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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 (APO) of their

responsibility concerning disposition of

proprietary information disclosed under

APO in accordance with 19 CFR

353.34(d). 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 administrative review and notice

are in accordance with section 751(a)(1)

of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1))

and 19 CFR 353.22 (1997).

Dated: September 11, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Western Michigan University; 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: 97–053. Applicant:

Western Michigan University,

Kalamazoo, MI 49008–5167. Instrument:

Electron Energy Analyzer.

Manufacturer: Scienta Instrument AB,

Sweden. Intended Use: See notice at 62

FR 40334, July 28, 1997.

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 highest energy resolution of

5.0 meV with resolving power to 1500.

The National Institute of Standards and

Technology and Brookhaven National

Laboratory advised on May 27, 1997

that (1) these capabilities are pertinent

to the applicant’s intended purpose and

(2) they know of no domestic

instrument or apparatus of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument for the applicant’s intended

use (comparable case).

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[Docket No. 970829215–7215–01]

RIN 0648–ZA34

NOAA Pan-American Climate Studies

(PACS), Program Announcement

AGENCY: Office of Global Programs,

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Pan-American Climate

Studies (PACS) Program is a

contribution to the National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration

(NOAA) Climate and Global Change

Program, and as such is designed to

improve our ability to observe,

understand, predict, and respond to

changes in the global environment. This

program builds on NOAA’s mission

requirements and longstanding

capabilities on global change research

and prediction. The PACS Program is a

contributing element of the U.S. Global

Change Research Program (USGCRP),

which is coordinated by the interagency

Committee on Environmental and

Natural Resources. NOAA’s program is

designed to complement other agency

contributions to that national effort. The

PACS Program has a timeframe of 1995–

2004.

DATES: Strict deadlines for submission

to the FY 1998 process are: Letters of

intent must be received at OGP no later

than Friday, October 3, 1997. Full

proposals must be received at OGP no

later than Friday, December 5, 1997.

Applicants who have not received a

response to their letter of intent by

Friday, October 17, 1997 should contact

Michael Patterson at, 301–427–2089 ext.

12, patterson@ogp.noaa.gov; Andrea

Ray, 303–497–6000, ajr@cdc.noaa.gov;

or Roxane Ronca, 301–427–2089 ext.

507, ronca@ogp.noaa.gov. We anticipate

that review of full proposals will occur

during early 1998 and funding should

begin during the spring of 1998 for most

approved projects. May 1, 1998, should

be used as the proposed start date on

proposals, unless otherwise directed by

a program manager. Applicants should

be notified of their status within 6

months. All proposals must be

submitted in accordance with the

guidelines below. Failure to heed these

guidelines may result in proposals being

returned without review.

ADDRESSES: Proposals may be submitted

to: Office of Global Programs, National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, 1100 Wayne Avenue,

Suite 1225, Silver Spring, MD 20910–

5603, Attn.: Michael Patterson.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Patterson at the above address,

301–427–2089, ext. 12,

patterson@ogp.noaa.gov; Andrea Ray,

303–497–6000, ajr@cdc,noaa.gov; or

Roxane Ronca, 301–427–2089, ext. 507,

ronca@ogp.noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Funding Availability

This Program Announcement is for

projects to be conducted by

investigators both inside and outside of

NOAA, over a period of up to three

years. Actual funding levels will depend

upon the final FY 1998 budget

appropriations, current plans are for

approximately $1.2 million to be

available for new (or renewing) PACS

awards. The funding instrument for

extramural awards will be a grant unless

it is anticipated that NOAA will be

substantially involved in the

implementation of the project, in which

case the funding instrument should be

a cooperative agreement. Examples of

substantial involvement may include

but are not limited to proposals for

collaboration between NOAA or NOAA

scientists and a recipient scientist or

technician and/or contemplation by

NOAA of detailing Federal personnel to

work on proposed projects. NOAA will

make decisions regarding the use of a

cooperative agreement on a case-by-case

basis. Funding for non-U.S. institutions

and contractual arrangements for

services and products for delivery to

NOAA are not available under this

announcement. Matching share is not

required by this program.

