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Type of Respondents: For-profit

businesses and non-profit organizations

currently holding a Woodsy Owl license

or applying for such license.

Estimated Annual Number of

Respondents: 10.

Estimated Annual Number of

Responses per Respondent: 4.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 20 hours.

Comment Is Invited

The agency invites comments on the

following: (a) Whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the stated purposes and the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical or

scientific utility; (b) 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; (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 the use of

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology.

Use of Comments

All comments received in response to

this notice, including names and

addresses when provided, will become

a matter of public record. Comments

will be summarized and included in the

request for Office of Management and

Budget approval.

Dated: June 1, 2000.

Robin L. Thompson,

Acting Deputy Chief, State and Private

Forestry.

[FR Doc. 00–14218 Filed 6–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Upper Deckers Creek Watershed,

Preston and Monongalia Counties,

West Virginia

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service, Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of a Finding of No

Significant Impact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969; the Council of

Environmental Quality Regulations (40

CFR Part 1500); and the Natural

Resources Conservation Service

Regulations (7 CFR Part 650); the

Natural Resources Conservation Service,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, gives

notice than an environmental impact

statement is not being prepared for the

Upper Deckers Creek Watershed Project,

Preston and Monongalia Counties, West

Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William J. Hartman, State

Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service, 75 High Street,

Room 301, Morgantown, West Virginia,

26505, telephone 304–284–7545.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

environmental assessment of this

federally assisted action indicates that

the project will not cause significant

local, regional, or national impacts on

the environment. As a result of these

findings, William J. Hartman, State

Conservationist, has determined that the

preparation and review of an

environmental impact statement are not

needed for this project.

The project purpose is water quality

improvement through acid mine

drainage remediation. Planned actions

include mine spoil regrading, highwall

elimination, revegetation, limestone

channels, passive treatment systems,

grouting, and addition of limestone

fines to streams.

The Finding Of No Significant Impact

(FONSI) has been forwarded to the

Environmental Protection Agency and

to various Federal, State, and local

agencies and interested parties. A

limited number of copies of the FONSI

are available to fill single copy requests

at the above address. Basic data

developed during the environmental

assessment are on file and may be

reviewed by contacting William J.

Hartman.

No administrative action on

implementation of the proposal will be

taken until 30 days after the date of this

publication in the Federal Register.

(This activity is listed in the Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance under NO.

10.904, Watershed Protection and Flood

Prevention, and is subject to the provisions

of Executive Order 12372, which requires

intergovernmental consultation with State

and local officials.)

William J. Hartman,

State Conservationist.

[FR Doc. 00–14266 Filed 6–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–M

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: 2001 Residential Finance

Survey.

Form Number(s): D–2900, D–2900(L),

D–2901, D–2901(L), D-2901(FE)(L), D–

2902, D–2902(L), D–2904, D–2905(L).

Agency Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: New collection.

Burden: 77,500 hours.

Number of Respondents: 330,000.

Avg Hours Per Response: 14 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The Residential

Finance Survey (RFS) provides data

about the financing of nonfarm,

privately-owned residential properties

in the United States. RFS data, in

conjunction with statistics from other

sources, are used in assessing public

policies affecting real estate, mortgage

banking, economic policy, social

welfare, and related areas of concern,

and in developing and evaluating

proposals about them. The data are

particularly useful to economists and

financial analysts who guide and

counsel home and apartment builders,

financial institutions and institutional

investors, producers of building

materials, real estate companies,

community planners, and government

planners at the Federal, state, and local

levels.

The RFS has been conducted as part

of the decennial census since 1950. A

continuation of the RFS is necessary

because the dramatic changes in the real

estate finance market which have taken

place in the 1990’s give no indication of

abating in the next decade. The changes

in the next 5 to 10 years may be even

more dramatic than those of the past

decade. It is essential for policy

planning and formulation within the

government and for accurate market

analysis in the private sector that

timely, accurate, and comprehensive

benchmark data be available on the

financing of residential properties.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, Businesses or other forprofit organizations, Federal

Government.

