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Corporation (Anhui) in the list of

exporters receiving weighted-average

dumping margins. In the investigation

we had determined that Anhui had no

shipments of subject merchandise

during the POI, and therefore should

receive the China-Wide rate. In

addition, in the final determination, we

inadvertently excluded Huaiyin Ningtai

Fisheries Co., Ltd. (Huayin Ningtai)

from the list of exporters receiving

weighted-average dumping margins,

even though Huayin Ningtai had

participated in this proceeding and is

entitled to the rate for participating,

non-selected respondents. The corrected

list of manufacturers/exporters receiving

weighted-average dumping margins is in

the ‘‘Antidumping Duty Order’’ section

below. We are publishing this

amendment to the final determination

in accordance with 19 CFR 353.28(c).

Scope of the Order

The product covered by this

investigation and order is freshwater

crawfish tail meat, in all its forms

(whether washed or with fat on,

whether purged or unpurged), grades,

and sizes; whether frozen, fresh, or

chilled; and regardless of how it is

packed, preserved, or prepared.

Excluded from the scope of the

investigation and order are live crawfish

and other whole crawfish, whether

boiled, frozen, fresh, or chilled. Also

excluded are saltwater crawfish of any

type, and parts thereof. Freshwater

crawfish tail meat is currently

classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (HTS)

under item numbers 0306.19.00.10 and

0306.29.00.00. The HTS subheadings

are provided for convenience and

Customs purposes only. The written

description of the scope of this

proceeding is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

On September 8, 1997, in accordance

with section 735(d) of the Act, the U.S.

International Trade Commission (ITC)

notified the Department that a U.S.

industry is materially injured by reason

of imports of crawfish tail meat from the

PRC, pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A) of

the Act. Therefore, in accordance with

section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the

Department will direct the United States

Customs Service to assess, upon further

advice by the Department, antidumping

duties equal to the amount by which the

normal value of the merchandise

exceeds the export price of the

merchandise for all relevant entries of

crawfish tail meat from the PRC. These

antidumping duties will be assessed on

all unliquidated entries of crawfish tail

meat from the PRC entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after March 26,

1997, the date on which the Department

published its preliminary determination

notice in the Federal Register (62 FR

14392).

On or after the date of publication of

this notice in the Federal Register, U.S.

Customs officers must require, at the

same time as importers would normally

deposit estimated duties, the cash

deposits listed below for the subject

merchandise. The ‘‘China-wide’’ rate

applies to all exporters of crawfish tail

meat not specifically listed below.

The ad valorem weighted-average

dumping margins are as follows:

Manufacturer/producer/exporter

Weightaverage

margin

percentage

China Everbright Trading Company ........................................... 156.77

Binzhou Prefecture Foodstuffs Import & Export Corp. ................... 119.39

Huaiyin Foreign Trade Corp. ........ 91.50

Yancheng Foreign Trade Corp. .... 108.05

Jiangsu Cereals, Oils & Foodstuffs Import & Export Corp. ..... 1 122.92

Yancheng Baolong Aquatic Foods

Co., Ltd. ..................................... 1 122.92

Huaiyin Ningtai Fisheries Co., Ltd. 1 122.92

Nantong Delu Aquatic Food Co.,

Ltd. ............................................ 1 122.92

China-wide Rate ........................... 201.63

1 Rate is based on the weighted-average of

calculated rates that are not zero or based on

facts available.

This notice constitutes the

antidumping duty order with respect to

crawfish tail meat from the PRC,

pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act.

Interested parties may contact the

Central Records Unit, Room B–099 of

the Main Commerce Building, for copies

of an updated list of antidumping duty

orders currently in effect.

This order is published in accordance

with section 736(a) of the Act and 19

CFR 353.21.

Dated: September 10, 1997.

Jeffrey P. Bialos,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–24465 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[Docket No. 970910230–7230–01]

Cooperative Agreement Program for

American Business Centers in Russia

and the New Independent States

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The International Trade

Administration (ITA) is soliciting

competitive applications to establish

and operate American Business Centers

(ABCs)in five Russian cities for a two (2)

year multi-year award period. ABCs will

encourage the export of U.S. goods and

services and stimulate trade and

investment in Russia’s regions. Funds to

support new ABC Awards are not

currently available. All awards resulting

from this announcement are contingent

upon the availability of appropriated

funds.

ABCs will provide, on a user fee basis,

a broad range of business development

and facilitation services to United States

companies in Russia’s regions. Services

provided by the ABCs will be designed

to encourage more U.S. firms to explore

opportunities for trade and investment

in Russia’s regions and to help them

conduct business there more effectively.

