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Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Tagalog, and

Vietnamese. The Census Bureau

anticipates that many of the non-English

speaking respondents will use these

programs. However, others may not use

these programs for a variety of different

reasons (i.e., lack of awareness, fear,

apathy, etc.).

The U.S. Census Bureau would like to

better understand how non-English

speaking respondents cope with the

Census. To do this the Census Bureau is

proposing to conduct a follow-up

interview of long-form respondents that

indicate they speak a language other

than English at home. The types of

information collected during the

interview will address their awareness

of the QACs, Be Counted forms, and

LAGs; their ability to have completed

the questionnaire on their own (i.e. did

the non-English speaking respondent

obtain help from a neighbor or someone

else that speaks English?); and the

language of the interview in

Nonresponse Follow-up (NRFU).

II. Method of Collection

The reinterview will be conducted by

telephone with specially trained

bilingual interviewers. A telephone

reinterview of approximately 5,000

cases will be conducted to result in

approximately 1,000 completed cases

for each of three languages. The

reinterview will be done in Spanish,

one language to be selected from the

remaining four in which there are nonEnglish questionnaires (Korean,

Chinese, Tagalog, and Vietnamese), and

one other language to be selected from

those that have no non-English

questionnaires. We plan to select the

language groups for which the census

process is expected to be most difficult

based on linguistic isolation and other

potential barriers to enumeration. The

prevalence of the non-English language

will also be a decision factor. The

sample will be post-stratified based on

the mode of response (i.e., English form,

non-English form, or enumerator form).

We will conduct this operation in two

waves with the first wave composed of

those respondents returning a form

through the mail, and the second wave

composed of those respondents

enumerated in NRFU. In the

reinterview, we will attempt to

determine: (1) If the respondents were

aware of the QACs, LAGs, and Be

Counted Forms, (2) Why the

respondents did or did not use those

services, and (3) For those responding in

English yet indicating they do not speak

English well, it is desired to know from

whom they obtained assistance. The

interviews will be performed May–July

2000, after the availability of the

appropriate data files from which the

sample will be obtained.

III. Data

OMB Number: Not available.

Form Number: Not available.

Type of Review: Regular Submission.

Affected Public: Individuals.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

5000.

Estimated Time per Response: 20

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 1,667 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: There is

no cost to the respondent other than the

time to provide the requested

information.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: Title 13, United

States Code, Sections 141 and 193.

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 a

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 respondent; 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: January 12, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

Information Systems Technical

Advisory Committee; Notice of

Partially Closed Meeting

The information Systems Technical

Advisory Committee (ISTAC) will meet

on February 3 & 4, 2000, 9 a.m., at the

SPAWAR Systems Center, Rosecrans

Street (Point Loma area), San Diego,

California. Committee members and

visitors are asked to cheek in at Visitor

Reception before the meeting. Both the

public session and the closed session

will be held in Building 111, Room 266.

The Committee advises the Office of the

Assistant Secretary for Export

Administration on technical questions

that affect the level of export controls

applicable to information systems

equipment and technology.

February 3

Public Session

1. Comments or presentations by the

public.

2. An industry proposal on changes to

Category 5—telecommunications.

3. Overview of encryption regulations:

an industry perspective.

4. Industry presentation on low-power

microprocessors.

5. An industry proposal on changes to

semiconductor manufacturing

equipment controls.

6. Discussion on alternatives to

Composite Theoretical Performance

(CTP) for measuring computer

performance.

February 3 & 4

Closed Session

7. Discussion of matters properly

classified under Executive Order 12958,

dealing with U.S. export control

programs and strategic criteria related

thereto.

A limited number of seats will be

available for the public session.

Reservations are not required. To the

extent time permits, members of the

public may present oral statements to

the Committee. The public may submit

written statements at any time before or

after the meeting. However, to facilitate

distribution of public presentation

materials to Committee members, the

Committee suggests that public

presentation materials or comments be

forwarded before the meeting to the

address listed below:

Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter, Advisory

Committees MS: 3876, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 15th St. & Pennsylvania Ave.,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230

The Assistant Secretary for

Administration, with the concurrence of

the delegate of the General Counsel,

formally determined on September 10,

1999, pursuant to section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended, that the series of meetings or

portions of meetings of these

Committees and of any Subcommittees

thereof, dealing with the classified

materials listed in 5 U.S.C. 552(c)(1)

shall be exempt from the provisions

relating to public meetings found in

section 10(a)(1) and (a)(3), of the Federal

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Advisory Committee Act. The remaining

series of meetings or portions thereof

will be open to the public.

