Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 98 / Monday, May 21, 2001 / Notices 27939

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mike Strollo or Scott Lindsay, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482–5255 and (202)

482–3782, 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 March 1, 2001, the Department

published a notice of initiation in this

changed circumstances review (see

Notice of Initiation of Changed

Circumstances Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review, 66 FR 12925).

On March 20, 2001, the Department

conducted a verification of 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. Verification

results are outlined in the public

version of the verification report on file

in Room B–099 of the main Commerce

building.

Scope of the Review

The products covered by this order

are oil country tubular goods (‘‘OCTG’’),

hollow steel products of circular crosssection, including only oil well casing

and tubing, of iron (other than cast iron)

or steel (both carbon and alloy), whether

seamless or welded, whether or not

conforming to American Petroleum

Institute (‘‘API’’) or non-API

specifications, whether finished or

unfinished (including green tubes and

limited service OCTG products). This

scope does not cover casing or tubing

pipe containing 10.5 percent or more of

chromium, or drill pipe. The products

subject to this order are currently

classified in the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States

(‘‘HTSUS’’) under item numbers:

7304.29.10.10, 7304.29.10.20,

7304.29.10.30, 7304.29.10.40,

7304.29.10.50, 7304.29.10.60,

7304.29.10.80, 7304.29.20.10,

7304.29.20.20, 7304.29.20.30,

7304.29.20.40, 7304.29.20.50,

7304.29.20.60, 7304.29.20.80,

7304.29.30.10, 7304.29.30.20,

7304.29.30.30, 7304.29.30.40,

7304.29.30.50, 7304.29.30.60,

7304.29.30.80, 7304.29.40.10,

7304.29.40.20, 7304.29.40.30,

7304.29.40.40, 7304.29.40.50,

7304.29.40.60, 7304.29.40.80,

7304.29.50.15, 7304.29.50.30,

7304.29.50.45, 7304.29.50.60,

7304.29.50.75, 7304.29.60.15,

7304.29.60.30, 7304.29.60.45,

7304.29.60.60, 7304.29.60.75,

7305.20.20.00, 7305.20.40.00,

7305.20.60.00, 7305.20.80.00,

7306.20.10.30, 7306.20.10.90,

7306.20.20.00, 7306.20.30.00,

7306.20.40.00, 7306.20.60.10,

7306.20.60.50, 7306.20.80.10, and

7306.20.80.50. Although the HTSUS

item numbers are provided for

convenience and Customs purposes, the

written description remains dispositive

of the scope of this review.

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 HDP. We find

the company’s organizational structure,

senior management, production

facilities, supplier relationships, and

customers have remained essentially

unchanged. Furthermore, Hyundai

Hysco has provided sufficient internal

and public documentation of the 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 be excluded

from the antidumping duty order as was

it’s predecessor company, HDP.

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

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 §§ 351.216 and 351.222 of

the Department’s regulations.

Faryar Shirzad,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–12749 Filed 5–18–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of partially closed

meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.

2, notice is hereby given that the

Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology, National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST), will

meet Tuesday, June 5, 2001 from 8:15

a.m. to 5:15 p.m. and Wednesday, June

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6, 2001 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. The

Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology is composed of nine

members appointed by the Director of

NIST; who are eminent in such fields as

business, research, new product

development, engineering, labor,

education, management consulting,

environment, and international

relations. The purpose of this meeting is

to review and make recommendations

regarding general policy for the

Institute, its organization, its budget,

and its programs within the framework

of applicable national policies as set

forth by the President and the Congress.

The agenda will include a Cross-cut

Review of Human Resources, a

presentation by a member of the Visiting

Committee, a laboratory tour of the

Center for Advanced Research in

Biotechnology, and a Cross-cut Review

of NIST Impact on Law Enforcement.

Discussions scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.

end at 5:15 p.m. on June 5, 2001 and to

begin at 8:15 a.m. and to end at 11:40

a.m. on June 6, 2001, on staffing of

management positions at NIST, the

NIST budget, including funding levels

of the Advanced Technology Program

and the Manufacturing Extension

Partnership, and feedback sessions will

be closed.

