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Allowing the guarantee fee to be

reduced to 1 percent or exceeding the 80

percent guarantee on certain guaranteed

loans that meet the conditions set forth

in subpart B of part 4279 will allow for

the targeting of projects in rural

communities that remain persistently

poor, experience long-term population

decline and job deterioration, and other

related criteria.

Not more than 7 percent of the

Agency quarterly apportioned guarantee

authority will be reserved for loan

requests with a guarantee fee of 1

percent, and not more than 15 percent

of the Agency quarterly apportioned

guarantee authority will be reserved for

guaranteed loan requests with a

guaranteed percentage exceeding 80

percent. Once the above quarterly limits

have been reached, all additional loans

guaranteed during the remainder of that

quarter will require a 2 percent

guarantee fee and not exceed an 80

percent guarantee limit.

Written requests by the Rural

Development State Office for approval

of a guaranteed loan with a 1 percent

guarantee fee or a guaranteed loan

exceeding 80 percent must be forwarded

to the National Office, Attn.: Director,

Business Programs Processing Division,

for review and consideration prior to

obligation of the guaranteed loan. The

Administrator will provide a written

response to the State Office confirming

approval or disapproval of the request.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 28, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenneth E. Hennings, Senior Loan

Specialist, Business Programs

Processing Division, Rural Business—

Cooperative Service, USDA, Stop 3221,

Washington, DC 20250–3221, telephone

(202) 690–3809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

action has been reviewed and

determined not to be a rule or regulation

as defined in Executive Order 12866.

Dated: January 11, 1998.

Dayton J. Watkins,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–2053 Filed 1–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–XY–U

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Hearing on Police-Community

Relations—Sonoma County

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of hearing.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given

pursuant to the provisions of the Civil

Rights Commission Amendments Act of

1994, Section 3, Public Law 103–419,

108 Stat. 4338, as amended, and 45 CFR

702.3, that a public hearing before a

Subcommittee of the U.S. Commission

on Civil Rights will commence on

Friday, February 20, 1998, beginning at

8:30 a.m., in the Justice Joseph A.

Rattigan Building, in Conference Room

410, located at 50 D Street, Santa Rosa,

CA 95404.

The purpose of the hearing is to

collect information within the

jurisdiction of the Commission, under

45 CFR 702.2, related particularly to

administration of justice, policecommunity relations, and the

interaction between Federal and local

law enforcement agencies in Sonoma

County in order to determine

underlying causes contributing to

allegations of excessive force by policy

and other administration of justice

officials.

The Commission is authorized to hold

hearings and to issue subpoenas for the

production of documents and the

attendance of witnesses pursuant to 45

CFR 701.2(c). The Commission is an

independent bipartisan, factfinding

agency authorized to study, collect, and

disseminate information, and to

appraise the laws and policies of the

Federal Government, and to study and

collect information with respect to

discrimination or denials of equal

protection of the laws under the

Constitution because of race, color,

religion, sex, age, disability, or national

origin, or in the administration of

justice.

Hearing impaired persons who will

attend the hearing and require the

services of a sign language interpreter,

should contact Betty Edmiston,

Administrative Services and

Clearinghouse Division at (202) 376–

8105 (TDD (202) 376–8116), at least five

(5) working days before the scheduled

date of the hearing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Brooks, Press and

Communications (202) 367–8312.

Dated: January 23, 1998.

Stephanie Y. Moore,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 98–2113 Filed 1–23–98; 4:12 pm]

BILLING CODE 6335–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–475–818, A–489–805]

Certain Pasta From Italy and Turkey:

Notice of Extension of Time Limits for

Antidumping Duty First Administrative

and New Shipper Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 28, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edward Easton or John Brinkmann,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–1777

and (202) 482–5288, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Results

A. First Administrative Reviews

On August 28, 1997, the Department

initiated the first administrative reviews

of the antidumping duty orders on

certain pasta from Italy and Turkey,

covering the period January 19, 1996

through June 30, 1997 (62 FR 45621).

The current deadline for the preliminary

results of these reviews is April 2, 1998.

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended by the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act (‘‘the Act’’),

requires the Department to make a

preliminary determination in an

administrative review within 245 days

after the last day of the anniversary

month of an order for which a review

is requested. However, if it is not

practicable to complete the review

within the time period, section

751(a)(3)(A) allows the Department to

extend this time period to up to 365

days.

We determine that it is not practicable

to complete this review within the

original time frame because this review

involves collecting and analyzing

information from a large number of

companies and examining allegations of

sales below the cost of production for all

companies. Although section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows for an

extension of up to 120 days, we believe

at this time that only a limited extension

of the deadline is necessary to analyze

the complex legal and methodological

issues and coordinate verification of the

companies participating in these

reviews. Accordingly, the Department is

extending the time limit for completion

of the preliminary results of these

administrative reviews by 90 days, or
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until July 1, 1998. We plan to issue the

final results of these administrative

reviews within 120 days after

publication of the preliminary results.

B. New Shipper Review

On August 15, 1997, the Department

initiated a new shipper review relating

to the antidumping duty order on

certain pasta from Italy, covering the

period July 1, 1996 through June 30,

1997 (62 FR 44643, August 22, 1997).

The current deadline for the preliminary

results is February 11, 1998. Section

751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act requires the

Department to make a preliminary

determination within 180 days after the

date on which the new shipper review

was initiated. However, if the

Department concludes that the case is

extraordinarily complicated, it may

extend the 180-day period to 300 days.

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of

the Act, the Department has determined

that this case is extraordinarily

complicated given the complex nature

of the issues similar to those in the first

administrative reviews, including an

allegation of sales below the cost of

production. In order to analyze the

issues specific to this case and to benefit

from the analyses of similar issues in

the administrative reviews, we are

extending the deadline for issuing the

preliminary results to no later than June

11, 1998. We plan to issue the final

results within 90 days after the date the

preliminary results are issued.

These extensions are in accordance

with sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Dated: January 22, 1998.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–2058 Filed 1–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

City College of New York; Notice of

Decision on Application for Duty-Free

Entry of Scientific Instrument

This is a decision pursuant to Section

6(c) of the Educational, Scientific and

Cultural Materials Importation Act of

1966 (Pub. L. 89–651, 80 Stat. 897; 15

CFR part 301). Related records can be

viewed between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm in

Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

Decision: Denied. Applicant has failed

to establish that domestic instruments of

equivalent scientific value to the foreign

instrument for the intended purposes

are not available.

Reasons: Section 301.5(e)(4) of the

regulations requires the denial of

applications that have been denied

without prejudice to resubmission if

they are not resubmitted within the

specified time period. This is the case

for the following docket.

Docket Number: 97–054. Applicant:

City College of New York, CUNY, 140th

Street and Convent Avenue, Room 165,

New York, NY 11235. Instrument: Rapid

Kinetics Device, Model SFA–20.

Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific,

United Kingdom. Date of Denial

Without Prejudice to Resubmission:

September 9, 1997.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 98–2059 Filed 1–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

National Institutes of Health; Notice of

Decision on Application for Duty-Free

Entry of Scientific Instrument

This decision is made pursuant to

Section 6(c) of the Educational,

Scientific, and Cultural Materials

Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89–

651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301).

Related records can be viewed between

8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC.

Docket Number: 97–093. Applicant:

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,

MD 20892. Instrument:

Micromanipulator Microscope, Model

MSM. Manufacturer: Singer Instrument

Co., Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended

Use: See notice at 62 FR 62288,

November 21, 1997.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as it is

intended to be used, is being

manufactured in the United States.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides an optical microscope

mounted over a micromanipulator with

a videoscreen and camera and a unique

optic-fiber dissection needle. A

university research laboratory and a

manufacturer of similar equipment

advised December 23, 1997 that (1) this

capability is pertinent to the applicant’s

intended purpose and (2) they know of

no domestic instrument or apparatus of

equivalent scientific value to the foreign

instrument for the applicant’s intended

use.

We know of no other instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument which is being

manufactured in the United States.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 98–2060 Filed 1–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Pennsylvania State University at Erie,

et al.; Notice of Consolidated Decision

on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instruments

This is a decision consolidated

pursuant to Section 6(c) of the

Educational, Scientific, and Cultural

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.

L. 89–651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part

301). Related records can be viewed

between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in

Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instruments described below, for such

purposes as each is intended to be used,

is being manufactured in the United

States.

Docket Number: 97–079. Applicant:

Pennsylvania State University at Erie,

Erie, PA 16563–1702. Instrument:

Thermodynamic Measuring Equipment,

Model pvT 100. Manufacturer: SWO

Polymertechnik GmbH, Germany.

Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR

52685, October 9, 1997. Reasons: The

foreign instrument provides the

capability to perform thermal

conductivity and pvT measurements.

Advice received from: National Institute

of Standards and Technology, December

12, 1997.

Docket Number: 97–081. Applicant:

University of North Carolina at Chapel

Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599–3255.

Instrument: X-Ray Diffractometer with

Accessory, Model DIP–2020 V.

Manufacturer: Nonius-Enraf, The

Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at

62 FR 52685, October 9, 1997. Reasons:

The foreign instrument provides a largearea, on-line imaging plate detector for

x-ray diffraction using 2 sheets at 200

mm. Advice received from: Domestic

manufacturer of similar equipment,

December 12, 1997.

The National Institute of Standards of

Technology and a domestic

manufacturer of similar equipment