This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains documents other than rules or

proposed rules that are applicable to the

public. Notices of hearings and investigations,

committee meetings, agency decisions and

rulings, delegations of authority, filing of

petitions and applications and agency

statements of organization and functions are

examples of documents appearing in this

section.

Notices Federal Register

64926

Vol. 65, No. 211

Tuesday, October 31, 2000

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Notice of Public Information

Collections Being Reviewed by the

Agency for International Development;

Comments Requested

SUMMARY: U.S. Agency for International

Development (USAID) is making efforts

to reduce the paperwork burden. USAID

invites the general public and other

Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on the

following proposed and/or continuing

information collections, as required by

the Paperwork Reduction Act for 1995.

Comments are requested concerning: (a)

Whether the proposed or continuing

collections 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

burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

January 2, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Johnson, Bureau for

Management, Office of Administrative

Services, Information and Records

Division, U.S. Agency for International

Development, Room 2.07–106, RRB,

Washington, DC 20523, (202) 712–1365

or via e-mail bjohnson@usaid.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB No.: OMB 0412–0510.

Form No.: N/A.

Title: Administration or Assistance

Awards to U.S. Non-Government

Organizations—22 CFR part 226 and

USAID’s Automated Directive Systems

Chapter 303.

Type of Review: Renewal of

Information Collection.

Purpose: Section 635(b) of the Foreign

Assistance Act (FAA) authorizes USAID

to make grants and cooperative

agreements with any organization and

within limits of the FAA. Most of the

information that USAID requests of its

recipients is necessary to fulfill the

requirement that USAID, as a Federal

agency, ensure prudent management of

public funds under all of its assistance

instruments. The pre-award information

is necessary to assure that funds are

provided for programs that further the

purposes of the FAA and that the

recipients have the capability to manage

the program administratively and

financially. The administration (postaward) requirements are based on the

need to assure that the program is

functioning adequately, that the funds

are managed properly and that statutory

and regulatory requirements are

complied with.

Annual Reporting Burden:

Respondents: 400.

Total annual responses: 1,100.

Total annual hours requested: 37,400

hours.

Dated: October 24, 2000.

Joanne Paskar,

Chief, Information and Records Division,

Office of Administrative Services, Bureau for

Management.

[FR Doc. 00–27918 Filed 10–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6116–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Manufacturing Extension Partnership

National Advisory Board; Notice of

Renewal

In accordance with the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5

U.S.C. App. 2, and the General Services

Administration (GSA) rule on Federal

Advisory Committee Management, 41

CFR Part 101–6, and after consultation

with GSA, the Secretary of Commerce

has determined that the renewal of the

Manufacturing Extension Partnership

National Advisory Board is in the public

interest in connection with the

performance of the duties imposed on

the Department by law.

The Committee was first established

in October 1996 to advise MEP

regarding their programs, plans, and

policies. In reviewing the Board, the

Secretary has established it for an

additional two years. During the next

two years, the Board plans to address

center service mix standardization,

eBusiness, moving toward high

performance centers, training and

education of field staff, MEP University,

national awareness of the MEP program,

international services, and others.

The Board will consist of nine

members to be appointed by the

Director of the National Institute of

Standards and Technology to assure a

balanced membership that will

represent the views and needs of

customers, providers, and others

involved in industrial extension

throughout the United States.

The Board will function solely as an

advisory body and in compliance with

the provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act. Copies of the Board’s

revised charter will be filed with the

appropriate committees of the Congress

and with the Library of Congress.

Inquiries or comments may be

directed to Linda Acierto, Senior Policy

Advisor, Manufacturing Extension

Partnership, National Institute of

Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau

Drive, Shop 4800, Gaithersburg,

Maryland 20899–4800; telephone: 301–

975–5020.

Karen H. Brown,

Deputy Director, NIST.

[FR Doc. 00–27900 Filed 10–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–122–823]

Preliminary Determination of

Circumvention of Antidumping Order:

Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From

Canada

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Preliminary

Determination of Circumvention of

Antidumping Order: Cut-to-Length

Carbon Steel Plate from Canada.

SUMMARY: We preliminarily determine

that imports of certain cut-to-length

carbon plate products, known as grader

blade and draft key steel, falling within

the physical dimensions outlined in the

scope of the order, and containing a

minimum of both 0.0008 percent boron