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margins for the two mandatory

respondents.

Currency Conversions

We made currency conversions into

U.S. dollars in accordance with section

773A of the Act based on exchange rates

in effect on the dates of the U.S. sales,

as obtained from the Federal Reserve

Bank (the Department’s preferred source

for exchange rates).

Verification

In accordance with section 782(i) of

the Act, we intend to verify all

information relied upon in making our

final determinations.

Suspension of Liquidation

Because of our preliminary

affirmative critical circumstances

findings in the cases involving India

and the PRC, we are directing the

Customs Service to suspend liquidation

of any unliquidated entries of steel wire

rope from India and the PRC entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after the date which

is 90 days prior to the date on which

this notice is published in the Federal

Register. We are instructing the

Customs Service to require a cash

deposit or the posting of a bond equal

to the weighted-average amount by

which the NV exceeds the EP or CEP, as

indicated in the chart below for imports

from India and the PRC. These

instructions suspending liquidation will

remain in effect until further notice.

Because we preliminarily determined

that steel wire rope from Malaysia is not

being sold at LTFV, we are not

suspending liquidation of such

merchandise at this time.

The weighted-average dumping

margins are provided below:

Manufacturer/exporter Margin

(percent)

India:

Usha Martin Industries, Ltd 21.14

All Others ........................... 21.14

Malaysia:

Kiswire SDN.BHD .............. 0.18

(de minimis)

All Others ........................... 0.18

People’s Republic of China:

Fasten Group Import and

Export Co., Ltd ............... 24.22

Haicheng Greatx Industry

Co. Ltd.* ......................... 56.54

Henan Baoi Wire Rope

Factory* .......................... 56.54

Jiangsu COFCO* ............... 56.54

Jiangsu Guo Tai* ............... 56.54

Liaoning Metals & Minerals

Import & Export Corp.* .. 56.54

Nantong Wire Rope

Company* ...................... 56.54

Nantong Zhongde .............. 118.78

Manufacturer/exporter Margin

(percent)

PRC-Wide Rate ................. 118.78

*All Others

The PRC-wide rate applies to all

entries of the subject merchandise

except for entries from exporters/

factories that are identified individually

above.

Disclosure

The Department will disclose

calculations performed within five days

of the date of publication of this notice

to the parties of the proceedings in these

investigations in accordance with 19

CFR 351.224(b).

International Trade Commission

Notification

In accordance with section 733(f) of

the Act, we have notified the ITC of our

sales at less than fair value and critical

circumstances preliminary

determinations. If any of our final

antidumping determinations is

affirmative, the ITC will determine

whether the imports covered by that

(those) determination(s) are materially

injuring, or threaten material injury to,

the U.S. industry. The deadline for that

ITC determination would be the later of

120 days after the date of these

preliminary determinations or 45 days

after the date of our final

determinations.

Public Comment

Case briefs for this investigation must

be submitted no later than one week

after the issuance of the verification

reports. Rebuttal briefs must be filed

within five days after the deadline for

submission of case briefs. A list of

authorities used, a table of contents, and

an executive summary of issues should

accompany any briefs submitted to the

Department. Executive summaries

should be limited to five pages total,

including footnotes. Further, we would

appreciate it if parties submitting

written comments would provide the

Department with an additional copy of

the public version of any such

comments on diskette.

Section 774 of the Act provides that

the Department will hold a hearing to

afford interested parties an opportunity

to comment on arguments raised in case

or rebuttal briefs, provided that such a

hearing is requested by any interested

party. If a request for a hearing is made

in an investigation, the hearing will

tentatively be held two days after the

deadline for submission of the rebuttal

briefs, at the U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230. In

the event that the Department receives

requests for hearings from parties to

more than one steel wire rope case, the

Department may schedule a single

hearing to encompass all those cases.

Parties should confirm by telephone the

time, date, and place of the hearing 48

hours before the scheduled time.

Interested parties who wish to request

a hearing, or to participate if one is

requested, must submit a written

request within 30 days of the

publication of this notice. Requests

should specify the number of

participants and provide a list of the

issues to be discussed. Oral

presentations will be limited to issues

raised in the briefs.

If this investigation proceeds

normally for the Malaysian and PRC

cases, we will make our final

determinations no later than 75 days

after the date of the preliminary

determinations. As noted above, the

final determination for the Indian case

will be issued 135 days after the date of

the publication of the preliminary

determination.

These determinations are issued and

published pursuant to sections 733(f)

and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

Dated: September 25, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

The Art Institute of Chicago; Notice of

Decision on Application for Duty-Free

Entry of Scientific Instrument

This decision is made 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).

