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decision in this action we are amending

our final determination, and we will

subsequently instruct the U.S. Customs

Service to change the appropriate cash

deposit requirements entries subject to

this investigation.

Amendment to Final Determination

Pursuant to 516A(e) of the Tariff Act

of 1930, as amended, (the Act) we are

now amending the final results of this

investigation of certain cut-to-length

carbon steel plate from Finland.

The recalculated weighted-average

margins are as follows:

Producer/manufacturer/exporter

Margin

percentage

Rautaruukki Oy ............................... 40.36

All Others ........................................ 40.36

In August 1993, the U.S. International

Trade Commission (the Commission)

determined that imports of certain cutto-length carbon steel plate from

Finland materially injure a U.S.

industry. As a consequence of the

Commission’s affirmative

determination, these products were

subject to an antidumping duty order.

Since publication of the LTFV final

determination and order, the

Department has completed, pursuant to

Section 751 of the Act, first and second

administrative reviews of the

antidumping order. As a result, this

amended final determination does not

necessitate a change in cash deposit

rates nor liquidation of the subject

merchandise as the order relates to

Rautaruukki Oy. However, the

Department will instruct the U.S.

Customs Service to change the

appropriate cash deposit requirements

to 40.36 percent of the entered value of

the subject merchandise for all other

producers/exporters.

Dated: October 22, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–28542 Filed 10–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of issuance of an

amended Export Trade Certificate of

Review, Application No. 84–8A012.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

has issued an amendment to the Export

Trade Certificate of Review granted to

Northwest Fruit Exporters (‘‘NFE’’) on

June 11, 1984. Notice of issuance of the

Certificate was published in the Federal

Register on June 14, 1984 (49 FR 24581).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Morton Schnabel, Acting Director,

Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs, International Trade

Administration, (202) 482–5131. This is

not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of

the Export Trading Company Act of

1982 (15 U.S.C. Sections 4001–21)

authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to

issue Export Trade Certificates of

Review. The regulations implementing

Title III are found at 15 CFR part 325

(1997).

The Office of Export Trading

Company Affairs (‘‘OETCA’’) is issuing

this notice pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b),

which requires the Department of

Commerce to publish a summary of a

Certificate in the Federal Register.

Under Section 305(a) of the Act and 15

CFR 325.11(a), any person aggrieved by

the Secretary’s determination may,

within 30 days of the date of this notice,

bring an action in any appropriate

district court of the United States to set

aside the determination on the ground

that the determination is erroneous.

Description of Amended Certificate

Export Trade Certificate of Review

No. 84–00012, was issued to NFE on

June 11, 1984 (49 FR 24581, June 14,

1984) and previously amended on May

2, 1988 (53 FR 16306, May 6, 1988);

September 21, 1988 (53 FR 37628,

September 27, 1988); September 20,

1989 (54 FR 39454, September 26,

1989); November 19, 1992 (57 FR 55510,

November 25, 1992); August 16, 1994

(59 FR 43093); and November 4, 1996

(61 FR 57850, November 8, 1996).

NFE’s Export Trade Certificate of

Review has been amended to:

1. Add each of the following

companies as a new ‘‘Member’’ of the

Certificate within the meaning of

section 325.2(1) of the Regulations (15

C.F.R. 325.2(1)): D & G Packing Inc.,

Plymouth, Washington; Fox Orchards,

Mattawa, Washington; J.C. Watson

Company, Parma, Idaho; Jenks Bros.

Cold Storage, Inc., Royal City,

Washington; Monson Fruit Co., Selah,

Washington; Poirier Packing &

Warehouse, Pateros, Washington; and

Williamson Orchards, Caldwell, Idaho;

2. Delete the following companies as

a ‘‘Members’’ of the Certificate: Dole

Northwest, Wenatchee, Washington;

and Sands Orchards, Inc., Emmett,

Idaho; and

3. Change the listing of the company

names for the current Members ‘‘Roche

Fruit Company, Inc.’’ to the new listing

‘‘Roche Fruit, Ltd.; and ‘‘Stadelman

Fruit, Inc.’’ to ‘‘Stadelman Fruit, L.L.C.’’.

A copy of the amended certificate will

be kept in the International Trade

Administration’s Freedom of

Information Records Inspection Facility,

Room 4102, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

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

Dated: October 22, 1997.

Morton Schnabel,

Acting Director, Office of Export Trading

Company Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–28547 Filed 10–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Vessel Monitoring and

Communications Requirements

ACTION: Proposed collection; Comment

request

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before December 29,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Robert B. Gorrell, F/SF3—

Rm. 14603, 1315 East-West Highway,

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 (phone:

301–713–2343).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

This is a generic collection of

information that includes regulatory

requirements for vessel monitoring and

communication under the authority of

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act.

