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assessment of double antidumping

duties.

This notice also serves as a reminder

to parties subject to administrative

protective order (APO) of their

responsibility concerning the

disposition of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with § 351.305(a)(3) of the Department’s

regulations. Timely written notification

of the return/destruction of APO

materials or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested.

Failure to comply with the regulations

and the terms of an APO is a

sanctionable violation.

This new shipper review and notice

are in accordance with sections

751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

Dated: December 7, 2001.

Faryar Shirzad,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

Appendix

List of Issues

1. Surrogate Value for Whole, Live Crawfish,

2. Surrogate Value for Whole, Live Crawfish

Based on Size-Specific Prices

3. Wet/Dry Conversion Factor for Scrap

4. Relevance of Chitin Extraction from

Shrimp Shells

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–423–808]

Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From

Belgium: Extension of Time Limit for

Preliminary Results of Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit

for preliminary results of administrative

review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 17, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sally C. Gannon at (202) 482–0162,

Abdelali Elouaradia at (202) 482–1374,

or Julio Fernandez at (202) 482–0190,

AD/CVD Enforcement, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230.

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act), as

amended. In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to the

Department’s regulations are to the

regulations codified at 19 CFR part 351

(2001).

Background

The Department of Commerce (the

Department) received a request from

ALZ N.V. (ALZ) and TrefilARBED, Inc.,

and from petitioners, on May 16, 2001,

and May 31, 2001, respectively, for an

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on stainless

steel plate in coils from Belgium. On

June 19, 2001, the Department

published a notice of initiation of this

administrative review covering the

period of May 1, 2000 through April 30,

2001 (66 FR 32934).

Extension of Time Limits for

Preliminary Results

Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the

Act, the Department shall make a

preliminary determination in an

administrative review of an

antidumping duty order within 245

days after the last day of the anniversary

month of the date of publication of the

order. The Act further provides,

however, that the Department may

extend that 245-day period to 365 days

if it determines it is not practicable to

complete the review within the

foregoing time period.

In light of the complexity of analyzing

ALZ’s cost reconciliation, it is not

practicable to complete this review by

the current deadline of January 31,

2002.

Therefore, in accordance with section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department

is extending the time limit for the

preliminary results by 120 days, until

no later than May 31, 2002. The final

results continue to be due 120 days after

the publication of the preliminary

results.

Dated: December 10, 2001.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration, Group III.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–580–834]

Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip From

the Republic of Korea; Final Results

and Partial Rescission of Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of

antidumping duty administrative review

of stainless steel sheet and strip from

the Republic of Korea.

SUMMARY: On August 8, 2001, the

Department of Commerce (‘‘the

Department’’) published in the Federal

Register the preliminary results and

partial rescission of its administrative

review of the antidumping duty order

on stainless steel sheet and strip from

the Republic of Korea (66 FR 41530).

This review covers imports of subject

merchandise from Pohang Iron & Steel

Co., Ltd. (‘‘POSCO’’), Samwon Precision

Metals Co., Ltd. (‘‘Samwon’’), Daiyang

Metal Co., Ltd. (‘‘DMC’’), and Sammi

Steel Co. (‘‘Sammi’’) including any of its

affiliates within the meaning of section

771(33) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (‘‘the Act’’), or any successor

or surviving company to Sammi. The

period of review (‘‘POR’’) is January 4,

1999 through June 30, 2000.

Based on our analysis of the

comments received, we have made

changes in the margin calculations for

POSCO. Therefore, the final results

differ from the preliminary results of

review. The final weighted-average

dumping margins for the reviewed firms

are listed below in the section entitled

‘‘Final Results of the Review.’’ In

addition, we are rescinding the review

with respect to Sammi.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 17, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephen Shin (‘‘Samwon’’), Catherine

Bertrand (‘‘DMC’’), Brandon Farlander

(‘‘Sammi’’) or Laurel LaCivita

(‘‘POSCO’’), Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0413,

(202) 482–3207, (202) 482–0182, or

(202) 482–4243, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

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1Allegheny Ludlum, AK Steel Corporation

(formerly Armco, Inc.), J&L Specialty Steel, Inc.,

North American Stainless, Butler-Armco

Independent Union, Zanesville Armco Independent

Union, and the United Steelworkers of America,

AFL–CIO/CLC.

