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classifiable under subheading 

7307.23.00 of the HTSUS. 

Although the HTSUS subheading is 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, our written description of the 

scope of the order is dispositive. 

Taiwan 

The products subject to this order are 

certain stainless steel butt–weld pipe 

fittings, whether finished or unfinished, 

under 14 inches inside diameter. 

Certain welded stainless steel butt–

weld pipe fittings (pipe fittings) are 

used to connect pipe sections in piping 

systems where conditions require 

welded connections. The subject 

merchandise is used where one or more 

of the following conditions is a factor in 

designing the piping system: (1) 

Corrosion of the piping system will 

occur if material other than stainless 

steel is used; (2) contamination of the 

material in the system by the system 

itself must be prevented; (3) high 

temperatures are present; (4) extreme 

low temperatures are present; and (5) 

high pressures are contained within the 

system. 

Pipe fittings come in a variety of 

shapes, with the following five shapes 

the most basic: ‘‘elbows,’’ ‘‘tees,’’

‘‘reducers,’’ ‘‘stub ends,’’ and ‘‘caps.’’

The edges of finished pipe fittings are 

beveled. Threaded, grooved, and bolted 

fittings are excluded from this review. 

The pipe fittings subject to this order are 

classifiable under subheading 

7307.23.00 of the HTSUS. 

Although the HTSUS subheading is 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, our written description of the 

scope of the order is dispositive. 

Determination 

As a result of the determinations by 

the Department and the ITC that 

revocation of the antidumping duty 

orders would likely lead to continuation 

or recurrence of dumping and material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of 

the Act, the Department hereby orders 

the continuation of the antidumping 

duty orders on pipe fittings from Japan, 

South Korea, and Taiwan. U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) will 

continue to collect antidumping duty 

cash deposits at the rates in effect at the 

time of entry for all imports of subject 

merchandise. 

The effective date of continuation of 

these orders will be the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of 

this Notice of Continuation. Pursuant to 

section 751(c)(2) of the Act, the 

Department intends to initiate the next 

five-year review of these orders not later 

than October 2010. 

These five-year (sunset) reviews and 

notices are in accordance with section 

751(c) of the Act and published 

pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: October 14, 2005. 

Joseph A. Spetrini, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E5–5791 Filed 10–19–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[Docket No. 030602141–5255–26] 

Availability of Grants Funds for Fiscal 

Year 2006 

AGENCY: Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Research (OAR), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; re-open competition 

solicitation. 

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Research publishes 

this notice to reopen the competitive 

solicitation for the Ballast Water 

Technology Demonstration Program 

(Research, Development, Testing and 

Evaluation Facility). 

DATES: The new deadline for the receipt 

of preliminary proposals for the Ballast 

Water Technology Demonstration 

Program (Research, Development, 

Testing and Evaluation Facility) is 5 

p.m. EDT October 27, 2005 for both 

electronic and paper applications. The 

deadline for receipt of FULL proposals 

remains unchanged at 4 p.m. EST, 

January 6, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: The address for submitting 

Proposals electronically is: http:// 

www.grants.gov/. (Electronic 

submission is strongly encouraged). 

Paper submissions should be sent to the 

National Sea Grant Office, Attn: Mrs. 

Geraldine Taylor, SG–Ballast Water, 

1315 East-West Highway, R/SG, Rm. 

11732, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

Telephone number for express mail 

applications is 301–713–2445. Full 

proposals should be submitted through 

Grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dorn Carlson, NOAA National Sea Grant 

Office, 301–713–2435; via Internet at 

Dorn.Carlson@noaa.gov; or Pamela 

Thibodeaux, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 703–358–2493; via Internet at 

Pamela_Thibodeaux@fws.gov. Further 

background information can be obtained 

from the above information contacts, or 

on the Ballast Water Program Web site, 

http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/research/ 

nonindigenous/ballast. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

program was originally solicited in the 

Federal Register on June 30, 2005, as 

part of the June, 2005 NOAA Omnibus 

solicitation. The original deadline for 

receipt of preliminary proposals was 4 

p.m., EDT, on September 23, 2005. 

NOAA re-opens the solicitation period 

to provide the public more time to 

submit preliminary proposals. The new 

deadline for the receipt of proposals is 

October 27, 2005, for both electronic 

and paper applications. All applications 

that are received between September 23, 

2005 and the date of publication of this 

notice will be considered timely. All 

other requirements for this solicitation 

remain the same. 

The deadline for receipt of FULL 

proposals remains unchanged at 4 p.m. 

EST, January 6, 2006. The preliminary 

proposal solicitation for the other 

Ballast Water Technology 

Demonstration Program (Treatment 

Technology Demonstration Projects) is 

not reopened, and the submission 

deadline for full proposals in that 

competition remains unchanged. 

Limitation of Liability 

Funding for programs listed in this 

notice is contingent upon the 

availability of Fiscal Year 2006 

appropriations. Applicants are hereby 

given notice that funds have not yet 

been appropriated for the programs 

listed in this notice. In no event will 

NOAA or the Department of Commerce 

be responsible for proposal preparation 

costs if these programs fail to receive 

funding or are cancelled because of 

other agency priorities. Publication of 

this announcement does not oblige 

NOAA to award any specific project or 

to obligate any available funds. 

