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Seven copies of such objections

should be submitted to the Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Room B–099, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. You

must also include the pertinent

certification(s) in accordance with

§ 353.31(g) and § 353.31(i) of the

Department’s regulations. In addition,

the Department requests that a copy of

the objection be sent to Michael F.

Panfeld in Room 4203. This notice is in

accordance with 19 CFR 353.25(d)(4)(i).

Dated: June 24, 1996.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.

[FR Doc. 96–16747 Filed 6–28–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[A–570–843]

Notice of Amendment of Final

Determination of Sales at Less Than

Fair Value: Bicycles From the People’s

Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Katherine Johnson at (202) 482– 4929,

Shawn Thompson at (202) 482–1776, or

James Terpstra at (202) 482–3965, Office

of Antidumping Investigations, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

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

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 by the

Uruguay Rounds Agreements Act

(URAA).

Amendment to the Final Determination

We are amending the final

determination of sales at less than fair

value of bicycles from the People’s

Republic of China (PRC), to reflect the

correction of ministerial errors made in

the margin calculations in that

determination. Although the

International Trade Commission (ITC)

has already issued its negative final

injury determination in this

investigation, we are publishing this

amendment to the final determination

in accordance with section 353.28(c) of

the Department’s regulations.

Scope of Investigation

The product covered by this

investigation is bicycles of all types,

whether assembled or unassembled,

complete or incomplete, finished or

unfinished, including industrial

bicycles, tandems, recumbents, and

folding bicycles. For purposes of this

investigation, the following definitions

apply irrespective of any different

definition that may be found in Customs

rulings, U.S. Customs law, or the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTSUS): (1) The term

‘‘unassembled’’ means fully or partially

unassembled or disassembled; (2) the

term ‘‘incomplete’’ means lacking one or

more parts or components with which

the complete bicycle is intended to be

equipped; and (3) the term ‘‘unfinished’’

means wholly or partially unpainted or

lacking decals or other essentially

aesthetic material. Specifically, this

investigation is intended to cover: (1)

Any assembled complete bicycle,

whether finished or unfinished; (2) any

unassembled complete bicycle, if

shipped in a single shipment, regardless

of how it is packed and whether it is

finished or unfinished; and (3) any

incomplete bicycle, defined for

purposes of this investigation as a

frame, finished or unfinished, whether

or not assembled together with a fork,

and imported in the same shipment

with any two of the following

components: (a) The rear wheel; (b) the

front wheel; (c) a rear derailleur; (d) a

front derailleur; (e) any one caliper or

cantilever brake; (f) an integrated brake

lever and shifter, or separate brake lever

and click stick lever; (g) crankset; (h)

handlebars, with or without a stem; (i)

chain; (j) pedals; and (k) seat (saddle),

with or without seat post and seat pin.

The scope of this investigation is not

intended to cover bicycle parts except to

the extent that they are attached to or in

the same shipment as an unassembled

complete bicycle or an incomplete

bicycle, as defined above.

Complete bicycles are classifiable

under subheadings 8712.00.15,

8712.00.25, 8712.00.35, 8712.00.44, and

8712.00.48 of the 1995 HTSUS.

Incomplete bicycles, as defined above,

may be classified for tariff purposes

under any of the aforementioned

HTSUS subheadings covering complete

bicycles or under HTSUS subheadings

8714.91.20–8714.99.80, inclusive

(covering various bicycle parts). The

HTSUS subheadings are provided for

convenience and customs purposes. The

written description of the scope of this

investigation is dispositive.

Case History

In accordance with section 735(d) of

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the

Act), on April 30, 1996, the Department

published its final determination that

bicycles from the PRC were being, or

were likely to be, sold in the United

States at less than fair value (61 FR

19026). Subsequent to the final

determination, we received allegations

that the Department made ministerial

errors in the margin calculations.

On June 12, 1996, the Department was

formally notified by the ITC that an

industry in the United States is not

materially injured or threatened with

material injury, and the establishment of

an industry in the United States is not

materially retarded by reason of imports

of bicycles from the PRC that are sold

in the United States at less than fair

value.

