21910 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 85 / Wednesday, May 2, 2001 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–580–809]

Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy

Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea;

Preliminary Results of Changed

Circumstances Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results of

changed circumstances antidumping

duty administrative review.

SUMMARY: On February 27, 2001, the

Department of Commerce published a

notice of initiation in the above-named

case. As a result of this review, the

Department of Commerce preliminarily

finds for the purposes of this proceeding

that Hyundai Steel Company is the

successor-in-interest to Hyundai Pipe

Company, Ltd.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 2, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Suresh Maniam or Sibel Oyman, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482–0176 and (202)

482–1174, respectively.

Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the ‘‘Act’’), are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Act by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act. In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the

Department of Commerce’s

(‘‘Department’’) regulations are to 19

CFR Part 351 (2000).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On February 27, 2001, the Department

published a notice of initiation of this

changed circumstances review (see

Notice of Initiation of Changed

Circumstances Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review, 66 FR 12460).

On March 20, 2001, the Department

conducted a verification of Hyundai

Steel Company (‘‘Hyundai Hysco’’) at its

headquarters in Seoul (see

Memorandum to the File, ‘‘Verification

of Hyundai Hysco in the Changed

Circumstance Review of Oil Country

Tubular Goods and Circular Welded

Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from South

Korea,’’ dated April 13, 2001) (public

version on file in the Department’s

Central Records Unit, in Room B–099).

Scope of the Review

The merchandise subject to this

review is circular welded non-alloy

steel pipe and tube, of circular crosssection, not more than 406.4mm (16

inches) in outside diameter, regardless

of wall thickness, surface finish (black,

galvanized, or painted), or end finish

(plain end, beveled end, threaded, or

threaded and coupled). These pipes and

tubes are generally known as standard

pipes and tubes and are intended for the

low-pressure conveyance of water,

steam, natural gas, air, and other liquids

and gases in plumbing and heating

systems, air-conditioning units,

automatic sprinkler systems, and other

related uses. Standard pipe may also be

used for light load-bearing applications,

such as for fence tubing, and as

structural pipe tubing used for framing

and as support members for

reconstruction or load-bearing purposes

in the construction, shipbuilding,

trucking, farm equipment, and other

related industries. Unfinished conduit

pipe is also included in this order.

All carbon-steel pipes and tubes

within the physical description outlined

above are included within the scope of

this review except line pipe, oil country

tubular goods, boiler tubing, mechanical

tubing, pipe and tube hollows for

redraws, finished scaffolding, and

finished conduit. In accordance with the

Department’s Final Negative

Determination of Scope Inquiry on

Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy

Steel Pipe and Tube from Brazil, the

Republic of Korea, Mexico, and

Venezuela, 61 FR 11608, (March 21,

1996), pipe certified to the API 5L linepipe specification and pipe certified to

both the API 5L line-pipe specifications

and the less-stringent ASTM A–53

standard-pipe specifications, which falls

within the physical parameters as

outlined above, and entered as line pipe

of a kind used for oil and gas pipelines

is outside of the scope of the

antidumping duty order.

Imports of these products are

currently classifiable under the

following Harmonized Tariff Schedule

of the United States (‘‘HTSUS’’)

subheadings: 7306.30.10.00,

7306.30.50.25, 7306.30.50.32,

7306.30.50.40, 7306.30.50.55,

7306.30.50.85, and 7306.30.50.90.

Although the HTSUS subheadings are

provided for convenience and Customs

Service purposes, our written

description of the scope of this

proceeding is dispositive.

Preliminary Results

In making successor-in-interest

determinations, the Department

examines several factors including, but

not limited to, changes in: (1)

Management; (2) production facilities;

(3) supplier relationships; and (4)

customer base. See, e.g., Brass Sheet

and Strip from Canada; Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review, 57 FR 20460, 20461 (May 13,

1992). While no single factor, or

combination of factors, will necessarily

prove dispositive, the Department will

generally consider the new company to

be the successor to its predecessor

company if the resulting operations are

essentially the same as the predecessor

company. See e.g., Id. and Industrial

Phosphoric Acid from Israel; Final

Results of Changed Circumstances

Review, 59 FR 6944, 6945 (February 14,

1994). Thus, if the evidence

demonstrates that, with respect to the

production and sale of the subject

merchandise, the new company

operates as the same business entity as

its predecessor, the Department will

assign the new company the cashdeposit rate of its predecessor.

Based on the information submitted

by Hyundai Hysco during the initiation

stages of this changed circumstances

review and the information examined

during verification, we preliminarily

determine that Hyundai Hysco is the

successor-in-interest to Hyundai Pipe

Company (‘‘HDP’’). We find that the

company’s organizational structure,

senior management, production

facilities, supplier relationships, and

customers have remained essentially

unchanged. Furthermore, HDP has

provided sufficient internal and public

documentation of its name change.

Based on all the evidence reviewed, we

find that Hyundai Hysco operates as the

same business entity as HDP. Thus, we

preliminarily determine that Hyundai

Hysco should receive the same

antidumping duty cash-deposit rate (i.e.,

a 2.64 percent antidumping duty cashdeposit rate) with respect to the subject

merchandise as HDP, its predecessor

company.

