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parties to the proceeding did not

comment on the Department’s

preliminary finding. Therefore,

consistent with our prior practice, the

Department will continue to adhere to

its preliminary finding for the final

results of review. However, due to the

fact that the final weighted-average

dumping margin was revised between

the preliminary and final results, we

have finally determined that CEMEX

has margins on 92.49 percent of its U.S.

sales.

Pursuant to section 353.28 of the

Department’s regulations, parties to the

proceeding will have 5 days after the

date of publication of this notice to

notify the Department of other

ministerial or clerical errors, as well as,

5 days thereafter to rebut any comments

by parties.

Amended Final Results of Review

As a result of our review, we have

determined that the following margins

exist:

Manufacturer/Exporter Time period Margin

(percent)

CEMEX S.A de C.V ............................................................................................................................................... 8/1/95–7/31/96 37.49

The Department shall determine, and

the Customs Service shall assess,

antidumping duties on all appropriate

entries. Individual differences between

United States price and foreign market

value may vary from the percentages

stated above. The Department will issue

appraisement instructions directly to

the Customs Service.

Furthermore, the following deposit

requirements will be effective, upon

publication of this notice of amended

final results of review for all shipments

of gray portland cement and clinker

from Mexico, entered, or withdrawn

from warehouse, for consumption on or

after the publication date, as provided

for by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1)

The cash deposit rates for the reviewed

companies will be the rates for those

firms as stated above; (2) for previously

investigated companies not listed above,

the cash deposit rate will continue to be

the company-specific rate published for

the most recent period; (3) if the

exporter is not a firm covered in this

review, or the original investigation, but

the manufacturer is, the cash deposit

rate will be the rate established for the

most recent period for the manufacturer

of the merchandise; and (4) the cash

deposit rate for all other manufacturers

or exporters will continue to be 61.85

percent for gray portland cement and

clinker, the all others rate established in

the LTFV investigations. See Final

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair

Value: Gray Portland Cement and

Clinker from Mexico, 55 FR 29244,

(1990).

These deposit requirements, when

imposed, shall remain in effect until

publication of the final results of the

next administrative review.

This notice serves as a final reminder

to importers of their responsibility

under 19 CFR 353.26 to file a certificate

regarding the reimbursement of

antidumping duties prior to liquidation

of the relevant entries during this

review period. Failure to comply with

this requirement could result in the

Secretary’s presumption that

reimbursement of antidumping duties

occurred and the subsequent assessment

of double antidumping duties.

This notice also serves as a reminder

to parties subject to administrative

protective order (APO) of their

responsibility concerning the

disposition of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with section 353.34(d) of the

Department’s regulations. Timely

notification of return/destruction of

APO materials or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested.

Failure to comply with the regulations

and the terms of an APO is a

sanctionable violation.

This administrative review and notice

are in accordance with section 751(a)(1)

of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19

CFR 353.22.

Dated: April 21, 1998.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–11429 Filed 5–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C–508–605]

Industrial Phosphoric Acid from Israel;

Extension of Time Limit for

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit

for countervailing duty administrative

review.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

is extending the time limit for the

preliminary results of the administrative

review of the countervailing duty order

on industrial phosphoric acid from

Israel, covering the period January 1,

1996 through December 31, 1996. This

extension is made pursuant to section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dana Mermelstein or Maria MacKay,

Office of CVD/AD Enforcement VI,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone:

(202) 482–2786.

POSTPONEMENT: Under the Act, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) may extend the deadline

for issuance of the preliminary results of

review if it determines that it is not

practicable to issue the preliminary

results within the statutory time limit of

245 days after the last day of the month

in which the anniversary of the date of

the publication of the order occurs. The

Department finds that it is not

practicable to issue the preliminary

results for the calendar year 1996

administrative review of industrial

phosphoric acid from Israel within this

time limit. (See Memorandum from the

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration, dated April 27,

1998, to the Acting Assistant Secretary

for Import Administration, ‘‘Industrial

Phosphoric Acid from Israel: Extension

of the Deadline for the Preliminary

Results of the 1996 Administrative

Review (January 1, 1996 through

December 31, 1996’’), which is a public

document on file in the Central Records

Unit.)

In accordance with section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act, the Department will

extend the time for issuance of the

preliminary results of this review from

May 4, 1998 to no later than August 31,

1998.
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Dated: April 27, 1998.

Maria Harris Tildon,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–11801 Filed 5–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 042798A]

Incidental Take of Marine Mammals;

Bottlenose Dolphins and Spotted

Dolphins

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of letters of

authorization.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Marine Mammal Protection Act

(MMPA) as amended, and implementing

regulations, notification is hereby given

that 1-year letters of authorization to

take bottlenose and spotted dolphins

incidental to oil and gas structure

removal activities were issued on

February 12, 1998, to Pogo Producing

Co.; and on April 1, 1998, to Burlington

Resources Offshore, Inc. and Apache

Corp, all of Houston TX; and, on April

24, 1998, to Chevron U.S.A. of New

Orleans, LA.

ADDRESSES: The applications and letters

are available for review in the following

offices: Office of Protected Resources,

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, MD 20910 and the Southeast

Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center

Drive N, St. Petersburg, FL 33702.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenneth R. Hollingshead, Office of

Protected Resources, NMFS, (301) 713–

2055 or Colleen Coogan, Southeast

Region (813) 570–5312.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C.

1361 et seq.) directs NMFS to allow, on

request, the incidental, but not

intentional, taking of small numbers of

marine mammals by U.S. citizens who

engage in a specified activity (other than

commercial fishing) within a specified

geographical region, if certain findings

are made and regulations are issued.

Under the MMPA, the term ‘‘taking’’

means to harass, hunt, capture, or kill or

to attempt to harass, hunt, capture or

kill marine mammals.

Permission may be granted for periods

up to 5 years if NMFS finds, after

notification and opportunity for public

comment, that the taking will have a

negligible impact on the species or

stock(s) of marine mammals and will

not have an unmitigable adverse impact

on the availability of the species or

stock(s) for subsistence uses. In

addition, NMFS must prescribe

regulations that include permissible

methods of taking and other means

effecting the least practicable adverse

impact on the species and its habitat,

and on the availability of the species for

subsistence uses, paying particular

attention to rookeries, mating grounds,

and areas of similar significance. The

regulations must include requirements

pertaining to the monitoring and

reporting of such taking. Regulations

governing the taking of bottlenose and

spotted dolphins incidental to oil and

gas structure removal activities in the

Gulf of Mexico were published on

October 12, 1995 (60 FR 53139), and

remain in effect until November 13,

2000.

Issuance of these letters of

authorization are based on a finding that

the total takings will have a negligible

impact on the bottlenose and spotted

dolphin stocks of the Gulf of Mexico.

Dated: April 29, 1998.

P. Michael Payne,

Chief, Marine Mammal Division, Office of

Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98–11780 Filed 5–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 042098C]

Marine Mammals; Permit No. 959

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application for

amendment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Cetacean Research Unit, P.O. Box

159, Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930,

has requested an amendment to

scientific research Permit No. 959.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before June 3, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The amendment request

and related documents are available for

review upon written request or by

appointment in the following office(s):

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289);

Regional Administrator, Northeast

Region, National Marine Fisheries

Service, One Blackburn Drive,

Gloucester, MA 01930–2298 (508/281–

9250); and

Regional Administrator, Southeast

Region, National Marine Fisheries

Service, 9721 Executive Center Drive,

North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702–2432

(813/570–5301).

Written data or views, or requests for

a public hearing on this request should

be submitted to the Chief, Permits

Division, F/PR1, Office of Protected

Resources, National Marine Fisheries

Service, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those

individuals requesting a hearing should

set forth the specific reasons why a

hearing on this particular request would

be appropriate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeannie Drevenak, 301/713–2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject amendment is requested under

the authority of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

The Permit Holder is currently

authorized to conduct photoidentification and observational studies

on 400 humpback whales(Megaptera

novaeangliae), 250 finback whales

(Balaenoptera physalus),50 sei whales

(Balaenoptera borealis), and 50 right

whales (Eubalaena glacialis) annually in

the waters of Maine, New Hampshire,

Massachusetts, Virginia, North Carolina,

Georgia, and Florida over a 5-year

period.

The Holder is now requesting that the

Permit be amended to authorize: (1)

biopsy sampling of up to 150 humpback

whales from the Gulf of Maine feeding

population, ranging from New York to

Nova Scotia; and (2) suction cup tagging

with time-depth recorders/VHF radio

tags of up to 50 humpback whales from

the same population, and 50 finback

whales from the New England feeding

population, over the remaining duration

of the permit. The biopsy samples will

be used for several purposes, including

an investigation into using skin collagen

tensile strength as a means to estimate

the age of a sampled whales, an

examination of its recent exposure to

human pathogens, and molecular

genetic studies. Time-depth recorders/

VHF radio tags multi-sensor packages

will be used in conjunction with sonar

traces to understand the feeding ecology

of endangered whales in New England.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register,

NMFS is forwarding copies of this

application to the Marine Mammal