4978 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 22 / Monday, February 3, 1997 / Notices

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet M. Hart, telephone 202–720–8525.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This action has been reviewed and

determined not to be a rule or regulation

as defined in Executive Order 12866

and Departmental Regulation 1512–1;

therefore, the Executive Order and

Departmental Regulation do not apply

to this action.

In the September 3, 1996, Federal

Register (61 FR 46432), GIPSA asked

persons interested in providing official

services in the geographic areas

assigned to Springfield and Alabama to

submit an application for designation.

Applications were due by October 3,

1996. Springfield and Alabama, the only

applicants, each applied for designation

to provide official services in the entire

area currently assigned to them.

Since Springfield and Alabama were

the only applicants for the respective

areas, GIPSA did not ask for comments

on the applicants.

GIPSA evaluated all available

information regarding the designation

criteria in Section 7(f)(l)(A) of the Act;

and according to Section 7(f)(l)(B),

determined that Springfield and

Alabama are able to provide official

services in the geographic areas for

which they applied. Effective April 1,

1997, and ending February 29, 2000,

Springfield is designated to provide

official services in the geographic area

specified in the September 3, 1996,

Federal Register. Effective March 1,

1997, and ending February 29, 2000,

Alabama is designated to provide

official services in the geographic area

specified in the September 3, 1996,

Federal Register.

Interested persons may obtain official

services by contacting Springfield at

217–522–5233, and Alabama at 334–

415–2531.

AUTHORITY: Pub. L. 94–582, 90 Stat. 2867,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.)

Dated: January 14, 1997

Neil E. Porter

Director, Compliance Division

[FR Doc. 97–1946 Filed 1–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty

Order, Finding, or Suspended

Investigation; Opportunity To Request

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Opportunity to

Request Administrative Review of

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty

Order, Finding, or Suspended

Investigation.

Background

Each year during the anniversary

month of the publication of an

antidumping or countervailing duty

order, finding or suspension of

investigation, an interested party, as

defined in section 771(9) of the Tariff

Act of 1930, as amended, may request,

in accordance with § 353.22 or § 355.22

of the Department of Commerce (the

Department) Regulations (19 CFR

353.22/355.22 (1993)), that the

Department conduct an administrative

review of that antidumping or

countervailing duty order, finding, or

suspended investigation.

Opportunity to Request a Review: Not

later than the last day of February 1997,

interested parties may request

administrative review of the following

orders, findings, or suspended

investigations, with anniversary dates in

February for the following periods:

Period

ANTIDUMPING PROCEEDINGS

Austria: Railway Track Maintenance Equipment, A–433–064 ........................................................................................................ 2/1/96–1/31/97

Brazil: Stainless Steel Bar, A–351–825 ........................................................................................................................................... 2/1/96–1/31/97

Canada: Racing Plates, A–122–050 ............................................................................................................................................... 2/1/96–1/31/97

Germany: Sodium Thiosulfate, A–428–807 ..................................................................................................................................... 2/1/96–1/31/97

India:

Forged Stainless Steel Flanges, A–533–809 ........................................................................................................................... 2/1/96–1/31/97

Stainless Steel Bar, A–533–810 ............................................................................................................................................... 2/1/96–1/31/97

Japan:

Benzyl Paraben, A–588–816 .................................................................................................................................................... 2/1/96–1/31/97

Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings, A–588–602 ........................................................................................................................................ 2/1/96–1/31/97

Mechanical Transfer Presses, A–588–810 .............................................................................................................................. 2/1/96–1/31/97

Melamine, A–588–056 .............................................................................................................................................................. 2/1/96–1/31/97

Stainless Steel Bar, A–588–833 ............................................................................................................................................... 2/1/96–1/31/97

South Korea:

Business Telephone Systems, A–580–803 .............................................................................................................................. 2/1/96–1/31/97

Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings, A–580–813 ............................................................................................................... 2/1/96–1/31/97

Taiwan: Forged Stainless Steel Flanges, A–583–821 .................................................................................................................... 2/1/96–1/31/97

The People’s Republic of China:

Axes/adzes, A–570–803 ........................................................................................................................................................... 2/1/96–1/31/97

Bars/wedges, A–570–803 ......................................................................................................................................................... 2/1/96–1/31/97

Coumarin, A–570–830 .............................................................................................................................................................. 2/1/96–1/31/97

Hammers/sledges, A–570–803 ................................................................................................................................................ 2/1/96–1/31/97

Manganese Metal, A–570–840 ................................................................................................................................................. 6/14/95–1/31/97

Paint Brushes, A–570–501 ....................................................................................................................................................... 2/1/96–1/31/97

Picks/mattocks, A–570–803 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2/1/96–1/31/97

Sodium Thiosulfate, A–570–805 .............................................................................................................................................. 2/1/96–1/31/97

The United Kingdom: Sodium Thiosulfate, A–412–805 .................................................................................................................. 2/1/96–1/31/97
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Period

COUNTERVAILING PROCEEDINGS

None

SUSPENSION AGREEMENTS

Venezuela: Cement, A–307–803 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2/1/96–1/31/97

In accordance with §§ 353.22(a) and

355.22(a) of the regulations, an

interested party as defined by § 353.2(k)

may request in writing that the

Secretary conduct an administrative

review. The Department has changed its

requirements for requesting reviews for

countervailing duty orders. Pursuant to

19 CFR 355.22(a) of the regulations, an

interested party must specify the

individual producers or exporters

covered by the order or suspension

agreement for which they are requesting

a review, (Interim Regulations, 60 FR

25130, 25137 (May 11, 1995)).

Therefore, for both antidumping and

countervailing duty reviews, the

interested party must specify for which

individual producers or exporters

covered by an antidumping finding or

an antidumping or countervailing duty

order it is requesting a review, and the

requesting party must state why it

desires the Secretary to review those

particular producers or exporters. If the

interested party intends for the

Secretary to review sales of merchandise

by an exporter (or a producer if that

producer also exports merchandise from

other suppliers) which were produced

in more than one country of origin, and

each country of origin is subject to a

separate order, then the interested party

must state specifically, on an order-byorder basis, which exporter(s) the

request is intended to cover.

Seven copies of the request should be

submitted to the Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, Room B–099,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street & Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC. 20230. The

Department also asks parties to serve a

copy of their requests to the Office of

Antidumping/ Countervailing

Enforcement, Attention: Sheila Forbes,

in room 3065 of the main Commerce

Building. Further, in accordance with

§ 353.31(g) or § 355.31(g) of the

regulations, a copy of each request must

be served on every party on the

Department’s service list.

The Department will publish in the

Federal Register a notice of ‘‘Initiation

of Administrative Review of

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty

Order, Finding, or Suspended

Investigation,’’ for requests received by

the last day of February 1997. If the

Department does not receive, by the last

day of February 1997, a request for

review of entries covered by an order,

finding, or suspended investigation

listed in this notice and for the period

identified above, the Department will

instruct the Customs Service to assess

antidumping or countervailing duties on

those entries at a rate equal to the cash

deposit of (or bond for) estimated

antidumping or countervailing duties

required on those entries at the time of

entry, or withdrawal from warehouse,

for consumption and to continue to

collect the cash deposit previously

ordered.

This notice is not required by statute,

but is published as a service to the

international trading community.

Dated: January 28, 1997.

Jeffrey P. Bialos,

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–2610 Filed 1–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M

[A–570–506]

Porcelain-on-Steel Cooking Ware From

the People’s Republic of China;

Preliminary Results of Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Preliminary Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review.

SUMMARY: In response to a request by an

importer of the subject merchandise, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) is conducting an

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on porcelainon-steel (POS) cooking ware from the

People’s Republic of China (PRC). The

review covers one manufacturer/

exporter of the subject merchandise and

its affiliated third-country reseller in

Hong Kong and the period December 1,

1994 through November 30, 1995. The

review preliminarily indicates the

existence of a dumping margin during

the period of review.

We have preliminarily determined

that sales have been made below normal

value (NV). If these preliminary results

are adopted in our final results of

administrative review, we will instruct

the U.S. Customs Service to assess

antidumping duties on all appropriate

entries. Interested parties are invited to

comment on these preliminary results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 3, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy

Kornfeld or Kelly Parkhill, Office of

CVD/AD Enforcement VI, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington D.C. 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–2786.

Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions as of January 1, 1995, the

effective date of the amendments made

to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act

(URAA). In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to the

Department’s regulations are to the

current regulations, as amended by the

interim regulations published in the

Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60

FR 25130).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On December 2, 1986, the Department

published in the Federal Register the

antidumping duty order on POS cooking

ware from the PRC (51 FR 43414). On

December 4, 1995, the Department

published in the Federal Register a

notice of opportunity to request an

administrative review of this

antidumping duty order (60 FR 62070).

On February 27, 1995, in accordance

with 19 CFR 353.22(a), an importer of

the subject merchandise to the United

States, CGS International, requested that

the Department conduct an

administrative review of Clover

Enamelware Enterprise, Ltd. of China

(Clover), a manufacturer/exporter, and

its third-country reseller Lucky

Enamelware Factory Ltd. of Hong Kong

(Lucky). We published the notice of

initiation of this review covering the