Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 81 / Thursday, April 25, 1996 / Notices 18381

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19

U.S.C. 1675), and 19 CFR 353.22(a)(5).

Dated: April 17, 1996.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.

[FR Doc. 96–10283 Filed 4–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

Notice of Scope Rulings

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of scope rulings and

anticircumvention inquiries.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) hereby publishes a list

of scope rulings and anticircumvention

inquiries completed between January 1,

1996, and March 31, 1996. In

conjunction with this list, the

Department is also publishing a list of

pending requests for scope clarifications

and anticircumvention inquiries. The

Department intends to publish future

lists within 30 days of the end of each

quarter.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 25, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ronald M. Trentham, Office of

Antidumping Compliance, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

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

telephone: (202) 482–4793.

Background

The Department’s regulations (19 CFR

353.29(d)(8) and 355.29(d)(8)) provide

that on a quarterly basis the Secretary

will publish in the Federal Register a

list of scope rulings completed within

the last three months.

This notice lists scope rulings and

anticircumvention inquiries completed

between January 1, 1996, and March 31,

1996, and pending scope clarification

and anticircumvention inquiry requests.

The Department intends to publish in

July 1996 a notice of scope rulings and

anticircumvention inquiries completed

between April 1, 1996, and June 30,

1996, as well as pending scope

clarification and anticircumvention

inquiry requests.

The following lists provide the

country, case reference number,

requester(s), and a brief description of

either the ruling or product subject to

the request.

I. Scope Rulings Completed Between

January 1, 1996 and March 31, 1996

Country: Brazil

A–351–809—Circular Welded Non-Alloy

Steel Pipe

Allied Tube & Conduit Corp.,

American Tube Co., Century Tube

Corp., CSI Tubular Productions, Inc.,

Laclede Steel Co., LTV Tubular

Productions Co., Sawhill Tubular

Division, Sharon Tube Co., Tex-Tube

Division, Western Tube & Conduit

Corp., Wheatland Tube Co.—Pipe

produced to API 5L line pipe

specifications or to both ASTM A–53

standard pipe specification and the API

5L line pipe specification (dual-certified

pipe) is outside the scope of the order.

03/14/96

Country: Germany

A–428–801—Antifriction Bearings

Marquardt Switches—Medium carbon

steel balls imported by Marquardt are

outside the scope of the order. 03/21/96

Country: Korea

A–580–809—Circular Welded Non-Alloy

Steel Pipe

Allied Tube & Conduit Corp.,

American Tube Co., Century Tube

Corp., CSI Tubular Productions, Inc.,

Laclede Steel Co., LTV Tubular

Productions Co., Sawhill Tubular

Division, Sharon Tube Co., Tex-Tube

Division, Western Tube & Conduit

Corp., Wheatland Tube Co.—Pipe

produced to API 5L line pipe

specifications or to both ASTM A–53

standard pipe specification and the API

5L line specification (dual-certified

pipe), is not within the scope of the

order. 03/14/96

Country: Mexico

A–201–802—Gray-Portland Cement and

Cement Clinker

Cementos de Chihuahua S.A. de C.V.

and Mexcement, Inc.—Masonry cement

is not within the scope of the order. 1/

18/96

A–201–805—Circular Welded Non-Alloy

Steel Pipe

Allied Tube & Conduit Corp.,

American Tube Co., Century Tube

Corp., CSI Tubular Productions, Inc.

Laclede Steel Co., LTV Tubular

Productions Co., Sawhill Tubular

Division, Sharon Tube Co., Tex Tube

Division, Western Tube & Conduit

Corp., Wheatland Tube Co.—Pipe

produced to API 5L line pipe

specifications or to both ASTM A–53

standard pipe specification and the API

5L line pipe specification (dual-certified

pipe), is outside the scope of the order.

03/14/96

Tubacero International Corporation—

Circular welded carbon steel piping, 16

inches in outside diameter with 3/8

inch wall thickness, for use in extremely

heavy load bearing applications, is

within the scope of the order. 03/26/96

Country: Venezuela

A–307–805—Circular Welded Non-Alloy

Steel Pipe

Self Initiation—Pipe produced to API

5L line pipe specifications or to both

ASTM A–53 standard pipe specification

and the API 5L line pipe specification

(dual-certified pipe), are outside the

scope of the order. 03/14/96

II. Anticircumvention Rulings

Completed Between January 1, 1996

and March 31, 1996

None.

III. Scope Inquiries Terminated

Between January 1, 1996 and MARCH

31, 1996:

Country: France

A–427–078—Sugar

Boiron-Borneman, Inc.—Clarification

to determine whether manufactured

homeopathic sugar pellets are within

the scope of the finding. Scope inquiry

terminated on 03/12/96

IV. Anticircumvention Inquiries

Terminated Between January 1, 1996

and March 31, 1996

None.