Public Comment

Any interested party may request a

hearing within 10 days of publication of

this notice. Any hearing, if requested,

will be held no later than 28 days after

the date of publication of this notice, or

the first workday thereafter. Case briefs

and/or written comments from

interested parties may be submitted not

later than 14 days after the date of

publication of this notice. Rebuttal

briefs and rebuttals to written

comments, limited to the issues raised

in those comments, may be filed not

later than 21 days after the date of

publication of this notice. All written

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comments shall be submitted in

accordance with 19 CFR 351.303.

Persons interested in attending the

hearing, if one is requested, should

contact the Department for the date and

time of the hearing. The Department

will publish the final results of this

changed circumstances review,

including the results of its analysis of

issues raised in any written comments.

We are issuing and publishing this

determination and notice in accordance

with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of

the Act and sections 351.216 and

351.222 of the Department’s regulations.

Effective January 20, 2001, Bernard T.

Carreau is fulfilling the duties of

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

Dated: April 26, 2001.

Bernard T. Carreau,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Availability of Seats for the Hawaiian

Islands Humpback Whale National

Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council

AGENCY: National Marine Sanctuary

System (NMSS), National Ocean Service

(NOS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration,

Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice and request for

applications.

SUMMARY: The Hawaiian Islands

Humpback Whale National Marine

Sanctuary (HIHWNMS or Sanctuary) is

seeking applicants for the following six

vacant seats on its Sanctuary Advisory

Council (Council): Hawaii County,

Honolulu County, Kauai County, Maui

County, Education and Research.

Applicants are chosen based upon their

particular expertise and experience in

relation to the seat for which they are

applying; community and professional

affiliations; philosophy regarding the

conservation and management of marine

resources; and the length of residence in

the area affected by the Sanctuary.

Applicants who are chosen as members

should expect to serve two-year terms,

pursuant to the Council’s Charter.

DATES: Applications are due by June 1,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Application kits may be

obtained from Kellie Cheung at the

Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale

National Marine Sanctuary, 6700

Kalanianaole Hwy, Suite 104, Honolulu,

Hawaii 96825. Completed applications

should be sent to the same address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kellie Cheung at (808) 397–2651, or

Kellie.Cheung@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

HIHWNMS Advisory Council was

established in March 1996 (the current

Council has served since July 1998) to

assure continued public participation in

the management of the Sanctuary. Since

its establishment, the Council has

played a vital role in the decisions

affecting the Sanctuary surrounding the

main Hawaiian Islands.

The Council’s twenty-three voting

members represent a variety of local

user groups, as well as the general

public, plus ten local, state and federal

governmental jurisdictions.

The Council is supported by three

working groups: The Research

Subcommittee chaired by the Research

Representative, the Education

Subcommittee chaired by the Education

Representative, and the Conservation

Subcommittee chaired by the

Conservation Representative, each

respectively dealing with matters

concerning research, education and

resource protection.

The Council represents the

coordination link between the

Sanctuary and the state and federal

management agencies, user groups,

researchers, educators, policy makers,

and other various groups that help to

focus efforts and attention on the

humpback whale and its habitat around

the main Hawaiian Islands.

The Council functions in an advisory

capacity to the Sanctuary Manager and

is instrumental in helping to develop

policies and program goals, and to

identify education, outreach, research,

long-term monitoring, resource

protection and revenue enhancement

priorities. The Council works in concert

with the Sanctuary Manager by keeping

him or her informed about issues of

concern throughout the Sanctuary,

offering recommendations on specific

issues, and aiding the Manager in

achieving the goals of the Sanctuary

program within the context of Hawaii’s

marine programs and policies.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. Section 1431 et seq.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog

Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program)

Dated: April 26, 2001.

Ted I. Lillestolen,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Oceans

and Coastal Zone Management.

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BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Availability of Seats for the Thunder

Bay National Marine Sanctuary and

Underwater Preserve Advisory Council

AGENCY: Office of National Marine

sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean

Service (NOS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice and request for

applications.

SUMMARY: The Thunder Bay National

Marine Sanctuary and Underwater

Preserve (Sanctuary/Preserve) is seeking

applications for the following seats on

the new Advisory Council: Recreation

member and alternate, Tourism member

and alternate, Business/Economic

Development member and alternate,

Fishing (recreational, charter and/or

commercial) member and alternate,

Diving member and alternate, Education

(elementary, junior high, high school)

member and alternate, Education

(higher education) member and

alternate, Maritime History &

Interpretation member and alternate,

and Citizen-At-Large 2 members and

alternates.

Applicants are chosen based upon

their particular expertise and

experiences in relation to the seat for

which they are applying; community

and professional affiliations; and the

length of residence in the area affected

by the Sanctuary/Preserve.

Applicants who are chosen as

members should expect to serve 2 to 3

year terms pursuant to the Council’s

Charter. Applicants should be available

to attend approximately 4 to 6 meetings

annually.

DATES: Applications are due by June 1,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Application kits may be

obtained from Ellen Brody, NOAA/

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

and Underwater Preserve, 2205

Commonwealth Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI

48105–2945. Applications are also

available on-line at: http://

www.glerl.noaa.gov/glsr/thunderbay.

All completed applications should be

sent to the above Ann Arbor address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Brody, NOAA/Thunder Bay

National Marine Sanctuary and

Underwater Preserve, 2205

Commonwealth Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI

48105–2945, (734) 741–2270 Phone,

(734) 741–2176 FAX,

ellen.brody@noaa.gov.