Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 30 / Thursday, February 13, 1997 / Notices 6761

On March 25, 1993, the U.S. Court of

International Trade (CIT) in Floral

Trade Council v. United States, 822

F.Supp. 766 (CIT 1993) and FederalMogul Corporation v. United States, 822

F.Supp. 782 (CIT 1993) decided that

once an ‘‘all others’’ rate is established

for a company, it can only be changed

through an administrative review. The

Department has determined that in

order to implement this decision, it is

appropriate to reinstate the original ‘‘all

others’’ rate from the LTFV investigation

(or that rate as amended for correction

of clerical errors or as a result of

litigation) in proceedings governed by

antidumping duty orders. Because this

proceeding is governed by an

antidumping duty order, the ‘‘all

others’’ rate for the purposes of this

review will be 15.16 percent, the ‘‘all

others’’ rate established in the LTFV

investigation.

These cash deposit requirements,

when imposed, shall remain in effect

until publication of the final results of

the next administrative review.

This notice serves as a preliminary

reminder to importers of their

responsibility under 19 CFR 353.26 to

file a certificate regarding the

reimbursement of antidumping duties

prior to liquidation of the relevant

entries during this review period.

Failure to comply with this requirement

could result in the Secretary’s

presumption that reimbursement of

antidumping duties occurred and the

subsequent assessment of double

antidumping duties.

This administrative review and notice

are in accordance with section 751(a)(1)

of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19

CFR 353.22.

Dated: January 14, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–3634 Filed 2–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

[Docket No. 970122010–7010–01]

RIN 0693–XX28

American Lumber Standard

Committee, Incorporated;

Recommends Additions to

Membership

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology (NIST), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Institute of

Standards and Technology announces

that it is considering a recommendation

from the American Lumber Standard

Committee, Incorporated (hereafter

referred to as the ALSC) to increase the

membership of the ALSC by two

additional members. The ALSC has

recommended that the National Lumber

Grades Authority (NLGA), the ruleswriting agency of Canada, and the

wood-treaters segment of the lumber

industry each be provided one voting

membership. NIST will announce its

decision in the Federal Register

following public review of the

recommendation.

DATES: Written comments on the ALSC

recommendation must be submitted to

Barbara M. Meigs, Standards

Management Program, Office of

Standards Services, on or before May

14, 1997, for the comments to be

considered.

ADDRESSES: Standards Management

Program, Room 164, Building 820,

Office of Standards Services, National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara M. Meigs, Standards

Management Program, Office of

Standards Services, National Institute of

Standards and Technology, Tel: 301–

975–4025, Fax: 301–926–1559, e-mail:

barbara.meigs@nist.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

9.3.7 of Voluntary Product Standard PS

20–94 American Softwood Lumber

Standard, developed under procedures

published by the Department of

Commerce (15 CFR part 10), has a

provision by which the Secretary of

Commerce, upon request, can consider

making additional appointments to the

ALSC to ensure that it has a

comprehensive balance of interests. It

provides that in such considerations,

the Secretary shall consult with the

ALSC for advice regarding balance of

interests and the criteria by which it

may be determined.

The ALSC, at its annual meeting on

November 15, 1996, approved

requesting two additional memberships:

One membership for the NLGA of

Canada and one for wood-treaters. This

recommendation was sent to NIST for

consideration on December 10, 1996.

In its recommendation, the ALSC

indicated that an additional entry under

9.3.1 (rules-writing agencies) should be

provided to include the NLGA

membership. That section pertains to

the qualifications of rules-writing

agencies as they pertain to the

composition of the membership of the

ALSC and lists those agencies that may

nominate principal and alternate

members. In making its

recommendation, the ALSC also noted

that for many years Canadian

representatives have been actively

involved in the American lumber

standardization system. Membership of

the NLGA, therefore, would assist in

continuing that beneficial relationship.

The ALSC noted that in 1995, Canadian

softwood lumber imports into the

United States accounted for 36% of the

United States lumber market.

With regard to the wood-treaters

membership, the ALSC recommended

that an additional entry under 9.3.3

(other interested and affected groups) of

PS 20–94 should be provided. That

section pertains to representation of

firms or organizations within

organizations and groups that specify,

distribute, and purchase lumber. Since

1992, the Board of Review of the ALSC

has been accrediting qualified agencies

for supervisory and lot inspection of

pressure-treated wood products at

treating facilities. These agencies

monitor treating facilities in accordance

to their adherence to applicable

standards of the American Wood

Preservers’ Association. In making its

recommendation, the ALSC noted that

over 5 billion board feet of treated wood

is involved in its treated-wood program.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272.

Dated: February 5, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office.

[FR Doc. 97–3525 Filed 2–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

Jointly Owned Invention Available for

Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a jointly owned

invention available for licensing.

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is

jointly owned by the U.S. Government,

as represented by the Department of

Commerce and the University of

Colorado, as represented by the Board of

Regents of the University of Colorado.

