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shipments measures the value of goods

delivered during the month by domestic

manufacturers. Estimates of new orders

serve as an indicator of future

production commitments and represent

the current sales value of new orders

received during the month, net of

cancellations. Substantial accumulation

or depletion of unfilled orders measures

excess or deficient demand for

manufactured products. The level of

inventories, especially in relation to

shipments, is frequently used to monitor

the business cycle.

The estimated total annual burden

hours are increased from 20,600 to

24,000 to reflect an increase in the

survey panel. The conversion of the

survey from the Standard Industrial

Classification system to the North

American Industry Classification

System will result in new and

reconfigured industry categories, which

require a larger survey panel to ensure

sufficient coverage in all industries.

II. Method of Collection

Respondents submit data on form M–

3(SD) via mail, facsimile machine,

Touchtone Data Entry (TDE), Voice

Recognition Entry (VRE), or via the

Internet. Analysts call respondents who

usually report, to obtain data in time for

preparing the monthly estimates.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0607–0008.

Form Number: M–3(SD).

Type of Review: Regular.

Affected Public: Businesses, large and

small, or other for profit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

6,000 monthly.

Estimated Time Per Response: 20

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 24,000.

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$436,800.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: Title 13 USC,

Sections 131 and 182.

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: April 25, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–10651 Filed 4–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau

Census 2000 Evaluation Followup

Interview

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

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,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before June 27, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5033, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at

LEngelme@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Dave Raglin, Bureau of

the Census, Room BH–121/SFC2,

Washington, DC 20233–9200, 301–457–

4238.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The U.S. Bureau of the Census will

conduct an Accuracy and Coverage

Evaluation as a quality assurance

program to measure coverage of the

population in the decennial census. In

the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation,

we independently count a sample of

housing units and the people living in

those units, then compare those results

to the census.

The U.S. Bureau of the Census would

like to determine the magnitude of and

sources of measurement errors in the

residence classification of persons in the

Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation. To

do this the Census Bureau plans to

conduct the Evaluation Followup

Interview (EFU), a follow-up interview

of a subsample of Accuracy and

Coverage Evaluation clusters. The types

of information collected during the

interview will help determine whether

or not a person mentioned in the Census

or in the Accuracy and Coverage

Evaluation Person Interview lived in the

housing unit on census day (Saturday

April 1, 2000) or on the Accuracy and

Coverage Evaluation interview day

(sometime between late-April and midAugust, 2000). The information will also

help identify possible reasons a person

was missed or enumerated in error in

the Census or the Accuracy and

Coverage Evaluation. This is

accomplished by asking the respondent

more specific questions than the

Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation

about specific types of group quarters or

other residences a person may have

lived at, and by determining if persons

have moved in and moved out of a

household. The interview will be

conducted using the Evaluation

Followup Questionnaires, forms D–

1301(EFU), the English language version

and D–1301(EFU–S), the Spanish

language version of the form. The data

from the EFU will be used for four

Census evaluations.

II. Method of Collection

Person interview.

III. Data

OMB Number: Not available.

Form Number: D–1301(EFU), D–

1301(EFU–S)

Type of Review: Regular.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

40,000 Housing units.

Estimated Time Per Response: 20

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 13,333 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: There is

no cost to the respondent other than the

time to provide the requested

information.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13, United

States Code, Sections 141, 193, and 221.

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

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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: April 25, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–10652 Filed 4–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–588–835]

Oil Country Tubular Goods From

Japan: Notice of Extension of Time

Limit for Preliminary Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit

for preliminary results of antidumping

duty administrative review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 28, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Hoadley, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone:

(202) 482–0666.

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the Act) are to the provisions

effective January 1, 1995, the effective

date of the amendments made to the Act

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

In addition, unless otherwise indicated,

all citations to the Department’s

regulations are to 19 CFR part 351

(1999).

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary

Results

The Department of Commerce has

received a request to conduct an

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on oil country

tubular goods from Japan. The

Department initiated this review for

Hallmark Tubulars Ltd., Itochu

Corporation, Itochu Project Management

Corp., Nippon Steel Corp., and

Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. on

October 1, 1999 (64 FR 53318). The

review covers the period August 1, 1998

through July 31, 1999.

Because of the complexity of certain

issues, it is not practicable to complete

this review within the time limit

mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the

Act. Therefore, in accordance with that

section, the Department is extending the

time limit for the preliminary results to

August 11, 2000 (See Memorandum

from Edward C. Yang to Joseph A.

Spetrini, Extension of Time Limit, April

7, 2000).

Dated: April 7, 2000.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD

Enforcement Group III.

[FR Doc. 00–10528 Filed 4–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–588–835]

Oil Country Tubular Goods From

Japan; Amended Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Amended Final

Results of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review.

SUMMARY: We are amending our final

results of the 1997–98 administrative

review of the antidumping duty order

on oil country tubular goods (OCTG)

from Japan, published on March 22,

2000 (65 FR 15305), to reflect the

correction of ministerial errors made in

the calculations of our final results. We

are publishing this amendment to the

final results in accordance with 19 CFR

351.224(e). The final weighted-average

dumping margin for the reviewed firm

is listed below in the section entitled

‘‘Amended Final Results of Review.’’

The period of review is August 1, 1997

through July 31, 1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 28, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas Gilgunn or Mark Hoadley,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–0648 and (202)

482–0666, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the Act), are references to the

provisions effective January 1, 1995, the

effective date of the amendments made

to the Act by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act. In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the

Department’s regulations are to 19 CFR

Part 351 (1999).

Background

On September 7, 1999, the

Department published the preliminary

results of the administrative review of

the antidumping duty order on OCTGs

from Japan (64 FR 48589). We published

the final results of review on March 22,

2000 (65 FR 15305).

On March 14, 2000, we received

allegations from respondent, Sumitomo

Metal Industries (SMI), that we had

made ministerial errors in our

calculations of the final results of

review.

Scope of Review

The merchandise covered by this

order consists of OCTGs, hollow steel

products of circular cross-section,

including oil well casing, tubing, and

drill pipe, of iron (other than cast iron)

or steel (both carbon and alloy), whether

seamless or welded, whether or not

conforming to American Petroleum

Institute (API) or non-API

specifications, whether finished or

unfinished (including green tubes and

limited service OCTG products). This

scope does not cover casing, tubing, or

drill pipe containing 10.5 percent or

more of chromium. The products

subject to this order are currently

classified in the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)

under item numbers: 7304.21.30.00,

7304.21.60.30, 7304.21.60.45,

7304.21.60.60, 7304.29.10.10,

7304.29.10.20, 7304.29.10.30,

7304.29.10.40, 7304.29.10.50,

7304.29.10.60, 7304.29.10.80,

7304.29.20.10, 7304.29.20.20,

7304.29.20.30, 7304.29.20.40,

7304.29.20.50, 7304.29.20.60,

7304.29.20.80, 7304.29.30.10,

7304.29.30.20, 7304.29.30.30,

7304.29.30.40, 7304.29.30.50,

7304.29.30.60, 7304.29.30.80,

7304.29.40.10, 7304.29.40.20,