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to 12 inches in diameter. In units with 

limited accessibility, trees up to 19.9 

inches will be masticated. Black oak 

stump sprouts will be left untreated at 

an approximate spacing of 18–25 feet, 

with mastication in between. Fireinjured trees may be removed in order 

to meet post-fire fuels and operational 

objectives. Snags would be retained in 

snag retention areas, and in treatment 

areas at a minimum of 2 snags per acre 

and up to 4 snags per acre (exception is 

along the Rim Road, where either all 

snags would be removed or up to 2 

snags per acre would be retained). 

Approximately 30 acres would be 

required for log and biomass landing 

activities. No new road construction 

would be required. Approximately 56 

acres of fire-damaged plantations would 

be reforested and 40 acres of ‘‘spot 

planting’’ with conifer seedlings would 

occur in widely spaced clusters to 

emulate a naturally established forest. 

The areas would be reforested with a 

mixture of native species. In both 

burned and unburned areas, manual 

cutting of shrubs, trees 1 to 9 inches 

dbh, and/or thinning aggregations of 1 

to 9 inches dbh conifers or plantation 

trees would occur. 

Possible Alternatives 

In addition to the proposed action, 

two other alternatives would be 

analyzed, a no action alternative 

(alternative A), and an action alternative 

consistent with the 2001 SNFPA ROD 

(alternative C). 

Lead and Cooperating Agencies 

The USDA, Forest Service is the lead 

agency for this proposal. The USDI, 

Bureau of Land Management is a 

cooperating agency for the purpose of 

this EIS. 

Responsible Official 

USDA Forest Service, Feather River 

District Ranger of the Plumas National 

Forest and the USDI Bureau of Land 

Management, Northern California 

Redding Field Manager are the 

Responsible Officials. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The decision to be made is whether 

to: (1) Implement the proposed action; 

(2) meet the purpose and need for action 

through some other combination of 

activities; or, (3) take no action at this 

time. 

Preliminary Issues 

The proposed action may increase 

adverse effects to water and other 

aquatic dependent resources in 

municipal watersheds, already 

considered highly disturbed. 

Specifically, implementing grounddisturbing activities in watersheds that 

are already over the threshold of 

concern may increase the risk of adverse 

and cumulative watershed effects. The 

proposed action may increase adverse 

cumulative loss of snag (post-fire dead 

tree) habitat, already depleted over 

roughly 8,000 acres in surrounding 

areas, along with the species that are 

dependent on them for nesting and 

roosting. 

Permits or Licenses Required 

An Air Pollution Permit and a Smoke 

Management Plan are required by local 

agencies. 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. A public field trip 

will be held on October 10, 2009, 

starting at 9 a.m, leaving from the Pines 

Yankee Hill Hardware Store, 11 300A 

Highway 70, Oroville, CA 95965. 

It is important that reviewers provide 

their comments at such times and in 

such a manner that they are useful to 

the agency’s preparation of the 

environmental impact statement. 

Therefore, comments should be 

provided prior to the close of the 

comment period and should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and 

contentions. The submission of timely 

and specific comments can affect a 

reviewer’s ability to participate in 

subsequent administrative appeal or 

judicial review. 

Dated: September 14, 2009. 

Karen L. Hayden, 

Feather River District Ranger. 

[FR Doc. E9–22952 Filed 9–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Limitations of Duty- and Quota-Free 

Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled 

in Beneficiary Sub-Saharan African 

Countries From Regional and ThirdCountry Fabric 

September 21, 2009. 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Publishing the New 12-Month 

Cap on Duty- and Quota-Free Benefits. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don 

Niewiaroski, International Trade 

Specialist, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482-4058. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Title I, Section 112(b)(3) of the 

Trade and Development Act of 2000 (TDA 

2000), P.L. 106-200, as amended by Division 

B, Title XXI, section 3108 of the Trade Act 

of 2002, P.L. 107-210; Section 7(b)(2) of the 

AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004, P.L. 108- 

274; Division D, Title VI, section 6002 of the 

Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 

(TRHCA 2006), P.L. 109-432; Presidential 

Proclamation 7350 of October 2, 2000 (65 FR 

59321); Presidential Proclamation 7626 of 

November 13, 2002 (67 FR 69459). 

Title I of TDA 2000 provides for dutyand quota-free treatment for certain 

textile and apparel articles imported 

from designated beneficiary subSaharan African countries. Section 

112(b)(3) of TDA 2000 provides dutyand quota-free treatment for apparel 

articles wholly assembled in one or 

more beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries from fabric wholly formed in 

one or more beneficiary countries from 

yarn originating in the U.S. or one or 

more beneficiary countries. This 

preferential treatment is also available 

for apparel articles assembled in one or 

more lesser-developed beneficiary subSaharan African countries, regardless of 

the country of origin of the fabric used 

to make such articles, subject to 

quantitative limitation. Title VI of the 

TRHCA 2006 extended this special rule 

for lesser-developed countries through 

September 30, 2012. 

The AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 

provides that the quantitative limitation 

for the twelve-month period beginning 

October 1, 2009 will be an amount not 

to exceed 7 percent of the aggregate 

square meter equivalents of all apparel 

articles imported into the United States 

in the preceding 12-month period for 

which data are available. See Section 

112(b)(3)(A)(ii)(I) of TDA 2000, as 

amended by Section 7(b)(2)(B) of the 

AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004. Of this 

overall amount, apparel imported under 

the special rule for lesser-developed 

countries is limited to an amount not to 

exceed 3.5 percent of all apparel articles 

imported into the United States in the 

preceding 12-month period. See Section 

112(b)(3)(B)(ii)(II) of TDA 2000, as 

amended by Section 6002(a) of TRHCA 

2006. Presidential Proclamation 7350 of 

October 2, 2000 directed CITA to 

publish the aggregate quantity of 

imports allowed during each 12-month 

period in the Federal Register. 

For the one-year period, beginning on 

October 1, 2009, and extending through 

September 30, 2010, the aggregate 

quantity of imports eligible for 

preferential treatment under these 


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1On October 9, and October 10, 2008, 

respectively, Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals 

B.V. (Akzo Nobel) and the Aqualon Company, a 

division of Hercules, Incorporated (petitioner), 

withdrew their requests for review of Akzo Nobel’s 

sales of merchandise covered by the order. 

Therefore, the Department rescinded the review 

with respect to Akzo Nobel. See Purified 

Carboxymethylcellulose from the Netherlands: 

Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review, 73 FR 66841 (November 12, 

2008). 

provisions is 1,628,793,037 square 

meters equivalent. Of this amount, 

814,396,518 square meters equivalent is 

available to apparel articles imported 

under the special rule for lesserdeveloped countries. Apparel articles 

entered in excess of these quantities will 

be subject to otherwise applicable 

tariffs. 

These quantities are calculated using 

the aggregate square meter equivalents 

of all apparel articles imported into the 

United States, derived from the set of 

Harmonized System lines listed in the 

Annex to the World Trade Organization 

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 

(ATC), and the conversion factors for 

units of measure into square meter 

equivalents used by the United States in 

implementing the ATC. 

Kimberly Glas, 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. 

[FR Doc. E9–23118 Filed 9–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for clearance the following 

proposal for collection of information 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO). 

Title: Invention Promoters/Promotion 

Firms Complaints. 

Form Number(s): PTO/SB/2048. 

Agency Approval Number: 0651– 

0044. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden: 38 hours annually. 

Number of Respondents: 100 

responses per year. 

Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO 

estimates that it will take the public 

approximately 15 minutes (0.25 hours) 

to gather the necessary information, 

prepare the form, and submit a 

complaint to the USPTO and 

approximately 30 minutes (0.5 hours) 

for an invention promoter or promotion 

firm to prepare and submit a response 

to a complaint. 

Needs and Uses: The Inventors’ 

Rights Act of 1999 requires the USPTO 

to provide a forum for the publication 

of complaints concerning invention 

promoters and responses from the 

invention promoters to these 

complaints. An individual may submit 

a complaint to the USPTO, which will 

then forward the complaint to the 

identified invention promoter for 

response. The complaints and responses 

are published on the USPTO Web site. 

The public uses this information 

collection to submit a complaint to the 

USPTO regarding an invention promoter 

or to respond to a complaint. The 

USPTO uses this information to comply 

with its statutory duty to publish the 

complaint along with any response from 

the invention promoter. The USPTO 

does not investigate these complaints or 

participate in any legal proceedings 

against invention promoters or 

promotion firms. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households, businesses or other forprofits, and not-for-profit institutions. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, 

e-mail: 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov. 

Once submitted, the request will be 

publicly available in electronic format 

through the Information Collection 

Review page at http://www.reginfo.gov. 

Paper copies can be obtained by: 

• E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–0044 Invention 

Promoters Complaints copy request’’ in 

the subject line of the message. 

• Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the 

attention of Susan K. Fawcett. 

• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, Administrative Management 

Group, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent on 

or before October 26, 2009 to Nicholas 

A. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via e-mail 

at Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or 

by fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the 

attention of Nicholas A. Fraser. 

Dated: September 17, 2009. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Administrative 

Management Group. 

[FR Doc. E9–23033 Filed 9–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

(A–421–811) 

Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From 

the Netherlands; Extension of Time 

Limit for Final Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 24, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Edwards, Brian Davis, or 

Angelica Mendoza, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 7, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–8029, (202) 482– 

7924, or (202) 482–3019, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Department of Commerce (the 

Department) initiated an administrative 

review of the antidumping duty order 

on purified carboxymethylcellulose 

(CMC) from the Netherlands on August 

26, 2008. See Initiation of Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews, 73 FR 50308 (August 26, 

2008).1 On May 26, 2009, the 

Department published the preliminary 

results of the administrative review of 

the antidumping duty order covering 

purified CMC from the Netherlands. See 

Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from 

the Netherlands; Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review, 74 FR 24823 (May 26, 2009) 

(Preliminary Results). In the Preliminary 

Results, we invited parties to comment. 

In response, CP Kelco submitted a case 

brief and a request for a public hearing 

on June 26, 2009. See Case Brief from 

Arent Fox LLP (counsel for respondent) 

titled ‘‘Purified Carboxymethylcellulose 

from the Netherlands; Case Brief of CP 

Kelco B.V.,’’ dated June 26, 2009 (Case 

Brief). Petitioner submitted comments 

on June 30, 2009. See Letter from 

Haynes & Boone, LLP (counsel for 

petitioner), titled ‘‘Comment by 

Petitioner Aqualon Company in Lieu of 


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