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processes, and established mitigation

measures are fully sufficient to address

these deepwater components and

associated activities.

Specific deepwater operations and

activities that are substantially different

from those associated with conventional

operations and activities on the

continental shelf have been addressed

by requiring specific mitigation

measures, initiating a more in-depth EA,

and initiating an EIS.

Seafloor discharges from pre-riser and

riserless drilling operation, and the

discharge of synthetic-based drilling

fluids (SBF) and cuttings wetted with

SBF may pose potentially significant

localized impacts to chemosynthetic

communities. An appropriate mitigation

measure has been developed to avoid or

reduce the potential for significant

impacts from these factors. Deepwater

wells must be at least 1,000 ft away from

any potential high-density

chemosynthetic communities. Notice to

Lessees (NTL) 98–11 is being modified

to include this 1,000 ft buffer zone

around all deepwater well sites. As the

NTL goes through the formal review and

implementation process, this mitigation

is currently being applied on a site-bysite basis. Accidental spills of chemical

products and the subsea release of oil

are low-probability events. Extensive

mitigation measures for spill prevention

and response are currently required.

Deepwater seismic surveying

operations are essentially the same as

seismic surveying operations on the

continental shelf. Historically, the

potential impacts of noise associated

with seismic surveying have been

considered insignificant, and the EA

supports this view. As this position has

recently become controversial, the

potential impacts of geological and

geophysical (G&G) activities, including

seismic surveying operations, on the

GOM OCS are currently being analyzed

in detail in a separate EA. The decision

on the need to prepare an EIS on

seismic surveying operations is pending

completion of the G&G EA.

The use of floating production,

storage, and offloading (FPSO) systems

represents new and unusual technology

for the GOM OCS and may pose

potentially significant impacts to the

marine and coastal environments. The

need for an EIS was recognized early

during the preparation of this EA. A

Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS was

published in the Federal Register on

June 10, 1999.

Copies of the EA are available from

the Public Information Office (MS

5034), Minerals Management Service,

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201

Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans,

Louisiana 70123–2394 by asking for

publication MMS 2000–001. Copies of

the Technical Report (OCS Report MMS

2000–015) prepared in support of the

EA will also be available in mid-July

2000. Both the EA and the Technical

Report will eventually be available on

CD and will be placed on the MMS

website http://www.mms.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Questions

regarding the EA should be directed to

Ms. Deborah Cranswick, Leasing and

Environment, at (504) 736–2744.

Questions regarding deepwater

operations should be directed to Mr. Jim

Regg, Field Operations, at (504) 736–

2843. The mailing address is Minerals

Management Service, Gulf of Mexico

OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park

Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana

70123–2394.

Dated: June 6, 2000.

J. Hammond Eve,

Acting Regional Director, Gulf of Mexico OCS

Region.

[FR Doc. 00–14738 Filed 6–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[FES 00–20]

Woodbridge Irrigation District and City

of Lodi’s Lower Mokelumne River

Restoration Program, San Joaquin

County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the final

environmental impact report/

environmental impact statement (Final

EIR/EIS).

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and

the California Environmental Quality

Act (CEQA), the Bureau of Reclamation

(Reclamation), Woodbridge Irrigation

District (WID), and the City of Lodi have

prepared a joint final EIR/EIS for the

Lower Mokelumne River Restoration

Program (LMRRP). The LMRRP

encompasses an area located in northern

San Joaquin County along the lower

Mokelumne River between Camanche

Dam and the Mokelumne and Cosumnes

Rivers. The Proposed Project comprises

four elements: Improving fish passage at

Woodbridge Dam, upgrading the fish

screen at the WID diversion, placing

screens on unscreened or underscreened

riparian diversions on the Mokelumne

River between Camanche Dam and the

Cosumnes Rivers on a voluntary basis,

and restoring riparian vegetation along

the Mokelumne River. The final EIR/EIS

describes and presents the

environmental effects of the four

elements of the program. The first two

elements are addressed at a project level

in this final EIR/EIS, including five fish

passage alternatives and five optional

fish passage actions. The remaining two

elements are addressed at a

programmatic level. The preferred

alternative is to construct a new dam

and new fish-passage facilities, and

includes optional actions to improve

predator control below the dam, move

the WID diversion point to just

upstream of the dam, and construct a

downstream splash pool.

DATES: Reclamation will not make a

decision on the proposed action until

after Endangered Species Act (ESA)

compliance has been completed. After

ESA compliance has been completed,

Reclamation will complete a Record of

Decision (ROD). The ROD will state the

action that will be implemented and

will discuss all factors leading to the

decision.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the final EIR/EIS

may be requested from Mr. Anders

Christensen, Woodbridge Irrigation

District, 18777 N. Lower Sacramento

Road, Woodbridge, California 95258, or

Mr. Buford Holt, Bureau of Reclamation,

16349 Shasta Dam Boulevard, Shasta

Lake, California 96019.

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for locations where copies of the

final EIR/EIS are available for public

inspection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Buford Holt, Bureau of Reclamation, at

(530) 275–1554; or Mr. Anders

Christensen, Woodbridge Irrigation

District, at (209) 369–6808.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

LMRRP was developed to implement

important elements from resource

management plans prepared by

CALFED, USFWS, and DFG. The goal of

the LMRRP is to substantially increase

fall-run chinook salmon and steelhead

populations, enhance critical and

limiting aquatic habitats, and restore

riparian ecosystem integrity and

diversity. In addition to a No-Project

Alternative, which involves the

continued operation of the existing

Woodbridge Dam and fish passage

facilities, four action alternatives are

examined, including: (1) Construct new

fish passage facilities on the existing

Woodbridge Dam; (2) construct a new

Woodbridge Dam with operable weir

gates and new fish passage facilities; (3)

construct a new Woodbridge Dam with

operable weir gates and new fish

passage facilities, and diversion pumps;

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and (4) replace the existing Woodbridge

Dam and pump water from the river.