The core services to be provided by the

ABCs include: International telephone,

fax, and data transmission; temporary

office space; space for meetings, small

seminars, and small product exhibitions

or demonstrations; secretarial support

(e.g. word processing, typing, message

taking); translator/interpreters;

photocopying; market research;

counseling on local business conditions;

and arranging appointments with

Russian business contacts. The Centers

also will work closely with Russian

businesses to help them become more

attractive trading partners; identify and

report obstacles to trade and investment;

and serve as a link between financial

institutions, U.S. companies, and

Russian enterprises.

In addition to these core services,

ABCs will support U.S. Government

activities under the Regional Investment

Initiative (RII). This will include

providing, at cost, support for the

activities of the RII coordinators. Such

support may include office space,

computers, telecommunications

equipment and secretarial and

translation services.

Projects supported under the terms of

this notice will establish and operate an

ABC in no less than one of the following

Russian cities: Khabarovsk, Nizhny
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Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg,

and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

DATES: ITA will accept only those

applications which are received at the

U.S. Department of Commerce, Room

1235, HCHB, no later than 3:00 pm

E.S.T. October 15, 1997. Late

applications will not be accepted and

will not be considered. On September

19, 1997 competitive application kits

are available from the Department of

Commerce.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the

application kit, please send a written

request with a self-addressed mail label

to: Russia-NIS Program Office, U.S. &

Foreign Commercial Service, Room

1235, HCHB, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230.

Requests for application kits also may

be faxed to 202–482–2456. Only one

application kit will be provided to each

organization requesting it, but the kit

may be reproduced by the requester. All

forms necessary to submit an

application will be included in the

application kit. Completed applications

should be returned to the same address.

Applicants must submit a signed

original and two copies of the

application and supporting materials. It

is anticipated that it will take ten weeks

after the deadline for receipt of

applications to process applications and

make awards.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Applicants wishing further information

should contact Ms. E. Vivian

Spathopoulos, Deputy Director, RussiaNIS Program Office, U.S. & Foreign

Commercial Service, U.S. Department of

Commerce, room 1235, HCHB,

Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone:

(202) 482–2902, or Fax: (202) 482–2456.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Program Authority

The American Business Center

program is authorized by Title III of the

‘‘Freedom for Russia and Emerging

Eurasian Democracies and Open

Markets Support Act of 1992’’ or the

‘‘FREEDOM Support Act’’, Public Law

102–511. Funding for the program is

provided by the Agency for

International Development under

Section 632(a) of the Foreign Assistance

Act of 1961, as amended.

Eligible Applicants

United States for-profit firms, nonprofit organizations, non-Federal

government agencies, industry and trade

associations, and educational

institutions are eligible to apply. An

enterprise which includes or intends to

include participation of host country

citizens or entities will be considered an

eligible applicant so long as the

applicant is and will remain, throughout

the award period, controlled by citizens

or entities of the United States.

Funding Guidelines

Since it is anticipated that ITA will be

involved in the implementation of each

project for which an award is made, the

funding instrument for the program will

be a cooperative agreement. Examples of

ITA involvement include but are not

limited to the following: Supplemental

marketing to promote the ABCs,

guidance on eligibility of ABC clients,

and coordination with other U.S.

government assistance programs.

ITA anticipates $1 million will be

available for the first year of funding for

up to five (5) multi-year cooperative

agreement awards during FY 1998.

Applicants will be requested to submit

a work-plan and budget which cover a

one (1) year period for a total amount of

not more than $200,000 in Federal

funds. Applicants must supply at least

fifty-percent (50%) of total project costs,

with the Federal portion of total project

costs to be no more than fifty-percent

(50%). A minimum of one half (1⁄2) of

the support supplied by the applicant

must be in the form of cash. The

remaining portion of the applicant’s

support may consist of cash or in-kind

contributions (good and services

contributed by a third-party).

Applicants will be requested to submit

a work-plan and budget for a second

year of operation based on the level of

funding for the first year with the

understanding that funding levels may

or may not be the same as the first year.

Applicant receipt of future funding is

contingent upon the availability of

appropriated funds, and satisfactory

performance, and will be at the sole

discretion of ITA. Publication of this

notice does not constitute an obligation

by the Department of Commerce to enter

into a cooperative agreement with any

responding applicant.

Eligible entities may propose the

establishment of one or more ABCs.

Applicants must submit a separate

application for each proposed ABC.

Each ABC will be funded through a

separate cooperative agreement. More

than one cooperative agreement may be

awarded to a single entity. No more than

one ABC will be funded in any given

Russian city.

