This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains documents other than rules or

proposed rules that are applicable to the

public. Notices of hearings and investigations,

committee meetings, agency decisions and

rulings, delegations of authority, filing of

petitions and applications and agency

statements of organization and functions are

examples of documents appearing in this

section.

Notices Federal Register

6132

Vol. 65, No. 26

Tuesday, February 8, 2000

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Cooperative State Research,

Education, and Extension Service

Food and Agricultural Sciences

National Needs Graduate Fellowship

Grants Program for Fiscal Year 2000;

Request for Proposals and Request for

Input

AGENCY: Cooperative State Research,

Education, and Extension Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice of request for proposals

and request for input.

SUMMARY: The Cooperative State

Research, Education, and Extension

Service (CSREES) is giving notice that a

competition for new graduate

fellowship grants will not be held

during Fiscal Year (FY) 2000. CSREES is

also announcing the availability of

supplemental grants for Special

International Study or Thesis/

Dissertation Research Travel

Allowances for FY 2000. Applications

for supplemental grants are invited from

recipients of currently active Food and

Agricultural Sciences National Needs

Graduate Fellowship Grants to support

special international study or thesis/

dissertation research experiences for

current Fellows. CSREES also is

soliciting comments regarding this

request for proposals from any

interested party. These comments will

be considered in the development of the

next request for proposals for this

program. Such comments will be

forwarded to the Secretary or his

designee for use in meeting the

requirements of section 103(c)(2) of the

Agricultural Research, Extension, and

Education Reform Act of 1998, 7 U.S.C.

7613(c)(2).

DATES: Supplemental Grant proposals

must be received by January 12, 2001.

User comments are requested within six

months from the issuance of the request

for proposals. Comments received after

that date will be considered to the

extent practicable (see Section G.).

ADDRESSES: Hand-delivered proposals

(brought in person by the applicant or

through a courier service) must be

received on or before January 12, 2001,

at the following address: Graduate

Fellowship (International)

Supplemental Grants Program; c/o

Proposal Services Unit; Office of

Extramural Programs; Cooperative State

Research, Education, and Extension

Service; U.S. Department of Agriculture;

Room 303, Aerospace Center; 901 D

Street, SW.; Washington, DC 20024. The

telephone number is (202) 401–5048.

Proposals transmitted via a facsimile

(fax) machine will not be accepted.

Proposals submitted through the U.S.

mail must be received on or before

January 12, 2001. Proposals submitted

through the U.S. mail should be sent to

the following address: Graduate

Fellowship (International)

Supplemental Grants Program; c/o

Proposal Services Unit; Office of

Extramural Programs; Cooperative State

Research, Education, and Extension

Service; U.S. Department of Agriculture;

STOP 2245; 1400 Independence

Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20250–

2245.

Written user comments should be

submitted by first-class mail to: Policy

and Program Liaison Staff; Office of

Extramural Programs; USDA–CSREES;

STOP 2299; 1400 Independence

Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20250–

2299; or via e-mail to: RFP–

OEP@reeusda.gov. (This address is only

for user comments and not for

requesting forms or information.) In

your comments, please include the

name of the program and the fiscal year

of the request for proposals to which

you are responding.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Howard Sandberg, Higher Education

Programs; Cooperative State Research,

Education, and Extension Service; U.S.

Department of Agriculture, STOP 2251,

1400 Independence Avenue, SW;

Washington, DC 20250–2251;

Telephone: (202) 720–2193; E-mail:

hsandberg@reeusda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

A. Administrative Provisions and Legislative

Authority

B. Program Description

C. Selection Process and Evaluation Criteria

D. How to Obtain Application Materials

E. What to Submit

F. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

G. Stakeholder Input

A. Administrative Provisions and

Legislative Authority

This Program is subject to the

provisions found at 7 CFR part 3402. 7

CFR 3402.5(e) sets forth procedures to

be followed when submitting

supplemental grant proposals for special

international study or thesis/

dissertation research travel allowances,

rules governing the evaluation of

proposals and the awarding of such

grants, and regulations relating to the

post-award administration of grant

projects.

Legislative authority for this program

is contained in section 1417(b)(6) of the

National Agricultural Research,

Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of

1977, as amended (NARETPA) (7 U.S.C.