The final EIR/EIS considers the

environmental effects of the five

alternatives in all topical areas required

under NEPA and CEQA. Of particular

importance for this project are the

following topics: Fisheries, water

quality, vegetation and wetland

resources, wildlife, recreation, and

visual resources.

Notice of the draft environmental

impact report/environmental impact

statement was published in the Federal

Register on November 3, 1999 (64 FR

0212). A public hearing was held on

November 16, 1999. The written

comment period closed on January 4,

2000. The final EIR/EIS contains

responses to all comments received and

changes made to the text of the draft

EIR/EIS as a result of those comments.

Locations for Inspecting/Reviewing the

Final EIR/EIS

Copies of the final EIR/EIS are

available for public inspection and

review at the following locations:

• Woodbridge Irrigation District

Office, 18777 N. Lower Sacramento

Road, Woodbridge, California 95258;

telephone: (209) 369–6808

• Bureau of Reclamation, Program

Analysis Office, Room 7456, 1849 C

Street NW., Washington, DC 20240;

telephone: (202) 208–4662

• Bureau of Reclamation, Denver

Office Library, Building 67, Room 167,

Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling,

Denver CO 80225; telephone: (303) 445–

2072

• Bureau of Reclamation, Regional

Director, Attention: MP–140, 2800

Cottage Way, Sacramento CA 95825–

1898; telephone: (916) 978–5100

• Natural Resources Library, U.S.

Department of the Interior, Main Interior

Building, 1849 C Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20240–0001

• Lodi Public Library, 201 W. Locust

Street, Lodi, CA 95240–2099.

Dated: May 26, 2000.

Lester A. Snow,

Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 00–14744 Filed 6–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337–TA–395]

Notice of Decision To Extend the

Deadline for Determining Whether To

Review an Initial Determination on

Inventorship

In the Matter of Certain Eprom, Eeprom,

Flash Microcontroller Semiconductor

Devices and Products Containing Same.

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the U.S. International Trade

Commission has determined to extend

by two weeks, i.e., until July 17, 2000,

the deadline for determining whether to

review an initial determination (ID)

issued on May 17, 2000, by the

presiding administrative law judge (ALJ)

in the above-captioned investigation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean

Jackson, Esq., Office of the General

Counsel, U.S. International Trade

Commission, 500 E Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)

205–3104. Hearing-impaired persons are

advised that information on this matter

can be obtained by contacting the

Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–

205–1810. General information

concerning the Commission may also be

obtained by accessing its Internet server

(http://www.usitc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Commission instituted this patent-based

investigation on March 18, 1997, based

on a complaint filed by Atmel

Corporation. 62 FR 13706. The

complaint alleged that several

respondents violated section 337 by

importing into the United States, selling

for importation, and/or selling in the

United States after importation certain

electronic products and/or components

that infringe one or more of claim 1 of

U.S. Letters Patent 4,511,811 (the ’811

patent), claim 1 of U.S. Letters Patent

4,673,829 (the ’829 patent), claim 1 of

U.S. Letters Patent 4,974,565 (the ’565

patent) and claims 1–9 of U.S. Letters

Patent 4,451,903 (the ’903 patent). The

’565 patent was later withdrawn from

the case.

On July 2, 1998, the Commission

found that the ’903 patent was

unenforceable for failure to name a coinventor. During the Commission

investigation, a U.S. District Court

found the ’811 and ’829 patents invalid

and the Commission, therefore, applied

collateral estoppel to find that the ’811

and ’829 patents were invalid. Atmel

obtained a ‘‘Certificate of Correction’’

from the U.S. Patent and Trademark

Office which changed the inventorship

of the ’903 patent. In view of the fact

that the inventors had been corrected on

the ’903 patent, Atmel petitioned the

Commission on September 8, 1998, to

reconsider its finding of no violation

based on the unenforceablility of the

’903 patent. The Commission referred

the petition to the presiding ALJ on

January 25, 1999, for issuance of an ID.

This action is taken under the

authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act

of 1930, 19 U.S.C. 1337, and section

210.42(h) of the Commission Rules of

Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR

210.42(h).

Copies of the nonconfidential version

of the ID and all other nonconfidential

documents filed in connection with this

investigation are or will be available for

inspection during official business

hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the

Office of the Secretary, U.S.

International Trade Commission, 500 E

Street SW, Washington, DC 20436,

telephone 202–205–2000. Public

documents are also available for

downloading from the Commission’s

website at http://www.usitc.gov.

By order of the Commission.

Dated: June 6, 2000.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14762 Filed 6–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 731–TA–571 (Review)]

Professional Electric Cutting Tools

From Japan

AGENCY: United States International

Trade Commission.

ACTION: Termination of five-year review.

SUMMARY: The subject five-year review

was initiated in November 1999 to

determine whether revocation of the

existing antidumping duty order on

professional electric cutting tools would

be likely to lead to continuation or

recurrence of dumping and of material

injury to a domestic industry. On June

2, 2000, the Department of Commerce

published notice that it was revoking

the order ‘‘[b]ecause the domestic

interested parties have withdrawn, in

full, their participation in the ongoing

sunset review’’ (65 FR 35324).

Accordingly, pursuant to section 751(c)

of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.

1675(c)), the subject review is

terminated.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 2, 2000.