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pro rata with the holder of Class A stock

then outstanding in the surpluses and

contingency reserves remaining after the

payment of all of the Bank’s liabilities

and after retirement of all classes of

stock at par as provided in section 411

of the Act. Class B stock shall not be

transferable, either absolutely or by way

of collateral, except in connection with

the assumption by the transferee, with

the approval of the Governor, of all or

part of the transferor’s loan from the

Bank.’’

Article VIII—Patronage Capital

Subsection 8.2(b). ‘‘If, at any time

after all Class A stock has been retired,

the Board should determine that the

Bank’s financial condition will not be

impaired thereby, it may establish

procedures for the retirement of Class B

stock in full or in part or its conversion

to Class C stock in addition to the

partial or full conversions authorized in

section 2.2(b) hereof.’’

Dated: January 12, 2000.

Christopher A. McLean,

Acting Governor, Rural Telephone Bank.

[FR Doc. 00–1219 Filed 1–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

ARCHITECTURAL AND

TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS

COMPLIANCE BOARD

Public Rights-of-Way Access Advisory

Committee; Meeting

AGENCY: Architectural and

Transportation Barriers Compliance

Board.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Architectural and

Transportation Barriers Compliance

Board (Access Board) established a

Public Rights-of-Way Access Advisory

Committee (Committee) to assist the

Board in developing a proposed rule on

accessibility guidelines for newly

constructed and altered public rights-ofway covered by the Americans with

Disabilities Act of 1990 and the

Architectural Barriers Act of 1968. This

document announces the dates of the

next meeting, which will be open to the

public.

DATES: The second meeting of the

Committee is scheduled for February 9–

11, 2000, beginning at 9 a.m. and ending

at 5 p.m. each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the Dewitt C. Greer State Highway

Building (Main Office), 125 East

Eleventh Street, Austin, TX 78701.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Scott Windley, Office of Technical and

Information Services, Architectural and

Transportation Barriers Compliance

Board, 1331 F Street, NW., suite 1000,

Washington, DC 20004–1111.

Telephone number (202) 272–5434

extension 125 (Voice); (202) 272–5449

(TTY). E-mail windley@accessboard.gov. This document is available in

alternate formats (cassette tape, Braille,

large print, or ASCII disk) upon request.

This document is also available on the

Board’s Internet Site (http://

www.access-board.gov/notices/

prowacmtg.htm).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

October 20, 1999, the Architectural and

Transportation Barriers Compliance

Board (Access Board) published a notice

appointing members to a Public Rightsof-Way Access Advisory Committee

(Committee) to provide

recommendations for developing a

proposed rule addressing accessibility

guidelines for newly constructed and

altered public rights-of-way covered by

the Americans with Disabilities Act of

1990 and the Architectural Barriers Act

of 1968. 64 FR 56482 (October 20, 1999).

Committee meetings will be open to

the public and interested persons can

attend the meetings and communicate

their views. Members of the public will

have an opportunity to address the

Committee on issues of interest to them

and the Committee. Members of groups

or individuals who are not members of

the Committee may also have the

opportunity to participate with

subcommittees of the Committee.

Additionally, all interested persons will

have the opportunity to comment when

the proposed accessibility guidelines for

public rights-of-way are issued in the

Federal Register by the Access Board.

The committee will meet on the dates

and at the location announced in this

notice. The meeting is open to the

public. The facility is accessible to

individuals with disabilities.

Individuals who require sign language

interpreters or real-time captioning

systems should contact Scott Windley

by January 28, 2000. Notices of future

meetings will be published in the

Federal Register.

Lawrence W. Roffee,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 00–1246 Filed 1–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8150–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

The Department of Commerce (DoC)

has submitted 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: Patent and Trademark Office

(PTO).

Title: Invention Promoters/Promotion

Firms Complaints.

Agency Form Number: PTO/SB/XX.

OMB Approval Number: 0651–XXXX.

Type of Request: New collection.

Burden Hours: 50 hours per year.

Number of Respondents: 200

responses per year. The PTO expects to

receive 100 complaints concerning

invention promoters/promotion firms

and 100 responses to such complaints.

Average Hours Per Response: The

PTO estimates that it takes an average of

15 minutes (.25 hours) to gather the

information, complete the complaint,

and submit it to the PTO. The PTO

estimates that it will take an invention

promoter an average of 15 minutes (.25

hours) to gather the information,

complete the response, and submit it to

the PTO.