2 Due to changes to the HTS numbers in 2001,

7219, 13.0030, 7219.13.0050, 7219.13.0070, and

7219.13.0080 are now 7219.13.0031, 7219.13.0051,

7219.13.0071, and 7219.13.0081, respectively.

made to the Act by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act. In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the

Department’s regulations are to the

regulations at 19 CFR part 351 (2001).

Background

On August 8, 2001, the Department

published Notice of Preliminary Results

and Partial Recission of Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review for

Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils

From the Republic of Korea, 66 FR

41530 (August 8, 2001) (‘‘Preliminary

Determination’’). We invited parties to

comment on these preliminary results.

The review covers imports of subject

merchandise from POSCO, Samwon,

DMC, and, at the request of petitioners,1

Sammi. As we stated in that notice, we

preliminarily rescinded this review with

respect to Sammi, pursuant to its claim

of no shipments of the subject

merchandise during the POR. We are

now rescinding this review with respect

to Sammi, since no information has

been developed on the record

demonstrating that Sammi made any

shipments during the POR. The POR is

January 4, 1999 through June 30, 2000.

We received written comments on

September 17, 2001 from petitioners,

POSCO and Samwon. On September 24,

2001, we received rebuttal comments

from petitioners, POSCO and DMC. We

have now completed the administrative

review in accordance with section 751

of the Act.

Scope of the Review

For purposes of this administrative

review, the products covered are certain

stainless steel sheet and strip in coils.

Stainless steel is an alloy steel

containing, by weight, 1.2 percent or

less of carbon and 10.5 percent or more

of chromium, with or without other

elements. The subject sheet and strip is

a flat-rolled product in coils that is

greater than 9.5 mm in width and less

than 4.75 mm in thickness, and that is

annealed or otherwise heat treated and

pickled or otherwise descaled. The

subject sheet and strip may also be

further processed (e.g., cold-rolled,

polished, aluminized, coated, etc.)

provided that it maintains the specific

dimensions of sheet and strip following

such processing.

The merchandise subject to this

review is classified in the Harmonized

Tariff Schedule of the United States

(HTS) at subheadings: 7219.13.0031,

7219.13.0051, 7219.13.0071,

7219.1300.81 2, 7219.14.0030,

7219.14.0065, 7219.14.0090,

7219.32.0005, 7219.32.0020,

7219.32.0025, 7219.32.0035,

7219.32.0036, 7219.32.0038,

7219.32.0042, 7219.32.0044,

7219.33.0005, 7219.33.0020,

7219.33.0025, 7219.33.0035,

7219.33.0036, 7219.33.0038,

7219.33.0042, 7219.33.0044,

7219.34.0005, 7219.34.0020,

7219.34.0025, 7219.34.0030,

7219.34.0035, 7219.35.0005,

7219.35.0015, 7219.35.0030,

7219.35.0035, 7219.90.0010,

7219.90.0020, 7219.90.0025,

7219.90.0060, 7219.90.0080,

7220.12.1000, 7220.12.5000,

7220.20.1010, 7220.20.1015,

7220.20.1060, 7220.20.1080,

7220.20.6005, 7220.20.6010,

7220.20.6015, 7220.20.6060,

7220.20.6080, 7220.20.7005,

7220.20.7010, 7220.20.7015,

7220.20.7060, 7220.20.7080,

7220.20.8000, 7220.20.9030,

7220.20.9060, 7220.90.0010,

7220.90.0015, 7220.90.0060, and

7220.90.0080. Although the HTS

subheadings are provided for

convenience and Customs purposes, the

Department’s written description of the

merchandise under review is

dispositive.

