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Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 
Sodium persulfates are classifiable 
under HTSUS subheading 2833.40.20. 
Ammonium and other persulfates are 
classifiable under HTSUS subheadings 
2833.40.50 and 2833.40.60. Although 
the HTSUS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes, 
the written description of the scope of 
this review is dispositive. 
Initiation of Changed Circumstances 
Review 
Pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
the Department will conduct a changed 
circumstances review upon receipt of 
information concerning, or a request 
from an interested party for a review of, 
an antidumping duty order which 
shows changed circumstances sufficient 
to warrant a review of the order. The 
information submitted by FMC shows 
changed circumstances sufficient to 
warrant a review. See 19 CFR 
351.216(c). 
Concerning FMC’s request that the 
Department issue the preliminary 
results of the changed circumstances 
review in conjunction with the notice of 
initiation, FMC has not provided 
sufficient evidence to support a 
preliminary finding. FMC requested this 
changed circumstances review for the 
purpose of determining whether 
Degussa-AJ is the successor-in-interest 
to AJ Works. In making successor-in-
interest determinations, the Department 
examines several factors including, but 
not limited to, changes in: (1) 
Management; (2) production facilities; 
(3) supplier relationships; and (4) 
customer base. See, e.g., Brass Sheet 
and Strip from Canada; Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 57 FR 20460, 20461 (May 13, 
1992). While no single factor, or 
combination of factors, will necessarily 
be dispositive, the Department will 
generally consider the new company to 
be the successor to its predecessor 
company if the resulting operations are 
essentially the same as the predecessor 
company. See, e.g., id. and Industrial 
Phosphoric Acid from Israel; Final 
Results of Changed Circumstances 
Review, 59 FR 6944, 6945 (Feb. 14, 
1994). Thus, if the evidence 
demonstrates that, with respect to the 
production and sale of the subject 
merchandise, the new company does 
not operate as the same business entity 
as its predecessor, the Department will 
not treat the new company as the 
successor-in-interest to the predecessor. 
In this instance, while FMC has stated 
for the record that the AJ Works’ 
owners, management structure, supplier 
relationships and customer base have 
changed, it has not provided evidence 
supporting these statements. 
We note that the circumstances here 
involve a change in ownership of a 
producer in a nonmarket economy 
country. Consequently, the analysis 
applied and the relevant facts may differ 
from successor-in-interest 
determinations in other situations. 
Nonetheless, we find that a changed 
circumstances review is warranted, and 
we will examine such questions in the 
course of this review. 
Therefore, in accordance with section 
751(b)(1) of the Act and sections 19 CFR 
351.216(b) and 351.221(b)(1), we are 
initiating a changed circumstances 
administrative review. 
Interested parties may submit 
comments for consideration in the 
Department’s preliminary results not 
later than May 1, 2003. Responses to 
those comments may be submitted not 
later than 10 days following submission 
of the comments. All written comments 
must be submitted in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.303, and must be served on 
all interested parties on the 
Department’s service list in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.303. 
The Department will publish in the 
Federal Register a notice of preliminary 
results of changed circumstances 
review, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(3)(i), which will set forth the 
factual and legal conclusions upon 
which our preliminary results are based, 
and a description of any action 
proposed based on those results. The 
Department will also issue its final 
results of review within 270 days after 
the date on which the changed 
circumstances review is initiated, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.216(e), and 
will publish these results in the Federal 
Register. 
While the changed circumstances 
review is under way, the current 
requirement for a cash deposit of 
estimated antidumping duties on all 
subject merchandise, including the 
merchandise that is the subject of this 
changed circumstances review, will 
continue unless and until it is modified 
pursuant to the final results of this 
changed circumstances review or the 
ongoing 2001–2002 administrative 
review. 
This notice is in accordance with 
sections 751(b)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.216 and 351.222.
Dated: February 21, 2003. 
Faryar Shirzad, 
Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 03–4792 Filed 2–27–03; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
[Docket No. 990813222–0035–03] 
RIN 0625–AA55
Allocation of Duty-Exemptions for 
Calendar Year 2003 Among Watch 
Producers Located in the Virgin 
Islands
AGENCY: Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce; Office of 
Insular Affairs, Department of the 
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This action allocates calendar 
year 2003 duty exemptions for watch 
producers located in the Virgin Islands 
pursuant to Pub. L. 97–446, as amended 
by Pub. L. 103–465 (‘‘the Act’’).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Faye 
Robinson, (202) 482–3526.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 
to the Act, the Departments of the 
Interior and Commerce (the 
Departments) share responsibility for 
the allocation of duty exemptions 
among watch assembly firms in the 
United States insular possessions and 
the Northern Mariana Islands. In 
accordance with Section 303.3(a) of the 
regulations (15 CFR 303.3(a)), the total 
quantity of duty-free insular watches 
and watch movements for calendar year 
2003 is 1,866,000 units for the Virgin 
Islands (65 FR 8048, February 17, 2000). 
The criteria for the calculation of the 
calendar year 2003 duty-exemption 
allocations among insular producers are 
set forth in Section 303.14 of the 
regulations (15 CFR 303.14). 
The Departments have verified and 
adjusted the data submitted on 
application form ITA–334P by Virgin 
Islands producers and inspected their 
current operations in accordance with 
Section 303.5 of the regulations (15 CFR 
303.5). 
