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compensate for developed looseness

between the component parts of a

fastened assembly; (2) distribute the

load over a larger area for screws or

bolts; and (3) provide a hardened

bearing surface. The scope does not

include internal or external tooth

washers, nor does it include spring lock

washers made of other metals, such as

copper. HSLWs are included under item

number 7318.21.0000 of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTSUS). Although the

HTSUS subheadings are provided for

convenience and customs purposes, the

written description of the scope is

dispositive. SIP requests that the

Secretary monitor imports of these

products from Russia and Mexico,

alleging that circumstances which allow

the Department to monitor imports

currently exist. Under section 732(a)(2)

of the Act, the requirements for the

Secretary to monitor imports are: (a)

more than one antidumping duty order

for the same class or kind of

merchandise must be in effect; (b) the

Department must have a reason to

believe or suspect that there exists an

extraordinary pattern of persistent

injurious dumping with respect to

shipments from one or more additional

supplier countries; and (c) this

extraordinary pattern of persistent

injurious dumping is causing a serious

commercial problem for the domestic

industry.

COMMENTS: Interested parties wishing to

comment upon this request must send

written comments not later than March

17, 1995. Comments should be sent to

the Secretary of Commerce, Attention:

Import Administration, Central Records

Unit, Room B–099, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C. 20230.

Interested parties may file replies to any

comments submitted. All replies must

be filed not later than seven days after

March 17, 1995. Any interested parties

submitting business proprietary

information must do so in accordance

with section 353.32(b) of the

Department’s regulations and submit a

public version or summary of that

information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Helen Kramer or Holly Vineyard, Office

of Agreements Compliance, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Room 7866, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20230, telephone (202) 482–3793 or

telefax (202) 482–1388.

Dated: February 8, 1995.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–3777 Filed 2–14–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[A–427–098]

Anhydrous Sodium Metasilicate From

France; Final Results of Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of

antidumping duty administrative

review.

SUMMARY: On October 20, 1994, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) published the preliminary

results of administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on anhydrous

sodium metasilicate (ASM) from France.

This review covers Rhone Poulenc

Chime de Base (Rhone Poulenc), a

manufacturer/exporter of this

merchandise to the United States, and

the period January 1, 1993, through

December 31, 1993. The firm failed to

submit a timely response to our

questionnaire. As a result, we have used

best information available (BIA) for cash

deposit and appraisement purposes. We

did not receive any comments on our

preliminary results of review. Therefore,

the final results are unchanged from

those presented in the preliminary

results of review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 15, 1995.

The review covers Rhone Poulenc and

the period January 1, 1993 through

December 31, 1993.

Use of Best Information Available

We mailed the antidumping

questionnaire to Rhone Poulenc, a

manufacturer/exporter of this

merchandise to the United States.

Rhone Poulenc failed to submit a timely

response to our questionnaire. The

Department has therefore decided to use

BIA in determining the rate for this firm.

When a company fails to provide the

information requested in a timely

manner, or otherwise significantly

impedes the Department’s review, the

Department considers the company

uncooperative and generally assigns to

that company the higher of: (a) The

highest rate assigned to any company in

the less-than-fair-value (LTFV)

investigation or in prior administrative

reviews, or (b) the highest rate found in

the current review for any firm. See 19

CFR 353.37(b) and Final Results of

Administrative Review, Antifriction

Bearings (other than Tapered Roller

Bearings) from France (58 FR 39729,

39739, July 26, 1993). In this case, as

BIA, we used 60 percent, the highest

rate from a prior review. See Final

Results of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review, Anhydrous

Sodium Metasilicate from France (52 FR

33856, September 8, 1987).

Final Results of the Review

We gave interested parties an

opportunity to comment on the

preliminary results. We received no

comments. Therefore, the final results

are unchanged from those presented in

the preliminary results of review. We

determine that a margin of 60.00 percent

exists for Rhone Poulenc during the

period January 1, 1993, through

December 31, 1993.

Furthermore, the following deposit

requirements will be effective upon

publication of these final results of this

administrative review, for all shipments

of ASM from France, entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after the publication

date, as provided by section 751(a)(1) of

the Tariff Act: (1) The cash deposit rate

for the reviewed company will be 60

percent; (2) for exporters not covered in

this review, but covered in previous

reviews or the original LTFV

investigation, the cash deposit rate will

continue to be the company-specific rate

published for the most recent period; (3)

if the exporter is not a firm covered in

this review, previous reviews, or the

original LTFV investigation, but the

manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate

will be that established for the most

recent period for the manufacturer of

the merchandise; and (4) the cash

deposit rate for all other manufacturers

and exporters will be 60 percent.

These deposit requirements shall

remain in effect until publication of the

final results of the next administrative

review.

This notice also serves as a final

reminder to importers of their

responsibility under 19 CFR 353.26 to

file a certificate regarding the

reimbursement of antidumping duties

prior to liquidation of the relevant

entries during this review period.

