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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 23, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms 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 and instructions should be

directed to Charles Moore, Bureau of the

Census, SFC2, MS–5700, Room 1304,

4301 Suitland Road, Suitland, Maryland

20746, phone number (301) 457–2050.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Census Bureau must provide

everyone in the United States and

Outlying Areas the opportunity to be

counted in the Census 2000, including

persons living in group quarters (GQs),

(ex. student dormitories and shelters)

and housing units (HUs) at and/or

associated with SPs.

To that end, the Census Bureau is

currently developing final plans for

implementing the Census 2000 Special

Place Facility Questionnaire Operation.

This operation replaces the Special

Place Prelist field operation conducted

in previous censuses. During that

operation, census enumerators visited

each special place (SP) and conducted

personal interviews to identify and

classify the types of GQs and HUs for

each SP. One of the major requirements

for enumeration of persons at SP

facilities is to identify the GQs and any

associated HUs at each SP.

We obtain an updated SP/GQ master

file from the Census 2000 Dress

Rehearsal which contains the names,

addresses and phone numbers of each

special place. Phone numbers for these

SPs were obtained through the use of

telephone books, directory assistance

and contractors.

We will then mail advance letters to

each SP informing them about the

upcoming Census 2000 and letting them

know that a Census Bureau

representative will be phoning in the

next few weeks to update the list of

places where people stay and to collect

other administrative information.

By phoning each SP and conducting

interviews, we will identify and collect

updated information about the GQs and

HUs at each SP using Form D–351,

Special Place Facility Questionnaire.

The types of information collected

during the interviews consists of

collecting administrative information,

updating existing information,

identifying GQs/HUs at each SP,

determining facility type and expected

population count.

Throughout the Facility

Questionnaire Operation, the SP/GQ

master file is continually updated. Once

the Facility Questionnaire Operation is

completed, files will be created based

on the requirements for each of the

upcoming SP operations, i.e., Local

Knowledge Update, Transient Night,

Group Quarters Enumeration and

Service-Based Enumeration.

II. Method of Collection

Computer Assisted Telephone

Interviewing (CATI) will be used for the

majority of cases using a computerized

questionnaire. Nonrespondents

(including SPs that request personal

visit follow-up) and adds from other

field operations will require a personal

visit or telephone interview (non-CATI)

by regional office or local census office

staff using a paper D–351 questionnaire.

To collect the GQ information for

military installations, a census

representative will visit each of the

military installations to interview

military personnel on Form D–

351(MIL), Military Installation Group

Quarters Address List. Information to be

collected consists of the installation

name, state, county, military contact,

group quarters location, type of GQ and

expected population count.

Once completed, the D–351s and the

D–351(MIL)s will be sent to the Data

Capture Center (DCC) in Jeffersonville,

Indiana for processing.

III. Data

OMB Number: Not available.

Form Number: D–351, D–351(MIL).

Type of review: Regular Submission.

Affected Public: Individuals,

businesses or other for-profit

organizations, non-profit institutions

and small businesses or organizations.

Estimated number of Respondents:

450,000 Special Places in Census 2000.

Estimated Time Per Response: Each

interview should take about 15 minutes

(0.25 hours).

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 112,500 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: There is

no cost to respondents for providing

information on this operation, except for

a few minutes of their time.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13, United States

Code, Sections 141 and 193.

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 also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: January 13, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–1209 Filed 1–16–98 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

Master Address File (MAF) and

Topologically Integrated Geographic

Encoding and Referencing (TIGER)

Update Activities

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 23, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or
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copies of the information collection

instruments and instructions should be

directed to Lynn Minneman, Bureau of

the Census, SFC–2, Room 1308–A,

Washington, DC 20233. Phone number

301–457–2036.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Note: The present clearance expires June

30, 1998. This request covers field activities

to be conducted from July 1, 1998 through

September 30, 2000. Operations occurring

during the period from October 1, 1997

through June 30, 1998 are listed here only to

explain the total respondent burden for FY98

shown in part III.

The Census Bureau presently operates

a generic clearance covering activities

involving respondent burden associated

with updating our Master Address File

(MAF) and Topologically Integrated

Geographic Encoding and Referencing

(TIGER). We now propose to extend that

generic clearance to cover update

activities we will undertake during the

next three fiscal years.

Under the terms of the generic

clearance, we plan to submit a request

for OMB clearance that will describe all

planned activities for the entire period;

we will not submit a separate clearance

package for each updating activity. We

will send a letter to OMB at least five

days before the planned start of each

activity that gives more exact details,

examples of forms, and final estimates

of respondent burden. We also will file

a year-end summary with OMB after the

close of each fiscal year giving results of

each activity conducted. This generic

clearance enables OMB to review our

overall strategy for MAF and TIGER

updating in advance, instead of

reviewing each activity in isolation

shortly before the planned start.

The MAF is a national address list

that is being created and continually

updated with information from the U.S.

Postal Service Delivery Sequence File.

The Census Bureau plans to use the

MAF for mailing or delivering

questionnaires to households for Census

2000 and as a sampling frame for our

demographic current surveys. In the

past, the Census Bureau has built a new

address list for each decennial census.

The MAF we are building during

Census 2000 is meant to be kept current

thereafter, eliminating the need to build

a completely new address list for future

censuses and surveys. The TIGER is a

geographic system that maps the entire

country in Census blocks with

applicable address range or living

quarter location information. Linking

MAF and TIGER allows us to assign

each address to the appropriate Census

Block, produce maps as needed and

publish results at the appropriate level

of geographic detail. The following are

descriptions of each activity we plan to

conduct under the clearance for the next

three fiscal years.

1. Address Listing (AL)

Census 2000 Address Listing will be

conducted in 2.93 million blocks that

have a preponderance of noncity-style

addresses; for example, ‘‘RR 1, Box 89,’’

‘‘PO Box 678,’’ or ‘‘General Delivery.’’

AL also will be conducted in all of

Puerto Rico. Temporary Census Bureau

employees called ‘‘listers’’ will canvass

(walk or drive) each of these blocks,

identifying each structure where people

live or could live, including housing

units and group quarters. They will

record the block number and each

physical location address or description

on Form D–101B, Address Listing Page.

For each living quarters, the lister will

attempt to conduct an interview to

collect the mailing address, an E–911

address for living quarters with no

posted city-style mailing address,

occupant name or group quarters

contact person name, and telephone

number. If no one is at home, the lister

will attempt to interview a neighbor to

obtain this information. If unable to

obtain the information, the lister will

attempt up to two telephone callbacks to

obtain the information. There will be no

personal callbacks to conduct an

interview during Address Listing. The

lister will also spot the location of the

living quarters on a Block Map and

update the Block Maps by adding

missing roads, road names, or other map

features as necessary, and deleting roads

that no longer exist.

The information collected will be

used to create our Master Address File

(MAF) for Census 2000 and survey use.

The map additions and deletions will be

used to update our TIGER maps. The

processed address information and map

spots will be directly used to deliver a

Census 2000 Questionnaire to each

housing unit in these blocks.

The operation will be conducted from

August through December, 1998. There

will be approximately 22.4 million

respondents with an estimated response

time of 1.5 minutes per living quarters.

Approximately 4.7 million respondents

will be interviewed in FY98 with a

respondent burden of 117,500 hours.

Approximately 17.7 million

respondents will be interviewed in

FY99 with a respondent burden of

442,500 hours.

In addition to the blocks mentioned

above, AL will be conducted in the rural

portion of 39 counties that are in the

1999 American Community Survey.

Since a MAF is needed earlier in these

counties than in the rest of the country,

the Address Listing will be conducted

between February and May, 1998, using

slightly different forms and callback

rules. Housing units will be listed on

Form DX–101B, Housing Unit Address

Listing Page. Special places will be

listed on Form DX–101C, Special Place

Listing Page. The information collected

will be almost identical to that listed

above, however, more callbacks are

authorized to obtain the mailing

address. The lister will make up to three

personal and two telephone callbacks to

obtain the information for households

where no one is home on the initial

visit. There will be approximately

320,000 respondents with an estimated

response time of two minutes per

household. The total respondent burden

is estimated at 10,666 hours.

2. Block Canvass (BC)

The Census 2000 Block Canvass is

scheduled to take place from January 18,

1999 through June 4, 1999 in all areas

where there is predominately city-style

addressing and mail delivery and where

the Census Bureau will conduct a

mailout/mailback census. BC is a

dependent field canvassing activity

where listers will canvass assigned

blocks looking for every place where

people live or could live using Form D–

451A, Address Listing Page, which lists

every living quarters currently in the

MAF for these blocks. Listers will

attempt to interview at predesignated

living quarters (every third housing unit

and all multi-unit structures) to verify

that living quarters’ address and unit

designation, as necessary, and the

addresses of the living quarters on either

side. They will also obtain mailing

addresses when these are different from

the house number and street name

address. They will visit the next

housing unit to obtain the information

if no one is home at the predesignated

unit. Listers also will contact the

resident manager, superintendent, or

other knowledgeable person at all multiunit structures to verify addresses and

unit designations for each unit. For

special places, the lister will visually

check those on the list and add any that

are missing. Listers will visit living

quarters not on their list to obtain the

house number and street name address

and a mailing address (if different) for

each living quarters. This information

will be listed on Form D–451B, Block

Canvass Add Page, or Form D–451B,

Block Canvass Special Place Add Page.

For special places, the lister will also

obtain a contact person name and

telephone number.

BC will improve coverage by verifying

addresses on our MAF, making
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corrections to those addresses as

necessary, deleting nonexistent,

uninhabitable, or nonresidential living

quarters, capturing non-city style

mailing addresses when the posted citystyle address is not used for mail, and

adding addresses for living quarters

missing from the MAF. The processed

MAF after BC will be used to label and

deliver Census 2000 Questionnaires and

for other Census Bureau surveys.

The estimated number of respondents

for BC is 27,500,000. The estimated time

per response is 2 minutes. The total

estimated respondent burden is 916,667

hours.

3. Field Verification for Local Update of

Census Addresses (LUCA FV)

This operation will verify the

existence of predominately noncitystyle addresses that the local

government officials add during their

review of the MAF. This operation will

take place around May of 1999. LUCA

FV will increase the integrity of the

MAF by validating addresses that are

added by local government officials

prior to these updates being included in

the Census Mailout/Delivery.

Listers will receive Form D–137,

LUCA Field Verification Address

Listing Page, that will include all

addresses within a block that contains at

least one add from a LUCA participant.

Addresses that need to be verified will

be identified on the listing pages by a

blank action code field. Listers will

conduct a brief interview to verify the

existence and address of the specified

unit and enter an action code on the

listing page indicating that the unit

exists or does not exist.

We will verify approximately 5

million addresses across the United

States. The estimated time per response

is 1.5 minutes. The total estimated

respondent burden is 125,000 hours.

In addition to the above, LUCA FV

will be conducted in the Census 2000

Dress Rehearsal sites of Columbia, SC,

Sacramento, CA, and Menominee, WI.

This operation will verify the existence

of 100% of the addresses, both city-style

and noncity-style, that the local

governments have added to the address

list during LUCA. The operation will be

the same as described above for Census

2000, using Form DX–137, LUCA Field

Verification Address Listing Page. The

operation will take place in December,

1997.

We will verify approximately 22,423

addresses in the Dress Rehearsal sites.

The estimated time per response is 1.5

minutes. The total estimated respondent

burden is 561 hours.

4. Update Leave (U/L)

Update/leave will occur in the same

counties as specified above for

operation 1, Address Listing, and

throughout Puerto Rico. Each U/L

enumerator will receive an Address

Register, which includes a listing and

Block Maps, and a pre-addressed

Census 2000 Questionnaire for each

address included in the listing. The

Form D–105A, Address Listing Page,

will include a record for each living

quarters processed during Address

Listing. The Block Maps will show a

map spot for each listed structure that

contained living quarters. The

enumerator will completely canvass

each assigned block in March of 2000.

U/L will update the inventory of

housing units by adding any new

residential construction to the Form D–

105B, U/L Add Page, and the Block

Maps, and will deliver a Census 2000

Questionnaire to each housing unit.

The enumerator will attempt to

complete a short interview at each

address to verify the address

information collected during Address

Listing or to obtain the address

information for new units. They will

also give the respondent the

Questionnaire to complete and mail

back. (The Questionnaire is covered by

a different OMB clearance and is not

described in this notice.) When no one

is home, the enumerator will place the

Questionnaire in a bag and hang it on

the doorknob. There will be no

callbacks for U/L.

