45392 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 166 / Wednesday, August 27, 1997 / Notices

Burden: 1,800 hours.

Avg. Hours Per Response:

Approximately 10 minutes

Needs and Uses: The goal of the

Manufacturing Extension Partnership

program is to improve global

competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing

establishment. A variety of services are

provided by over 70 centers. This

collection, conducted in partnership

with the U.S. Census Bureau, measures

the impacts of those services on the

nation’s manufacturers.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Virginia Huth,

(202) 395–6929.

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 5327, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Virginia Huth, OMB Desk

Officer, Room 10236, New Executive

Office Building, 725 17th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: August 21, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–22814 Filed 8–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE: 3510–13–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economic Development

Administration

Notice of Petitions by Producing Firms

for Determination of Eligibility to Apply

for Trade Adjustment Assistance

AGENCY: Economic Development

Administration (EDA), Commerce.

ACTION: To give firms an opportunity to

comment.

Petitions have been accepted for filing

on the dates indicated from the firms

listed below.

LIST OF PETITION ACTION BY TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR PERIOD 07/23/97–08/20/97

Firm name Address

Date

petition

accepted

Product

Penley Corporation ................... P.O. Box 277, West Paris, ME

04289.

07/30/97 Wooden Clothespins, Lumber, Wood Craft Products, and

Toothpicks.

Mechanism Design, Inc ............. 4325 Sarellen Road, Richmond, VA 23231.07/30/97 Precision Machined Parts for Various End Uses, Primarily Tobacco Processing Equipment and Escalator.

Mountain Woods, Inc ................ 20631 Highway 2, East Glacier

Park, MT 59434.

08/01/97 Cutlery.

Jonco Diversified’s, L.L.C ......... P.O. Box 515, Waynesville,

MO 65583.

08/04/97 Walnut Wood Trophies.

Plastic Craft Jewelry Co., Inc .... 12 Dunham Street, Attleboro,

MA 02703.

08/04/97 Ladies Costume Jewelry and Giftware—Pewter and Metal

Statutes, and Keyrings.

Trooper, Inc ............................... 2804 Wilco Avenue, Augusta,

GA 30904.

08/04/97 Men’s and Boy’s Trousers and Shirts.

Key Industries, Inc .................... 400 Marble Road, Fort Scott,

KS 66701.

08/06/97 Workpants, Overalls, Coveralls, Jackets and Shirts.

Quick Cast Ltd .......................... P.O. Box 1055, 5500 Peru

Street, Plattsburgh, NY

12901.

08/06/97 Zinc Die Cast Buckles.

Service Manufacturing Group,

Inc. (The).

601 Northland Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14211.08/06/97 Large Metal Enclosures, Industrial Control Systems and Machined Metal Parts.

Circuit Connect, Inc ................... 4 State Street, Nashua, NH

03063.

08/08/97 Printed Circuit Boards.

Cirque Works, L.L.C .................. 1650 SW Highland Parkway,

Portland, OR 97221.

08/12/97 Sporting Goods.

NTR, Inc., dba Blue Water Ltd. 209 Lovvorn Road, Carrollton,

GA 30117.

08/15/97 Ropes and Harnesses of Nylon, Carbiners and Hardware for

Recreational Climbing.

Seattle Gear, Inc ....................... 2245 First Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98134.08/15/97 Women’s Designer Sprotswear.

HNL, Inc .................................... 3250 Victor Street, Building C,

Santa Clara, CA 95054.

08/15/97 Precision Microwave Components.

Cranston Print Works Company 1381 Cranston Street, Cranston, RI 02920.08/20/97 Printed Textile Fabric.

Gold Seal Tank Co ................... 27 Lowell Street, Fall River,

MA 02722.

08/20/97 Above Ground Oil Storage Tanks.

Shuttle-Tex, Inc ......................... 5821 Adams Street, West New

York, NJ 07093.

08/20/97 Schiffli Embroidery and Venise Lace.

The petitions were submitted

pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade Act

of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341). Consequently,

the United States Department of

Commerce has initiated separate

investigations to determine whether

increased imports into the United States

of articles like or directly competitive

with those produced by each firm

contributed importantly to total or

partial separation of the firm’s workers,

or threat thereof, and to a decrease in

sales or production of each petitioning

firm.

Any party having a substantial

interest in the proceedings may request

a public hearing on the matter. A

request for a hearing must be received

by Trade Adjustment Assistance, Room

7315, Economic Development

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230, no

later than the close of business of the
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tenth calendar day following the

publication of this notice.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance official program number and title

of the program under which these petitions

are submitted is 11.313, Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

Dated: August 19, 1997.

