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grants. See GIA, 58 FR at 37226.

However, the grants received by BS plc

under this program were less than 0.5

percent of BS plc’s total sales, and thus

were allocated to the year of receipt. On

this basis, we preliminarily determine

the net subsidies for this program to be

0.001 percent ad valorem.

II. Programs Preliminarily Determined

To Be Not Used

We examined the following programs

and preliminarily find that the

producers and/or exporters of the

subject merchandise subject to this

review did not apply for or receive

benefits under these programs during

the POR:

(A) New Community Instrument Loans

(B) ECSC Article 54 Loan Guarantees

(C) NLF Loans

(D) ECSC Conversion Loans

(E) European Regional Development Fund

Aid

(F) Article 56 Rebates

(G) Regional Selective Assistance

(H) ECSC Article 56(b)(2) Redeployment Aid

(I) Inner Urban Areas Act of 1978

(J) LINK Initiative

(K) Transportation Assistance

III. Programs Preliminarily Determined

To Be Terminated Transportation

Assistance

The Department originally found that

BS plc received preferential rail

transport freight subsidies under this

program in the Certain Steel

investigation. UK Certain Steel, 58 FR at

37397. During this administrative

review, however, we found that this

program has been terminated and that

there are no residual benefits. See the

March 31, 1997, Memorandum to the

File Re: Transportation Assistance

(public document on file in the Central

Records Unit, Room B–099 of the

Department of Commerce).

Preliminary Results of Review

In accordance with 19 CFR

355.22(c)(4)(ii), we have calculated an

individual subsidy rate for each

producer/exporter subject to this

administrative review. As discussed in

the ‘‘Change in Ownership’’ section of

the notice, above, we are treating British

Steel plc and British Steel Engineering

Steels as one company for purposes of

this proceeding. For the period January

1, 1995 through December 31, 1995, we

preliminarily determine the net subsidy

for British Steel plc/British Steel

Engineering Steel/United Engineering

Steel (BS plc/BSES/UES) to be 7.35

percent ad valorem. If the final results

of this review remain the same as these

preliminary results, the Department

intends to instruct the U.S. Customs

Service to assess countervailing duties

for BS plc/BSES at 7.35 percent ad

valorem. The Department also intends

to instruct the U.S. Customs Service to

collect a cash deposit of 7.35 percent of

the f.o.b. invoice price on all shipments

of the subject merchandise from BS plc/

BSES/UES, entered, or withdrawn from

warehouse, for consumption on or after

the date of publication of the final

results of this review.

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

countervailing duty cases are now

essentially the same as those in

antidumping cases, except as provided

for in section 777A(e)(2)(B) of the Act.

Requests for administrative reviews

must now specify the companies to be

reviewed. See 19 CFR § 355.22(a). The

requested review will normally cover

only those companies specifically

named. 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); see also, 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 § 355.22(g)).

Therefore, the cash deposit rates for all

companies except those covered by this

review will be unchanged by the results

of this review. We will instruct Customs

to continue to collect cash deposits for

non-reviewed companies at the most

recent company-specific or countrywide rate applicable to the company.

Accordingly, the cash deposit rates

that will be applied to non-reviewed

companies covered by this order are

20.33 percent ad valorem for Allied

Steel Wire and 9.76 percent ad valorem

for all other non-reviewed companies,

which are the rates calculated in the

most recently completed administrative

proceeding. See Certain Hot–Rolled

Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel

Products from the United Kingdom;

Final Results of Countervailing Duty

Administrative Review, 60 FR 54841

(October 26, 1995). These rates shall

apply to all non-reviewed 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 this order are the

cash deposit rates in effect at the time

of entry.

Public Comment

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 this

administrative review including the

results of its analysis of issues raised in

any case or rebuttal brief or at a hearing.

This administrative review 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.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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Administration

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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

convene public meetings of the

Mackerel Advisory Panel (AP) and

Standing and Special Mackerel

Scientific and Statistical Committee

(SSC).

DATES: The meetings are scheduled as

follows: Standing and Special Mackerel

SSC will meet on April 30, 1997, from

8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Mackerel AP will

meet on May 1, 1997, from 8:00 a.m. to

3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the New Orleans Airport Radisson

Hotel, 2150 Veterans Boulevard,

Kenner, LA 70062; telephone: 504–467–

3111.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Richard Leard, Senior Fishery Biologist;

telephone: 813–228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Standing and Special Mackerel SSC will

review the 1997 stock assessment

updates for both king and Spanish

Mackerel and the report of the

Socioeconomic Panel (SEP) that

includes economic and social

information related to setting an

allowable biological catch range and bag

limits for mackerels in the Gulf of

Mexico and South Atlantic. Based on

this review, the SSC may recommend to

the Council levels for total allowable

catch, bag limits, size limits,

commercial quotas, and other measures

for these species for the 1997–98 season.

The Mackerel AP will also review the

1997 stock assessment updates for both

king and Spanish Mackerel and the

report of the SEP. The AP will also

provide recommendations to the

Council based on their perspectives as

users of these resources.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Anne Alford at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) by April 23, 1997.

Dated: April 1, 1997.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 033197G]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

convene a public meeting via

conference call on April 22, 1997,

beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern standard

time (EST)/9:00 a.m. central standard

time (CST) to resolve inconsistencies in

their advice to the Council on vermilion

snapper minimum size limits and

allowable biological catch

recommendations. The Council is

considering an increase in the vermilion

snapper minimum size limit from 8–

inches to 10–inches total length in order

to stop a decline in the vermilion

snapper stock and prevent the stock

from becoming overfished. In November

1996, the Reef Fish Stock Assessment

Panel (RFSAP) had stated that changes

in the minimum size limit would have

very little impact on the resource, but in

February 1997, the RFSAP concluded

that increasing the minimum size limit

to 10–inches total length would reduce

overall harvest by about 33 percent.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

April 22, 1997, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

EST/9:00 a.m. CST.

ADDRESSES: A listening phone will be

located at each of the following

locations:

1. NMFS Southeast Regional Office,

9721 Executive Center Drive North, St.

Petersburg, FL; telephone: 813–570–

5335;

2. NMFS Panama City Laboratory,

3500 Delwood Beach Road, Panama

City, FL; telephone: 904–234–6541;

3. NMFS Miami Laboratory, 75

Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL;

telephone: 305–361–4487.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven Atran, Population Dynamic

Statistician; telephone: 813–228–2815.

Special Accommodations

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Anne Alford at the

Council (see ADDRESSES) by April 15,

1997.

Dated: April 1, 1997.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 033197F]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

convene a public meeting of the Reef

Fish Advisory Panel (AP).

DATES: The meeting will be held on May

2, 1997, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the at the Radisson Bay Harbor Inn,

7700 Courtney Campbell Causeway,

Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: 813–281–

8000.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven Atran, Population Dynamics

Statistician; telephone: 813–228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Reef

Fish AP will review draft Reef Fish

Amendment 15 which contains:

proposals for a red snapper commercial

license limitation system; limits on

harvest of reef fish from crustacean

traps; a vermilion snapper minimum

size limit increase; removal of sea bass,

grunts, and porgies from Federal

management; and removal of several

reef fish species from the aggregate bag

limit rule. The Red Snapper AP may

also provide recommendations to the

Council, and the AP will also hear a

presentation on marine reserves from

NMFS.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Anne Alford at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) by April 25, 1997.