Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 122 / Friday, June 23, 2000 / Notices 39129

This amended order is published in

accordance with section 736(a) of the

Act and 19 CFR 351.211.

Dated: June 19, 2000.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–15963 Filed 6–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Application for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instrument

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 an instrument of

equivalent scientific value, for the

purposes for which the instrument

shown below is intended to be used, is

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,

D.C. 20230. Applications may be

examined between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm

in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

Docket Number: 00–020. Applicant:

University of Wisconsin—Madison, 750

University Avenue, Madison, WI

53706–1490. Instrument: Zebra Fish

Tank Installation. Manufacturer:

Aquarien-Bau Schwarz, Germany.

Intended Use: The instrument is

intended to be used to house and grow

multiple generations of zebra fish which

are used as a simple model to study the

biology and development of vertebrate

animals, including humans. These

studies will include experiments to

investigate the genetic basis of early

embryonic development, specifically

the products present in the egg which,

when activated, drive the initial steps of

embryogenesis. The overall objective of

this research is to understand the

molecular mechanisms underlying the

induction of different cell fates in a

developing vertebrate organism. In

addition, the instruments will be used

for educational purposes which involve

primarily the scientific training of

graduate students of the Genetics and

Molecular and Cellular Biology

programs. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: June 9, 2000.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 00–15966 Filed 6–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C–475–812]

Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From

Italy; Preliminary Results of Full

Sunset Review of Countervailing Duty

Order

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results of

full sunset review: grain-oriented

electrical steel from Italy.

SUMMARY: On December 1, 1999, the

Department of Commerce (‘‘the

Department’’) initiated a sunset review

of the countervailing duty order on

grain-oriented electrical steel (‘‘GOES’’)

from Italy (64 FR 67247) pursuant to

section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930,

as amended (‘‘the Act’’). On the basis of

a notice of intent to participate and

adequate substantive comments filed on

behalf of the domestic interested parties,

as well as responses from respondent

interested parties, the Department

determined to conduct an full (240-day)

sunset review. Based on our analysis of

the comments received, we find that

revocation of the countervailing duty

order would be likely to lead to

continuation or recurrence of a

countervailable subsidy at the levels

listed below in the section entitled

Preliminary Results of Review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 23, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathryn B. McCormick or James Maeder

Office of Policy for Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–1930 or (202) 482–

3330, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Act are references to the

provisions effective January 1, 1995, the

effective date of the amendments made

to the Act by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (‘‘URAA’’). In addition,

unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department regulations are to 19

CFR Part 351 (1999). Guidance on

methodological or analytical issues

relevant to the Department’s conduct of

sunset reviews is set forth in the

Department Policy Bulletin 98:3—

Policies Regarding the Conduct of Fiveyear (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews of

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Orders; Policy Bulletin, 63 FR 18871

(April 16, 1998) (Sunset Policy Bulletin).

Background

On December 1, 1999, the Department

initiated a sunset review of the

countervailing duty order on GOES from

Italy (64 FR 67247), pursuant to section

751(c) of the Act. The Department

received a notice of intent to participate

on behalf of Allegheny Ludlum

Corporation (‘‘Allegheny Ludlum’’), AK

Steel Corporation (‘‘AK Steel’’), Butler

Armco Independent Union, the United

Steelworkers of America AFL–CIO/CLC,

and the Zanesville Armco Independent

Union (collectively, ‘‘domestic

interested parties’’), within the

applicable deadline (December 16,

1999) specified in section

351.218(d)(1)(i) of the Sunset

Regulations. Allegheny Ludlum and AK

Steel claimed interested-party status

under section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as

U.S. producers of a domestic like

product. The unions listed above are

interested parties pursuant to section

771(9)(D) of the Act, because they are

certified or recognized unions or groups

of workers representative of the industry

engaged in the manufacture, production,

or wholesale in the United States of the

domestic like product.

Domestic interested parties state that

Alleghney Ludlum, Armco Inc.

(‘‘Armco’’), United Steel Workers of

America, Butler Armco Independent

Union, and Zanesville Armco

Independent Union were the petitioners

in the initial investigation (see January

3, 2000, substantive response of

domestic interested parties at 5).

