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while the Department correctly

recognized in its preliminary

determination and supporting

documents that Siderca consumes gas at

its production plant for general use in

the plant and for use in the direct

reduction of iron ore, the Commerce

Department incorrectly excluded the

taxes on the portion of the gas used for

the direct reduction process. This,

according to the respondent, is contrary

to the Department’s finding in the

previous administrative reviews.

Department’s Position

We determined that this program did

not provide a countervailable benefit

during this review period. Thus, the

issue of whether the Department should

exclude taxes on the portion of gas that

Siderca used for the direct reduction

process would have no impact on the

Department’s determination. As such,

the issue is moot.

Final Results of Review

As discussed above in the

BACKGROUND section , the Department

has revoked this countervailing duty

order on OCTG effective September 20,

1991. Therefore, the results of this

administrative review will only apply to

entries of the subject merchandise made

between January 1, 1991 and September

19, 1991. Since the net subsidy of 0.49

percent ad valorem for this review is de

minimis (see 19 CFR 355.7), the

Department will instruct the U.S.

Customs Service to liquidate, without

regard to countervailing duties, all

entries of subject merchandise made

between January 1, 1991 and September

19, 1991. Separate instructions

regarding entries made on or after

September 20, 1991 have already been

sent to Customs. Because this

countervailing duty order has been

revoked, no further instructions will be

sent to Customs regarding cash deposits.

This notice serves as a reminder to

parties subject to administrative

protective order (APO) of their

responsibility concerning the

disposition of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with 19 CFR 355.34(d). Timely written

notification of 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 Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19

CFR 355.22.

Dated: October 16, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–28309 Filed 10–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Secretarial Business Development

Mission to India

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice serves to inform

the public of a Secretarial Business

Development Mission to India,

December 6–13, 1997, and the

opportunity to apply for participation in

the mission; sets forth objectives,

procedures, and participation criteria

for the mission; and requests

applications.

DATES: Applications should be

submitted to Cheryl Bruner by

November 14, 1997, in order to ensure

sufficient time to obtain in-country

appointments for applicants selected to

participate in the mission. Applications

received after that date will be

considered only if space and scheduling

constraints permit. The mission is

scheduled for: New Delhi, December 6–

9; Calcutta, December 10, Chennai,

December- 11; and Mumbai, December

12–13, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Request for and submission

of applications—Applications are

available from: Cheryl Bruner, Director

of the Office of Business Liaison or

Jennifer Johnson at (202) 482–1360 or

via facsimile at (202) 482–4054.

Numbers listed in this notice are not

toll-free. An original and two copies of

the required application materials

should be sent to the Project Officer

noted above. Applications sent by

facsimile must be immediately followed

by submission of the original

application to Ms. Bruner at the

following address: Office of Business

Liaison, Room 5062, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th & Constitution, Ave.,

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cheryl Bruner or Jennifer Johnson at 202

482–1360. Information is also available

via the International Trade

Administration’s (ITA) Internet home

page at ‘‘http://www.ita.doc.gov/uscs/

doctm’’.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Trade Mission Description

Secretary of Commerce William M.

Daley, will lead a business development

trade mission to India, one of Asia’s

most significant emerging markets, to

promote expanded trade opportunities,

advocate U.S. business interests,

advance significant commercial policy

objectives, and support the efforts of the

U.S.-India Commercial Alliance

(USICA) and the U.S.-India Business

Council. The Secretary’s mission will

include U.S. companies whose interests

range from assessing the opportunities

in the Indian market to expanding

existing business relationships. With

stops in New Delhi, Calcutta, Chennai,

and Mumbai, the Secretary’s mission

will meet with government and business

leaders in the dynamic commercial

centers of four distinctly different

regions of this large market.

The itinerary of the India Mission will

be as follows:

December 5 (Fri.) Leave United States

December 6 (Sat.) Arrive New Delhi

December 7 (Sun.) New Delhi

December 8 (Mon.) New Delhi

December 9 (Tues) New Delhi

December 10 (Wed) New Delhi depart

for Calcutta/Arrive Calcutta

December 11 (Thurs.) Depart Calcutta,

Arrive Chennai

December 12 (Fri) Depart Chennai,

Arrive Mumbai

December 13 (Sat) Depart Mumbai,

return to USA

December 14 (Sun) Arrive USA

The goals for the Mission are:

• Reaffirm the U.S. Government’s

commitment and support for India’s

program of economic reform and

heighten U.S. private sector

participation in India’s economic

growth. Emphasize how India and the

U.S. can benefit from continued

liberalization and privatization in India,

and convey in public and private sector

fora during the mission’s stay in the

country the U.S. Government’s interest

in seeing that the reforms undertaken by

the Indian Government proceed.

• Seek resolution of outstanding

bilateral commercial issues and

advocate U.S. interests regarding

specific problems and opportunities.

Key areas of focus: (1) Intellectual

property rights; (2) banking and other

financial services; (3) economic reforms;

(4) power generation; and (5)

broadcasting.

A full description of the mission is set

forth in the Mission Statement, which is

available from Cheryl Bruner, Director

of the Office of Business Liaison, at the

above address or at website.
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Trade Mission Participation Criteria

The recruitment and selection of

private sector participants in this

mission will be conducted according to

the Statement of Policy Governing

Department of Commerce Overseas

Trade Missions announced by Secretary

Daley on March 3, l997. For the India

business development mission,

individuals must be at a level of

executive seniority appropriate to the

goals of the mission. Company

participation will be determined on the

basis of:

• Consistency of the company’s goals

with the scope and desired outcome of

the mission as described herein;

• Relevance of a company’s business

line to the plan for the mission;

• Past, present and prospective

business activity in India; and

• Diversity of company size, type,

location, demographics and traditional

under-representation in business.

An applicant’s partisan political

activities (including political

contributions) are irrelevant to the

selection process. An interested party

must fill out an application to be

considered for participation in the

mission.

Endorsements/Referrals

Third parties may nominate or

endorse potential applicants, but

companies that are nominated or

endorsed must themselves submit an

application to be eligible for

consideration. Referrals from political

organizations will not be considered.

Costs

The fees to participant in the mission

have not yet been determined, and will

be based on the number of participants.

The fees will not cover travel or lodging

expenses.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1512.

Robert Marro,

Regional Director, Office of Africa, Near East

and South Asia, International Trade

Administration, Department of Commerce.

[FR Doc. 97–28305 Filed 10–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510 FP–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 102097A]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council (Council) and its

committees will convene public

meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on

November 10–13, 1997. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

dates and times.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held

at the Holiday Inn Longboat Key, 4949

Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key

(Sarasota), FL; telephone: 941–383–

3771.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director,

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; telephone: (813) 228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Council

November 12

8:30 a.m.—Convene.

8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.—Appointment of

Committees.

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon—Receive

public testimony on a control date for

dolphin/wahoo; interim/emergency

action on red snapper size limits; and

reef fish total allowable catch (TAC).

During the meeting the Council will

review stock assessments for red

snapper and gag (grouper) and

determine whether to specify or modify

the TAC for these stocks for the 1998

fishing year. The Council will also

consider whether to request by

emergency rule that the minimum size

limit for red snapper remain at 15

inches or be set at 14 inches. Without

some action the minimum size limit

will become 16 inches on January 1,

1998. The Council will also consider

whether to specify a control date for the

fisheries for dolphin (fish) and wahoo.

If approved, the control date would

notify commercial fishermen that if a

limited access system is developed for

these fisheries, persons that enter the

fishery after that date may not be

allowed to participate.

1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.—Receive a

report on a peer-group review of

management of the red snapper fishery

and the information used for

management. This review was

mandated by Congress through passage

of the Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA).

In complying with this mandate, NMFS

empaneled three groups of scientists

from outside the Gulf region to conduct

the peer-group review during July and

August. The panels reviewed

information provided by NMFS and by

the commercial fishing industry related

to: (1) the statistical information and

analyses, (2) the economic information

and analyses, and (3) management and

science procedures and data, including

stock assessments.

3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.—Hear a status

report on development of new bycatch

reduction device (BRD) designs and a

protocol for certifying BRDs for use in

trawls.

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.—Receive a

summary of the report by NMFS to

Congress that identified overfished

stocks in each region. For the Gulf,

stocks that were identified include: red

snapper, red drum, Gulf-group king

Mackerel, jewfish, and Nassau grouper.

The Council has previously prohibited

any harvest or possession of red drum,

jewfish, and Nassau grouper in Federal

waters. NMFS will also discuss the new

provisions of the SFA that will apply to

restoration of these stocks. If only the

impacts on fishing communities are

taken into consideration TACs must be

specified that will restore the stock to

maximum sustainable yield (MSY)

within 10 years. This consideration will

likely require reducing TAC for some

stocks.

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.—Receive a

report of the Reef Fish Management

Committee.

5:30 p.m.—CLOSED SESSION -

Appointment of members to Reef Fish

and Red Snapper Advisory Panels and

chairs to the Louisiana/Mississippi

Habitat Advisory Panel.

November 13

8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.—Continue the

report of the Reef Fish Management

Committee.

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.—Receive a

report of the Mackerel Management

Committee

2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.—Receive a

report of the Migratory Species

Management Committee.

2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.--Receive a report

of the Habitat Protection Management

Committee.

2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.—Receive a

report of the Stone Crab Management

Committee.

2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.—Receive a

report of the Administrative Policy

Committee.

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.—Receive reports

of the Highly Migratory Species Billfish

Advisory Panel, Longline Advisory

Panel, Tuna, Swordfish, and Shark

Advisory Panel, and International

Commission for the Conservation of

Atlantic Tunas Advisory Committee.

3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.—Receive a

report on NMFS/Council Working

Group meeting.