Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 210 / Thursday, October 30, 1997 / Notices 58745

SUMMARY: This order withdraws 270

acres of public land from surface entry

and mining for a period of 50 years to

protect important paleontological

resource values that were recently

discovered on Big Cedar Ridge near Ten

Sleep. The land has been and will

remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 30, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet Booth, BLM Wyoming State Office,

P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming

82003, 307–775–6124.

By virtue of the authority vested in

the Secretary of the Interior by Section

204 of the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.

1714 (1994), it is ordered as follows:

1. Subject to valid existing rights, the

following described public land is

hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale,

location, or entry under the general land

laws, including the United States

mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)),

but not from leasing under the mineral

leasing laws, for the Bureau of Land

Management to protect important

paleontological resource values:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 45 N., R. 89 W.,

sec. 16, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4 and N1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

sec. 21, W1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

and E1⁄2SW1⁄4;

sec. 28, E1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4SW1⁄4;

sec. 33, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4 and

NE1⁄4NW1⁄4NW1⁄4.

2. The withdrawal made by this order

does not alter the applicability of those

public land laws governing the use of

lands under lease, license, or permit, or

governing the disposal of their mineral

or vegetative resources other than under

the mining laws.

3. This withdrawal will expire 50

years from the effective date of this

order unless, as a result of a review

conducted before the expiration date

pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal

Land Policy and Management Act of

1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f) (1994), the

Secretary determines that the

withdrawal shall be extended.

Dated: October 21, 1997.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 97–28780 Filed 10–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ES–960–1420–00] ES–48891, Group 29,

Illinois

Notice of Filing of Plat of Survey;

Illinois

The plat, in four sheets, of the

dependent resurvey of a portion of U.S.

Survey No. 578, and the survey of the

Locks and Dam No. 27 acquisition

boundary, Township 3 North, Ranges 9

and 10 West, Third Principal Meridian,

Illinois, will be officially filed in Eastern

States, Springfield, Virginia at 7:30 a.m.,

on December 1, 1997.

The survey was requested by the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers.

All inquiries or protests concerning

the technical aspects of the survey must

be sent to the Chief Cadastral Surveyor,

Eastern States, Bureau of Land

Management, 7450 Boston Boulevard,

Springfield, Virginia 22153, prior to

7:30 a.m., December 1, 1997.

Copies of the plat will be made

available upon request and prepayment

of the reproduction fee of $2.75 per

copy.

Dated: October 21, 1997.

Stephen G. Kopach,

Chief Cadastral Surveyor.

[FR Doc. 97–28778 Filed 10–29–97; 8:45 am]

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Investigation 332–386]

Macadamia Nuts: Economic and

Competitive Conditions Affecting the

U.S. Industry

AGENCY: United States International

Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution of investigation and

scheduling of hearing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 23, 1997.

SUMMARY: Following receipt on

September 15, 1997, of a request from

the Senate Committee on Finance

(Committee), the Commission instituted

investigation No. 332–386, Macadamia

Nuts: Economic and Competitive

Conditions Affecting the U.S. Industry,

under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of

1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)), for the purpose

of providing a report on factors affecting

trade between the United States and

major world markets for macadamia

nuts. As requested by the Committee,

the Commission’s report on the

investigation will include the following

information:

(1) A description of the competitive

factors affecting the domestic

macadamia nut industry, including

competition from imports of macadamia

nuts;

(2) To the extent data are available, a

description of the prices U.S. consumers

pay for macadamia nuts compared with

the prices paid for macadamia nuts by

consumers in other major markets for

macadamia nuts, and a description of

the degree to which quotas, tariffs, or

other trade barriers affect such prices;

(3) A description of the extent to

which trade practices and barriers to

trade by other competing countries are

impeding the marketing of domestically

produced macadamia nuts; and

(4) An analysis of current conditions

of trade in macadamia nuts between the

United States and macadamia nut

exporting countries (in particular,

Australia, Brazil, South Africa, and the

Central American countries) and

between the exporting countries and the

rest of the world, as well as any recent

changes in such conditions, including

information on prices, cost of

production, marketing practices, and

market shares of foreign suppliers in the

U.S. market.

As requested by the Committee, the

Commission will submit the results of

its investigation by September 30, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Information on industry aspects may be

obtained from Stephen Burket, Office of

Industries (202–205–3318) or John

Reeder, Office of Industries (202–205–

3319); and legal aspects, from William

Gearhart, Office of the General Counsel

(202–205–3091). The media should

contact Margaret O’Laughlin, Office of

External Relations (202–205–1820).

Hearing impaired individuals are

advised that information on this matter

can be obtained by contacting the TDD

terminal on (202–205–1810).

Public Hearings

Public hearings in connection with

the investigation will be held in KailuaKona, Hawaii, and in Washington, DC.

Hawaii hearing.—The hearing will be

held at King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach

Hotel, 75–5660 Palani Road, beginning

at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 25,

1998. Requests to appear at the public

hearing in Kailua-Kona should be filed

with the Secretary, United States

International Trade Commission, 500 E

Street SW, Washington, DC 20436, no

later than 5:15 p.m. (Eastern Standard

Time) March 11, 1998. Persons

testifying at the hearing are encouraged

to file prehearing briefs or statements;

the deadline for filing such briefs or

statements (a signed original and 14

copies) is March 13, 1998. The deadline