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Manufacturer/exporter of line pipe

Assessment rate

(percent)

Mannesmann ................................ 0.75

Manufacturer/exporter of line pipe

and tube

Assessment rate

(percent)

Erbosan ......................................... 4.06

If the final results of these reviews

remain the same as these preliminary

results, the Department intends to

instruct the U.S. Customs Service

(‘‘Customs’’) to assess countervailing

duties as indicated above.

The Department also intends to

instruct Customs to collect cash

deposits of estimated countervailing

duties as indicated below of the f.o.b.

invoice price on all shipments of each

class or kind of merchandise from

reviewed companies, entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after the date of

publication of the final results of these

reviews.

Manufacturer/exporter of line pipe

Cash deposit rate

(percent)

Mannesmann ................................ 0.75

Manufacturer/exporter of pipe and

tube

Cash deposit rate

(percent)

Erbosan ......................................... 4.01

Because the URAA replaced the

general rule in favor of a country-wide

rate with a general rule in favor of

individual rates for investigated and

reviewed companies, the procedures for

establishing countervailing duty rates,

including those for non-reviewed

companies, are now essentially the same

as those in antidumping cases, except as

provided for in section 777A(e)(2)(B) of

the Act. The requested review will

normally cover only those companies

specifically named. See 19 CFR section

355.22(a). Pursuant to 19 CFR 355.22(g),

for all companies for which a review

was not requested, duties must be

assessed at the cash deposit rate, and

cash deposits must continue to be

collected, at the rate previously ordered.

As such, the countervailing duty cash

deposit rate applicable to a company

can no longer change, except pursuant

to a request for a review of that

company. See Federal-Mogul

Corporation and The Torrington

Company v. United States, 822 F.Supp.

782 (CIT 1993) and Floral Trade Council

v. United States, 822 F.Supp. 766 (CIT

1993) (interpreting 19 CFR 353.22(e),

the antidumping regulation on

automatic assessment, which is

identical to 19 CFR section 355.22(g)).

Therefore, the cash deposit rates for all

companies except those covered by

these reviews will be unchanged by the

results of these reviews.

We will instruct Customs to continue

to collect cash deposits for nonreviewed companies under each order at

the most recent company-specific or

country-wide rate applicable to the

company under that order. Accordingly,

the cash deposit rates that will be

applied to non-reviewed companies

covered by these orders are those

established in the most recently

completed administrative proceeding.

See Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipe

and Tube Products from Turkey; Final

Results of Countervailing Duty

Administrative Review, 53 FR 9791.

These rates shall apply to all nonreviewed companies until a review of a

company assigned these rates is

requested. In addition, for the period

January 1, 1995 through December 31,

1995, the assessment rates applicable to

all non-reviewed companies covered by

these orders are the cash deposit rates

in effect at the time of entry.

Public Comments

Parties to the proceeding may request

disclosure of the calculation

methodology and interested parties may

request a hearing not later than 10 days

after the date of publication of this

notice. Interested parties may submit

written arguments in case briefs on

these preliminary results within 30 days

of the date of publication. Rebuttal

briefs, limited to arguments raised in

case briefs, may be submitted seven

days after the time limit for filing the

case brief. 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. Any hearing,

if requested, will be held seven days

after the scheduled date for submission

of rebuttal briefs. Copies of case briefs

and rebuttal briefs must be served on

interested parties in accordance with 19

CFR 355.38.

Representatives of parties to the

proceeding may request disclosure of

proprietary information under

administrative protective order no later

than 10 days after the representative’s

client or employer becomes a party to

the proceeding, but in no event later

than the date the case briefs, under 19

CFR 355.38, are due. The Department

will publish the final results of these

administrative reviews, including the

results of its analysis of issues raised in

any case or rebuttal brief or at a hearing.

These administrative reviews and

notice are in accordance with section

751(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C.

1675(a)(1)).

Dated: March 31, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–8955 Filed 4–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

[Docket No. 970326070–7070–01]

RIN 0693–XX31

Notice of Termination of Validation

Services for Federal Information

Processing Standards (FIPS)

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology (NIST), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; termination of

validation services.

SUMMARY: The NIST is terminating

validation services for: FIPS 127–2,

Database Language SQL, and FIPS 128–

2, Computer Graphics Metafile,

Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle

Support Profile (CGM (CALS)), and

considering terminating validation

services for FIPS 21–4, COBOL; FIPS

69–1, Fortran; FIPS 128–2, Computer

Graphics Metafile, Air Transport

Association Profile (CGM (ATA)); FIPS

151–2, POSIX; and FIPS 160, C.

Comments are solicited.

NIST announced by Department

Organization Order 30–2B the formation

of the Information Technology

Laboratory (ITL). Under the new ITL

organization, NIST is refocusing its

program for information technology,

concentrating on the development of

conformance tests for emerging

information technologies rather than the

operation of software testing services.

Therefore, the NIST is terminating

validation services for FIPS 127–2, SQL,

and FIPS 128–2, CGM (CALS), effective

July 1, 1997. The NIST is considering

terminating validation services for FIPS

21–4, COBOL; FIPS 69–1, Fortran; FIPS

128–2 CGM (ATA); FIPS 151–2, POSIX;

and FIPS 160, C, effective September 30,

1997. Advance notice of this

termination is given so that interested

parties may establish testing services if

they wish to do so. Federal, state, and

local government agencies requiring

validation of implementations for

conformance to the above standards
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may specify their own testing or adopt

other techniques for evaluating

conference to these specifications.

