58506 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 190 / Friday, September 29, 2000 / Notices

Janitorial/Custodial

Travis VA Outpatient Clinic, Travis AFB,

California

Janitorial/Custodial

Buildings 559, 1105, 2045 and 2070, Hickam

Air Force Base, Hawaii

Janitorial/Custodial

Naval Support Activity, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania

Janitorial/Grounds Maintenance

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento,

McClellan AFB, California

This action does not affect current

contracts awarded prior to the effective

date of this addition or options that may

be exercised under those contracts.

Louis R. Bartalot,

Deputy Director (Operations).

[FR Doc. 00–25058 Filed 9–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

DOC has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

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

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.

Title: 2001 Panel of the Survey of

Income and Program Participation, Core

Questions and Wave 1 Topical Modules.

Form Number(s): SIPP 21105(L)

Director’s Letter; SIPP/CAPI Automated

Instrument.

Agency Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: New collection.

Burden: 80,635 hours.

Number of Respondents: 78,750.

Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census

Bureau requests authorization from the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) to conduct the 2001 Panel of the

Survey of Income and Program

Participation (SIPP). This clearance

request is to accommodate the core

instrument for the life of the 2001 Panel,

the topical modules for the Wave 1

interviews, and the reinterview

instrument, which will be used during

the life of the 2001 Panel. The

reinterview instrument will be used for

quality control purposes. We are also

seeking clearance for the SIPP Methods

Panel control instrument, which is the

2000 SIPP Wave 1 instrument. The

experiment is conducted under the

direction of the Methods Panel Team,

which is committed to delivering an

improved and less burdensome

instrument for use in the 2004 SIPP

Panel.

The SIPP is designed as a continuing

series of national panels of interviewed

households that are introduced every

few years, with each panel having

durations of 3 to 4 years. The 2001

Panel is scheduled for three years and

will include nine waves beginning

February 1, 2001.

The survey is molded around a

central ‘‘core’’ of labor force and income

questions that remain fixed throughout

the life of a panel. The core is

supplemented with questions designed

to answer specific needs. These

supplemental questions are included

with the core and are referred to as

‘‘topical modules.’’ The topical modules

for the 2001 Panel Wave 1 are

Recipiency History and Employment

History. Wave 1 interviews will be

conducted from February through May,

2001.

Data provided by the SIPP are being

used by economic policymakers, the

Congress, state and local governments,

and Federal agencies that administer

social welfare or transfer payment

programs, such as the Department of

Health and Human Services and the

Department of Agriculture. The SIPP

represents a source of information for a

wide variety of topics and allows

information for separate topics to be

integrated to form a single and unified

database so that the interaction between

tax, transfer, and other government and

private policies can be examined.

Government domestic policy

formulators depend heavily upon the

SIPP information concerning the

distribution of income received directly

as money or indirectly as in-kind

benefits and the effect of tax and

transfer programs on this distribution.

They also need improved and expanded

data on the income and general

economic and financial situation of the

U.S. population. The SIPP has provided

these kinds of data on a continuing basis

since 1983, permitting levels of

economic well-being and changes in

these levels to be measured over time.

Affected Public: Individuals or

Households.

Frequency: Every 4 months.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Section

182.

OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter,

(202) 395–5103.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Madeleine Clayton,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3129, Department of Commerce,

room 6086, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or

via the Internet at MClayton@doc.gov).

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk

Officer, room 10201, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: September 25, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–25013 Filed 9–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economics and Statistics

Administration

Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: :Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Public Law

92–463, as amended by Public Law 94–

409, Public Law 96–523, and Public

Law 97–375), we are giving notice of a

meeting of the Bureau of Economic

Analysis Advisory Committee. The

meeting’s agenda is as follows: 1.

Discussion of issues and options related

to further integration of the industry

accounts, including the input-output

and gross product originating accounts,

with the regional and national accounts.

