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is estimated to average .4818 hours per

response.

Respondents: Foreign investors,

corporate employees, farm managers or

attorneys.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

4,375.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.

Estimated Number of Responses:

4,375.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 2,108 hours.

Proposed topics for comment include:

(a) Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of burden including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information collected; or

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of the information on those

who are to respond, including through

the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Comments should be sent to the Desk

Officer for Agriculture, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Washington, DC 20503 and to Patricia

A. Blevins, Agricultural Foreign

Investment Specialist, Regulatory

Review and Foreign Investment

Disclosure Branch, Operations Review

and Analysis Staff, USDA, FSA, STOP

0540, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20250–0540, (202) 720–

0604.

All comments to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments will

also become a matter of public record.

Signed at Washington, DC, on May 8, 2000.

Keith Kelly,

Administrator, Farm Service Agency.

[FR Doc. 00–11834 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Revision to Section IV of the Field

Office Technical Guide; Oregon and

Washington State

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service

ACTION: Notice of change.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 343 of

Subtitle E of the Federal Agriculture

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

(FAIRA) that requires the Secretary of

Agriculture to provide public notice and

comment under Section 553 of Title 5,

United States Code, with regard to any

future technical guides that are used to

carry out Subtitles A, B, and C of title

XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16

U.S.C. 3801 et seq.), the Natural

Resources Conservation Service, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, gives notice

of revisions to applicable conservation

practices in Section IV of the Field

Office Technical Guide (FOTG) located

in Oregon and Washington State.

The proposed revisions to

conservation practices in Section IV of

State Technical Guides are subject to

these provisions, since one or more

could be used as part of a conservation

management system to comply with the

Highly Erodible Land Conservation or

Wetland Conservation requirements.

At this time, two versions of

conservation practice standard 777

Residue Management, Direct Seed

(Interim) are being added and/or revised

to Section IV of the FOTG; one for

Oregon and one for Washington (see

below):

• Residue Management, Direct Seed

(Interim) (Oregon)—NRCS Code

Number 777

• Residue Management, Direct Seed

(Interim) (Washington)—NRCS Code

Number 777

You may request a hard copy of the

practice standards and provide your

comments to:

Oregon

Roy Carlson, State Resource

Conservationist, 101 SW Main

Street, Suite 1300, Portland, OR,

97204–3221, (503) 414–3277

Washington

Marty Seamons, Program Support

Specialist, W. 316 Boone Avenue,

Suite 450, Spokane, WA 99201–

2348, (509) 323–2967

You may also obtain a copy of both

Oregon and/or Washington’s practice

standard by accessing the NRCS

Washington State Internet website. The

internet address is: http://

www.wa.nrcs.usda.gov/nrcs/

Click on ‘‘Field Office Technical

Guide’’ on the left side of the page, then

click on ‘‘Section IV,’’ then ‘‘Index of

Draft Standards and Specifications for

Review and Comment,’’ and finally

click on the blue star of the appropriate

standard.

Dated: April 28, 2000.

Leonard Jordan,

State Conservationist.

[FR Doc. 00–11842 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–06–M

AMTRAK REFORM COUNCIL

Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Amtrak Reform Council.

ACTION: Notice of Special Public

Outreach Hearing for the State of

California and a Public Business

Meeting.

SUMMARY: As provided in section 203 of

the Amtrak Reform and Accountability

Act of 1997, the Amtrak Reform Council

(ARC) gives notice of a special public

outreach meeting of the Council with

representatives from the State of

California to discuss Amtrak’s California

services and the California State Rail

Program. The Council has invited to the

Outreach Hearing, various state

legislators, California Department of

Transportation officials, various rail

corridor officials, rail commuter

officials, and Amtrak executives. They

will discuss all aspects of current and

future intercity railroad passenger

service in the State of California.

DATES: The Special Public Outreach

Hearing will be held on Thursday, May

18, 2000 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and

the Business Meeting will be held on

Friday, May 19, 2000 from 8:00 a.m. to

12:00 p.m. Both the Hearing and

Business Meeting are opened to the

general public.

