11000 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 21, 2001 / Notices

In its decision in Timken Co. v.

United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir.

1990) (Timken), the United States Court

of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held

that, pursuant to 19 USC section

1516a(e), the Department must publish

a notice of a court decision which is not

‘‘in harmony’’ with a Department

determination, and must suspend

liquidation of entries pending a

‘‘conclusive’’ court decision. The CIT’s

opinion in Kajaria Iron Castings Pvt.

Ltd, et al. v. United States, Slip Op. 01–

5 (CIT Jan. 24, 2001), constitutes a

decision not in harmony with the

Department’s final affirmative results of

countervailing duty administrative

review. Publication of this notice fulfills

the Timken requirement.

Accordingly, the Department will

continue to suspend liquidation

pending the expiration of the period of

appeal, or, if appealed, upon a

‘‘conclusive’’ court decision.

Dated: February 13, 2001.

Holly A. Kuga,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C–427–819, C–428–829, C–421–809, C–412–

821]

Low Enriched Uranium From France,

Germany, the Netherlands, and the

United Kingdom: Extension of Time

Limit for Preliminary Determinations in

Countervailing Duty Investigations

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit

for preliminary determinations in

countervailing duty investigations.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

is extending the time limit of the

preliminary determinations in the

countervailing duty (CVD)

investigations of low enriched uranium

from France, Germany, the Netherlands,

and the United Kingdom from March 2,

2001 until no later than May 7, 2001.

This extension is made pursuant to

section 703(c)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended by the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 21, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Grossman (France) at (202)

482–3146; Robert Copyak (Germany) at

(202) 482–2209; Stephanie Moore (the

Netherlands) at (202) 482–3692; and

Eric B. Greynolds (the United Kingdom)

at (202) 482–6071, Office of AD/CVD

Enforcement VI, Group II, Import

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Room 4012, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 (the Act)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

In addition, unless otherwise indicated,

all citations to the Department’s

regulations are to the regulations

codified at 19 CFR part 351 (2000).

Extension of Due Date for Preliminary

Determinations

On December 27, 2000, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) initiated the CVD

investigations of low enriched uranium

from France, Germany, the Netherlands,

and the United Kingdom. See Notice of

Initiation of Countervailing Duty

Investigations: Low Enriched Uranium

from France, Germany, the Netherlands,

and the United Kingdom, 66 FR 1085

(January 5, 2001). Currently, the

preliminary determinations are due no

later than March 2, 2001. However,

pursuant to section 703(c)(1)(B) of the

Act, we have determined that these

investigations are ‘‘extraordinarily

complicated’’ and are therefore

extending the due date for the

preliminary determinations to no later

than May 7, 2001.

Under section 703(c)(1)(B), the

Department can extend the period for

reaching a preliminary determination

until not later than the 130th day after

the date on which the administering

authority initiates an investigation if:

(B) The administering authority

concludes that the parties concerned are

cooperating and determines that—

(i) The case is extraordinarily

complicated by reason of—

(I) The number and complexity of the

alleged countervailable subsidy

practices;

(II) The novelty of the issues

presented;

(III) The need to determine the extent

to which particular countervailable

subsidies are used by individual

manufacturers, producers, and

exporters; or

(IV) The number of firms whose

activities must be investigated; and

(ii) Additional time is necessary to

make the preliminary determination.

Regarding the first requirement, we

find that in each case all concerned

parties are cooperating. Regarding the

second requirement, we find that each

of these four cases is extraordinarily

complicated for the following reasons.

France

The French CVD investigation is

extraordinarily complicated because of

the novelty of the issues presented. We

are investigating an allegation that the

Government of France through its

national electric utility, Electricite de

France, purchased uranium from the

producer of the subject merchandise at

prices that constitute ‘‘more than

adequate remuneration’’ under section

771(5)(E)(iv) of the Act. This is a novel

issue because this is the first time the

Department has investigated this type of

subsidy allegation.

Germany, the Netherlands, and the

United Kingdom

These three investigations are

extraordinarily complicated because of

the novelty of the issue presented.

Petitioners have alleged that a single

cumulative CVD rate applicable to all of

Urenco Ltd.’s operations in Germany,

the Netherlands, and the United

Kingdom should be applied. Urenco

Ltd. is the holding company for a group

of companies located in Germany, the

Netherlands, and the United Kingdom

which produce enriched uranium for

commercial sale. The Urenco Group was

created in 1971, pursuant to the Treaty

of Almelo, signed by the governments of

Germany, the Netherlands and the

United Kingdom. Therefore, the

Department is investigating, and must

determine, whether the subsidies

provided by the three Treaty of Almelo

countries to the Urenco Group’s

operations in Germany, the Netherlands,

and the United Kingdom should be

attributed to the sales of all of Urenco’s

international operations because Urenco

is an ‘‘international consortium’’ under

section 701(d) of the Act. To date, the

provisions of section 701(d) have never

been used in any CVD investigation or

administrative review. Thus, we

determine this to be a novel issue.