Domestic interested parties note that, on

September 30, 1999, AK Steel acquired

Armco, and assumed control of Armco’s

production of GOES. Id. Accordingly,

AK Steel is the successor of petitioner

Armco, and has replaced Armco as

domestic interested party for purposes

of this sunset review and all other

administrative reviews. Id.

Additionally, domestic interested

parties state that they are participants in

the ongoing administrative review. Id.

On December 20, 1999, we received a

response from the European Union

Delegation of the European Commission

(‘‘EC’’) expressing its willingness to

participate in this review as the

authority responsible for defending the

interest of the Member States of the

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1See June 19, 2000, Memorandum for Jeffrey A.

May, Re: GOES from Italy; Adequacy of Respondent

Interested Party Response to the Notice of Initiation.

2See January 12, 2000, Letters from Jeffrey A.

May to Lewis E. Leibowitz, counsel to AST and

AST–USA, and Enrico Nardi, First Counselor for

Economic and Commercial Affairs, Embassy of

Italy.

European Union (‘‘EU’’) (see December

20, 1999, response of the EC at 1–2). On

December 29, 1999, we received a

response from the Government of Italy

(‘‘GOI’’) expressing its willingness to

participate in this review, as the

government of a country in which

subject merchandise is produced and

exported. The EC and GOI note that they

have in the past participated in this

proceeding (see December 20, 1999,

response of the EC at 2, and the

December 29, 1999, response of the GOI

at 1).

On January 3, 2000, we received a

complete substantive response from

domestic interested parties, within the

30-day deadline specified in the Sunset

Regulations under section

351.218(d)(3)(i), and a complete

substantive responses from Acciai

Speciali Terni S.p.A. (‘‘AST’’) and

Acciai Speciali Terni USA, Inc. (‘‘AST–

USA’’), respondent interested parties

under section 771(9)(A) of the Act

because AST is a foreign producer and

exporter of the subject merchandise and

AST–USA is an importer of subject

merchandise.

On January 10, 2000, we received

rebuttal comments from domestic

interested parties. Pursuant to 19 CFR

351.218 (e)(2)(i), the Department

determined to conduct a full (240-day)

sunset review of this order.1

On January 12, 2000, we requested

from the GOI and AST clarification of

the data submitted in their responses of

December 29, 1999, and January 3, 2000,

respectively, to be submitted by January

22, 2000.2 On January 21, 2000, we

received a response from AST in

response to the Department’s request for

additional information concerning the

volume of company shipments; we also

received a request from the GOI, which

we granted, for an extension of the

deadline to submit a response until

February 1, 2000. Subsequently, on

February 1, 2000, we received a

response from the GOI to our above

request.

On February 11, 2000, the Department

received the public version of a

document from domestic interested

parties in which they state that, despite

the new information from the GOI, their

research indicates that there have been

significant volumes of GOES shipped by

AST to the United States (see February

11, 2000, comments of domestic

interested parties at 2–3). Further,

domestic interested parties requested

that the Department require AST to

provide specific information in a

supplemental response concerning the

disposition of each shipment listed in

the domestic interested parties’ exhibit

(id. at 3); however, the Department did

not comply with this request.

In accordance with section

751(c)(5)(C)(v) of the Act, the

Department may treat a review as

extraordinarily complicated if it is a

review of a transition order (i.e., an

order in effect on January 1, 1995). This

review concerns a transition order

within the meaning of section

751(c)(6)(i) of the Act. Accordingly, on

January 20, 2000, the Department

determined that the sunset review of

GOES from Italy is extraordinarily

complicated, and extended the time

limit for completion of the preliminary

results of this review until not later than

June 19, 2000 (65 FR 3206), in

accordance with section 751(c)(5)(B) of

the Act.

