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publicly available publication and has

been used to value plastic bags in past

determinations. See Notice of the

Preliminary Determination of the Sales

of Less than Fair Value: Bicycles from

the PRC 60 FR 56567, 56573 (November

9, 1995).

Final Results of Review

For Jiangsu, which failed to respond

to the questionnaire, we have not

granted a separate rate and the countrywide rate will apply to all of its sales.

For Guangdong, which reported that it

had no sales during the POR, its

company-specific rate from the previous

administrative review remains

unchanged.

As a result of our review of the

comments received, we have changed

the results from those presented in our

preliminary results of the review.

Therefore, we determine that the

following margins exists as a result of

our review:

Manufacturer/

exporter Time period

Margin

(percent)

Tianjin Chemicals I/E Corp. 7/01/95–6/30/96 0.00

Sinochem International

Chemicals

Corp ............. 7/01/95–6/30/96 1.78

Guangdong

Chemicals I/

E Corp ......... 7/01/95–6/30/96 13.54

Country-Wide

Rate ............. 7/01/95–6/30/96 243.40

The Department shall determine, and

the Customs Service shall assess,

antidumping duties on all appropriate

entries. Individual differences between

USP and NV may vary from the

percentages stated above. The

Department will issue appraisement

instructions directly to the Customs

Service.

Furthermore, the following cash

deposit requirements will be effective

upon publication of the final results of

this administrative review for all

shipments of the subject merchandise

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after the

publication date, as provided for by

section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) For the

reviewed companies named above

which have separate rates (SICC and

Tianjin), the cash deposit rates will be

the rates for those firms indicated above;

(2) for companies previously found to be

entitled to a separate rate and for which

no review was requested, the cash

deposit rates will be the rate established

in the most recent review of that

company; (3) for all other PRC exporters

of subject merchandise from the PRC,

the cash deposit rates will be the PRC

country-wide rate indicated above; and

(4) the cash deposit rate for non-PRC

exporters of subject merchandise from

the PRC will be the rate applicable to

the PRC supplier of that exporter. These

deposit rates, when imposed, shall

remain in effect until publication of the

final results of the next administrative

review.

Notification of Interested Parties

This notice also serves as a

preliminary reminder to importers of

their responsibility under 19 CFR

353.26 to file a certificate regarding the

reimbursement of antidumping duties

prior to liquidation 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 administrative review and notice

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

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

section 353.22 of the Department’s

regulations.

Dated: December 8, 1997.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–32632 Filed 12–12–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Application for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instrument

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), we invite comments on the

question of whether instruments of

equivalent scientific value, for the

purposes for which the instrument

shown below is intended to be used, are

being manufactured in the United

States.

Comments must comply with 15 CFR

301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and

be filed within 20 days with the

Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

D.C. 20230. The application may be

examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00

P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

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

Docket Number: 97–095. Applicant:

Stanford University, Stanford Medical

Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room 5302,

Palo Alto, CA 94304. Instrument:

Ultrasound Bone Densitometer.

Manufacturer: McCue Plc, United

Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument

will be used to assess the bone density

(strength) of the bone in healthy

children and those with chronic

diseases in studies to help determine

the risk of osteoporosis. Application

accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

November 7, 1997.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–32626 Filed 12–12–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

[Docket No. 970822200–7283–03]

RIN 0693–AB44

Announcement of Availability of

Funding for Competitions—Advanced

Technology Program (ATP)

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Technology

Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Technology

Administration’s National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST)

announces the availability of funding

for the following competitions to be

held in fiscal year 1998 under the

Advanced Technology Program (ATP):

(1) A General Competition 98–01, open

to all areas of technology meeting the

ATP selection criteria and (2) Focused

Program Competitions (approximately

seven to nine) on specific technology or

technology application areas. This

notice provides general information for

the competitions planned for fiscal year

1998.

DATES: The proposal due dates, Focused

Program Competition topics, and other

competition-specific instructions will be

published in the Commerce Business

Daily (CBD) at the time each

competition is announced. Dates, times,

and locations of Proposers’ Conferences

held for interested parties considering

applying for funding will also be

announced in the CBD.

ADDRESSES: Information on the ATP

may be obtained from the following

address: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Advanced Technology

Program, Administration Building

(Bldg. 101), Room A407, Quince

Orchard & Clopper Roads, Gaithersburg,

MD 20899–0001.
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Additionally, information on the ATP

is available on the Internet through the

World Wide Web (WWW) at http://

www.atp.nist.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for ATP information,

application materials, and/or to have

your name added to the ATP mailing

list for future mailings may also be

made by:

(a) Calling the ATP toll-free ‘‘hotline’’

number at 1–800–ATP–FUND or 1–800–

287–3863. You will have the option of

hearing recorded messages regarding the

status of the ATP or speaking to one of

our customer representatives who will

take your name and address. If our

representatives are all busy when you

call, leave a message after the tone. To

ensure that the information is entered

correctly, please speak distinctly and

slowly and spell the words that might

cause confusion. Leave your phone

number as well as your name and

address;

(b) Sending a facsimile (fax) to 301–

926–9524 or 301–590–3053; or

(c) Sending electronic mail to

atp@nist.gov. Include your name, full

mailing address, and phone number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The statutory authority for the ATP is

Section 5131 of the Omnibus Trade and

Competitiveness Act of 1988 (Pub. L.

