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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 or

included in the request for the Office of

Management and Budget approval of

this information collection. They also

will become a matter of public record.

Dated: November 16, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–29745 Filed 11–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–822–804, A–560–811, A–449–804, A–841–

804, A–570–860, A–455–803, A–580–844, A–

823–809]

Notice of Postponement of Preliminary

Antidumping Duty Determinations:

Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars From

Belarus, Indonesia, Latvia, Moldova,

the People’s Republic of China,

Poland, the Republic of Korea and

Ukraine

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Postponement of Preliminary

Antidumping Duty Determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 21, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ronald Trentham or Michele Mire, AD/

CVD Enforcement, Office IV, Group II,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,

DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–6320 or

(202) 482–4711, respectively.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is postponing the

preliminary determinations in the

antidumping duty investigations of steel

concrete reinforcing bars from Belarus,

Indonesia, Latvia, Moldova, the People’s

Republic of China, Poland, the Republic

of Korea and Ukraine. The deadline for

issuing the preliminary determinations

in these investigations is now January

16, 2001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the Act), are references to the

provisions effective January 1, 1995, the

effective date of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act. In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the

Department’s regulations are to the

regulations at 19 CFR Part 351 (2000).

Background

On July 25, 2000, the Department

initiated antidumping duty

investigations of steel concrete

reinforcing bars from Austria, Belarus,

Indonesia, Japan, Latvia, Moldova, the

People’s Republic of China, Poland, the

Republic of Korea, the Russian

Federation, Ukraine and Venezuela for

the period October 1, 1999 through

March 31, 2000 (65 FR 45754). The

notice stated that the Department would

issue its preliminary determinations no

later than 140 days after the date of

initiation.

Postponement of Preliminary

Determinations

On November 9, 2000, the Department

received a request for postponement of

the preliminary determinations from the

Rebar Trade Action Coalition

(hereinafter, the petitioner), in

accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e).

There are no compelling reasons for the

Department to deny the petitioner’s

request. Therefore, pursuant to section

733(c) of the Act, the Department is

postponing the deadline for issuing

these determinations until January 16,

2001.

This notice of postponement is in

accordance with section 733(c)(2) of the

Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e).

Dated: November 15, 2000.

Holly A. Kuga,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–29794 Filed 11–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Computer System Security and Privacy

Advisory Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.,

notice is hereby given that the Computer

System Security and Privacy Advisory

Board (CSSPAB) will meet Monday,

December 4, 2000, and Tuesday,

December 5, 2000, from 9 a.m. until 5

p.m. and Wednesday, December 6, 2000,

from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. The Advisory

Board was established by the Computer

Security Act of 1987 (Public Law 100–

235) to advise the Secretary of

Commerce and the Director of NIST on

security and privacy issues pertaining to

federal computer systems. All sessions

will be open to the public. Details

regarding the Board’s activities are

available at http://csrc.nist.gov/csspab/.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

December 4 and 5, 2000, from 9 a.m.

until 5 p.m. and on December 6, 2000,

from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place

at the Microsoft Corporation, Olympic

Room 27/1810, Building 27, 1 Microsoft

Way, Redmond, WA.

Agenda:

• Welcome and Overview

• Legislative Updates

• Review of NIST Computer Security

Program Activities

• Security Metrics Issues and

Recommendations

• Privacy Awareness Plan of Action

Discussion

• Security Governance Discussion

• Board Work Plan Follow-On

• Internet Security Briefing

• Public Participation

• Agenda Development for March

2000 meeting

• Wrap-Up

Note that agenda items may change

without notice because of possible

unexpected schedule conflicts of

presenters.

Public Participation: The Board

agenda will include a period of time,

not to exceed thirty minutes, for oral

comments and questions from the

public. Each speaker will be limited to

five minutes. Members of the public

who are interested in speaking are asked

to contact the Board Secretariat at the

telephone number indicated below. In

addition, written statements are invited

and may be submitted to the Board at

any time. Written statements should be

directed to the CSSPAB Secretariat,

Information Technology Laboratory, 100

Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8930. It would

be appreciated if 35 copies of written

material were submitted for distribution

to the Board and attendees no later than

December 1, 2000. Approximately 15

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seats will be available for the public and

media.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Edward Roback, Board Secretariat,

Information Technology Laboratory,

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop

8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8930,

telephone: (301) 975–3696.