Scope of Review

The merchandise subject to this

review is Italian GOES, which is a flatrolled alloy steel product containing by

weight at least 0.6 percent of silicon, not

more than 0.08 percent of carbon, not

more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and

no other element in an amount that

would give the steel the characteristics

of another alloy steel, of a thickness of

no more than 0.56 millimeter, in coils

of any width, or in straight lengths

which are of a width measuring at least

ten times the thickness. The

merchandise is currently classifiable in

the Harmonized Tariff Schedule

(‘‘HTS’’) under item numbers

7225.10.0030, 7226.10.1030,

7226.10.5015, and 7226.10.5065.

Although HTS subheadings are

provided for convenience and customs

purposes, our written description of the

scope of this proceeding is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

All issues raised in substantive

responses by parties to this sunset

review are addressed in the Issues and

Decision Memorandum (‘‘Decision

Memo’’) from Jeffrey A. May, Director,

Office of Policy, Import Administration,

to Troy H. Cribb, Acting Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration,

dated June 19, 2000, which is hereby

adopted by this notice. The issues

discussed in the Decision Memo include

the likelihood of continuation or

recurrence of subsidy and the net

countervailable subsidy likely to prevail

were the order revoked. 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

B–099, the Central Records Unit, of the

main Commerce building.

In addition, a complete version of the

Decision Memo can be accessed directly

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

import_admin/records/frn. The paper

copy and electronic version of the

memo are identical in content.

Preliminary Results of Review

We determine that revocation of the

countervailing duty order would be

likely to lead to continuation or

recurrence of the subsidy at the

following net countervailable subsidy.

Producer/exporter

Net

countervailable

subsidy

(in percent)

All producers/exporters from

Italy ................................... 24.46

Nature of the Subsidy

In the Sunset Policy Bulletin (63 FR

18876), the Department states that,

consistent with section 752(a)(6) of the

Act, the Department will provide to the

Commission information concerning the

nature of the subsidy, and whether the

subsidy is a subsidy described in Article

3 or Article 6.1 of the Subsidies

Agreement. Although the programs at

issue do not fall within Article 3 of the

Subsidies Agreement, some or all of

them could be found to be inconsistent

with Article 6.1. For example, the net

countervailable subsidy may exceed five

percent. The Department, however, has

no information with which to make

such a calculation; nor do we believe it

appropriate to attempt such a

calculation in the course of a sunset

review. Moreover, we note that, as of

January 1, 2000, Article 6.1 has ceased

to apply (see Article 31 of the Subsidies

Agreement). As such, we are providing

the Commission with program

descriptions in our Decision Memo.

Any interested party may request a

hearing within 30 days of publication of

this notice in accordance with 19 CFR

351.310(c). Any hearing, if requested,

will be held on August 16, 2000, in

accordance with 19 CFR 351.310(d).

Interested parties may submit case briefs

no later than August 7, 2000, in

accordance with 19 CFR

351.309(c)(1)(i). Rebuttal briefs, which

must be limited to issues raised in the

case briefs, may be filed not later than

August 14, 2000. The Department will

issue a notice of final results of this

sunset review, which will include the

results of its analysis of issues raised in

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any such comments, no later than

October 26, 2000.

This five-year (‘‘sunset’’) review and

notice are in accordance with sections

751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

Dated: June 19, 2000.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–15961 Filed 6–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Overseas Trade Missions: 2000 Trade

Unions—Private Sector Participants

Recruitment and Settlement (August)

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

announces August 1, 2000, as the new,

extended recruitment closing date for

the following overseas trade missions.

For a more complete description of each

trade mission, obtain a copy of the

mission statement from the Project

Officer indicated below. The

recruitment and selection of private

sector participants for these missions

will be conducted according to the

Statement of Policy Governing

Department of Commerce Overseas

Trade Missions announced by Secretary

Daley on March 3, 1997.

