Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 107 / Friday, June 2, 2000 / Notices 35395

1The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19

CFR § 207.2(f)).

2Chairman Lynn M. Bragg not participating.

3The Commission subsequently revised its

schedule, publishing notice in the Federal Register

on January 7, 2000 (65 FR 1173).

and has requested public review and

comment on the submission. OPIC

published its first Federal Register

Notice on this information collection

request on April 22, 1998, in 63 FR

19946, at which time a 60-calendar day

comment period was announced. This

comment period ended June 22, 1998.

No comments were received in response

to this notice. This information

collection submission has now been

submitted to OMB for review.

Comments are again being solicited on

the need for the information, its

practical utility, the accuracy of the

Agency’s burden estimate, and on ways

to minimize the reporting burden,

including automated collection

techniques and uses of other forms of

technology. The proposed form under

review is summarized below.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before July 2, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the subject form

and the request for review prepared for

submission to OMB may be obtained

from the Agency Submitting Officer.

Comments on the form should be

submitted to the Agency Submitting

Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

OPIC Agency Submitting Officer:

Carol Brock, Records Manager, Overseas

Private Investment Corporation, 1100

New York Avenue, N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20527; 202/336–8563.

OMB Reviewer: David Rostker, Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Docket

Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503, 202/

395–3897.

Summary of Form Under Review

Type of Request: Extension of

currently approved form.

Title: Small Business Application for

Political Risk Investment Insurance.

Form Number: OPIC–223.

Frequency of Use: Once per investor

per project.

Type of Respondents: Small business

or other institutions qualifying as small

business under OPIC’s definition

(except farms); individuals qualifying as

small business under OPIC’s definition.

Standard Industrial Classification

Codes: All.

Description of Affected Pubic: Small

U.S. companies or citizens investing

overseas.

Reporting Hours: 4 hours per project.

Number of Responses: 50 per year.

Federal Cost: $750 per year.

Authority for Information collection:

Sections 231 and 234(a), 239(d), and

204A of the Foreign Assistance Act of

1961, as amended.

Abstract (Needs and Uses): The small

business application is the principal

document used by OPIC to determine

the small business investor’s and

project’s eligibility, assess the

environmental impact and

developmental effects of the project,

measure the economic effects for the

United States and the host country

economy, and collect information for

underwriting analysis.

Dated: May 24, 2000.

Laura Naide,

Senior Counsel for Administrative Affairs,

Department of Legal Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–13848 Filed 6–1–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3210–01–M

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Investigations Nos. 701–TA–286 (Review)

and 731–TA–365 (Review)]

Industrial Phosphoric Acid From Israel

and Belgium

Determinations

On the basis of the record 1 developed

in the subject five-year reviews, the

United States International Trade

Commission determines,2 pursuant to

section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930

(19 U.S.C. 1675(c)) (the Act), that

revocation of the countervailing duty

order on industrial phosphoric acid

from Israel and the antidumping duty

order on industrial phosphoric acid

from Belgium would not be likely to

lead to continuation or recurrence of

material injury to an industry in the

United States within a reasonably

foreseeable time.

Background

The Commission instituted these

reviews on March 1, 1999 (64 FR 10017)

and determined on June 3, 1999, that it

would conduct full reviews (64 FR

31610, June 11, 1999). Notice of the

scheduling of the Commission’s reviews

and of a public hearing to be held in

connection therewith was given by

posting copies of the notice in the Office

of the Secretary, U.S. International

Trade Commission, Washington, DC,

and by publishing the notice in the

Federal Register on July 16, 1999 (64 FR

38474).3 The hearing was held in

Washington, DC, on March 30, 2000,

and all persons who requested the

opportunity were permitted to appear in

person or by counsel.

The Commission transmitted its

determination in these reviews to the

Secretary of Commerce on May 22,

2000. The views of the Commission are

scontained in USITC Publication 3302

(May 2000), entitled Industrial

Phosphoric Acid from Israel and

Belgium: Investigations Nos. 701–TA–

286 (Review) and 731–TA–365

(Review).

Issued: May 24, 2000.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–13807 Filed 6–1–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

Possible Modifications to the

International Harmonized System

Nomenclature

AGENCY: United States International

Trade Commission.

ACTION: Request for Proposals To

Amend the International Harmonized

System.

SUMMARY: The Commission is soliciting

proposals from interested parties and

agencies to amend the international

Harmonized Commodity Description

and Coding System (Harmonized

System), including the rules of

interpretation, section and chapter

notes, and the texts of the headings and

subheadings, with a view to keeping the

Harmonized System current with

changes in patterns of technology and

trade. Specific proposals in this

connection will be reviewed by the

Commission staff for potential

submission to the Customs Co-operation

Council, now known as the World

Customs Organization (WCO), in

Brussels, Belgium.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Eugene A. Rosengarden, Director, Office

of Tariff Affairs and Trade Agreements

(O/TA&TA) (202/205–2595, E-Mail

rosengarden@usitc.gov) or Ronald

Heller (202/205–2596, E-Mail

rheller@usitc.gov). The O/TA&TA fax

number is 202/205–2616.