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Department published a notice in the

Federal Register which informed

domestic interested parties of their right

under section 753(a) of the Act to

request an injury investigation by the

International Trade Commission (the

Commission) with respect to certain

outstanding countervailing duty orders

issued pursuant to former section 303 of

the Act. See Countervailing Duty Order:

Opportunity to Request a Section 753

Injury Investigation, 60 FR 27963 (May

26, 1995), amended 60 FR 32942 (June

26, 1995).

On June 30, 1995, North American

Rubber Thread Company timely

requested that the Commission conduct

an investigation under section 753(a)

with regard to the outstanding

countervailing duty order on extruded

rubber thread from Malaysia. On

December 15, 1997, the Commission

initiated its investigation (62 FR 67406;

December 24, 1997). On June 25, 1998,

the Commission notified the

Department of its negative

determination with regard to the

outstanding countervailing duty order

on extruded rubber thread from

Malaysia (63 FR 35945; July 1, 1998).

Scope of Countervailing Duty Order

The product covered by this

determination is extruded rubber

thread. Extruded rubber thread is

defined as vulcanized rubber thread

obtained by extrusion of stable or

concentrated natural rubber latex of any

cross sectional shape, measuring from

0.18 mm, which is 0.007 inch or 140

gauge, to 1.42 mm, which is 0.056 inch

or 18 gauge, in diameter. Extruded

rubber thread is currently classified

under subheading 4007.00.00 of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTSUS). The HTSUS

subheadings are provided for

convenience and U.S. Customs

purposes. Our written description of the

scope of this review remains

dispositive.

Determination

As a result of the determination of the

Commission that an industry in the

United States is not likely to be

materially injured by reason of imports

of the subject merchandise if the order

is revoked, the Department hereby

revokes the countervailing duty order

on extruded rubber thread from

Malaysia pursuant to section

753(b)(3)(B) of the Act. The revocation

is effective January 1, 1995, the date

Malaysia became a Subsidies Agreement

country.

Suspension of Liquidation

The Department will instruct the

United States Customs Service

(Customs) to terminate the suspension

of liquidation and liquidate all

unliquidated entries of extruded rubber

thread from Malaysia entered or

withdrawn from warehouse for

consumption on or after January 1,

1995, without regard to countervailing

duties. The Department will also

instruct Customs to refund, with

interest, any cash deposits of

countervailing duties collected since

January 1, 1995, when liquidation was

suspended pursuant to section 753(a)(4)

of the Act.

Dated: July 28, 1998.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Notice of Scope Rulings

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of scope rulings and

anticircumvention Inquiries.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

hereby publishes a list of scope rulings

and anticircumvention inquiries

completed by Import Administration

between April 1, 1998 and June 30,

1998. In conjunction with this list, the

Department of Commerce is also

publishing a list of pending requests for

scope clarifications and

anticircumvention inquiries. We intend

to publish future lists within 30 days of

the end of each quarter.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 4, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ronald M. Trentham, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–4793.

Background

The regulations of the Department of

Commerce (the Department) (19 CFR

351.22(o)) provide that on a quarterly

basis the Secretary will publish in the

Federal Register a list of scope rulings

completed within the last three months.

This notice lists scope rulings and

anticircumvention inquiries completed

by Import Administration, between

April 1, 1998, and June 30, 1998, and

pending scope clarification and

anticircumvention inquiry requests. The

Department intends to publish in

October 1998 a notice of scope rulings

and anticircumvention inquiries

completed between July 1, 1998, and

September 30, 1998, as well as pending

scope clarification and

anticircumvention inquiry requests.

The following lists provide the

country, case reference number,

requester(s), a brief description of either

the ruling or product subject to the

request, and the date of rulings made.

I. SCOPE RULINGS COMPLETED BETWEEN APRIL 1, 1998 and JUNE 30, 1998

Country ............. Finland.

A–405–071 ....... Viscose Rayon Fiber.

Kemira Fibres Oy—Short-cut (LK) fiber and fire retardant (VISIL) fiber are within the scope of the order. 6/8/98.

Country ............. People’s Republic of China.

A–570–504 ....... Petroleum Wax Candles.

Polardreams Inc.—Granular petroleum wax candle kits are within the scope of the order. 5/6/98.

Meijer, Inc.—Sweetheart tapers and wax-filled glass containers with decorative hearts are within the scope of the order. A

wax-filled porcelain bunny, an Easter taper with a chick attached, an Easter bunny head teal light, a valentine heart teal

light, a heart-shaped candle on wax heart base, a ‘‘candy kiss’’ candle, and a ‘‘bunny long ears’’ flame candle are outside

the scope of the order. 6/11/98.

Country ............. South Korea

A–580–601 ....... Certain Stainless Steel Cooking Ware.

C–580–802 Samuel Shapiro & Company—certain stainless steel Pasta and steamer inserts are within the scope of the order. 4/15/98.

Country ............. Japan

A–588–802 ....... 3.5 Inch Microdisks and Coated Media Thereof.
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Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc., Sony Corporation and Sony Electronics, Inc.—High Capacity Floppy

Disk (HIFD) is outside the scope of the order. 4/16/98.

II. ANTICIRCUMVENTION RULINGS COMPLETED BETWEEN APRIL 1, 1998 AND JUNE 30, 1998

None

III. SCOPE INQUIRIES TERMINATED BETWEEN APRIL 1, 1998 AND JUNE 30, 1998

Country ............. People’s Republic of China.

A–570–504 ....... Petroleum Wax Candles.

Sun-It Corporation—Clarification to determine whether taper candles containing oil of citronella are within the scope of the

order. Scope inquiry was terminated on 5/14/98.

IV. ANTICIRCUMVENTION INQUIRIES TERMINATED BETWEEN APRIL 1, 1998 AND JUNE 30, 1998

None

V. PENDING SCOPE CLARIFICATION REQUESTS AS OF JUNE 30, 1998

Country ............. Mexico.

A–201–805 ....... Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe.

Cierra Pipe, Inc.—Clarification to determine whether line pipe ‘‘shorts,’’ or ‘‘old line pipe’’ which has rusted and pitted after sitting in storage, constitute line pipe of a kind used for oil and gas pipelines or is pipe and tube covered by the order.

Country ............. Sweden.

A–401–040 ....... Stainless Steel Plate.

Avesta Sheffield AB and Avesta Sheffield NAD, Inc.—Clarification to determine whether stainless steel slabs that are manufactured in Great Britain and rolled into hot bands in Sweden are within the scope of the order.

Country ............. Germany.

A–428–801 ....... Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings), and Parts Thereof.

FAG Aerospace & Superprecision Bearings GmbH—Clarification to determine whether certain aerospace bearings which

have entered the United States but have been returned to Germany for repair or refurbishing, and which then reenter the

United States, are within the scope of the order.

Country ............. Italy.

C–475–819 ....... Certain Pasta.

A–475–818 Joseph A. Sidari Company, Inc.—Clarification to determine whether a shrink wrapped package containing six one-pound

packages, each of which would first be individually packaged in a cellophane wrapper (cello) with ‘‘Not Labeled for Retail

Sale’’ written across the entire length of each of the individual packages on both sides, is within the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders.

Country ............. People’s Republic of China.

A–570–504 ....... Petroleum Wax Candles.

Ocean State Jobbers—Clarification to determine whether taper candles consisting of a blend of petroleum wax and beeswax

are within the scope of the order.

Et Al Imports—Clarification to determine whether candles consisting of an 80/20 beeswax/petroleum wax blend are within the

scope of the order.

Et Al Imports—Clarification to determine whether a bamboo shaped candle is within the scope of the order.

A–570–808 ....... Chrome-Plated Lug Nuts.

Wheel Plus, Inc.—Clarification to determine whether imported zinc-plated lug nuts which are chrome-plated in the United

States are within the scope of the order.

Country ............. Japan.

A–588–804 ....... Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings), and Parts Thereof.

Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.—Clarification to determine whether a cylindrical roller bearing, allegedly without a precision rating, for

use as an axle bearing in cars and trucks is within the scope of the order.

A–588–813 ....... Light-Scattering Instruments and Parts Thereof.

Thermo Capillary Electrophoresis, Inc.—Clarification to determine whether diode array detectors and cell flow units are within

the scope of the order.

A–588–837 ....... Large Newspaper Printing Presses from Germany.

Nireco Corporation—Clarification to determine whether Calagraph Systems are within the scope of the order.

Komori American Corporation—Clarification to determine whether the System 20 is within the scope of the order.

VI. PENDING ANTICIRCUMVENTION INQUIRIES AS OF JUNE 30, 1998

Country ............. Mexico.

A–201–805 ....... Certain Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe.

Allied Tube & Conduit Corp., Sawhill Tubular Division of Tex-Tube Co., Century Tube Corp., Laclede Steel Co., LTV Tubular

Products Co., Sharon Tube Co., Western Tube & Conduit Co., Wheatland Tube Co., and CSI Tubular Products, Inc. (Petitioners)—Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether imports of (i) pipe certified to the American Petroleum Institute

(API) 5L line pipe specifications (API 5L or line pipe) and (ii) pipe certified to both the API 5L line pipe specifications and

the less stringent American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) A–53 standard pipe specifications (dual certified

pipe), falling within the physical dimensions outlined in the scope of the order, are circumventing the antidumping duty

order.

Country ............. United Kingdom.

A–412–810 ....... Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products.

C–412–811 Inland Steel Bar Company and USS/Kobe Steel Company (Petitioners)—Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether British Steel PLC is circumventing the order by shipping leaded steel billets to the United States, where they are converted into

the hot-rolled carbon steel products covered by the order.

Country ............. Germany.
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1 63 Fed. Reg. at 8831.

2 63 Fed. Reg. at 31798.

3 63 Fed. Reg. at 31798.

A–428–811 ....... Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products.

C–429–812 Inland Steel Bar Company and USS/Kobe Steel Company (Petitioners)—Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether

Saarstahl A.G. and Thyssen Stahl A.G. are circumventing the order by shipping leaded steel billets to the United States,

where they are converted into the hot-rolled carbon steel products covered by the order.

Country ............. Italy

A–475–818 ....... Certain Pasta.

Borden, Inc., Hershey Foods Corp., Gooch Foods, Inc., (Petitioners)—Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether Barilla

S.r.L. is importing pasta in the United States in bulk (defined as packages of greater than five pounds) and repackaging the

pasta into packages of five pounds or less for sale in the retail market; and whether such repackaging constitutes circumvention of the antidumping duty order.

Interested parties are invited to

comment on the accuracy of the list of

pending scope clarification requests.

Any comments should be submitted to

the Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, Room B–099, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: July 28, 1998.

Maria Harris Tildon,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration

[Docket No. 980212036–8172–03]

Request for Comments on the

Enhancement of the .us Domain Space

AGENCY: National Telecommunications

and Information Administration,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice, Request for public

comment.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

requests comments on future expansion

and administration of the .us domain

space. The registry for .us domain space,

administered by the Information

Sciences Institute at the University of

California, is currently administered as

a locality based hierarchy in which

second level domain space is allocated

to states and U.S. territories. The .us

domain space has typically been used

by branches of state and local

government, although some commercial

names have been assigned. This notice,

through a series of questions, requests

public comment on issues relating to

future administration, and possible

expansion, of the .us domain space.

DATES: Comments must be received by

September 3, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The Department invites the

public to submit written comments in

paper or electronic form. Comments

may be mailed to Karen Rose, Office of

International Affairs (OIA), National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration (NTIA), Room 4701,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20230. Paper

submissions should include a version

on diskette in ASCII, Word Perfect

(please specify version), or Microsoft

Word (please specify version) format.

Comments submitted in electronic

form may be sent to

usdomain@ntia.doc.gov. Electronic

comments should be submitted in the

formats specified above.

Comments received will be posted on

the NTIA website at http://

www.ntia.doc.gov. Detailed information

on electronic filing is available at http:/

/www.ntia.doc.gov/efiling/.

Comments should be numbered and

organized in response to the questions

set forth in this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen Rose, NTIA/OIA, (202) 482–0365.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On February 20, 1998, NTIA

published ‘‘Improvement of Technical

Management of Internet Names and

Addresses; Proposed Rule,’’ 63 Fed. Reg.

8825 (1998) (also posted at http://

www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/

domainname/domainname130.htm).

The notice analyzed issues of generic

Top-Level Domains (gTLDs), including

the future of gTLD registries and the

possible creation of new gTLDs. Section

VII. D. briefly addressed the national or

‘‘country-code’’ domain (ccTLD) for the

United States, .us as follows:

At present, the IANA (Internet Assigned

Numbers Authority at the University of

Southern California) administers .us as a

locality based hierarchy in which secondlevel domain space is allocated to states and

US territories. This name space is further

subdivided into localities. General

registration under localities is performed on

an exclusive basis by private firms that have

requested delegation from IANA. The .us

name space has typically been used by

branches of state and local governments,

although some commercial names have been

assigned. Where registration for a locality has

not been delegated, the IANA itself serves as

the registrar.

Some in the Internet community have

suggested that the pressure for unique

identifiers in the .com gTLD could be

relieved if commercial use of the .us space

was encouraged. Commercial users and

trademark holders, however, find the current

locality-based system too cumbersome and

complicated for commercial use. Expanded

use of the .us TLD could alleviate some of the

pressure for new generic TLDs and reduce

conflicts between American companies and

others vying for the same domain name.

Clearly, there is much opportunity for

enhancing the .us domain space, and the .us

domain could be expanded in many ways

without displacing the current geopolitical

structure. Over the next few months, the U.S.

government will work with the private sector

and state and local governments to determine

how best to make the .us domain more

attractive to commercial users. It may also be

appropriate to move the gTLDs traditionally

reserved for U.S. government use (i.e. .gov

and .mil), into a reformulated .us ccTLD.

The U.S. government will further explore

and seek public input on these issues

through a separate Request for Comment on

the evolution of the .us name space.

However, we welcome any preliminary

comments at this time.1

On June 10, 1998, NTIA published a

Statement of Policy on DNS

administration, ‘‘Management of

Internet Names and Addresses,’’ 63 Fed.

Reg. 31741 (1998) (also posted at http:/

/www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/

domainname/6l5l98dns.htm). The

document summarized the responses to

the .us comment solicitation as follows:

Many commenters suggested that the

pressure for unique identifiers in the .com

gTLD could be relieved if commercial use of

the .us space was encouraged. Commercial

users and trademark holders, however, find

the current locality-based system too

cumbersome and complicated for commercial

use. They called for expanded use of the .us

TLD to alleviate some of the pressure for new

generic TLDs and reduce conflicts between

American companies and others vying for the

same domain name. Most commenters

support an evolution of the .us domain

designed to make this name space more

attractive to commercial users.2

The document also restated the U.S.

Government’s intent to request public

comment on the future of .us.3