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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 65, No. 202

Wednesday, October 18, 2000

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instruments

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 instruments

shown below are 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. Applications 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: 00–029. Applicant:

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 8221,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8221.

Instrument: Vacuum Balance and

Vacuum Chamber. Manufacturer:

Metrotec Engineering ag, Switzerland.

Intended Use: The instrument will be

used for developing methods for ultraprecise vacuum mass measurement and

for characterization of the stability of

mass standards under vacuum. These

new capabilities will play a crucial and

indispensable role in the ongoing

research to replace the artifact-based

definition of the unit of mass with one

based on fundamental constants.

Application accepted by Commissioner

of Customs: September 28, 2000.

Docket Number: 00–032 Applicant:

The University of Michigan,

Environmental Health Sciences

Department, School of Public Health,

109 S. Observatory, Ann Arbor, MI

48109–2029. Instrument: Aerosol

Generator. Manufacturer: Topas GmbH,

Germany. Intended Use: The instrument

is intended to be used for the generation

of particulate aerosols in a small-scale

wind tunnel. The aerosols, composed of

dusts of different materials including

glass beads, Arizona road dust, and

fused alumina will be used for the study

and development of personal aerosol

samplers. Experiments will consist of

testing the efficiency of polyurethane

preselector foams and testing of

personal aerosol samplers to determine

aspiration efficiency. The objective of

this research is to apply the knowledge

gained in previous research to the

development of new small-scale, userfriendly personal sampling systems for

the inhalable and thoracic fractions of

airborne particles. In addition, the

instrument will be used for educational

purposes in various environmental and

industrial health courses involving

laboratory research for students at

various stages in the Ph.D. program.

Application accepted by Commissioner

of Customs: September 28, 2000.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 00–26764 Filed 10–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C–489–502]

Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and

Tube and Welded Carbon Steel Line

Pipe From Turkey: Amended Final

Results of Countervailing Duty

Administrative Reviews in Accordance

With Decision Upon Remand

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Amendment to Final

Results of Countervailing Duty

Administrative Reviews in Accordance

with Decision Upon Remand.

SUMMARY: On July 5, 2000, the United

States Court of International Trade (CIT)

affirmed the Department of Commerce’s

(the Department) Final Results of

Redetermination on Remand Pursuant

to Mannesmann-Sumerbank Boru

Endustrisi T.A.S. v. United States, Slip

Op. 00–50 (CIT May 3, 2000), (Slip Op.

00–74). These Final Results apply to the

Department’s countervailing duty

administrative reviews of the

countervailing duty orders on certain

welded carbon steel pipe and tube and

welded carbon steel line pipe from

Turkey covering the period January 1,

1996 through December 31, 1996. In

accordance with the CIT’s instructions,

the Department has recalculated the

subsidy rates using a sales denominator

inclusive of exchange rate gains and

losses.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 18, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephanie Moore or Michael Grossman,

AD/CVD Enforcement Office VI, Group

II, Import Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room 4012,

14th Street and Constitution Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone

(202) 482–2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April

16, 1998, the Department published in

the Federal Register (63 FR 18885) the

final results and partial rescission of its

administrative reviews of the

countervailing duty orders on certain

welded carbon steel pipe and tube and

welded carbon steel line pipe from

Turkey for the period January 1, 1996

through December 31, 1996.

Subsequently, respondents challenged

the Department’s final results before the

CIT regarding the Department’s

determination to calculate the benefits

from the freight rebate program at the

time of receipt, and the Department’s

methodology of excluding foreign

exchange gains, ‘‘kur farki,’’ from the

denominator of the subsidy equation.

In the 1996 administrative reviews of

the countervailing duty orders, the

Department determined that benefits

from the freight rebate program are

bestowed at the time of receipt. The

Department also determined that foreign

exchange gains should be excluded from

the sales denominators because foreign

exchange gains are not income that is

derived from sales, but income from

fluctuations of the relative value of the

dollar versus the Turkish Lira.

Therefore, the Department excluded

foreign exchange gains from the sales

denominators.

On December 23, 1999, the CIT

affirmed the Department’s

determination regarding the freight

rebate program. However, the CIT

remanded to the Department to either

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include foreign exchange gains in the

denominator of the subsidy margin

calculation or provide an adequate

explanation of how this case differs

from prior determinations, where the

subsidy margin calculation was

performed in this manner. The CIT also

stated that if the Department took the

latter course of action, it must also

explain why Turkish generally accepted

accounting principles (GAAP) and

respondents’ accounting methods are

unreliable and distortive. See

Mannesmann-Sumerbank Boru

Endustrisi T.A.S. v. United States, 86 F.

Supp. 2d 1266, 1275 (CIT 1999). In

accordance with that remand order, on

March 17, 2000, the Department

submitted its first Final Results of

Redetermination on Remand, which

explained how the prior determinations

cited by the court reflected a practice no

longer ascribed to by the Department,

and why Turkish GAAP and the

respondents’ accounting methods are

irrelevant in regards to the issue at

hand.

The CIT, in its May 3, 2000, decision

found that the Department’s explanation

failed to substantiate its practice or its

reasonableness, and remanded to the

Department to recalculate the subsidy

rates using a sales denominator

inclusive of exchange rate gains and

losses. (Slip Op. 00–50). On June 2,

2000, the Department recalculated the

subsidy rates using a sales denominator

inclusive of exchange rate gains and

losses, as instructed by the CIT. On July

5, 2000, the CIT sustained the

Department’s second Final Results of

Redetermination on Remand. (Slip Op.

00–74).

Results of Remand

In accordance with the court’s second

remand instructions, the Department

has recalculated the benefits under each

program, and the company-specific total

ad valorem rates for the 1996 period.

Therefore, we are amending the final

results of administrative reviews.

The final countervailing duty rates for

the 1996 period of review are as follows:

Manufacturer/exporter of line

pipe

Ad valorem

rate

Mannesmann-Sumerbank ........ 3.75%

Manufacturer/exporter of pipe

and tube

Ad valorem

rate

Borusan Group ......................... 2.85%

The Department will instruct the

Customs Service to assess

countervailing duties on all appropriate

entries. The Department will issue

liquidation instructions directly to the

Customs Service. The above rates will

not affect the cash deposit requirements

for pipe and tube currently in effect,

which will continue to be based on the

rates found to exist in the most recently

completed review. The order on line

pipe was revoked effective January 1,

2000, pursuant to section 751(c) of the

Tariff Act, as amended. See Notice of

Final Results of Sunset Review and

Revocation of Countervailing Duty

Order: Welded Carbon Steel Line Pipe

from Turkey, 64 FR 30305 (June 7,

1999).

This amendment to the final results of

countervailing duty administrative

reviews notice is in accordance with

section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act, as

amended, (19 U.S.C. 1675 (a)(1)), 19

CFR 351.213, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

Dated: October 10, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–26763 Filed 10–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

TRICARE Formerly Known as the

Civilian Health and Medical Program of

the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS);

Fiscal Year 2001 Mental Health Rate

Updates

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of updated mental health

per diem rates.

SUMMARY: This notice provides for the

updating of hospital-specific per diem

rates for high volume providers and

regional per diem rates for low volume

providers; the updated cap per diem for

high volume providers; the beneficiary

per diem cost-share amount for low

volume providers for FY 2001 under the

TRICARE Mental Health Per Diem

Payment System; and the updated per

diem rates for both full-day and half-day

TRICARE Partial Hospitalization

Programs for fiscal year 2001.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The fiscal year 2001

rates contained in this notice are

effective for services occurring on or

after October 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stan

Regensberg, Office of Medical Benefits

and Reimbursement Systems, TRICARE

Management Activity, telephone (303)

676–3742.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final

rule published in the Federal Register

on September 6, 1988, (53 FR 34285) set

forth reimbursement changes that were

effective for all inpatient hospital

admissions in psychiatric hospitals and

exempt psychiatric units occurring on

or after January 1, 1989. The final rule

published in the Federal Register on

July 1, 1993, (58 FR 35–400) set forth

maximum per diem rates for all partial

hospitalization admissions on or after

September 29, 1993. Included in these

final rules were provisions for updating

reimbursement rates for each federal

fiscal year. As stated in the final rules,

each per diem shall be updated by the

Medicare update factor for hospitals and

units exempt from the Medicare

Prospective Payment System. For fiscal

year 2001, Medicare has recommended

a rate of increase of 3.4 percent for

hospitals and units excluded from the

prospective payment system. TRICARE

will adopt this update factor for FY

2001 as the final update factor.

Hospitals and units with hospitalspecific rates (hospitals and units with

high TRICARE volume) and regional

specific rates for psychiatric hospitals

and units with low TRICARE volume

will have their TRICARE rates for FY

2000 updated by 3.4 percent for FY

2001. Partial hospitalization rates for

full day and half day programs will also

be updated by 3.4 percent for FY 2001.

The cap amount for high volume

hospitals and units will also be updated

by the 3.4 percent for FY 2001. The

beneficiary cost-share for low volume

hospitals and units will also be updated

by the 3.4 percent for FY 2001.

Consistent with Medicare, the wage

portion of the regional rate subject to the

area wage adjustment will be updated to

71.553 percent for FY 2001. The

following reflect an update of 3.4

percent.

REGIONAL SPECIFIC RATES FOR PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND UNITS

WITH LOW TRICARE VOLUME

United States census region Rate@

Northeast:

New England ......................... $560

Mid-Atlantic ............................ 537

Midwest:

East North Central ................. 464

West North Central ................ 438

South:

South Atlantic ........................ 554

East South Central ................ 599

West South Central ............... 505

West:

Mountain ................................ 504

Pacific .................................... 594

@Wage portion of the rate, subject to the area wage adjustment .......................................... 71.553

percent