V. Pending Scope Clarification Requests

as of March 31, 1996

Country: Brazil

A–351–817, C–351–818—Certain Cut-toLength Carbon Steel Plate

Wirth Limited—Clarification to

determine whether profile slabs

produced by Companhia Siderurgica de

Tubarao and imported by Wirth Limited

are within the scope of the order.

Country: Germany

A–428–801—Antifriction Bearings

(Other Than Tapered Roller

Bearings) and Parts Thereof

Enkotec Company, Inc.—Clarification

to determine whether the ‘‘main

bearings’’ imported for incorporation

into Enkotec Rotary Nail Machines are

slewing rings and, therefore, outside the

scope of the order.

Country: Turkey

A–489–501—Welded Carbon Steel

Standard Pipe and Tube Products

Allied Tube and Conduit Corporation,

Wheatland Tube Company, Laclede

Steel Company, Sharon Tube Company,

and Sawhill Tubular Division of Armco,
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Inc.—Clarification to determine whether

pipe and tube which meets the order’s

physical specifications, when intended

for or actually used as standard pipe

and tube, is included within the scope

of the order.

Country: Singapore

A–559–801—Antifriction Bearings

(Other Than Tapered Roller

Bearings) and Parts Thereof

Rockwell International Corporation—

Clarification to determine whether an

automotive component known as a

cushion suspension unit (or cushion

assembly unit or bearing assembly) is

within the scope of the order.

Country: People’s Republic of China

A–570–504—Petroleum Wax Candles

Mervyn’s—Clarification to determine

whether a candle, article no. 20172, in

the shape of a cube is within the scope

of the order.

Enesco Corporation—Clarification to

determine whether 10 styles of candles

imported from the PRC are within the

scope of the order.

Midwest of Cannon Falls—

Clarification to determine whether 7

styles of candles imported from the PRC

are within the scope of the order.

Morris Friedman & Co.—Clarification

to determine whether a candle in a

galvanized steel bucket and a candle in

a glass container are within the scope of

the order.

A–570–808—Chrome-Plated Lug Nuts

Consolidated International

Automotive, Inc.—Clarification to

determine whether certain nickel-plated

lug nuts are within the scope of the

order.

Wheel Plus, Inc.—Clarification to

determine whether imported zinc-plated

lug nuts which are chrome-plated in the

United States are within the scope of the

order.

A–570–820—Certain Compact Ductile

Iron Waterworks (CDIW) Fittings

and Glands

Star Pipe Products, Inc.—Clarification

to determine whether ‘‘retainer glands’’

are within the scope of the order.

A–570–822—Helical Spring Lock

Washers (HSLWs)

Shakeproof Industrial Products

Division of Illinois Tool Works (SIP)—

Clarification to determine whether

HSLWs which are imported to the U.S.

in an uncut, coil form are within the

scope of the order.

Country: Taiwan

A–583–810—Chrome-Plated Lug Nuts

Consolidated International

Automotive, Inc.—Clarification to

determine whether certain nickel-plated

lug nuts are within the scope of the

order.

A–583–820—Helical Spring Lock

Washers (HSLWs)

Shakeproof Industrial Products

Division of Illinois Tool Works (SIP)—

Clarification to determine whether

HSLWs imported into the U.S. in an

uncut, coil form are within the scope of

the order.

Country: Japan

A–588–055—Acrylic Sheet from Japan

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.—

Clarification to determine whether

Sumielec, an acrylic based antistatic

material, is within the scope of the

order.

A–588–056—Melamine

Taiyo America, Inc.—Clarification to

determine whether melamine with

special physical characteristics (100%

of the particles are smaller than 10

microns) are within the scope of the

order.

A–588–405—Cellular Mobile

Telephones and Subassemblies

Matsushita Communication Industrial

Corporation and related entities—

Clarification to determine whether

Panasonic portable cellular telephone

(PCT) hands-free device, model number

EB–HF7002, is within the scope of the

order.

A–588–702—Stainless Steel Butt-Weld

Pipe Fittings

Benkan America, Inc. and Benkan

UCT Corporation—Clarification to

determine whether the superclean

fittings (SCFs) manufactured by Benkan

UCT are within the scope of the order.

A–588–802—31⁄2′′ Microdisks

TDK Inc., TDK Electronics Co.—

Clarification to determine whether

certain web roll media are within the

scope of the order.

A–588–804—Antifriction Bearings

(Other Than Tapered Roller

Bearings), and Parts Thereof

Dana Corporation—Clarification to

determine whether an automotive

component known variously as a center

bracket assembly, center bearing

assembly, support bracket, or shaft

support bearing, is within the scope of

the order.

Rockwell International Corporation—

Clarification to determine whether an

automotive component known as a

cushion suspension unit (or cushion

assembly unit or center bearing

assembly) is within the scope of the

order.

A–588–807—Industrial Belts and

Components and Parts Thereof,

Whether Cured or Uncured

Honda Power Equipment

Manufacturing Inc. (HPE)—Clarification

to determine whether certain belts HPE

imports from Japan for use in

manufacturing lawn tractors and riding

lawn mowers are within the scope of the

order.

A–588–809—Small Business Telephone

Systems and Subassemblies and

Parts Thereof

Iwatsu America, Inc. and Iwatsu

Electric Co.—Clarification to determine

whether certain dual use subassemblies

(central processing units and read-onlymemory units) are within the scope of

the order.

A–588–810—Mechanical Transfer

Presses

Komatsu Ltd.—Clarification to

determine whether certain mechanical

transfer press parts exported from Japan

are within the scope of the order.

A–588–815—Gray Portland Cement and

Clinker

Surecrete, Inc.—Clarification to

determine whether New Super Fine

Cement manufactured by Nittetsu

Cement Co., Ltd., is within the scope of

the order.

A–588–824—Corrosion Resistant Carbon

Steel Flat Products

Drive Automotive Industries—

Clarification to determine whether 2000

millimeter wide, made to order,

corrosion resistant carbon steel coils are

within the scope of the order.

VI. Pending Anticircumvention

Inquiries as of March 31, 1996

Country: Korea

A–580–008—Color Television Receivers

from Korea

International Brotherhood of

Electrical Workers, the International

Union of Electronic Electrical, Salaried,

Machine & Furniture Workers, and the

Industrial Union Department (the

Unions)—Anticircumvention inquiry to

determine whether Samsung Electronics

Co., L.G. Electronics Inc., and Daewoo

Electronics Co., are circumventing the

order by shipping Korean-origin color

picture tubes, printed circuit boards,

color television kits, chassis, and other

materials, parts and components to

plants operated by related parties in

Mexico where the parts are then

assembled in CTVs and shipped to the

U.S. Additionally, an anticircumvention

inquiry to determine whether Samsung

is circumventing the order by shipping

Korean-origin color picture tubes and

other CTV parts to a related party in

Thailand for assembly into complete

CTVs prior to exportation to the U.S.

Interested parties are invited to

comment on the accuracy of the list of
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pending scope clarification requests.

Any comments should be submitted to

the Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, Room B–099, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230.

Dated: April 17, 1996.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.

[FR Doc. 96–10108 Filed 4–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 032996A]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of cancellation of public

meetings.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council has cancelled

public meetings of the Mackerel

Advisory Panel (AP), and the Standing

and Special Mackerel Scientific and

Statistical Committee (SSC) that were

scheduled for April 29 and 30, 1996.

The meetings were announced in the

Federal Register on April 8, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director,

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council, telephone: 813–228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The initial

notice published on April 8, 1996 (61

FR 15469). Because of data deficiencies,

the Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel

(SAP) was unable to develop an

allowable biological catch range or

report for Gulf group king mackerel.

Therefore, the AP and SSC meetings

scheduled to review the SAP report are

cancelled.

All other information pertaining to

the other meetings announced in the

previous notice remains unchanged.

Dated: April 22, 1996.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–10313 Filed 4–22–96; 4:21 pm]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Import Limits for

Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made

Fiber Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Burma (Myanmar)

April 19, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs increasing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 25, 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) 927–5850. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854).

The U.S. Government has decided to

increase the 1995 and 1996 base limits

for textile products, produced or

manufactured in Burma (Myanmar), as

provided for under the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(ATC).

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to increase

the limits for the 1996 quota period.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 60 FR 65299,

published on December 19, 1995). Also

see 60 FR 62405, published on

December 6, 1995.

The letter to the Commissioner of

Customs and the actions taken pursuant

to it are not designed to implement all

of the provisions of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(ATC), but are designed to assist only in

the implementation of certain of their

provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

April 19, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on November 29, 1995, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and

man-made fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in Burma (Myanmar) and

exported during the twelve-month period

which began on January 1, 1996 and extends

through December 31, 1996.

Effective on April 25, 1996, you are

directed to increase the limits for the

following categories, as provided for under

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC)

Category Amended twelvemonth limit 1

340/640 .................... 95,864 dozen.

342/642 .................... 25,893 dozen.

347/348 .................... 134,306 dozen.

351/651 .................... 40,695 dozen.

448 ........................... 2,362 dozen.

647/648/847 ............. 25,045 dozen.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1995.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5

U.S.C.553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc.96–10275 Filed 4–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

Amendment of an Import Restraint

Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made

Fiber Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in El Salvador

April 19, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs increasing a

limit.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 25, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and