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Filmax, Filati, and Rubfil also held

pioneer status. However, these

companies experienced a tax loss during

the period of review and, therefore, did

not benefit from this program.

To calculate the benefit, we

determined the tax savings from this

program during the review period and

divided that by total exports. On this

basis, we determine the net bounty or

grant from this program to be 0.28

percent ad valorem during the reveiw

period.

II. Programs Preliminarily Determined

Not To Be Used

We also examined the following

programs and preliminarily determine

that the exporters of extruded rubber

thread did not use them with respect to

exports of the subject merchandise to

the United States during the review

period:

• Investment Tax Allowance.

• Abatement of Five Percent of

Taxable Income Due to Location in a

Promoted Industrial Area.

• Allowance of a Percentage of Net

Taxable Income Based on the f.o.b.

Value of Export Sales.

• Double Deduction of Export Credit

Insurance Payments.

• Abatement of Taxable Income of

Five Percent of Adjusted Income of

Companies Due to Capital Participation

and Employment Policy Adherence.

• Preferential Financing for

Bumiputras.

• Abatement of Income Tax Based on

the Ratio of Export Sales to Total Sales.

• Industrial Building Allowance.

• Double Deduction for Export

Promotion Expenses.

III. Program Preliminarily Found to be

Terminated Abatement of Five Percent

of the Value of Indigenous Malaysian

Materials Used in Exports

This program was terminated effective

January 1, 1993, and provided no

residual benefits to manufacturers and

exporters in Malaysia of extruded

rubber thread. See Final Results of First

Review.

Preliminary Results of Review

For the period January 1, 1993,

through December 31, 1993, we

preliminarily determine that the net

bounty or grant to be 1.00 percent ad

valorem.

If the final results of this review

remain the same as these preliminary

results, the Department intends to

instruct the U.S. Customs Service to

assess countervailing duties at 1.00

percent of the f.o.b. invoice price on

shipments of the subject merchandise

exported on or after January 1, 1993,

and on or before December 31, 1993.

The Department also intends to

instruct the Customs Service to collect

a cash deposit of estimated

countervailing duties of 1.00 percent for

all firms on shipments of this

merchandise entered, or withdrawn

from warehouse, for consumption on or

after the date of publication of the final

results of this administrative review.

Parties to this proceeding may request

disclosure of the calculation

methodology and interested parties may

request a hearing not later than 10 days

after date of publication of this notice.

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

section 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 15, 1995.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[C–614–503]

Lamb Meat From New Zealand; Final

Results of Countervailing Duty

Administrative Review and Revocation

of Countervailing Duty Order

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of

countervailing duty administrative

review and revocation of countervailing

duty order.

SUMMARY: On March 1, 1995, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) published in the Federal

Register its preliminary results of

administrative review of the

countervailing duty order on lamb meat

from New Zealand for the period April

1, 1992, through March 31, 1993. We

have completed this review and

determine the net subsidy to be 0.0013

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. We will instruct the U.S.

Customs Service to liquidate, without

regard to countervailing duties, all

shipments of this merchandise as

indicated above. In addition, because

the requirements for revocation of the

order have been met by the Government

of New Zealand (GONZ) pursuant to 19

CFR 355.25(a)(1), the Department is

revoking the countervailing duty order.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 22, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gayle Longest or Kelly Parkhill at the

Office of Countervailing Compliance,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone:

(202) 482–2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On March 1, 1995, the Department

published in the Federal Register (60

FR 11072) the preliminary results of its

administrative review of the

countervailing duty order on lamb meat

from New Zealand and intent to revoke

the countervailing duty order. We

invited interested parties to comment on

the preliminary results and intent to

revoke. We received no comments.

The review covered the period April

1, 1992, through March 31, 1993. The

review involved 9 companies and the

following programs which we verified

have been terminated:

(1) Livestock Incentive Scheme (LIS)

(2) Regional Development Suspensory

Loan Scheme (RDSL)

(3) Expert Assistance Grant Scheme

(EAGS)

(4) The Export Market Development

Taxation Incentive (EMDTI)

(5) Export Suspensory Loan Scheme

(ESLS)

(6) Export Programme Grant Scheme

(EPGS / Export Programme

Suspensory Loan Scheme (EPSLS)

Scope of Review

Imports covered by this review are

shipments of lamb meat, other than

prepared, preserved, or processed, from
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New Zealand. This merchandise is

currently classifiable under item

numbers 0204.10.0000, 0204.22.2000,

0204.23.2000, 0204.30.0000,

0204.42.2000, and 0204.43.2000 of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). The

HTS numbers are provided for

convenience and Customs purposes.

The written description remains

dispositive.

Revocation of the Countervailing Duty

Order

According to 19 CFR 355.25(b), a

government meets the minimum

threshold requirement for revocation of

an order if, in requesting the third

consecutive administrative review of the

order, the government submits a

certification that the government has

abolished all subsidy programs for the

subject merchandise for a period of

three consecutive years, and that the

government will not reinstate the

abolished programs or substitute other

countervailable programs. Under 19

CFR 355.25(a)(1)(i), the Department

must have also found that there was no

net subsidy for the subject merchandise

in the two consecutive administrative

reviews prior to the year in which the

government requests revocation, and in

the third consecutive administrative

review, the Department must also

determine that there is no net subsidy.

If the foregoing threshold requirements

are met, and the Department determines

in the review during which revocation

has been requested that the government

has eliminated all subsidies on the

subject merchandise for the third

consecutive year, and is not likely to

substitute or replace formerly

countervailable programs with new

subsidies, then the Department will

revoke the order.

Based upon certification by the

GONZ, as well as the Department’s

administrative determinations, we have

determined that the GONZ has

abolished all subsidy programs for lamb

meat for a period of three consecutive

years. In addition, the GONZ has

certified that it will not reinstate the

abolished programs or substitute other

countervailable programs. We therefore

determine that there is no likelihood

that the GONZ will substitute or replace

formerly countervailable programs with

new subsidies. Accordingly, we are

revoking the countervailing duty order.

Calculation Methodology for

Assessment and Cash Deposit Purposes

We calculated the bounty or grant

from the LIS, (the only terminated

program with residual benefits), on a

country-wide basis by treating the loan

amounts forgiven in prior years as

grants and allocated those amounts over

five years, the average useful life of

breeding stock. This methodology is

described in § 355.49(g) of

Countervailing Duties; Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking and Request for

Public Comments (51 FR 23366, 233385;

May 31, 1989). Because the 1988 grant

under this program was allocated over

five years, we find that a benefit was

conferred during the review period;

however, this is the last year of the fiveyear benefit stream and no further

benefits will be provided under these

LIS loans. The discount rate chosen was

the average interest rate on overdrafts

during the year in which the loans were

forgiven.

The methodology and discount rate

are the same used in previous

administrative reviews (see e.g. Lamb

Meat from New Zealand; Preliminary

Results of Countervailing Duty

Administrative Review (56 FR 27243;

June 13, 1991) and Lamb Meat from New

Zealand; Final Results of Countervailing

Duty Administrative Review (56 FR

38423; August 13, 1991). We added the

value of the benefits from the grants and

multiplied the results by a factor

determined to represent the value of

lamb meat as a percentage of the total

value of all livestock production. We

then divided that result by the total

value of lamb meat production during

the review period. The country-wide

rate calculated using this methodology

was de minimis, as defined by 19 CFR

§ 355.7.

Final Results of Review

For the period April 1, 1992, through

March 31, 1993, we determine the net

subsidy to be 0.0013 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.

Therefore, the Department will

instruct the U.S. Customs Service to

liquidate, without regard to

countervailing duties, all shipments of

this merchandise exported on or after

April 1, 1992, and before March 31,

1993; in addition, the Department will

instruct the U.S. Customs Service to

refund with interest any deposits of

estimated duties on such entries.

We have determined that the GONZ

has met the requirements for revocation

of the countervailing duty order

pursuant to 19 CFR § 355.25(a)(1) and

19 CFR § 355.25(b)(1). Therefore, the

Department will instruct the U.S.

Customs Service to terminate

suspension of liquidation on entries of

the subject merchandise and to

liquidate, without regard to

countervailing duties, such merchandise

exported on or after April 1, 1993, the

first day after the period reviewed

herein. We will also instruct the

Customs Service to refund any deposits

of estimated duties on such entries.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

This notice serves as the only

reminder to parties subject to APO of

their responsibilities concerning the

return or destruction of proprietary

information disclosed under APO in

accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d).

Failure to comply is a violation of the

APO.

This administrative review and notice

are in accordance with section 751(a)(1)

of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)),

19 CFR 355.22, and 19 CFR 355.25.

Dated: May 15, 1995.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–1250 Filed 5–19–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[Docket Number 950503125–5125–01]

RIN 0648–XX19

Announcement of Opportunities for

Research Funding in the National

Estuarine Research Reserve System

for Fiscal Year 1996

AGENCY: Sanctuaries and Reserves

Division (SRD), Office of Ocean and

Coastal Resource Management (OCRM),

National Ocean Service (NOS), National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA), Department of

Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Sanctuaries and Reserves

Division of the Office of Ocean and

Coastal Resource Management is

soliciting proposals for funding research

within the National Estuarine Research

Reserve System. The focus of funding

for the upcoming annual grant period is

the restoration of estuarine and

estuarine-like ecosystems. This notice

sets forth funding priorities, selection

criteria, and procedures for proposal

submission.

DATES: All pre-proposals must be

postmarked no later than July 14, 1995.

Notification regarding the disposition of

the pre-proposals will be issued on or

about September 1, 1995. Final

proposals must be postmarked no later

than November 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Dwight Trueblood,

Research Coordinator, Sanctuaries and

Reserves Division, NOAA/Office of