75306 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 241 / Thursday, December 16, 2004 / Notices 

1Section 129 of the URAA is the provision 

governing administrative action following WTO 

panel and Appellate Body reports.

2All issues raised in the comments submitted by 

the parties concerning this Section 129 

Determination are addressed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum.

Pursuant to section 129(b)(2) of the 

Uruguay Round Agreements Act 

(URAA),1 on November 9, 2004, the U.S. 

Trade Representative requested the 

Department to issue a revised 

determination not inconsistent with the 

findings of the Appellate Body. On 

November 19, 2004, the Department 

issued a draft Section 129 

Determination and provided an 

opportunity for the parties to comment. 

On December 6, 2004, the Department 

issued its final Section 129 

Determination. See ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Section 129 

Determination: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, 

Certain Softwood Lumber from Canada’’

from Barbara E. Tillman, Acting Deputy 

Assistant Secretary, Import 

Administration, to James J. Jochum, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration, signed December 6, 

2004 (‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum’’).

Pursuant to section 129(b)(4) of the 

URAA, following consultations with the 

Department and congressional 

committees concerning the revised 

determination, on December 10, 2004, 

the U.S. Trade Representative directed 

the Department to implement the 

Section 129 Determination. 

Implementation 

Accordingly, the Department is 

publishing this notice of its revised final 

affirmative countervailing duty 

determination with respect to Certain 

Softwood Lumber from Canada. 

Consistent with the recommendations 

and findings of the Appellate Body in 

Softwood Lumber, the revised final 

determination reflects the results of the 

Department’s analysis of whether there 

were ‘‘arm’s-length’’ transactions 

involving Crown timber in which some 

or all of the stumpage subsidy benefit 

did not ‘‘pass through’’ to the 

purchasing sawmills. Copies of the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum 

detailing our Section 129 determination 

are available online at http://

ia.ita.doc.gov/ia-highlights-andnews.html as well as in the Central 

Records Unit in room B–099 of the main 

Department building.2

In accordance with section 

129(c)(1)(B), we will instruct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection to 

collect cash deposits of estimated 

countervailing duties of 18.62 percent 

ad valorem on all shipments of the 

subject merchandise entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after December 10, 

2004, i.e., the date on which the U.S. 

Trade Representative directed the 

Department to implement the Section 

129 Determination. These instructions 

will remain in effect until further notice. 

This notice of implementation is 

issued and published in accordance 

with section 129(c)(2)(A) of the URAA.

Dated: December 10, 2004. 

James J. Jochum, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 121304A] 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Southwest Region 

Vessel Identification Requirements

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

DOC.

ACTION: Notice.

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.

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before February 14, 

2005.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at DHynek@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Alvin Katekaru, 

PacificIslands Regional Office, NMFS, 

1601 Kapiolani Blvd., Honolulu, HI 

96814 (phone 808-973-2937).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I.Abstract

Regulations at 50 CFR part 660.16 

require that all vessels with Federal 

permits to fish in the Southwest display 

the vessel’s official number. Regulations 

at 50 CFR part 300.35 require that 

vessels in the South Pacific tuna purse 

seine fishery must display their 

international radio call sign on the hull, 

the deck, and on the sides of auxiliary 

equipment such as skiffs and 

helicopters. The numbers must be a 

specific size at specified locations. The 

display of the identifying number aids 

in fishery law enforcement.

II. Method of Collection

No information is collected.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0648–0361.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, and individuals or 

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,481.

Estimated Time Per Response: 45 

minutes (15 minutes for each of three 

markings) for non-purse seine vessels; 

and 1 hour and 15 minutes for purse 

seine vessels.

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,130.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: 17,000.

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 also will become a matter of public 

record.

Dated: December 9, 2004.

Gwellnar Banks,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer.

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