32074 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 99 / Monday, May 22, 2000 / Notices

for a variety of commodities including

cotton, dairy, eggs, beef, pork, soybeans,

honey, potatoes, watermelons,

mushrooms, kiwifruit, popcorn, and

olive oil. The enabling legislation

includes the Cotton Research and

Promotion Act of 1966 [7 U.S.C. 2101–

2118]; the Dairy Production

Stabilization Act of 1983 [7 U.S.C.

4501–4513]; the Fluid Milk Promotion

Act of 1990 [7 U.S.C. 6401–6417]; the

Egg Research and Consumer Information

Act [7 U.S.C. 4301–4319]; the Beef

Promotion and Research Act of 1985 [7

U.S.C. 2901–2911]; the Pork Promotion,

Research and Consumer Information Act

of 1985 [7 U.S.C. 4801–4819]; the

Soybean Promotion, Research, and

Consumer Information Act [7 U.S.C.

6301–6311]; Honey Research,

Promotion, and Consumer Information

Act, as amended [7 U.S.C. 4601–4612];

the Potato Research and Promotion Act

[7 U.S.C. 2611–2627]; the Watermelon

Research and Promotion Act [7 U.S.C.

4901–4916]; the Mushroom Promotion,

Research, and Consumer Information

Act of 1990 [7 U.S.C. 6101–6112]; the

National Kiwifruit Research, Promotion,

and Consumer Information Act [7 U.S.C.

7461–7473]; the Popcorn Promotion,

Research and Consumer Information Act

[7 U.S.C. 7481–7491]; and the

Commodity Promotion, Research, and

Information Act of 1996 [7 U.S.C. 7401–

7425].

These programs carry out projects

relating to research, consumer

information, advertising, sales

promotion, producer information,

market development, and product

research to assist, improve, or promote

the marketing, distribution, and

utilization of their respective

commodities. Approval of the programs

is required through referendum of those

who would be covered. Industry boards

administer the programs. These boards

usually composed of producer, handler,

processor, and in some cases, importer

and public members, are appointed by

the Secretary of Agriculture to

administer the programs. The funding

for such programs is from assessments

on designated industry segments. The

appointed boards are responsible for

collecting assessments from the affected

persons covered under these programs.

The Secretary also approves the

boards’ budgets, plans, and projects.

These responsibilities have been

delegated to the Agricultural Marketing

Service (AMS). The applicable

commodity program areas within AMS

have direct oversight of the respective

programs.

The information collection

requirements in this request are

essential to carry out the intents of the

various Acts authorizing such programs,

thereby providing a means of

administering the programs. The

objective in carrying out this

responsibility includes assuring the

following: (1) Funds are collected and

properly accounted for; (2) expenditures

of all funds are for the purposes

authorized by the enabling legislation;

and (3) the board’s administration of the

programs conforms to USDA policy. The

applicable commodity programs within

AMS have direct oversight of these

freestanding programs. The forms

covered under this collection require

the minimum information necessary to

effectively carry out the requirements of

the respective orders, and their use is

necessary to fulfill the intents of the

Acts as expressed in the orders. The

information collected is used only by

authorized employees of the various

boards and authorized employees of

USDA.

The boards administering the various

programs utilize a variety of forms to

carry out the responsibilities. Such

forms may include reports concerning

status information such as handler and

importer reports; transaction reports;

exemption from assessment forms and

reimbursement forms; forms and

information concerning referenda

including ballots; forms and informaiton

concerning board nominations and

selection and acceptance statements;

certification of industry organizations;

and recordkeeping requirements. The

forms and information covered under

this information collection require the

minimum information necessary to

effectively carry out the requirements of

the programs and their use is necessary

to fulfill the intent of the applicable

authorities.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average .0792943 hours

per response.

Respondents: Producers, processors,

handlers, and/or importers of a variety

of agricultural commodities.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

Total respondents are estimated to be

354,690.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: Number of responses per

respondent is estimated to average

12.389776.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: Estimated total annual

burden is 348,461 hours.

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (3)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Comments may be sent to A. Lee

Cliburn, Program Appraisal Staff, Cotton

Programs, Agricultural Marketing

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

P.O. Box 96456, Rm. 2633–South

Building, Washington, DC 20090. All

comments received will be available for

public inspection during regular

business hours at the same address.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments will

become a matter of public record.

Dated: May 16, 2000.

Lee Cliburn,

Acting Deputy Administrator, Cotton

Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–12803 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Southwest Oregon Province

Interagency Executive Committee

(PIEC) Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Southwest Oregon PIEC

Advisory Committee will meet on June

8, 2000 in Roseburg, Oregon at the

Roseburg Bureau of Land Management

Office at 777 NW Garden Valley Blvd.