In calendar year 2002 the Virgin 
Islands watch assembly firms shipped 
460,504 watches and watch movements 
into the customs territory of the United 
States under the Act. The dollar amount 
of creditable corporate income taxes 
paid by Virgin Islands producers during 
calendar year 2002 plus the creditable 
wages paid by the industry during 
calendar year 2002 to residents of the 
territory was $3,052,648. 
There are no producers in Guam, 
American Samoa or the Northern 
Mariana Islands. 
The calendar year 2003 Virgin Islands 
annual allocations, based on the data 
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verified by the Departments, are as 
follows:
Name of firm 
Annual
allocation 
Belair Quartz, Inc. .....................
500,000
Hampden Watch Co., Inc. ........
200,000
Unitime Industries, Inc. .............
100,000
Tropex, Inc. ...............................
300,000
The balance of the units allocated to 
the Virgin Islands is available for new 
entrants into the program or producers 
who request a supplement to their 
allocation.
Faryar Shirzad, 
Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, Department of Commerce. 
David B. Cohen, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Insular Affairs, 
Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 03–4794 Filed 2–27–03; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P; 4310–93–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Minority Business Development 
Agency 
[Docket No: 000724218–3028–05] 
Native American Business 
Development Center Applications
AGENCY: Minority Business 
Development Agency, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Minority Business 
Development Agency (MBDA) is 
canceling the announcement to solicit 
competitive applications under its 
Native American Business Development 
Center (NABDC) program to operate the 
New Mexico Statewide NABDC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to 
budget constraints and other agency 
priorities, the Minority Business 
Development Agency is canceling the 
announcement to solicit competitive 
applications under its Native American 
Business Development Center (NABDC) 
program to operate the New Mexico 
Statewide NABDC. The solicitation was 
originally published in the Federal 
Register notice of Wednesday, October 
30, 2002, Vol. 67, No. 210, Pages 66115–
66125. All applications will be returned 
to the applicants by MBDA.
Authority: Executive Order 11625 and 15 
U.S.C. 1512.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 
(CFDA) 11.801 Native American Business 
Development Center) 
Dated: February 24, 2003. 
Juanita E. Berry, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Minority 
Business Development Agency.
[FR Doc. 03–4697 Filed 2–27–03; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 3510–21–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and 
Technology 
Advanced Technology Program 
Advisory Committee
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 
Advanced Technology Program 
Advisory Committee, National Institute 
of Standards and Technology (NIST), 
will meet Tuesday, March 11, from 9 
a.m. to 3:45 p.m. The Advanced 
Technology Program Advisory 
Committee is composed of ten members 
appointed by the Director of NIST; who 
are eminent in such fields as business, 
research, new product development, 
engineering, education, and 
management consulting. The purpose of 
this meeting is to review and make 
recommendations regarding general 
policy for the Advanced Technology 
Program (ATP), 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 
an International Panel on Funding R&D 
Projects, a Competition Update and 
Program Evaluation Methods (Tool Kit). 
Discussions scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. 
and to end at 10 a.m. and to begin at 
2:40 p.m. and to end at 3:45 p.m. on 
March 11, 2003, on ATP budget issues 
will be closed. All visitors to the 
National Institute of Standards and 
Technology site will have to pre-register 
to be admitted. Please submit your 
name, time of arrival, email address and 
phone number to Carolyn Peters no later 
than Thursday, March 6, 2003, and she 
will provide you with instructions for 
admittance. Ms. Peters’s email address 
is carolyn.peters@nist.gov and her 
phone number is 301/975–5607.
DATES: The meeting will convene March 
11, 2003, at 9 a.m. and will adjourn at 
3:45 p.m. on March 11, 2003.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 
the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, Administration Building, 
Lecture Room B, Gaithersburg, 
Maryland 20899. Please note admittance 
instructions under SUMMARY paragraph.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
Carolyn J. Peters, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–1004, 
telephone number (301) 975–5607.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 
Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
with the concurrence of the General 
Counsel, formally determined on 
February 19, 2003, that portions of the 
meeting of the Advanced Technology 
Program Advisory Committee which 
involve discussion of proposed funding 
of the Advanced Technology Program 
may be closed in accordance with 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), because that 
portion will divulge matters the 
premature disclosure of which would be 
likely to significantly frustrate 
implementation of proposed agency 
actions.
Dated: February 20, 2003. 
Karen H. Brown, 
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 03–4745 Filed 2–27–03; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 3510–13–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and 
Technology 
Announcing a Meeting of the 
Information Security and Privacy 
Advisory Board (Formerly the 
Computer System Security and Privacy 
Advisory Board)
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, DOC.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., 
notice is hereby given that the 
Information Security and Privacy 
Advisory Board (ISPAB) (formerly 
known as the Computer System Security 
and Privacy Advisory Board (CSSPAB)) 
will meet Tuesday, March 11, 2003, 
from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m., Wednesday, 
March 12, 2003, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 
p.m. and on Thursday, March 13, from 
8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. All sessions will 
be open to the public. The Advisory 
Board was established by the Computer 
Security Act of 1987 (Pub. L. 100–235) 
and amended by the Federal 
Information Security Management Act 
of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–347) to advise the 
Secretary of Commerce and the Director 
of NIST on security and privacy issues 
pertaining to federal computer systems. 
Details regarding the Board’s activities 
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