Excluded from the scope of this

review are the following: (1) Sheet and

strip that is not annealed or otherwise

heat treated and pickled or otherwise

descaled, (2) sheet and strip that is cut

to length, (3) plate (i.e., flat-rolled

stainless steel products of a thickness of

4.75 mm or more), (4) flat wire (i.e.,

cold-rolled sections, with a prepared

edge, rectangular in shape, of a width of

not more than 9.5 mm), and (5) razor

blade steel. Razor blade steel is a flatrolled product of stainless steel, not

further worked than cold-rolled (coldreduced), in coils, of a width of not

more than 23 mm and a thickness of

0.266 mm or less, containing, by weight,

12.5 to 14.5 percent chromium, and

certified at the time of entry to be used

in the manufacture of razor blades. See

Chapter 72 of the HTS, ‘‘Additional U.S.

Note’’ 1(d).

In response to comments by interested

parties, the Department has determined

that certain specialty stainless steel

products are also excluded from the

scope of this review. These excluded

products are described below.

Flapper valve steel is defined as

stainless steel strip in coils containing,

by weight, between 0.37 and 0.43

percent carbon, between 1.15 and 1.35

percent molybdenum, and between 0.20

and 0.80 percent manganese. This steel

also contains, by weight, phosphorus of

0.025 percent or less, silicon of between

0.20 and 0.50 percent, and sulfur of

0.020 percent or less. The product is

manufactured by means of vacuum arc

remelting, with inclusion controls for

sulphide of no more than 0.04 percent

and for oxide of no more than 0.05

percent. Flapper valve steel has a tensile

strength of between 210 and 300 ksi,

yield strength of between 170 and 270

ksi, plus or minus 8 ksi, and a hardness

(Hv) of between 460 and 590. Flapper

valve steel is most commonly used to

produce specialty flapper valves in

compressors.

Also excluded is a product referred to

as suspension foil, a specialty steel

product used in the manufacture of

suspension assemblies for computer

disk drives. Suspension foil is described

as 302/304 grade or 202 grade stainless

steel of a thickness between 14 and 127

microns, with a thickness tolerance of

plus-or-minus 2.01 microns, and surface

glossiness of 200 to 700 percent Gs.

Suspension foil must be supplied in coil

widths of not more than 407 mm, and

with a mass of 225 kg or less. Roll marks

may only be visible on one side, with

no scratches of measurable depth. The

material must exhibit residual stresses

of 2 mm maximum deflection, and

flatness of 1.6 mm over 685 mm length.

Certain stainless steel foil for

automotive catalytic converters is also

excluded from the scope of this review.

This stainless steel strip in coils is a

specialty foil with a thickness of

between 20 and 110 microns used to

produce a metallic substrate with a

honeycomb structure for use in

automotive catalytic converters. The

steel contains, by weight, carbon of no

more than 0.030 percent, silicon of no

more than 1.0 percent, manganese of no

more than 1.0 percent, chromium of

between 19 and 22 percent, aluminum

of no less than 5.0 percent, phosphorus

of no more than 0.045 percent, sulfur of

no more than 0.03 percent, lanthanum

of less than 0.002 or greater than 0.05

percent, and total rare earth elements of

more than 0.06 percent, with the

balance iron.

Permanent magnet iron-chromiumcobalt alloy stainless strip is also

excluded from the scope of this review.

This ductile stainless steel strip

contains, by weight, 26 to 30 percent

chromium, and 7 to 10 percent cobalt,

with the remainder of iron, in widths

228.6 mm or less, and a thickness

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3 ‘‘Arnokrome III’’ is a trademark of the Arnold

Engineering Company.

4 ‘‘Gilphy 36’’ is a trademark of Imphy, S.A.

5 ‘‘Durphynox 17’’ is a trademark of Imphy, S.A.