Related records can be viewed between

8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 4211, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

D.C.

Docket Number: 00–025. Applicant:

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

60603–6110. Instrument: Low Pressure

Conservation Table with Accessories.

Manufacturer: Willard Fine Art

Conservation Equipment, United

Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 65

FR 51797, August 25, 2000.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

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instrument, for such purposes as it is

intended to be used, is being

manufactured in the United States.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides heating, precise control of

relative humidity, dehumidification,

vacuum, circulation and a transparent

dome for ‘‘clean room’’ conditions for

preservation and restoration of paintings

and fabrics. The Smithsonian Institution

advised on September 19, 2000 that (1)

these capabilities are pertinent to the

applicant’s intended purpose and (2) it

knows of no domestic instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument for the

applicant’s intended use.

We know of no other instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument which is being

manufactured in the United States.

Gerald A. Zerdy,

Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs

Staff.

[FR Doc. 00–25273 Filed 9–29–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

University of Washington; Notice of

Decision on Application for Duty-Free

Entry of Scientific Instrument

This decision is made 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).

Related records can be viewed between

8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 00–024. Applicant:

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

98195–6100. Instrument: Laser

Microdissection System. Manufacturer:

P.A.L.M. Mikrolaser Technologie,

Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 65

FR 51797, August 25, 2000.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as it is

intended to be used, is being

manufactured in the United States.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) Dissection and catapulting

of live cells directly into

microcentrifuge tubes for analysis

without contamination, (2) high quality

microscope optics, (3) selective

destruction of unwanted cellular

material and (4) microdissection of any

shape cell or tissue area. The National

Institutes of Health advises in its

memorandum of August 10, 2000 that

(1) these capabilities are pertinent to the

applicant’s intended purpose and (2) it

knows of no domestic instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument for the

applicant’s intended use.

We know of no other instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument which is being

manufactured in the United States.

Gerald A. Zerdy,

Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs

Staff.

[FR Doc. 00–25272 Filed 9–29–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards, and

Technology

Advanced Technology Program

Advisory Committee; Notice of

Partially Closed Meeting

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of partially closed

meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee act, 5 U.S.C. app.

2, notice is hereby given that the

Advanced Technology Program

Advisory Committee, National Institute

of Standards and Technology (NIST),

will meet Tuesday, October 17, 2000,

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The

Advanced Technology Program

Advisory Committee is composed of

eight members appointed by the

Director of NIST, who are eminent in

such fields as business, research, new

product development, engineering,

education, and management consulting.

The purpose of this meeting is to review

and make recommendations regarding

general policy for the Advanced

Technology Program (ATP), its

organization, its budget, and its

programs within the framework of

applicable national policies as set forth

by the President and the Congress. The

agenda will include an Update on ATP,

Discussion of the Streamlined/

Revamped Proposal Process; ATP 2000

Awardee Demographics; Economic

Assessment Office Update; Discussion

of Outreach Efforts; Leveraging States

and Future ATP Strategic Initiatives;

and an open discussion. Discussions

scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. and to

end at 9:30 a.m. and to begin at 3:00

p.m. and to end at 4:30 p.m. on October

17, 2000, on the ATP budget issues and

staffing of positions will be closed.

DATES: The meeting will convene

October 17, 2000, at 8:30 a.m. and will

adjourn at 4:30 p.m. on October 17,

2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Employees Lounge,

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet R. Russell, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–1004,

telephone number (301) 975–2107.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Assistant Secretary for Administration,

with the concurrence of the General

Counsel, formally determined on March

30, 2000, that portions of the meeting of

the Advanced Technology Program

Advisory Committee which involve

discussion of proposed funding of the

Advanced Technology Program may be

closed in accordance with 5 U.S.C.

552b(c)(9)(B), because those portions of

the meetings will divulge matters the

premature disclosure of which would be

likely to significantly frustrate

implementation of proposed agency

actions; and that portions of meetings

which involve discussion of staffing of

positions in ATP may be closed in

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6),

because divulging information

discussed in those portions of the

meetings is likely to reveal information

of a personal nature where disclosure

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy.

Dated: September 26, 2000.

Karen H. Brown,

Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 00–25259 Filed 9–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–CN–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 092500B]

Coral, Golden Crab, Shrimp, Spiny

Lobster, Red Drum, Coastal Migratory

Pelagic Resources, and SnapperGrouper Fisheries of the South Atlantic

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of an

application for an exempted fishing

permit; request for comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the receipt

of an application for an exempted

fishing permit (EFP) from Mr. Chris

Ivers, Project Manager, on behalf of the