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requests to the extent allowable by law. 

Individual respondents who wish to 

withhold their name or address (except 

for the city or town) from public review 

must state this prominently at the 

beginning of their comments and must 

submit their comments by regular mail. 

All submissions from organizations or 

businesses and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses will be 

available for public review in their 

entirety. 

Scoping Meetings 

If you wish to speak at a scoping 

meeting, you should sign up to speak 

when you arrive at the meeting. OSM 

will call upon persons to speak in the 

order of the sign-in. If you are in the 

audience and have not signed up to 

speak, you will be allowed to speak after 

those who have signed up. For persons 

who wish not to speak, OSM also will 

accept written comments at the meeting. 

A transcriber will be present at the 

meetings to record comments. To assist 

the transcriber and ensure an accurate 

record, OSM requests that each speaker 

provide a written copy of his or her 

comments, if possible. OSM will end 

the meeting after everyone who wishes 

to speak has been heard. If a large 

number of people wish to speak at a 

meeting, OSM may limit the length of 

time each person has to speak in order 

to give everyone an opportunity to 

speak. 

Hopi and Navajo interpreters will be 

present at meetings on the Hopi and 

Navajo Reservations. 

If you are disabled or need special 

accommodations to attend one of the 

meetings, contact the person under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least 

one week before the meeting.

Dated: November 17, 2004. 

Allen D. Klein, 

Regional Director, Western Regional 

Coordinating Center.

[FR Doc. 04–26439 Filed 11–30–04; 8:45 am] 

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Inv. No. 337–TA–508] 

Certain Absorbent Garments; Notice of 

a Commission Determination Not To 

Review an Initial Determination 

Terminating the Investigation With 

Respect to all Respondents on the 

Basis of a Consent Order; Issuance of 

Consent Order; Termination of 

Investigation

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has determined not to 

review an initial determination (‘‘ID’’) of 

the presiding administrative law judge 

(‘‘ALJ’’) granting the joint motion of the 

complainants and four respondents, 

Grupo ABS Internacional, S.A. de C.V., 

Absormex S.A. de C.V., and ABS Bienes 

de Capital S.A. de C.V. all of Mexico, 

and Absormex USA, Inc., of Laredo, 

Texas, to terminate the above-captioned 

investigation with respect to those 

respondents on the basis of a consent 

order. The investigation is terminated in 

its entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael K. Haldenstein, Esq., telephone 

202–205–3041, Office of the General 

Counsel, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20436. Copies of all 

nonconfidential documents filed in 

connection with this investigation are or 

will be available for inspection during 

official business hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 

p.m.) in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 500 E 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20436, 

telephone 202–205–2000. General 

information concerning the Commission 

may also be obtained by accessing its 

Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov). 

The public record for this investigation 

may be viewed on the Commission’s 

electronic docket (EDIS–ON–LINE) at 

http://edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired 

persons are advised that information on 

the matter can be obtained by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–

205–1810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission instituted this investigation 

on May 2, 2004, based on a complaint 

filed by Tyco Healthcare Retail Group, 

Inc. and Paragon Trade Brands, Inc. A 

supplement to the complaint was filed 

on April 26, 2004. The complaint, as 

supplemented, alleges violations of 

section 337 in the importation into the 

United States, the sale for importation, 

and the sale within the United States 

after importation of certain absorbent 

garments by reason of infringement of 

claims 1, 9, 12–13 of U.S. Patent No. 

5,275,590, claims 1–2 of U.S. Patent No. 

5,403,301, and claims 8–9 of U.S. Patent 

No. 4,892,528. The complaint further 

alleges that there exists an industry in 

the United States as required by 

subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The 

complaint named three respondents: 

Grupo ABS Internacional, S.A. de C.V. 

and Absormex S.A. de C.V. of Mexico, 

and Absormex USA, Inc. of Laredo 

Texas. ABS Bienes de Capital S.A. de 

C.V. was added as a respondent on July 

15, 2004. 

On October 12, 2004, the two 

complainants and the four respondents 

filed a joint motion to terminate the 

investigation as to all four respondents. 

The joint motion was based on a 

proposed consent order, filed pursuant 

to a consent order stipulation and 

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 

between the parties. The Commission 

Investigative Attorney (‘‘IA’’) filed a 

response in support of the motion on 

October 22, 2004. The ALJ denied the 

joint motion on October 27, 2004 

because it appeared to him that the 

parties may have intended to have the 

Commission enforce the MOU. The 

parties then moved for reconsideration 

of the denial of the joint motion on 

October 29, 2004. 

The ALJ issued the subject ID on 

November 2, 2004, granting the motion 

for reconsideration and terminating the 

investigation as to all four respondents 

on the basis of a consent order. The ALJ 

indicates in the ID that he is satisfied 

that the parties made clear in their 

motion for reconsideration that they do 

not intend for the Commission to 

enforce the MOU. The ID also indicates 

that the consent order stipulation 

satisfies the provisions of Commission 

rule 210.21(c)(3)(i). No petitions for 

review of the subject ID were filed. 

This action is taken under the 

authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, 

and Commission rule 210.42, 19 CFR 

210.42.

Issued: November 24, 2004.

By order of the Commission. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission.

[FR Doc. 04–26485 Filed 11–30–04; 8:45 am] 

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