Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 128 / Tuesday, July 2, 1996 / Notices 34421

1 Cladding is the association of layers of metals

of different colors or natures by molecular

interpenetration of the surfaces in contact. This

limited diffusion is characteristic of clad products

and differentiates them from products metalized in

other manners (e.g., by normal electroplating). The

various cladding processes include pouring molten

cladding metal onto the basic metal followed by

rolling; simple hot-rolling of the cladding metal to

ensure efficient welding to the basic metal; any

other method of deposition of superimposing of the

cladding metal followed by any mechanical or

thermal process to ensure welding (e.g.,

electrocladding), in which the cladding metal

(nickel, chromium, etc.) is applied to the basic

metal by electroplating, molecular interpenetration

of the surfaces in contact then being obtained by

heat treatment at the appropriate temperature with

subsequent cold rolling. See Harmonized

Commodity Description and Coding System

Explanatory Notes, Chapter 72, General Note (IV)

(C) (2) (e).

to simplify, clarify, and make the

regulations more userfriendly.’’ Under

this clearance, are three activities. Two

of these—‘‘Registration of U.S.

Agricultural Commodities for

Exemption from Short Supply

Limitations’’ and ‘‘Petitions for the

Imposition of Monitoring or Controls on

Recyclable Metallic Materials’’ are

statutory in nature and must remain in

the regulations. The third—the

Commerce Control List—became

necessary as the rewrite of the

regulations sought to harmonize the

U.S. ECCN system with the European

system for consistency and future

simplicity.

Affected Public: Individuals,

businesses or other for-profit and notfor-profit institutions.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain a benefit.

OMB Desk Officer: Victoria Wassmer

(202) 395–7340.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

Acting DOC Forms Clearance Officer,

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

3272, Room 5327, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Victoria Wassmer, OMB Desk Officer,

Room 10202, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: June 25, 1996.

Linda Engelmeier,

Acting Departmental Forms Clearance

Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 96–16829 Filed 7–1–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DT–P

International Trade Administration

[A–588–838]

Notice of Antidumping Order: Clad

Steel Plate From Japan

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 2, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Grebasch, Dorothy Tomaszewski,

or Erik Warga, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone:

(202) 482–3773, (202) 482–0631 or (202)

482–0922, respectively.

Scope of Order

The scope of this order is all clad 1

steel plate of a width of 600 millimeters

(‘‘mm’’) or more and a composite

thickness of 4.5 mm or more. Clad steel

plate is a rectangular finished steel mill

product consisting of a layer of cladding

material (usually stainless steel or

nickel) which is metallurgically bonded

to a base or backing of ferrous metal

(usually carbon or low alloy steel)

where the latter predominates by

weight.

Stainless clad steel plate is

manufactured to American Society for

Testing and Materials (‘‘ASTM’’)

specifications A263 (400 series stainless

types) and A264 (300 series stainless

types). Nickel and nickel-base alloy clad

steel plate is manufactured to ASTM

specification A265. These specifications

are illustrative but not necessarily allinclusive.

Clad steel plate within the scope of

this order is classifiable under the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) 7210.90.10.00.

Although the HTSUS subheading is

provided for convenience and customs

purposes, our written description of the

scope of this order is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

In accordance with sections 735(a) of

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the

Act’’), the Department of Commerce

(‘‘the Department’’) made its final

determination that clad steel plate from

Japan is being sold at less than fair value

(61 FR 21158–21159, May 9, 1996). On

June 26, 1996, the International Trade

Commission notified the Department of

its final determination, pursuant to

section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, that an

industry in the United States is

materially injured by reason of imports

of the subject merchandise from Japan.

Therefore, all unliquidated entries of

clad steel plate from Japan, that are

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after February 28,

1996, the date of the publication of the

Department’s preliminary determination

in the Federal Register, are liable for the

assessment of antidumping duties.

In accordance with section 736(a)(1)

of the Act, the Department will direct

Customs officers to assess, upon further

advice by the administering authority,

antidumping duties equal to the amount

by which the normal value exceeds the

export price for all relevant entries of

clad steel plate from Japan. Customs

officers must require, at the same time

as importers would normally deposit

estimated duties on this merchandise, a

cash deposit equal to the estimated

weighted-average antidumping duty

margins as noted below. The ‘‘All

Others’’ rate applies to all exporters of

Japanese clad steel plate not specifically

listed below.

The ad valorem weighted-average

dumping margins are as follows:

Manufacturer/Producer/ExporterWeighted-average

margin percentage

The Japan Steel

Company ............... 118.53

All Others .................. 118.53

This notice constitutes the

antidumping duty order with respect to

clad steel plate from Japan. Interested

parties may contact the Central Records

Unit, Room B–099 of the Main

Commerce Building, for copies of an

updated list of antidumping duty orders

currently in effect.

This determination is published

pursuant to section 705 (d) of the Act.

Dated: June 27, 1996.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–17008 Filed 7–1 –96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

North American Free-Trade

Agreement, Article 1904 Binational

Panel Reviews; Request for Panel

Review

AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United

States Section, International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of first request for panel

review.