Amendment of Final Determination

On May 1, 1996, Chitech Industries

Ltd. (Chitech) submitted allegations that

ministerial errors were made in the

Department’s final determination. On

May 2, 1996, petitioners submitted

ministerial error allegations with regard

to China Bicycle Co. (Holdings) Ltd.

(CBC). On May 3, 1996, CBC, CATIC

Bicycle Co., Ltd. (CATIC), Giant China

Co., Ltd. (Giant), and Hua Chin Bicycle

(S.Z.) Co., Ltd. (Hua Chin) submitted

their ministerial error allegations. On

May 6, 1996, Bo An Bicycle (Shenzhen)

Co., Ltd. (Bo An), Merida Bicycle

(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Merida),

Shenzhen Overlord Bicycle Co., Ltd.

(Overlord), and Universal Cycle

Corporation (Guangzhou) (Universal)

submitted their ministerial error

allegations. Also, on May 6, 1996,

petitioners submitted additional

ministerial error allegations. On May 7,

1996, petitioners responded to CATIC,

Merida, Giant, and Hua Chin’s

ministerial error allegations.

For a detailed discussion of the

alleged ministerial errors and the

Department analysis, see, the memo

from The Team to Paul Joffe, Acting

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration, regarding Clerical Error

Allegations in the Final Determination

of Bicycles From the People’s Republic

of China, dated May 10, 1996. (Clerical

Error Memo). Pursuant to section 735(e)

of the Act and section 353.28(c) of the

Department’s regulations, we have

corrected the ministerial errors in the

final determination. However, certain

alleged errors were not corrected

because we determined that they were

not ministerial errors. See, Clerical Error

Memo. The revised final weightedaverage dumping margins are as follows:
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Manufacturer/

producer/

exporter

Original

final margin

percentage

Revised

final percentage

Bo An ................ 0.00 0.00

CATIC ............... 13.67 2.02

Giant .................. *0.97 *0.67

Hua Chin ........... 0.00 0.00

Merida ............... 7.44 *0.37

CBC ................... 3.25 2.95

Overlord ............ 0.00 0.00

Chitech (Shun

Lu) ................. 2.05 *1.83

Universal ........... 11.06 2.27

PRC-Wide ......... 61.67 61.67

*De minimis.

Discontinuation of Suspension of

Liquidation

Although the aforementioned

ministerial error corrections affect the

rates for CATIC, Giant, Merida, CBC,

Chitech, and Overlord, in accordance

with section 735(c)(2) of the Act,

because of the negative determination

by the ITC, we have already directed the

Customs Service to discontinue

suspension of liquidation for entries of

bicycles imported from the PRC, entered

or withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption between November 9,

1995 and May 7, 1996, and to release

any bond or other security, and refund

any cash deposit, posted to secure the

payment of estimated antidumping

duties with respect to these entries.

This determination is published

pursuant to section 735(d) of the Act (19

USC 1673(d)) and 19 CFR 353.20.

Dated: June 24, 1996.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–16750 Filed 6–28–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instruments

Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the

Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.

L. 89–651; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part

301), we invite comments on the

question of whether instruments of

equivalent scientific value, for the

purposes for which the instruments

shown below are intended to be used,

are being manufactured in the United

States.

Comments must comply with 15 CFR

301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and

be filed within 20 days with the

Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

D.C. 20230. Applications may be

examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00

P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 96–058. Applicant:

American Museum of Natural History,

Department of Earth & Planetary

Sciences, Central Park West at 79th

Street, New York, NY 10024–5192.

Instrument: Electron Microprobe, Model

SX 100. Manufacturer: Cameca, France.

Intended Use: The instrument will be

used for studies of rocks, minerals,

meteorites, volcanic glasses,

experimental glasses, synthetic

materials, metals and alloys.