ADDRESSES: Both the Outreach Hearing

and Business Meeting will take place in

the Folsom Room at the Hilton

Sacramento Arden West, 2200 Harvard

Street, Sacramento, CA 95816. Persons

in need of special arrangements should

contact the person listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deirdre O’Sullivan, Amtrak Reform

Council, Room 7105, JM–ARC, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590, or by telephone at (202) 366–

0591; FAX: 202–493–2061. You can also

visit the ARC’s website at

www.amtrakreformcouncil.gov, for

information regarding ARC’s upcoming

events, the agenda for meetings, the

ARC’s First Annual Report, information

about the ARC Staff and the Council

Members and much more.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ARC

was created by the Amtrak Reform and

Accountability Act of 1997 (ARAA), as

an independent commission, to evaluate

Amtrak’s performance and to make

recommendations to Amtrak for

achieving further cost containment,

productivity improvements, and

financial reforms. In addition, the

ARAA requires that the ARC monitor

cost savings resulting from work rules

established under new agreements

between Amtrak and its labor unions;

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that the ARC provide an annual report

to Congress that includes an assessment

of Amtrak’s progress on the resolution

of productivity issues; and that, after

two years, the ARC has the authority to

determine whether Amtrak can meet

certain financial goals specified under

the ARAA and, if not, to notify the

President and the Congress.

The ARAA provides that the ARC

consist of eleven members, including

the Secretary of Transportation and ten

others nominated by the President and

Congressional leaders. Members serve a

five-year term.

Issued in Washington, DC, May 4, 2000.

Thomas A. Till,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 00–11782 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Format for Petition Requesting Relief

Under U.S. Countervailing Duty Law

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 the

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 July 10, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, (202) 482–

3272, Email Lengelme@doc.gov.,

Department of Commerce, Room 5033,

14 & Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230. Phone number:

(202)482-3272.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument and instructions should be

directed to: Norbert Gannon, Office of

Policy, Import Administration, Room

3716, 14 & Constitution Ave, NW,

Washington DC 20230; phone (202)

482–3605 and fax: (202) 482–2308.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Abstract:

The International Trade Administration,

Import Administration, AD/CVD

Enforcement, implements the U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty law.

Import Administration investigates

allegations of unfair trade practices by

foreign governments and producers and,

in conjunction with the U.S.

International Trade Commission, can

impose duties on the product in

question to offset the unfair practices.

Form ITA 366–P—Format for Petition

Requesting Relief Under the U.S.

Countervailing Duty Law—is designed

for U.S. companies or industries that are

unfamiliar with the countervailing duty

law and the petition process. The Form

is designed for potential petitioners that

believe a foreign competitor is being

subsidized unfairly. Since a variety of

detailed information is required under

the law before initiation of a

countervailing duty investigation, the

Form is designed to extract such

information in the least burdensome

manner possible.

I. Method of Collection

Form ITA 366-P is sent by request to

potential U.S. petitioners.

II. Data

OMB Number: 0625–0148.

Form Number: ITA–366P.

Type of Review: Regular Submission.

Affected Public: U.S. companies or

industries that suspect the presence of

unfair competition from subsidized

foreign enterprises.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 5.

Estimated Time per Response: 40

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 200.

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

Assuming the number of petitioners

remains the same, with a total of 40

hours per respondent, at an estimated

cost of $70 per hour, the total annual

cost is $14,000.

III. Requested 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: May 5, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–11791 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–CW–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Environmental Technologies Trade

Advisory Committee (ETTAC)

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, US Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: The Environmental

Technologies Trade Advisory

Committee will hold a plenary meeting

from 9–4:30 on May 18, 2000. Lunch is

not included. The ETTAC was created

on May 31, 1994, to advise the U.S.

government on policies and programs to

expand U.S. exports of environmental

products and services.

DATE AND PLACE: May 18, 2000. The

meeting will take place in Room 6800 of

the Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

The plenary meeting will welcome

new members, include an ethics

briefing, guest speaker on AID-Trade

issues, and round table discussion on

the international water sector with

senior government officials.

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to Sage

Chandler, Department of Commerce,

Office of Environmental Technologies

Exports. Phone: 202–482–1500.

Dated: May 1, 2000.

Sage Chandler,

Designated Federal Official, Office of

Environmental Technologies Exports.

[FR Doc. 00–11752 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 042700B]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of an application for a

scientific research/enhancement permit