2. Presentation of research on

alternative measures of personal saving

and wealth accumulation. 3. Discussion

of priorities in the international

economic accounts area, including work

currently underway and still required.

4. Discussion of topics for future

agendas.

DATES: On Friday, November 17, 2000,

the meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. and

adjourn at approximately 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place

at BEA, 2nd floor, Conference Room

C&D, 1441 L Street, NW., Washington,

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J.

Steven Landefeld, Director, Bureau of

Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: 202–606–9600.

Public Participation: This meeting is

open to the public. Because of security

procedures, anyone planning to attend

the meeting must contact Colleen Ryan

of BEA at 202–606–9603 in advance.

The meeting is physically accessible to

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1The Act expired on August 20, 1994. Executive

Order 12924 (3 CFR, 1994 Comp. 917 (1995)),

which has been extended by successive Presidential

Notices, the most recent being that of August 3,

2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 2000), continued the

Regulations in effect under the International

Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.A.

1701–1706 (1991 & Supp. 2000)).

2BXA understands that the ultimate goal of this

project is to bring fresh water from wells drilled in

southeast and southwest Libya through prestressed

concrete cylinder pipe to the coastal cities of Libya.

This multibillion dollar, multiphase engineering

endeavor is being performed by the Dong Ah

Construction Company of Seoul, South Korea.

people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Colleen Ryan at 202–606–9603.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Committee was established on

September 2, 1999, to advise the Bureau

of Economic Analysis (BEA) on matters

related to the development and

improvement of BEA’s national,

regional, and international economic

accounts. This will be the Committee’s

second meeting.

Dated: September 19, 2000.

J. Steven Landefeld,

Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

[FR Doc. 00–25002 Filed 9–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–06–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

Action Affecting Export Privileges:

Thane-Coat, Inc., Jerry Vernon Ford

and Preston John Engebretson

In the Matters of: Thane-Coat, Inc., 12725

Royal Drive, Stafford, Texas 77477, Jerry

Vernon Ford, President, Thane-Coat, Inc.,

12725 Royal Drive, Stafford, Texas 77477,

and with an address at 7707 Augustine Drive,

Houston, Texas 77036, and Preston John

Engebretson, Vice-President, Thane-Coat,

Inc., 12725 Royal Drive, Stafford, Texas

77477, and with an address at 8903

Bonhomme Road, Houston, Texas 77074,

Respondents.

Decision and Order on Renewal of

Temporary Denial Order

On April 10, 2000, I issued a Decision

and Order on Renewal of Temporary

Denial Order (hereinafter ‘‘Order’’ or

‘‘TDO’’), renewing for 180 days, in a

‘‘non-standard’’ format, a May 5, 1997

Order naming, inter alia, Thane-Coat,

Inc.; Jerry Vernon Ford, president,

Thane-Coat, Inc.; and Preston John

Engebretson, vice-president, ThaneCoat, Inc. (hereinafter referred to

collectively as the ‘‘Respondents’’), as

persons temporarily denied all U.S.

export privileges. 65 FR 21169–21170

(April 20, 2000). Unless renewed, the

Order will expire on October 8, 2000.

On September 18, 2000, pursuant to

Section 766.24 of the Export

Administration Regulations (currently

codified at 15 CFR Parts 730–774

(2000)) (hereinafter the ‘‘Regulations’’),

issued pursuant to the Export

Administration Act of 1979, as amended

(50 U.S.C.A. app. 2401–2420 (1991 &

Supp. 2000)) (hereinafter the ‘‘Act’’),1

the Office of Export Enforcement,

Bureau of Export Administration,

United States Department of Commerce

(hereinafter ‘‘BXA’’), requested that I

renew the Order against Thane-Coat,

Inc., Jerry Vernon Ford, and Preston

John Engebretson for 180 days in a nonstandard format, consistent with the

terms agreed to by and between the

parties in April 1998.