Information on the test methods and

procedures for conformance testing are

available in the Validated Products List

(VPL) on the internet Universal

Resource Locator (URL) address ftp://

speckle.ncsl.nist.gov/vpl/intro.htm.

NIST test suites and testing procedures

are distributed freely via the World

Wide Web (WWW) Universal Resource

Locator (URL) http://www.nist.gov/

div897/ctg.

DATES: The effective date for terminating

validation services for FIPS 127–2, SQL,

and FIPS 128–2, CGM (CALS), is July 1,

1997. Comments on terminating

validation services for FIPS 21–4,

COBOL; FIPS 69–1, Fortran; FIPS 128–

2, CGM (ATA); FIPS 151–2, POSIX; and

FIPS 160, C, must be received no later

than May 8, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

concerning the termination should be

sent to: Director, Information

Technology Laboratory, Attn: Validation

Services, Building 820, Room 562,

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

Electronic comments should be sent to:

fips.comments@nist.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR COMMENTS

CONTACT:

Ms. Lynne Rosenthal, National Institute

of Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone

(301) 975–3283, email lsr@nist.gov.

Authority: Federal Information Processing

Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) are

issued by the National Institute of Standards

and Technology after approval by the

Secretary of Commerce pursuant to Section

5131 of the Information Technology

Management Reform Act of 1996, Public Law

104–106, and the Computer Security Act of

1987.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office.

[FR Doc. 97–8961 Filed 4–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–CN–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 040197C]

Northern Right Whale Protection;

Endangered and Threatened Marine

Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of petition and

determination.

SUMMARY: On August 26, 1996, NMFS

received a petition from Mr. Richard

Max Strahan representing GreenWorld,

Inc., requesting that NMFS and the U.S.

Coast Guard undertake a variety of

actions to protect and preserve marine

wildlife and, in particular, the northern

right whale (Eubalaena glacialis). The

petition was amended on September 18,

1996.

NMFS has denied the petition from

GreenWorld, Inc., because it does not

contain substantial information

indicating that the petitioned actions

may be warranted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert C. Ziobro, Protected Species

Management Division, Office of

Protected Resources, East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland

20910 (301– 713–1401).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August

26, 1996, NMFS received a notice of

intent to bring suit under the

Endangered Species Act (ESA) on a

petition for proposed regulations from

Mr. Strahan. On September 18, 1996,

Mr. Strahan amended his original

petition to add another provision to his

list of requested actions. The notice and

petition was addressed both to officials

at NMFS and the U.S. Coast Guard.

The following is a brief summary of

some of the primary elements of the

petition and the request for relief in Mr.

Strahan’s letters that appear to be

directed to NMFS, or to NMFS and the

U.S. Coast Guard: Issue a letter to

coastal state government agencies

informing them that they are in

violation of the ESA and must apply to

NMFS for a section 10 permit or face

U.S. Coast Guard enforcement action;

issue an emergency rule followed by a

permanent rule banning fixed fishing

gear in right whale critical habitat;

promulgate and enforce a rule banning

all gillnets and aquaculture projects;

promulgate a rule allowing other types

of fishing gear in right whale critical

habitat areas only pursuant to a section

10 incidental take permit and a small

take authorization pursuant to section

101 of the Marine Mammal Protection

Act (MMPA); and comply with the

mandatory and non-discretionary duties

imposed under section 7(a) of the ESA

and utilize all statutory and regulatory

authorities to adopt and implement a

conservation plan to enforce the take

prohibitions of the ESA and MMPA to

stop marine fisheries licensed and

regulated by States from incidentally

taking northern right whales and other

Federally protected whales taken

incidententally in State fishery activities

along the Atlantic and Pacific Coastlines

of the U.S.

NMFS has evaluated the petition and

request for relief and determined that

they do not contain substantial

information that the requested actions

may be warranted. NMFS notes,

however, that efforts are underway to

reduce incidental takes in commercial

fisheries, including State regulated

fisheries, under section 118 of the

MMPA. For example, a large whale take

reduction team was formed and notice

thereof published in the Federal

Register on August 6, 1996 (61 FR

40819) to address incidental takings of

certain large whale species that occur or

may occur in several fisheries. NMFS

filed a proposed Large Whale Take

Reduction Plan at the Federal Register

on April 1, 1997, and Mr. Strahan and

others are invited to comment on that

plan.

Dated: April 1, 1997.

Charles Karnella,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–8860 Filed 4–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 040297D]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of four applications for

scientific research permits (P772#71,

P639, P640, P641).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Southwest Fisheries Science Center,

Tiburon Laboratory, NMFS at Tiburon,

CA (SWFSC); Point Reyes National

Seashore and Golden Gate National

Recreation Area, National Park Service

at San Francisco, CA (PR/GG); the Marin

Municipal Water District at Corte

Madera, CA (MMWD); and the Sonoma

County Water Agency at Santa Rosa, CA

(SCWA) have applied in due form for

permits authorizing takes of a

threatened species for scientific research

purposes.

DATES: Written comments or requests for

a public hearing on any of these

applications must be received on or

before May 8, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The applications and

related documents are available for