The estimated number of households

for U/L is 22.4 million, however, we

estimate that the total number of

respondents will be 7.5 million. The

estimated time per response is 1.5

minutes. The total estimated respondent

burden is 187,500 hours.

In addition to the above, U/L will be

conducted in the rural portions of the

Columbia, SC and Menominee, WI

Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal sites. This

operation will occur in March and April

of 1998. It will update the address lists

and Block Maps and deliver the Dress

Rehearsal Questionnaire in these

counties using Form DX–105A, Address

Listing Page, and DX–105B, U/L Add

Page. The procedures will be the same

as described above for Census 2000. The

estimated number of households is

75,000, however, we estimate that the

total number of respondents will be

25,000. The estimated time per response

is 2 minutes. The total estimated

respondent burden is 834 hours.

5. Urban Update Leave (UU/L)

The Urban Update/Leave operation

for Census 2000 will be conducted in

March 2000, in areas where there is

predominately city-style addressing but

in which the U.S. Postal Service does

not deliver mail to housing units at their

posted city-style address. UU/L may

also be done in areas where the U.S.

Postal Service delivers mail to a central

drop point with no identifiable mail

receptacles for each individual housing

unit. The procedures for this operation

are the same as described for operation

4, Update/Leave. The enumerators will

use Form D–XXXX, Address Listing

Page, and Form D–XXXY, UU/L Add

Page, for this operation. The total

estimated number of households is 1

million, however, we estimate that the

total number of respondents is 334,000.

The estimated time per response is 2

minutes. The total estimated respondent

burden is 11,134 hours.

6. List/Enumerate (L/E)

List/Enumerate is a method of taking

Census 2000 in some very rural parts of

the country where we will not have a

MAF with mailing addresses prior to the

Census. During the period from March

31 through May 1, 2000, enumerators

will canvass each assigned block to list

each living quarters and spot its location

on a Block Map. The enumerator will

ask a short series of questions using

Form D–104A to determine the

household name, mailing address and/

or physical location/description of the

housing unit. The enumerator will then

pick up the completed Census 2000

Questionnaire or enumerate the

household using the Questionnaire.

(The Questionnaire is covered by a

different OMB clearance and is not

included in this notice.)

The estimated number of respondents

for the listing portion of L/E is 420,000.

The estimated time per response is 1.5

minutes. The estimated total respondent

burden for the listing portion is 10,500

hours.

7. Master Address File Quality

Improvement Program (MAF QIP)

The MAF is a national address list

that is being created and continually

updated with information from the U.S.

Postal Service Delivery Sequence File.

The Census Bureau plans to use this file

for mailing questionnaires to

households for Census 2000 and as a

sampling frame for our demographic

current surveys. The goal of the MAF

QIP is to assess the completeness and

accuracy of the housing units on the

MAF by providing coverage and

geocoding error estimates. The

operation consists of creating an

independent listing of housing units

which will be computer matched to the
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MAF with a field reconciliation follow

up of nonmatched units.

Field Representatives will contact

each housing unit in the MAF QIP

sample areas to obtain and list address

information on Form S–676, Master

Address File Quality Improvement

Program 1998 Independent Listing

Book. Listers will also inquire at each

special place and commercial structure

to identify housing units. Addresses and

geocoding information obtained during

the independent listing will be

computer matched to the MAF. During

the reconciliation phase, field staff will

resolve nonmatched housing units by

verifying address information using

Form S–XXX, Housing Unit Followup

Form. The independent listing phase

will be conducted in March through

July of 1998. The reconciliation phase

will be conducted in May through

September of 1998.

The total estimated number of

respondents for the listing phase is

250,000. The total estimated number of

respondents for the reconciliation phase

is 20,700. The estimated time per

response is 3 minutes for the listing

phase and 1 minute for the

reconciliation phase. The total

estimated respondent burden is 10,000

hours for the listing phase and 345

hours for the reconciliation phase.

A 1999 MAF QIP will also be

conducted. The procedures will be

similar to the 1998 MAF QIP, however,

form numbers, exact workloads, and

exact timing have not yet been

determined. We estimate the maximum

possible number of respondents for the

listing phase at 500,000 with

approximately 250,000 interviews done

in late FY99 and 250,000 interviews

done in early FY2000. The

reconciliation phase will be conducted

in FY2000 with approximately 41,400

respondents. The estimated time per

response is 3 minutes for the listing

phase and 1 minute for the

reconciliation phase. The total

estimated respondent burden is 10,000

hours in FY99 and 10,000 hours in

FY2000 for the listing phase and 690

hours in FY2000 for the reconciliation

phase. (The total number of respondents

for the 1999 MAF QIP could be as small

as 200,000 which would decrease

respondent burden proportionately.)

In addition to the above, an FY97

pilot study to test MAF QIP

methodology was conducted in six

counties. The procedures for this study

were the same as outlined above for the

1998 MAF QIP. The reconciliation

phase was still in progress at the end of

FY97 and was halted due to the

continuing resolution on budget. Field

Representatives will resolve the

remaining 3,770 nonmatched housing

units in November and December of

1997 using Form S–663, Housing Unit

Followup Form. The estimated number

of respondents is 3,770. The estimated

time per response is 1 minute. The

estimated total respondent burden is

313 hours.

8. Master Address File Update for Otero

County, New Mexico

We will update the current MAF for

Otero County, NM by identifying new

housing units in the area outside

Alamogordo City and field list these

housing units to obtain a complete

mailing and physical location address.

This listing will occur sometime

between February and June of 1998. The

new units are defined as those coming

into existence after September, 1996.

The new units will be identified using

local administrative records (probably

building permits); we do not plan to

conduct any large scale block recanvass

operation. The new units will be

address listed using the forms and

procedures described above for

American Community Survey counties

in operation 1, Address Listing. The

estimated number of respondents is 200.

The estimated time per response is 2

minutes. The estimated total respondent

burden is 7 hours.

II. Method of Collection

The primary method of data

collection for all operations will be

personal interview by Census Listers or

Enumerators using the operation’s

listing form. In some cases, the

interview could be by telephone

callback if no one was home on the

initial visit. See part I for details for

each operation.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0607–0809.

Form Number: The form numbers for

some activities have not yet been

assigned. See the descriptions of the

activities in part I for form numbers

where applicable.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

Varies by operation, see chart below.

Estimated Time Per Response: Varies

by operation, see chart below.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: FY98 140,226; FY99 1,494,167;

FY2000 219,824.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: The

only cost to respondents is that of their

time to respond.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13, United

States Code, Sections 141 and 193.

Activity

FY 1998 respondent

($)

FY 1999 respondent

($)

FY 2000 respondent

($)

Average

hours per

response

Responses

per respondent

FY 1998

burden

hours

FY 1999

burden

hours

FY 2000

burden

hours

AL ...................................... 4,700,000 17,700,000 0 .025 1 117,500 442,500 0

AL–ACS ............................. 320,000 0 0 .033 1 10,666 0 0

BC ...................................... 0 27,500,000 0 .033 1 0 916,667 0

LUCA FV ........................... 22,423 5,000,000 0 .025 1 561 125,000 0

U/L ..................................... 0 0 7,500,000 .025 1 0 0 187,500

U/L–DR .............................. 25,000 0 0 .033 1 834 0 0

UU/L .................................. 0 0 334,000 .033 1 0 0 11,134

L/E ..................................... 0 0 420,000 .025 1 0 0 10,500

MAFQIP ............................. 250,000 250,000 250,000 .050 1 10,000 10,000 10,000

MAFQIP–R ........................ 24,470 0 41,400 .016 1 658 0 690

MAF/U ............................... 200 0 0 .033 1 7 0 0

Totals ...................... 5,342,093 50,450,000 8,545,400 .................... .................... 140,226 1,494,167 219,824

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
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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 also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: January 13, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–1210 Filed 1–16–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A–405–802]

Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel

Plate From Finland; Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review.

SUMMARY: On July 15, 1997, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) published the preliminary

results of its administrative review of

the antidumping duty order on certain

cut-to-length carbon steel plate from

Finland (62 F.R. 37866). The review

covers one manufacturer/exporter,

Rautaruukki Oy (Rautaruukki), for the

period August 1, 1995 through July 31,

1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 20, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Heather Osborne or Linda Ludwig,

Enforcement Group III, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230;

telephone (202) 482–3019 or (202) 482–

3833, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On July 15, 1997, the Department of

Commerce (the Department) published

in the Federal Register (62 FR 37866)

the preliminary results of its

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on certain cutto-length carbon steel plate from

Finland (58 FR 44165, August 19, 1993).

The Department has now completed this

administrative review in accordance

with section 751 of the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended (the Act).

Under section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act,

the Department may extend the

deadline for completion of an

administrative review if it determines

that it is not practical to complete the

review within the statutory time limit of

365 days. On November 3, 1997, the

Department extended the time limits for

the final results in this case. See

Extension of Time Limit for

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review, 62 FR 60683 (November 12,

1997).

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise stated, all citations

to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended

(the Tariff Act) are references to the

provisions effective January 1, 1995, the

effective date of the amendments made

to the Tariff Act by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (URAA). In addition,

unless otherwise indicated, all

references to the Department’s

regulation are to 19 CFR part 353 (April

7, 1997).

Scope of the Review

The products covered by this

administrative review constitute one

‘‘class or kind’’ of merchandise: certain

cut-to-length carbon steel plate. These

products include hot-rolled carbon steel

universal mill plates (i.e., flat-rolled

products rolled on four faces or in a

closed box pass, of a width exceeding

150 millimeters but not exceeding 1,250

millimeters and of a thickness of not

less than 4 millimeters, not in coils and

without patterns in relief), of

rectangular shape, neither clad, plated

nor coated with metal, whether or not

painted, varnished, or coated with

plastics or other nonmetallic substances;

and certain hot-rolled carbon steel flatrolled products in straight lengths, of

rectangular shape, hot rolled, neither

clad, plated, nor coated with metal,

whether or not painted, varnished, or

coated with plastics or other

nonmetallic substances, 4.75

millimeters or more in thickness and of

a width which exceeds 150 millimeters

and measures at least twice the

thickness, as currently classifiable in the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS)

under item numbers 7208.40.3030,

7208.40.3060, 7208.51.0030,

7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060,

7208.52.0000, 7208.53.0000,

7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000,

7210.90.9000, 7211.13.0000,

7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0045,

7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000,

7212.40.5000, and 7212.50.0000.

Included are flat-rolled products of

nonrectangular cross-section where

such cross-section is achieved

subsequent to the rolling process (i.e.,

products which have been ‘‘worked

after rolling’’) for example, products

which have been beveled or rounded at

the edges. Excluded is grade X–70 plate.

These HTS item numbers are provided

for convenience and Customs purposes.

The written description remains

dispostive.

Analysis of Comments Received

We gave interested parties an

opportunity to comment on the

preliminary results. We received briefs

and rebuttal comments from Bethlehem

Steel Corporation, U.S. Steel Group, a

Unit of USX Corporation, Inland Steel

Industries, Inc., LTV Steel Company,

Inc., National Steel Corporation, AK

Steel Corporation, Gulf States Steel Inc.

of Alabama, Sharon Steel Corporation,

and WCI Steel Inc., petitioners, and

from Rautaruukki Oy (Rautaruukki), a

producer/exporter of the subject

merchandise. At the request of

petitioners and respondent, we held a

hearing on October 31, 1997.

Comment 1: Petitioners argue that

Rautaruukki’s interest revenues should

be accounted for and that the

Department should adjust Rautaruukki’s

home market sales prices to account for

unreported late payment charges.

Petitioners contend that Rautaruukki’s

stated policy of charging interest to all

of its customers for late payments

conflicts with Rautaruukki’s assertion

that in practice, its customers rarely pay

interest. Petitioners note that

Rautaruukki enters all interest revenues

into one general account and argue that

charges for late payments constitute

interests revenue.

Petitioners assert that the Department

confirmed at verification that

Rautaruukki’s financial records account

for total interest revenue received in

1996, but that no information was

provided for 1995. Petitioners argue that

neither of the transactions cited by

respondent support Rautaruukki’s claim

that it did not accrue and receive

interest revenue. Petitioners state that

the Department should employ facts

available in calculating Rautaruukki’s

interest revenue due to respondent’s

failure to provide information on

interest revenue earned in 1995 and its

failure to identify the sales for which

late payment charges were assessed.

Petitioners state that, as facts available,

the Department should calculate an

interest revenue adjustment for all sales

for which, pursuant to their terms of

payment, payment was recorded as late.