SUMMARY: On June 6, 1996 Fisher

Scientific Limited filed a First Request

for Panel Review with the Canadian

Section of the NAFTA Secretariat

pursuant to Article 1904 of the North

American Free Trade Agreement. Panel

review was requested of the final

determination of dumping made by the
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Deputy Minister of Revenue Canada

concerning bacteriological culture

media originating in or exported from

the United States of America. The

Canadian Section assigned Secretariat

File No. CDA–96–1904–01 to this

request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James R. Holbein, United States

Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite

2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter

19 of the North American Free-Trade

Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’) established a

mechanism to replace domestic judicial

review of final determinations in

antidumping and countervailing duty

cases involving imports from a NAFTA

country with review by independent

binational panels. When a Request for

Panel Review is filed, a panel is

established to act in place of national

courts to review expeditiously the final

determination to determine whether it

conforms with the antidumping or

countervailing duty law of the country

that made the determination.

Under Article 1904 of the Agreement,

which came into force on January 1,

1994, the Government of the United

States, the Government of Canada and

the Government of Mexico established

Rules of Procedure for Article 1904

Binational Panel Reviews (‘‘Rules’’).

These Rules were published in the

Federal Register on February 23, 1994

(59 FR 8686).

A first Request for Panel Review was

filed with the Canadian Section of the

NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to Article

1904 of the Agreement, on June 6, 1996,

requesting panel review of the final

determination described above.

The Rules provide that:

(a) A Party or interested person may

challenge the final determination in

whole or in part by filing a Complaint

in accordance with Rule 39 within 30

days after the filing of the first Request

for Panel Review (the deadline for filing

a Complaint is July 8, 1996);

(b) A Party, investigating authority or

interested person that does not file a

Complaint but that intends to appear in

support of any reviewable portion of the

final determination may participate in

the panel review by filing a Notice of

Appearance in accordance with Rule 40

within 45 days after the filing of the first

Request for Panel Review (the deadline

for filing a Notice of Appearance is July

22, 1996); and

(c) The panel review shall be limited

to the allegations of error of fact or law,

including the jurisdiction of the

investigating authority, that are set out

in the Complaints filed in the panel

review and the procedural and

substantive defenses raised in the panel

review.

Dated: June 18, 1996.

James R. Holbein,

United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 96–16845 Filed 7–1–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–GT–M

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D.062596C]

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries

Organization Annual Meeting; Public

Information and Preparatory Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting;

request for comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS will hold a public

meeting to review issues expected to

come before the 18th Annual Meeting of

the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries

Organization (NAFO), which will occur

September 9–13, 1996, in St. Petersburg,

Russia, and to receive comments from

members of the interested public. Any

member of the public is welcome to

attend. To accommodate people unable

to attend a hearing or wishing to

provide additional comments, NMFS

also solicits written comments.

DATES: The public meeting will be held

Monday, July 22, 1996, from 10 a.m. to

4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be

held at the Holiday Inn, Logan Airport,

225 McClellan Highway, East Boston,

MA (phone 617–569–5159). Written

comments should be sent by August 9,

1996, to Will Martin, U.S.

Commissioner to NAFO, National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, Herbert C. Hoover

Building, Room 5809, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

D.C. 20230, with a copy to Dean

Swanson, National Marine Fisheries

Service, Room 14141, 1315 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dean Swanson at 301–713–2276; Allen

E. Peterson, Jr., at 508–548–5123, Ext.

367.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA

will host an informal meeting to review

the United States accession to NAFO.

Officials from NOAA and the U.S.

Department of State will discuss steps

that have been initiated to join NAFO

and preparations for participation in the

18th Annual Meeting of NAFO, which

will occur September 9–13, 1996, in St.

Petersburg, Russia.

All interested parties are invited to

attend this informational meeting and

provide comment. For those unable to

attend, written comments may be

submitted through August 9 (see

ADDRESSES).

The agenda for the public meeting is

as follows:

10:00 Registration (no charge)

10:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks

10:30 What is NAFO?

10:45 U.S. Implementing Legislation

11:00 Current Status of Appointments

11:15 Schedule of Events

11:30 U.S. Activities and Position

12:30 Break

1:30 Review of Morning Issues/

Comments

2:00 Comments/Discussion of

possible U.S. Position

3:40 Actions/Assignments

4:00 Adjournment

Dated: June 25, 1996.

Gary Matlock, Ph.D.,

Program Management Officer, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–16788 Filed 7–1–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 061796E]

Marine Mammals; Permit No. 837

(P771#67)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Scientific research permit

modification.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

request for modification of scientific

research permit no. 837 submitted by

the National Marine Mammal

Laboratory has been granted.

ADDRESSES: The modification and

related documents are available for

review upon written request or by

appointment in the following office(s):

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Suite 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289);

Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O.

Box 21688, Juneau, AK 99802–1668

(907/586–7221); and

Director, Northwest Region, NMFS,

7600 Point Way NE, BIN C15700,

Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115–0070

(206/526–6150).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 6,

1996, notice was published in the

Federal Register (61 FR 20244) that a

modification of permit no. 837, issued