100–418, 15 U.S.C. 278n), as modified

by Pub. L. 102–245. The ATP

implementing regulations are published

at 15 CFR Part 295, as amended (62 FR,

pages 64682–64687, December 9, 1997).

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance (CFDA) number and program

title for the ATP are 11.612, Advanced

Technology Program (ATP).

The Advanced Technology Program

(ATP) is a rigorously competitive costsharing program designed for the

Federal government to work in

partnership with industry to foster the

development and broad dissemination

of challenging, high-risk technologies

that offer the potential for significant,

broad-based economic benefits for the

nation. Such a unique governmentindustry research partnership fosters the

acceleration not only of dramatic gains

in existing industries, but also

acceleration of the development of

emerging or enabling technologies

leading to revolutionary new products,

industrial processes and services for the

world’s markets and work to spawn

industries of the 21st century. The ATP

provides multi-year funding to single

companies and to industry-led joint

ventures. The ATP accelerates

technologies that, because they are

risky, are unlikely to be developed in

time to compete in rapidly changing

world markets without such a

partnership between industry and the

Federal government. The ATP

challenges industry to take on higher

risk (but commensurately higher

potential payoff to the nation) projects

than they would otherwise. Proposers

must provide credible arguments as to

the project feasibility.

The funding instrument used in ATP

awards is a ‘‘cooperative agreement.’’

Through the use of the cooperative

agreement, the ATP is designed to foster

a government-industry partnership to

accomplish a public purpose of support

or stimulation. NIST plays a substantial

role in providing technical assistance

and monitoring the technical work and

business progress.

Funding Availability

A total estimate $82 million in first

year funding will be available for new

awards for the fiscal year 1998 ATP

competitions to be announced in the

CBD. The actual number of proposals

funded under each competition will

depend on the quality of the proposals

received and the amount of funding

requested in the highest ranked

proposals. Outyear funding beyond the

first year is contingent on the approval

of future Congressional appropriations

and satisfactory project performance.

Eligibility Requirements, Selection

Criteria, and Proposal Review Process

The eligibility requirements, selection

criteria, and the proposal review process

are discussed in detail in the ATP

implementing regulations published at

15 CFR Part 295, amended (62 FR, pages

64682–64687, December 9, 1997), and

the ATP Proposal Preparation Kit.

Funding Amounts, Award Period and

Cost Sharing (Matching) Requirements

(a) Single company recipients can

receive ATP funds for R&D activities for

up to 3 years, with ATP funding not to

exceed $2 million for direct costs. ATP

funds may only be used to pay for direct

costs for single company recipients.

Single company recipients are

responsible for funding all of their

overhead/indirect costs. Small and

medium size companies applying as a

single company proposers are not

required to provide cost-sharing of

direct costs. Large companies applying

as single company proposers, however,

must cost-share at least 60 percent of the

total project costs (direct plus indirect

costs) for each quarter in each year of

the award. A large company is defined

as any business, including any parent

company plus related subsidiaries,

having annual revenues in excess of

$2.578 billion. (Note that this number

will likely change for future

competitions and, if so, will be noted in

future annual announcements of

availability of funds and ATP Proposal

Preparation Kits.)

(b) Joint ventures can receive ATP

funds for R&D activities for up to 5

years, with ATP funding a minority

share of the total project costs. Joint

ventures must cost-share (matching

funds) more than 50 percent of the total

project costs (direct plus indirect costs)

for each quarter that the ATP funds the

project. Matching funds are defined in

15 CFR Part 295.2(1).

(c) Funds derived from Federal

sources may not be used to meet the

cost sharing requirement. Additionally,

subcontractors may not contribute

toward the matching-fund requirement.

Application Forms and Proposal

Preparation Kit

A new December 1997 version of the

ATP Proposal Preparation Kit is

available upon request from the ATP at

the address and phone numbers noted

in this notice. The Kit is also available

on the Internet through the World Wide

Web under the heading Publications on

the ATP home page http://

www.atp.nist. gov. Note that the ATP

will be mailing the Kit to all those

individuals whose names are currently

on the ATP mailing list. Those

individuals need not contact the ATP to

request the new Kit. The Kit contains

proposal cover sheets, other required

forms, background material, and

instructions for submission of

proposals. All proposals must be

prepared in accordance with the

instructions in the Kit.

Submission of Revised Proposals

A proposer may submit a full

proposal that is a revised version of a

full proposal submitted to a previous

ATP competition. NIST will examine

such proposals to determine whether

substantial revisions have been made.

Where the revisions are determined not

to be substantial, NIST reserves the right

to score and rank, or where appropriate,

to reject, such proposals based on

reviews of the previously submitted

proposal.

Other Requirements

(a) Federal Policies and Procedures.

Recipients and subrecipients are subject

to all Federal laws and Federal and

Department of Commerce policies,

regulations, and procedures applicable

to Federal financial assistance awards as

identified in the cooperative agreement

award.
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(b) Past Performance. Unsatisfactory

performance under prior Federal awards

may result in a proposal not being

considered for funding.

(c) Pre-award Activities. If proposers

incur any costs prior to an award being

made, they do solely at their own risk

of not being reimbursed by the

Government. Only written authorization

from the NIST Grants Officer will

obligate NIST to cover pre-award costs.

(d) No Obligation for Future Funding.

If a proposal is selected for funding,

NIST has no obligation to provide any

additional future funding in connection

with that award. Renewal of an award

to increase funding or extend the period

of performance is at the total discretion

of NIST.

(e) Delinquent Federal Debts. No

award of Federal funds shall be made to

a proposer or recipient who has an

outstanding delinquent Federal debt

until either the delinquent account is

paid in full, a negotiated repayment

schedule is established and at least one

payment is received, or other

arrangements satisfactory to NIST are

made.

(f) Name Check Review. All for-profit

and non-profit proposers are subject to

a name check review process. Name

checks are intended to reveal if any key

individuals associated with the

proposer have been convicted of or are

presently facing criminal charges such

as fraud, theft, perjury, or other matters

which significantly reflect on the

proposer’s management, honesty, or

financial integrity.

(g) Primary Applicant Certification.

All primary proposers (including all

joint venture participants) must submit

a completed form CD–511,

‘‘Certifications Regarding Debarment,

Suspension, and Other Responsibility

Matters; Drug-Free Workplace

Requirements and Lobbying,’’ and the

following explanation is hereby

provided:

(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 605) are subject

to 15 CFR 26, subpart F,

‘‘Governmentwide 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, ‘‘Limitations 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

proposer 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.

(h) Lower Tier Certification.

Recipients shall require proposers/

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 Transactions and Lobbying’’

and Form SF–LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of

Lobbying Activities.’’ Although the CD–

512 is intended for the use of primary

recipients and should not be transmitted

to NIST, the SF–LLL submitted by any

tier recipient or subrecipient should be

forwarded in accordance with the

instructions contained in the award

document.

(i) False Statements. A false statement

on any application for funding under

ATP may be 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.

(j) Intergovernmental Review. The

ATP does not involve the mandatory

payment of any matching funds from

state or local government and does not

affect directly any state or local

government. Accordingly, the

Department of Commerce has

determined that Executive Order 12372,

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs’’ is not applicable to this

program.

(k) American-Made Equipment and

Products. Proposers are hereby notified

that they are encouraged, to the greatest

extent practicable, to purchase

American-made equipment and

products with the funding provided

under this program in accordance with

Congressional intent.

(l) Paperwork Reduction Act. This

notice contains collection of

information requirements subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), which

have been approved by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB Control

Nos. 0693–0009 and 0348–0046).

Notwithstanding any other provision of

the law, no person is required to

respond to, nor shall any person be

subject to a penalty for failure to comply

with a collection of information, subject

to the requirements of the PRA, unless

that collection of information displays a

currently valid OMB Control No.

(m) If a proposer’s proposal is judged

to be of high enough quality to be

invited in for an oral review, ATP

reserves the right to submit a list of

questions to the proposer that must be

addressed at the oral review.

(n) There are certain types of projects

that ATP will not fund because they are

inconsistent with the ATP mission.

These include:

(1) Straightforward improvements of

existing products of product

development.

(2) Projects that are predominately

basic research.

(3) Pre-commercial scale

demonstration projects where the

emphasis is on demonstration that some

technology works on a large scale rather

than on R&D.

(4) Projects involving military

weapons R&D or R&D that is of interest

only to some mission agency rather than

to the commercial marketplace.

(5) Projects that ATP believes would

likely be completed with or without

ATP funds in the same time frame or

nearly the same time frame.

(o) Certain costs that may be allowed

in Federal financial assistance programs

are not eligible for funding under ATP

awards. Section E of the Proposal

Preparation Kit lists these costs.

Dated: December 9, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office.

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pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Small-craft Facility Questionnaire

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).