Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 23 / Wednesday, February 4, 2004 / Notices 5315

Petitions have been accepted for filing 

on the dates indicated from the firms 

listed below.

LIST OF PETITION ACTION BY TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR PERIOD DECEMBER 17, 2003–JANUARY 21, 2004 

Firm name Address Date petition accepted Product 

Automated Industrial Technologies, Inc.1067 Winewood Road, 

Forest, VA 24551.

Jan. 14, 04 ........................ Machine tool attachments for the automotive industry. 

Belleville Wire Cloth Co., Inc 18 Rutgers Avenue, Cedar 

Grove, NJ 07009.

Jan. 12, 04 ........................ Seals, high temperature grids, screens and filters of 

stainless steel wire mesh. 

Burgess Manufacturing of 

Oklahoma, Inc.

1250 Roundhouse Road, 

Guthrie, OK 73044.

Dec. 17, 03 ........................ Wooden pallets. 

Conard Corporation (The) ... 101 Commerce Street, 

Glastonbury, CT 06033.

Dec. 23, 03 ........................ Precision thin metal photochemical machined processed electronic devices for the telecommunications, aerospace, aircraft, electronics and computer industries. 

Electri-Cord Manufacturing, 

Inc.

312 East Main Street, 

Westfield, PA 16950.

Jan. 12, 04 ........................ Electrical cords. 

Homecrest Industries, Inc .... 140 Madison Avenue SE, 

Wadena, MN 56482.

Dec. 22, 03 ........................ Outdoor residential metal furniture. 

Innerspec Technologies, Inc 4004 Murray Place, Lynchburg, VA 24501.Dec. 22, 03 ........................ Ultrasonic Inspection equipment and parts for the steel 

industry. 

Ioline Corporation ................ 14140 NE 200th Street, 

Woodinville, WA 98072.

Dec. 31, 03 ........................ Sign cutters. 

Kleen-Tex Industries, Inc ..... 1516 Orchard Hill Road, 

LaGrange, GA 30240.

Jan. 5, 04 .......................... Cotton ship towels, mops and matting, and nylon, cotton and rubber matting. 

Met Weld, Inc ...................... 5727 Ostrander Road, 

Altamont, NY 12009.

Jan. 5, 04 .......................... Fuel processing systems that separate, filter or purify 

gas, oil or liquids. 

The petitions were submitted 

pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade Act 

of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341). Consequently, 

the United States Department of 

Commerce has initiated separate 

investigations to determine whether 

increased imports into the United States 

of articles like or directly competitive 

with those produced by each firm 

contributed importantly to total or 

partial separation of the firm’s workers, 

or threat thereof, and to a decrease in 

sales or production of each petitioning 

firm. Any party having a substantial 

interest in the proceedings may request 

a public hearing on the matter. 

A request for a hearing must be 

received by Trade Adjustment 

Assistance, Room 7315, Economic 

Development Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Washington, 

D.C. 20230, no later than the close of 

business of the tenth calendar day 

following the publication of this notice. 

The Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance official program number and 

title of the program under which these 

petitions are submitted is 11.313, Trade 

Adjustment Assistance.

Dated: January 29, 2004. 

Anthony J. Meyer, 

Coordinator, Trade Adjustment and 

Technical Assistance.

[FR Doc. 04–2246 Filed 2–3–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–24–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 2–2004] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 36—Galveston, 

TX; Application for Expansion 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the Board of Trustees of the 

Galveston Wharves, grantee of ForeignTrade Zone 36, requesting authority to 

expand its zone in the Galveston, Texas, 

area, within the Galveston Customs port 

of entry. The application was submitted 

pursuant to the provisions of the 

Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended 

(19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the regulations 

of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was 

formally filed on January 23, 2004. 

FTZ 36 was approved on March 8, 

1978 (Board Order 129, 43 FR 20525, 5/

12/78). The reissuance of the grant of 

authority to the Board of Trustees of the 

Galveston Wharves was approved on 

February 22, 2000 (Board Order 1080, 

65 FR 11548, 3/3/00). The zone 

currently consists of 2 sites in the 

Galveston area: Site 1 (8 acres, 3 

tracts)—within Galveston Harbor, west 

end of port complex on Galveston 

Island; Site 2 (876 acres, 6 tracts)—

within Galveston Harbor on Pelican 

Island. 

The applicant is now requesting 

authority to remove one tract (tract 3, 

1.14 acres) from Site 1 and to add 96 

acres (1 tract) to Site 2. The applicant 

also requests to include an additional 

site (74 acres, 2 tracts), located at 

Scholes International Airport, 

approximately 4 miles from Site 1 at 

Galveston Island. The majority of the 

sites are owned by the City of Galveston. 

