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information on South African inland

freight, brokerage, port charges, or South

African trading company mark-ups, so

these expenses were not deducted from

the Customs values. According to

petitioners, the resulting dumping

margin is therefore understated.

Normal Value

Petitioners used data obtained from a

foreign market researcher to determine

the price charged in the home market.

The price quote obtained by the

researcher represents a selling price

(exclusive of taxes) in U.S. dollars per

net ton. The quote uses rand per linear

meter as the unit of sale. Petitioners

converted the home market price into

U.S. dollars per net ton equivalent.

Terms of sale were delivered.

Petitioners did not deduct any amount

for inland freight because it was unclear

if the quoted price already included

inland freight. According to petitioners,

even if the quoted price included inland

freight, petitioners had no information

regarding delivery distance, so an

accurate calculation would be

impossible. Petitioners did not deduct

inland freight from EP, so there should

be no material effect on the margin.

Petitioners’ consultant found that the

producer offers a standard ten percent

discount from the list price, and a

further 2.5 percent discount for

accounts settled in less than 30 days.

Petitioners calculated the NV for the

product as price per net ton, less the

two aforementioned discounts. See

Initiation Checklist.

The estimated dumping margin for

South Africa based on a comparison

between EP and home market price is

81.7 percent.

Fair Value Comparisons

Based on the data provided by the

petitioners, there is reason to believe

that imports of certain circular welded

carbon-quality steel pipe from China,

Indonesia, Malaysia, Romania, and

South Africa are being, or are likely to

be, sold at less than fair value.

Allegations and Evidence of Material

Injury and Causation

The petitioners allege that the U.S.

industry producing the domestic like

product is being materially injured, or is

threatened with material injury, by

reason of the individual and cumulated

imports of the subject merchandise sold

at less than NV. While the volume of

imports from China, using the latest

available data, exceeded the statutory

threshold of seven percent for a

negligibility exclusion, the individual

volumes of imports from Indonesia,

Malaysia, Romania, and South Africa

did not; however, when cumulated, the

volumes for these four countries do

exceed the threshold. (See section

771(24)(A)(ii) of the Act.) The

petitioners contend that the industry’s

injured condition is evident in the

declining trends in net operating profits,

net sales volumes, profit-to-sales ratios,

and capacity utilization. The allegations

of injury and causation are supported by

relevant evidence including U.S.

Customs import data, lost sales, and

pricing information. We have assessed

the allegations and supporting evidence

regarding material injury and causation,

and have determined that these

allegations are properly supported by

accurate and adequate evidence and

meet the statutory requirements for

initiation. See Initiation Checklist.

Initiation of Antidumping Investigations

Based upon our examination of the

petitions on certain circular welded

carbon-quality steel pipe, and the

petitioners’ responses to our

supplemental questionnaire clarifying

the petitions, as well as our

conversations with the foreign market

researchers who provided information

concerning various aspects of the

petition, we have found that it meets the

requirements of section 732 of the Act.

See Initiation Checklist, Market

Research for Malaysia and South Africa,

and Market Research for Indonesia.

Therefore, we are initiating

antidumping duty investigations to

determine whether imports of certain

circular welded carbon-quality steel

pipe from China, Indonesia, Malaysia,

Romania, and South Africa are being, or

are likely to be, sold in the United States

at less than fair value. Unless this

deadline is extended, we will make our

preliminary determinations no later

than 140 days after the date of this

initiation.

Distribution of Copies of the Petitions

In accordance with section

732(b)(3)(A) of the Act, a copy of the

public version of the petition has been

provided to the representatives of the

governments of China, Indonesia,

Malaysia, Romania, and South Africa.

We will attempt to provide a copy of the

public version of the petition to each

exporter named in the petition, as

appropriate.

International Trade Commission

Notification

We have notified the ITC of our

initiations, as required by section 732(d)

of the Act.

Preliminary Determinations by the ITC

The ITC will determine, no later than

July 9, 2001, whether there is a

reasonable indication that imports of

certain circular welded carbon-quality

steel pipe from China, Indonesia,

Malaysia, Romania, and South Africa

are causing material injury, or

threatening to cause material injury, to

a U.S. industry. A negative ITC

determination for any country will

result in the investigation being

terminated with respect to that country;

otherwise, these investigations will

proceed according to statutory and

regulatory time limits.

This notice is issued and published

pursuant to section 777(i) of the Act.

Dated: June 13, 2001.

Faryar Shirzad,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–15650 Filed 6–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Application for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instrument

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), we invite comments on the

question of whether an instrument of

equivalent scientific value, for the

purposes for which the instrument

shown below is intended to be used, is

being manufactured in the United

States.

Comments must comply with 15 CFR

301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and

be filed within 20 days with the

Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

DC 20230. Applications may be

examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00

p.m. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

Docket Number: 01–013. Applicant:

Stanford University, Department of

Biological Sciences, Herrin Labs 80, Off

Serra Street, Stanford, CA 94305–5020.

Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model

JEM–1230. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd.,

Japan.

