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Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Agency: Bureau of Export

Administration (BXA).

Title: Technology Letter of

Explanation (formerly entitled

Technical Data Letter of Explanation).

Agency Form Number: BXA–748P.

OMB Approval Number: 0694–0047.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved collection of

information.

Burden: 722 hours.

Average Time Per Response: 1 to 2

hours.

Number of Respondents: 461

respondents.

Needs and Uses: The information

contained in these letters will assure

BXA that no unauthorized technical

data will be exported for unauthorized

end-uses or to unauthorized

destinations and thus provide assurance

that U.S. national security and foreign

policy programs are followed. In

addition, shipments to Poland, Hungary,

and Czechoslovakia, need an Import

Certificate issued by the appropriate

national government.

Affected Public: Individuals,

businesses or other for-profit

institutions.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Victoria BaecherWassmer (202) 395–5871.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, Department of Commerce,

Room 5327, 14th and Constitution

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

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Victoria Baecher-Wassmer,

OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

D.C. 20230.

Dated: June 4, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–15377 Filed 6–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 29–98]

Foreign-Trade Zone 23—Buffalo, NY;

Application for Subzone Status,

Buffalo China, Inc. (Dinnerware/Table

Top Products) Buffalo, NY

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the County of Erie, New York,

grantee of FTZ 23, requesting subzone

status for the finishing and distribution

(non-manufacturing) facilities of Buffalo

China, Inc. (Buffalo China), located in

Buffalo, New York. The application was

submitted pursuant to the provisions of

the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the

regulations of the Board (15 CFR part

400). It was formally filed on May 22,

1998.

Buffalo China’s three facilities (on

approximately 10 acres) are located at

500 Bailey Avenue, 658 Bailey Avenue,

and 51 Hayes Place in Buffalo, New

York. These facilities (400 employees)

will be used to store, decorate and

repackage dinnerware/table top

products. The Buffalo facilities will be

used to distribute products both in the

U.S. and abroad.

Zone procedures would exempt

Buffalo China from duty payments on

foreign materials used in production for

export. On domestic shipments, the

company would be able to defer duty on

foreign-sourced materials (duty rates

ranging from 0.8 to 31.0%). The

company is also seeking an exemption

from duty payments on foreign

merchandise that becomes scrap (3%).

The application indicates that the

savings from zone procedures will help

improve the facilities’ international

competitiveness.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations, a member of the FTZ staff

has been appointed examiner to

investigate the application and report to

the Board.

Public comment is invited from

interested parties. Submissions (original

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the

Board’s Executive Secretary at the

address below. The closing period for

their receipt is August 10, 1998.

Rebuttal comments in response to

material submitted during the foregoing

period may be submitted during the

subsequent 15-day period (to August 24,

1998).

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

3716, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

U.S. Department of Commerce Export

Assistance Center, 111 West Huron

St., Room 1304, Buffalo, New York

14202.

Dated: May 22, 1998.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15470 Filed 6–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty

Order, Finding, or Suspended

Investigation; Opportunity To Request

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of opportunity to request

administrative review of antidumping or

countervailing duty order, finding, or

suspended investigation.

Background

Each year during the anniversary

month of the publication of an

antidumping or countervailing duty

order, finding, or suspension of

investigation, an interested party, as

defined in section 771(9) of the Tariff

Act of 1930, as amended, may request,

in accordance with § 351.213 of the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) Regulations (19 CFR

351.213 (1997)), that the Department

conduct an administrative review of that

antidumping or countervailing duty

order, finding, or suspended

investigation.

Opportunity To Request a Review

Not later than the last day of June

1998, interested parties may request

administrative review of the following

orders, findings, or suspended

investigations, with anniversary dates in

JUNE for the following periods:

Period

Antidumping duty proceedings

Belgium: Sugar, A–423–077 .......................................................................................................................................................... 6/1/97–7/31/98
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Period

Canada:

Oil Country Tubular Goods, A–122–506 ................................................................................................................................ 6/1/97–5/31/98

Red Raspberries, A–122–401 ................................................................................................................................................ 6/1/97–5/31/98

France:

Large Power Transformers, A–427–030 ................................................................................................................................ 6/1/97–5/31/98

Sugar, A–427–078 .................................................................................................................................................................. 6/1/97–5/31/98

Germany:

Industrial Belts, Except Synchronous & V belts, A–428–802 ................................................................................................ 6/1/97–5/31/98

Precipitated Barium Carbonate, A–428–061 .......................................................................................................................... 6/1/97–5/31/98

Sugar A–428–082 ................................................................................................................................................................... 6/1/97–5/31/98

Hungary: Tapered Roller Bearings, A–437–601 ........................................................................................................................... 6/1/97–5/31/98

