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to the total value of those sales

examined. The Department will issue

appraisement instructions directly to

the Customs Service.

Furthermore, the following deposit

requirements will be effective for all

shipments of the subject merchandise

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after the

publication date of these final results of

this new shipper review, as provided by

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

deposit rate for the reviewed companies

will be the rates indicated above; (2) for

companies not covered in this review,

but covered in previous reviews or the

LTFV investigation (59 FR 66915,

December 28, 1994), 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, a prior

review, or the original investigation, but

the manufacturer is, the cash deposit

rate will be the most recent rate

established for the manufacturer of the

merchandise; and (4) if neither the

exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm

covered in this review or any previous

review or the original investigation, the

cash deposit rate will be the ‘‘all others’’

rate of 12.45 percent established in the

LTFV investigation.

These deposit requirements will

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 double

antidumping duties.

This notice also serves as a reminder

to parties subject to administrative

protective orders (‘‘APOs’’) of their

responsibility concerning the

disposition of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely

written notification of the 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.

This new shipper review and notice

are in accordance with sections

751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

January 18, 2000.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–1661 Filed 1–21–00; 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 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. Application 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, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 00–001. Applicant:

USDA, Agricultural Research Service,

800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA

94710. Instrument: Picking and

Gridding Q-Bot System. Manufacturer:

Genetix Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended

Use: The instrument is intended to be

used in experiments that will include:

isolation, characterization and DNA

sequencing of genes from organisms of

agronomic importance; gridding of

clone collections onto filters for gene

isolation and genome characterization;

construction of DNA microarrays;

rearraying clones and samples into new

matrix collections; replication of clones

and clone library samples.

Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: January 6,

2000.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 00–1657 Filed 1–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Boston University; Notice of Decision

on Application for Duty-Free Entry of

Electron Microscope

This is a decision 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). Related records can be

viewed between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00

P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 99–026. Applicant:

Boston University, Boston, MA 02215.

Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model

JEM–2010. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd.,

Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 64 FR

63788, November 22, 1999. Order Date:

May 24, 1999.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as the

instrument is intended to be used, was

being manufactured in the United States

at the time the instrument was ordered.

Reasons: The foreign instrument is a

conventional transmission electron

microscope (CTEM) and is intended for

research or scientific educational uses

requiring a CTEM. We know of no

CTEM, or any other instrument suited to

these purposes, which was being

manufactured in the United States at the

time of order of the instrument.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 00–1656 Filed 1–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

University of North Carolina; Notice of

Decision on Application for Duty-Free

Entry of Scientific Instrument

This decision is made 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).

Related records can be viewed between

8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 99–025. Applicant:

University of North Carolina, Chapel

Hill, NC 27599. Instrument: Nose Only

Inhalation System. Manufacturer: ADG

Developments Ltd., United Kingdom.

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Intended Use: See notice at 64 FR

63788, November 22, 1999.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as it is

intended to be used, is being

manufactured in the United States.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides delivery of drug aerosols by

nose-only exposure to mycobacterium

infected guinea pigs to evaluate novel

therapies for the treatment of

tuberculosis in animal models. The

National Institutes of Health advises in

its memorandum of December 10, 1999

that (1) this capability is pertinent to the

applicant’s intended purpose and (2) it

knows of no domestic instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument for the

applicant’s intended use.

We know of no other instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument which is being

manufactured in the United States.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 00–1655 Filed 1–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology Advanced Technology

Program Advisory Committee

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of partially closed

meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.

2, notice is hereby given that the

Advanced Technology Program

Advisory Committee, National Institute

of Standards and Technology (NIST),

will meet Wednesday, February 2, 2000,

from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Advanced

Technology Program Advisory

Committee is composed of seven

members appointed by the Director of

NIST; who are eminent in such fields as

business, research, new product

development, engineering, education,

and management consulting. The

purpose of this meeting is to review and

make recommendations regarding

general policy for the Advanced

Technology Program (ATP), its

organization, its budget, and its

programs within the framework of

applicable national policies as set forth

by the President and the Congress. The

agenda will include a background and

briefing on the ATP, a briefing from

each ATP program area, and a

presentation by the ATP Economic

Assessment Office. Discussions

scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. and to

end at 9:30 a.m. and to begin at 3 p.m.

and to end at 5 p.m. on February 2,

2000, on the ATP budget issues and

staffing of positions will be closed.

DATES: The meeting will convene

February 2, 2000, at 8:30 a.m. and will

adjourn at 5 p.m. on February 2, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Administration Building

Tenth Floor Conference Room,

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet R. Russell, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–1004,

telephone number (301) 975–2107.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Assistant Secretary for Administration,

with the concurrence of the General

Counsel, formally determined on

January 13, 2000 that portions of the

meeting of the Advanced Technology

Program Advisory Committee which

involve discussion of proposed funding

of the Advanced Technology Program

may be closed in accordance with 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), because those

portions of the meetings will divulge

matters the premature disclosure of

which would be likely to significantly

frustrate implementation of proposed

agency actions; and that portions of

meetings which involve discussion of

staffing of positions in ATP may be

closed in accordance with 5 U.S.C.

552b(c)(6), because divulging

information discussed in those portions

of the meetings is likely to reveal

information of a personal nature where

disclosure would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal

privacy.

Dated: January 13, 2000.

Karen H. Brown,

Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 00–1647 Filed 1–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

RIN 3038–ZA05

Chicago Mercantile Exchange:

Proposed Amendments to the Lean

Hogs Futures and Option Contracts

Increasing the Contracts’ Speculative

Position Limits

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed amendments to contract terms

and conditions.

SUMMARY: The Chicago Mercantile

Exchange (CME or Exchange) has

proposed amendments to the

Exchange’s lean hogs cattle futures and

option contracts. The proposed

amendments would increase to 2,400

contracts from 2,000 contracts the

speculative position limit applicable to

individual non-spot contract months.

The proposed amendments also would

increase to 950 contracts from 650

contracts the speculative position limit

that is applicable to positions held on

and after the close of business of the

fifth business day of the expiring

contract month. The proposed

amendments were submitted under the

Commission’s 45-day Fast Track

procedures which provides that, absent

any contrary action by the Commission,

the proposed amendments may be

deemed approved on February 24,

2000—45 days after the Commission’s

receipt of the proposals. The Acting

Director of the Division of Economic

Analysis (Division) of the Commission,

acting pursuant to the authority

delegated by Commission Regulation

140.96, has determined that publication

of the proposed amendments is in the

public interest and will assist the

Commission in considering the views of

interested persons, and is consistent

with the purposes of the Commodity

Exchange Act.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before February 8, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should

submit their views and comments to

Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581. In addition,

comments may be sent by facsimile

transmission to facsimile number (202)

418–5521, or by electronic mail to

secretary@cftc.gov. Reference should be

made to the proposed amendments to

the CME lean hogs futures and option

contracts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact John Bird of the Division

of Economic Analysis, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581, telephone (202)

418–5274. Facsimile number: (202) 418–

5527. Electronic mail: jbird @cftc.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lean

hogs futures contract is cash settled

based on cash prices reported by the

U.S. Department of Agriculture during

the last two trading days of expiring

contract month. Contract months for the