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have included a freight amount equal to

the lesser of: (1) The calculated freight

cost of shipping material from the PRC

port Taiyuan uses to export finished

goods to its PRC factory or (2) the cost

of shipping material from the domestic

supplier to the factory. See Final

Determination of Sales at Less Than

Fair Value: Collated Roofing Nails From

the People’s Republic of China, 62 FR

51410,51413 (October 1, 1997).

Currency Conversion

We made currency conversions

pursuant to section 773A(a) of the Act

and 19 CFR 353.60 based on the rates

certified by the Federal Reserve Bank.

Final Results of the Review

As a result of our comparison of EP

and NV, we determine that the

following weighted-average margin

exists for the period May 1, 1996,

through October 31, 1996:

Manufacturer/producer/exporter Percent

margin

Taiyuan Heavy Machinery Import and Export Corporation 69.53

The Customs Service shall assess

antidumping duties on all appropriate

entries. Individual differences between

export price and normal value may vary

from the percentage stated above. We

have calculated an importer-specific

duty assessment rate based on the ratio

of the total amount of AD duties

calculated for the examined sales made

during the POR to the total value of

subject merchandise entered during the

POR. This rate will be assessed

uniformly on all entries of that

particular importer made during the

POR. The Department will issue

appraisement instructions concerning

the respondent directly to the U.S.

Customs Service.

Furthermore, the following deposit

rates shall be required for merchandise,

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after the

publication date of these final results of

administrative review, as provided for

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

The cash deposit rate for Taiyuan will

be the rate indicated above; (2) for

previously reviewed or investigated

companies not listed above that have a

separate rate, the cash deposit rate will

continue to be the company-specific rate

published for the most recent period; (3)

for all remaining PRC exporters, the

cash deposit rate will be 108.26 percent,

the PRC-wide rate established in the

LTFV investigation; and (4) for non-PRC

exporters, the cash deposit rate will be

the rate applicable to the PRC supplier

of that exporter.

These deposit requirements shall

remain in effect until publication of the

final results of the next administrative

review.

This notice serves as the 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 the 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 19 CFR 353.34(d). Timely written

notification or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested.

Failure to comply with the regulations

and terms of the APO is a sanctionable

violation.

This new shipper administrative

review and notice are in accordance

with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act (19

U.S.C. 1675(a)(2)(B)) and 19 CFR

353.28(c).

Dated: January 14, 1998.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–1400 Filed 1–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 011398C]

North Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery

Management Council (Council) and its

advisory committees will hold public

meetings in Anchorage, AK.

DATES: The meetings will be held the

week of February 2, 1998. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

dates and times of the meetings.

ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held at

the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 W. 3rd

Avenue, Anchorage, AK. All meetings

are open to the public with the

exception of a Council executive session

tentatively scheduled for noon on

Thursday, February 5, to discuss

personnel, international issues, or

litigation, as necessary.

Council address: North Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 605 W.

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK

99501–2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Council staff, telephone: 907–271–2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. The Scientific and Statistical

Committee (SSC) will meet beginning at

8:00 a.m. on Monday, February 2,

continuing through Wednesday,

February 4.

2. The Advisory Panel (AP) will begin

meeting at 8:00 a.m. on Monday,

February 2, and continue through

Thursday, February 5.

3. The Council will meet in joint

session with the Alaska Board of

Fisheries on Tuesday, February 3, 1998,

beginning at 8:30 a.m.

4. NMFS will hold a workshop on

preliminary essential fish habit reports

to gather public comments on Thursday,

February 5, at 7:00 p.m.

5. The Council’s regular plenary

session will begin at 8:00 a.m. on

Wednesday, February 4, and continue

through Sunday, February 8. If

necessary to complete the agenda, the

Council may continue meeting on

Monday, February 9.

Other workgroup or committee

meetings may be held during the week.

Notices of these meetings will be posted

at the hotel.

The agenda for the Council’s joint

meeting with the Alaska Board of

Fisheries will include the following:

1. Under halibut management, the

Council and Board will discuss the

following subjects:

a. Status report on Alaska Department

of Fish and Game charterboat logbook;

b. Status report on Council’s halibut

charterboat guideline harvest level and

management measures used off Oregon

and Washington for recreations

fisheries; and

c. Review and approve draft protocol

on development of local area fishery

management plans;

2. Groundfish issues for discussion

are:

a. State waters Pacific cod fisheries;

b. Approval of letter to industry

encouraging resolution of gear conflicts

within industry; and

c. Ways to improve exchange of

proposals.

