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regulations are in reference to the

provisions as they existed on December

31, 1994.

Scope of the Review

Imports covered by this review are

shipments of porcelain-on-steel

cookingware from Mexico. The products

are porcelain-on-steel cookingware

(except teakettles), which do not have

self-contained electric heating elements.

All of the foregoing are constructed of

steel, and are enameled or glazed with

vitreous glasses. During the review

period, such merchandise was

classifiable under item number

7323.94.0020 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule (HTS). The HTS item number

is provided for convenience and

Customs purposes. The written

description remains dispositive.

Analysis of Programs

Based upon our analysis of the

questionnaire response and verification

we determine the following:

I. Programs Conferring Subsidies

Bancomext Financing for Exporters

In the preliminary results, we found

that this program conferred

countervailable benefits on the subject

merchandise. Since we received no

comments on our preliminary results,

our findings remain unchanged in these

final results.

II. Programs Found Not To Be Used

In the preliminary results, we found

that APSA did not apply for or receive

benefits under the following programs

during the period of review (POR):

A. Certificates of Fiscal Promotion

(CEPROFI)

B. PITEX

C. Other Bancomext Preferential

Financing

D. Import Duty Reductions and

Exemptions

E. State Tax Incentives

F. Article 15 Loans

G. NAFINSA FOGAIN-type Financing

H. NAFINSA FONEI-type Financing

I. FONEI

Since we received no comments on our

preliminary results, our findings remain

unchanged in these final results.

Final Results of Review

For the period January 1, 1994

through December 31, 1994, we

determine the net subsidy to be 0.01

percent ad valorem for APSA. In

accordance with 19 CFR 355.7, any rate

less than 0.5 percent ad valorem is de

minimis.

The Department will instruct the

Customs Service to liquidate, without

regard to countervailing duties, all

shipments of the subject merchandise

from APSA exported on or after January

1, 1994, and on or before December 31,

1994.

The Department will also instruct the

U.S. Customs Service to collect a cash

deposit of estimated countervailing

duties of zero percent of the f.o.b.

invoice price on all shipments of the

subject merchandise from APSA

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after the date of

publication of the final results of this

review. The cash deposit rates for all

other producers/exporters remain

unchanged from the last completed

administrative review.

This notice serves as a reminder to

parties subject to administrative

protective order (APO) of their

responsibility concerning the

disposition of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with 19 C.F.R. 355.34(d). Timely written

notification of return/destruction of

APO materials or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested.

Failure to comply with the regulations

and the terms of an APO is a

sanctionable violation.

This administrative review and notice

are in accordance with section 751(a)(1)

of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19

CFR 355.22.

Dated: November 27, 1995.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Government Owned Inventions

Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Government Owned

Inventions Available for Licensing.

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below

are owned by the U.S. Government, as

represented by the Department of

Commerce, and are available for

licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C.

207 and 37 CFR Part 404 to achieve

expeditious commercialization of

results of federally funded research and

development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Technical and licensing information on

these inventions may be obtained by

writing to: Marcia Salkeld, National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

Office of Technology Partnerships,

Physics Building, Room B–256,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899; Fax 301–869–

2751. Any request for information

should include the NIST Docket No. and

Title for the relevant invention as

indicated below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

inventions available for licensing are:

NIST Docket No. 93–044

Title: Anti-Ferromagnetically Coupled

Double-Layer Magnetic Force

Microscope Probe.

Description: The magnetic force

microscope probe of this invention

features two magnetic layers separated

by a nonmagnetic layer. The magnetic

layers are preferably of different

thicknesses and are strongly antiferromagnetically coupled. This

configuration provides uniform

magnetization and small stray magnetic

fields.

NIST Docket No. 93–064

Title: Atomic Force Microscope Using

Piezoelectric Detection.

Description: This atomic force

microscope, using piezoelectric

detection, determines surface properties

of insulator and conductor samples

without the snap-in related errors

common to cantilever probe mounts.

NIST Docket No. 94–009

Title: Coupling Apparatus for

Multimode Infrared Detectors.

Description: NIST researchers have

invented an optical coupling device that

is useful in infrared (IR) laboratory

instrumentation and industrial process

control. The invention combines two

existing IR optical coupling devices in

such a way as to overcome their

individual deficiencies.

NIST Docket No. 94–039

Title: Infrared Neutral-Density Filter

Having Copper Alloy Film.

Description: The infrared neutraldensity optical filter of this invention

has a film consisting essentially of

copper and nickel, preferably using the

alloy Constantan, on a dielectric

substrate. The filter achieves a high

optical density with a low spectral

variation.

NIST Docket No. 95–011

Title: Non-Destructive Method for

Determining the Extent of Cure of a

Polymerizing Material and the

Solidification of a Thermoplastic

Polymer Based on Wavelength Shift of

Fluorescence.

