Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 206 / Tuesday, October 24, 2000 / Notices 63567

We will disclose the calculations used

in our analysis to parties to this

proceeding within five days of the

publication date of this notice. See 19

CFR 351.224(b). Any interested party

may request a hearing within 30 days of

publication. See 19 CFR 351.310(c). If

requested, a hearing will be held 44

days after the publication of this notice,

or the first workday thereafter.

Issues raised in the hearing will be

limited to those raised in the respective

case briefs and rebuttal briefs. Case

briefs from interested parties and

rebuttal briefs, limited to the issues

raised in the respective case briefs, may

be submitted not later than 30 days and

37 days, respectively, from the date of

publication of these preliminary results.

See 19 CFR 351.309(c) and (d). Parties

who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs

in this proceeding are requested to

submit with each argument (1) a

statement of the issue and (2) a brief

summary of the argument. Parties are

also encouraged to provide a summary

of the arguments not to exceed five

pages and a table of statutes,

regulations, and cases cited.

The Department will issue the final

results of these administrative reviews,

including the results of its analysis of

issues raised in any written briefs, not

later than 120 days after the date of

publication of this notice.

Interested parties who wish to request

a hearing or to participate if one is

requested, must submit a written

request to the Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration, Room B–099,

within 30 days of the date of publication

of this notice. Requests should contain:

(1) The party’s name, address and

telephone number; (2) the number of

participants; and (3) a list of issues to be

discussed. See 19 CFR 351.310(c).

Assessment Rates

The Department shall determine, and

the Customs Service shall assess,

antidumping duties on all appropriate

entries. The Department will issue

appropriate appraisement instructions

directly to the Customs Service upon

completion of this review. The final

results of this review shall be the basis

for the assessment of antidumping

duties on entries of merchandise

covered by the final results of this

review and for future deposits of

estimated duties. We will instruct the

Customs Service to assess antidumping

duties on all appropriate entries covered

by this review if any importer-specific

assessment rate calculated in the final

results of this review is above de

minimis. For assessment purposes, we

intend to calculate importer-specific

assessment rates for the subject

merchandise by aggregating the

dumping margins calculated for all U.S.

sales examined and dividing this

amount by the total entered value of the

sales examined.

Cash Deposit Requirements

The following cash deposit

requirements will be effective for all

shipments of the subject merchandise

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after the

publication date of the final results of

this administrative review, as provided

by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The

cash deposit rates for the reviewed

companies will be those established in

the final results of this review; (2) for

previously reviewed or investigated

companies not listed above, the cash

deposit rate will continue to be the

company-specific rate published for the

most recent period; (3) if the exporter is

not a firm covered in these reviews, a

prior review, or the original less-thanfair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the

manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate

will be the rate established for the most

recent period for the manufacturer of

the merchandise; and (4) the cash

deposit rate for all other manufacturers

or exporters will continue to be 29.52

percent, the ‘‘All Others’’ rate made

effective by the LTFV normal value

investigation. These requirements, when

imposed, shall remain in effect until

publication of the final results of the

next administrative review.

Notification to Importers

This notice also serves as a

preliminary reminder to importers of

their responsibility under 19 CFR

351.402(f) 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

is published in accordance with

sections 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR

351.221.

Dated: October 12, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–27078 Filed 10–23–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Issuance of an

Amended Export Trade Certificate of

Review, Application No. 84–11A12.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

has issued an amendment to the Export

Trade Certificate of Review granted to

Northwest Fruit Exporters (‘‘NFE’’) on

June 11, 1984. Notice of issuance of the

Certificate was published in the Federal

Register on June 14, 1984 (49 FR 24581).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Morton Schnabel, Director, Office of

Export Trading Company Affairs,

International Trade Administration,

(202) 482–5131 (this is not a toll-free

number) or E-mail at oetca@ita.doc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of

the Export Trading Company Act of

1982 (15 U.S.C. Sections 4001–21)

authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to

issue Export Trade Certificates of

Review. The regulations implementing

Title III are found at 15 CFR Part 325

(1999).

The Office of Export Trading

Company Affairs (‘‘OETCA’’) is issuing

this notice pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b),

which requires the Department of

Commerce to publish a summary of the

certification in the Federal Register.

Under Section 305(a) of the Act and 15

CFR 325.11(a), any person aggrieved by

the Secretary’s determination may,

within 30 days of the date of this notice,

bring an action in any appropriate

district court of the United States to set

aside the determination on the ground

that the determination is erroneous.

Description of Amended Certificate

Export Trade Certificate of Review

No. 84–00012, was issued to NFE on

June 11, 1984 (49 FR 24581, June 14,

1984) and previously amended on May

2, 1988 (53 FR 16306, May 6, 1988);

September 21, 1988 (53 FR 37628,

September 27, 1988); September 20,

1989 (54 FR 39454, September 26,

1989); November 19, 1992 (57 FR 55510,

November 25, 1992); August 16, 1994

(59 FR 43093, August 22, 1994);

November 4, 1996 (61 FR 57850,

November 8, 1996); October 22, 1997

(62 FR 55783, October 28, 1997);

November 2, 1998 (63 FR 60304,

November 9, 1998); and October 20,

1999 (64 FR 57438, October 25, 1999).

