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review period. We then divided that

amount by each company’s total exports

and weight-averaged the benefit

received by each company using as the

weight its share of total Mexican exports

to the United States of the subject

merchandise. On this basis, we

preliminarily determine the benefit from

this program to be 0.47 percent ad

valorem for all companies.

NAFINSA Long-Term Loans

Two companies received long-term

financing from NAFINSA loans

(Nacional Finciera Sociedad Anonima).

Until December 31, 1988, NAFINSA

operated as a first-tier bank, which is

defined as a commercial bank that

provides financing directly to the

public. Since December 31, 1988,

NAFINSA has operated as ‘‘second-tier’’

bank granting financing to companies

indirectly through the commercial bank,

(i.e., first-tier banks). NAFINSA longterm loans have been found to be

specific in past proceedings because

availability was limited to specific

geographical regions of Mexico. See

Bars and Shapes from Mexico Final

Affirmative Countervailing Duty

Determinations and Countervailing Duty

Orders 49 FR 161 (August 17, 1984).

The GOM has provided no new

information or evidence of changed

circumstances to lead us to conclude

that this program is not limited to

companies in specific regions.

Therefore, we preliminarily determine

that NAFINSA long-term loans are

specific.

Since the GOM did not provide any

information on long-term interest rates,

we are using a short-term CPP based rate

as our benchmark rate in accordance

with our practices as set forth in section

355.49(b)(iii) of the Department’s

regulations. See Countervailing Duties;

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and

Request for Public Comments, 54 FR

23366, 23384 (May 31, 1989). In past

Mexican cases, we have used the Costo

Porcentual Promedio (CPP), a short-term

interest rate, as the basis for our

benchmark. We have converted the CPP

rate into a benchmark rate using a

standard formula that has been used

consistently in past Mexican cases. See

Porcelain-on-Steel Cookingware from

Mexico; Final Results of Countervailing

Duty Administrative Review, 57 FR 562

(January 7, 1982). Using this

methodology, we calculated an annual

average benchmark of 29.79 percent for

the peso-denominated loans. A

comparison between the benchmark rate

and the NAFINSA loan rates indicates

that these loans are inconsistent with

commercial considerations.

To calculate the benefit, we

multiplied the difference between the

benchmark rate and the interest rate in

effect for the NAFINSA loan by the

principal outstanding during the review

period. We divided the benefit by the

firm’s total sales during the review

period and then weight-averaged the

benefit received by each company using

as the weight its share of total Mexican

exports to the United States of the

subject merchandise. On this basis, we

preliminarily determine the benefit from

this program to be 0.01 percent ad

valorem for all companies.

II. Programs Preliminarily Found To Be

Not Used

We also examined the following

programs and preliminarily determined

that exporters of the subject

merchandise did not apply for or

receive benefits under these programs

during the review period:

(A) Other BANCOMEXT preferential

financing;

(B) Other Dollar-Denominated

Financing Programs;

(C) Fiscal Promotion Certificates

(CEPROFI);

(D) Import duty reductions and

exemptions;

(E) State tax incentives;

(F) Article 15 Loans;

(G) NAFINSA FONEI-type financing;

and

(H) NAFINSA FOGAIN-type

financing.

Preliminary Results of Review

For the period January 1, 1993,

through December 31, 1993, we

preliminarily determined the total

bounty or grant to be 0.48 percent ad

valorem for all companies. In

accordance with 19 CFR 355.7, any rate

less than 0.5 percent ad valorem is de

minimis.

If the final results remain the same as

these preliminary results, the

Department intends to instruct the U.S.

Customs Service to liquidate, without

regard to countervailing duties, all

shipments of the subject merchandise

from Mexico exported on or after

January 1, 1993, and on or before

December 31, 1993.

The Department also intends to

instruct the U.S. Customs Service to

collect a cash deposit of estimated

countervailing duties of zero percent of

the f.o.b. invoice price on all shipments

of the subject merchandise from all

companies, entered or withdrawn from

warehouse, for consumption on or after

the date of publication of the final date

of the publication of the final result of

this review.

Parties to the proceeding may request

disclosure of the calculation

methodology and interested parties may

request a hearing not later than 10 days

after the date of publication of this

notice. Pursuant to 19 CFR 355.38(c),

interested parties may submit written

arguments in case briefs on these

preliminary results within 30 days of

the date of publication. Rebuttal briefs,

limited to arguments raised in case

briefs, may be submitted seven days

after the time limit for filing the case

brief. Any hearing, if requested, will be

held seven days after the scheduled date

for submission of rebuttal briefs. Copies

of case briefs and rebuttal briefs must be

served on interested parties in

accordance with 19 CFR 355.38(e).

Representatives of parties to the

proceeding may request disclosure of

proprietary information under

administrative protective order no later

than 10 days after the representative’s

client or employer becomes a party to

the proceeding, but in no event later

than the date the case briefs, under

§ 355.38(c), are due. The Department

will publish the final results of this

administrative review, including the

results of its analysis of issues raised in

any case or rebuttal brief, or at a

hearing. This administrative review and

notice are in accordance with section

751(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C.

1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR 355.22.

Dated: May 10, 1995.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–12199 Filed 5–17–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Application for an

Amendment to an Export Trade

Certificate of Review, Application No.

90–5A007.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

has received an application to amend an

Export Trade Certificate of Review. This

notice summarizes the amendment and

requests comments relevant to whether

the amended Certificate should be

issued.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W.

Dawn Busby, Director, Office of Export

Trading Company Affairs, International

Trade Administration, 202–482–5131.

This is not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of

the Export Trading Company Act of

1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001–21) authorizes the

Secretary of Commerce to issue Export

Trade Certificates of Review. A

Certificate of Review protects the holder

and the members identified in the

Certificate from state and federal
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government antitrust actions and from

private, treble damage antitrust actions

for the export conduct specified in the

Certificate and carried out in

compliance with its terms and

conditions. Section 302(b)(1) of the Act

and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require the

Secretary to publish a notice in the

Federal Register identifying the

applicant and summarizing its proposed

export conduct.

Request for Public Comments

Interested parties may submit written

comments relevant to determining

whether the Certificate should be

amended. An original and five (5)

copies should be submitted not later

than 20 days after the date of this notice

to: Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs, International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce, Room 1800H, Washington,

DC 20230. Information submitted by any

person is exempt from disclosure under

the Freedom of Information Act (5

U.S.C. 552). Comments should refer to

this application as ‘‘Export Trade

Certificate of Review, application

number 90–5A007.’’

Export Trade Certificate of Review

No. 90–00007, was issued to the U.S.

Surimi Commission (‘‘USSC’’) on

August 22, 1990 (55 FR 35445, August

30, 1990) and previously amended on

December 12, 1990 (55 FR 53031,

December 26, 1990), June 11, 1991 (56

FR 27946, June 18, 1991), May 22, 1992

(57 FR 23078, June 1, 1992), and on

August 12, 1993 (58 FR 44504, August

23, 1993).

Summary of the Application

Applicant: United States Surimi

Commission (‘‘USSC’’), 4200 First

Interstate Center, Seattle, Washington

98104–4082.

Contact: Paul MacGregor, Legal

Counsel, Telephone: 206/624–5950.

Application No.: 90–5A007.

Date Deemed Submitted: May 5, 1995.

Proposed Amendment: USSC seeks to

amend its Certificate to:

1. Add the following companies as

‘‘Members’’ within the meaning of

§ 325.2(1) of the Regulations (15 CFR

325.2(1)): Alaska Trawl Fisheries, Inc.,

Edmonds, Washington (controlling

entity: Daerim Corporation, Seoul,

Korea); and Emerald Seafoods, NW.

(controlling entity: Emerald Seafoods,

NW., Limited Partnership).

2. Add the following product to

Export Trade as defined by § 325.2(j) of

the Regulations: White fish meal.

Dated: May 15, 1995.

Jude Kearney,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Service

Industries and Finance.

[FR Doc. 95–12275 Filed 5–17–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

Purdue University, 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 AM and 5:00 PM in Room 4211,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 95–004. Applicant:

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

47907. Instrument: Electron Microscope,

Model CM200. Manufacturer: Philips,

The Netherlands. Intended Use: See

notice at 60 FR 9662, February 21, 1995.

Order Date: July 28, 1994.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as this

instrument is intended to be used, was

being manufactured in the United States

at the time the instrument was ordered.

Reasons: The foreign instrument is a

conventional transmission electron

microscope (CTEM) and is intended for

research or scientific educational uses

requiring a CTEM. We know of no

CTEM, or any other instrument suited to

these purposes, which was being

manufactured in the United States at the

time of order of the instrument.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff

[FR Doc. 95–12200 Filed 5–17–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–F

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 040795A]

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants; Public Hearing

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of additional public

hearing.

SUMMARY: On April 18, 1995, NMFS

published a notice of availability of a

proposed recovery plan for Snake River

salmon protected by the Endangered

Species Act (ESA). In addition, eleven

public hearings were announced. NMFS

is announcing one additional public

hearing.

DATES: The public hearing is scheduled

as follows:

June 21, 1995, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.,

Idaho Falls, ID.

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held at

the following location:

Idaho Falls—Center for Higher

Education Bldg., 1776 Science Center

Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 83402.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Jones, Recovery Plan

Coordinator, Environmental and

Technical Services Division, NMFS,

(503) 230–5400.

Dated: May 11, 1995.

Patricia A. Montanio,

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Protected

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–12181 Filed 5–17–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[Docket No. 950508132–5132–01; I.D.

010995D]

Information Relating to Bowhead

Whales; U.S. Implementation of

Bowhead Whale Strike Quota

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of information; request

for comments.

SUMMARY: NOAA is soliciting public

comment on the proposed allocation to

U.S. natives of the International

Whaling Commission (IWC) bowhead

whale catch limit.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before June 19, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be

mailed to the Office of International

Affairs, National Marine Fisheries

Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, MD 20910. A list of documents

reviewed for this action may be

obtained upon request, and the

documents examined during the

comment period during business hours

(9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) at this address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim

Blankenbeker, 301–713–2276.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA is

responsible for implementation and

enforcement of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361–1407),

the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C

1531–1543), and the Whaling

Convention Act (16 U.S.C. 916–9161). In

addition, it provides staff support to the