Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 195 / Friday, October 6, 2000 / Notices 59825

Initiation of Review

In accordance with section

751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR

351.214(d), we are initiating a new

shipper review of the antidumping duty

order on hammers/sledges from the

PRC. Therefore, we intend to issue the

preliminary results of this review not

later than 180 days after the date on

which the review is initiated.

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(B)

of the Department’s regulations, the

period of review (‘‘POR’’) for a new

shipper review initiated in the month

immediately following the semiannual

anniversary month will be the sixmonth period immediately preceding

the semiannual anniversary month.

Therefore, the POR for this new shipper

is:

Antidumping duty

proceeding

Period to be

reviewed

HFHTs from the PRC, A–

570–803: Shandong

Jinma Industrial Group

Co., Ltd ....................... 2/1/00–7/31/00

Subject to receipt of an adequate

separate rates questionnaire response

from the respondent, we will instruct

the U.S. Customs Service to suspend

liquidation of unliquidated entries of

subject merchandise from the above

company and allow, at the option of the

importer, the posting of a bond or

security in lieu of a cash deposit for

each entry of the merchandise exported

by the companies listed above, until the

completion of the review.

Interested parties must submit

applications for disclosure under

administrative protective order in

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and

351.306.

This initiation and notice are in

accordance with section 751(a) of the

Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR

351.214.

Dated: September 28, 2000.

Holly A. Kuga,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary For Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–25791 Filed 10–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

New York Board of Trade; Proposed

Amendments to the Coffee ‘‘C’’

Futures Contract

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed amendments to contract terms

and conditions.

SUMMARY: The New York Board of Trade

(Exchange) has proposed amendments

to the Exchange’s coffee ‘‘C’’ futures

contract. The proposed amendments

would specify the conditions under

which deliverers, receivers and

operators of regular warehouses are

liable for the repair of torn coffee bags,

require that Exchange-licensed

warehouses maintain a log of the

required weekly inspections of futures

delivery coffee, and establish an

expedited arbitration procedure to be

used in the case of controversies

concerning liability for torn bags. The

proposed amendments were submitted

under the Commission’s 45-day Fast

Track procedures which provide that,

absent any contrary action by the

Commission, the proposed amendments

may be deemed approved on October

30, 2000—45 days after the

Commission’s receipt of the proposals.

The Acting Director of the Division of

Economic Analysis (Division) of the

Commission, acting pursuant to the

authority delegated by Commission

Regulation 140.96, has determined that

publication of the proposed

amendments is in the public interest

and will assist the Commission in

considering the views of interested

persons.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before October 23, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should

submit their views and comments to

Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20581. In addition,

comments may be sent by facsimile

transmission to facsimile number (202)

418–5521, or by electronic mail to

secretary @cftc.gov. Reference should be

made to the proposed amendments to

the New York Board of Trade coffee ‘‘C’’

futures contract regarding torn coffee

bags.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Please contact John Bird of the Division

of Economic Analysis, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581, telephone (202)

418–5274. Facsimile number: (202) 418–

5527. Electronic mail: jbird@cftc.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The coffee

‘C’ futures contract currently calls for

the delivery of specified growths of

washed arabica coffee packaged in bags

and held in storage at Exchangelicensed warehouses located in New

York, New Orleans and Miami. The

duties and obligations of licensed

warehouse operators are specified in

Coffee ‘C’ Resolution No. 2 Under Part

(IV)(2) of Resolution No. 2, Exchangelicensed warehouse operators are

required to maintain coffee bags in store

in accordance with Exchange standards,

including keeping the stored coffee bags

and coffee clean, undamaged, and free

from any and all foreign matter which

could be detrimental to the delivery of

the coffee. Licensed warehouse

operators also are required to conduct

weekly inspections of each lot of

Exchange coffee in store to determine

the condition and conformity with

Exchange standards.

Part (IV)(3) of Resolution No. 2

currently requires that licensed

warehouse operators are required to

promptly repair any coffee bags that are

torn, bags from which coffee beans are

sifting, or bags that are in peril of having

coffee beans spilled therefrom. Part

(IV)(4) further provides that, with the

exception of coffee bags that exhibit the

aforementioned conditions, the licensed

warehouse operator must notify the

owner of the coffee of any further

maintenance to be performed on the

bags and provide the owner five

business days to respond. If no response

is received within five business days,

the owner is deemed to have authorized

the maintenance and to have agreed to

pay all costs associated with said

maintenance. The resolution also

currently specifies that the licensed

warehouse operator may notify the

Exchange if the warehouse operator

believes that the response received from

the owners is insufficient to bring the

coffee bags into compliance with

Exchange standards.

The proposed amendments would

implement new provisions clarifying

the responsibilities of deliverers,

receivers and licensed warehouse

operators with regard to the repair of

torn bags. The proposed amendments

would provide, in part, that, if the

licensed warehouse operator has given

written notice to the deliverer prior to

delivery that one or more of the bags

containing the delivery coffee are torn,

the deliverer of the coffee is responsible

for the repair of the torn bag(s).

Alternatively, if the warehouse has met

its obligations as provided in Coffee ‘‘C’’

Resolution No. 2(IV)(2) and the receiver

has failed to inspect the coffee during

the seven business days between the

issuance of the delivery notice and the

delivery date, the receiver is responsible

for repair of the bag(s). The proposed

amendments will further specify that, in

order for the warehouse to demonstrate

that it is conducting the weekly

inspections of the coffee as required in

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Coffee ‘‘C’’ Resolution No. 2(IV)(2), the

warehouse will be required to keep a log

of the weekly inspections. The log will

be required to contain specific

information including the location of

the warehouse, the name of the

individual who conducted the

inspection, and the Exchange

application and lot numbers of the bags

found to require maintenance work.