DATES: The meeting will convene June

5, 2001 at 8:30 a.m. and will adjourn at

11:40 a.m. on June 6, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the Employees Lounge, Administration

Building, at NIST, Gaithersburg,

Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet R. Russell, Administrative

Coordinator, Visiting Committee on

Advanced Technology, National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–1004,

telephone number (301) 975–2107.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Assistant Secretary for Administration,

with the concurrence of the General

Counsel, formally determined on

February 12, 2001, that portions of the

meeting of the Visiting Committee on

Advanced Technology which involve

discussion of proposed funding of the

Advanced Technology Program and the

Manufacturing Extension Partnership

Program may be closed in accordance

with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), because

those portions of the meetings will

divulge matters the premature

disclosure of which would be likely to

significantly frustrate implementation of

proposed agency actions; and that

portions of meetings which involve

discussion of the staffing issues of

management and other positions at

NIST may be closed in accordance with

5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6), because divulging

information discussed in those portions

of the meetings is likely to reveal

information of a personal nature where

disclosure would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal

privacy.

Dated: May 14, 2001.

Karen H. Brown,

Acting Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 051001B]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of an application for a

scientific research permit (1316);

Issuance of permits 1298 and 1266.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

following actions regarding permits for

takes of endangered and threatened

species for the purposes of scientific

research and/or enhancement under the

Endangered Species Act (ESA): NMFS

has received an application for a

scientific research permit from Dr. Jeff

Schmid, of The Conservancy of

Southwest Florida; NMFS has issued

permit 1298 to Ms. Melissa Salmon, of

Riverbanks Zoological Park and permit

1266 to John Glass, of REMSA, Inc.

DATES: Comments or requests for a

public hearing on any of the new

applications or modification requests

must be received at the appropriate

address or fax number no later than 5

p.m. eastern standard time on June 20,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on any of

the new applications or modification

requests should be sent to the

appropriate office as indicated below.

Comments may also be sent via fax to

the number indicated for the application

or modification request. Comments will

not be accepted if submitted via e-mail

or the Internet. The applications and

related documents are available for

review in the indicated office, by

appointment:

Endangered Species Division, F/PR3,

1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (phone:301–713–1401, fax:

301–713–0376).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Terri Jordan, Silver Spring, MD (phone:

301-713-1401, fax: 301-713-0376, e-mail:

Terri.Jordan@noaa.gov)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

Issuance of permits and permit

modifications, as required by the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16

U.S.C. 1531-1543) (ESA), is based on a

finding that such permits/modifications:

(1) are applied for in good faith; (2)

would not operate to the disadvantage

of the listed species which are the

subject of the permits; and (3) are

consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the

ESA. Scientific research and/or

enhancement permits are issued under

Section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA.

Authority to take listed species is

subject to conditions set forth in the

permits. Permits and modifications are

issued in accordance with and are

subject to the ESA and NMFS

regulations governing listed fish and

wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222-226).

Those individuals requesting a

hearing on an application listed in this

notice should set out the specific

reasons why a hearing on that

application would be appropriate (see

ADDRESSES). The holding of such

hearing is at the discretion of the

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

NOAA. All statements and opinions

contained in the permit action

summaries are those of the applicant

and do not necessarily reflect the views

of NMFS.

Species Covered in This Notice

The following species are covered in

this notice:

Sea turtles

Threatened and endangered Green

turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Endangered Kemp’s ridley turtle

(Lepidochelys kempii)

Endangered Leatherback turtle

(Dermochelys coriacea)

Threatened Loggerhead turtle (Caretta

caretta)

Fish

Endangered Shortnose Sturgeon

(Acipenser brevirostrum)

New Applications Received

Application 1316

The applicant proposes to

characterize the essential habitat

associations of subadult Kemp’s ridley

turtles in the nearshore waters of the

upper Ten Thousand Islands. The

objectives are: (1) to monitor the

movements of Kemp’s ridley turtles via

radio and sonic telemetry and to