Anthony J. Meyer,

Coordinator, Trade Adjustment and

Technical Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–22839 Filed 8–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–24–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

National Defense Stockpile Market

Impact Committee Request for Public

Comments

AGENCY: Office of Strategic Industries

and Economic Security, Bureau of

Export Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of request for public

comments on the potential market

impact of proposed new material

disposals and proposed revisions to

current disposal levels of certain

National Defense Stockpile commodities

under the Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 Annual

Materials Plan (AMP).

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise the

public that the interagency National

Defense Stockpile Market Impact

Committee is seeking public comment

on the potential market impact of

Department of Defense proposed new

material disposals for Beryllium Copper

Master Alloy, Chromium (Metal),

Columbium (Carbide), Columbium

(Minerals), Titanium Sponge, Tungsten

(Ores & Concentrates), Tungsten

(Carbide), Tungsten (Metal Powder), and

Tungsten (Ferro) under a revised FY

1998 AMP. In addition, the revised

AMP proposal includes raising the

current FY 1998 disposal levels for

Palladium, Platinum, and Bauxite

(Surinam).

DATES: Comments must be received by

September 26, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be sent to Richard V. Meyers, Co-Chair,

Stockpile Market Impact Committee,

Office of Strategic Industries and

Economic Security, Room 3876, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard V. Meyers, Office of Strategic

Industries and Economic Security, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

3634; or Richard Watkins, International

Commodities Division, U.S. Department

of State, (202) 647–2871; co-chairs of the

National Defense Stockpile Market

Impact Committee.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

authority of the Strategic and Critical

Materials Stock Piling Act of 1979, as

amended (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.) (the Act),

the Department of Defense (as National

Defense Stockpile Manager) maintains a

stockpile of strategic and critical

materials to supply the military,

industrial, and essential civilian needs

of the United States for national

defense. The Act (50 U.S.C. 98h–1)

formally established a Market Impact

Committee (the Committee) to ‘‘advise

the National Defense Stockpile Manager

on the projected domestic and foreign

economic effects of all acquisitions and

disposals of materials from the

stockpile * * *.’’ The Committee must

also balance market impact concerns

with the statutory requirement to

protect the Government against

avoidable loss.

The Committee is comprised of

representatives from the Departments of

Commerce, State, Agriculture, Defense,

Energy, Interior, Treasury and the

Federal Emergency Management Agency

and is co-chaired by the Departments of

Commerce and State. The Act directs

the Committee to ‘‘consult from time to

time with representatives of producers,

processors and consumers of the types

of materials stored in the stockpile.’’

The Committee is now considering

Defense’s proposed new National

Defense Stockpile material disposal

levels and revisions to current Stockpile

material disposal levels under the FY

1998 AMP. These materials are

currently under Congressional

consideration for disposal in FY 1998.

The Committee is seeking public

comment on the potential market

impact of the sale of these materials in

the event that Congress does grant such

disposal authority.

The new materials list identified

below is proposed for inclusion in the

FY 1998 AMP:

PROPOSED NEW MATERIAL DISPOSAL AUTHORITY FOR FY 1998

Material Units Current FY

1998 quantity

Revised FY

1998 quantity

Beryllium Copper Master Alloy .................................................................................................. ST ..................... 0 1,250

Chromium (Metal) ...................................................................................................................... ST ..................... 0 500

Columbium (Carbide) ................................................................................................................ LBS Cb ............. 0 21,372

Columbium (Minerals) ............................................................................................................... LBS Cb ............. 0 200,000

Titanium Sponge ....................................................................................................................... ST ..................... 0 4,000

Tungsten (Ores & Concentrates) .............................................................................................. LBS W .............. 0 2,000,000

Tungsten (Carbide) ................................................................................................................... LBS W .............. 0 100,000

Tungsten (Metal Powder) .......................................................................................................... LBS W .............. 0 100,000

Tungsten (Ferro) ....................................................................................................................... LBS W .............. 0 100,000

The following list of materials are

presently included in the FY 1998 AMP.

However, DNSC proposes to increase

the maximum disposal authority for

these materials.

PROPOSED REVISIONS TO FY 1998 AMP

Material Units Current FY

1998 quantity

Revised FY

1998 quantity

Palladium ................................................................................................................................... Tr Oz ................ 15,000 300,000

Platinum ..................................................................................................................................... Tr Oz ................ 10,000 125,000

Bauxite (Surinam) ...................................................................................................................... LDT ................... 300,000 800,000