The proposed amendments also

would provide, in part, that a dispute

between any member and a licensed

warehouse operator concerning the

liability for a torn bag during the

delivery period may be settled by

arbitration before a Special Arbitration

Committee consisting of three

disinterested members of the Exchange’s

Warehouse and License Committee,

who must be appointed by the

Committee’s Chairman within one

business day after the Exchange’s

receipt of a written notice of the

dispute. If members of the Warehouse

and License Committee have an interest

in the dispute, the Chairman may

appoint other persons who are

associated with coffee warehousing and

storage. However, at least one member

of the Special Arbitration Committee

must be a member of the Exchange’s

Warehouse and License Committee. The

proposed amendments also would

change the fee a claimant must pay for

filing a notice of dispute with the

Exchange to $375 for each lot of coffee

covered by a notice of dispute, in place

of the current requirement that a single

fee of $375 per notice by paid.

The Exchange intends to make the

proposed amendments effective upon

Commission approval for all existing

and newly listed contract months.

According to the Exchange, the

proposed amendments concerning the

liability for repair of torn coffee bags

essentially will provide that, as long as

the warehouse is doing its job as

required by Resolution No. 2, then

either the delivery or the receiver is

responsible for repair of the bags.

The Division is requesting comments

on the proposed amendments.

Copies of the proposed amendments

will be available for inspection at the

Office of the Secretariat, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581. Copies of the

proposed amendments can be obtained

through the Office of the Secretariat by

mail at the above address, by phone at

(202) 418–5100, or via the Internet at

secretary@cftc.gov.

Other materials submitted by the

Exchange in support of the proposal

may be available upon request pursuant

to the Freedom of Information Act (5

U.S.C. 552) and the Commission’s

regulations thereunder (17 CFR part 145

(1987)), except to the extent they are

entitled to confidential treatment as set

forth in 17 CFR 145.5 and 145.9.

Requests for copies of such materials

should be made to the FOI, Privacy and

Sunshine Act Compliance Staff of the

Office of Secretariat at the Commission’s

headquarters in accordance with 17 CFR

145.7 and 145.8.

Any person interested in submitting

written data, views, or arguments on the

proposed amendments, or with respect

to other materials submitted by the

Exchange, should send such comments

to Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581 by the specified

date.

Issued in Washington, DC, on October

3,2000.

Richard Shilts,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 00–25924 Filed 10–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

COMMISSION

[CPSC Docket No. 01–C00001]

Crawford Textile Corporation, a

Corporation, Provisional Acceptance

of a Settlement Agreement and Order

AGENCY: Consumer Profice Safety

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: It is the policy of the

Commission to publish settlements

which it provisionally accepts under the

Consumer Product Safety Act in the

Federal Register in accordance with the

terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(f). Published

below is a provisionally-accepted

Settlement Agreement with Crawford

Textile Corporation, a corporation,

containing a civil penalty of $150,000.

DATES: Any interested person may ask

the Commission not to accept this

agreement or otherwise comment on its

contents by filing a written request with

the Office of the Secretary by October

23, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to

commment on this Settlement

Agreement should send written

comments to the Comment 01–C0001,

Office of the Secretary, Consumer

Product Safety Commission,

Washington, DC 20207.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dennis C. Kacoyanis, Trial Attorney,

Office of Compliance and Enforcement,

Consumer Product Safety Commission,

Washington, DC 20207; telephone (301)

504–0226, 1346.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of

the Agreement and Order appears

below.

Dated: October 2, 2000.

Todd A. Stevenson,

Deputy Secretary.

Settlement Agreement and Order

1. This Settlement Agreement and

Order, entered into between Crawford

Textile Corporation (hereinafter,

‘‘Crawford’’ or ‘‘Respondent’’), a

corporation, and the staff of the

Consumer Product Safety Commission

(hereinafter, ‘‘Staff’’), pursuant to the

procedures set forth in 16 CFR 1118.20,

is a compromise resolution of the matter

described herein, without a hearing or

determination of issues of law and fact.

I. The Parties

2. The ‘‘staff’’ is the staff of the

Consumer Product Safety Commission

(hereinafter, ‘‘Commission’’), an

independent federal regulatory

commission of the United States

government established pursuant to

section 4 of the Consumer Product

Safety Act (CPSA), as amended, 15

U.S.C. 2053.

3. Respondent Crawford Textile

Corporation is a corporation organized

and existing under the laws of the State

of North Carolina. Its office is located at

319–A South Westgate Drive,

Greensboro, NC 27407. Respondent is a

converter of circular knitted fabrics.

II. Allegations of the Staff

A. Violation of the Flammable Fabrics

Act

4. On August 27, 1998, Respondent

entered into a contract with Milano

Express, Inc. (hereinafter, ‘‘Milano’’)

whereby Respondent agreed to

manufacture for sale approximately

25,000 yards of weathered blue sherpa

fabric, style number 11012, 80% cotton/

20% polyester (hereinafter, ‘‘fabric’’).

5. In September 1998, Respondent

manufactured for sale approximately

22,570 yards of fabric for Milano.

6. Respondent sold, caused to be

transported, and delivered after a sale,

in commerce, approximately 22,570

yards of fabric to Milano in September

1998.

7. The fabric is subject to the Standard

for the Flammability of Clothing

Textiles (hereinafter, ‘‘Clothing

Standard’’), 16 CFR Part 1610, issued

under section 4 of the Flammable

Fabrics Act (FFA), 15 U.S.C. 1193.

8. After Respondent had shipped and

distributed all of the fabric to Milano,