Frequency: One-time only.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Section

141.

OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter,

(202) 395–5103.

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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: June 1, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–14221 Filed 6–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–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 Survey.

Form Number(s): M–3(SD), M3–SD(I),

M3–1–L1.

Agency Approval Number: 0607–

0008.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Burden: 24,000 hours.

Number of Respondents: 6,000

monthly.

Avg. Hours Per Response: 20 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau

conducts the M3 survey, one of the

principal Federal economic indicators,

to collect monthly manufacturing data

from a sample of firms in the

manufacturing sector of the economy.

Data requested are shipments, new

orders, unfilled orders, total inventory,

materials and supplies, work-in-process

and finished goods. The data are used

to analyze short- and long-term trends

in the manufacturing sector and as

related to other sectors of the economy.

The shipments and inventory data are

essential inputs into the gross domestic

product accounts, while the orders data

are direct inputs into the leading

economic indicator series. The survey

also provides valuable and timely data

for economic planning and analysis to

business firms, trade associations,

research and consulting agencies, and

academia on the domestic

manufacturing sector.

In this request, the total annual

burden hours are revised upward to

reflect an increase in the survey panel.

The conversion of the survey from the

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)

system to the North American Industry

Classification System (NAICS) will

result in new and reconfigured industry

categories, which will require a larger

survey panel to ensure sufficient

coverage in all industries.

Affected Public: Businesses, large and

small, or other for profit organizations.

Frequency: Monthly.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

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

Sections 131 and 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: June 1, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–14222 Filed 6–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–583–008]

Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel

Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan:

Preliminary Results of Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review and Partial

Rescission of Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results of

antidumping duty administrative review

and rescission in part.

SUMMARY: In response to a request from

the petitioners, the Department of

Commerce (the Department) is

conducting an administrative review of

the antidumping duty order on certain

circular welded steel pipes and tubes

from Taiwan. The review covers one

manufacturer/exporter of the subject

merchandise to the United States, and

the period May 1, 1998 through April

30, 1999. We find that Yieh Hsing

Enterprise Co. Ltd., (Yieh Hsing) made

sales of subject merchandise below

normal value; if these preliminary

results are adopted in our final results

of administrative review, we will

instruct the Customs Service to assess

antidumping duties based on the

difference between the export price and

the normal value. Regarding six other

companies, we rescind the review.

Interested parties are invited to

comment on these preliminary results.

Parties who submit argument in this

proceeding are requested to submit with

the argument (1) A statement of the

issue and (2) a brief summary of the

argument (no longer than five pages,

including footnotes).

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 7, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas Killiam or Robert James, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482–5222 or (202) 482–

0649, respectively.

Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the Act) are references to the

provisions effective January 1, 1995, the

effective date of the amendments made

to the Act by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act. In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the

Department’s regulations are to the

regulations codified at 19 CFR Part 351

(1998).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On May 28, 1999, the petitioners,

Allied Tube & Conduit Corp.,

Wheatland Tube Company, and the

Sawhill Tubular Division of Armco Inc.,

requested reviews of seven Taiwanese

companies: An Mau Steel Co. (now

renamed Sheng Yu Steel Co. Ltd., and

hereafter referred to as Sheng Yu), Far

East Machinery Co., Ltd. (FEMCO), Kao

Hsing Chang Iron & Steel Corporation

(KHC), Tai Feng Industries Ltd. (TFI),

Yieh Hsing, Yu Din Steel Co. Ltd. (Yu

Din), and Yieh Loong Co., Ltd. (Yieh

Loong).

We initiated the reviews on June 30,

1999 (64 FR 35124). In response to our

requests for information, FEMCO,

ShengYu, and Yieh Loong reported that

they made no U.S. sales or shipments of

subject merchandise during the period

of review (POR). On inquiry by the