The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and

continue until 5 p.m. Agenda items to

be covered include: (1) Forest Service

Roadless Initiative; (2) Public Comment;

(3) Implementation Monitoring; (4)

Refinement of Province Dead and Wood

Policy; and (4) Current issues as

perceived by Advisory Committee

members.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Roger Evenson, Province Advisory

Committee Coordinator, USDA, Forest

Service, Umpqua National Forest, 2900

NW Stewart Parkway, Roseburg, Oregon

97470, phone (541) 957–3344.

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Dated: May 16, 2000.

Michael D. Hupp,

Acting Designated Federal Official.

[FR Doc. 00–12738 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of Proposed Change to Section

IV of the Field Office Technical Guide

(FOTG) of the Natural Resources

Conservation Service in Tennessee

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS) in

Tennessee, U.S. Department of

Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of

proposed changes in Section IV of the

FOTG of the NRCS in Tennessee for

review and comment.

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in

Tennessee to issue a revised

conservation practice standard, Filter

Strip (Code 393), in Section IV of the

FOTG.

DATES: Comments will be received on or

before June 21, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquire in writing to James W. Ford,

State Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS), 675 U.S.

Courthouse, 801 Broadway, Nashville,

Tennessee 37203. Copies of the practice

standards will be made available upon

written request.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

343 of the Federal Agriculture

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

states that revisions made after

enactment of the law to NRCS state

technical guides used to perform highly

erodible land and wetland provisions of

the law shall be made available for

public review and comment. For the

next 30 days, the NRCS in Tennessee

will receive comments relative to the

proposed changes. Following that

period, a determination will be made by

the NRCS in Tennessee regarding

disposition of those comments and a

final determination of change will be

made.

Dated: May 10, 2000.

James W. Ford,

State Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service, Nashville, Tennessee.

[FR Doc. 00–12782 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

North American Free-Trade

Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel

Reviews; Request for Panel Review

AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United

States Section, International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of first request for panel

review.

SUMMARY: On May 12, 2000, Nycomed

Amersham Canada Limited filed a First

Request for Panel Review with the

Canadian Section of the NAFTA

Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of

the North American Free Trade

Agreement. A second request was filed

by Bracco Diagnostics Inc. and Bracco

Diagnostics Canada Inc. Panel review

was requested of the final determination

made by the Canada Customs and

Revenue Agency, respecting Certain

Contrast Media Used for Radiographic

Imaging, Originating in or Exported

from the United States of America

(Including Puerto Rico). This

determination was published in the

Canada Gazette, Part I, (Vol. 134, No.

16) on April 15, 2000. The NAFTA

Secretariat has assigned Case Number

CDA-USA-00–1904–01 to this request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Caratina L. Alston, United States

Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite

2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue

NW, Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–

5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter

19 of the North American Free-Trade

Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’) establishes a

mechanism to replace domestic judicial

review of final determinations in

antidumping and countervailing duty

cases involving imports from a NAFTA

country with review by independent

binational panels. When a Request for

Panel Review is filed, a panel is

established to act in place of national

courts to review expeditiously the final

determination to determine whether it

conforms with the antidumping or

countervailing duty law of the country

that made the determination.

Under Article 1904 of the Agreement,

which came into force on January 1,

1994, the Government of the United

States, the Government of Canada and

the Government of Mexico established

Rules of Procedure for Article 1904

Binational Panel Reviews (‘‘Rules’’).

These Rules were published in the

Federal Register on February 23, 1994

(59 FR 8686).

A first Request for Panel Review was

filed with the Canadian Section of the

NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to Article

1904 of the Agreement, on May 12,

2000, requesting panel review of the

final determination described above.

The Rules provide that:

(a) A Party or interested person may

challenge the final determination in

whole or in part by filing a Complaint

in accordance with Rule 39 within 30

days after the filing of the first Request

for Panel Review (the deadline for filing

a Complaint is June 12, 2000);

(b) A Party, investigating authority or

interested person that does not file a

Complaint but that intends to appear in

support of any reviewable portion of the

final determination may participate in

the panel review by filing a Notice of

Appearance in accordance with Rule 40

within 45 days after the filing of the first

Request for Panel Review (the deadline

for filing a Notice of Appearance is June

26, 2000); and

(c) The panel review shall be limited

to the allegations of error of fact or law,

including the jurisdiction of the

investigating authority, that are set out

in the Complaints filed in the panel

review and the procedural and

substantive defenses raised in the panel

review.

Dated: May 15, 2000.

Caratina L. Alston,

United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 00–12729 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

North American Free-Trade

Agreement, Article 1904, NAFTA Panel

Reviews; Request for Panel Review

AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United

States Section, International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of First Request for Panel

Review.

SUMMARY: On May 4, 2000, Agromex

Fertilizantes, S.A. de C.V. filed a First

Request for Panel Review with the

Mexican Section of the NAFTA

Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of

the North American Free Trade

Agreement. Panel review was requested

of the final antidumping investigation

determination made by the Secretaria de

Comercio y Fomento Induustrial,

respecting Urea, Originating in the

United States of America and the

Russian Federation. This determination

was published in the Diario Official, on