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

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 (the Act)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department of Commerce’s (the

Department’s) regulations are to 19 CFR

part 351 (1999).

Background

On December 3, 1999, the Department

initiated the sixth antidumping duty

administrative review of certain helical

spring lock washers from the People’s

Republic of China, covering October 1,

1998 to September 30, 1999. See

Initiation of Antidumping and

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Reviews, 64 FR 67846 (December 3,

1999). The preliminary results are

currently due on July 3, 2000.

Statutory Time Limits

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act

requires the Department to issue the

preliminary results within 245 days

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after the last day of the anniversary

month of the order for which a review

is requested. However, if it is not

practicable to issue the preliminary

results within the time period, section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the

Department to extend this deadline to a

maximum of 365 days.

Postponement

Because verification is being

conducted, the Department has

determined that additional time is

necessary to issue the preliminary

results in this administrative review.

Therefore, in accordance with section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, we are

postponing the preliminary results of

this administrative review for 60 days,

until no later than August 31, 2000.

This notice is published pursuant to

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

Act.

Dated: June 9, 2000.

Richard W. Moreland,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

ADMINISTRATION

Advisory Committee on Africa: Notice

of Open Meeting

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration/Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Africa, Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on

Africa was established to advise the

Secretary of Commerce and the Deputy

Secretary of Commerce on commercial

policy issues in Sub-Saharan Africa.

TIME AND PLACE: July 6, 2000 from 10

a.m. to 12 noon. The meeting will take

place at the Main Department of

Commerce Building, Room 4830, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

AGENDA: 

1. Discuss steps to implement the

recently passed African Growth and

Opportunity Act (AGOA).

2. Discuss Export-Import Bank’s randdenominated loan guarantee facility in

South Africa.

3. Discuss Deputy Secretary Mallett’s

June 2000 visit to Kenya, South Africa

and Mauritius.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting will

be open to public participation. Seating

will be available on a first-come firstserved basis. Members of the public

who plan to attend are requested to

advise Ms. Alicia Robinson, Office of

Africa, tel: 202–482–5148, fax: 202–

482–5198, e-mail:

alicia_robinson@ita.doc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Alicia Robinson, Office of Africa, Room

2037, U.S. Department of Commerce;

tel: 202–482–5148, fax: 202–482–5198,

e-mail: alicia_robinson@ita.doc.gov.

Dated: June 6, 2000.

Sally Miller,

Director, Office of Africa.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DA–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

North American Free-Trade

Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel

Reviews; Request for Panel Review

AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United

States Section, International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of First Request for Panel

Review.

SUMMARY: On June 8, 2000, Cinsa, S.A.

de C.V. (‘‘CINSA’’) and Esmaltaciones

de Norte America, S.A. de C.V.

(‘‘ENASA’’) filed a First Request for

Panel Review with the United States

Section of the NAFTA Secretariat

pursuant to Article 1904 of the North

American Free Trade Agreement. Panel

review was requested of the final

antidumping duty administrative review

determination made by the International

Trade Administration, respecting

Porcelain-on-Steel Cookware from

Mexico. This determination was

published in the Federal Register (65

FR 30068) on May 10, 2000. The

NAFTA Secretariat has assigned Case

Number USA–MEX–00–1904–04 to this

request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Caratina L. Alston, United States

Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite

2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter

19 of the North American Free-Trade

Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’) establishes a

mechanism to replace domestic judicial

review of final determinations in

antidumping and countervailing duty

cases involving imports from a NAFTA

country with review by independent

binational panels. When a Request for

Panel Review is filed, a panel is

established to act in place of national

courts to review expeditiously the final

determination to determine whether it

conforms with the antidumping or

countervailing duty law of the country

that made the determination.

Under Article 1904 of the Agreement,

which came into force on January 1,

1994, the Government of the United

States, the Government of Canada and

the Government of Mexico established

Rules of Procedure for Article 1904

Binational Panel Reviews (‘‘Rules’’).

These Rules were published in the

Federal Register on February 23, 1994

(59 FR 8686).

A first Request for Panel Review was

filed with the United States Section of

the NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to

Article 1904 of the Agreement, on June

8, 2000, requesting panel review of the

final antidumping duty administrative

review described above.

The Rules provide that:

(a) a Party or interested person may

challenge the final determination in

whole or in part by filing a Complaint

in accordance with Rule 39 within 30

days after the filing of the first Request

for Panel Review (the deadline for filing

a Complaint is July 10, 2000);

(b) a Party, investigating authority or

interested person that does not file a

Complaint but that intends to appear in

support of any reviewable portion of the

final determination may participate in

the panel review by filing a Notice of

Appearance in accordance with Rule 40

within 45 days after the filing of the first

Request for Panel Review (the deadline

for filing a Notice of Appearance is July

24, 2000); and

(c) the panel review shall be limited

to the allegations of error of fact or law,

including the jurisdiction of the

investigating authority, that are set out

in the Complaints filed in the panel

review and the procedural and

substantive defenses raised in the panel

review.

Dated: June 9, 2000.

Caratina L. Alston,

United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.

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BILLING CODE 3510–GT–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 061200A]

Southeast Region Permit Family of

Forms

AGENCY: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

ACTION: Proposed collection; Comment

Request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing