Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 37 / Tuesday, February 25, 1997 / Notices 8427

Commission (ITC) notified the

Department of its final determination,

pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the

Act, that an industry in the United

States is materially injured by reason of

imports of the subject merchandise from

Indonesia, the PRC, and Taiwan. In its

final determination, the ITC determined

that two like products exist for the

merchandise covered by the Commerce

investigations: (a) Melamine dinnerware

for institutional uses, and (b) melamine

dinnerware for non-institutional uses.

The ITC’s affirmative injury

determination covered only melamine

dinnerware for institutional uses.

Accordingly, the scope of the

antidumping duty orders, as described

above, reflects the ITC’s distinction

between institutional and noninstitutional uses.

In accordance with section 736(a)(1)

of the Act, the Department will direct

Customs officers to assess, upon further

advice by the administering authority,

antidumping duties equal to the amount

by which the normal value of the

merchandise exceeds the export price

(or the constructed export price) of the

merchandise for all relevant entries of

melamine institutional dinnerware from

Indonesia, the PRC, and Taiwan, except

for imports from the PRC manufactured

and sold to the United States by Chen

Hao (Xiamen) Plastic Industrial Co. Ltd.

(‘‘Chen Hao Xiamen’’), Gin Harvest

Melamine (Heyuan) Enterprises Co. Ltd.

(‘‘Gin Harvest’’), and Sam Choan Plastic

Co. Ltd. (‘‘Sam Choan’’), and for imports

from Taiwan sold by Yu Cheer

Industrial Co., Ltd. (‘‘Yu Cheer’’).

Accordingly, all bonds may be released

and entries of these exporters may be

liquidated without regard to

antidumping duties. For all other

exporters, Customs officers must

require, at the same time as importers

would normally deposit estimated

duties on this merchandise, a cash

deposit equal to the estimated weightedaverage antidumping duty margins as

noted below. The ‘‘All Others’’ or ‘‘PRCwide’’ rate listed for each country

applies to all exporters of melamine

institutional dinnerware not specifically

listed below. For melamine dinnerware

products intended for sale to the retail

sector and for use by households,

importers shall maintain on file a

declaration as to the intended use of the

imported merchandise. If the Customs

officer is satisfied that the intended use

of the imported merchandise is not for

institutional purposes, the entry will not

be covered by this order.

The ad valorem weighted-average

dumping margins are as follows:

Producer/manufacturer/exporterMargin percentage

I. Indonesia:

P.T. Mayer Crocodile ....... 12.90.

P.T. Multi Raya Indah

Abah.

8.95.

All Others ......................... 8.95.

II. People’s Republic of

China:

Chen Hao (Xiamen) Plastic Industrial Co. Ltd.0.46

(de minimis).

Gin Harvest Melamine

(Heyuan) Enterprises

Co. Ltd.

0.47

(de minimis).

Sam Choan Plastic Co.

Ltd.

0.04

(de minimis).

Tar-Hong Melamine

Xiamen Co. Ltd.

2.74.

PRC-Wide Rate ............... 7.06.

III. Taiwan:

Chen Hao Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd.3.25.

Yu Cheer Industrial Co.,

Ltd.

0.00.

IKEA Trading Far East Ltd 53.13.

Gallant Chemical Corporation.53.13.

All Others ......................... 3.25.

This notice constitutes the

antidumping duty orders with respect to

melamine institutional dinnerware from

Indonesia, the PRC, and Taiwan. The

Department is excluding from the

application of the orders products from

Taiwan manufactured and sold to the

United States by Yu Cheer. The

Department is also excluding products

from the PRC that are manufactured and

sold to the United States by Chen Hao

Xiamen, Gin Harvest, and Sam Choan;

however, the ad valorem weightedaverage dumping margin applicable to

melamine institutional dinnerware

manufactured by any other PRC

manufacturer and exported by any of

these companies is 7.06 percent (the

PRC-wide rate).

Interested parties may contact the

Central Records Unit, Room B–099 of

the Main Commerce Building, for copies

of an updated list of antidumping duty

orders currently in effect.

These orders are published in

accordance with section 736(a) of the

Act.

Dated: February 18, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–4510 Filed 2–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M

International Trade Administration

Notice of Compilation of Individuals

and Companies That Are Prepared To

Provide Guidance Regarding Doing

Business in the Pacific Islands

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

SUMMARY: The International Trade

Administration (ITA) is compiling a list

of individuals and companies that are

prepared to provide guidance regarding

doing business in the Pacific Islands.

ITA invites interested parties to express

their interest to the Office of South Asia

and Oceania.

DATES: Interested parties will be

retained on the list for a period of two

years. A party may request that it be

removed from the list at an earlier date.

ADDRESSES: Send by fax expressions of

interest to the Department’s Office of

South Asia and Oceania at (202) 482–

5330. Letters may be sent to: U.S.

Department of Commerce, Office of

South Asia and Oceania, 14th and

Constitution Ave. N.W., Rm. 2308,

Washington D.C. 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Kent

Stauffer at the above address, or at

telephone number (202) 482–2955.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of South Asia and Oceania coordinates

activity for the U.S. side of the United

States-Pacific Island Nations Joint

Commercial Commission (JCC). The

Island side is comprised of the

following thirteen countries: Cook

Islands, Federated States of Micronesia,

Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Papua New

Guinea, Republic of the Marshall

Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga,

Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa.

The JCC plans to produce a listing of

individuals and firms (Counselors) that

are familiar with the business

conditions and government procedures

in the Pacific Islands. Interested

individuals and firms should have

extensive business experience and/or

have worked with governments in fields

involving economic developments in

the region. The Counselors will serve

without compensation from ITA or the

JCC. The JCC will maintain and

publicize a register of names for referral

purposes. The Counselors will have

access to JCC-generated information and

will provide a link to people in the

private sector seeking experienced

guidance about doing business in the

region.
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Dated: February 5, 1997.

Nancy Linn Patton,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia and the

Pacific.

[FR Doc. 97–4504 Filed 2–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DA–P

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Notice of Prospective Grant of

Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Commerce.

SUMMARY: This is a notice in accordance

with 35 USC 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR

404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Institute

of Standards and Technology (‘‘NIST’’),

U.S. Department of Commerce, is

contemplating the grant of an exclusive

license in the United States to practice

the invention embodied in U.S. Patent

Application Number 08/487,557, titled,

‘‘Pre-Ceramic Polymers in Fabrication of

Ceramic Composites,’’ in the field of use

of dental and costmetic products, to

Vident, having a place of business in

Brea, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bruce E. Mattson, National Institute of

Standards and Technology, Industrial

Partnerships Program, Building 820,

Room 213, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

prosective exclusive license will be

royalty-bearing and will comply with

the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C.

209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective

exclusive license may be granted unless,

within sixty days from the date of this

published Notice, NIST receives written

evidence and argument which establish

that the grant of the license would not

be consistent with the requirements of

35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.

U.S. Patent Application Number 08/

487,557 provides composites in the

form of a three-dimensional framework

or skeleton of ceramic particles which

are formed by a low cost, low

temperature sintering process which

decomposes a pre-ceramic inorganic or

organic precursor.

NIST may enter into a Cooperative

Research and Development Agreement

(‘‘CRADA’’) with the licensee to perform

further research on the invention for

purposes of commercialization. NIST

may grant the licensee an option to

negotiate for exclusive licenses to any

jointly owned inventions which arise

from the CRADA as well as an option to

negotiate for exclusive royalty-bearing

licenses for NIST employee inventions

which arise from the CRADA.

The availability of the invention for

licensing was published in the Federal

Register, Vol. 61, No. 107 (June 2, 1996).

A copy of the patent application may be

obtained from NIST at the Foregoing

Address.

Dated: February 6, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office.

[FR Doc. 97–4615 Filed 2–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 021897A]

Mid-Atlantic Take Reduction Team

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of establishment of team

and public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Take Reduction Team to

address bycatch of harbor porpoise in

U.S. mid-Atlantic gillnet fisheries is

established February 25, 1997 and will

hold its first meeting to develop a Take

Reduction Plan as described in the

Marine Mammal Protection Act

(MMPA) focusing on reducing bycatch

in these fisheries.

DATES: The team is established as of

February 25, 1997. The first meeting of

the team will be held on March 4–5,

1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Future

meetings are tentatively scheduled for

April 23–24, 1997, and June 3–4, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The first meeting will be

held at the Holiday Inn SunSpree

Resort, 3900 Atlantic Avenue, Virginia

Beach, VA 23451. Future meetings are

tentatively scheduled for Salisbury, MD,

(April) and Washington, D.C. (June).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Victoria Cornish, (301) 713-2322.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April

30, 1994, the 1994 Amendments to the

MMPA were signed into law. Section

117 of the MMPA requires that NMFS

complete stock assessment reports for

all marine mammal stocks within U.S.

waters. Each stock assessment report is

required to categorize the status of the

stock as one that either has a level of

human-caused mortality and serious

injury that is not likely to cause the

stock to be reduced below its optimum

sustainable population; or is a strategic

stock, with a description of the reasons

therefore; and estimate the potential

biological removal (PBR) level for the

stock, describing the information used

to calculate it, including the recovery

factor. Stock Assessment Reports and

the calculated PBR were published by

NMFS in July 1995.

The MMPA defines a ‘‘strategic stock’’

as a marine mammal stock for which the

level of direct human-caused mortality

exceeds the PBR level; which, based on

the best available scientific information,

is declining and is likely to be listed as

a threatened species under the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)

within the foreseeable future; which is

listed as a threatened species or

endangered species under the ESA, or is

designated as depleted under the

MMPA. The MMPA further defines the

term ‘‘potential biological removal,’’ or

PBR, as ‘‘the maximum number of

animals, not including natural

mortalities, that may be removed from a

marine mammal stock while allowing

that stock to reach or maintain its

optimum sustainable population.’’

Mid-Atlantic gillnet fisheries interact

with the Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy

stock of harbor porpoise (supporting

documentation at 60 FR 67063,

December 28, 1995). This stock is

considered strategic under the MMPA

because the level of human-caused

mortality is greater than its PBR levels.

Section 118(f) of the MMPA requires

NMFS to establish a Take Reduction

Team to prepare a draft Take Reduction

Plan designed to assist in the recovery

or prevent the depletion of each

strategic marine mammal stock that

interacts with certain fisheries. Section

118(f)(6)(C) requires that members of

Take Reduction Teams have expertise

regarding the conservation or biology of

the marine mammal species that the

plan will address, or the fishing

practices that result in the incidental

mortality and serious injury of such

species. The MMPA further specifies

that members of the team shall include

representatives of Federal agencies, each

coastal state with fisheries that interact

with the species or stock, appropriate

Regional Fishery Management Councils,

interstate fisheries commissions,

academic and scientific organizations,

environmental groups, all commercial

and recreational fisheries groups and

gear types which incidentally take the

species or stock, Alaska Native

organizations, or Indian tribal

organizations, and others as deemed

appropriate.

As a result of an extended interview

process conducted by a NMFScontracted facilitator, NMFS has asked

the following individuals to be a

member of the team, which will focus

on reducing bycatch of harbor porpoise

taken as bycatch in U.S. mid-Atlantic

gillnet fisheries: Erik Anderson,

independent fisher, New Hampshire,

and member of the New England

Fishery Management Council; Herb

Austin, fishery scientist, Virginia