A copy of the Notice of Determination

to close meetings or portions of

meetings of these Committees is

available for public inspection and

copying in the Central Reference and

Records Inspection Facility, Room 6020,

U.S. Department of Commerce,

Washington, D.C. For further

information or copies of the minutes

call Lee Ann Carpenter, 202–482–2583.

Dated: January 11, 2000.

Lee Ann Carpenter,

Committee Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–401–806]

Stainless Steel Wire Rod From

Sweden: Rescission of First

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Rescission of the First

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review.

SUMMARY: On November 4, 1999, in

response to a September 30, 1999,

request made by Fagersta Stainless AB,

a producer/exporter of stainless steel

wire rod from Sweden, the Department

of Commerce published the initiation of

an administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on stainless

steel wire rod from Sweden, covering

the period March 5, 1998 through

August 31, 1999. This review has now

been rescinded as a result of the timely

withdrawal of the request for review by

Fagersta Stainless AB.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 18, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brian Smith or Terre Keaton, AD/CVD

Enforcement, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street & Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202)

482–1766 and (202) 482–1280,

respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the

statute are references to the provisions

effective January 1, 1995, the effective

date of the amendments made to the

Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’) by the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In

addition, unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Department of

Commerce’s (‘‘the Department’s’’)

regulations refer to 19 CFR part 351

(1999).

Background

On September 15, 1998, the

Department published an antidumping

duty order on stainless steel wire rod

from Sweden (63 FR 49329). On

September 30, 1999, the abovementioned producer/exporter requested

an administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on stainless

steel wire rod from Sweden covering the

period of March 5, 1998, through

August 31, 1999. In accordance with 19

CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we published the

initiation of the review on November 4,

1999 (64 FR 60161). On December 22,

1999, Fagersta Stainless AB (‘‘Fagersta’’)

withdrew its request for review.

Rescission of Review

The Department’s regulations at 19

CFR 351.213(d)(1) provide that the

Department may rescind an

administrative review if a party that

requested a review withdraws the

request within 90 days of the date of

publication of the notice of initiation of

the requested review. Fagersta withdrew

its request for an administrative review

on December 22, 1999, which is within

the 90-day deadline.

Therefore, the Department has

determined to grant the request to

rescind this administrative review with

respect to Fagersta.

This notice also serves as a reminder

to parties subject to administrative

protective order (‘‘APO’’) of their

responsibility concerning the

disposition of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely

written notification of the return or

destruction of APO materials or

conversion to judicial protective order is

hereby requested. Failure to comply

with the regulations and the terms of an

APO is a sanctionable violation.

This determination is issued and

published in accordance with sections

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act

of 1930, as amended.

Dated: January 11, 2000.

Richard W. Moreland,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–601]

Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts

Thereof, Finished and Unfinished,

From the People’s Republic of China;

Notice of Extension of Time Limit for

1998–1999 Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time

Limit.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

is extending the time limit for the

preliminary results of the twelfth review

of the antidumping duty order on

tapered roller bearings and parts thereof,

finished and unfinished, from the

People’s Republic of China. The period

of review is June 1, 1998 through May

31, 1999. This extension is made

pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 18, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James Breeden, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington D.C. 20230; telephone (202)

482–1174.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We have

determined that this review will require

the analysis of additional factors not

present in prior reviews. See the January

5, 2000, Memorandum from Deputy

Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD

Enforcement Richard W. Moreland to

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration Robert S. LaRussa on

file in the public file of the Central

Records Unit, B–099 of the Department.

Because it is not practicable to complete

this review within the originally

anticipated time limit (i.e., March 2,

2000), the Department of Commerce

(‘‘the Department’’) is extending the

time limit for completion of the

preliminary results to not later than

June 30, 2000, in accordance with

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended by the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act (‘‘the Act’’).

We are issuing and publishing this

notice in accordance with sections

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

Dated: January 6, 2000.

Richard W. Moreland,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD

Enforcement.

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