Needs and Uses: The Inventors’

Rights Act of 1999 requires the PTO to

publish complaints filed by

independent inventors against invention

promoters/promotion firms and publish

any replies to such complaints. The

Inventors’ Rights Act requires the PTO

to publish these complaints and replies,

but it does not require the PTO to

enforce the Act, to investigate the

complaints, or to participate in any legal

proceedings against the invention

promoters/promotion firms. The PTO

has developed a form that complainants

may choose to use to submit their

complaints. Use of this form, PTO/SB/

XX Complaint Regarding Invention

Promoter, is not mandatory; however,

its use will ensure that all of the

necessary information is provided,

which in turn enables the PTO to make

the complaint publicly available. At this

time, there is no associated form for

responses to the complaints. The public

uses the complaint form to submit a

complaint against an invention

promoter/promotion firm to the PTO. In

addition, this information collection

enables the invention promoters/

promotion firms to respond to such

complaints. The PTO uses the

complaint form to ensure that all of the

necessary information is provided so

that the complaints can be made

publicly available. In addition, the PTO

forwards the complaints to the

invention promoter/promotion firm and

makes sure that any responses to these

complaints are also made publicly

available.

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Affected Public: Individuals or

households, businesses or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, and

farms.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Peter Weiss, (202)

395–3630.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer,

(202) 482–3272, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5027, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at

LEngelme@doc.gov).

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication to Peter

Weiss, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10236,

New Executive Office Building, 725

17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20503.

Dated: January 12, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–1163 Filed 1–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE: 3510–16–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

DOC has submitted 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: U.S. Census Bureau.

Title: Manufacturers’ Shipments,

Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey,

Unfilled Orders Benchmark Survey.

Form Number(s): MA–300.

Agency Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: New collection.

Burden: 5,000 hours.

Number of Respondents: 10,000.

Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau

presently conducts the Manufacturers’

Shipments, Inventories, and Orders

(M3) survey under Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) control

number 0607–0008. The M3 survey

collects monthly data on shipments,

inventories, and new and unfilled

orders from manufacturing companies.

The orders, as well as the shipments

and inventory data, are used widely and

are valuable tools for analysts of

business cycle conditions, including

members of the Council of Economic

Advisers, the Treasury Department, and

the business community.

The monthly M3 estimates are based

on a relatively small sample and reflect

primarily the month-to-month changes

of large companies. There is a clear need

for periodic benchmarking of the M3

estimates to reflect the entire

manufacturing universe. The Annual

Survey of Manufactures (OMB control

number 0607–0449) provides annual

benchmarks for the shipments and

inventory data collected in this monthly

survey. However, there is no annual

benchmark for new and unfilled orders

estimates. Because of the methodology

used for the monthly indicator, any

discrepancy between the indicator

series and statistically derived measures

can become exaggerated over time and

the results can be misleading to policy

makers. The last benchmark survey for

unfilled orders estimates was for the

year 1986. In addition to the long period

between benchmark estimates, the

conversion from the Standard Industrial

Classification system to NAICS further

exacerbates any discrepancy and makes

the need for the benchmark survey more

critical.

The proposed benchmark survey will

collect value of unfilled orders at the

end of 1999. Estimates of unfilled orders

will be made for industries classified

according to the new North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS).

These estimates will provide benchmark

levels of unfilled orders by NAICS

industries for the monthly M3 indicator

series.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations.

Frequency: One time.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,

Section 182.

OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter,

(202) 395–5103.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, Department of Commerce,

room 5033, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or

via the Internet at LEngelme@doc.gov).

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk

Officer, room 10201, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: January 12, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–1164 Filed 1–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Export Trade Certificate of Review

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Commerce

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of Process

to Revoke Export Trade Certificate of

Review No. 89–00008.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce

issued an export trade certificate of

review to FEXCORP, Inc. Because this

certificate holder has failed to file an

annual report as required by law, the

Department is initiating proceedings to

revoke the certificate. This notice

summarizes the notification letter sent

to FEXCORP, Inc.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Morton Schnabel, Director, Office of

Export Trading Company Affairs,

International Trade Administration,

(202) 482–5131. This is not a toll-free

number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of

the Export Trading Company Act of

1982 (‘‘the Act’’) [‘‘5 U.S.C. 4011–21]

authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to

issue export trade certificates of review.

The regulations implementing Title III

[’’the Regulations’’] are found at 15 CFR

part 325. Pursuant to this authority, a

certificate of review was issued on June

12, 1989, to FEXCORP, Inc.

A certificate holder is required by law

(Section 308 of the Act, 15 U.S.C. 4018)

to submit to the Department of

Commerce annual reports that update

financial and other information relating

to business activities covered by its

certificate. The annual report is due

within 45 days after the anniversary

date of the issuance of the certificate of

review [Sections 325.14(a) and (b) of the

Regulations]. Failure to submit a

complete annual report may be the basis

for revocation. [Sections 325.10(a) and

325.14(c) of the Regulations].

The Department of Commerce sent to

FEXCORP, Inc., on June 7, 1999, a letter

containing annual report questions with

a reminder that its annual report was

due on July 27, 1999. Additional

reminder letters were sent on September

9, 1999, and on November 8, 1999. The

Department has received no written

response to any of these letters.