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solutions for the problems affecting the

Bay-Delta system has been chartered

under the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (FACA). The BDAC provides advice

to CALFED on the program mission,

problems to be addressed, and

objectives for the Program. BDAC

provides a forum to help ensure public

participation, and will review reports

and other materials prepared by

CALFED staff. BDAC has established a

subcommittee called the Ecosystem

Roundtable to provide input on annual

workplans to implement ecosystem

restoration projects and programs.

Minutes of the meeting will be

maintained by the Program, Suite 1155,

1416 Ninth Street, Sacamento, CA

95814, and will be available for public

inspection during regular business

hours, Monday through Friday within

30 days following the meeting.

Dated: April 26, 2000.

Kirk C. Rodgers,

Deputy Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.

[FR Doc. 00–10975 Filed 5–2–00; 8:45 am]

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337–TA–432]

Certain Semiconductor Chips With

Minimized Chip Package Size and

Products Containing Same; Notice of

Investigation

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade

Commission.

ACTION: Institution of investigation

pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

complaint was filed with the U.S.

International Trade Commission on

March 28, 2000, under section 337 of

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19

U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Tessera, Inc.,

of San Jose, California. Letters

supplementing the complaint were filed

on April 14, 2000 and April 19, 2000.

The complaint, as supplemented,

alleges violations of section 337 in the

importation into the United States, the

sale for importation, and the sale within

the United States after importation of

certain semiconductor chips with

minimized chip package size and

products containing same by reason of

infringement of claims 6 and 22 of U.S.

Letters Patent 5,679,977, and claims 1,

3, and 11 of U.S. Letters Patent

5,852,326. The complaint further alleges

that an industry in the United States

exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of

section 337.

The complainant requests that the

Commission institute an investigation

and, after the investigation, issue a

permanent limited exclusion order and

a permanent cease and desist order.

ADDRESSES: The complaint and

supplements, except for any

confidential information contained

therein, are available for inspection

during official business hours (8:45 a.m.

to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the

Secretary, U.S. International Trade

Commission, 500 E Street, S.W., Room

112, Washington, D.C. 20436, telephone

202–205–2000. Hearing-impaired

individuals are advised that information

on this matter can be obtained by

contacting the Commission’s TDD

terminal on 202–205–1810. Persons

with mobility impairments who will

need special assistance in gaining access

to the Commission should contact the

Office of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.

General information concerning the

Commission may also be obtained by

accessing its internet server (http://

www.usitc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Benjamin D. M. Wood, Office of Unfair

Import Investigations, U.S. International

Trade Commission, telephone 202–205–

2582.

Authority: The authority for institution of

this investigation is contained in section 337

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and

in section 210.10 of the Commission’s Rules

of Practice and Procedure, 19 C.F.R. 210.10

(1999).

Scope of Investigation: Having

considered the complaint, the U.S.

International Trade Commission, on

April 27, 2000, ordered that—

(1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of

section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended, an investigation be instituted

to determine whether there is a

violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of

section 337 in the importation into the

United States, the sale for importation,

or the sale within the United States after

importation of certain semiconductor

chips with minimized chip package size

or products containing same by reason

of infringement of claims 6 or 22 of U.S.

Letters Patent 5,679,977 or claims 1, 3,

or 11 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,852,326,

and whether an industry in the United

States exists as required by subsection

(a)(2) of section 337.

(2) For the purpose of the

investigation so instituted, the following

are hereby named as parties upon which

this notice of investigation shall be

served:

(a) The complainant is—Tessera, Inc.,

3099 Orchard Drive, San Jose, California

95134.

(b) The respondents are the following

companies alleged to be in violation of

section 337, and are the parties upon

which the complaint is to be served:

Texas Instruments, Inc., 13500 North

Central Expressway, Dallas, Texas

75243.

Sharp Corporation, 22–22 Nagaike-cho,

Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan.

Sharp Electronics Corporation, 1 Sharp

Plaza, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430.

(c) Benjamin D. M. Wood, Office of

Unfair Import Investigations, U.S.

International Trade Commission, 500 E

Street, S.W., Room 401–I, Washington,

D.C. 20436, who shall be the

Commission investigative attorney,

party to this investigation; and

(3) For the investigation so instituted,

the Honorable Sidney Harris is

designated as the presiding

administrative law judge.

Responses to the complaint and the

notice of investigation must be

submitted by the named respondents in

accordance with section 210.13 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to

19 CFR 201.16(d) and 210.13(a), such

responses will be considered by the

Commission if received no later than 20

days after the date of service by the

Commission of the complaint and notice

of investigation. Extensions of time for

submitting responses to the complaint

will not be granted unless good cause

therefor is shown.

Failure of a respondent to file a timely

response to each allegation in the

complaint and in this notice may be

deemed to constitute a waiver of the

right to appear and contest the

allegations of the complaint and this

notice, and to authorize the

administrative law judge and the

Commission, without further notice to

the respondent, to find the facts to be as

alleged in the complaint and this notice

and to enter both an initial

determination and a final determination

containing such findings, and may

result in the issuance of a limited

exclusion order or a cease and desist

order or both directed against such

respondent.

Issued: April 27, 2000.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–11028 Filed 5–2–00; 8:45 am]

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