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changes from 38.41 percent to 17.13

percent.

Suspension of Liquidation

In accordance with section 733(d)(1)

of the Act, we are directing the U.S.

Customs Service to continue to suspend

liquidation of all entries of butt-weld

pipe fittings from Thailand, as defined

in the ‘‘Scope of Investigation’’ section

of this notice, that are produced and

sold by AST and that are entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after October 4,

1994.

The Customs Service shall require a

cash deposit or the posting of a bond

equal to the estimated weighted-average

amount by which the foreign market

value of AST’s subject merchandise

exceeds the United States price as

shown below. The suspension of

liquidation will remain in effect until

further notice. The amended weightedaverage dumping margin is as follows:

Manufacturer/producer/

exporter

Margin

percent

Deposit

percent

Awaji Sangyo (Thailand)

Co., Ltd. ......................... 17.13 16.39

We did not determine an ‘‘all others’’

rate in this investigation, because all

other producers and exporters of buttweld pipe fittings from Thailand are

already subject to an antidumping duty

order on this merchandise, which was

published in the Federal Register on

July 6, 1992 (57 FR 29702).

Adjustment of Deposit Rate for

Countervailing Duties

Article VI, paragraph 5 of the General

Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

provides that ‘‘[no] product * * * shall

be subject to both antidumping and

countervailing duties to compensate for

the same situation for dumping or

export subsidization.’’ This provision is

implemented by section 772(d)(1)(D) of

the Act. Because antidumping duties

cannot be assessed on the portion of the

margin attributable to export subsidies,

there is no basis to require a cash

deposit or bond for that amount.

Accordingly, the level of export

subsidies as determined in the most

recent administrative review of the

countervailing duty order, Carbon Steel

Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Thailand;

Final Results of Countervailing Duty

Administrative Review, (57 FR 5248,

February 13, 1992), which was 0.74

percent, will be subtracted from the

margin for cash deposit or bonding

purposes. This results in a deposit rate

of 16.39 percent for AST.

This amended final determination is

published in accordance with section

735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 353.21.

Dated: March 29, 1995.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–8629 Filed 4–6–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–WS–M

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 033195B]

Pacific Fishery Management Council;

Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s (Council) Coastal

Pelagic Species Plan Development Team

and Advisory Subpanel will hold a

public meeting on April 27, 1995,

beginning at 10 a.m. at the NMFS

Southwest Regional Office, 501 West

Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long

Beach, CA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim

Morgan, NMFS Southwest Regional

Office at (310) 980–4036, or Larry

Jacobson, NMFS Southwest Fisheries

Science Center at (619) 546-7117.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the meeting is to review the

draft Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery

Management Plan (FMP), compile the

preferred alternatives into a more

concise document, review any problems

identified at the Council’s March 1995

meeting, and address any new concerns

identified during the interim. The

Council has scheduled final action on

the draft FMP for its June 1995 meeting.

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Michelle Perry Sailer at (503) 326–6352

at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: April 3, 1995.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–8622 Filed 4–6–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List; Addition

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Addition to the Procurement

List.

SUMMARY: This action adds to the

Procurement List a commodity to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 8, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Square 3, Suite 403,

1735 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3461.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Milkman (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 3, 1995, the Committee for

Purchase From People Who Are Blind

or Severely Disabled published notice

(60 FR 6702) of proposed addition to the

Procurement List.

Comments were received from a cup

manufacturer which has not been a

Government contractor for the cup at

issue in this addition to the

Procurement List. The commenter

indicated that it considered the cup not

to be suitable for production by blind

individuals because it requires visual

inspection during production and

allowing blind people to work in close

proximity to high speed machinery

would be dangerous. The commenter

also indicated that the Committee

should meet its goal of creating

employment for people with severe

disabilities by giving private

manufacturers an opportunity to hire

such people rather than by adding

commodities to the Procurement List.

The commenter stated that the

Committee’s method of assessing impact

on contractors is biased against larger

companies because it looks at impact on

the total company rather than a single

plant or product line. The commenter

indicated that the Committee should not

add items to the Procurement List on an

open-ended basis, but should allow

occasional competitive bidding to

ensure that the nonprofit agencies

maintain their ability to produce

effectively.