Accordingly, we deem these four

investigations to be extraordinarily

complicated and determine, with regard

to the third requirement noted above,

that additional time is necessary to

make the preliminary determinations.

Therefore, pursuant to section

703(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we are

postponing the preliminary

determinations in these investigations to

no later than May 7, 2001.

This notice is published pursuant to

section 703(c)(2) of the Act. Effective

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 21, 2001 / Notices 11001

January 20, 2001, Bernard T. Carreau is

fulfilling the duties of the Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration.

Dated: February 9, 2001.

Bernard T. Carreau,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD

Enforcement II.

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National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of partially closed

meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.

2, notice is hereby given that the

Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology, National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST), will

meet Tuesday, March 6, 2001 from 8:30

a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesday, March

7, 2001 from 9:15 a.m. to 11 a.m. The

Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology is composed of nine

members appointed by the Director of

NIST; who are eminent in such fields as

business, research, new product

development, engineering, labor,

education, management consulting,

environment, and international

relations. The purpose of this meeting is

to review and make recommendations

regarding general policy for the

Institute, its organization, its budget,

and its programs within the framework

of applicable national policies as set

forth by the President and the Congress.

The agenda will include a briefing on

construction of the Advanced

Measurement Laboratory; a

presentation, ‘‘In the News: What Are

They Saying About NIST?’’; and

participation by members in the NIST

Centennial event, ‘‘NIST and Industry:

Teaming Up in the New Century.’’

Discussions scheduled to begin at 8:30

a.m. end at 10:15 a.m. on March 6, 2001

and to begin at 9:15 a.m. and to end at

11 a.m. on March 7, 2001, on staffing of

management positions at NIST, the

NIST budget, including funding levels

of the Advanced Technology Program

and the Manufacturing Extension

Partnership, and feedback sessions will

be closed.

DATES: The meeting will convene March

6, 2001 at 8:30 a.m. and will adjourn at

11 a.m. on March 7, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the Tenth Floor Conference Room,

Administration Building, at NIST,

Gaithersburg, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet R. Russell, Administrative

Coordinator, Visiting Committee on

Advanced Technology, National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–1004,

telephone number (301) 975–2107.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Assistant Secretary for Administration,

with the concurrence of the General

Counsel, formally determined on

February 12, 2001, that portions of the

meeting of the visiting Committee on

Advanced Technology which involve

discussion of proposed funding of the

Advanced Technology Program and the

Manufacturing Extension Partnership

Program may be closed in accordance

with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), because

those portions of the meetings will

divulge matters the premature

disclosure of which would be likely to

significantly frustrate implementation of

proposed agency actions; and that

portions of meetings which involve

discussion of the staffing issues of

management and other positions at

NIST may be closed in accordance with

5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6), because divulging

information discussed in those portions

of the meetings is likely to reveal

information of a personal nature where

disclosure would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal

privacy.

Dated: February 14, 2001.

Karen H. Brown,

Acting Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 021301D]

New England Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery

Management Council (Council) is

scheduling a public meeting of its Skate

Oversight Committee and Advisory

Panel, Habitat Oversight Committee,

Scientific and Statistical Committee

(SSC) and Scallop Committee in March,

2001 to consider actions affecting New

England fisheries in the exclusive

economic zone (EEZ).

Recommendations from these groups

will be brought to the full Council for

formal consideration and action, if

appropriate.

DATES: The meetings will held between

Tuesday, March 6, 2001 and Monday,

March 12, 2001. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and

times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held

in Warwick, RI, Newburyport, Danvers

and East Boston, MA. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

locations.

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J.

Howard, Executive Director, New

England Fishery Management Council;

(978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates and Agendas

Tuesday, March 6, 2001, 10 a.m.—

Scientific and Statistical Committee

Location: Rossi’s, 50 Water Street,

Newburyport, MA 01950; telephone:

(978) 499-0240.

The SSC committee will develop

plans to provide the Council advice on

the priorities identified by the Council.

These include: (1) Review of fishing

mortality and biomass reference points

for selected groundfish species and

skates; (2) Review of changes in the

scallop reference points that might

result from a rotational area

management strategy and the scientific

basis of proposed scallop rotational area

management measures as developed by

the Council and Scallop Plan

Development Team (PDT); (3)

Evaluation of the available information

on the stock structure of monkfish and

its implications for management.

Review of the monkfish assessment

update (to be done by the Monkfish

Monitoring committee, and review of

fishing mortality and biomass reference

points; (4) Review of the update of

whiting status that will be completed by

the Whiting PDT; (5) Other issues that

it might advise the Council on such as

the potential value of marine protected

areas (MPAs) and closed areas (quantify

benefits from existing closed areas) and

multispecies management issues.

Tuesday, March 6, 2001, 9:30 a.m.—

Joint Skate Committee and Advisory

Panel Meeting.

Location: Radisson Airport Hotel,

2081 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886;

telephone: (401) 739-3000.