6This list of uses is illustrative and provided for

descriptive purposes only.

7 ‘‘GIN4 Mo,’’ ‘‘GIN5’’ and ‘‘GIN6’’ are the

proprietary grades of Hitachi Metals America, Ltd.

between 0.127 and 1.270 mm. It exhibits

magnetic remanence between 9,000 and

12,000 gauss, and a coercivity of

between 50 and 300 oersteds. This

product is most commonly used in

electronic sensors and is currently

available under proprietary trade names

such as ‘‘Arnokrome III.’’ 3

Certain electrical resistance alloy steel

is also excluded from the scope of this

review. This product is defined as a

non-magnetic stainless steel

manufactured to American Society of

Testing and Materials (‘‘ASTM’’)

specification B344 and containing, by

weight, 36 percent nickel, 18 percent

chromium, and 46 percent iron, and is

most notable for its resistance to high

temperature corrosion. It has a melting

point of 1390 degrees Celsius and

displays a creep rupture limit of 4

kilograms per square millimeter at 1000

degrees Celsius. This steel is most

commonly used in the production of

heating ribbons for circuit breakers and

industrial furnaces, and in rheostats for

railway locomotives. The product is

currently available under proprietary

trade names such as ‘‘Gilphy 36.’’ 4

Certain martensitic precipitationhardenable stainless steel is also

excluded from the scope of this review.

This high-strength, ductile stainless

steel product is designated under the

Unified Numbering System (‘‘UNS’’) as

S45500-grade steel, and contains, by

weight, 11 to 13 percent chromium, and

7 to 10 percent nickel. Carbon,

manganese, silicon and molybdenum

each comprise, by weight, 0.05 percent

or less, with phosphorus and sulfur

each comprising, by weight, 0.03

percent or less. This steel has copper,

niobium, and titanium added to achieve

aging, and will exhibit yield strengths as

high as 1700 Mpa and ultimate tensile

strengths as high as 1750 Mpa after

aging, with elongation percentages of 3

percent or less in 50 mm. It is generally

provided in thicknesses between 0.635

and 0.787 mm, and in widths of 25.4

mm. This product is most commonly

used in the manufacture of television

tubes and is currently available under

proprietary trade names such as

‘‘Durphynox 17.’’ 5

Finally, three specialty stainless steels

typically used in certain industrial

blades and surgical and medical

instruments are also excluded from the

scope of this review. These include

stainless steel strip in coils used in the

production of textile cutting tools (e.g.,

carpet knives).6 This steel is similar to

AISI grade 420 but containing, by

weight, 0.5 to 0.7 percent of

molybdenum. The steel also contains,

by weight, carbon of between 1.0 and

1.1 percent, sulfur of 0.020 percent or

less, and includes between 0.20 and

0.30 percent copper and between 0.20

and 0.50 percent cobalt. This steel is

sold under proprietary names such as

‘‘GIN4 Mo.’’ The second excluded

stainless steel strip in coils is similar to

AISI 420–J2 and contains, by weight,

carbon of between 0.62 and 0.70

percent, silicon of between 0.20 and

0.50 percent, manganese of between

0.45 and 0.80 percent, phosphorus of no

more than 0.025 percent and sulfur of

no more than 0.020 percent. This steel

has a carbide density on average of 100

carbide particles per 100 square

microns. An example of this product is

‘‘GIN5’’ steel. The third specialty steel

has a chemical composition similar to

AISI 420 F, with carbon of between 0.37

and 0.43 percent, molybdenum of

between 1.15 and 1.35 percent, but

lower manganese of between 0.20 and

0.80 percent, phosphorus of no more

than 0.025 percent, silicon of between

0.20 and 0.50 percent, and sulfur of no

more than 0.020 percent. This product

is supplied with a hardness of more

than Hv 500 guaranteed after customer

processing, and is supplied as, for

example, ‘‘GIN6’’.7

Recission of Review

In the Preliminary Results, we stated

that Sammi reported, and the

Department confirmed through

independent U.S. Customs Service data,

that it had no shipments of subject

merchandise during the POR. Since

Sammi did not report any shipments

during the POR, we had no basis for

determining a margin. Consequently, in

accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3)