Experiments conducted will include: (1)

Measurement of x-ray intensities, (2)

backscattered and secondary electron

imaging of sample and (3)

cathodoluminescence emission of

samples when bombarded by a ray of

electrons. In addition, the instrument

will be used for educational purposes in

courses for petrology and mineralogy

students. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: May 24,

1996.

Docket Number: 96–059. Applicant:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge,

MA 02139. Instrument: Electronic

Speckle Pattern Interferometry System,

Model SD–10–S. Manufacturer:

Newport Instruments AG, Switzerland.

Intended Use: The instrument will be

used for measuring deformations of the

graphite epoxy host structure of a

composite actuator developed for

studies of the reduction of sound that is

transmitted through plates and

cylinders. The speckle pattern produced

by the laser is viewed with a CCD

camera and digitized in real time for

analysis by a computer which calculates

the deformation. Application accepted

by Commissioner of Customs: May 24,

1996.

Docket Number: 96–060. Applicant:

University of Minnesota, Department of

Biochemistry, 1479 Gortner Avenue, St.

Paul, MN 55108. Instrument: EPR

Spectrometer. Manufacturer: Bruker,

Germany. Intended Use: The instrument

will be used to study paramagnetic

species in photosynthetic proteins; in

particular to obtain structural

information about redox active tryosines

and the manganese cluster of

photosystem II. These species will be

oxidized during the enzymatic

mechanism, and the instrument will be

used to verify that this oxidation has

occurred and to study the kinetics of the

oxidation and reduction. Application

accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

May 31, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–061. Applicant:

University of Hawaii, Manoa, School of

Ocean Earth Science & Technology,

1000 Pope Road, Honolulu, HI 96822.

Instrument: Individual Acid Bath

Carbonate Device. Manufacturer:

Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use:

The instrument will be used to

automatically generate carbon dioxide

gases from solid samples containing

carbonate, under vacuum, from

individual reaction chambers, provide

cryogenic distillation of said gases and

automatically feed said gases into the

sample inlet of an existing mass

spectrometer to measure the stable

isotope ratios of carbon and oxygen of

generated gases. Application accepted

by Commissioner of Customs: June 3,

1996.

Docket Number: 96–062. Applicant:

University of Oklahoma, 660 Parrington

Oval, Norman, OK 73019. Instrument:

ESR Spectrometer System.

Manufacturer: Bruker Instruments,

Germany. Intended Use: The instrument

will be used for a variety of

experimental needs including the

following: (1) Analysis of nitroxide

spin-labeled proteins as a measure of

polypeptide structure, folding and

conformational dynamics, (2) analysis of

allosteric transition metal complexes,

electron structures of cytochrome P–450

model compounds, (3) characterization

of stable free radical/cations and anions

and paramagnetic metallocenes, (4)

determination of the distribution of spin

density and molecular structure of

organocobalt radicals, (5) study of spin

states and oxidation states of both

porphyrin and non-porphyrin Fe(II) and

Fe(III) complexes and (6) photo-ESR, to

probe the photogeneration of charges in

photoconducting polymers. Application

accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

June 5, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–063. Applicant:

University of Georgia, Institute of

Ecology, Athens, GA 30602–2022.

Instrument: SIR Mass Spectrometer,

Model Delta C. Manufacturer: Finnigan

Corporation, Germany. Intended Use:

The instrument will be used for the

application of stable isotope studies of

nitrogen-15 and carbon-13 to ecological

research. Specific studies will include

the following: (1) long term ecological

consequences of field manipulations on

soil organic matter dynamics across a

spectrum of croplands, old fields and

deciduous forest, (2) influence of soil

arthropods on below-ground processes,

(3) microbial-faunal interactions, (4)

forest ecosystem dynamics following

disturbance in the southern

Appalachians and (5) influence of

microarthropod-microbial interactions

on forest floor nitrogen dynamics. The

instrument will also be used for

educational purposes in the courses:

ECL 863, Nuclear Tracers in Ecology

and ECL 900, Problems in Ecology.