Evaluation Criteria

Consideration for financial assistance

under the program will be based on the

following evaluation criteria:

(1) Quality of Work Plan: core

commercial activities, marketing

strategy, management/staffing,

cooperation with ITA and outreach

programs to NIS firms;

(2) Qualifications of Applicant:

financial history, personnel’s experience

in region and in delivering commercial

products/services;

(3) Market Knowledge of Locations:

applicant’s demonstrated familiarity

with the market conditions in the

proposed city and/or region;

(4) Project Timetable: ability of

applicant to complete major stages in

the scope of work quickly, particularly

bringing an ABC into the fullyoperational stage;

(5) U.S. Small Business Utility:

accessibility of services to small firms

and reasonableness of fees;

(6) Cost-Effectiveness: reasonableness,

allowability and allocability of costs.

For purpose of evaluation of the

applications, the above criteria will be

weighted as follows: Criterion (1) will

be worth a maximum of 30 (thirty)

percent; criterion (2) will be worth a

maximum of 30 (thirty) percent;

criterion (3) will be worth a maximum

of 20 (twenty) percent; criterion (4) will

be worth a maximum of 10 (ten)

percent; criterion (5) and (6) will be

worth a maximum of 5 (five) percent

each.

Selection Procedure

Each application will be evaluated by

a panel of at least three independent

ITA reviewers qualified to evaluate

applications submitted under the

program. Applications will be evaluated

on a competitive basis in accordance

with the evaluation criteria set forth

above. Awards will be based on highest

total accumulated score and geographic

location.

Notifications

All applicants are advised of the

following:

(1) Unsatisfactory performance under

prior Federal awards may result in an

application not being considered for

funding.

(2) If applicants incur any cost prior

to an award being made, they do so

solely at their own risk of not being

reimbursed by the Federal Government.

Not withstanding any verbal assurance

that they may receive, there is no

obligation on the part of the Department

of Commerce to cover pre-award costs.

(3) 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.
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(4) No award of Federal funds shall be

made to an applicant who has an

outstanding debt until either:

a. The delinquent account is paid in

full.

b. A negotiated repayment schedule is

established and at least one payment is

received; or

c. Other arrangements satisfactory to

the Department of Commerce are made.

(5) All primary applicants must

submit a completed Form CD–511,

‘‘Certification Regarding Debarment,

Suspension and other Responsibility

Matters; Drug-Free Workplace

Requirements and Lobbying’’.

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. Grantees (as

defined at 15 CFR part 26, section 605)

are subject to 15 CFR part 26, subpart

F ‘‘Government wide Requirement for

Drug-Free Workplace (Grants)’’ and the

related section of the certification form

prescribed above applies. Persons (as

defined at 15 CFR part 28, section 105)

are subject to the lobbying provisions of

31 U.S.C. 1352, ‘‘Limitation on the 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 that

$150,000 or the single family maximum

mortgage limit for affected programs,

whichever is greater’’. 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.

(6) Recipients shall require

applicants/bidders for subgrants,

contracts, subcontracts, or other 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

Transaction 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 submitted by any tier

recipient or sub-recipient should be

submitted to the Department of

Commerce in accordance with

instructions contained in the award

document.

(7) 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 and denial or termination of

Federal funding.

(8) All recipients and sub-recipients

are subject to all applicable Federal laws

and Federal Department of Commerce

policies, regulations, and procedures

applicable to Federal assistance awards.

For-profit organizations shall be subject

to OMB Circular A–110 and 15 CFR 29a.

(9) 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.

(10) Recipients are subject to the Fly

America Act (49 USC sec. 1517 as

implemented by 41 CFR sec. 301–3.6).

(11) Executive Order 12372

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs’’ does not apply to this

program.

(12) Paperwork Reduction Act does

apply to this program. This document

involves collections of information

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act,

which have been approved by the Office

of Management and Budget under OMB

Control Numbers 0348–0043, 0348–

0044, 0348–0040, 0348–0046, and 0651–

0001. 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.

Dated: September 11, 1997.

E. Vivian Spathopoulos,

Deputy Director, US&FCS/Russia-NIS

Program Office.

[FR Doc. 97–24525 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–FP–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration

Performance Review Board;

Membership

The following individuals are eligible

to service on the Performance Review

Board in accordance with the National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration Senior Executive

Service performance appraisal system:

Kathryn C. Brown

Ronald P. Hack

Shirl G. Kinney

Bernadette McGuire-Rivera

Richard D. Parlow

Neal B. Seitz

William F. Utlaut

Anthony J. Calza,

Acting Executive Secretary, National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration, Performance Review Board.

[FR Doc. 97–24398 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–BS–M

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk

Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Macau

September 9, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 16, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Helen L. LeGrande, 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 and carryover.

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 68244, published on

December 27, 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