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United States. The U.S. Government, in

turn, certifies that such representations

have been made.

Data

OMB Number: 0694–0017.

Form Number: Form BXA–645P,

International Import Certificate.

Type of Review: Regular submission

for extension of a currently approved

collection.

Affected Public: Individuals,

businesses or other for-profit and notfor-profit institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,008.

Estimated Time Per Response: 16

minutes per response.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 270.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: No

start-up capital expenditures.

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

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 will also become a matter of public

record.

Dated: December 6, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Clearance Officer, Office of the

Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–31405 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–33–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

One-time Report for Foreign Software

or Technology Eligible for De Minimis

Exclusion

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The 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: Written comments must be

submitted on or before February 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Madeleine Clayton, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 6086, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Dawnielle Battle,

Management Analyst, Department of

Commerce, Room 6883, 14th &

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Abstract

Section 734.4 exempts from the EAR

reexports of foreign technology

commingled with or drawn from

controlled U.S. origin technology valued

at 10% or less of the total value of the

foreign technology. However, persons

must submit a one-time report for the

foreign software or technology to BXA

prior to reliance upon this de minimis

exclusion.

Method of Collection

Exporters intending to rely on the de

minimis exclusion for foreign software

and technology commingled with U.S.

software and technology must file a onetime report for the foreign software or

technology.

Data

OMB Number: 0694–0101.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular submission

for extension of a currently approved

collection.

Affected Public: Individuals,

businesses or other for-profit and notfor-profit institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 7.

Estimated Time Per Response: 25

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 175.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: No

start-up capital expenditures.

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

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 will also

become a matter of public record.

Dated: December 6, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–31406 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration,

Commerce

Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Issuance of an

Amended Export Trade Certificate of

Review, Application No. 89–8A016.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

issued an amended Export Trade

Certificate of Review to The Geothermal

Energy Association (‘‘GEA’’) on

November 13, 2000. Notice of issuance

of the original Certificate was published

in the Federal Register on February 9,

1990 (55 FR 4647).

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.

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

(1998).

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 a

Certificate 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,

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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. 89–8A016, was issued to

Geothermal Energy Association on

February 5, 1990 (55 FR 4647, February

9, 1990), and last amended on

November 20, 1996 (61 FR 60092,

November 26, 1996).

GEA’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

section 325.2(1) of the Regulations (15

CFR 325.2(1)): Power Engineers, Inc.,

PO Box 1066, 3940 Glenbrook Drive,

Hailey, ID 83333; BIBB & Associates,

Inc., 201 South Lake Ave., Suite 300,

Pasadena, CA 91101;

2. Change the listing of the company

name for the current Member ‘‘Maxwell

Laboratories’’ to the new listing

‘‘Maxwell Technologies, Inc.’’.

3. Delete the following as members of

the Certificate: Air Drilling Services,

Inc.; American Line Builders, Inc.;

Ballew Tool Company; Bridwell

Controls; Dames & Moore, Inc.; Baker

Hughes Oilfield Operations, Inc., d.b.a.

Baker Hughes Inteq; Exergy, Inc.;

Geothermal Power Company, Inc.; H &

H Oil Tool Company, Inc.; C.E. Holt

Company; Ingram Cactus Company;

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc.; Nabors

Drilling USA, Inc.; Resource Group;

Union Oil of California, d.b.a. UNOCAL

and/or UNOCAL Corporation; M–I

Drilling Fluids L.L.C., and its

controlling entity, Smith International

Acquisition Corp. and Smith

International, Inc.

4. Remove the following restriction

from the Certificate: Any exchange or

discussion of the types of information

set forth in Paragraph C. 13 (b),(c),(d)

and (e) that would involve (1) drill bits,

roller reamers, stabilizers, hole

enlargers, pilot mills, watermelon mills,

scrapers or wellhead changing

equipment and (2) Smith International

Inc. (including entities controlled by it:

M–I Drilling Fluids L.L.C. and Smith

International Acquisition Corp.) and

Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, Inc.

(formerly Baker Hughes INTEQ, Inc.),

shall be subject to the following

limitations:

1. The exchange or discussion shall

take place only to meet the requirements

of an actual or potential bona fide

export transaction; and

2. Each exchange or discussion shall

take place in the presence of legal

counsel who will advise participants on

antitrust matters and who shall take

notes (or arrange to have notes taken) of

the exchange or discussion. Upon

request of the Secretary of Commerce on

his own behalf or on behalf of the

Attorney General, such notes shall be

made available to the Secretary of

Commerce and/or the Attorney General.

5. Add the following term and

condition to the Certificate: Membership

in this Certificate is terminated when a

company ceases to be a member of the

Geothermal Energy Association (GEA),

written notice of which GEA shall

promptly transmit to the Secretary of

Commerce and the Attorney General. A

Member may also withdraw from

coverage under this Certificate at any

time by giving written notice to GEA, a

copy of which GEA shall promptly

transmit to the Secretary of Commerce

and the Attorney General.

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, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

Dated: December 1, 2000.

Morton Schnabel,

Director, Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–31403 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Export Trade Certificate of Review

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of Process to

Revoke Export Trade Certificate of

Review No. 83–00024.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce

issued an export trade certificate of

review to U.S. Export & Trading

Company. Because this certificate

holder has failed to file an annual report

as required by law, the Department is

initiating proceedings to revoke the

certificate. This notice summarizes the

notification letter sent to Export &

Trading Company.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of

the Export Trading Company Act of

1982 (‘‘the Act’’) [15 U.S.C. 4011–21]

authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to

issue export trade certificates of review.

The regulations implementing Title III

(‘‘the Regulations’’) are found at 15 CFR

part 325. Pursuant to this authority, a

certificate of review was issued on July

25, 1995 to Export & Trading Company.

A certificate holder is required by law

(Section 308 of the Act, 15 U.S.C. 4018)

to submit to the Department of

Commerce annual reports that update

financial and other information relating

to business activities covered by its

certificate. The annual report is due

within 45 days after the anniversary

date of the issuance of the certificate of

review (Sections 325.14 (a) and (b) of

the Regulations). Failure to submit a

complete annual report may be the basis

for revocation. (Sections 325.10 (a) and

325.14 (c) of the Regulations).

The Department of Commerce sent to

Export & Trading Company, on

December 13, 1999, a letter containing

annual report questions with a reminder

that its annual report was due on

February 6, 2000. Additional reminders

were sent on May 2, 2000 and on July

19, 2000. The Department has received

no written response to any of these

letters.

On November 17, 2000, and in

accordance with Section 325.10(c)(1) of

the Regulations, a letter was sent by

certified mail to notify Export & Trading

Company that the Department was

formally initiating the process to revoke

its certificate. The letter stated that this

action is being taken because of the

certificate holder’s failure to file an

annual report.

In accordance with Section

325.10(c)(2) of the Regulations, each

certificate holder has thirty days from

the day after its receipt of the

notification letter in which to respond.

The certificate holder is deemed to have

received this letter as of the date on

which this notice is published in the

Federal Register. For good cause shown,

the Department of Commerce can, at its

discretion, grant a thirty-day extension

for a response.

If the certificate holder decides to

respond, it must specifically address the

Department’s statement in the

notification letter that it has failed to file

an annual report. It should state in

detail why the facts, conduct, or

circumstances described in the

notification letter are not true, or if they

are, why they do not warrant revoking

the certificate. If the certificate holder

does not respond within the specified

period, it will be considered an

admission of the statements contained

in the notification letter (section

325.10(c)(2) of the Regulations).