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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. 

The Department finds that it is not 

practicable to complete the preliminary 

results in the administrative review of 

certain preserved mushrooms from the 

People’s Republic of China as well as 

the administrative review of certain 

preserved mushrooms from India within 

this time limit. We find that additional 

time is needed in order to fully analyze 

the questionnaire responses submitted 

by respondents and conduct possible 

verifications of these administrative 

reviews. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

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

is extending the time for completion of 

the preliminary results of these reviews 

until February 28, 2005.

Dated: October 5, 2004. 

Jeffrey May, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration.

[FR Doc. E4–2661 Filed 10–14–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration 

Office of Manufacturing; Roundtable 

on the 3Rs Initiative (Reduce Waste, 

Reuse and Recycle); Notice of Request 

for Written Comments 

On October 14, 2004, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce and the Office 

of Manufacturing hosted an outreach 

meeting to discuss the 3Rs Initiative 

(Reduce waste, Reuse and Recycle) that 

was introduced by the Government of 

Japan and supported by the U.S. at the 

2004 G8 summit in Sea Island, Georgia. 

The following objectives for the 

Initiative were established by the G–8 

nations: 

(1) Reduce waste, reuse and recycle 

resources and products to the extent 

feasible; 

(2) Reduce barriers to the 

international flow of goods and 

materials for recycling and 

remanufacturing, recycled and 

remanufactured products, and cleaner, 

more efficient technologies, consistent 

with existing environmental and trade 

obligations and frameworks; 

(3) Encourage cooperation among 

various stakeholders (central 

governments, local governments, the 

private sector, NGOs and communities), 

including voluntary and market-based 

activities; 

(4) Promote science and technology 

suitable for 3Rs; and 

(5) Cooperate with developing 

countries in such areas as capacity 

building, raising public awareness, 

human resource development and 

implementation of recycling projects. 

It was further agreed at Sea Island that 

Japan would host a Ministerial level 

conference on the Initiative. This has 

been scheduled by the Government of 

Japan for April 28–30, 2005 in Tokyo. 

The White House Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) is leading 

an interagency effort to determine what 

the United States shall attempt to 

accomplish through the 3Rs Initiative 

and the policy approaches for the 

Ministerial Conference. Joseph H. 

Bogosian, the Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Manufacturing at the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, hosted the 

3Rs meeting on October 14th in order to 

solicit input from all interested 

stakeholders including representatives 

of manufacturers, retailers, recyclers, 

and environmental organizations. 

Further written comments or input from 

interested stakeholders may be 

submitted to 3RsInitiative@mail.doc.gov

no later than October 29th, 2004. Please 

include your name, phone number, and 

organization affiliation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sarah E. Aker, Office of the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing, 

Department of Commerce, Room 2132, 

1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (Phone: (202) 

482–4073).

Dated: October 13, 2004. 

Sarah E. Aker, 

Special Assistant.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration 

North American Free-Trade Agreement 

(NAFTA), Article 1904 NAFTA Panel 

Reviews; Decision of the Committee

AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United 

States Section, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of completion of 

extraordinary challenge. 

SUMMARY: On October 7, 2004 the 

Extraordinary Challenge Committee 

(ECC) issued its decision in the matter 

of Pure Magnesium from Canada, 

Secretariat File No. ECC–2003–1904–

01USA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Caratina L. Alston, United States 

Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite 

2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue, 

Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter 

19 of the North American Free-Trade 

Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’) establishes a 

mechanism to replace domestic judicial 

review of final determinations in 

antidumping and countervailing duty 

cases involving imports from a NAFTA 

country with review by independent 

binational panels. When a Request for 

Panel Review is filed, a panel is 

established to act in place of national 

courts to review expeditiously the final 

determination to determine whether it 

conforms with the antidumping or 

countervailing duty law of the country 

that made the determination. 

Under Article 1904 of the Agreement, 

which came into force on January 1, 

1994, the Government of the United 

States, the Government of Canada and 

the Government of Mexico established 

Rules of Procedure for Article 1904 

Binational Panel Reviews (‘‘Rules’’). 

These Rules were published in the 

Federal Register on February 23, 1994 

(59 FR 8686). The panel review in this 

matter was conducted in accordance 

with these Rules. 

Background Information 

On September 24, 2003, the Office of 

the United States Trade Representative 

filed a Request for an Extraordinary 

Challenge Committee to review 

decisions as stated above with the 

United States Section of the NAFTA 

Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of 

the North American Free Trade 

Agreement. Committee review was 

requested of the full sunset review of 

the antidumping duty order made by the 

International Trade Administration, 

respecting Pure Magnesium From 

Canada. These determinations were 

published in the Federal Register. The 

NAFTA Secretariat assigned Secretariat 

File Number ECC–2003–1904–01USA to 

this request. 

Committee Decision 

The Committee concluded that the 

panel manifestly exceeded its powers by 

failing to apply the correct standard of 

review; such action materially affected 

the Panel’s decision, but; that the 

Panel’s action did not threaten the 

integrity of the binational panel review 

process. 

Accordingly the challenge is 

dismissed and by virtue of section 3 of 

NAFTA Annex 1904.13 the challenged 

panel decision stands affirmed.