Failure to comply with this requirement

could result in the Secretary’s

presumption that reimbursement of

antidumping duties occurred and the

subsequent assessment of double

antidumping duties.

This administrative review and notice

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

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

and 19 CFR 353.22.
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Dated: January 30, 1995.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–3778 Filed 2–14–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[A–475–816, A–201–817, A–469–806]

Postponement of Final Antidumping

Duty Determinations: Oil Country

Tubular Goods From Italy, Mexico and

Spain

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 15, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Crow (Italy and Spain) or

Jennifer Stagner (Mexico), Office of

Antidumping Investigations, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482–0116 or (202) 482–

1673, respectively.

Postponement

On January 26, 1995, the Department

of Commerce (the Department) issued

its preliminary determinations in the

antidumping duty investigations of oil

country tubular goods (OCTG) from

Italy, Mexico, and Spain (60 FR 6515,

6510, and 6516, respectively, February

2, 1995).

The following parties requested that

the Department postpone the final

determinations until 135 days after

publication of the preliminary

determinations in accordance with

section 735(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended (the Act) (19 U.S.C.

1673(a)(2)), and 19 CFR 353.20(b):

Dalmine S.p.A., the respondent in the

Italian investigation, on February 3,

1995; North Star Steel Ohio, the

petitioner in the Mexican investigation,

on January 30, 1995; and Koppel Steel

Corporation, USS/Kobe Steel Company,

and U.S. Steel Group (a unit of USX

Corporation), the petitioners in the

Spanish investigation, on January 30,

1995.

Under section 735(a)(2) of the Act and

19 CFR 353.20(b), if, subsequent to the

preliminary determination, the

Department receives a request for

postponement of the final determination

from the petitioner if the preliminary

determination was negative, or the

respondent if the preliminary

determination was affirmative, then the

Department will, absent compelling

reasons for denial, grant the request. We

find no compelling reasons to deny the

requests, which were properly filed, and

are, accordingly, postponing the date of

the final determinations until no later

than June 19, 1995.

The U.S. International Trade

Commission is being advised of these

postponements in accordance with

section 733(b) of the Act.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Statute and to the

Department’s regulations are in

reference to the provisions as they

existed on December 31, 1994.

Public Comment

In accordance with 19 CFR 353.38,

case briefs or other written comments in

at least ten copies may be submitted by

any interested party to the Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration no

later than May 2, 1995, and rebuttal

briefs no later than May 9, 1995. We

request that parties in these cases

provide an executive summary of no

more than two pages in conjunction

with case briefs on the major issues to

be addressed. Further, briefs should

contain a table of authorities. Citations

to Commerce determinations and court

decisions should include the page

number where cited information

appears. In preparing the briefs, please

begin each issue on a separate page. In

accordance with 19 CFR 353.38(b), we

will hold public hearings, if requested,

to give interested parties an opportunity

to comment on arguments raised in case

or rebuttal briefs. Tentatively, the

hearings will be held at the U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue NW.,

Washington, DC 20230, on:

Italy: May 17, 1995, at 10:00 a.m. in

Room 1851;

Mexico: May 19, 1995, at 10:00 a.m. in

Room 1851;

Spain: May 17, 1995, at 2:00 p.m. in

Room 1851.

Parties should confirm the time, date,

and place of the hearing 48 hours before

the scheduled time.

Interested parties who wish to request

a hearing must submit a written request

to the Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Room B–099, within ten

days of the publication of this notice in

the Federal Register. Requests should

contain: (1) The party’s name, address

and telephone number; (2) the number

of participants; and (3) a list of the

issues to be discussed. In accordance

with 19 CFR 353.38(b), oral

presentations will be limited to the

issues raised in the briefs.

This notice is published pursuant to

section 735(a)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR

353.20(b).

Dated: February 8, 1995.

Barbara R. Stafford,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investigations.

[FR Doc. 95–3779 Filed 2–14–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 020195B]

Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application to modify

permit no. 873 (P772#63).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Southwest Fisheries Science Center,

NMFS, P.O. Box 271, La Jolla, CA

92038–0271, has requested a

modification to permit no. 873.

ADDRESSES: The modification request

and related documents are available for

review upon written request or by

appointment in the following offices:

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289); and

Director, Southwest Region, NMFS,

501 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200,

Long Beach, CA 90802, (310/980–4016).

Written data or views, or requests for

a public hearing on this request should

be submitted to the Chief, Permits

Division, Office of Protected Resources,

F/PR1, NMFS, 1335 East-West Highway,

Silver Spring, MD 20910, within 30

days of the publication of this notice.

Those individuals requesting a hearing

should set forth the specific reasons

why a hearing on this particular

modification request would be

appropriate.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register, the

Secretary of Commerce is forwarding

copies of this request to the Marine

Mammal Commission and its

Committee of Scientific Advisors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject modification to permit no. 873,

issued on July 28, 1993 (58 FR 34038),

is requested under the authority of the

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the

Regulations Governing the Taking and

Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et

seq.), and the Regulations Governing the