3152(b)(6)).

B. Program Description

CSREES has determined that a new

competition for special international

study or thesis/dissertation research

travel allowances will be held during

FY 2000, and hereby solicits proposals

for competitive supplemental grants.

Proposals may be submitted by

universities or colleges who currently

have active Food and Agricultural

Sciences National Needs Graduate

Fellowship Grants. Eligibility for this

opportunity is limited to any current

Fellow with sufficient time to complete

the international experience before the

termination date of the fellowship grant

under which he/she is supported. These

supplementary grants provide support

for a Fellow to conduct thesis/

dissertation research or to undertake

studies at a site outside of the United

States primarily for the pursuit of

activities that are not generally available

within the United States. Before the

international study or thesis/

dissertation research travel may

commence, a Fellow must have

completed one academic year of fulltime study, as defined by the institution,

under the fellowship appointment and

arrangements must have been

formalized for the Fellow to study and/

or conduct research in the foreign

location(s).

Estimated funds for supplemental

grants in FY 2000 are approximately

$60,000. These funds are obtained from

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 26 / Tuesday, February 8, 2000 / Notices 6133

no-year funds drawn from expired

fellowship grants with unspent funds

remaining. CSREES has determined that

no FY 2000 appropriations will be

targeted to supplemental grants

supporting special international study

or thesis/dissertation research travel

allowances. For each travel allowance,

the institution may request up to $5,000.

Travel allowance monies may be used

only to pay travel and living expenses

for the Fellow while the Fellow is on

the specific international assignment as

proposed in the application for the

special international study or thesis/

dissertation research travel allowance.

No limitation is placed on the number

of applications an institution may

submit. Awards will be made to the

extent possible based on the review of

the proposal and availability of funds.

C. Selection Process and Evaluation

Criteria

Applications for the special

international travel allowances will be

evaluated as they are received until

available funds for the supplemental

grants are exhausted. Upon receipt of an

application, CSREES staff will first

determine the eligibility of the Fellow

for whom the application was submitted

for an international travel experience.

Eligible and complete requests then will

be reviewed by professional staff from

USDA or other Federal agencies, as

appropriate. Since awards for

supplemental grants will be awarded as

reviews are completed, there is no

assurance funds will be available late in

the application period for every

acceptable proposal.

The six evaluation criteria are:

1. Destination and duration—the

degree to which the destination and

duration of the travel experience is

appropriate for enhancing the Fellow’s

academic program—10 points.

2. Travel experience activities—the

degree to which the specific

international experiences contribute to

the Fellow’s program of study—30

points.

3. Advance preparations—the degree

to which the proposed study or research

activities are well-planned, including

the likelihood that these activities will

come to fruition and that the

participation of identified personnel

will materialize—20 points.

4. Budget—the degree to which the

budget for the international experience

is justified—10 points.

5. Personnel—the degree to which the

personnel, both U.S. and international,

involved with the travel experience

have the appropriate credentials and

experience to direct the Fellow’s

international experience, and the

likelihood that their participation as

mentors, trainers, advisors, or teachers

will contribute to the educational value

of the travel experiences—20 points.

6. Supporting documentation—the

degree to which letters from the dean of

the college (or equivalent administrative

unit) and the fellowship grant project

director support the application—10

points.

D. How To Obtain Application

Materials

An Application Kit containing

program application materials will be

made available to eligible institutions

upon request. These materials include

the Administrative Provisions, Request

for Proposals, Program Announcement,

forms, instructions, and other relevant

information needed to prepare and

submit grant applications. Copies of the

Application Kit may be requested from

the Proposal Services Unit; Office of

Extramural Programs; Cooperative State

Research, Education, and Extension

Service; U.S. Department of Agriculture;

STOP 2245; 1400 Independence

Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20250–

2245. The telephone number is (202)

401–5048. When contacting the

Proposal Services Unit, please indicate

that you are requesting the Application

Kit for the FY 2000 Graduate Fellowship

(International) Supplemental Grants

Program.

Application materials may also be

requested via Internet by sending a

message with your name, mailing

address (not e-mail) and telephone

number to psb@reeusda.gov that states

that you wish to receive a copy of the

application materials for the FY 2000

Graduate Fellowship (International)

Supplemental Grants Program. The

materials will then be mailed to you

(not e-mailed) as quickly as possible.