The Committee’s determination that

the nonprofit agency is capable of

producing this cup was based on

capability determinations by the

Government agency which procures the
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cup and the central nonprofit agency

concerned in this action. The

Government agency performed an

extensive inspection of the nonprofit

agency’s plant and plans and concluded

that it is fully capable of performing in

accordance with all specifications,

drawings, terms, and conditions of the

contract. The Government agency

specifically approved, among other

things, the production and inspection

arrangements that will be used.

The nonprofit agency is one of the

largest manufacturers participating in

the Committee’s program. It produces,

among other things, several other paper

and plastic utensils which involve high

speed or otherwise dangerous

machinery, and has taken steps to

structure its use of blind labor and to

provide safeguards on its machinery to

avoid the dangers which the commenter

implies blind people would face. While

the Committee requires the use of a high

percentage of blind direct labor in the

production of the cup, the requirement

does not extend to indirect labor, such

as inspection, which may be performed

by sighted individuals.

The Committee appreciates the

commenter’s assertion that private

manufacturers should be encouraged to

hire people who are blind or have other

severe disabilities, however, it does not

believe that such encouragement should

replace the Committee’s mandatory

source procurement program as a way of

creating jobs. The Committee’s program

guarantees Federal contracts and

requires that people with severe

disabilities perform the majority of the

direct labor on those contracts. This

approach is intended to assure stable

work for such individuals. Private

manufacturers have no such guarantees

of Federal (or other) business and no

requirement to use people with severe

disabilities on whatever work they do

have. The Committee also notes that the

majority of the individuals working on

contracts under its program are not

currently capable of competitive

employment. Consequently, many

would not be able to hold jobs with

private manufacturers even if positions

were available. For those who are

capable, the Committee encourages

them to seek jobs in the competitive

marketplace by requiring that

participating nonprofit agencies help

them do so. In many cases, this help

includes working with private firms to

develop employment opportunities.

Thus, the commenter’s proposed

alternative to Procurement List

additions does not represent an

acceptable alternative and, where

possible, is already being accomplished.

The Committee does not agree that its

method of assessing contractor impact is

biased against large companies. Such

companies are usually free to allocate

their resources in a way that will

alleviate impact on a single facility, if

the companies desire, in a way that

smaller companies are not. The

Committee accordingly believes that its

method of treating all contractors

equally, by assessing impact based on

all factors relevant to the contractor’s

business as a whole, is the fairest

method of assessing the impact of a

Procurement List addition.

Nonprofit agencies producing for the

Committee’s program are required to

continue to produce efficiently because

their goods must be sold to the

Government at a fair market price. If a

nonprofit agency is unable to produce

efficiently enough to meet Government

requirements, the Committee can

transfer production authority to another

nonprofit agency, suspend the

mandatory source requirement, or take

the item in question off the Procurement

List.

Accordingly, there is no need to allow

competitive procurements of items in

the Committee’s program to keep

nonprofit agency production standards

on a par with competitive industry.

After consideration of the material

presented to it concerning capability of

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide

the commodity, fair market price, and

impact of the addition on the current or

most recent contractors, the Committee

has determined that the commodity

listed below are suitable for

procurement by the Federal Government

under 41 U.S.C. 46–48c and 41 CFR 51–

2.4.

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities other than the small

organizations that will furnish the

commodity to the Government.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on current

contractors for the commodity.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodity to the Government.

4. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodity

proposed for addition to the

Procurement List.

Accordingly, the following

commodity is hereby added to the

Procurement List:

Cup, Disposable, Paper

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This action does not affect current

contracts awarded prior to the effective

date of this addition or options

exercised under those contracts.

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

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BILLING CODE 6820–33–P

Procurement List; Addition

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Addition to the Procurement

List.

SUMMARY: This action adds to the

Procurement List a service to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 8, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Square 3, Suite 403,

1735 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3461.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Milkman (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 24, 1995, the Committee for

Purchase From People Who Are Blind

or Severely Disabled published notice

(60 FR 10373) of proposed addition to

the Procurement List. After

consideration of the material presented

to it concerning capability of qualified

nonprofit agencies to provide the

service, fair market price, and impact of

the addition on the current or most

recent contractors, the Committee has

determined that the service listed below

are suitable for procurement by the

Federal Government under 41 U.S.C.

46–48c and 41 CFR 51–2.4. I certify that

the following action will not have a

significant impact on a substantial

number of small entities. The major

factors considered for this certification

were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities other than the small

organizations that will furnish the

service to the Government.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on current

contractors for the service.