Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 116 / Thursday, June 15, 2000 / Notices 37517

The subject potato line has been

considered a regulated article under

APHIS’ regulations in 7 CFR part 340

because it contains gene sequences

derived from plant pathogens. However,

evaluation of field data reports from

field tests of RBMT22–82, conducted

under APHIS permits and notifications

since 1994, indicates that there were no

deleterious effects on plants, nontarget

organisms, or the environment as a

result of its environmental release.

Determination

Based on an analysis of the data

submitted by Monsanto, a review of

other scientific data, and field tests of

the subject potato line, APHIS has

determined that Russet Burbank potato

line RBMT22–82: (1) Exhibits no plant

pathogenic properties; (2) is no more

likely to become a weed than similar

pest-resistant potatoes developed by

traditional breeding techniques; (3) is

unlikely to increase the weediness

potential for any other cultivated or

wild species with which it can

interbreed; (4) will not cause damage to

raw or processed agricultural

commodities; and (5) will not harm

threatened or endangered species or

other organisms, such as bees, that are

beneficial to agriculture. Therefore,

APHIS has concluded that potato line

RBMT22–82 and any progeny derived

from crosses with other potato varieties

will be as safe to grow as potatoes that

are not subject to regulation under 7

CFR part 340.

Because APHIS has determined that

potato line RBMT22–82 does not

present a plant pest risk based on its

similarity to the antecedent organism,

Monsanto’s potato line RBMT22–82 will

no longer be considered a regulated

article under APHIS’ regulations in 7

CFR part 340. Therefore, the

requirements pertaining to regulated

articles under those regulations no

longer apply to the field testing,

importation, or interstate movement of

the subject potato line or its progeny.

However, importation of potato line

RBMT22–82 and seeds capable of

propagation are still subject to the

restrictions found in APHIS’ foreign

quarantine notices in 7 CFR part 319.

National Environmental Policy Act

An environmental assessment (EA)

was prepared to examine the potential

environmental impacts associated with

this determination. The EA was

prepared in accordance with: (1) The

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C.

4321 et seq.), (2) regulations of the

Council on Environmental Quality for

implementing the procedural provisions

of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), (3)

USDA regulations implementing NEPA

(7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA

Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part

372). Based on that EA, APHIS has

reached a finding of no significant

impact (FONSI) with regard to its

determination that Monsanto’s potato

line RBMT22–82 and lines developed

from it are no longer regulated articles

under its regulations in 7 CFR part 340.

Copies of the EA and the FONSI are

available upon request from the

individual listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

Done in Washington, DC, this 9th day of

June 2000.

Bobby R. Acord,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 00–15152 Filed 6–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

Request for Revision of a Currently

Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Commodity Credit

Corporation’s (CCC) intention to request

a revision to a currently approved

information collection. This information

collection is used in support of loan

deficiency payments authorized by the

Federal Agriculture Improvement and

Reform Act of 1996 (the 1996 ACT), for

rice, upland cotton, feed grains, wheat,

and oilseeds.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received on or before August 14, 2000,

to be assured consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Raellen Erickson, Price Support

Division, USDA, FSA, 1400

Independence Avenue, S.W., STOP

0512, Washington, DC 20250–0512,

telephone (202) 720–7320; e-mail:

raellen_erickson @ wdc.fsa.usda.gov; pr

facsimile (202) 690–3307.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Loan Deficiency Payments.

OMB Control Number: 0560–0129.

Expiration Date: January 31, 2001.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: The 1996 Act provides for

loan deficiency payments to eligible

producers with respect to eligible

commodities. Forms required for

requesting these payments are used by

producers requesting a loan deficiency

payment in lieu of a marketing

assistance loan with respect to eligible

production. This information collected

is needed to determine loan deficiency

payment quantities and payment

amounts, verify producer and

commodity eligibility, and to ensure

that only eligible producers receive loan

deficiency payments.

Producers requesting loan deficiency

payments must provide specific data

relative to the loan deficiency payment

request. Forms included in this

information collection package require

various types of information including

the farm number, type of commodity,

quantity of commodity, storage location,

and percent share of the commodity to

determine eligibility. Producers must

also agree to the terms and conditions

contained in the loan deficiency

payment application. The completed

application is used by CCC when

issuing a loan deficiency payment.

Without this collection of information,

CCC could not carry out the statutory

loan deficiency payment provisions.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 30 minutes per

producer.

Respondents: Eligible producers.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

2,035,000.

Number of Responses: 6,105,000.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

3,825,000 hours.

Proposed topics for comments are: (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 to be collected: or (d) ways

to minimize the burden of the collection

of 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 Raellen

Erickson, USDA—Farm Service

Agency—Price Support Division, 1400

Independence Avenue, S.W., STOP

0512, Washington, DC 20250–0512:

telephone (202) 720–7320: e-mail

raellen_erickson@wdc.fsa.usda.gov.

