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Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August

29, 1995, the Department published the

final results of its administrative review

of the countervailing duty order on

certain iron-metal castings from India

for the period January 1, 1990 through

December 31, 1990. See Final Results of

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Review: Certain Iron-Metal Castings

from India, 60 FR 44,849 (1990 IronMetal Castings). Subsequently,

respondents challenged the final results

before the CIT. The primary issue

involved the calculation of the program

rates for the subsidies provided under

section 80HHC of India’s Income Tax

Act.

Under section 80HHC of India’s

Income Tax Act, exporters of iron-metal

castings are eligible to claim tax

exemptions based on their export

profits. In 1990 Iron-Metal Castings, the

Department calculated these subsidies

without adjusting for other subsidies

received under India’s International

Price Reimbursement Scheme (IPRS)

and India’s Cash Compensatory Support

Scheme (CCS). In Crescent Foundry Co.

Pvt. Ltd. v. United States, Slip Op. 00–

148 (CIT Nov. 9, 2000), the court

remanded the final results of the 1990

administrative review and directed the

Department to recalculate these

subsidies by subtracting IPRS rebates

and CCS rebates from taxable income

before determining the benefit under

section 80HHC. The Department’s

subsequent remand determination

reflected the Court’s instructions and

was affirmed in Crescent Foundry Co.

Pvt. Ltd, v. United States, Slip Op. 01–

6 (CIT Jan. 24, 2001).

Final Results of Review

We recalculated the company-specific

and all-other subsidy rates for the

period January 1, 1990, through

December 31, 1990. The amended final

countervailing duty rates are as follows:

Manufacturer/exporter

Revised

rates

(percent)

Carnation Enterprise Pvt. Ltd ... 7.59

Crescent Foundry Co. Pvt. Ltd 7.59

Kajaria Castings Ltd ................. 7.59

Kejriwal Iron & Steel Works ..... 7.59

Nandikeshwari .......................... 7.59

Overseas .................................. 7.59

R.B. Agarwalla & Co ................ 7.59

R.S.I .......................................... 7.59

Ragunath .................................. 7.59

Serampore Industries Pvt. Ltd .. 7.59

Sitarem ..................................... 7.59

Manufacturer/exporter

Revised

rates

(percent)

Super Castings (India) .............. 7.59

Tiruptati ..................................... 7.59

UMA Iron & Steel Co ................ 7.59

All-other Rate ............................ 7.59

The Department has been enjoined

from issuing any liquidation

instructions to the U.S. Customs Service

(Customs) until the conclusion of

litigation of this case. Litigation has

been completed and, therefore, the

Department will instruct Customs to

assess countervailing duties on all

appropriate entries. The Department

will issue liquidation instructions

directly to Customs.

This amendment to the final results of

countervailing duty administrative

review notice is in accordance with

section 705(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930,

as amended, (19 USC 1671d(d)) and

section 351.210(c) of the Department’s

regulations. Effective January 20, 2001,

Bernard T. Carreau is fulfilling the

duties of the Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration.

Dated: May 3, 2001.

Bernard T. Carreau,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–11938 Filed 5–10–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C–533–063]

Certain Iron-Metal Castings From

India: Amended Final Results of

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Review in Accordance With Decision

Upon Remand

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of amendment to final

results of countervailing duty

administrative review.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to remand

instructions by the Court of

International Trade (CIT), the

Department has recalculated the

countervailing duty rates for the 1991

administrative review of the

countervailing duty order on certain

iron-metal castings from India. The final

countervailing duty rates for this

administrative review period are listed

below in the Final Results of Review

section of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 11, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Copyak, AD/CVD Enforcement

Office VI, Group II, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August

29, 1995, the Department published the

final results of its administrative review

of the countervailing duty order on

certain iron-metal castings from India

for the period January 1, 1991 through

December 31, 1991. See Final Results of

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Review: Certain Iron-Metal Castings

from India, 60 FR 44,843 (1991 IronMetal Castings). Subsequently,

respondents challenged the final results

before the CIT. The primary issue

involved the calculation of the program

rates for the subsidies provided under

section 80HHC of India’s Income Tax

Act.

Under section 80HHC of India’s

Income Tax Act, exporters of iron-metal

castings are eligible to claim tax

exemptions based on their export

profits. In 1991 Iron-Metal Castings, the

Department calculated these subsidies

without adjusting for other subsidies

received under India’s International

Price Reimbursement Scheme (IPRS)

and India’s Cash Compensatory Support

Scheme (CCS). In Kajaria Iron Castings

Pvt. Ltd. v. United States, Slip Op. 00–

147 (CIT Nov. 9, 2000), the court

remanded the final results of the 1991

administrative review and directed the

Department to recalculate these

subsidies by subtracting IPRS rebates

and CCS rebates from taxable income

before determining the benefit under

section 80HHC. The Department’s

subsequent remand determination

reflected the Court’s instructions and

was affirmed in Kajaria Iron Castings

Pvt. v. United States, Slip Op. 01–5 (CIT

Jan. 24, 2001).

Final Results of Review

We recalculated the company-specific

and all-other subsidy rates for the

period January 1, 1991, through

December 31, 1991. The amended final

countervailing duty rates are as follows:

Manufacturer/exporter Revised rates

Calcutta Ferrous ..................... 0.93

Carnation Enterprise Pvt. Ltd 0.66

Commex ................................. 1 0.44

Crescent Foundry Co. Pvt. Ltd 1.18

Dinesh ..................................... 0.00

Kajaria Castings Ltd. .............. 2.56

Kejriwal Iron & Steel Works ... 1 0.40

Nandikeshwari ........................ 2.56

R.B. Agarwalla & Co. ............. 1.73

R.S.I ........................................ 4.19

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Manufacturer/exporter Revised rates

Serampore Industries Pvt. Ltd 0.78

Super Castings (India) ............ 23.00

Tiruptati ................................... 3.68

UMA Iron & Steel Co .............. 1.84

All-other Rate .......................... 2.56

1 de minimis.