and consistent with the Department’s

practice, we preliminarily rescinded our

review with respect to Sammi. Since we

have received no information since the

Preliminary Results that contradicts the

decision made in the preliminary results

of review, we are rescinding the review

with respect to Sammi. Since Sammi

did not participate in the original

investigation, its cash deposit rate will

remain at 12.12 percent, which is the all

others rate established in the less than

fair value (‘‘LTFV’’) investigation.

Analysis of Comments Received

All issues raised in the case and

rebuttal briefs by parties to this

administrative review are addressed in

the ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum’’

(‘‘Decision Memorandum’’) from Joseph

A. Spetrini, Deputy Assistant Secretary,

Import Administration, to Bernard

Carreau, Acting Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration, dated December

6, 2001, which is hereby adopted by this

notice. A list of the issues which parties

have raised and to which we have

responded, all of which are in the

Decision Memorandum, is attached to

this notice as an Appendix. Parties can

find a complete discussion of all issues

raised in this review and the

corresponding recommendations in this

public memorandum which is on file in

the Central Records Unit, Room B–099

of the main Department building. In

addition, a complete version of the

Decision Memorandum can be accessed

directly on the Web at http://

ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/frnhome.htm. The

paper copy and electronic version of the

Decision Memorandum are identical in

content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

Based on our analysis of comments

received, we have made changes in the

margin calculations for POSCO. The

changes to POSCO’s margin calculations

are listed below:

• We adjusted POSCO’s reported

costs to include an amortized portion of

its deferred foreign exchange losses.

• We adjusted POSCO’s reported

foreign exchange ratio to include gains

and losses associated with cash, A/P,

‘‘other’’ accounts, and loans payable in

the numerator.

• We reversed our position on

affiliated party inputs from the

preliminary results and, for these final

results, we are not making an

adjustment to POSCO’s costs for

affiliated party inputs.

• We revised the calculation of

POSCO’s per-unit G&A expense to apply

POSCO’s G&A ratio to the sum of the

revised cost of manufacturing plus

packing.

• We calculated an adjustment for

warranty expense and included it as an

adjustment to U.S. price.

• We have recalculated home market

credit for POSCO’s U.S. dollar home

market sales using POSAM’s U.S. dollar

interest rate instead of POSCO’s Korean

won interest rate.

• We have recalculated POSAM’s

indirect selling expenses to adjust the

amount of interest expense applicable to

U.S. sales of subject merchandise and to

take into account an offset for imputed

credit.

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• We have revised our calculations to

deduct U.S. indirect selling expenses

from U.S. starting price rather than add

them.

• We have revised the total cost of

production included in both our cost

and constructed value calculations to

include interest expenses (‘‘INTEX’’),

which were erroneously omitted from

the calculation in our preliminary

results of review.

We made no changes to Daiyang’s or

Samwon’s calculations for the final

results of review.

Final Results of Review

We determine that the following

percentage margin exists for the period

January 4, 1999 through June 30, 2000:

STAINLESS STEEL SHEET AND STRIP IN

COILS FROM KOREA

Manufacturer/exporter/reseller Margin

(percent)