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Copies of the information collection

may be obtained from Raellen Erickson

at the above address.

OMB is required to make a decision

concerning the collection contained in

these proposed regulations between 30

and 60 days after publication of this

document in the Federal Register.

Therefore, a comment to OMB is best

assured of having its full effect if OMB

receives it within 30 days of

publication.

All responses 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 June 9, 2000.

Parks Shackelford,

Acting Executive Vice President,, Commodity

Credit Corporation.

[FR Doc. 00–15153 Filed 6–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Municipal Interest Rates for the Third

Quarter of 2000

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of municipal interest

rates on advances from insured electric

loans for the third quarter of 2000.

SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service

hereby announces the interest rates for

advances on municipal rate loans with

interest rate terms beginning during the

third calendar quarter of 2000.

DATES: These interest rates are effective

for interest rate terms that commence

during the period beginning July 1,

2000, and ending September 30, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail

P. Salgado, Management Analyst, Office

of the Assistant Administrator, Electric

Program, Rural Utilities Service, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Room 4024–

S, Stop 1560, 1400 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250–

1560. Telephone: 202–205–3660. FAX:

202–690–0717. E-mail:

GSalgado@rus.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Rural

Utilities Service (RUS) hereby

announces the interest rates on

advances made during the third

calendar quarter of 2000 for municipal

rate electric loans. RUS regulations at

§ 1714.4 state that each advance of

funds on a municipal rate loan shall

bear interest at a single rate for each

interest rate term. Pursuant to § 1714.5,

the interest rates on these advances are

based on indexes published in the

‘‘Bond Buyer’’ for the four weeks prior

to the fourth Friday of the last month

before the beginning of the quarter. The

rate for interest rate terms of 20 years or

longer is the average of the 20 year rates

published in the Bond Buyer in the four

weeks specified in § 1714.5(d). The rate

for terms of less than 20 years is the

average of the rates published in the

Bond Buyer for the same four weeks in

the table of ‘‘Municipal Market Data—

General Obligation Yields’’ or the

successor to this table. No interest rate

may exceed the interest rate for Water

and Waste Disposal loans.

The table of Municipal Market Data

includes only rates for securities

maturing in 2000 and at 5 year intervals

thereafter. The rates published by RUS

reflect the average rates for the years

shown in the Municipal Market Data

table. Rates for interest rate terms

ending in intervening years are a linear

interpolation based the average of the

rates published in the Bond Buyer. All

rates are adjusted to the nearest one

eighth of one percent (0.125 percent) as

required under § 1714.5(a). The market

interest rate on Water and Waste

Disposal loans for this quarter is 5.875

percent.

In accordance with § 1714.5, the

interest rates are established as shown

in the following table for all interest rate

terms that begin at any time during the

third calendar quarter of 2000.

Interest rate term ends in (year)

RUS rate

(0.000

percent)

2021 or later ................................. 5.875

2020 .............................................. 5.875

2019 .............................................. 5.875

2018 .............................................. 5.875

2017 .............................................. 5.750

2016 .............................................. 5.750

2015 .............................................. 5.750

2014 .............................................. 5.625

2013 .............................................. 5.625

2012 .............................................. 5.500

2011 .............................................. 5.375

2010 .............................................. 5.375

2009 .............................................. 5.250

2008 .............................................. 5.250

2007 .............................................. 5.125

2006 .............................................. 5.125

2005 .............................................. 5.000

2004 .............................................. 4.875

2003 .............................................. 4.625

2002 .............................................. 4.375

2001 .............................................. 4.125

Christopher A. McLean,

Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 00–15089 Filed 6–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–201–805]

Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe

and Tube From Mexico: Final Results

of Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review.

SUMMARY: On December 9, 1999, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) published the preliminary

results of its administrative review of

the antidumping duty order on circular

welded non-alloy steel pipe from

Mexico covering exports of this

merchandise to the United States by

certain manufacturers (Circular Welded

Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico;

Preliminary Results of Administrative

Review, 64 FR 68995 (December 9,

1999)). We invited interested parties to

comment on the preliminary results. We

received comments and rebuttals from

petitioners and from respondent with

respect to both Hylsa and TUNA. Based

on our analysis of the comments

received, we have made changes in the

margin calculations. The final weightedaverage dumping margins for TUNA and

Hylsa are listed below in the section

entitled Final Results of Reviews.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Drury (TUNA), Charles Rast (Hylsa), or

Linda Ludwig, Enforcement Group III,

Office 8, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Room 7866, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482–0195, (202) 482–

1324, or (202) 482–3833, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 (URAA). In addition,

unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department’s regulations are

references to the provisions codified at

19 CFR part 351 (April 1998).

Background

The Department published an

antidumping duty order on circular