Dated: November 15, 2000.

Karen H. Brown,

Deputy Director, NIST.

[FR Doc. 00–29753 Filed 11–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–CN–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Malcolm Baldrige in National Quality

Award Board of Overseers

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.

2, notice is hereby given that there will

be a meeting of the Board of Overseers

of the Malcolm Baldrige National

Quality Award on Monday, December 4,

2000. The Board of Overseers is

composed of eleven members prominent

in the field of quality management and

appointed by the Secretary of

Commerce, assembled to advise the

Secretary of Commerce on the conduct

of the Baldrige Award. The purpose of

this meeting is to discuss and review

information received from the National

Institute of Standards and Technology

with the members of the Judges Panel of

the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality

Award. The agenda will include:

Overview of the 2000 Baldrige Cycle,

Report from the Judges’ Panel, Program

Status and Plans for 2001, Discussion of

International Quality Award Meeting,

Discussion of Plans/Issues and

Development of Recommendations.

DATES: The meeting will convene

December 4, 2000, at 8:30 a.m. and

adjourn at 3:30 p.m. on December 4,

2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Chemistry Building, Red

Room, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Harry Hertz, Director, National Quality

Program, National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Gaithersburg,

Maryland 20899, telephone number

(301) 975–2361.

Dated: November 15, 2000.

Karen H. Brown,

Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 00–29666 Filed 11–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made

Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable

Fiber Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in

Bangladesh

November 15, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross

Arnold, International Trade Specialist,

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

4212. For information on the quota

status of these limits, refer to the Quota

Status Reports posted on the bulletin

boards of each Customs port, call (202)

927–5850, or refer to the U.S. Customs

website at http://www.customs.gov. For

information on embargoes and quota reopenings, call (202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854);

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended.

The import restraint limits for textile

products, produced or manufactured in

Bangladesh and exported during the

period January 1, 2001 through

December 31, 2001 are based on the

limits notified to the Textiles

Monitoring Body pursuant to the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles

and Clothing (ATC).

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

the limits for the 2001 period. The 2001

limits have been reduced for

carryforward applied to the 2000 limits.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 64 FR 71982,

published on December 22, 1999).

Information regarding the 2001

CORRELATION will be published in the

Federal Register at a later date.

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

November 15, 2000.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to Section

204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order

11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; and the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit,

effective on January 1, 2001, entry into the

United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption

of cotton, man-made fiber, silk blend and

other vegetable fiber textile products in the

following categories, produced or

manufactured in Bangladesh and exported

during the twelve-month period beginning on

January 1, 2001 and extending through

December 31, 2001, in excess of the following

levels of restraint:

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

237 ........................... 613,318 dozen.

331 ........................... 1,553,816 dozen pairs.

334 ........................... 187,110 dozen.

335 ........................... 335,956 dozen.

336/636 .................... 601,200 dozen.

338/339 .................... 1,741,614 dozen.

340/640 .................... 3,937,027 dozen.

341 ........................... 3,261,471 dozen.

342/642 .................... 564,285 dozen.

347/348 .................... 2,935,322 dozen.

351/651 .................... 896,202 dozen.

352/652 .................... 13,370,404 dozen.

363 ........................... 33,405,188 numbers.

369–S1 .................... 2,239,174 kilograms.

634 ........................... 654,609 dozen.

635 ........................... 424,110 dozen.

638/639 .................... 2,208,685 dozen.

641 ........................... 1,365,669 dozen.

645/646 .................... 518,685 dozen.

647/648 .................... 1,846,116 dozen.

847 ........................... 980,219 dozen.

1 Category 369–S: only HTS number

6307.10.2005.

The limits set forth above are subject to

adjustment pursuant to the provisions of the

ATC and administrative arrangements

notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body.

Products in the above categories exported

during 2000 shall be charged to the

applicable category limits for that year (see

directive dated December 1, 1999) to the

extent of any unfilled balances. In the event

the limits established for that period have

been exhausted by previous entries, such

products shall be charged to the limits set

forth in this directive.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs