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parties. Accordingly, as required by the

Department’s regulations (at 19 C.F.R.

355.25(d)(4)), we are notifying the

public of our intent to revoke the

countervailing duty order listed below,

for which the Department has not

received a request to conduct an

administrative review for the most

recent four consecutive annual

anniversary months.

In accordance with section

355.25(d)(4)(iii) of the Department’s

regulations, if no domestic interested

party (as defined in sections 355.2 (i)(3),

(i)(4), (i)(5), and (i)(6) of the regulations)

objects to the Department’s intent to

revoke this order pursuant to this

notice, and no interested party (as

defined in section 355.2(i) of the

regulations) requests an administrative

review in accordance with the

Department’s notice of opportunity to

request administrative review, we shall

conclude that the countervailing duty

order is no longer of interest to

interested parties and proceed with the

revocation. However, if an interested

party does request an administrative

review in accordance with the

Department’s notice of opportunity to

request administrative review, or a

domestic interested party does object to

the Department’s intent to revoke

pursuant to this notice, the Department

will not revoke the order.

COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER

Brazil:

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17220

Opportunity To Object

Not later than the last day of May

1996, domestic interested parties may

object to the Department’s intent to

revoke this countervailing duty order.

Any submission objecting to the

revocation must contain the name and

case number of the order and a

statement that explains how the

objecting party qualifies as a domestic

interested party under sections 355.2

(i)(3), (i)(4), (i)(5), or (i)(6) of the

Department’s regulations.

Seven copies of any such objections

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

Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

This notice is in accordance with 19

CFR 355.25(d)(4)(i).

Dated: April 19, 1996.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P–M

Minority Business Development

Agency

Business Development Center

Application: State of Mississippi

AGENCY: Minority Business

Development Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Executive

Order 11625 and 15 U.S.C. 1512, the

Minority Business Development Agency

(MBDA) is soliciting competitive

applications under its Minority

Business Development Center (MBDC)

program to operate a statewide Rural

Minority Business Development Center

(RMBDC) for approximately a 3-year

period, subject to agency priorities,

recipient performance and the

availability of funds.

The RMBDC will provide business

development services to the rural

minority business community to help

establish and maintain viable rural

minority businesses. To this end, MBDA

funds organizations to identify and

coordinate public and private sector

resources on behalf of rural minority

individuals and firms; to offer a full

range of management and technical

assistance to rural minority

entrepreneurs; and to serve as a conduit

of information and assistance regarding

rural minority business. The RMBDC

will operate throughout the State of

Mississippi. The headquarters of the

RMBDC will be located in Jackson,

Mississippi. The award number for this

RMBDC will be 04–10–96005–01.

DATES: The closing date for applications

is May 31, 1996. Applications must be

received in the MBDA Headquarters’

Executive Secretariat on or before May

31, 1996. A pre-application conference

to assist all interested applicants will be

held on May 15, 1996 at 10:00 a.m., at

the following address: U.S. Department

of Commerce, Minority Business

Development Agency, 401 West

Peachtree Street, N.W., Room 1715,

Atlanta, Georgia 30308–3516.

ADDRESSES: Completed application

packages should be submitted to the

U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority

Business Development Agency,

Executive Secretariat, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 5073,

Washington, D.C. 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND AN

APPLICATION PACKAGE, CONTACT: Robert

Henderson, Regional Director, Atlanta

Regional Office, (404) 730–3300.

Proper identification is required for

entrance into any Federal Building.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Contingent upon the availability of

Federal funds, the cost of performance

for the first budget period (13 months)

from September 1, 1996 to September

30, 1997, is estimated at $277,835. A 30-

day start-up period will be added to

their first budget period, making it a 13-

month award. The application must

include a minimum cost-share of

$41,675 (15%) of the total project cost,

through non-Federal contributions. The

Federal share, to be in the amount of

$236,160, includes $5,760 for an annual

audit fee. Cost-sharing may be in the

form of cash contributions, client fees,

in-kind contributions or combinations

thereof.

The funding instrument for this

project will be a cooperative agreement.

Competition is open to individuals,

non-profit and for-profit organizations,

state and local governments, American

Indian tribes and educational

institutions.

Applications will be evaluated on the

following criteria: the experience and

capabilities of the firm and its staff in

addressing the needs of the business

community in general and, specifically,

the special needs of minority

businesses, individuals and

organizations (50 points); the resources

available to the firm in providing rural/

urban business development services

(10 points); the firm’s approach

(techniques and methodologies) to

performing the work requirements

included in the application (20 points);

and the firm’s estimated cost for

providing such assistance (20 points).

An application must receive at least

70% of the points assigned to each

evaluation criteria category to be

considered programmatically acceptable

and responsive. Those applications

determined to be acceptable and

responsive will then be evaluated by the

Director of MBDA. Final award

selections shall be based on the number

of points received, the demonstrated

responsibility of the applicant, and the

determination of those most likely to

further the purpose of the MBDC

program. Negative audit findings and

recommendations and unsatisfactory

performance under prior Federal awards

may result in an application not being

considered for award. The applicant

with the highest points score will not

necessarily receive the award.

The RMBDC shall be required to

contribute at least 15% of the total

project cost through non-Federal
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contributions. To assist in this effort, the

RMBDC may charge client fees for

management and technical assistance

(M&TA) rendered. Fees may range from

$10 to $60 per hour based on the gross

receipts of the client’s business.

If an application is selected for

funding, DOC has no obligation to

provide any additional future funding in

connection with that award. Renewal of

an award to increase funding or extend

the period of performance is at the total

discretion of DOC. Awards under this

program shall be subject to all Federal

laws, Federal and Departmental

regulations, policies and procedures

applicable to Federal assistance awards.

Quarterly reviews culminating in

year-to-date evaluations will be

conducted to determine if funding for

the project should continue. Continued

funding will be at the total discretion of

MBDA based on such factors as the

RMBDC’s performance, the availability

of funds and Agency priorities.

Anticipated processing time of this

award is 120 days. Executive Order

12372, ‘‘Intergovernmental Review of

Federal Programs’’, is not applicable to

this program. The collection of

information requirements for this

project have been approved by the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) and assigned OMB control

number 0640–0006.

Pre-Award Costs—Applicants are

hereby notified that if they incur any

costs prior to an award being made, they

do so solely at their own risk of not

being reimbursed by the Government.

Notwithstanding any verbal assurance

that an applicant may have received,

there is no obligation on the part of the

Department of Commerce to cover preaward costs.

Outstanding Account Receivable—No

award of Federal funds shall be made to

an applicant who has an outstanding

delinquent Federal debt until either the

delinquent account is paid in full, or a

repayment schedule is established and

at least one payment is received, or

other arrangements satisfactory to the

Department of Commerce are made.

Name Check Policy—All non-profit

and for-profit applicants are subject to a

name check review process. Name

checks are intended to reveal whether

any key individuals associated with the

applicant have been convicted of or are

presently facing criminal charges such

as fraud, theft, perjury or other matters

which significantly reflect on the

applicant’s management honesty or

financial integrity.

Award Termination—The

Departmental Grants Officer may

terminate any grant/cooperative

agreement in whole or in part at any

time before the date of completion

whenever it is determined that the

award recipient has failed to comply

with the conditions of the grant/

cooperative agreement. Examples of

some of the conditions which can cause

termination are failure to meet costsharing requirements; unsatisfactory

performance of the MBDC work

requirements; and reporting inaccurate

or inflated claims of client assistance.

Such inaccurate or inflated claims may

be deemed illegal and punishable by

law.

False Statements—A false statement

on an application for Federal financial

assistance is grounds for denial or

termination of funds, and grounds for

possible punishment by a fine or

imprisonment as provided in 18 U.S.C.

1001.

Primary Applicant Certifications—All

primary applicants must submit a

completed Form CD–511,

‘‘Certifications Regarding Debarment,

Suspension and Other Responsibility

Matters; Drug-Free Workplace

Requirements and Lobbying.’’

Nonprocurement Debarment and

Suspension—Prospective participants

(as defined at 15 CFR Part 26, Section

26.105) are subject to 15 CFR Part 26,

‘‘Nonprocurement Debarment and

Suspension’’ and the related section of

the certification form prescribed above

applies.

Drug Free Workplace—Grantees (as

defined at 15 CFR Part 26, Section

26.605) are subject to 15 CFR Part 26,

Subpart F, ‘‘Governmentwide

Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace

(Grants)’’ and the related section of the

certification form prescribed above

applies.

Anti-Lobbying—Persons (as defined at

15 CFR Part 28, Section 28.105) are

subject to the lobbying provisions of 31

U.S.C. 1352, ‘‘Limitation on use of

appropriated funds to influence certain

Federal contracting and financial

transactions,’’ and the lobbying section

of the certification form prescribed

above applies to applications/bids for

grants, cooperative agreements, and

contracts for more than $100,000, and

loans and loan guarantees for more than

$150,000 or the single family maximum

mortgage limit for affected programs,

whichever is greater.

Anti-Lobbying Disclosures—Any

applicant that has paid or will pay for

lobbying using any funds must submit

an SF-LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of Lobbying

Activities,’’ as required under 15 CFR

Part 28, Appendix B.

Lower Tier Certifications—Recipients

shall require applications/bidders for

subgrants, contracts, subcontracts, or

other lower tier covered transactions at

any tier under the award to submit, if

applicable, a completed Form CD–512,

‘‘Certifications Regarding Debarment,

Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary

Exclusion-Lower Tier Covered

Transactions and Lobbying’’ and

disclosure form, SF–LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of

Lobbying Activities.’’ Form CD–512 is

intended for the use of recipients and

should not be transmitted to DOC. SFLLL submitted by any tier recipient or

subrecipient should be submitted to

DOC in accordance with the

instructions contained in the award

document.

Buy American-made Equipment or

Products—Applicants are hereby

notified that they are encouraged, to the

extent feasible, to purchase Americanmade equipment and products with

funding provided under this program in

accordance with Congressional intent as

set forth in the resolution contained in

Public Law 103–121, Sections 606 (a)

and (b).

11.800 Minority Business Development

Center

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance)

Date: April 23, 1996.

Donald L. Powers,

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Minority

Business Development Agency.

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BILLING CODE 3510–21–P

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Phase Equilibria Data for Ceramics

ACTION: Proposed Collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before July 1, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Acting

Departmental Clearance Officer,

Department of Commerce, Room 5327,

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Request for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Joseph A. Carpenter, Jr.,