POSCO ..................................... 0.03

Samwon .................................... 7.88

DMC .......................................... 2.74

The Department shall determine, and

Customs shall assess, antidumping

duties on all appropriate entries. The

Department will issue appraisement

instructions directly to the Customs

Service. For duty-assessment purposes,

we will calculate importer-specific

assessment rates by dividing the

dumping margins calculated for each

importer by the total entered value of

sales for each importer during the

period of review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

The following deposit requirements

will be effective upon publication of

this notice of final results of

administrative review for all shipments

of stainless steel sheet and strip from

the Republic of Korea entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after the date of

publication, as provided by section

751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit

rates for POSCO, Samwon and DMC

will be the rates shown above; (2) for

previously reviewed or investigated

companies not listed above, the cash

deposit rate will continue to be the

company-specific rate published for the

most recent period; (3) if the exporter is

not a firm covered in this review, a prior

review, or the original less-than-fairvalue (LTFV) investigation, but the

manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate

will be the rate established for the most

recent period for the manufacturer of

the merchandise; and (4) if neither the

exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm

covered in these or any previous

reviews conducted by the Department,

the cash deposit rate will be the ‘‘all

others’’ rate, which is 12.12 percent.

These deposit requirements shall

remain in effect until publication of the

final results of the next administrative

review.

Notification of Interested Parties

This notice also serves as a final

reminder to importers of their

responsibility under 19 CFR

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate

regarding the reimbursement of

antidumping duties or countervailing

duties prior to liquidation of the

relevant entries during this review

period. Failure to comply with this

requirement could result in the

Secretary’s presumption that

reimbursement of the antidumping

duties or countervailing duties occurred

and the subsequent assessment of

double antidumping duties or

countervailing duties.

This notice also serves as a reminder

to parties subject to administrative

protective orders (‘‘APOs’’) of their

responsibility concerning the return or

destruction of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues

to govern business proprietary

information in this segment of the

proceeding. Timely written notification

of the return/destruction of APO

materials or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested.

Failure to comply with the regulations

and terms of an APO is a violation

which is subject to sanction.

We are issuing and publishing this

determination and notice in accordance

with sections 751(a)(1) and 771(i) of the

Act.

Dated: December 6, 2001.

Bernard T. Carreau,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

Appendix 1—Issues in Decision

Memorandum

A. Issues with Respect to POSCO

Comment 1: Indirect Selling Expenses for

POSAM

Comment 2: Unrecognized Bad Debt

Comment 3: Duty Drawback

Comment 4: Export Warranty Expenses

Comment 5: G&A Calculation

Comment 6: Scrap Costs

Comment 7: Affiliated-Supplied Inputs

Comment 8: L-Grade Adjustment

Comment 9: Energy Costs

Comment 10: Financial Expenses

Comment 11: Home Market Credit

Comment 12: Programming Error with

Respect to U.S. Indirect Selling Expenses

Comment 13: Imputed Credit Expenses in the

Calculation of Indirect Selling Expenses

Comment 14: Deferred Foreign Exchange

Losses in the Calculation of G&A

B.Issues with Respect to DMC

Comment 15: Indirect Selling Expenses

Comment 16: G&A Expenses

Comment 17: Marine Insurance and U.S.

Inland Freight

Comment 18: Commission Offset for DMC

Comment 19: OMC’s Indirect Selling Expense

Ratio

Comment 20: Short-Term Borrowing Rate in

the Home Market

Comment 21: Ministerial Errors

C.Issues with Respect to Samwon

Comment 22: Use of Partial Facts Available

Comment 23: Use of a Single WeightedAverage COP

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 120701D]

North Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of committee meeting.

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s (Council)

Observer Committee will meet in

Seattle, WA.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

January 7–8, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Alaska Fisheries Science Center

(Center), 7600 Sand Point Way NE,

Seattle, WA.

Council address: North Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 605 W.

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK

99501–2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nicole Kimball, North Pacific Fishery

Management Council; telephone: 907–

271–2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will begin at 9 a.m. on Monday,

January 7, continue through Monday,

January 8. The committee’s agenda

includes the following issues:

1. Review draft analysis for three

regulatory changes to the North Pacific

Groundfish Observer Program, and

2. Review the goals and objectives of

the North Pacific Groundfish Observer

Program.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this group for discussion, those

issues may not be the subject of formal