No specific manufacturing requests are 

being made at this time. Such requests 

would be made to the Board on a caseby-case basis. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff 

has been designated examiner to 

investigate the application and report to 

the Board. 

Public comment on the application is 

invited from interested parties. 

Submissions (original and 3 copies) 

shall be addressed to the Board’s 

Executive Secretary at one of the 

following addresses: 

1. Submissions via Express/Package 

Delivery Services: Foreign-Trade Zones 

Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Franklin Court Building—Suite 4100W, 

1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20005; or, 

2. Submissions via the U.S. Postal 

Service: Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB—

Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

The closing period for their receipt is 

April 5, 2004. Rebuttal comments in 

response to material submitted during 

the foregoing period may be submitted 

during the subsequent 15-day period (to 

April 19, 2004).

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A copy of the application and 

accompanying exhibits will be available 

during this time for public inspection at 

the Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones 

Board’s Executive Secretary at address 

Number 1 listed above, and Port of 

Galveston, 123 Rosenberg Avenue, 8th 

Floor, Galveston, Texas 77550.

Dated: January 26, 2004. 

Dennis Puccinelli, 

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–2276 Filed 2–3–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Report of Requests for Restrictive 

Trade Practice or Boycott— Single or 

Multiple Transactions

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before April 5, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, DOC Paperwork 

Clearance Officer, Room 6025, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington 

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Marna Dove, ICB Liaison 

for BIS, Department of Commerce, Room 

6622, 14th & Constitution Avenue, NW, 

Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The information obtained from this 

collection authorization is used to 

carefully and accurately monitor 

requests for participation in foreign 

boycotts against countries friendly to 

the U.S. which are received by U.S. 

persons. The information is also used to 

identify trends in such boycott activity 

and to assist in carrying out U.S. policy 

of opposition to such boycotts. 

II. Method of Collection 

Submitted on forms. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0694–0012. 

Form Number: BIS 621–P, BXA 621–

P, BIS 6051–P, BXA 6051–P, BIS–6051 

P–a, BXA–6051 P–a. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

for extension of a currently approved 

collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals, 

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

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,243. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 1 to 1.5 

hours per response. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,371. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: No 

start-up capital expenditures. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they will also become a matter of public 

record.

Dated: January 30, 2004. 

Madeleine Clayton, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–2282 Filed 2–3–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DT–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588–865]

Notice of Initiation of Antidumping 

Duty Investigation: Outboard Engines 

from Japan

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Initiation of Antidumping Duty 

Investigation.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 4, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James Kemp at (202) 482–5346 or Salim 

Bhabhrawala at (202) 482–1784, AD/

CVD Enforcement Office 5, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

INITIATION OF INVESTIGATION:

The Petition

On January 8, 2004, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) received a petition filed in 

proper form by Mercury Marine, a 

division of Brunswick Corporation (the 

petitioner). The Department received 

supplemental information from the 

petitioner on

January 20, and January 22, 2004.

In accordance with section 732(b)(1) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act), the petitioner alleges that 

imports of outboard engines from Japan 

are, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

within the meaning of section 731 of the 

Act, and that imports from Japan are 

materially injuring, or are threatening to 

materially injure, an industry in the 

United States.

The Department finds that the 

petitioner filed the petition on behalf of 

the domestic industry because the 

petitioner is an interested party as 

defined in section 771(9)(C) of the Act 

and the petitioner demonstrated 

sufficient industry support with respect 

to the antidumping investigation that 

the petitioner is requesting the 

Department to initiate. See infra, 

‘‘Determination of Industry Support for 

the Petition.’’

Period of Investigation

The period of investigation (POI) is 

January 1, 2003, through December 31, 

2003.

Scope of Investigation

For the purpose of this investigation, 

the products covered are outboard 

engines (also referred to as outboard 

motors), whether assembled or 

unassembled; and powerheads, whether 

assembled or unassembled. The subject 

engines are gasoline-powered sparkignition, internal combustion engines 

designed and used principally for 

marine propulsion for all types of light 

recreational and commercial boats, 

including, but not limited to, canoes, 

rafts, inflatable, sail and pontoon boats. 

Specifically included in this scope are 

two-stroke, direct injection two-stroke, 

and four-stroke outboard engines.

Outboard engines are comprised of (1) 

a powerhead assembly, or an internal 

combustion engine, (2) a midsection