Description: This NIST invention uses

the change in the peak fluorescence

wavelength of a small amount of a

fluorescent compound, a fluorophore,
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which has been dissolved in a

polymerizing material or a

thermoplastic polymer to determine

non-destructively the extent of cure or

solidification, respectively.

Fluorophores can also be immobilized

on the surface of the optic fiber probe

window in lieu of being added to the

polymerizing material. The invention

also identifies a new class of suitable

fluorophores.

Dated: November 30, 1995.

Samuel Kramer,

Associate Director.

[FR Doc. 95–29695 Filed 12–5–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 112795B]

International Whaling Commission;

Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of meetings; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: NOAA makes use of a public

Interagency Committee to assist in

preparing for meetings of the

International Whaling Commission

(IWC). This notice sets forth guidelines

for participating on the Committee and

a tentative schedule of meetings and

other important dates.

DATES: Comments should be submitted

on or before February 15, 1996. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for dates of

scheduled meetings.

ADDRESSES: Recommendations to the

U.S. Commissioner to the IWC and

nominations to the U.S. Delegation to

the IWC should be sent to: Dr. D. James

Baker, Under Secretary for Oceans and

Atmosphere, Department of Commerce,

Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, D.C. 20230, with a copy

sent to Kevin Chu, Office of

International Affairs, Room 14247,

National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315

East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD

20910. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

for meeting locations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kevin Chu or Kim Blankenbeker, Office

of International Affairs, (301) 713-2276.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Secretary of Commerce is charged with

the responsibility of discharging the

obligations of the United States under

the International Convention for the

Regulation of Whaling, 1946. This

authority has been delegated to the

Under Secretary for Oceans and

Atmosphere, who, as the U.S.

Commissioner to the IWC, has primary

responsibility for the preparation and

negotiation of U.S. positions on

international issues concerning whaling

and for all matters involving the IWC.

He is staffed by the Department of

Commerce, and assisted by the

Department of State, the Department of

the Interior, the Marine Mammal

Commission, and other interested

agencies.

Each year, NOAA conducts a series of

meetings and other actions to prepare

for the annual meeting of the IWC,

which is usually held in the spring or

summer. The major purpose of the

preparatory meetings is to provide for

input in the development of policy by

members of the public and nongovernmental organizations interested

in whale conservation. NOAA believes

that this participation is important for

the effective development and

implementation of U.S. policy

concerning whaling. Any person with

an identifiable interest in U.S. whale

conservation policy may participate in

the meetings, but NOAA reserves the

authority to inquire about the interest of

any person who appears at a meeting

and to determine the appropriateness of

that person’s participation. Foreign

nationals and persons who represent

foreign governments may not attend.

These stringent measures are necessary

to promote the candid exchange of

information. Such measures are a

necessary basis for the relatively open

process of preparing for IWC meetings

that characterizes current practice.

The tentative schedule of meetings,

including those of the IWC, and

deadlines for the preparation of position

papers for the 1996 Annual Meeting of

the IWC is as follows:

December 13, 1995, 1 p.m.—Room

6009, Herbert C. Hoover Building,

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, Washington,

D.C.—Meeting of the Interagency

Committee to review past events and to

begin preparation for the 1996 Annual

Meeting of the IWC. As with all such

meetings, interested persons who are

unable to attend are welcome to submit

comments. Recommendations to the

U.S. Commissioner should be sent to the

Under Secretary for Oceans and

Atmosphere (see ADDRESSES).

February 15, 1995–-Nominations for

the U.S. Delegation to the Annual

Meeting of the IWC are due to the U.S.

Commissioner, with a copy to Kevin

Chu (see ADDRESSES). All persons

wishing to be considered pursuant to

the U.S. Commissioner’s

recommendation to the Department of

State concerning the composition of the

delegation should ensure that

nominations are received by this date.

Prospective Congressional advisors to

the delegation should contact the

Department of State directly.

March 21, 1996, 2 p.m.—Room 6009,

Herbert C. Hoover Building, Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, Washington,

D.C.—Tentative Interagency Committee

meeting date to review draft agenda of

the IWC Annual Meeting and consider

U.S. positions under those agenda

items.

May 16, 1996, 2 p.m.—Room 6009,

Herbert C. Hoover Building, Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, Washington,

D.C.—Tentative Interagency Committee

meeting date for finalizing preparations

for 1996 IWC meetings.

June 24–June 28, 1996—Aberdeen,

United Kingdom—48th Annual Meeting

of the International Whaling

Commission.

Dated: November 30, 1995.

Gary Matlock,

Program Management Officer, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton and ManMade Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Pakistan

November 29, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross

Arnold, International Trade Specialist,

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

4212. For information on the quota

status of these limits, refer to the Quota

Status Reports posted on the bulletin

boards of each Customs port or call

(202) 927–6714. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 927–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the