The U.S. Government’s ownership

interest in this invention is available for

licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C.

207 and 37 CFR part 404 to achieve

expeditious commercialization of

results of federally funded research and

development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Technical and licensing information on

this inventions may be obtained by

writing to: Marcia Salkeld, National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

Industrial Partnerships Program,

Building 820, Room 213, Gaithersburg,
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MD 20899; Fax 301–869–2751. Any

request for information should include

the NIST Docket No. and Title for the

relevant invention as indicated below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST may

enter into a Cooperative Research and

Development Agreement (‘‘CRADA’’)

with the licensee to perform further

research on the invention for purposes

of commercialization. The invention

available for licensing is:

NIST Docket No. 94–010

Title: Process for Fabrication of

Improved Resistive Microbolometers.

Description: In this relatively

uncomplicated and reproducible

process for fabricating microbolometers,

an ultrathin layer of niobium is used as

the detector element, and the wafer is

cleaned in situ in a low-pressure

evaporation system, to provide an

instrument having a substantially lower

noise level than conventional

microbolometers.

Dated: February 6, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office

[FR Doc. 97–3524 Filed 2–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 020697C]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of modification 2 to

permit 895 (P504D) and an amendment

of permit 1005 (P770#71).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

NMFS has issued a modification to a

permit to the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers (Corps) at Walla Walla, WA

and an amendment of a permit to the

Coastal Zone and Estuarine Studies

Division (CZESD), NMFS at Seattle, WA

that authorize takes of Endangered

Species Act-listed species for the

purpose of enhancement, subject to

certain conditions set forth therein.

ADDRESSES: The applications and

related documents are available for

review in the following offices, by

appointment:

Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3,

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, MD 20910–3226 (301-713-1401);

and

Environmental and Technical

Services Division, 525 NE Oregon

Street, Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232–

4169 (503–230–5400).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

modification to a permit and the

amendment of a permit were issued

under the authority of section 10 of the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)

(16 U.S.C. 1531-1543) and the NMFS

regulations governing ESA-listed fish

and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217–

222).

Notice was published on October 29,

1996 (61 FR 55789) that an application

had been filed by the Corps (P504D) for

modification 2 to enhancement permit

895. Modification 2 to permit 895 was

issued to the Corps on January 17, 1997.

Permit 895 authorizes the Corps annual

takes of adult and juvenile, endangered,

Snake River sockeye salmon

(Oncorhynchus nerka); adult and

juvenile, threatened, naturally-produced

and artificially-propagated, Snake River

spring/summer chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha); and adult

and juvenile, threatened, Snake River

fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus

tshawytscha) associated with the

operation of the Juvenile Fish

Transportation Program on the Snake

and Columbia Rivers. For modification

2, the Corps is authorized an increase in

the annual incidental take of adult,

threatened, Snake River fall chinook

salmon associated with the juvenile fish

transportation facilities at four

hydroelectric projects on the rivers.

Modification 2 is valid for the duration

of the permit. Permit 895 expires on

December 31, 1998.

On February 5, 1997, NMFS issued an

amendment of CZESD’s enhancement

permit 1005. Permit 1005 authorizes

CZESD takes of adult and juvenile,

endangered, Snake River sockeye

salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

associated with a captive broodstock

program, being conducted in

cooperation with the Idaho Department

of Fish and Game (IDFG). For the

amendment, CZESD is authorized to

transfer ESA-listed sockeye salmon eggs

and/or juveniles to the Mitchell Actfunded rearing facility at Bonneville

Hatchery, operated by the Oregon

Department of Fish and Wildlife

(ODFW), and/or any other hatchery

facility deemed acceptable by the

Environmental and Technical Services

Division (ETSD), NMFS in Portland,

Oregon, for final rearing. ODFW, and

any other agency to receive ESA-listed

fish and/or eggs from CZESD, will be

acting as an agent of CZESD under the

terms and conditions of permit 1005 in

the care and maintenance of the fish

and/or eggs. When the ESA-listed fish

are smolts, ODFW, and any other agency

to receive ESA-listed fish and/or eggs

from CZESD, is authorized to transfer

the fish to IDFG for release in Stanley

Basin Lakes and outlet streams. Permit

1005 has also been extended to be valid

through December 31, 1997. The

amendment is valid for the duration of

the permit.

Issuance of the modification to a

permit and the amendment of a permit,

as required by the ESA, was based on

a finding that such actions: (1) Were

requested/proposed in good faith, (2)

will not operate to the disadvantage of

the ESA-listed species that are the

subject of the permits, and (3) are

consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA

and the NMFS regulations governing

ESA-listed species permits.

Dated: February 7, 1997.

Robert C. Ziobro,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–3570 Filed 2–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Washington Headquarters

Service.

ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Washington

Headquarters Services announces the

proposed public information collection

and seeks public comment on the

provisions thereof. 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 of the

proposed information collection; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the information collection on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received on or before April

14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to