In its request, BXA stated that, as a

result of an ongoing investigation, it had

reason to believe that, during the period

from approximately June 1994 through

approximately July 1996, Thane-Coat,

Inc., through Ford and Engebretson, and

using its affiliated companies, TIC Ltd.

and Export Materials, Inc., made

approximately 100 shipments of U.S.-

origin pipe coating materials, machines,

and parts to the Dong Ah Consortium in

Benghazi, Libya. These items were for

use in coating the internal surface of

prestressed concrete cylinder pipe for

the Government of Libya’s Great ManMade River Project.2 Moreover, BXA’s

investigation gave it reason to believe

that the Respondents and the affiliated

companies employed a scheme to export

U.S.-origin products from the United

States, through the United Kingdom, to

Libya, a country subject to a

comprehensive economic sanctions

program, without the authorizations

required under U.S. law, including the

Regulations. The approximate value of

the 100 shipments at issue was $35

million. In addition, the Respondents

and the affiliated companies undertook

several significant and affirmative

actions in connection with the

solicitation of business on another

phase of the Great Man-Made River

Project.

BXA has stated that it believes that

the matters under investigation and the

information obtained to date in that

investigation support renewal of the

TDO issued against the Respondents. In

that regard, in April 1998, BXA and the

Respondents reached an agreement,

whereby BXA sought a renewal of the

TDO in a ‘‘non-standard’’ format,

denying all of the Respondents’ U.S.

export privileges to the United

Kingdom, the Bahamas, Libya, Cuba,

Iraq, North Korea, Iran, and any other

country or countries that may be made

subject in the future to a general trade

embargo by proper legal authority. In

return, the Respondents agreed that,

among other conditions, at least 14 days

in advance of any export that any of the

Respondents intends to make of any

item from the United States to any

destination world-wide, the

Respondents will provide to BXA’s

Dallas Field Office (i) notice of the

intended export, (ii) copies of all

documents reasonably related to the

subject transaction, including, but not

limited to, the commercial invoice and

bill of lading, and (iii) the opportunity,

during the 14-day notice period, to

inspect physically the item at issue to

ensure that the intended shipment is in

compliance with the Export

Administration Act, the Export

Administration Regulations, or any

order issued thereunder. BXA has

sought renewal of the TDO in a ‘‘nonstandard’’ format; respondents have not

opposed renewal of the TDO in the

‘‘non-standard’’ format.

Based on BXA’s showing, I find that

it is appropriate to renew the order

temporarily denying the export

privileges of Thane-Coat, Inc., Jerry

Vernon Ford, and Preston John

Engebretson in a ‘‘non-standard’’ format,

incorporating the terms agreed to by and

between the parties in April 1998. I find

that such renewal is necessary in the

public interest to prevent an imminent

violation of the Regulations and to give

notice to companies in the United States

and abroad to cease dealing with these

persons in any commodity, software, or

technology subject to the Regulations

and exported or to be exported to the

United Kingdom, the Bahamas, Libya,

Cuba, Iraq, North Korea, Iran, and any

other country or countries that may be

made subject in the future to a general

trade embargo by proper legal authority,

or in any other activity subject to the

Regulations with respect to these

specific countries. Moreover, I find such

renewal is in the public interest in order

to reduce the substantial likelihood that

Thane-Coat, Inc., Ford and Engebretson

will engage in activities which are in

violation of the Regulations.

Accordingly, It Is Therefore Ordered:

First, that Thane-Coat, Inc., 12725

Royal Drive, Stafford, Texas 77477, and

all of its successors or assigns, officers,

representatives, agents, and employees

when acting on its behalf; Jerry Vernon

Ford, President, Thane-Coat, Inc., 12725

Royal Drive, Stafford, Texas 77477, and

7707 Augustine Drive, Houston, Texas

77036, and all of his successors, or

assigns, representatives, agents and

employees when acting on his behalf;

and Preston John Engebretson, VicePresident, Thane-Coat, Inc., 12725 Royal