Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 246 / Thursday, December 23, 2004 / Notices 76909

[FR Doc. 04–28080 Filed 12–22–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–C

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service 

Publication of Depreciation Rates

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service 

(RUS) hereby announces the 

depreciation rates for 

telecommunications plant for the period 

ending December 31, 2003.

DATES: These rates are effective 

immediately and will remain in effect 

until rates are available for the period 

ending December 31, 2004, 

approximately six months from now.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jonathan P. Claffey, Deputy Assistant 

Administrator, Telecommunications 

Program, Rural Utilities Service, STOP 

1590—Room 5151, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–

1590. Telephone: (202) 720–9556.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

RUS regulation 7 CFR part 1737, PreLoan Policies and Procedures Common 

to Insured and Guaranteed 

Telecommunications Loans, section 

1737.70(e) explains the depreciation 

rates that are used by RUS in its 

feasibility studies. Section 1737.70(e)(2) 

refers to median depreciation rates 

published by RUS for all borrowers. The 

following chart provides those rates, 

compiled by RUS, for the reporting 

period ending December 31, 2003:


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76910 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 246 / Thursday, December 23, 2004 / Notices 

1The petitioners in this investigation are the Ad 

Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee (an ad hoc 

coalition representative of U.S. producers of frozen 

and canned warmwater shrimp and harvesters of 

wild-caught warmwater shrimp), Versaggi Shrimp 

Corporation, and Indian Ridge Shrimp Company.

MEDIAN DEPRECIATION RATES OF RUS 

BORROWERS BY EQUIPMENT CATEGORY FOR PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2003 

Telecommunications plant 

category 

Depreciation 

rate

(percent) 

1. Land and Support Assets: 

a. Motor Vehicles ............ 15.00 

b. Aircraft ......................... 11.25 

c. Special purpose vehicles .............................. 12.07 

d. Garage and other work 

equipment .................... 10.00 

e. Buildings ..................... 3.16 

f. Furniture and Office 

equipment .................... 10.00 

g. General purpose computers ........................... 19.325 

2. Central Office Switching: 

a. Digital .......................... 8.33 

b. Analog & Electro-mechanical ....................... 10.00 

c. Operator Systems ....... 9.00 

3. Central Office Transmission: 

a. Radio Systems ............ 9.46 

b. Circuit equipment ........ 10.00 

4. Information origination/

termination: 

a. Station apparatus ........ 12.00 

b. Customer premises 

wiring ........................... 10.00 

c. Large private branch 

exchanges ................... 12.50 

d. Public telephone terminal equipment .......... 11.10 

e. Other terminal equipment ............................. 10.00 

5. Cable and wire facilities: 

a. Aerial cable—Poles .... 6.36 

b. Aerial cable—Metal ..... 6.00 

c. Aerial cable—Fiber ..... 5.10 

d. Underground cable—

Metal ............................ 5.00 

e. Underground cable—

Fiber ............................ 5.00 

f. Buried cable—Metal .... 5.00 

g. Buried cable—Fiber .... 5.00 

h. Conduit systems ......... 3.03 

i. Other ............................ 10.07 

Dated: December 17, 2004. 

Curtis Anderson, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 04–28081 Filed 12–22–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Materials Technical Advisory 

Committee; Notice of Open Meeting 

The Materials Technical Advisory 

Committee (MTAC) will meet on 

January 27, 2005, 10:30 a.m., in the 

Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 3884, 

14th Street between Constitution & 

Pennsylvania Avenues, NW., 

Washington, DC. The Committee 

advises the Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Export Administration 

with respect to technical questions that 

affect the level of export controls 

applicable to advanced materials and 

related technology. 

Agenda:

1. Opening remarks. 

2. Presentation of papers and 

comments by the public. 

3. Review of Chemical Weapons 

Convention Schedules. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public and a limited number of seats 

will be available. Reservations are not 

accepted. To the extent that time 

permits, members of the public may 

present oral statements to the 

Committee. Written statements may be 

submitted at any time before or after the 

meeting. However, to facilitate 

distribution of public presentation 

materials to Committee members, the 

Committee suggests that presenters 

forward the public presentation 

materials to Lee Ann Carpenter at 

Lcarpent@bis.doc.gov.

For more information contact Lee Ann 

Carpenter on (202) 482–2583.

Dated: December 20, 2004. 

Lee Ann Carpenter, 

Committee Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–28103 Filed 12–22–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration 

[A–351–838] 

Notice of Final Determination of Sales 

at Less Than Fair Value: Certain 

Frozen and Canned Warmwater Shrimp 

From Brazil

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 23, 2004.

SUMMARY: On August 4, 2004, the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) published its preliminary 

determination of sales at less than fair 

value (LTFV) of certain frozen and 

canned warmwater shrimp from Brazil. 

The period of investigation is October 1, 

2002, through September 30, 2003. 

Based on our analysis of the 

comments received, we have made 

changes in the margin calculations. 

Therefore, the final determination 

differs from the preliminary 

determination. The final weightedaverage dumping margins for the 

investigated companies are listed below 

in the section entitled ‘‘Final 

Determination Margins.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rebecca Trainor or Kate Johnson, AD/

CVD Operations, Office 2, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–4007 or (202) 482–

4929, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Final Determination 

We determine that certain frozen and 

canned warmwater shrimp from Brazil 

is being, or is likely to be, sold in the 

United States at LTFV, as provided in 

section 735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). The estimated 

margins of sales at LTFV are shown in 

the ‘‘Suspension of Liquidation’’ section 

of this notice. 

Case History 

The preliminary determination in this 

investigation was published on August 

4, 2004. See Notice of Preliminary 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Postponement of Final 

Determination: Certain Frozen and 

Canned Warmwater Shrimp from Brazil, 

69 FR 47081 (Preliminary 

Determination). We amended the 

preliminary determination to correct 

certain ministerial errors made in the 

margin calculation for Empresa de 

Armazenagem Frigorifica Ltda. 

(EMPAF), which we determined to be 

significant under 19 CFR 351.224(g). See 

Notice of Amended Preliminary 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value: Certain Frozen and Canned 

Warmwater Shrimp from Brazil, 69 FR 

52860 (August 30, 2004). 

Since the amended preliminary 

determination, the following events 

have occurred. During the period July 

through October 2004, various 

interested parties, including the 

petitioners,1 submitted comments on 

the scope of this and the concurrent 

investigations of certain frozen and 

canned warmwater shrimp.

On September 1, 2004, Norte Pesca, 

S.A. withdrew from this investigation. 

During the period September 6—17, 

2004, and September 29—October 1, 

2004, we conducted the sales and cost 

verifications of the questionnaire 

responses of EMPAF and Central de