56148 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 209 / Wednesday, October 29, 1997 / Notices

appointed to the register from which

Performance Review Boards will be

established by the U.S. Arms Control

and Disarmament Agency during the

period beginning on the effective date of

this notice and ending when a new

register is published and becomes

effective in approximately one year.

Specific Performance Review Boards

will be established as needed from this

register. These appointments supersede

those in the announcement published in

1996.

Name Title

Ralph Earle II ...................................................... Deputy Director.

Donald Gross ...................................................... Counselor.

James Sweeney .................................................. Special Representative-CSA.

Robert Sherman .................................................. Director, Advanced Project.

O. James Sheaks ............................................... Deputy Assistant Director, Intelligence, Verification and Information Management Bureau.

Sarah Mullen ....................................................... Chief, Intelligence Technology and Analysis, Intelligence, Verification and Information Management Bureau.

Norman Wulf ....................................................... Deputy Assistant Director, Nonproliferation and Regional Arms Control Bureau.

Michael Rosenthal .............................................. Chief, Nuclear Safeguards and Technology Division, Nonproliferation and Regional Arms Control Bureau.

Donald Mahley .................................................... Deputy Assistant Director, Multilateral Affairs Bureau.

Michael Guhin ..................................................... Associate Assistant Director, Multilateral Affairs Bureau.

Robert Mikulak .................................................... Chief, Chemical and Biological Policy Division, Multilateral Affairs Bureau.

Pierce Corded ..................................................... Chief, International Security and Nuclear Policy Division Multilateral Affairs Bureau.

R. Lucas Fischer ................................................. Deputy Assistant Director, Strategic and Eurasian Affairs Bureau.

Karin Look ........................................................... Chief, Strategic Negotiations and Implementation Division, Strategic and Eurasian Affairs Bureau.

David Wollan ....................................................... Chief, Theater and Strategic Defenses Division, Strategic and Eurasian Affairs Bureau.

Cathleen Lawrence ............................................. Director of Administration, Office of Administration.

Ivo Spalatin ......................................................... Director of Congressional Affairs, Office of Congressional Affairs.

Mary Elizabeth Hoinkes ...................................... General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel.

Joerg Menzel ...................................................... Principal Deputy of the On-Site Inspection Agency.

Stanley Riveles ................................................... U.S. Standing Consultative Commissioner.

Cathleen Lawrence,

Director of Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–28633 Filed 10–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration;

National Defense Stockpile Market

Impact Committee Request for Public

Comments

AGENCY: Office of Strategic Industries

and Economic Security, Bureau of

Export Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of request for public

comments on the potential market

impact of the disposal of certain

commodities from the National Defense

Stockpile under the proposed Fiscal

Year (FY) 1999 Annual Materials Plan

(AMP) and revisions to the FY 1998

AMP.

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise the

public that the interagency National

Defense Stockpile Market Impact

Committee is seeking public comment

on the potential market impact of

Department of Defense proposed

disposals of Stockpile materials under

the FY 1999 AMP and under a revised

FY 1998 AMP (See Attachment 1).

DATES: Comments must be received by

November 28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments (2

copies) should be sent to Richard V.

Meyers, Co-Chair, Stockpile Market

Impact Committee, Office of Strategic

Industries and Economic Security,

Room 3876, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard V. Meyers, Office of Strategic

Industries and Economic Security, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

3634; or Stephen H. Muller, Office of

International Energy and Commodity

Policy, U.S. Department of State, (202)

647–3423; co-chairs of the National

Defense Stockpile Market Impact

Committee.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

authority of the Strategic and Critical

Materials Stock Piling Act of 1979, as

amended, (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.)(the Act),

the Department of Defense (as National

Defense Stockpile Manager) maintains a

stockpile of strategic and critical

materials to supply the military,

industrial, and essential civilian needs

of the United States for national

defense. The Act (50 U.S.C. 98h–1)

formally established a Market Impact

Committee (the Committee) to ‘‘advise

the National Defense Stockpile Manager

on the projected domestic and foreign

economic effects of all acquisitions and

disposals of materials from the stockpile

* * *.’’ The Committee must also

balance market impact concerns with

the statutory requirement to protect the

Government against avoidable loss.

The Committee is comprised of

representatives from the Departments of

Commerce, State, Agriculture, Defense,

Energy, Interior, Treasury and the

Federal Emergency Management Agency

and is co-chaired by the Departments of

Commerce and State. The Act directs

the Committee to ‘‘consult from time to

time with representatives of producers,

processors and consumers of the types

of materials stored in the stockpile.’’

The Committee is now considering

Defense’s proposed Stockpile material

disposal levels under the FY 1999 AMP

and revisions to current Stockpile

material disposal levels under the FY

1998 AMP as set forth in Attachment 1.

The AMP materials listed in bold in

Attachment 1 cannot be sold until

Congress has approved their disposal.

The Committee is seeking public

comment on the potential market

impact of the sale of these materials in

the event that Congress does grant such

disposal authority.

The proposed disposal quantity for

each material listed in Attachment 1 is

the maximum amount of material that

may be sold in a particular fiscal year.

Please note that these quantities are not

sales targets. The quantity of each

material that will actually be offered for

sale will depend on the market for the

material at the time of the offering. It

will also depend on the maximum

quantity of each material approved for

disposal by the Congress.
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 209 / Wednesday, October 29, 1997 / Notices 56149

The Committee requests that

interested parties provide written

comments, supporting data and

documentation, and any other relevant

information on the potential market

impact of the sale of any commodity in

the above lists. Although comments in

response to this Notice must be received

by November 28, 1997 to ensure full

consideration by the Committee,

interested parties are encouraged to

submit additional comments and

supporting information at any time

thereafter to keep the Committee

informed as to the market impact of the

sale of the commodities. Public

comment is an important element of the

Committee’s market impact review

process.

Public comments received will be

made available at the Department of

Commerce for public inspection and

copying. Material that is national

security classified or business

confidential will be exempted from

public disclosure. Anyone submitting

business confidential information

should clearly identify the business

confidential portion of the submission

and also provide a non-confidential

submission that can be placed in the

public file. Communications from

agencies of the United States

Government will not be made available

for public inspection.

The public record concerning this

notice will be maintained in the Bureau

of Export Administration’s Records

Inspection Facility, Room 4525, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202)

482–5653. The records in this facility

may be inspected and copied in

accordance with the regulations

published in Part 4 of Title 15 of the

Code of Federal Regulations (15 CFR 4.1

et seq.).

Information about the inspection and

copying of records at the facility may be

obtained from Ms. Margaret Cornejo, the

Bureau of Export Administration’s

Freedom of Information Officer, at the

above address and telephone number.

Dated: October 17, 1997.

Karen A. Swasey,

Acting Director, Strategic Industries and

Economic Security.

Attachment 1: Proposed FY 1999 and

Revised FY 1998 AMPs.

ATTACHMENT 1.—PROPOSED FY 1999 AND REVISED FY 1998 AMPS

[The materials in bold are under Congressional consideration]

Material Units Current FY

1998 quantity

Revised FY

1998 quantity

Proposed FY

1999 quantity

Aluminum Oxide, Abrasive ............................................................................ ST 6,000 0 6,000

Aluminum Oxide, Fused Crude ..................................................................... ST 30,000 0 30,000

Analgesics ..................................................................................................... AMA Lb 64,127 0 64,127

Antimony ........................................................................................................ ST 5,000 0 5,000

Asbestos (all types) ....................................................................................... ST 20,000 0 20,000

Bauxite, Metallurgical (Jamaican) ................................................................. LDT 600,000 0 600,000

Bauxite, Metallurgical (Surinam) ................................................................... LDT 300,000 800,000 800,000

Bauxite, Refractory ........................................................................................ LCT 80,000 0 0

Beryl Ore ....................................................................................................... ST 2,000 0 2,000

Beryllium Copper Master Alloy .................................................................. ST 0 1,250 1,250

Bismuth .......................................................................................................... LB 300,000 0 180,000

Cadmium ....................................................................................................... LB 1,200,000 0 1,200,000

Celestite ......................................................................................................... SDT 3,600 0 3,600

Chromite, Chemical ....................................................................................... SDT 100,000 0 100,000

Chromite, Metallurgical .................................................................................. SDT 250,000 0 250,000

Chromite, Refractory ..................................................................................... SDT 100,000 0 100,000

Chromium, Ferro ........................................................................................... ST 50,000 0 50,000

Chromium, Metal ......................................................................................... ST 0 500 500

Cobalt ............................................................................................................ LB Co 6,000,000 0 6,000,000

Columbium, Carbide ................................................................................... LB Cb 0 21,372 21,000

Columbium Concentrates (Minerals) ......................................................... LB Cb 0 200,000 200,000

Columbium, Ferro .......................................................................................... LB Cb 200,000 0 200,000

Diamond, Bort ................................................................................................ CT 1,000,000 0 1,000,000

Diamond Dies, Small PCS ............................................................................ PC 25,473 0 25,473

Diamond Stone .............................................................................................. CT 2,000,000 0 2,000,000

Fluorspar, Acid Grade ................................................................................... SDT 180,000 0 180,000

Fluorspar, Metallurgical ................................................................................. SDT 50,000 0 50,000

Germanium .................................................................................................... KG 8,000 0 8,000

Graphite, Natural Malagasy ........................................................................... ST 2,660 0 2,660

Indium ............................................................................................................ TR Oz 35,000 0 15,000

Iodine ............................................................................................................. LB 450,000 1,000,000 1,000,000

Jewel Bearings .............................................................................................. PC 31,000,000 52,000,000 52,000,000

Kyanite ........................................................................................................... SDT 1,200 0 0

Lead ............................................................................................................... ST 60,000 0 60,000

Manganese, Battery Grade Natural .............................................................. SDT 20,000 0 20,000

Manganese, Battery Grade Synthetic ........................................................... SDT 3,011 0 3,011

Manganese, Chemical Grade ........................................................................ SDT 40,000 0 40,000

Manganese, Ferro ......................................................................................... ST 50,000 0 50,000

Manganese, Metal Electrolytic ...................................................................... ST 2,000 0 2,000

Manganese, Metallurgical Grade .................................................................. SDT 250,000 0 250,000

Mercury .......................................................................................................... FL 20,000 0 20,000

Mica (All Types) ............................................................................................. LB 2,260,000 0 2,260,000

Nickel ............................................................................................................. ST 10,000 0 2,000

Palladium ....................................................................................................... TR Oz 15,000 200,000 300,000

Platinum ......................................................................................................... TR Oz 10,000 125,000 125,000

Quinidine ........................................................................................................ Av Oz 750,000 0 750,000
56150 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 209 / Wednesday, October 29, 1997 / Notices

ATTACHMENT 1.—PROPOSED FY 1999 AND REVISED FY 1998 AMPS—Continued

[The materials in bold are under Congressional consideration]

Material Units Current FY

1998 quantity

Revised FY

1998 quantity

Proposed FY

1999 quantity

Quinine .......................................................................................................... Av Oz 750,000 0 750,00

Rubber ........................................................................................................... LT 125,000 0 0

Sebacic Acid .................................................................................................. LB 1,000,000 0 1,000,000

Silicon Carbide .............................................................................................. ST 9,000 0 9,000

Silver (for coinage) ........................................................................................ Tr Oz 9,000,000 0 9,000,000

Talc ................................................................................................................ ST 1,000 0 1,000

Tantalum Carbide Powder ............................................................................. LB Ta 2,000 0 2,000

Tantalum Minerals ......................................................................................... LB Ta 100,000 0 100,000

Tantalum Oxide ............................................................................................. LB Ta 20,000 0 20,000

Thorium Nitrate .............................................................................................. LB 1,000,000 0 1,000,000

Tin .................................................................................................................. MT 12,000 0 12,000

Titanium Sponge ......................................................................................... ST 0 4,000 5,000

Tungsten, Carbide ....................................................................................... Lb W 0 100,000 100,000

Tungsten, Ferro ........................................................................................... LB W 0 100,000 100,000

Tungsten, Metal Powder ............................................................................. LB W 0 100,000 100,000

Tungsten Ores & Concentrates ................................................................. LB W 0 1,000,000 1,000,000

Vanadium Pentoxide ..................................................................................... ST V 200 0 0

Vegetable Tannin Extract, Chestnut ............................................................. LT 7,500 0 7,500

Vegetable Tannin Extract, Quebrac. ............................................................. LT 10,000 0 10,000

Vegetable Tannin Extract, Wattle .................................................................. LT 10,000 0 10,000

Zinc ................................................................................................................ ST 50,000 0 50,000

[FR Doc. 97–28645 Filed 10–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–122–601]

Brass Sheet and Strip From Canada;

Notice of Termination of Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of termination of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review.

SUMMARY: In response to a request by a

manufacturer/exporter of subject

merchandise, Wolverine Tube (Canada)

Inc., the Department of Commerce

initiated an administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on brass sheet

and strip from Canada. The review

covered exports of the subject

merchandise to the United States for the

period January 1, 1993 through

December 31, 1993. Wolverine has filed

a withdrawal of its request for this

review. Because no other interested

party requested a review, we are

terminating this review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 29, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Paul Stolz or Thomas Futtner, Office of

AD/CVD Enforcement, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230,

telephone: (202) 482–4474 or (202) 482–

3814 respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise stated, all citations

to the statute and to the Department’s

regulations are references to the

provisions as they existed on December

31, 1994.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Department of Commerce (the

Department) published an antidumping

duty finding on brass sheet and strip

from Canada on January 12, 1987 (52 FR

1217). On January 5, 1994, the

Department published in the Federal

Register a notice of ‘‘Opportunity to

Request an Administrative Review’’ of

the antidumping duty finding on brass

sheet and strip from Canada (59 FR

564). On January 21, 1994, a

manufacturer/exporter, Wolverine Tube

(Canada) Inc., requested an

administrative review of its exports of

the subject merchandise to the United

States. In accordance with 19 CFR

353.22(c), we initiated the review on

February 17, 1994 (59 FR 7979). On

October 20, 1997, the importer

withdrew its request for administrative

review.

Termination of Review

Pursuant to 19 CFR 353.22(a)(5) of the

Department’s regulations, the

Department may allow a party that

requests an administrative review to

withdraw such request not later than 90

days after the date of publication of the

notice of initiation of the administrative

review. The Department may extend

this time limit if the Department decides

it is reasonable to do so.

There were no requests for

administrative review from other

interested parties, and the only party

affected by the withdrawal request is the

party making the request. Because

terminating this review is at the request

of the only affected party and will serve

the interests of administrative

efficiency, the Department has

determined that it is reasonable to

extend the time limit for withdrawal of

Wolverine’s request for review and to

grant the withdrawal request at this

time. Therefore, we are terminating this

review.

This notice is in accordance with

section 353.22(a)(5) of the Department’s

regulations (19 CFR 353.22(a)(5)).

The Department shall instruct the

U.S. Customs Service to liquidate all

appropriate entries.

Insofar as the final results for the

more current period of review (POR),

January 1, 1995 through December 31,

1995, were published prior to this

termination notice covering the January

1, 1993 through December 31, 1993

POR, the cash deposit instructions

contained in the notice covering the

January 1, 1995 through December 31,

1995 POR will continue to apply to all

shipments to the United States of

subject merchandise entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after April 8, 1997.

Shipments entered, or withdrawn from