12762 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 40 / Wednesday, February 28, 2001 / Notices

ACTION: Notice of rescission of

antidumping duty administrative

review.

SUMMARY: In response to an October 30,

2000 request made by NTN Corporation

(NTN), a manufacturer/exporter of

tapered roller bearings (TRBs) and parts

thereof, finished and unfinished, from

Japan, on November 30, 2000, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) published the initiation of

an administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on TRBs and

parts thereof, finished and unfinished,

from Japan, covering the period October

1, 1999 through December 31, 1999 (65

FR 71299). This review has now been

rescinded as a result of the timely

withdrawal by NTN of its request for

review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah Scott or Robert James, AD/CVD

Enforcement, Group III, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–2657 or (202) 482–

0649, respectively.

APPLICABLE STATUTE AND REGULATIONS:

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended

(the Tariff Act) are references to the

provisions effective January 1, 1995, the

effective date of the amendments made

to the Tariff Act by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act. In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the

Department’s regulations are to 19 CFR

part 351 (April 1, 2000).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On October 6, 1987, the Department

published the antidumping duty order

on TRBs and parts thereof, finished and

unfinished, from Japan (A–588–604) (52

FR 37352). On October 30, 2000, NTN,

a manufacturer/exporter of TRBs from

Japan, requested an administrative

review of the antidumping duty order

on TRBs for the period October 1, 1999

through December 31, 1999. In

accordance with 19 CFR

351.221(c)(1)(i), we published the

initiation of the review on November 30,

2000 (65 FR 71299). On December 8,

2000, NTN withdrew its request for

review.

Rescission of Review

The Department’s regulations, at 19

CFR 351.213(d)(1), provide that the

Department will rescind an

administrative review if a party that

requested a review withdraws the

request within 90 days of the date of

publication of the notice of initiation of

the requested review. NTN withdrew its

request for an administrative review on

December 8, 2000, which is within the

90-day deadline. No other party

requested a review of NTN’s sales.

Therefore, the Department is rescinding

this administrative review with respect

to NTN.

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 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely

written notification of the return or

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.

We are issuing and publishing this

notice in accordance with sections

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

Effective January 20, 2001, Bernard T.

Carreau is fulfilling the duties of the

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

Dated: January 31, 2001.

Bernard T. Carreau,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD

Enforcement II.

[FR Doc. 01–4897 Filed 2–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Private Sector Participation in

Overseas Trade Missions

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

invites U.S. companies to participate in

the below listed overseas trade

missions. For a more complete

description of each trade mission,

obtain a copy of the mission statement

from the Project Officer indicated for

each mission below. Recruitment and

selection of private sector participants

for these missions will be conducted

according to the Statement of Policy

Governing Department of Commerce

Overseas Trade Missions dated March 3,

1997.

Computer, Telecommunications and

Office Equipment (CTO) Forum and

Seminar Mission, Lagos, Nigeria. March

15–16, 2001. Recruitment Closes on

March 8, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Raymond Cho, U.S. Department of

Commerce. Telephone 202–482–0396;

or e-Mail: RaymondlCho@ita.doc.gov

IT-Telecommunications Trade

Mission to Russia, Moscow and St.

Petersburg. May 12–19, 2001.

Recruitment closes on April 6, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Beatrix Roberts, U.S. Department of

Commerce. Telephone 202–482–2952;

or e-Mail: BeatrixlRoberts@ita.doc.gov

U.S. Franchising Matchmaker Trade

Delegation, Santiago, Chile and Sao

Paulo, Brazil. June 4–9, 2001.

Recruitment closes on April 20, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Sam Dhir, U.S. Department of

Commerce. Telephone 202–482–4756;

or e-Mail: Sam.Dhir@mail.doc.gov Trade

mission applications received after the

above closing dates will be considered

only if space and scheduling constraints

permit. For further information contact

Mr. Reginald Beckham, U.S. Department

of Commerce, telephone 202–482–5478,

or e-mail

ReginaldlBeckham@ita.doc.gov

Dated: February 22, 2001.

Thomas H. Nisbet,

Director, Promotion Planning and Support

Division, Office of Export Promotion

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 01–4833 Filed 2–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

[Docket No. 000929280–0280–01]

RIN 0693–ZA–42

Announcing Draft Federal Information

Processing Standard (FIPS) for the

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

and Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology (NIST), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY: Recently, NIST announced its

selection for the Advanced Encryption

Standard (AES) in a report available at

http://www.nist.gov/aes/, and this

selection for the AES has now been

described in detail in a Draft Federal

Information Processing Standard (FIPS)

for the AES. The Draft FIPS for the AES

specifies technology that can be used to

protect the confidentiality of sensitive

(unclassified) electronic information.

The AES specification will provide a

FIPS-approved encryption algorithm in

addition to the Triple Data Encryption