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property questionnaires. The

questionnaire is designed to collect data

on both first and junior (second or third)

mortgages, including home equity lines

of credit.

Timing

The ‘‘owner seeker’’ letters and the

first round of the homeowner

questionnaires are scheduled for

mailout in early 2001. A second mailing

of the homeowner questionnaires (those

identified by the owner seeker letter) is

expected in early spring 2001. The

rental and vacant property

questionnaires are scheduled for initial

mailing in early 2001. The lender

questionnaires are to be mailed in two

primary cycles, the first in summer 2001

and the second in early fall 2001, with

possible additional smaller mailings

from follow-up operations.

Enumeration

The RFS is essentially a centralized

mail-out/mail-back operation. We will

limit our field interviewing for property

owners to cases in which the owner was

either not identified or failed to respond

to the original mailed questionnaires

and follow-up letters. Follow-up

interviewing of lenders will occur in

two stages. For financial institutions,

follow-up telephone inquiries will be

made. Follow-up for mortgages held by

individuals will involve a telephone call

and, if necessary, a personal visit by

Census Bureau field representatives

from the 12 census regional offices.

III. Data

OMB Number: Not available.

Form Number:

D–2900 (Homeowner Questionnaire)

D–2901 (Rental and Vacant Property

Qustionnaire)

D–2902 (Lender Questionnaire)

D–2905(L) (Owner Seeker Letter)

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Individual property

owners and lending institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

D–2900—35,000 respondents

D–2901—35,000 respondents

D–2902—50,000 respondents

D–2905(L)—210,000 respondents

Estimated Time Per Response:

D–2900 @ 30 minutes/response =

17,500 hours

D–2901 @ 45 minutes/response =

26,250 hours

D–2902 @ 30 minutes/response =

25,000 hours

D–2905(L) @ 2.5 minutes/response =

8,750 hours

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 77,500 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: The

only cost to a respondent is the time

necessary to respond to this survey.

There is no monetary cost to the

respondent.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S.C.,

Section 141 and Section 1113(d) of the

Right to Financial Privacy Act (12

U.S.C. Section 3413(d)).

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of the

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: February 3, 2000.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–2962 Filed 2–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Economic Analysis

BEA Customer Satisfaction Survey;

Proposed Information Collection;

Comment Request

SUMMARY: The U.S. 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: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before April 10,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5027, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230, (or via e-mail at

LEngelmeier@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument and instructions should be

directed to: Verna M. Learnard, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Bureau of

Economic Analysis, BE–53, Washington,

DC 20230, or by telephone at 202–606–

9690.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

As one of the Nation’s leading

statistical agencies, the Bureau of

Economic Analysis (BEA) provides

reliable and consistent measures of

economic activity that are essential to

intelligent decision making of business

people and policy makers and to the

efficient operations of financial markets.

The purpose of the BEA Customer

Satisfaction Survey will be to obtain

feedback from customers on the quality

of BEA products and services. The

results of the information collected will

serve to assist BEA in improving the

quality of its data products and its

methods of dissemination.

II. Method of Collection

The Survey and a cover letter with

instructions on how to complete the

survey will be mailed to 7,500 potential

respondents. BEA will request that

responses be returned 30 days after the

mailing. The survey will be designed so

that all responses are anonymous and

therefore eliminates the necessity for

recordkeeping of respondents.

III. Data

OMB Number: lllll.

Type of Review: New.

Affected Public: Individuals from

profit and non-profit organizations and

individuals from other Federal, state,

and local government agencies.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

7,500.

Estimated Response Time: 15

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 1,875.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: The

only cost to the respondents is that of

their time.

Legal Authority: Executive Order

12862, Section 1(b), of September 11,

1993.

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

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1See Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review:

New Steel Rail from Canada, 64 FR 73013

(December 29, 1999) and Final Results of Expedited

Sunset Review: New Steel Rail from Canada, 64 FR

73519 (December 30, 1999) .

2See Steel Rails From Canada, Investigations

Nos. 701–TA–297 (Review) and 731–TA–422

(Review), 65 FR 4261(January 26, 2000).

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: February 3, 2000.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–2961 Filed 2–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–06–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

President’s Export Council

Subcommittee on Encryption; Notice

of Open Meeting

The President’s Export Council

Subcommittee on Encryption

(PECSENC) will meet on February 25,

2000, at the Hewlett-Packard Company,

Spyglass Room, Building 5, 1501 Page

Mill Road, Palo Alto, California, 94304.

