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Standards up for Adoption or

Consideration:

• Guidelines for Preclearance

Programs: This standard revises the

current standard to include, among

other things, procedures for phasing out

preclearance programs. The United

States intends to support adoption of

the draft standard at the NAPPO

meeting in October.

Updates on NAPPO Panel Activities

Working panels will report their

progress to the Executive Committee.

Information on panel assignments,

updates on activities, and updates on

meeting times and locations can be

obtained from the NAPPO home page at

http://www.nappo.org or by contacting

Narcy Klag, Coordinator for

International Phytosanitary Standards,

PPQ, APHIS, USDA, 4700 River Road,

Unit 140, Riverdale, MD 20737; e-mail:

narcy.g.klag@usda.gov.

The following is a summary of current

panel charges as they relate to the

ongoing development of standards:

Accreditation Panel (Laboratory

Accreditation)

• Develop a form for commodityspecific panels to use to develop an

inventory of laboratory tests, analyses,

and identification done in support of

plant health regulatory activities.

Accreditation Panel (Inspector

Accreditation)

• Work towards implementing the

conditions of this standard by April 1,

2001. Written progress report to be

given to the Executive Committee at its

meeting on October 15, 2000.

Biological Control Panel

• Finalize the standard, ‘‘Guidelines

for Petition for Import and Release of

Nonnative Entomophagous Agents for

the Biological Control of Pests.’’ This

has gone through the country

consultation phase, and comments are

now being reviewed and incorporated

where appropriate. A procedure to

conduct post-release monitoring for

biological control agents is also being

developed.

Biotechnology Panel

• Develop a NAPPO standard for the

review of products of biotechnology that

focuses on the assessment of the

potential to present a plant pest risk.

Citrus Panel

• Continue development of a NAPPO

citrus standard.

Forestry Panel

• Track the implementation of the

standard on wood packing material

within the three countries so that

implementation takes places at or near

the same time.

Fruit Fly Panel

• Complete the standard on

‘‘Verification and Maintenance of Fruit

Fly-Free Areas.’’

Fruit Tree Panel

• Develop standardized diagnostic

tests to be used when certifying fruit

tree nursery stock.

Grain Panel

• Develop standardized diagnostic

tests to be used when certifying grain

shipments.

Grapevine Panel

• Develop standardized diagnostic

tests to be used when certifying

grapevine shipments.

Pest Risk Analysis Panel

• Act as focal point to advise on the

revisions to the international standard

for PRA. Collaborate with the Potato

Panel in the development of a PRA to

support implementation of the NAPPO

standard, ‘‘Requirements for the

Importation of Potatoes into a NAPPO

Member Country.’’

Seeds Panel

• Prepare a proposal to the IPPC to

endorse the seed testing methods of the

International Seed Testing Association

(ISTA).

Standards Panel

• Provide updates on standards in the

NAPPO newsletter.

• Review standards presented to the

Executive Committee prior to country

consultation.

• Incorporate comments received

from country consultation if

appropriate.

• Coordinate responses to the North

American members on the IPPC

Standards Committee on draft

international standards.

The information in this notice

includes all the information available to

us on NAPPO standards currently under

development or consideration. For

updates on meeting times and for

information on the working panels that

becomes available following publication

of this notice, check the NAPPO web

page at http://www.nappo.org or contact

Narcy Klag, Coordinator for

International Phytosanitary Standards,

PPQ, APHIS, USDA, 4700 River Road,

Unit 140, Riverdale, MD 20737; e-mail:

narcy.g.klag@usda.gov. For information

on official U.S. participation in NAPPO

activities, including U.S. positions on

standards being considered, contact Mr.

Narcy Klag at the above address.

Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of

September 2000.

Chester A. Gipson,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 00–24841 Filed 9–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request;

The Department of Commerce (DOC)

has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Agency: Bureau of Export

Administration (BXA).

Title: Defense Priorities and

Allocation System.

Agency Form Number: N/A.

OMB Approval Number: 0694–0053.

Type of Request: Renewal of an

existing collection of information.

Burden: 14,477 hours.

Average Time Per Response: 14

seconds per response.

Number of Respondents: 707,000

respondents.

Needs and Uses: The record keeping

requirement is necessary for

administration and enforcement of

delegated authority under the Defense

Production Act of 1950, as amended (50

U.S.C. App. 2061, et seq.) and the

Selective Service Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C.

App. 468). Any person who receives a

priority rated order under the

implementing DPAS regulation (15 CFR

700) must retain records for at least 3

years.

Affected Public: Individuals,

businesses or other for-profit

institutions.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer,

(202) 482–3129, Department of

Commerce, Room 6086, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

D.C. 20230, or via Internet at

MClayton@doc.gov.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

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within 30 days of publication of this

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk

Officer, Room 10202, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, D.C.

20230.

Dated: September 22, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–24847 Filed 9–26–00; 8:45 a.m.]

