41430 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 129 / Wednesday, July 5, 2000 / Notices

The meeting will be held July 6, 2000,

at 9:30 a.m., at the Department of

Commerce, Herbert C. Hoover Building,

Room 6802, 14th Street between

Pennsylvania Avenue and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.

If you plan to attend, please fax your

name and company or organization

affiliation to ATTN: NORTH KOREA

BRIEFING, at (202) 482–6088. For

further information contact Frank

Ruggiero in BXA at (202) 482–1926 or

482–4252. Interested parties requiring

special accommodations should also

contact BXA in advance.

Background

On June 19, 2000, BXA published

regulations easing sanctions on North

Korea. This implemented the

Administration’s September 1999

decision to ease sanctions provided

North Korea maintains its moratorium

on testing long-range ballistic missiles.

U.S. exporters may now export the vast

majority of U.S. consumer products to

North Korea without a license,

including agricultural, medical, and

low-level industrial goods and services.

The Administration’s sanctions easing

program continues to require a license

for items on the Commerce Control List

(CCL), including additional items added

to the CCL on June 19. Items on the CCL

include multilaterally controlled items,

as well as a range of lower-level

products and technologies controlled for

anti-terrorism and non-proliferation

reasons.

Other Federal agencies took related

measures. The Transportation

Department published a rule lifting the

ban on U.S. ships and aircraft

transporting goods or traveling to North

Korea. Previously, U.S. registered ships

and aircraft were prohibited from

engaging in such activities. The

Treasury Department published rules

allowing new financial, trade and other

transactions with North Korea and its

nationals. Treasury will require a

notification and approval process for all

imports from North Korea.

BXA has scheduled a meeting for July

6 to more fully explain to industry and

other organizations the new rules for

conducting business with North Korea.

James A. Lewis,

Director, Office of Strategic Trade.

[FR Doc. 00–16886 Filed 7–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 32–2000]

Foreign-Trade Zone 112—Colorado;

Springs, CO; Application for

Expansion and Request for

Manufacturing Authority (Data Storage

Systems)

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board

(the Board) by the Colorado Springs

Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ

112, requesting authority to reorganize

and expand its existing zone space to

include three new sites in Colorado

Springs, Colorado, and requesting, on

behalf of the Quantum Corporation and

its subsidiaries (Quantum), authority to

manufacture data storage drives under

zone procedures within FTZ 112

(Colorado Springs Customs Service

Station). The application was submitted

pursuant to the provisions of the

Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended,

(19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the regulations

of the Board (15 CFR Part 400). It was

formally filed on June 27, 2000.

FTZ 112 was approved on November

1, 1984 (Board Order 281, 49 FR 44936,

11/13/84). The zone currently consists

of one site (2,270 acres) within the

Colorado Centre industrial and

commercial community on Drennan

Road, in El Paso County, adjacent to the

Colorado Springs Municipal Airport.

The applicant is now requesting

authority to transfer 1017.22 acres from

the current site to three proposed sites.

The area to be removed from the zone

is located within the current Site 1, the

Colorado Centre and is north of

Fontaine Boulevard, east of Powers

Boulevard, south of Bradley Road, and

west of Meridian Road. The expansion

would include the following new sites:

proposed Site 2: (55.84 acres)

Arrowswest Business and Industrial

Park, located along the Garden of the

Gods High-Tech Corridor, Colorado

Springs, Colorado; proposed Site 3:

(202.94 acres) InterQuest Business and

Industrial Park, located at the

intersection of I–25 and InterQuest

Parkway; and proposed Site 4: (1023.6

acres) Colorado Springs Airport, located

at the intersection of Powers Boulevard

and Drennan Road. The proposed

expansion would add 265.48 acres to

the zone.

The application also requests

authority on behalf of Quantum to

manufacture data storage systems

within FTZ 112 (within the proposed

expansion area). Quantum currently

operates in three buildings (392,688

square feet) within proposed Site 3. The

Quantum facilities are used for the

manufacturing of DLTtapeTM drives,

solid state disk drives, ATL Products

(DLTtapeTM libraries) and Snap!

Systems (file servers) (HTS 8471, duty

free). Components and materials

sourced from abroad (representing about

60% of all parts consumed in

manufacturing) include: vulcanized

rubber, packing materials of wood,

plastic and paper, springs, data

processing machines and parts, gaskets,

electric motors and parts, electrical

transformers, bearings, primary cells

and batteries, prepared unrecorded

media, insulated wire, measuring

instruments and electrical apparatuses

for switching electrical circuits (HTS

3923, 3926, 4016, 4819, 4821, 7320,

8471, 8473, 8484, 8485, 8501, 8503,

8504, 8506, 8523, 8536, 8544, and 9031,

duty rate ranges from duty-free to

10.7%).