Fishing vessels and/or at-sea processing

vessels in selected fisheries are required

to have installed transponders/vessel
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tracking systems or Inmarsat

Communication Units for onboard

communications with the National

Marine Fisheries Service. The primary

purpose of such equipment is to

communicate the vessel’s location or, in

the case of Inmarsat Communication

Units, communicate harvest information

collected by observers aboard the vessel.

The installation time of the monitoring

and/or communication equipment is

measured as well as the estimated

transmission times for communication.

II. Method of Collection

Real-time vessel location information

is collected by querying the

transponders and vessel monitoring

system units on board the fishing

vessels and/or at-sea processing vessels.

This method of collection obviates the

need for a more costly and problematic

requirement that vessel operators report

vessel location. Other information on

harvest is electronically communicated

by NMFS observers on-board fishing

vessels. Net-sounder devices are also

used to collect data on certain trawl

gear.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0648–0307.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Regular Submission.

Affected Public: Owners and

operators of fishing vessels and at-sea

processing vessels.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

861 (150 multispecies vessels, 250

scallop vessels, 190 groundfish at-sea

processing vessels, 100 groundfish

trawlers around Kodiak, 165 pelagics

vessels, and 6 crustaceans vessels)

Estimated Time Per Response: This

varies with type of equipment and

requirement. Upon installation, vessel

monitoring or transponder systems

automatically transmit date, which takes

about 5 seconds. For requirements to

transmit data on Inmarsat

communications units, transmissions

take about 10 minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 9,642.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to

Public: $1,408,696. Costs for these

different monitoring and

communication systems vary; some

impose no direct costs on the vessel

owners or operators.

Direct costs (actual or projected) to

vessel owners or operators of VTS in the

Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery and in the

Northeast Multispecies Fishery are, on

average: (1) $7,000 per initial purchase

and installation of transceiver/terminal

and antenna; (2) $120 for basic monthly

communications and messaging costs;

and (3) $2,000 per year for repairs and

maintenance (assuming antenna or other

problems). Out of the 150 multispecies

vessels and 250 scallop vessels

potentially subject to VTS requirements

under existing regulations, an estimated

5 multispecies vessels and 125 scallop

vessels already have VTS installed.

Therefore, annual installation costs

would be $630,000 ($7,000 times 270

vessels annualized over the 3-year

period of this information collection),

annual communications and messaging

costs would be $576,000 ($1,440 times

400 vessels), and annual repair and

maintenance costs could be $160,000

($2,000 times 20 percent of the 400

vessels). These costs total $1,366,000

annually. A requirement for VTS in the

scallop and multispecies fisheries has

been proposed, but is not mandatory at

present. Direct costs to industry for

communication equipment for

electronic reporting by observers in the

Alaska Groundfish Fisheries are: (1)

$30,000 per initial purchase and

installation of INMARSAT Standard A

units; and (2) $5,000 per initial

purchase and installation of INMARSAT

Standard C units. All but 12 of the

approximately 190 at-sea processing

vessels, affected by the requirement for

electronic communication equipment to

facilitate reporting of fisheries data by

observers, are believed to have installed

the required equipment. Annual

installation costs would be $36,666

($30,000 times 2 vessels installing

Standard A units and $5,000 times 10

vessels installing Standard C units

annualized over the 3-year period of this

information collection). Costs of netsounder devices on 100 groundfish

trawlers around Kodiak Island are not

included here because NMFS does not

actually require their use although still

in the regulations. There are no direct costs to owners or

operators of the 165 vessels in the

Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific

because NMFS owns, installs, repairs,

and maintains the VMS units. NMFS

operation also includes the messaging

costs.

Of the 15 permitted vessels in the

limited entry Crustacean Fisheries of the

Western Pacific Region, 9 also fish in

the pelagic fishery and already carry

VMS units. The owners or operators of

the additional possible 6 lobster vessels

would incur a direct cost of about

$2,500 each for initial purchase of VMS

units. Installation cost for each unit

would be about $200. Therefore, annual

purchase and installation costs would

be $5,400 ($2,700 times 6 vessels

annualized over the 3-year period of this

information collection). Annual

messaging costs would be about $270

for the fleet of 15 vessels (15 vessels

times 30 days times 4 messages per day

times $0.15 per message—assumes a 30-

day season). Annual repair and

maintenance costs for the 6 vessels is

estimated at $360 ($60 times 6 vessels).

These costs total $6,030 annually.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (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 through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: October 23, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–28494 Filed 10–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 101497E]

Protection of California Salmonids;

Public Meeting and Availability of Draft

Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)

Between the National Marine Fisheries

Service and the State of California for

Review and Comment

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and

request for comments on draft MOU.

SUMMARY: NMFS, Southwest Region, in

cooperation with the California

Resources Agency, intends to hold a

public meeting for the purpose of

soliciting public input on development

of a MOU between NMFS and the State

of California (State). The purpose of the

MOU is to seek an agreement with the

State on a process that addresses the

conservation of California’s salmonids.