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changed circumstances antidumping

duty administrative review and intent to

revoke this order in part (62 FR 60470).

We gave interested parties an

opportunity to comment on the

preliminary results of this changed

circumstances review. We received a

comment from domestic producers and

a rebuttal comment from Sudo.

Comment: Domestic producers claim

that the Department’s description of the

merchandise to be excluded from the

order is overly broad. They state that the

Department, in its preliminary results,

described the product to be excluded

from the order only by width and

thickness, ignoring the chemical

composition and thickness of the

coating. Domestic producers claim that

their statement of no interest was based

on a description of the product using all

of the above criteria. Sudo agrees that

the product to be excluded should be

defined by all criteria.

Department’s Position: We agree with

domestic producers and with Sudo, and

have added the chemical composition of

each of the three coating layers and the

thickness of the total coating to the

characteristics of the product to be

excluded from the antidumping order.

Scope of Review

The merchandise covered by this

changed circumstances review is certain

corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat

products from Japan. This changed

circumstances administrative review

covers all manufacturers/exporters of

certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel

flat products meeting the following

specifications: widths ranging from 10

millimeters (0.394 inches) through 100

millimeters (3.94 inches); thicknesses,

including coatings, ranging from 0.11

millimeters (0.004 inches) through 0.60

millimeters (0.024 inches); and a coating

that is from 0.003 millimeters (0.00012

inches) through 0.005 millimeters

(0.000196 inches) in thickness and that

is comprised of three evenly applied

layers, the first layer consisting of 99%

zinc, 0.5% cobalt, and 0.5%

molybdenum, followed by a layer

consisting of chromate, and finally a

layer consisting of silicate.

Final Results of Review; Partial

Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order

The affirmative statement of no

interest by petitioners in certain

corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat

products, as described above, produced

in Japan, constitutes changed

circumstances sufficient to warrant

partial revocation of this order.

Therefore, the Department is partially

revoking the order on certain corrosionresistant carbon steel flat products from

Japan with regard to products which

meet the specifications detailed above,

in accordance with sections 751 (b) and

(d) and 782(h) of the Act and 19 CFR

351.216(d)(1). This partial revocation

applies to all entries of the subject

merchandise entered, or withdrawn

from warehouse, for consumption on or

after October 27, 1995.

The Department will instruct the U.S.

Customs Service (Customs) to proceed

with liquidation, without regard to

antidumping duties, of all unliquidated

entries of certain corrosion-resistant

carbon steel flat products with the

dimensions and coatings described

above from Japan, entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after October 27,

1995. The Department will further

instruct Customs to refund with interest

any estimated duties collected with

respect to unliquidated entries of this

product from Japan entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after October 27,

1995, in accordance with section 778 of

the Act.

This notice also serves as a reminder

to parties subject to administrative

protection orders (APOs) of their

responsibility concerning the

disposition of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with 19 CFR 353.34(d)(1997). Timely

written notification of the return/

destruction of APO materials or

conversion to judicial protective order is

hereby requested. Failure to comply

with the regulations and terms of an

APO is a sanctionable violation.

This changed circumstances

administrative review, partial

revocation of the antidumping duty

order and notice are in accordance with

sections 751 (b) and (d) and 782(h) of

the Act and sections 351.216 and

351.222(g) of the Department’s

regulations.

Dated: December 16, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–33351 Filed 12–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–428–824, A–475–820, A–588–843, A–580–

829, A–469–807, A–401–806, and A–583–

828]

Notice of Postponement of Preliminary

Determinations of Sales at Less Than

Fair Value: Stainless Steel Wire Rod

from Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea,

Spain, Sweden, and Taiwan

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 22, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Irene Darzenta, James Maeder, or Erik

Warga, Import Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone

(202) 482–6320, (202) 482–3330, or

(202) 482–0922, respectively.

Postponement of Preliminary

Determinations

On August 19, 1997, the Department

initiated antidumping duty

investigations of imports of stainless

steel wire rod from Germany, Italy,

Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, and

Taiwan. The notice of initiation stated

that we would issue our preliminary

determinations on or before January 6,

1998 (62 FR 45224, August 26, 1997).

On December 11, 1997, petitioners

made a timely request pursuant to 19

CFR 351.205(e) of the Department’s

regulations for 50-day postponements of

the preliminary determinations, until

February 25, 1998, pursuant to section

733(c)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the Act). Petitioners

requested postponements because the

Department is either (a) in the process

of conducting below-cost investigations

(in the Spain and Taiwan cases) or (b)

evaluating petitioners’ requests to

initiate below-cost investigations (in the

Italy, Japan, Korea and Sweden

investigations), and it is the petitioners’

intention that, by requesting

postponements, the additional time will

allow the Department to include data

from any cost investigations in its

preliminary determinations.

In the investigation of stainless steel

wire rod from Germany, the respondents

have informed the Department that they

are not cooperating in the investigation;

as a result, the Department will have no

choice but to use the most adverse facts

available in its determination. Although

no additional time is likely to be needed

for the Department to prepare its

preliminary determination in the

Germany investigation, petitioners are
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requesting postponement in this case as

well so that all of the antidumping cases

will remain on the same schedule and,

thus, permit the International Trade

Commission to cumulate the cases if it

deems appropriate to do so. For these

same reasons, petitioners also ask the

Department to postpone all of the abovereferenced cases by the same number of

days in order to ensure that they remain

on identical time schedules.

For the reasons identified by

petitioners, we are postponing the

preliminary determinations under

Section 733(c)(1) of the Act. We will

make our preliminary determinations no

later than February 25, 1998.

This notice is published pursuant

section 733(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR

351.205(f).

Dated: December 16, 1997.

Holly Kuga,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary.AD/CVD

Enforcement, Group II.

[FR Doc. 97–33350 Filed 12–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Proposed Collection: Comment

Request

AGENCY: Air Force Junior Reserve

Officer Training Corps, Operations

Section.

ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with Section 3506 (c)

(2) (A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995, the Air Force Junior Reserve

Officer Training Corps, Operations

Section, announces the proposed

reinstatement of a public information

collection and seeks public comment on

the provisions thereof. Comments are

invited on: (a) Whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed information collection; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the information collection on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received by February 20,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

AFROTC/DOJ, 551 East Maxwell Blvd,

Maxwell Air Force Base, AL 36112–

6106.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request more information on this

proposed information collection or to

obtain a copy of the proposal and

associated collection instruments,

please write to the above address or call

AFROTC/DOJO at (334) 953–5116.

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Number: Application for Establishment

of Air Force Junior ROTC Unit,

AFROTC Form 59, OMB Number 0701–

0114.

Needs and Uses: The information

collection requirement is necessary to

obtain information about schools which

would like to host an Air Force Junior

ROTC unit.

Affected Public: Schools which desire

to establish an Air Force Junior ROTC

unit.

Annual Burden Hours: 20.

Number of Respondents: 40.

Average Burden Per Respondent: 30

minutes.

Frequency: One time.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

Respondents are high school officials

who provide information about their

school which is interested in hosting an

Air Force JROTC unit. The completed

form is used to determine the eligibility

of the school to host an Air Force JROTC

unit. If the form is not included in the

file, a school cannot be offered the

opportunity to host an AFJROTC unit.

Barbara A. Carmichael,

Alternate Air Force, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–33347 Filed 12–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Public Hearing for the Draft

Environmental Impact; Statement/

Environmental Impact Report (DEIS/

EIR) for the Disposal of the Long

Beach Naval Station (NAVSTA) and the

Long Beach Naval Shipyard (NSY)

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Announcement of public

hearing.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

and the City of Long Beach have

prepared and filed with the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency a

Draft Environmental Impact Statement/

Environmental Impact Report (DEIS/

EIR) for the disposal of NAVSTA and

NSY and the subsequent reuse of those

properties and other adjacent properties.

A public hearing will be held for the

purpose to receive oral and written

comments on the DEIS/EIR. Federal,

state and local agencies, and interested

individuals are invited to be present or

represented at the hearing.

DATES: Hearing date is as follows:

1. January 14, 1998, 7:00 p.m., Long

Beach, CA.

ADDRESSES: Hearing location is:

1. Long Beach—the City of Long

Beach Council Chambers, 333 West

Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach,

California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Melanie Ault, (619) 532–4744.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Council on Environmental

Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–

1508) implementing the procedural

provisions of National Environmental

Policy Act (NEPA), California Public

Resources Code 21000 et seq., and 14

California Code of Regulation 15000 et

seq., implementing the procedural

provisions of the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the

Department of the Navy and the City of

Long Beach have prepared and filed

with the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency a DEIS/EIR for the disposal of

NAVSTA and NSY and the subsequent

reuse of those properties and other

adjacent properties. The DEIS/EIR has

also been prepared in accordance with

the Defense Base Closure and

Realignment Act of 1990 (DBCRA) (10

U.S.C. 2687 note) and the

recommendations of the Defense Base

Closure and Realignment Commission

approved by the President and accepted

by Congress in 1991 and 1995.

The purpose of the proposed federal

action is to dispose of NAVSTA and

NSY for reuse in accordance with

DBCRA established procedures for

closing and realigning military

installations. The portion of NAVSTA

addressed in this action includes the

main station, the Navy Mole, and Site

6A–LB. The Navy Fuel Depot, located

on the Navy Mole, was not declared to

be surplus to the needs of the federal

government and will remain the

property of the Navy. Of the 250 acres

NSY site, 84 acres are subject to

reversion under the terms of the final

judgment in United States of America v.

1039 Acres of Land etc. et. al. The Navy

has no discretion regarding the

reversion of this property. There are also

602 acres of submerged land that will

revert to the City under the terms of that

judgment. The remaining land at NSY

will be disposed of by the Navy under