Universal Identifier 

Applicants should be aware that they 

are required to provide a Dun and 

Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number during the 

application process. See the October 30, 

2002 Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 210, 

pp. 66177–66178, for additional 

information. Organizations can receive a 

DUNS number at no cost by calling the 

dedicated toll-free DUNS Number 

request line at 1–866–705–5711 or via 

the Internet (http:// 

www.dunandbradstreet.com). 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

NOAA must analyze the potential 

environmental impacts, as required by 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

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(NEPA), for applicant projects or 

proposals which are seeking NOAA 

federal funding opportunities. Detailed 

information on NOAA compliance with 

NEPA can be found at the following 

NOAA NEPA Web site: http:// 

www.nepa.noaa.gov/, including our 

NOAA Administrative Order 216–6 for 

NEPA, http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/ 

NAO216_6_TOC.pdf, and the Council 

on Environmental Quality 

implementation regulations, http:// 

ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/ 

toc_ceq.htm Consequently, as part of an 

applicant’s package, and under their 

description of their program activities, 

applicants are required to provide 

detailed information on the activities to 

be conducted, locations, sites, species 

and habitat to be affected, possible 

construction activities, and any 

environmental concerns that may exist 

(e.g., the use and disposal of hazardous 

or toxic chemicals, introduction of nonindigenous species, impacts to 

endangered and threatened species, 

aquaculture projects, and impacts to 

coral reef systems). 

In addition to providing specific 

information that will serve as the basis 

for any required impact analyses, 

applicants may also be requested to 

assist NOAA in drafting of an 

environmental assessment, if NOAA 

determines an assessment is required. 

Applicants will also be required to 

cooperate with NOAA in identifying 

feasible measures to reduce or avoid any 

identified adverse environmental 

impacts of their proposal. The failure to 

do so shall be grounds for not selecting 

an application. In some cases if 

additional information is required after 

an application is selected, funds can be 

withheld by the Grants Officer under a 

special award condition requiring the 

recipient to submit additional 

environmental compliance information 

sufficient to enable NOAA to make an 

assessment on any impacts that a project 

may have on the environment. 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

contained in the Federal Register notice 

of December 30, 2004 (69 FR 78389), are 

applicable to this solicitation. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This document contains collection-ofinformation requirements subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The 

use of Standard Forms 424, 424A, 424B, 

SF–LLL, and CD–346 has been approved 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) under the respective 

control numbers 0348–0043, 0348–0044, 

0348–0040, 0348–0046, and 0605–0001. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, no person is required to respond to, 

nor shall any person be subject to a 

penalty for failure to comply with, a 

collection of information subject to the 

requirements of the PRA unless that 

collection of information displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Executive Order 12866 

This notice has been determined to be 

not significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866. 

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism) 

It has been determined that this notice 

does not contain policies with 

Federalism implications as that term is 

defined in Executive Order 13132. 

Administrative Procedure Act/ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Prior notice and an opportunity for 

public comment are not required by the 

Administrative Procedure Act or any 

other law for rules concerning public 

property, loans, grants, benefits, and 

contracts (5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2)). Because 

notice and opportunity for comment are 

not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or 

any other law, the analytical 

requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are 

inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory 

flexibility analysis has not been 

prepared. 

Dated: October 13, 2005. 

Mark E. Brown, 

Chief Financial Officer, Office of Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–21027 Filed 10–19–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Extension of Period of Determination 

on Request for Textile and Apparel 

Safeguard Action on Imports From 

China 

October 17, 2005. 

AGENCY: The Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(the Committee). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is extending 

through November 30, the period for 

making a determination on whether to 

request consultations with China 

regarding imports of cotton and manmade fiber curtains and drapery 

(Category 369 Part/666 Part). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay 

Dowling, Office of Textiles and Apparel, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 

482–4058. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Section 204 of the Agriculture 

Act of 1956, as amended; Executive Order 

11651, as amended. 

Background 

On June 22, 2005, the Committee 

received a request from the American 

Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition, 

the National Council of Textile 

Organizations, the National Textile 

Association, and UNITE HERE 

requesting that the Committee limit 

imports from China of cotton and manmade fiber curtains and drapery 

(Category 369 Part/666 Part) due to 

market disruption. 

The Committee determined that this 

request provided the information 

necessary for the Committee to consider 

the request and solicited public 

comments for a period of 30 days. See 

Solicitation of Public Comment on 

Request for Textile and Apparel 

Safeguard Action on Imports from 

China, 70 FR 41376 (July 19, 2005). 

The Committee’s Procedures, 68 FR 

27787 (May 21, 2003) state that the 

Committee will make a determination 

within 60 calendar days of the close of 

the public comment period as to 

whether the United States will request 

consultations with China. If the 

Committee is unable to make a 

determination within 60 calendar days, 

it will cause to be published a notice in 

the Federal Register, including the date 

by which it will make a determination. 

The 60 day determination period for 

this case expired on October 17, 2005. 

The Committee is unable to make a 

determination within the determination 

period because it is continuing to 

evaluate production data for cotton and 

man-made fiber curtains and drapery. 

Therefore, the Committee is extending 

the determination period to November 

30, 2005. 

James C. Leonard III, 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. 

[FR Doc. 05–21107 Filed 10–19–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES 

SAFETY BOARD 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 

U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given of 

the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety 

Board’s (Board) public hearing and 

meeting described below. The Board