Program Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 44720(b); 33 U.S.C.

883d, 883e; 15 U.S.C. 2904; 15 U.S.C. 2931

et seq.
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(CFDA No. 11.431)—Climate and

Atmospheric Research

Program Objectives

The overall goal of PACS is to extend

the scope and improve the skill of

operational seasonal-to-interannual

climate prediction over the Americas.

Particular emphasis is placed on

understanding the mechanisms

associated with warm season rainfall

and its potential predictability. In

addition to seasonal mean rainfall and

temperature, PACS is concerned with

the frequency of occurrence of

significant weather events over the

course of a season or seasons.

The scientific objectives of PACS are

to promote a better understanding and

more realistic simulation of (1) The role

of boundary processes in forcing of

seasonal-to-interannual climate

variability over the Americas, (2) the

structure and evolution of tropical SST

fields, (3) the seasonally varying mean

climate over the Americas and adjacent

ocean regions, (4) the structure,

variability, and influence on climate in

the Americas of the ITCZ/cold tongue

complex and subtropical status cloud

decks, (5) the relevant land surface

processes that shape the distribution of

continental precipitation.

Consistent with the above objectives,

PACS has initiated an integrated

program with the GEWEX ContinentalScale International Project (GCIP)

focusing on warm season rainfall over

North America. In this collaboration,

PACS will supply the larger-scale

ocean/atmosphere modeling and

diagnostics expertise and the

observations in and above the oceans

and GCIP will provide the more locally

focused land/atmosphere modeling and

diagnostics and continental

observations. This research will require

the use of mesoscale models applied in

a climatological setting. Proposals in

this emerging research area are invited

under this announcement.

Program Priorities

The FY 1998 PACS Program

Announcement invites empirical and

modeling studies in the following areas:

(1) Investigations into large-scale

atmosphere-ocean interactions in the

tropical Atlantic and eastern Pacific in

the context of the climatological-mean

annual march and/or seasonal-tointerannual climate variability.

(2) Investigations into the

climatological mean and interannual

variability of warm season rainfall over

the Americas on Spatial scales ranging

from tens to thousands of kilometers,

emphasizing links between that

variability and the adjacent oceans.

Field, monitoring, and/or

observational efforts are not encouraged

at this time. PACS intends to invite

proposals for a field program in the FY

1999 Announcement as a U.S.

contribution to an international field

program in the tropical Eastern Pacific

to be conducted in 2000.

Eligibility

Extramural eligibility is not limited

and is encouraged with the objective of

developing a strong partnership with

the academic community. Nonacademic proposers are urged to seek

collaboration with academic

institutions. Universities, non-profit

organizations, for profit organizations,

State and local governments, and Indian

Tribes, are included among entities

eligible for funding under this

announcement. Funding for non-U.S.

institutions is not available under this

announcement.

Letters of Intent

Letters of Intent (LOI): (1) Letters

should be no more than two pages in

length and include the name and

institution of principal investigator(s), a

statement of the problem, brief summary

of work to be completed, and

approximate cost of the project. (2)

Evaluation will be by program

management. (3) It is in the best interest

of applicants and their institutions to

submit letters of intent; however, it is

not a requirement. (4) Facsimile and

electronic mail are acceptable for letters

of intent only. (5) Projects deemed

unsuitable during LOI review will not

be encouraged to submit full proposals.

Evaluation Criteria

Consideration for financial assistance

will be given to those proposals which

address one of the Program Priorities

listed below and meet the following

evaluation criteria:

(1) Scientific Merit (20%): Intrinsic

scientific value of the subject and the

study proposed.

(2) Relevance (20%): Importance and

relevance to the goal of the Climate and

Global Change Program and to the

research areas listed above.

(3) Methodology (20%): Focused

scientific objective and strategy,

including measurement strategies and

data management considerations;

project milestones; and final products.

(4) Readiness (20%): Nature of the

problem; relevant history and status of

existing work; level of planning,

including existence of supporting

documents; strength of proposed

scientific and management team; past

performance record of proposers.

(5) Linkages (10%): Connections to

existing or planned national and

international programs; partnerships

with other agency or NOAA

participants, where appropriate.

(6) Costs (10%): Adequacy of

proposed resources; appropriate share of

total available resources; prospects for

joint funding; identification of long-term

commitments.

Selection Procedures

All proposals will be evaluated and

ranked in accordance with the assigned

weights of the above evaluation criteria

by (1) independent peer mail review,

and/or (2) independent peer panel

review; both NOAA and non-NOAA

experts in the field may be used in this

process. Their recommendations and

evaluations will be considered by the

program managers in final selections.

Those ranked by the panel and program

as not recommended for funding will

not be given further consideration and

will be notified of non-selection. For the

proposals rated either Excellent, Very

Good or Good, the program managers

will: (a) ascertain which proposals meet

the objectives, fit the criteria posted,

and do not substantially duplicate other

projects that are currently funded by

NOAA or are approved for funding by

other federal agencies, hence, awards

may not necessarily be made to the

highest-scored proposals, (b) select the

proposals to be funded, (c) determine

the total duration of funding for each

proposal, and (d) determine the amount

of funds available for each proposal.

Unsatisfactory performance by a

recipient under prior Federal awards

may result in an application not being

considered for funding.

Proposal Submission

The guidelines for proposal

preparation provided below are

mandatory. Failure to heed these

guidelines may result in proposals being

returned without review.

(a) Full Proposals

(1) Proposals submitted to the NOAA

Climate and Global Change Program

must include the original and two

unbound copies of the proposal. (2)

Investigators are not required to submit

more than 3 copies of the proposal,

however, the normal review process

requires 20 copies. Investigators are

encouraged to submit sufficient

proposal copies for the full review

process if they wish all reviewers to

receive color, unusually sized (not 8.5 x

11′′), or otherwise unusual materials

submitted as part of the proposal. Only

three copies of the Federally required

forms are needed. (3) Proposals must be
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limited to 30 pages (numbered),

including budget, investigators vitae,

and all appendices, and should be

limited to funding requests for one to

three year duration. Appended

information may not be used to

circumvent the page length limit.

Federally mandated forms are not

included within the page count. (4)

Proposals should be sent to the NOAA

Office of Global Programs at the above

address. (5) Facsimile transmissions and

electronic mail submission of full

proposals will not be accepted.

(b) Required Elements

All proposals should include the

following elements:

(1) Signed title page: The title page

should be signed by the Principal

Investigator (PI) and the institutional

representative and should clearly

indicate which project area is being

addressed. The PI and institutional

representative should be identified by

full name, title, organization, telephone

number and address. The total amount

of Federal funds being requested should

be listed for each budget period.

(2) Abstract: An abstract must be

included and should contain an

introduction of the problem, rationale

and a brief summary of work to be

completed. The abstract should appear

on a separate page, headed with the

proposal title, institution(s)

investigator(s), total proposed cost and

budget period.

(3) Results from prior research: The

results of related projects supported by

NOAA and other agencies should be

described, including their relation to the

currently proposed work. Reference to

each prior research award should

include the title, agency, award number,

PIs, period of award and total award.

The section should be a brief summary

and should not exceed two pages total.

(4) Statement of work: The proposed

project must be completely described,

including identification of the problem,

scientific objectives, proposed

methodology, relevance to the goal of

the Climate and Global Change Program,

and the program priorities listed above.

Benefits of the proposed project to the

general public and the scientific

community should be discussed. A

year-by-year summary of proposed work

must be included clearly indicating that

each year’s proposed work is severable

and can easily be separated into annual

increments of meaningful work. The

statement of work, including references

but excluding figures and other visual

materials, must not exceed 15 pages of

text. Investigators wishing to submit

group proposals that exceed the 15 page

limit should discuss this possibility

with the appropriate program officer

prior to submission. In general,

proposals from 3 or more investigators

may include a statement of work

containing up to 15 pages of overall

project description plus up to 5

additional pages for individual project

descriptions.

(5) Budget: Applicants must submit a

Standard Form 424 (4–92) ‘‘Application

for Federal Assistance’’, including a

detailed budget using the Standard

Form 424a (4–92), ‘‘Budget

Information—Non-Construction

Programs’’. The form is included in the

standard NOAA application kit. The

proposal must include total and annual

budgets corresponding with the

descriptions provided in the statement

of work. Additional text to justify

expenses should be included as

necessary.

(6) Vitae: Abbreviated curriculum

vitae are sought with each proposal.

Reference lists should be limited to all

publications in the last three years with

up to five other relevant papers.

(7) Current and pending support: For

each investigator, submit a list that

includes project title, supporting agency

with grant number, investigator months,

dollar value and duration. Requested

values should be listed for pending

support.

(8) List of suggested reviewers: The

cover letter may include a list of

individuals qualified and suggested to

review the proposal. It also may include

a list of individuals that applicants

would prefer to not review the proposal.

Such lists may be considered at the

discretion of the program officers.

(c) Other Requirements

(1) Applicants may obtain a standard

NOAA application kit from the Program

Office.

Primary Applicant Certification—All

primary applicants must submit a

completed Form CD–511, ‘‘Certification

Regarding Debarment, Suspension and

Other Responsibility Matters; Drug-Free

Workplace Requirements and

Lobbying’’. Applicant are also hereby

notified of the following:

1. Nonprocurement Debarment and

Suspension—Prospective participants

(as defined at 15 CFR Part 26, section

105) are subject to 15 CFR Part 26,

‘‘Nonprocurement Debarment and

Suspension,’’ and the related section of

the certification form prescribed above

applies;

2. Drug Free Workplace—Grantees (as

defined at 15 CFR part 26, section 605)

are subject to 15 CFR Part 26, Subpart

F, ‘‘Government wide Requirements for

Drug-Free Workplace (Grants)’’ and the

related section of the certification form

prescribed above applies;

3. Anti-Lobbying—Persons (as defined

at 15 CFR Part 28, section 105) are

subject to the lobbying provisions of 31

U.S.C. 1352, ‘‘Limitation on use of

appropriated funds to influence certain

Federal contracting and financial

transactions’’, and the lobbying section

of the certification form prescribed

above applies to applications/bids for

grants, cooperative agreements, and

contracts for more than $100,000, and

loans and loan guarantees for more than

$150,000, or the single family maximum

mortgage limit for affected programs,

whichever is greater; and

4. Anti-Lobbying Disclosures—Any

applicant that has paid or will pay for

lobbying using any funds must submit

an SF–LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of Lobbying

Activities,’’ as required under 15 CFR

part 28, appendix B.

Lower Tier Certifications

(1) Recipients must require

applicants/bidders for subgrants,

contracts, subcontracts, or lower tier

covered transactions at any tier under

the award to submit, if applicable, a

completed Form CD–512,

‘‘Certifications Regarding Debarment,

Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary

Exclusion—Lower Tier Covered

Transactions and Lobbying’’ and

disclosure Form SF–LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of

Lobbying Activities.’’ Form CD–512 is

intended for the use of recipients and

should not be transmitted to DOC. SF–

LLL submitted by any tier recipient or

subrecipient should be submitted to

DOC in accordance with the

instructions contained in the award

document.

(2) Recipients and subrecipients are

subject to all applicable Federal laws

and Federal and Department of

Commerce policies, regulations, and

procedures applicable to Federal

financial assistance awards.

(3) Preaward Activities—If applicants

incur any costs prior to an award being

made, they do so solely at their own risk

of not being reimbursed by the

Government. Notwithstanding any

verbal assurance that may have been

received, there is no obligation to the

applicant on the part of Department of

Commerce to cover preaward costs.

(4) This program is subject to the

requirements of OMB Circular No.

A–110, ‘‘Uniform Administrative

Requirements for Grants and Other

Agreements with Institutions of Higher

Education, Hospitals, and Other NonProfit Organizations’’, and 15 CFR Part

24, ‘‘Uniform Administrative

Requirements for Grants and

Cooperative Agreements to State and
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Local Governments’’, as applicable.

Applications under this program are not

subject to Executive Order 12372,

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs.’’

(5) All non-profit and for-profit

applicants are subject to a name check

review process. Name checks are

intended to reveal if any key individuals

associated with the applicant have been

convicted of, or are presently facing

criminal charges such as fraud, theft,

perjury, or other matters which

significantly reflect on the applicant’s

management, honesty, or financial

integrity.

(6) A false statement on an

application is grounds for denial or

termination of funds and grounds for

possible punishment by a fine or

imprisonment as provided in 18 U.S.C.

1001.

(7) No award of Federal funds shall be

made to an applicant who has an

outstanding delinquent Federal debt

until either:

(i) The delinquent account is paid in

full,

(ii) a negotiated repayment schedule

is established and at least one payment

is received, or

(iii) Other arrangements satisfactory to

the Department of Commerce are made.

(8) Buy American-Made Equipment or

Products—Applicants are encouraged

that any equipment or products

authorized to be purchased with

funding provided under this program

must be American-made to the

maximum extent feasible.

(9) The total dollar amount of the

indirect costs proposed in an

application under this program must not

exceed the indirect cost rate negotiated

and approved by a cognizant Federal

agency prior to the proposed effective

date of the award or 100 percent of the

total proposed direct cost dollar amount

in the application, whichever is less.

(d) If an application is selected for

funding, the Department of Commerce

has no obligation to provide any

additional future funding in connection

with the award. Renewal of an award to

increase funding or extend the period of

performance is at the total discretion of

the Department of Commerce.

(e) In accordance with Federal

statutes and regulations, no person on

grounds of race, color, age, sex, national

origin or disability shall be excluded

from participation in, denied benefits of,

or be subjected to discrimination under

any program or activity receiving

financial assistance from the NOAA

Climate and Global Change Program.

The NOAA Climate and Global Change

Program does not have direct TDD

(Telephonic Device for the deaf)

capabilities, but can be reached through

the State of Maryland supplied TDD

contact number, 800–735–2258,

between the hours of 8:00 am–4:30 pm.

Notwithstanding any other provision

of law, no person is required to respond

to nor shall a person be subject to a

penalty for failure to comply with a

collection of information subject to the

requirements of the Paperwork

Reduction Act unless that collection of

information displays a current valid

OMB control number. The standard

forms have been approved by the Office

of Management and Budget pursuant to

the Paperwork Reduction Act under

OMB approval number 0348–0043,

0348–0044, and 0348–0046.

Classification: This notice has been

determined to be not significant for

purposes of Executive Order 12866.

Dated: September 23, 1997.

J. Michael Hall,

Director, Office of Global Programs, National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Singapore

September 24, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 2, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet Heinzen, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212. For information on the

quota status of these limits, refer to the

Quota Status Reports posted on the

bulletin boards of each Customs port or

call (202) 927–5850. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854); Uruguay Round Agreements

Act.

The current limits for certain

categories are being adjusted, variously,

for swing, carryover and carryforward.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 61 FR 66263,

published on December 17, 1996). Also

see 61 FR 56523, published on

November 1, 1996.

The letter to the Commissioner of

Customs and the actions taken pursuant

to it are not designed to implement all

of the provisions of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, but

are designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of their

provisions.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

September 24, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on October 28, 1996, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and

man-made fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in Singapore and exported

during the twelve-month period which began

on January 1, 1997 and extends through

December 31, 1997.

Effective on October 2, 1997, you are

directed to adjust the limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit

331 ........................... 531,568 dozen pairs.

338/339 .................... 1,423,057 dozen of

which not more than

755,394 dozen shall

be in Category 338

and not more than

839,904 dozen shall

be in Category 339.

347/348 .................... 1,121,818 dozen of

which not more than

631,654 dozen shall

be in Category 347

and not more than

491,287 dozen shall

be in Category 348.

604 ........................... 976,975 kilograms.

631 ........................... 619,405 dozen pairs.

639 ........................... 3,790,643 dozen.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1996.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs