1708 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 8 / Monday, January 13, 1997 / Notices

Reports of Sample Shipments of

Chemical Weapon Precursors

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before March 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Acting

Departmental Clearance Officer,

Department of Commerce, Room 5327,

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Stephen Baker,

Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Ave., NW, room 6877,

Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

This collection of information will be

used to monitor sample shipments of

chemical weapon precursors in order to

facilitate and enforce provisions of the

Export Administration Regulations that

permit limited exports of sample

shipments without a validated export

license. The reports will be reviewed by

the Bureau of Export Administration to

monitor quantities and patterns of

shipments that might indicate

circumvention of the regulation by

entities seeking to acquire chemicals for

chemical weapons purposes.

II. Method of Collection

Quarterly written report.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0694–0086.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Individuals,

businesses or other for-profit and notfor-profit institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

75.

Estimated Time Per Response: 30

minutes per response.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 225.

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$3,825—no cost to the public other than

providing the report.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they will also become a matter of public

record.

Dated: January 7, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Acting Departmental Forms Clearance

Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–684 Filed 1–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DEBT–P

International Trade Administration

[A–570–844]

Notice of Final Determination of Sales

at Less Than Fair Value: Melamine

Institutional Dinnerware Products

From the People’s Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 13, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David J. Goldberger, Katherine Johnson,

or Everett Kelly, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone:

(202) 482–4136, (202) 482–4929, or

(202) 482–4194, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

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 Rounds

Agreements Act (‘‘URAA’’).

Final Determination

We determine that melamine

institutional dinnerware products

(‘‘MIDPs’’) from the People’s Republic of

China (‘‘PRC’’) are being, or are likely to

be, sold in the United States at less than

fair value (‘‘LTFV’’), as provided in

section 735 of the Act.

Case History

Since the preliminary determination

in this investigation (Preliminary

Determination and Postponement of

Final Determination: Melamine

Institutional Dinnerware Products from

the PRC (61 FR 43337, August 22,

1996)), the following events have

occurred:

On August 22, 1996, Chen Hao

Xiamen alleged that the Department

made a ministerial error in its

preliminary determination. The

Department found that there was an

error made in the preliminary

determination; however, this error did

not result in a change of at least five

absolute percentage points in, but no

less than 25 percent of, the weightedaverage dumping margin calculated in

the preliminary determination.

Accordingly, no revision to the

preliminary determination was made.

(See Memorandum from the MIDP/PRC

Team to Louis Apple dated September

16, 1996.)

In September through November

1996, we verified the questionnaire

responses of the following participating

respondents and, where applicable,

their affiliates: Chen Hao (Xiamen)

Plastic Industrial Co. Ltd. (‘‘Chen Hao

Xiamen’’), Dongguan Wan Chao

Melamine Products Co., Ltd.,

(‘‘Dongguan’’), Gin Harvest Melamine

(Heyuan) Enterprises Co. Ltd. (‘‘Gin

Harvest’’), Sam Choan Plastic Co. Ltd.

(‘‘Sam Choan’’), and Tar-Hong

Melamine Xiamen Co. Ltd. (‘‘Tar

Hong’’).

Additional published information (PI)

on surrogate values was submitted by

petitioner and respondents on

November 21, 1996. On November 22,

1996, the Department requested that

Chen Hao Xiamen, Dongguan, Sam

Choan, and Tar Hong submit new

computer tapes to include data

corrections identified through

verification. This information was

submitted on December 3 through 6,

1996.

Petitioner, the American Melamine

Institutional Tableware Association

(‘‘AMITA’’), and the respondents

submitted case briefs on November 26,

1996, and rebuttal briefs on December 4,

1996. The Department held a public

hearing for this investigation on

December 6, 1996.