NFE’s Export Trade Certificate of

Review has been amended to:

1. Add each of the following

companies as a new ‘‘Member’’ of the

Certificate within the meaning of

63568 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 206 / Tuesday, October 24, 2000 / Notices

section 325.2(1) of the Regulations (15

CFR 325.2(1)): Apple Country, Inc.,

Wapato, Washington; Cashmere Fruit

Exchange, Cashmere, Washington; Dole

Northwest, Wenatchee, Washington; IM

EX Trading Company, Yakima,

Washington; Inland—Joseph Fruit

Company, Wapato, Washington;

(controlling entity: Inland Fruit &

Produce Co., Inc.); PAC Marketing

International, LLC, Yakima,

Washington; Sage Marketing LLC,

Yakima, Washington (controlling

entities: Olympic Fruit, Columbia Reach

and Valley Fruit); Voelker Fruit & Cold

Storage, Inc., Yakima, Washington; and

Washington Export, LLC, Yakima,

Washington; and

2. Delete the following companies as

‘‘Members’’ of the Certificate: Crandell

Fruit Company, Wenatchee,

Washington; George F. Joseph Orchard,

Yakima, Washington; Gwin, White &

Prince, Inc., Wenatchee, Washington; H

& H Orchards Packing, Inc., Malaga,

Washington; Inland Fruit & Produce Co.,

Wapato, Washington; Johnny Appleseed

of WA/CRO Fruit Co., Wenatchee,

Washington, Majestic Valley Produce,

Wenatchee, Washington; and Valicoff

Fruit Company, Inc., Wapato,

Washington.

Special Note: NFE also requested to amend

its Certificate to change the name of one

current Member from Blue Bird, Inc. to

Washington Cherry Growers but later stated

that this name change was a mistake.

A copy of the amended certificate will

be kept in the International Trade

Administration’s Freedom of

Information Records Inspection Facility,

Room 4102, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: October 16, 2000.

Morton Schnabel,

Director, Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–27214 Filed 10–23–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States Patent and Trademark

Office

Electronic Form for Responding to

Office Actions

ACTION: New information collection;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and

Trademark Office (USPTO), 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 the new proposed

information collection, 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 26,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Susan K. Brown, Records Officer,

Data Administration Division, Office of

Data Management, United States Patent

and Trademark Office, Crystal Park 3,

3rd Floor, Suite 310, Washington, D.C.

20231, or by phone at (703) 308–7400 or

via the Internet at

susan.brown@uspto.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information

should be directed to Craig Morris, by

mail, United States Patent and

Trademark Office, 2900 Crystal Drive,

Room 10B10, Arlington, Va. 22202, by

phone at (703) 308–8900, or by e-mail

at craig.morris@uspto.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq. and

Chapter 37 of the Code of Federal

Regulations, the United States Patent

and Trademark Office (USPTO) issues

Office Actions in which it requests that

applicants for trademark registration

furnish information that is required for

the issuance of a registration but that

was not provided with the initial

submission of the application for

registration. The information solicited

in these Office Actions may include the

following: the precise nature of the

goods and or services associated with

the mark; the dates on which the mark

was first used and first used in

commerce regulable by the United

States Congress; the name of a domestic

representative of a foreign applicant

upon whom process can be served in

matters pertaining to the mark; the legal

entity type of the applicant; the state of

incorporation of a corporate applicant;

the state of organization of an applicant

that is a partnership; the citizenship of

an applicant who is an individual

person; the names and citizenships of

the partners of an applicant that is a

partnership; the complete address of the

applicant; the date that the application

was signed; information as to whether

or not a mark is the name or likeness of

an individual; requests for production of

specimens showing use of the mark in

commerce; requests for substitute

depictions of the mark; information as

to whether or not the mark has a

meaning in a foreign language or in a

particular field or industry; information

as to whether or not the applicant owns

certain existing registrations; the

statutory basis upon which registration

of the mark is sought; and for collective

membership marks, information as to

how the applicant controls use of the

mark by members of the organization.

To aid in the collection of this

information and as part of the USPTO’s

electronic initiatives, the USPTO has

developed an electronic form for

providing this information.

Additionally, the form may be used to

present legal arguments as to why the

USPTO should withdraw a statutory

refusal to register a mark.

II. Method of Collection

By electronic transmission.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0651–00XX.

Form Number(s): PTO Form XX.

Type of Review: New information

collection.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; businesses or other nonprofit; not-for-profit institutions; farms;

the Federal Government; and state, local

or tribal government.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

22,000 responses per year.

Estimated Time Per Response: The

USPTO estimates that the public will

require 10 minutes (.17 hours) to supply

the information requested in the Office

Action. Completion times may vary,

depending upon the nature and amount

of information requested in a particular

Office Action.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent

Burden Hours: 3,740 hours per year.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent

Cost Burden: $900 (this represents the

estimated combined average cost of a

scanner and a digital camera, one of

which is needed to submit a digitized

image of a stylized drawing or substitute

specimens. However, it is noted that the

USPTO expects that very few of the

responses will require the use of either

a camera or a scanner). Using the

professional hourly rate of $175.00 per

hour for associate attorneys in private

firms, the USPTO estimates $654,500.00

per year for salary costs associated with

respondents. However, it is noted that a

respondent is not required to retain an

attorney to assist in responding to an

Office Action.