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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).

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If the answer demonstrates that the

material facts are in dispute, the

Department of Commerce and the

Department of Justice shall, upon

request, meet informally with the

certificate holder. Either Department

may require the certificate holder to

provide the documents or information

that are necessary to support its

contentions (section 325.10(c)(3) of the

Regulations).

The Department shall publish a notice

in the Federal Register of the revocation

or modification or a decision not to

revoke or modify (section 325.10(c)(4) of

the Regulations). If there is a

determination to revoke a certificate,

any person aggrieved by such final

decision may appeal to an appropriate

U.S. district court within 30 days from

the date on which the Department’s

final determination is published in the

Federal Register (sections 325.10(c)(4)

and 325.11 of the Regulations).

Dated: December 1, 2000.

Morton Schnabel,

Director, Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–31404 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States Patent and Trademark

Office

RIN 0651–AB25

Reopening of the Time Period for

Acceptance of Comments on

Preliminary Draft Convention on

Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in

Civil and Commercial Matters

AGENCY: U.S. Patent and Trademark

Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Reopening of time period for

acceptance of comments.

SUMMARY: On Tuesday, October 17,

2000, the United States Patent and

Trademark Office published a notice

seeking comments on a convention

being negotiated by the Hague

Conference on Private International Law

that is designed to create common

jurisdictional rules for international

recognition and enforcement of

judgments issued under these rules (65

F.R. 61306 (2000)). Interested members

of the public were invited to present

written comments on the topics

outlined in the Issues for Public

Comment section of the Notice by

December 1, 2000. This notice reopens

the time period for submission of

comments. Comments will be accepted

through January 12, 2001.

EFFECTIVE DATE: All comments are due

by January 12, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to offer

written comments should address those

comments to Director of the United

States Patent and Trademark Office, Box

4, United States Patent and Trademark

Office, Washington, DC 20231, marked

to the attention of Elizabeth Shaw.

Comments may also be submitted by

facsimile transmission to (703) 305–

7575 or by electronic mail through the

Internet to elizabeth.shaw2@uspto.gov.

All comments will be maintained for

public inspection in Room 902 of

Crystal Park II, 2121 Crystal Drive,

Arlington, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Lucas by telephone at (703)

305–9300; by facsimile at (703) 305–

8885; by electronic mail at

jennifer.lucas@uspto.gov; or by mail

marked to the attention of Jennifer

Lucas, Attorney-Advisor, addressed to

Director of the United States Patent and

Trademark Office, Box 4, Washington,

DC 20231.

Dated: December 5, 2000.

Albin F. Drost,

Acting General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 00–31355 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–16–U

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton and ManMade Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Kenya

December 5, 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:

Naomi Freeman, 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.ustreas.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

Kenya and exported during the period

January 1, 2001 through December 31,

2001 are based on 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.

As required by the African Growth

and Opportunity Act, these limits shall

be eliminated within 30 days after the

U.S. Trade Representative determines

that Kenya has adopted an effective visa

system to prevent unlawful

transshipment of textile and apparel

articles and the use of counterfeit

documents relating to the importation of

the articles into the United States.

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

December 5, 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 and man-made fiber textile

products in the following categories,

produced or manufactured in Kenya 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

340/640 .................... 643,548 dozen.

360 ........................... 4,647,847 numbers.