61144 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 200 / Monday, October 16, 2000 / Notices

7306.40.5005, 7306.40.5015,

7306.40.5040, 7306.40.5065, and

7306.40.5085. Although these

subheadings include both pipes and

tubes, the scope of these orders is

limited to welded austenitic stainless

steel. Although the HTSUS subheadings

are provided for convenience and

Customs purposes, our written

description of the scope of these orders

are dispositive.

Determination

As a result of the determination by the

Department and the Commission that

revocation of the antidumping duty

orders on certain welded stainless steel

pipe from South Korea and Taiwan

would be likely to lead to continuation

or recurrence of dumping and material

injury to an industry in the United

States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of

the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(1), the

Department hereby orders the

continuation of the antidumping duty

orders on certain welded stainless steel

pipe from South Korea and Taiwan. The

Department will instruct the Customs

Service to continue to collect

antidumping duty deposits at the rates

in effect at the time of entry for all

imports of subject merchandise. The

effective date of continuation of these

orders will be the date of publication in

the Federal Register of this notice.

Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) and

751(c)(6) of the Act, the Department

intends to initiate the next five-year

review of the orders on certain welded

stainless steel pipe from South Korea

and Taiwan not later than September

2005.

Dated: October 10, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–26519 Filed 10–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

North American Free-Trade

Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel

Reviews; Request for Panel Review

AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United

States Section, International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of first request for panel

review.

SUMMARY: On September 22, 2000,

Whirlpool Corporation and Inglis

Limited filed a First Request for Panel

Review with the Canadian Section of

the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to

Article 1904 of the North American Free

Trade Agreement. Panel review was

requested of the final injury

determination made by the Canadian

International Trade Tribunal, respecting

Certain Refrigerators, Dishwashers and

Dryers, Originating in or Exported from

the United States of America and

Produced by, or on Behalf of, White

Consolidated Industries, Inc. and

Whirlpool Corporation, their Respective

Affiliates, Successors and Assigns. This

determination was published in the

Canada Gazette, Part I, (Vol. 134, No.

35, pp. 2694) on August 26, 2000. The

NAFTA Secretariat has assigned Case

Number CDA–USA–00–1904–04 to this

request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Caratina L. Alston, United States

Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite

2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

Washington, D.C. 20230, (202) 482–

5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter

19 of the North American Free-Trade

Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’) establishes a

mechanism to replace domestic judicial

review of final determinations in

antidumping and countervailing duty

cases involving imports from a NAFTA

country with review by independent

binational panels. When a Request for

Panel Review is filed, a panel is

established to act in place of national

courts to review expeditiously the final

determination to determine whether it

conforms with the antidumping or

countervailing duty law of the country

that made the determination.

Under Article 1904 of the Agreement,

which came into force on January 1,

1994, the Government of the United

States, the Government of Canada and

the Government of Mexico established

Rules of Procedure for Article 1904

Binational Panel Reviews (‘‘Rules’’).

These Rules were published in the

Federal Register on February 23, 1994

(59 FR 8686).

A first Request for Panel Review was

filed with the Canadian Section of the

NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to Article

1904 of the Agreement, on September

22, 2000, requesting panel review of the

final determination described above.

The Rules provide that:

(a) A Party or interested person may

challenge the final determination in

whole or in part by filing a Complaint

in accordance with Rule 39 within 30

days after the filing of the first Request

for Panel Review (the deadline for filing

a Complaint is October 23, 2000);

(b) A Party, investigating authority or

interested person that does not file a

Complaint but that intends to appear in

support of any reviewable portion of the

final determination may participate in

the panel review by filing a Notice of

Appearance in accordance with Rule 40

within 45 days after the filing of the first

Request for Panel Review (the deadline

for filing a Notice of Appearance is

November 06, 2000); and

(c) The panel review shall be limited

to the allegations of error of fact or law,

including the jurisdiction of the

investigating authority, that are set out

in the Complaints filed in the panel

review and the procedural and

substantive defenses raised in the panel

review.

Dated: September 26, 2000.

Caratina L. Alston,

United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 00–26415 Filed 10–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–GT–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 101000D]

Raised Footrope Whiting Trawl

Exemption Requests and Notifications

AGENCY: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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 15,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Madeleine Clayton, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 6086, 14th and

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington

DC 20230 (or via Internet at

MClayton@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Peter Christopher, NMFS,

1 Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA

01930 (phone 978-281-9288).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Abstract

The Massachusetts Division of Marine

Fisheries has been conducting an

experimental fishery, referred to as the

Raised Footrope Whiting Trawl

Experimental Fishery (Raised Footrope

Experiment), to allow trawlers to target

whiting, red hake, dogfish and other

small mesh species using a raised

footrope trawl. The experiment was

designed to assess the effectiveness of a

raised footrope small mesh otter trawl in

reducing bycatch of regulated

multispecies. Framework Adjustment 35

to the Multispecies Fishery Management

Plan made the Raised Footrope

Experiment a multispecies exempted

fishery. The collection-of-information

requirements are: (1) a request for a

certificate to fish in the Raised Footrope

Whiting Trawl Exemption, and (2) a

notification of intention to withdraw

from the Raised Footrope Whiting Trawl

Exemption. Requests for a certificate

identify the person, the vessel name, the

permit number, and how long he/she

intends to fish in the exemption area (no

less than 7 days but not more than 4

months). These collection-ofinformation requirements were

approved by OMB under emergency

procedures for 6 months; NOAA is

soliciting comments on its intent to

request a 3-year Paperwork Reduction

Act approval for the requirements.

II. Method of Collection

Requests and notifications are made

by telephone.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0648-0422.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Business and other

for-profit (commercial fishermen)

organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

288.

Estimated Time Per Response: 2

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 230 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to

Public: $27.

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 6, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 101000A]

Foreign Fishing Reporting

Requirements

AGENCY: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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 15,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Madeleine Clayton, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 6086, 14th and

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington

DC 20230 (or via Internet at

MClayton@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Bob Dickinson, Office of

Sustainable Fisheries, International

Fisheries Division, 1315 East West

Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland

20910, (301-713-2276).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Foreign fishing activities can be

authorized under the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). Collection

of information from permitted foreign

vessels is necessary to monitor their

activities and whereabouts in U.S.

waters. Reports are also necessary to

monitor the amounts of fish, if any, such

vessels receive from U.S. vessels in joint

venture operations, wherein U.S. vessels

catch and transfer at-sea to permitted

foreign vessels certain species for which

U.S. demand is low relative to the

abundance of the species.

II. Method of Collection

Activity reports are made by radio

when fishing begins or ceases, to report

on the transfers of fish, and to file

weekly reports on the catch and receipt

of fish. Foreign vessels are also subject

to recordkeeping requirements. These

include a communications log, a

transfer log, a daily fishing log, a

consolidated fishing or joint venture log,

and a daily joint venture log. These

records must be maintained for three

years.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0648-0075.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Business and other

for-profit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

25.

Estimated Time Per Response: 6

minutes for radio reports, 30 minutes

per day for recordkeeping by a fishing

vessel, and 7.5 minutes per day for

recordkeeping by transport vessels.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 425.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to

Public: $500.

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