Intended Use: The instrument is

intended to be used to carry out a

variety of research projects which might

include:

1. Ultrastructural studies of cultured

hippocampal neurons to identify

morphological features of synapse

formation,

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2. Immuno-labeling studies of various

molecules involved in synapse

formation between hippocampal

neurons,

3. Analysis of the spatial and

temporal regulatory circuitry that

controls the bacterial cell cycle,

4. Comparative studies of mutant and

wild type Drosophila (fruit fly) larvae to

identify the role of genes in anatomical

features,

5. Immuno-electron microscopy to

visualize cellular protein locations in

submicron levels in various cell types,

6. Morphological detection of

bacterial surface pili, which are

virulence factors in many bacterial

pathogens,

7. Studies of structural changes in

wild type, mutant, and non-virulent

cells as they progress through the cell

cycle,

8. EM analysis of cellular changes in

non-virulent and pathogenic organisms,

and

9. Immuno-localization and structural

studies of the budding yeast

Saccharomyces cerevisiae to identify

yeast structures and proteins.

Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: June 8, 2001.

Gerald A. Zerdy,

Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs

Staff.

[FR Doc. 01–15651 Filed 6–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[Docket No. 000404094–1144–02]

RIN 0648–ZA84

Improved Methods for Ballast Water

Treatment and Management and Lake

Champlain Canal Barrier

Demonstration: Request for Proposals

for FY 2001

AGENCIES: National Sea Grant College

Program, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration,

Department of Commerce and Fish and

Wildlife Service, Department of the

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of request for proposals.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to advise the public that the National

Sea Grant College Program (Sea Grant)

and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) are entertaining proposals to

participate in innovative research,

outreach, and demonstration projects

that address the problems of aquatic

invasive species in U.S. waters. In FY

2001 only, Sea Grant expects to make

available about $800,000, and the

Service $300,000, to support projects to

improve ballast water treatment and

management in the Chesapeake Bay and

the Great Lakes in particular (Sea

Grant), and in U.S. coastal and Great

Lakes waters in general (Service). Also

in FY 2001 only, Sea Grant expects to

make available about $95,000 to support

projects to reduce the transport of

invasive species through the Lake

Champlain Canal.

DATES: The deadline for receipt of

proposals at the National Sea Grant

Office (NSGO) is 5 p.m. EDT, July 24,

2001. Note that late-arriving

applications provided to a delivery

service on or before July 23, 2001, with

delivery guaranteed before 5 p.m. EDT,

July 24, 2001, will be accepted for

review if the applicant can document

that the application was provided to the

delivery service with delivery to the

address listed below (see ADDRESSES)

guaranteed prior to the specified closing

date and time; and in any event, the

proposals are received in the NSGO by

5 p.m. EDT, no later than 2 business

days following the closing date.

Facsimile transmissions and electronic

mail submission of proposals will not be

accepted. We anticipate that funding

decisions will be made by August 31,

2001, and that successful applicants

will be able to initiate projects

approximately November 1, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Proposals must be

submitted to the National Sea Grant

Office at: National Sea Grant College

Program, R/SG, Attn: Ballast Water

Competition, Room 11841, NOAA, 1315

East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD

20910 (phone number for express mail

applications is 301–713–2435).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leon M. Cammen, Invasive Species

Coordinator, National Sea Grant College

Program, R/SG, NOAA, 1315 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, or

Mary Robinson, Secretary, National Sea

Grant Office, 301–713–2435; facsimile

301–713–0799; or Sharon Gross, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, 703–358–

1718; facsimile 703–358–2044.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Program Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.; 33 U.S.C.

1121–1131.

Catalog of Federal Assistance

Number: 11.417, Sea Grant Support;

15.FFA, Fish and Wildlife Management

Assistance.

II. Program Description

Background

Nonindigenous species introductions

are increasing in frequency and causing

substantial damage to the Nation’s

environment and economy. Although

the most prominent of these

introductions in the aquatic

environment has been the zebra mussel,

many other nonindigenous species have

been introduced and have truly become

a nationwide problem that threatens

many aquatic ecosystems. While some

intentional introductions may have had

beneficial effects, many other

nonindigenous species already present

in U.S. waters, or with the potential to

invade, may cause significant damage to

coastal resources and the economies

that depend upon them. In response, the

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance

Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16

U.S.C. 4701 et seq.) and the National

Invasive Species Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C.

4711–4714) (collectively, the Acts)

established a framework for the Nation

to address the problems of aquatic

nuisance species invasions of coastal

and Great Lakes ecosystems.

In addition, the Acts recognized the

serious threat posed by ballast water

discharge in causing new invasions and

called for ballast water management

demonstration programs. A 1996

National Research Council study of the

ballast water problem, ‘‘Stemming the

Tide,’’ concluded that with the growth

of global shipping, and the changes in

modern shipping practices,

introductions of nonindigenous species

through ballast water discharge were

likely to remain a serious problem. The

study called for the development of

improved technology for the

management of ballast water to

eliminate this threat to the Nation’s

ecosystems. Several projects are under

way demonstrating the usefulness of

various technologies, and the possibility

that there will be a single solution that

is acceptable for all modes of shipping

operations and classes of vessels is

unlikely.

In addition, vessels that declare No

Ballast On Board (NOBOB) may still

pose a potential risk for introducing

nonindigenous species by reballasting

into tanks containing residual ballast

(including sediments) and subsequently

discharging this mixture into the

receiving waters. Although the concern

has been most strongly expressed with

respect to the Great Lakes, residual

water and sediment also represent a