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 54–2000]

Foreign-Trade Zone 8—Toledo, Ohio

Area Application for Expansion

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board

(the Board) by the Toledo-Lucas County

Port Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade

Zone 8, requesting authority to expand

its zone in the Toledo, Ohio area, within

the Toledo/Sandusky Customs port of

entry. The application was submitted

pursuant to the provisions of the

Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended

(19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the regulations

of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was

formally filed on September 19, 2000.

FTZ 8 was approved on October 11,

1960 (Board Order 51, 25 FR 9909, 10/

15/60) and expanded on January 22,

1973 (Board Order 92, 38 FR 3015, 1/31/

73); January 11, 1985 (Board Order 277,

50 FR 2702,1/18/85); August 19, 1991

(Board Order 532, 56 FR 42026, 8/26/

91); and June 12, 2000 (Board Order

1102, 65 FR 37960, 6/19/00). The

general-purpose zone currently consists

of 3 sites (497 acres) in the Toledo area:

Site 1 (150 acres)—within the Port of

Toledo complex at the Overseas Cargo

Center, Toledo; Site 2 (337 acres)—at

the Toledo Express Airport, in Swanton,

Ohio, some 5 miles west of Toledo; and,

Site 3 (10 acres)—at the First Choice

Packaging warehouse facility, 1501 West

State Street, Fremont.

The applicant is now requesting

authority to expand the general-purpose

zone to include an additional site:

Proposed Site 4 (471 acres)—Cedar

Point Development Park and adjacent

areas, east of Lallendorf Road, south of

Cedar Point Road and west of Wynn

Road, Oregon. The site is owned

primarily by the City of Oregon, the

Oregon on the Bay Economic

Development Foundation and several

private owners. No specific

manufacturing requests are being made

at this time. Such requests would be

made to the Board on a case-by-case

basis.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff

has been designated examiner to

investigate the application and report to

the Board.

Public comment on the application is

invited from interested parties.

Submissions (original and 3 copies)

shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is November 27, 2000. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to December 11, 2000).

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations: U.S. Department of

Commerce, Export Assistance Center,

300 Madison Avenue, Suite 270,

Toledo, OH 43604; Office of the

Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade

Zones Board, Room 4008, U.S.

Department of Commerce 14th &

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

Dated: September 20, 2000.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–24849 Filed 9–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–428–814, A–428–815]

Amended Final Determinations of

Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain

Cold-Rolled and Corrosion Resistant

Carbon Steel Flat Products From

Germany

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Amendment to final

determinations of antidumping duty

investigations in accordance with

decision upon remand.

SUMMARY: We are amending the ‘‘all

others’’ cash deposit rate to 21.66% ad

valorem for certain cold-rolled carbon

steel flat products from Germany and

10.02% ad valorem for corrosion

resistant carbon steel flat products from

Germany.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 27, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cynthia Thirumalai, Office 1, Group 1,

AD/CVD Enforcement, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482–4087.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the Act), are references to the

provisions in effect as of December 31,

1994. In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to the

Department of Commerce’s (the

Department’s) regulations refer to 19

CFR part 353 (April 1997).

Background

On April 27, 1995, the United States

Court of International Trade (CIT)

remanded to the Department the

amended final determinations in the

antidumping duty investigations of

certain cold-rolled and corrosion

resistant carbon steel flat products from

Germany. See Thyssen Stahl AG v.

United States, 886 F. Supp. 23 (CIT

1995) (see also Notice of Final

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair

Value; Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel

Flat Products, Certain Cold-Rolled

Carbon Steel Flat Products, Certain

Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat

Products and Certain Cut-to-Length

Carbon Steel Flat Products From

Germany, 58 FR 37136 (July 9, 1993), as

amended, 58 FR 44170 (August 19,

1993)). In its remand, the CIT instructed

the Department to recalculate the

dumping margins for Thyssen Stahl AG

(Thyssen) by 1) disallowing the

adjustment for currency hedging gains

on U.S. sales, and 2) multiplying the

rate of the German value-added tax

(VAT) by the U.S. price and then

increasing that price by the resultant

amount (while not subtracting the VAT

from the home market price). On June

27, 1995, the Department filed its results

of redetermination pursuant to the CIT’s

order.

Following the Court of Appeals for

the Federal Circuit’s (CAFC’s) decision

with respect to the VAT methodology in

Federal Mogul Corp. v. United States, 63

F.3d 1572 (Fed.Cir. 1995) (Federal

Mogul), the Department requested a

second remand in these cases to

conform the VAT methodology in the

above-referenced investigations to that

resulting from Federal Mogul. The CIT

granted the Department’s request for a

second remand in Slip Op. 95–183

(November 17, 1995). Pursuant to

Federal Mogul, the Department changed

its treatment of home market

consumption taxes by adding to U.S.

price the absolute amount of such taxes

incurred on the comparison home

market sales. On January 22, 1996, the

Department filed its revised final

remand results.