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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 notice also serves as the only

reminder to parties subject to

administrative protective order (‘‘APO’’)

of their responsibility concerning the

disposition of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely

notification of return/destruction of

APO materials or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested.

Failure to comply with the regulations

and the terms of an APO is a

sanctionable violation.

We are issuing and publishing this

determination in accordance with

sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the

Act, and 19 CFR 351.214.

Dated: November 28, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–30954 Filed 12–4–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–533–809]

Certain Stainless Steel Flanges From

India

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Extension of time limit for final

results of new shipper review.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is extending the time

limit for the final results of a new

shipper review of certain stainless steel

flanges from India. This review covers

one Indian exporter, Bhansali Ferromet

Pvt. Ltd. (Bhansali), and the period

August 1, 1998 through July 31, 1999.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 5, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas Killiam or Robert James, AD/

CVD Enforcement, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–5222, or (202)

482–0649, respectively.

Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute refer to the

provisions effective January 1, 1995, the

effective date of the amendments made

to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended

(the Tariff Act) by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act. In addition, all

citations to the Department’s regulations

are to the current regulations, codified

at 19 CFR Part 351 (1999).

Background

Based on a request from Bhansali, and

pursuant to section 351.214, the

Department initiated a new shipper

review of the antidumping duty order

on certain stainless steel flanges from

India, covering the period February 1,

1999 through February 29, 2000 (65 FR

8120, February 17, 2000). The final

results are currently due no later than

December 14, 2000. The deadline for the

final results may be extended from 90 to

150 days after the issuance of the

preliminary results, according to section

751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act and

351.214(i)(2) of the Department’s

regulations.

Postponement of Final Results

The Department has determined that

the issues of this case are

extraordinarily complicated and it is not

practicable to issue the final results of

the new shipper review within the

original time limit. See Memorandum

from Richard A. Weible to Joseph A.

Spetrini, Deputy Assistant Secretary,

Enforcement Group III, November 22,

2000. Accordingly, the Department is

extending the time limit for completion

of the final results of this review until

February 12, 2001, the first business day

following the sixtieth day from the

issuance of the preliminary results.

Dated: November 22, 2000.

Edward Yang,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD

Enforcement Group III.

[FR Doc. 00–30953 Filed 12–4–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

North American Free Trade Agreement

(NAFTA), Article 1904 Binational Panel

Reviews: Notice of Termination of

Panel Review

AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United

States Section, International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Consent Motion to

Terminate the Panel Review of the final

antidumping duty administrative review

made by the International Trade

Administration, respecting Cut-toLength Carbon Steel Plate From Canada

(Secretariat File No. USA-CDA–99–

1904–02).

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Notice of

Consent Motion to Terminate the Panel

Review by the complainants, the panel

review is terminated as of November 20,

2000. A panel has been appointed to

this panel review. Pursuant to Rule

71(2) of the Rules of Procedure for

Article 1904 Binational Panel Review,

this panel review is terminated and the

panelists are discharged.

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). The panel review in this

matter was requested and terminated

pursuant to these Rules.

Dated: November 21, 2000.

Caratina L. Alston,

United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 00–30919 Filed 12–4–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 072600B]

Marine Mammals; Permit Application

No. 116-1591 for Public Display

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Sea World, Inc., 7007 Sea World Drive,

Orlando, Florida 32821, has applied in

due form for a permit to import one

killer whale (Orcinus orca) for the

purposes of public display.

DATES: Written or telefaxed comments

must be received on or before January 4,

2001.

ADDRESSES: The application and related

documents are available f or review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following office(s):

Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-

2289);

Regional Administrator, Southwest

Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean

Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach,

California 90802, (562/980-4021).

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing on this request should be

submitted to the Chief, Permits and

Documentation Division, F/PR1, Office

of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315

East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver

Spring, MD 20910. Those individuals

requesting a hearing should set forth the

specific reasons why a hearing on this

particular permit request would be

appropriate.

Comments may also be submitted by

facsimile at (301) 713-0376, provided

the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy

submitted by mail and postmarked no

later than the closing date of the

comment period. Please note that

comments will not be accepted by email or other electronic media.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill

Lewandowski,(301/713-2289).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject application for Permit No. 116-

1591-00 is requested under the authority

of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et

seq.), and the Regulations Governing the

Taking and Importing of Marine

Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

The applicant requests authorization

to import one female, adult killer whale

(Orcinus orca), identified as ‘‘Bjossa’’,

from the Vancouver Aquarium Marine

Science Center; British Columbia,

Canada to the Sea World facility in San

Diego, California. The applicant

requests this import for the purpose of

public display. The receiving facility,

Sea World San Diego, 1720 South

Shores Road, San Diego, California

92109 is: (1) open to the public on

regularly scheduled basis with access

that is not limited or restricted other

than by charging for an admission fee;

(2) offers an educational program based

on professionally accepted standards of

the AZA and the Alliance for Marine

Mammal Parks and Aquariums; and (3)

holds an Exhibitor’s License, number

93-C-069, issued by the U.S. Department

of Agriculture under the Animal

Welfare Act.

In addition to determining whether

the applicant meets the three public

display criteria, NMFS must determine

whether the applicant has demonstrated

that the proposed activity is humane

and does not represent any unnecessary

risks to the health and welfare of marine

mammals; that the proposed activity by

itself or in combination with other

activities, will not likely have a

significant adverse impact on the

species or stock; and that the applicant’s

expertise, facilities and resources are

adequate to accomplish successfully the

objectives and activities stated in the

application.

In compliance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial

determination has been made that the

activity proposed is categorically

excluded from the requirement to

prepare an environmental assessment or

environmental impact statement.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register,

NMFS is forwarding copies of this

application to the Marine Mammal

Commission and its Committee of

Scientific Advisors.

Dated: November 27, 2000.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–30817 Filed 12–4–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0134]

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request Entitled Environmentally

Sound Products

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for public

comments regarding an extension to an

existing OMB clearance.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat will be submitting to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) a request to review and approve

an extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Environmentally Sound

Products. The clearance currently

expires on March 31, 2001.

Public comments are particularly

invited on: Whether this collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of functions of the FAR,

and whether it will have practical

utility; whether our estimate of the

public burden of this collection of

information is accurate, and based on

valid assumptions and methodology;

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and ways in which we can

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, through the use of appropriate

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on

or before February 5, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Laura Smith, Federal Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA (202) 208–7279.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this

burden estimate or any other aspect of

this collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden,

should be submitted to: FAR Desk

Officer, OMB, Room 10102, NEOB,

Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to

the General Services Administration,

FAR Secretariat, 1800 F Street, NW,

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

This information collection complies

with Section 6002 of the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

(42 U.S.C. 6962). RCRA requires the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

to designate items which are or can be

produced with recovered materials.

RCRA further requires agencies to

develop affirmative procurement

programs to ensure that items composed

of recovered materials will be purchased

to the maximum extent practicable.

Affirmative procurement programs

required under RCRA must contain, as

a minimum (1) a recovered materials

preference program and an agency

promotion program for the preference

program; (2) a program for requiring

estimates of the total percentage of

recovered materials used in the

performance of a contract, certification

of minimum recovered material content

actually used, where appropriate, and