Italy:

Large Power Transformers, A–475–031 ................................................................................................................................ 6/1/97–5/31/98

Synchronous and V-Belts, A–475–802 .................................................................................................................................. 6/1/97–5/31/98

Japan:

Engineered Process Gas Turbo-Compressor Systems, A–588–840 ..................................................................................... 12/10/96–5/31/98

Fishnetting of Man-Made Fibers, A–588–029 ........................................................................................................................ 6/1/97–5/31/98

Forklift Trucks, A–588–703 ..................................................................................................................................................... 6/1/97–5/31/98

Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel, A–588–831 .......................................................................................................................... 6/1/97–5/31/98

Industrial Belts, A–588–807 .................................................................................................................................................... 6/1/97–5/31/98

Large Power Transformers, A–588–032 ................................................................................................................................ 6/1/97–5/31/98

Nitrile Rubber, A–588–706 ..................................................................................................................................................... 6/1/97–5/31/98

New Zealand: Kiwifruit, A–614–801 .............................................................................................................................................. 6/1/97–5/31/98

Republic of Korea: PET Film, A–580–807 .................................................................................................................................... 6/1/97–5/31/98

Romania: Tapered Roller Bearings, A–485–602 ........................................................................................................................... 6/1/97–5/31/98

Russia: Ferrosilicon, A–821–804 ................................................................................................................................................... 6/1/97–5/31/98

Singapore: V-Belts, A–559–803 .................................................................................................................................................... 6/1/97–5/31/98

South Africa: Furfuryl Alcohol, A–791–802 ................................................................................................................................... 6/1/97–5/31/98

Sweden: Stainless Steel Plate, A–401–040 .................................................................................................................................. 6/1/97–5/31/98

Taiwan:

Carbon Steel Plate, A–583–080 ............................................................................................................................................. 6/1/97–5/31/98

Oil Country Tubular Goods, A–583–505 ................................................................................................................................ 6/1/97–5/31/98

Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings, A–583–816 ............................................................................................................. 6/1/97–5/31/98

Certain Helical Spring Lock Washers, A–583–820 ................................................................................................................ 6/1/97–5/31/98

The Netherlands: Aramid Fiber, A–421–805 ................................................................................................................................. 6/1/97–5/31/98

The People’s Republic of China:

Furfuryl Alcohol, A–570–835 .................................................................................................................................................. 6/1/97–5/31/98

Silicon Metal, A–570–806 ....................................................................................................................................................... 6/1/97–5/31/98

Sparklers, A–570–804 ............................................................................................................................................................ 6/1/97–5/31/98

Tapered Roller Bearings, A–570–601 .................................................................................................................................... 6/1/97–5/31/98

Venezuela: Ferrosilicon, A–307–807 ............................................................................................................................................. 6/1/97–5/31/98

Countervailing Duty Proceedings

Italy: Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel, C–475–812 ......................................................................................................................... 1/1/97–12/31/97

Suspension Agreements

None.

In accordance with § 351.213 of the

regulations, an interested party as

defined by section 771(9) of the Act may

request in writing that the Secretary

conduct an administrative review. In

recent revisions to its regulations, the

Department has changed its

requirements for requesting reviews for

countervailing duty orders. Pursuant to

771(9) of the Act, an interested party

must specify the individual producers

or exporters covered by the order or

suspension agreement for which they

are requesting a review (Department of

Commerce Regulations, 62 FR 27295,

27424 (May 19, 1997)). Therefore, for

both antidumping and countervailing

duty reviews, the interested party must

specify for which individual producers

or exporters covered by an antidumping

finding or an antidumping or

countervailing duty order it is

requesting a review, and the requesting

party must state why it desires the

Secretary to review those particular

producers or exporters. If the interested

party intends for the Secretary to review

sales of merchandise by an exporter (or

a producer if that producer also exports

merchandise from other suppliers)

which were produced in more than one

country of origin and each country of

origin is subject to a separate order, then

the interested party must state

specifically, on an order-by-order basis,

which exporter(s) the request is

intended to cover.

Seven copies of the request should be

submitted to the Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, Room 1870, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street &

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230. The Department also asks

parties to serve a copy of their requests

to the Office of Antidumping/

Countervailing Enforcement, Attention:

Sheila Forbes, in room 3065 of the main

Commerce Building. Further, in

accordance with § 351.303(f)(1)(i) of the

regulations, a copy of each request must

be served on every party on the

Department’s service list.

The Department will publish in the

Federal Register a notice of ‘‘Initiation

of Administrative Review of

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty

Order, Finding, or Suspended

Investigation’’ for requests received by

the last day of June 1998. If the

Department does not receive, by the last

day of June 1998, a request for review

of entries covered by an order, finding,

or suspended investigation listed in this

notice and for the period identified

above, the Department will instruct the

Customs Service to assess antidumping

or countervailing duties on those entries

at a rate equal to the cash deposit of (or

bond for) estimated antidumping or
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countervailing duties required on those

entries at the time of entry, or

withdrawal from warehouse, for

consumption and to continue to collect

the cash deposit previously ordered.

This notice is not required by statute

but is published as a service to the

international trading community.

Dated: June 3, 1998.

Louis Apple,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–15468 Filed 6–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–427–098]

Anhydrous Sodium Metasilicate from

France; Notice of Recission of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of recission of

antidumping duty administrative

review.

SUMMARY: On February 27, 1998, the

Department of Commerce published in

the Federal Register (63 FR 10002) a

notice announcing the initiation of an

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on anhydrous

sodium metasilicate from France. This

review covered the period from January

1, 1997 through December 31, 1997. The

Department of Commerce has now

rescinded this review as a result of the

absence of shipments and entries into

the United States of subject

merchandise during the period of

review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 10, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Ross or Richard Rimlinger, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482–4733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Department of Commerce (the

Department) published in the Federal

Register on January 12, 1998 (63 FR

1820) a ‘‘Notice of Opportunity to

Request Administrative Review’’ of the

antidumping duty order on anhydrous

sodium metasilicate (ASM) from France

(46 FR 1667, January 7, 1981). On

January 22, 1998, the PQ Corporation,

the petitioner, requested an

administrative review of RhonePoulenc, a manufacturer/exporter of

ASM. The Department initiated the

review on February 27, 1998 (63 FR

10002). On March 16, 1998, Rhodia

Chimie, a wholly-owned subsidiary of

Rhone-Poulenc that is responsible for

Rhone-Poulenc’s speciality chemical,

fiber, and polymer businesses,

submitted a letter explaining that the

company did not export the subject

merchandise to the United States during

the period of review (POR). On April 3,

1998, the Department sent a noshipment inquiry regarding RhonePoulenc to the Customs Service. The

purpose of this inquiry was to

determine whether the Customs Service

suspended liquidation of entry

summaries of this merchandise during

the POR. The Customs Service did not

identify any suspended entry

summaries of ASM manufactured and/

or exported by Rhone-Poulenc during

the POR. Therefore, we have determined

that there were no entries of subject

merchandise into the customs territory

of the United States during the POR and

we are rescinding this review in

accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).

The cash-deposit rate for Rhone-Poulenc

will remain at 60 percent, the rate

established in the most recently

completed segment of this proceeding

(61 FR 44038, August 27, 1996). This

notice is being published in accordance

with section 777(i) of the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended.

Dated: June 4, 1998.

Richard W. Moreland,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–15475 Filed 6–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–808]

Chrome-Plated Lug Nuts From the

People’s Republic of China;

Preliminary Results of Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results of

the antidumping duty administrative

review of chrome-plated lug nuts from

the People’s Republic of China.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is conducting an

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on chromeplated lug nuts (lug nuts) from the

People’s Republic of China (PRC) in

response to a request by petitioner,

Consolidated International Automotive,

Inc. (Consolidated). This review covers

shipments of this merchandise to the

United States during the period of

September 1, 1996 through August 31,

1997.

We have preliminarily determined

that sales have been made below normal

value (NV). If these preliminary results

are adopted in our final results, we will

instruct the U.S. Customs Service to

assess antidumping duties based on the

difference between export price and NV.

Interested parties are invited to

comment on these preliminary results.

Parties who submit argument are

requested to submit with each argument

(1) a statement of the issue and (2) a

brief summary of the argument.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 10, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric

Scheier or Maureen Flannery,

Antidumping/Countervailing Duty

Enforcement, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington D.C. 20230; telephone (202)

482–4733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

In addition, unless otherwise indicated,

all citations to the Department’s

regulations are references to the

regulations as codified at 19 CFR Part

351 (62 FR 27379, May 19, 1997).

Background

The Department published in the

Federal Register an antidumping duty

order on lug nuts from the PRC on April

24, 1992 (57 FR 15052). On August 29,

1997, the Department published in the

Federal Register (62 FR 45794) a notice

of opportunity to request an

administrative review of the

antidumping order on lug nuts from the

PRC covering the period September 1,

1996 through August 31, 1997.

On September 29, 1997, in accordance

with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), Consolidated

requested that we conduct an

administrative review of the following

PRC firms:

China National Automotive Industry I/E

Corp.

China National Machinery & Equipment I/E

Corp., Jiangsu Branch