FTZ procedures would exempt

Quantum from Customs duty payments

on the foreign components used in

export production. Some 27 percent of

the plant’s shipments are exported. On

its domestic sales, Quantum would be

able to choose the duty rates during

Customs entry procedures that apply to

finished data storage drives (duty-free)

for the foreign inputs noted above. The

request indicates that the savings from

FTZ procedures would help improve

the plant’s international

competitiveness.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations, a member of the FTZ staff

has been appointed examiner to

investigate the application and report to

the Board.

Public comment on the application is

invited from interested parties.

Submissions (original and 3 copies)

shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is September 5, 2000. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to September 18, 2000).

A copy of the application and the

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Export

Assistance Center, 1625 Broadway,

Suite 680, Denver, CO 80202

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

3716, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, D.C. 20230

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 129 / Wednesday, July 5, 2000 / Notices 41431

1See Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of

Five-year Reviews, 65 FR 18058 (April 6, 2000).

2See Notice of Scope Rulings, 62 FR 62288

(November 21, 1997) (the Department determined

that a plastic, quasi-mechanical pencil known as

the Bensia pencil is outside the scope of the order);

and Notice of Scope Rulings, 63 FR 29700 (June 1,

1998) (Naturally Pretty, a young girl’s 10 piece

dress-up vanity set, including two 3-inch pencils,

is outside the scope of the order).

Dated: June 28, 2000.

Pierre V. Duy,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–16957 Filed 7–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–827]

Certain Cased Pencils From the

People’s Republic of China; Final

Results of Expedited Sunset Review of

Antidumping Duty Order

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of

expedited sunset review: Certain cased

pencils from the People’s Republic of

China.

SUMMARY: On December 1, 1999, the

Department of Commerce (‘‘the

Department’’) published the notice of

initiation of sunset review of the

antidumping duty order on certain

cased pencils from the People’s

Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) (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

response filed on behalf of domestic

interested parties and inadequate

response (in this case, no response) from

respondent interested parties, we

determined to conduct an expedited

sunset review. Based on our analysis of

the comments received, we find that

revocation of the antidumping duty

order would be likely to lead to

continuation or recurrence of dumping

at the levels listed below in the section

entitled Final Results of the Review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 5, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eun

W. Cho or James Meader, 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)

482–1698 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

published the notice of initiation of

sunset review of the antidumping duty

order on certain cased pencils from the

PRC (64 FR 67247). We invited

interested parties to comment. On the

basis of a notice of intent to participate

and adequate substantive response filed

on behalf of domestic interested parties

and inadequate response (in this case,

no response) from respondent interested

parties, the Department determined to

conduct an expedited sunset review.

The Department is conducting this

sunset review in accordance with

sections 751 and 752 of the Act.

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)(C)(ii) of the Act. Therefore, on

April 6, 2000, the Department

determined that the sunset review of the

antidumping duty order on certain

cased pencils from the PRC is

extraordinarily complicated and

extended the time limit for completion

of the final results of this review until

not later than June 28, 2000, in

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

the Act.1

Scope of Review

The products covered by this

investigation are certain cased pencils of

any shape or dimension which are

writing and/or drawing instruments that

feature cores of graphite or other

materials, encased in wood and/or manmade materials, whether or not

decorated and whether or not tipped

(e.g., with erasers, etc.) in any fashion,

and either sharpened or unsharpened.

The pencils subject to this investigation

are classified under subheading

9609.10.00 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedules of the United States

(‘‘HTSUS’’).

Specifically excluded from the scope

of this investigation are mechanical

pencils, cosmetic pencils, pens, noncased crayons (wax), pastels, charcoals,

and chalks.2

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

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 28, 2000, which is hereby

adopted by this notice. The issues

discussed in the Decision Memo include

the likelihood of continuation or

recurrence of dumping and the

magnitude of the margin 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 ia.doc.gov/frn. The paper

copy and electronic version of the

Decision Memo are identical in content.

Final Results of Review

We determine that revocation of the

antidumping duty order would be likely

to lead to continuation or recurrence of

dumping at the following percentage

weighted-average margins:

Manufacturer/exporter Margin

(percent)

China First ................................ 8.60

Shanghai Lansheng Corp ......... 19.36

Shanghai Foreign Trade Corp .. 11.15

Guangdong Stationery/Three

Star Stationery 1 .................... 0.00

Guangdong Stationery/all other

producers 2 ............................ 53.65

PRC-wide .................................. 53.65

1Exported by Guangdong Stationery and

produced by Three Star. 2Exported by Guangdong Stationery and

produced by all other producers.

This notice also serves as the only

reminder to parties subject to