E. What To Submit

An original plus six copies of each

application must be submitted.

Proposals should contain all requested

information when submitted. Each

proposal should be typed on 81⁄2′′ x 11′′

white paper, double-spaced, and on one

side of the page only. Please note that

the text of the proposal should be

prepared using a font no smaller than 12

point and one-inch margins. Each copy

of the application should be stapled

securely in the upper left-hand corner

(DO NOT BIND). All copies of the

application must be submitted in one

package. Applications transmitted via a

facsimile (FAX) machine will not be

accepted.

A separate application must be

submitted by a fellowship grant project

director at an eligible institution on

behalf of each Fellow for which a

special international study or thesis/

dissertation research travel allowance is

requested.

Each application must include an

‘‘Application for Funding,’’ Form

CSREES–661, and a ‘‘Budget,’’ Form

CSREES–55. To provide the office of

Higher Education Programs (HEP) with

sufficient information upon which to

evaluate the merits of the requests for a

special international study or thesis/

dissertation research travel allowance,

each application for a supplemental

grant must contain a narrative which

provides the following: (1) The specific

destination(s) and duration of the travel;

(2) the specific study or thesis/

dissertation research activities in which

the Fellow will be engaged; (3) how the

international experience will contribute

to the Fellow’s program of study; (4) a

budget narrative specifying and

justifying the dollar amount requested

for the travel; (5) summary credentials

of both the U.S. and international

faculty or other professionals with

whom the Fellow will be working

during the international experience

(summary credentials must not exceed

three pages per person; ‘‘Summary

Vita—Teaching Proposal,’’ Form

CSREES–708, may be used for this

purpose); (6) a letter from the dean of

the Fellow’s college or equivalent

administrative unit supporting the

Fellow’s travel request and certifying

that the travel experience will not

jeopardize the Fellow’s satisfactory

progress toward degree completion; and

(7) a letter from the fellowship grant

project director certifying the Fellow’s

eligibility, the accuracy of the Fellow’s

travel request, and the relevance of the

travel to the Fellow’s advanced degree

objectives.

The narrative portion of the

application must not exceed 10 pages,

excluding the summary vita/vitae.

F. Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance

This program is listed in the Catalog

of Federal Domestic Assistance under

No. 10.210.

G. Stakeholder Input

CSREES is soliciting comments

regarding this solicitation of

applications from any interested party.

These comments will be considered in

the development of the next request for

proposals for the program. Such

comments will be forwarded to the

Secretary or his designee for use in

meeting the requirements of section

103(c)(2) of the Agricultural Research,

Extension, and Education Reform Act of

1998 (Pub. L. 105–185). Comments

6134 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 26 / Tuesday, February 8, 2000 / Notices

should be submitted as provided for in

the ADDRESSES and DATES portions of

this Notice.

Done at Washington, DC, this 28th day of

January, 2000.

Charles W. Laughlin,

Administrator, Cooperative State Research,

Education, and Extension Service.

[FR Doc. 00–2823 Filed 2–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–122–601]

Brass Sheet and Strip From Canada:

Preliminary Results of Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results of

antidumping duty administrative

review.

SUMMARY: In response to a request by

Hussey Copper Ltd., The Miller

Company, Olin Corporation,

Outokumpu American Brass, Revere

Copper Products, Inc., International

Association of Machinists and

Aerospace Workers, International

Union, Allied Industrial Workers of

America (‘‘AFL–CIO’’), Mechanics

Educational Society of America (‘‘Local

56’’), and the United Steel Workers of

America (‘‘AFL–CIO/CLC’’) (collectively

the ‘‘Petitioners’’), the Department of

Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) is

conducting an administrative review of

the antidumping duty order on brass

sheet and strip from Canada. The review

covers one manufacturer/exporter of

this merchandise to the United States,

Wolverine Tube (Canada), Inc.,

(‘‘Wolverine’’). The period covered is

January 1, 1998, through December 31,

1998. As a result of the review, the

Department has preliminarily

determined that a dumping margin

exists for this respondent for the

covered period.

We invite interested parties to

comment on these preliminary results.

Parties who submit argument in this

proceeding are requested to submit with

the argument (1) a statement of the issue

and (2) a brief summary of the

argument.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 8, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Paige Rivas or Nithya Nagarajan,

Antidumping/Countervailing Duty

Enforcement, Import Administration,

Office IV, Group II , International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–0651 or 482–5253,

respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (‘‘the Act’’), are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Act by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (‘‘URAA’’). In addition,

unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department of Commerce’s

regulations refer to the regulations

codified at 19 CFR Part 351 (1999).

Background

The Department of Commerce (‘‘the

Department’’) published an

antidumping duty order on brass sheet

and strip from Canada on January 12,

1987 (52 FR 1217). On January 14, 1999,

the Department published a notice of

‘‘Opportunity to Request an

Administrative Review’’ of the

antidumping duty order on brass sheet

and strip from Canada (64 FR 2470). On

January 29, 1999, the Petitioners

requested an administrative review of

Wolverine’s exports of the subject

merchandise to the United States for the

period January 1, 1998 through

December 31, 1998. In accordance with

19 CFR 351.213 we published a notice

of initiation of the review on February

22, 1999 (64 FR 8542). The Department

is now conducting this administrative

review in accordance with section 751

of the Act.

On April 22, 1999, we issued an

antidumping questionnaire to

Wolverine. Wolverine submitted the

response to Sections A, B, C, and D on

July 9, 1999. On July 29, 1999, the

Petitioners submitted comments with

respect to Wolverine’s questionnaire

which response.

We issued a supplemental

questionnaire to Wolverine on October

13, 1999. The response to this

supplemental questionnaire was

submitted by Wolverine on November

12, 1999. On December 2, 1999, the

Petitioners submitted comments with

respect to Wolverine’s supplement

questionnaire response.

On December 20, 1999 we issued a

second supplemental questionnaire to

Wolverine. Wolverine filed its response

to the second supplemental

questionnaire which was received on

January 11, 2000.

On January 28, 2000, the Department

issued its third supplemental

questionnaire to Wolverine. The

response to the supplemental

questionnaire is not due until after the

preliminary results are completed.

Therefore, we will take that response

into account for the final results of

review.

Under section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act,

the Department may extend the

deadline for issuing a preliminary

determination in an administrative

review if it determines that it is not

practicable to complete the preliminary

review within the statutory time limit of

245 days. On October 19, 1999, the

Department published a notice of

extension of the time limit for the

preliminary results in this case to

January 31, 2000. See Brass Sheet and

Strip from Canada: Time Limit, 64 FR

56308 (October 19, 1999).

Scope of Review

The product covered by this review is

brass sheet and strip (‘‘BSS’’), other than

leaded and tinned BSS. The chemical

composition of the covered products is

currently defined in the Copper

Development Association (‘‘C.D.A.’’)

200 Series or the Unified Numbering

System (‘‘U.N.S.’’) C2000. This review

does not cover products the chemical

compositions of which are defined by

other C.D.A. or U.N.S. series. In

physical dimensions, the products

covered by this review have a solid

rectangular cross section over 0.006

inches (0.15 millimeters) through 0.188

inches (4.8 millimeters) in finished

thickness or gauge, regardless of width.

Coiled, wound-on-reels (traverse

wound), and cut-to-length products are

included. The merchandise is currently

classified under Harmonized Tariff

Schedule (‘‘HTS’’) item numbers

7409.21.00 and 7409.29.00. Although

the HTS item numbers are provided for

convenience and customs purposes, the

written description of the scope of this

order remains dispositive. Pursuant to

the final affirmative determination of

circumvention of the antidumping duty

order, covering the period September 1,

1990, through September 30, 1991, we

determined that brass plate used in the

production of BSS falls within the scope

of the antidumping duty order on BSS

from Canada. See Brass Sheet and Strip

from Canada: Final Affirmative

Determination of Circumvention of

Antidumping Duty Order, 58 FR 33610

(June 18, 1993).

The period of review (‘‘POR’’) is

January 1, 1998, through December 31,

1998. The review involves one

manufacturer/exporter, Wolverine.

United States Price (‘‘USP’’)

In calculating the price to the United

States, we used export price (‘‘EP’’) as