Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 231 / Thursday, November 30, 2000 / Notices 71299

U.S. Department of Commerce, Export

Assistance Center, 615 Chestnut St.,

Suite 1501, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

4008, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20230

Dated: November 17, 2000.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–30563 Filed 11–29–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 63–2000]

Foreign-Trade Zone 185C—Culpeper

County Chamber of Commerce

Expansion of Facilities and

Manufacturing Authority—Subzone

185C, Merck & Co., Inc. Plant

(Pharmaceuticals), Elkton, Virginia

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Culpeper County Chamber

of Commerce, grantee of FTZ 185,

pursuant to § 400.32(b)(1) of the Board’s

regulations (15 CFR Part 400),

requesting on behalf of Merck & Co., Inc.

(Merck), to add capacity and to expand

the scope of manufacturing authority

under zone procedures at Subzone

185C, at the Merck pharmaceutical plant

in Elkton, Virginia, was formally filed

on November 17, 2000.

Subzone 104A was approved by the

Board in 1994 at a single site (1,333

acres, 624,221 sq. ft., 82 bldgs.) located

on Route 340S, in Elkton (Rockingham

County), Virginia, some 20 miles east of

Harrisonburg. The facility (900

employees) is used to produce a range

of human health products. Merck is now

proposing to add 15 buildings and

additional capacity to existing buildings

(totaling 262,904 sq. ft). The proposed

subzone would then include 97 bldgs.

consisting of 887,125 sq. ft. (a 42%

increase) on 1,333 acres.

The application also requests to

expand the scope of authority for

manufacturing activity conducted under

FTZ procedures at Subzone185C to

include additional general categories of

inputs that have recently been approved

by the Board for other pharmaceutical

plants. They include chemically pure

sugars, empty capsules for

pharmaceutical use, protein

concentrates, natural magnesium

phosphates and carbonates, gypsum,

anhydrite and plasters, petroleum jelly,

paraffin and waxes, sulfuric acid, other

inorganic acids or compounds of

nonmetals, ammonia, zinc oxide,

titanium oxides, fluorides, chlorates,

sulfates, salts of oxometallic acids,

radioactive chemical elements,

compounds of rare earth metals, acyclic

hydrocarbons, derivatives of phenols or

peroxides, acetals and hemiacetals,

phosphoric esters and their salts, diazocompounds, glands for therapeutic uses,

wadding, gauze and bandages,

pharmaceutical glaze, hair preparations,

lubricating preparations, albumins,

prepared glues and adhesives, catalytic

preparations, diagnostic or laboratory

reagents, prepared binders, acrylic

polymers, self-adhesive plates and

sheets, other articles of vulcanized

rubber, plastic cases, cartons, boxes,

printed books, brochures and similar

printed matter, carboys, bottles, and

flasks, stoppers, caps, and lids,

aluminum foil, tin plates and sheets,

taps, cocks and valves, and medical

instruments and appliances.

FTZ procedures would exempt Merck

from Customs duty payments on the

foreign components used in export

activity. On its domestic sales, the

company would be able to elect the duty

rates that applies to finished products

(primarily duty-free for finished

pharmaceuticals and up to 14.6% for

intermediates) for the foreign materials

noted above (duty rates ranging from

duty-free to 14.5%). The application

indicates that the expanded use of FTZ

procedures will help improve Merck’s

international competitiveness.

The application has requested review

under § 400.32(b)(1) of the FTZ Board

regulations on the basis that the

proposed activity is the same, in terms

of products involved, to activity

recently approved by the Board and

similar in circumstances.

Public comment on the application is

invited from interested parties.

Submissions (original and three copies)

shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is January 2, 2001. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to January 16, 2001).

Copies of the applications will be

available for public inspection at the

following locations:

Culpeper County Chamber of

Commerce, 133 West Davis Drive,

Culpeper, Virginia 22701

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

4008, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20230

Dated: November 17, 2000.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–30566 Filed 11–29–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Initiation of Antidumping and

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Administrative Reviews.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) has received requests

to conduct administrative reviews of

various antidumping and countervailing

duty orders and findings with October

anniversary dates. In accordance with

the Department’s regulations, we are

initiating those administrative reviews.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Novemeber 30, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Holly A. Kuga, Office of AD/CVD

Enforcement, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone:

(202) 482–4737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Department has received timely

requests, in accordance with 19 CFR

351.213(b)(2000), for administrative

reviews of various antidumping and

countervailing duty orders and findings

with October anniversary dates.

Initiation of Reviews

In accordance with section 19 CFR

351.221(c)(1)(i), we are initiating

administrative reviews of the following

antidumping and countervailing duty

orders and findings. We intend to issue

the final results of these reviews not

later than October 31, 2001.

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Period to be

reviewed

Antidumping Duty Proceedings

Japan: Tapered Roller Bearings, Over 4 Inches,* A–588–604, NTN Corporation ................................................................... 10/1/99–12/31/99

Malaysia: Extruded Rubber Thread, A–557–805, Filati Lastex Sdn. Bhd., Heveafil Sdn. Bhd., Rubberflex Sdn. Bhd. .......... 10/1/99–9/30/00

Republic of Korea: Stainless Steel Wire Rod,1 A–583–829, Changwon Specialty Steel Co., Ltd., Dongbang Specialty

Steel Co., Ltd. ........................................................................................................................................................................ 9/1/99–8/31/00

Taiwan: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils,2 A–583–831, Chia Far Industrial Factory Co., Ltd. ................................... 6/8/99–6/30/00

The People’s Republic of China: Helical Spring Lock Washers,3 A–570–822, Zhejiang Wanxin Group Co., Ltd. (aka

Hangzhou Spring Washer Plant) ........................................................................................................................................... 10/1/99–9/30/00

Countervailing Duty Proceedings

India: Iron Metal Castings, C–533–063, Howrah Ferrous Limited ............................................................................................ 1/1/99–12/31/99

*Order revoked effective 01/01/2000, as a result of sunset review.*

1 Case inadvertently omitted from initiation notice published on October 30, 2000, (65 FR 64662).

2 In the initiation notice published on September 6, 2000, (65 FR 53980), the review period for this case was incorrect and the above-listed

company was inadvertently omitted. The period listed above is the correct period of review for this case and, we are adding the above-listed firm

to the other firms’ initiation for that review. 3 If one of the above-named companies does not qualify for a separate rate, all other exporters of helical spring lock washers from the People’s Republic of China who have not qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be covered by this review as part of the single PRC entity of

which the named exporters are a part.

Suspension Agreements

None.

During any administrative review

covering all or part of a period falling

between the first and second or third

and fourth anniversary of the

publication of an antidumping duty

order under section 351.211 or a

determination under section

351.218(f)(4) to continue an order or

suspended investigation (after sunset

review), the Secretary, if requested by a

domestic interested party within 30

days of the date of publication of the

notice of initiation of the review, will

determine whether antidumping duties

have been absorbed by an exporter or

producer subject to the review if the

subject merchandise is sold in the

United States through an importer that

is affiliated with such exporter or

producer. The request must include the

name(s) of the exporter or producer for

which the inquiry is requested.

Interested parties must submit

applications for disclosure under

administrative protective orders in

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.

These initiations and this notice are

in accordance with section 751(a) of the

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19

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

351.221(c)(1)(i).

Dated: November 22, 2000.

Holly A. Kuga,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Group II

for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–30562 Filed 11–29–00; 8:45 am]

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety

Commission, Washington, DC 20207.

TIME AND DATE: Thursday, December 7,

2000, 2 p.m.

LOCATION: Room 410, East-West Towers,

4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda,

Maryland.

STATUS: Closed to the Public—Pursuant

to 5 U.S.C. 552b(f)(1) and 16 CFR

1013.4(b) (3), (7), (9), and (10) and

submitted to the Federal Register

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3).

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Compliance Status Report

The staff will brief the Commission on

the status of various compliance

matters.

For a recorded message containing the

latest agenda information, call (301)

504–0709.

CONTACT PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION: Sadye E. Dunn, Office of

the Secretary, 4330 East-West Highway,

Bethesda, MD 20207, (301) 504–0800.

Dated: November 28, 2000.

Sadye E. Dunn,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–30691 Filed 11–28–00; 2:48 pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Meeting of the DoD Healthcare Quality

Initiative Review Panel

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice set forth the

meeting of the DoD Healthcare Quality

Initiatives Review Panel. An executive/

administration meeting for DoD

Healthcare Quality Initiatives Review

Panel was held on November 28 and 29,

2000. This notice of meeting is required

under The Federal Advisory Committee

Act. This notice was sent out late due

to an administration oversight.

DATES: November 28 and 29, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Hilton Alexandria Mark

Center, 5000 Seminary Road,

Alexandria, VA 22311.

TIME: November 28th, 8 am to 5 pm;

November 29th, 8 am to 5 pm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Contact

Gia Edmonds at (703) 933–8325.

Dated: November 22, 2000.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 00–30477 Filed 11–29–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

National Commission on the Use of

Offsets in Defense Trade, and

President’s Council on the Use of

Offsets in Commercial Trade

AGENCY: Department of Defense,

National Commission on the Use of

Offsets in Defense Trade, and

President’s Council on the Use of

Offsets in Commercial Trade.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

forthcoming meeting of the President’s

Council on the Use of Offsets in

Commercial Trade, a federal advisory

committee that is being established by

Executive Order. The Council will meet

jointly with the parallel National