The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and

is scheduled to adjourn at 4 p.m. The

Subcommittee provides advice on

matters pertinent to policies regarding

commercial encryption products.

Open Session: 9:00 a.m.–4 p.m.

1. Opening remarks by the Chairman

2. Presentation of papers or comments

by the public

3. Update on Bureau of Export

Administration initiatives

4. Issue briefings

5. Open discussion

The meeting is open to the public and

a limited number of seats will be

available. Reservations are not required.

To the extent time permits, members of

the public may present oral statements

to the PECSENC. The public may submit

written statements at any time before or

after the meeting. However, to facilitate

distribution of public presentation

materials to PECSENC members, the

PECSENC suggests that public

presentation materials or comments be

forwarded before the meeting to the

address listed below: Ms. Lee Ann

Carpenter, Advisory Committees MS:

3876, U.S. Department of Commerce,

15th St. & Pennsylvania Ave, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

For more information, contact Ms.

Carpenter on (202) 482–2583.

Dated: February 3, 2000.

Brian Nilsson,

Acting Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–2860 Filed 2–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–33–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–122–804, C–122–805]

Continuation of Antidumping Duty

Order and Countervailing Duty Order:

New Steel Rail From Canada

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of continuation of

antidumping duty order and

countervailing duty order: new steel rail

from Canada.

SUMMARY: On December 29, and

December 30, 1999, respectively, the

Department of Commerce (‘‘the

Department’’), pursuant to sections

751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act of 1930,

as amended (‘‘the Act’’), determined

that revocation of the antidumping duty

order and countervailing duty order on

new steel rail from Canada would likely

lead to continuation or recurrence of

dumping and a countervailable subsidy

(64 FR 73013 (December 29, 1999) and

64 FR 73519 (December 30, 1999),

respectively). On January 26, 2000, the

International Trade Commission (‘‘the

Commission’’), pursuant to section

751(c) of the Act, determined that

revocation of the antidumping duty

order and countervailing duty order on

new steel rail from Canada would be

likely to lead to continuation or

recurrence of material injury to an

industry in the United States within a

reasonably foreseeable time (65 FR 4261

(January 26, 2000)). Therefore, pursuant

to 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4), the Department

is publishing this notice of the

continuation of the antidumping duty

order and countervailing duty order on

new steel rail from Canada.

DATES: February 9, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Darla D. Brown or Melissa G. Skinner,

Office of Policy for Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–3207 or (202) 482–

1560, respectively.

Background

On June 1, 1999, the Department

initiated, and the Commission

instituted, sunset reviews (64 FR 23596

and 64 FR 23677, respectively) of the

antidumping duty order and

countervailing duty order on new steel

rail from Canada pursuant to section

751(c) of the Act. As a result of these

reviews, the Department found that

revocation of the antidumping duty

order would likely lead to continuation

or recurrence of dumping and

revocation of the countervailing duty

order would likely lead to continuation

or recurrence of a countervailable

subsidy. The Department notified the

Commission of the magnitude of the

margin likely to prevail, the net

countervailable subsidy, and the nature

of the subsidy likely to prevail were the

antidumping duty order and

countervailing duty order revoked.1

On January 26, 2000, the Commission

determined, pursuant to section 751(c)

of the Act, that revocation of the

antidumping duty order and

countervailing duty order would likely

lead to continuation or recurrence of

material injury to an industry in the

United States within a reasonably

foreseeable time.2

Scope

The merchandise subject to this

antidumping duty order and this

countervailing duty order is new steel

rail, whether of carbon, high carbon,

alloy or other quality steel from Canada.

Subject merchandise includes, but is not

limited to, standard rails, all main line

sections (at least 30 kilograms per meter

or 60 pounds per yard), heat-treated or

head-hardened (premium) rails, transit

rails, contact rails (or ‘‘third rail’’) and

crane rails. Rails are used by the

railroad industry, by rapid transit lines,

by subways, in mines, and in industrial

applications.

Specifically excluded from the order

are light rails (less than 30 kilograms per

meter or 60 pounds per yard). Also

excluded from the order are relay rails,

which are used rails taken up from

primary railroad track and relaid in a

railroad yard or on a secondary track. As

a result of a changed circumstances

review in 1996, the antidumping duty