The Department has been enjoined

from issuing any liquidation

instructions to the U.S. Customs Service

(Customs) until the conclusion of

litigation of this case. Litigation has

been completed and, therefore, the

Department will instruct Customs to

assess countervailing duties on all

appropriate entries. For the companies

with de minimis rates, the Department

will instruct Customs to liquidate

without regard to countervailing duties.

The Department will issue liquidation

instructions directly to Customs.

This amendment to the final results of

countervailing duty administrative

review notice is in accordance with

section 705(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930,

as amended, (19 USC 1671d(d)) and

section 351.210(c) of the Department’s

regulations. Effective January 20, 2001,

Bernard T. Carreau is fulfilling the

duties of the Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration.

Dated: May 3, 2001.

Bernard T. Carreau,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–11939 Filed 5–10–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

[Docket No.: 000911256–1111–02]

RIN 0693–ZA40

Small Grants program

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On Thursday, January 11,

2001, the National Institute of Standards

and Technology (NIST) announced in

the Federal Register the availability of

fiscal year 2001 funds for thirteen small

grants programs. The purpose of this

notice is to inform the public that under

three of those programs, the Materials

Science and Engineering Grants

Program; the Physics Laboratory Grants

Program; and the Chemical Science and

Technology Laboratory Grants Program,

priority will be given to proposals in the

area of Nanotechnology, and a portion

of the funding available for each of

those programs will be allocated for

awards in the area of Nanotechnology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

the MSEL Grants Program, contact Dr.

Stephen M. Hsu, National Institute of

Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau

Drive, Stop 8520, Building 223, Room A

265, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–

8520, Tel: (301) 975–6120, E-mail:

stephen.hsu@nist.gov.

For the Physics Laboratory Grant

Program contact Ms. Anita Sweigert,

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop

8400, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8400,

Tel (301) 975–4200, E-Mail:

anita.sweigert@nist.gov.

For the Chemical Science and

Technology Laboratory Grant Program

contact Dr. William F. Koch, National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8300,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8300, Tel:

(301) 975–8301, E-mail:

william.koch@nist.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

January 11, 2001, NIST published a

document in the Federal Register

announcing the availability of fiscal

year 2001 funds for (1) Precision

Measurement Grants; (2) Physics

Laboratory (PL) 2001 Summer

Undergraduate Research Fellowships

(SURF); (3) Materials Science and

Engineering Laboratory (MSEL) 2001

Summer Undergraduate Research

Fellowships (SURF); (4) Manufacturing

Engineering Laboratory (MEL) 2001

Summer Undergraduate Research

Fellowships (SURF); (5) Information

Technology Laboratory (ITL) 2001

Summer Undergraduate Research

Fellowships (SURF); (6) Building and

Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL); 2001

Summer Undergraduate Research

Fellowships (SURF); (7) Electronics and

Electrical Engineering (EEEL); 2001

Summer Undergraduate Research

Fellowships (SURF); (8) Materials

Science and Engineering Laboratory

(MSEL) Grants Program; (9) Fire

Research Grants Program; (10) Physics

Laboratory (PL) Grants Program; (11)

Chemical Science and Technology

Laboratory (CSTL) grants Program; (12)

Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory

(MEL) Grants program; and (13)

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Laboratory (EEEL) Grants Program (66

FR 2398, January 11, 2001). On January

24, 2001, NIST published a document in

the Federal Register making minor

corrections to the earlier publication (66

FR 7627, January 24, 2001). All

information and requirements as

published in the January 11, 2001

publication, as corrected by the January

24, 2001 publication, remain in effect.

NIST’s fiscal year 2001 appropriation

included funding for an initiative in the

area of Nanotechnology, The initiative

funds have now been allocated to the

NIST laboratories that submitted

successful proposals to the Acting NIST

Director. Due to a combination of the

timing of NIST’s appropriation, the

proposal review and selection process

for distribution of the funding to the

NIST laboratories, and a recent decision

that financial assistance is an

appropriate mechanism for carrying out

the Nanotechnology programs selected,

NIST now informs the public that under

the MSEL Grants program, the PL Grants

program, and the CSTL Grants program,

priority will be given to proposals in the

area of Nanotechnology, and a portion

of the funding available for each of

those programs will be allocated for

awards in the area of Nanotechnology as

described below. Applications

submitted to these programs prior to

publication of this notice in the area of

Nanotechnology will be considered for

the reserved funding and for the

remaining funds announced in the

January 11, 2001 notice, as described

below.

MSEL Grants Program

Of the approximately $2,500,000

available in fiscal year 2001,

approximately $300,000 will be

allocated solely for funding awards in

Nanotechnology in the area of

Nanotechnology. The MSEL Grants

Program may fund more than one award

from this allocation. From the remaining

$2,200,000, other highly rated proposals

in the area of Nanotechnology may be

funded.

Physics Laboratory Grants Program

Of the approximately $1,400,000

available in fiscal year 2001,

approximately $210,000 will be

allocated solely for funding awards in

Quibit decoherence and moving

quantum information over larger

distances. The PL Grants Program

anticipates funding one award from this

allocation. From the remaining

$1,190,000, other highly rated proposals

in the area of Nanotechnology may be

funded. Funding available for the PL

Grants Program will remain at

approximately $1,400,00 this fiscal year.

Chemical Science and Technology

Laboratory Grants Program

Of the approximately $1,000,000

available in fiscal year 2001,

approximately $150,000 will be

allocated solely for funding awards in

Nanotechnology in the areas of