3. Crab issues to be discussed are:

a. Status report on development of

crab stock assessment document and

overfishing definitions; and
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b. Extension of overfishing and

rebuilding considerations to species

outside fishery management plans.

4. Deferral of scallop management to

State of Alaska and discussion of

limited entry considerations for the

scallop fishery.

5. Report on Steller sea lion research.

6. Reports on bycatch estimation.

7. Discuss need to continue

requirement for salmon bycatch

retention until counted by an observer.

The agenda for the Council’s plenary

session will include the following

issues. The Council may take

appropriate action on any of the issues

identified.

1. A report from NMFS on the current

status of the fisheries off Alaska, and a

report from the International Pacific

Halibut Commission on 1998 halibut

quotas.

2. Final action on a third-party

arrangement (joint project agreement)

for observer procurement services.

3. Preliminary review of analysis for

the allocation of pollock between

inshore and offshore fisheries; direct

staff on further development of

alternatives.

4. Preliminary review of an

amendment to the fishery management

plans to incorporate essential fish

habitat information as required by the

Magnuson Act; direction to staff.

5. Final action on research priorities.

6. Review the local area management

plan for Sitka Sound halibut, and

discuss area management plans in

general; determine how to proceed;

direction to staff.

7. Under the Council’s license

limitation program for groundfish and

crab, the following items will be

discussed:

a. Crab buyback program: status report

and discussion;

b. Discussion and direction to staff on

potential amendments to the program;

c. Discussion of multi-species

community development quota

regulations with regard to vessel

exemptions; direction to staff; and

d. Discussion and direction to staff on

extension of the current moratorium on

entry to the groundfish and crab

fisheries off Alaska.

8. Status report on Amendment 3 to

the Scallop Fishery Management Plan,

and discussion of future limited entry

program; direction to staff.

9. Groundfish amendments scheduled

for action are as follows:

a. Final action on a regulatory

amendment to revise Gulf of Alaska

(GOA) trimester pollock allocations;

b. Final action on an amendment for

stand-down and/or preregistration

requirements in the Western and Central

GOA;

c. Initial review of options to

streamline the setting of total allowable

catches; directions to staff to release for

public review and/or revise;

d. Final action on an amendment to

allocate shortraker/rougheye quota to

fixed gear in the Bering Sea/Aleutian

Islands;

e. Initial review of an amendment to

revise boundaries for Eastern GOA

regulatory area; and

f. Discussion and direction to staff on

possible bycatch amendments.

9. Other groundfish issues scheduled

for discussion are: a. Trip limits in the

Western and Central GOA; direction to

staff;

b. Salmon bycatch retention issues;

direction to staff;

c. Catch and bycatch measurement;

direction to staff; and

d. Vessel bycatch accounts; direction

to staff.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

Council for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal Council action during the

meeting. Council action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

identified in the agenda listed in this

notice.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Helen Allen, 907–

271–2809, at least 5 working days prior

to the meeting date.

Dated: January 14, 1998.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98–1342 Filed 1-15-98; 1:31 pm]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 011398B]

Marine Mammals; Scientific Research

Permit (PHF# 369–1440)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr.

Bruce Mate, Hatfield Marine Science

Center, Oregon State University, 2030

South Marine Science Drive, Newport,

OR 97365–5296, has applied in due

form for a permit to take humpback

(Megaptera novaeangliae), blue,

(Balaenoptera musculus), gray

(Escrichtius robustus), northern right

(Eubalaena glacialis), bowhead (Balaena

mysticetus), fin (Balaenoptera

physalus), and sperm whales (Physeter

macrocephalus) for purposes of

scientific research.

DATES: Written or telefaxed comments

must be received on or before February

20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The application and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment.

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing on this application

should be mailed to the Chief, Permits

and Documentation Division, F/PR1,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13822,

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.

Comments may also be submitted by

facsimile at (301) 713–0376, provided

the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy

submitted by mail and postmarked no

later than the closing date of the

comment period. Please note that

comments will not be accepted by email

or other electronic media.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register,

NMFS is forwarding copies of this

application to the Marine Mammal

Commission and its Committee of

Scientific Advisors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject permit is requested under the

authority of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the

regulations governing the taking and

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR

part 216) and the Endangered Species

Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the regulations

governing the taking, importing, and

exporting of endangered fish and

wildlife (50 CFR 222.23).

The applicant seeks authorization to

tag and collect a skin sample from 100

each of various large whale species in

the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and

Gulf of Mexico over a five-year period.

Approximately 1,000 additional whales

of each species may be harassed during

these activities. In addition, the

applicant wishes to conduct noninvasive, opportunistic research on

various pinniped and cetacean species.

The application and related

documents are available for review