Clean Energy Trade Mission to

Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, August

29–30, 2000

For further information contact:

Kathryn Hollander, U.S. Department of

Commerce. Tel: 202–482–0385, Fax:

482–0170, E-Mail:

Kathryn_Hollander@ita.doc.gov

Natural Gas Technology/Power Plant

Retrofitting Business Development

Mission to Mexico Mexico City and

Monterrey, Mexico, September 10–14,

2000

For further information contact: Sam

Beatty, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Tel: 202–482–4179, Fax: 202–482–0170,

E-Mail: Sam Beatty@ita.doc.gov

District Heating Mission to Russia

Moscow and St Petersburg, Russia

October 15–21, 2000

For further information contact:

Rachel Halpern, U.S. Department of

Commerce. Tel: 202–482–4423, Fax:

202–482–0170, E-Mail:

Rachel_Halpern@ita.doc.gov

Clean Energy Trade Mission to Saudi

Arabia, The United Arab Emirates,

Qatar and Oman, October 24—

November 1, 2000

For further information contact:

Joseph Ayoub, U.S. Department of

Commerce. Tel: 202–482–0313, Fax:

202–482–0170, E-Mail:

Joseph_Ayoub@ita.doc.gov

National Gas and Cogeneration

Technologies Business Development

Mission, Rio de Janeiro and Sao

Paulo, Brazil, November 5–9, 2000

For further information contact: Sam

Beatty, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Tel: 202–482–4179, Fax: 202–482–0170,

E-mail: Samuel_Beatty@ita.doc.gov

Power Plant Renovation &

Modernization/Natural Gas

Utilization/Renewable Energy, Trade

Mission to South Africa, Pretoria and

Johannesburg, South Africa,

November 13–17, 2000

For further information contact: John

Rasmussen, U.S. Department of

Commerce. Tel: 482–1889, Fax: 202–

482–0170, E-mail:

John_Rasmussen@ita.doc.gov

Clean Energy Trade Mission China,

Beijing, Chengdu and Guangzhou,

China, November 20–24, 2000

For further information contact

Kathryn Hollander, U.S. Department of

Commerce. Tel: 202–482–0385, Fax:

202–482–0170, E-mail:

Kathryn_Hollander@ita.doc.gov

Clean Energy Trade Mission to India,

New Delhi, Chennai, Calcutta and

Mumbai, India, November 26–

December 3, 2000

For further information contact: Nazir

Bhagat, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Tel: 202–482–3855, Fax: 202–482–5666,

E-mail: Nazir_Bhagat@ita.doc.gov

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Reginald Beckham, U.S. Department of

Commerce. Tel: 202–482–5478, Fax:

202–482–1999.

Dated: June 12, 2000.

Tom Nisbet,

Director, Promotion Planning and Support

Division, Office of Export Promotion

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 00–15957 Filed 6–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 061200C]

Announcement of Availability of a U.S.

Effort Allocation of Shrimp in Division

3M of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries

Organization (NAFO) Regulatory Area

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Announcement of availability of

a U.S. effort allocation of shrimp in

division 3M of the NAFO Regulatory

Area.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces a U.S.

fishing effort allocation of 100 fishing

days available to one vessel for

harvesting shrimp in Division 3M of the

NAFO Regulatory Area. This action is

necessary to make available to U.S.

fishing interests a fishing privilege on

an equitable basis.

DATES: Comments and expressions of

interest will be accepted through July

24, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments and expressions

of interest regarding the U.S. effort

allocation should be made to the

Director, NMFS Office of Sustainable

Fisheries at 1315 East-West Highway,

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 (phone:

301–713–2334, fax: 301–713–0596).

Information relating to NAFO

Conservation and Enforcement

Measures (including rules on chartering

operations) is available from Jennifer

Anderson at the NMFS Northeast

Regional Office, Gloucester,

Massachusetts 01930 (phone: 978–281–

9226, fax: 978–281–9135) and on the

World Wide Web at <http://

www.nafo.ca>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick E. Moran or Dean Swanson,

301–713–2276.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NAFO has

established and maintains conservation

measures in its Regulatory Area that

include one effort limitation fishery as

well as fisheries with total allowable

catches (TACs) and member nation

allocations. The principal species

managed are cod, flounder, redfish,

American plaice, halibut, capelin,

shrimp, and squid. At the 1999 NAFO

Annual Meeting, the United States

received fish quota allocations for three

NAFO stocks to be fished during 2000.

These U.S. fish quota allocations for

2000 have been made available to U.S.

fishermen under authority of the High

Seas Fishing Compliance Act. The