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Attorney for defendants Sony Corporation

of America and LTM Holdings, Inc.

Alan J. Weinschel,

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 767 Fifth

Avenue, New York, NY 10153, (212) 310–

8000.

Attorney for defendant Cineplex Odeon

Corporation.

Kenneth R. Logan,

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, 425 Lexington

Avenue, New York, NY 10017, (212) 455–

2000.

Attorney for defendant J.E. Seagram Corp.

Allen P. Grunes.

[FR Doc. 98–11958 Filed 5–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Immigration and Naturalization Service

[INS No. 1918–98]

English Language, American History

and Civics, Standardized

Naturalization Test

AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization

Service, Justice.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

termination of the Immigration and

Naturalization Service (Service)

Standardized Citizenship Testing

Program, currently conducted by five

non-government companies on behalf of

the Service. The program, established

under a 1991 Notice of Program in the

Federal Register, will end at midnight

on August 30, 1998. After the August 30

termination date, the Service will

commence citizenship testing at the

newly opened Application Support

Centers as part of the ongoing effort to

re-engineer and streamline the entire

naturalization process.

DATES: The Citizenship Testing Program

will terminate effective at midnight,

Eastern Daylight Time, August 30, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Craig Howie, Immigration and

Naturalization Service, Office of

Naturalization Operations, 801 I Street,

NW., Suite 900, Washington, DC 20536.

Telephone: (202) 305–0539.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

What Is the Standard Citizenship

Testing Program?

The Service established a

standardized citizenship testing

program pursuant to a Notice of

Program published in the Federal

Register on June 28, 1991, at 56 FR

29714–15. The program’s model was

similar to the testing program used with

Legalization applicants as provided in

section 254A(b)(1)(D) of the Immigration

and Nationality Act (the Act). The

citizenship testing program was

designed to facilitate the naturalization

of persons who otherwise might be

hesitant to apply for naturalization.

Section 312 of the Act requires most

applicants for naturalization to

demonstrate a basic understanding of

the English language and an

understanding of United States history

and government. Traditionally,

applicants are tested on English and

United States history and government as

part of the mandatory naturalization

interview. The 1991 Notice established

criteria that non-government

organizations were required to meet in

order to be authorized to conduct

citizenship testing on behalf of the

Service. These criteria included

requirements for the administration of a

multiple choice test on United States

history, government, and written

English. Naturalization applicants who

take and pass one of these tests

normally are not questioned on these

topics during the mandatory

naturalization interview before an

officer of the Service.

Since publication of the 1991 Notice,

the Service approved six national

organizations to administer citizenship

tests. Five national organizations

currently are administering citizenship

tests through networks of local testing

centers across the United States. The

Service has no contractual or financial

ties with any of the companies

authorized to conduct citizenship

testing.

Why Has the Service Decided To

Terminate the Current Testing

Program?

The Service has been engaged in a

complete re-engineering of the

naturalization process. Part of this

process involves developing new

methods for applicants to demonstrate

compliance with various naturalization

requirements under the Act. For

example, last year the Service embarked

upon a new method for applicant

fingerprinting. Fingerprints for all

Service applications or petitions are

now taken at Application Support

Centers (ASCs). The Service now plans

to commence citizenship testing at the

ASCs so that applicants may fulfill these

particular requirements at one time,

with one visit. The Service anticipates

publishing a proposed rule in the

Federal Register later this year,

outlining our regulatory proposal for

citizenship testing at the ASCs. The

authority for this decision to end the

current testing program is found in

section 332(a) of the Act which

authorizes the Service to determine an

applicant’s admissibility to citizenship.

How Long Will Testing Certificates

Issued by the Current Testing

Organizations Be Valid?

The Service will allow the current

testing organizations to continue

administering tests through midnight,

Eastern Daylight Time, August 30, 1998.

Test certificates issued noting a testing

date on or before August 30, 1998, will

be honored in accordance with Service

regulations found at 8 CFR 312.3(a)(1).

For example, an applicant who is tested

on August 30, 1998, passes, and is

issued a certificate, has until August 30,

1999, to file an N–400, Application for

Naturalization, in order for the

certificate to be honored. If the

applicant has already filed an N–400

and is awaiting an interview, the

certificate will be valid until a final

determination on the application has

been made, regardless of how long the

time period is between the date of the

test and the date of the final

determination on the application.

Service officers interviewing

naturalization applicants will retest

persons presenting certificates only if

the officer has reason to believe that the

certificate was either fraudulently

issued or otherwise inappropriately

granted. While not a requirement, the

Service urges all applicants desiring to

be tested by the current testing

organizations to submit a copy of the

passing certification as an attachment to

the N–400 at the time of filing, and to

bring the original certificate to the

naturalization interview.

Dated: April 15, 1998.

Doris Meissner,

Commissioner, Immigration and

Naturalization Service.

[FR Doc. 98–12004 Filed 5–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–10–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

Office for Victims of Crime; Agency

Information Collection Activities:

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection

Under Review; Reinstatement, with

change, of a previously approved

collection for which approval has

expired; Victims of Crime Act, Victim

Compensation Grant Program, State

Performance Report.

This proposed information collection

is published to obtain comments from
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the public and affected agencies.

Comments are encouraged and will be

accepted until; July 6, 1998. Request

written comments and suggestions from

the public and affected agencies

concerning the proposed collection of

information. Your comments should

address one or more of the following

four points:

(1) Does the proposed information

collection instrument include all

relevant program performance

measures;

(2) Does the proposed information to

be collected have practical utility;

(3) Does the proposed information to

be collected enhance the quality and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(4) Does the proposed information to

be collected minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g. permitting electronic submission of

responses.

If you have additional comments,

suggestions, or need a copy of the

proposed information collection

instrument with instructions, or

additional information, please contact

Toni Thomas, 202–616–3579, Office for

Victims of Crime, Office of Justice

Programs, U.S. Department of Justice,

810 Seventh Street, NW., Washington,

DC 20531. You may also contact the

Office of Management and Budget,

Office of Regulatory Affairs, Attention:

Department of Justice Desk Officer,

Washington, DC 20530. Additionally,

comments may be submitted to OMB via

facsimile to (202) 395–7285. Comments

may also be submitted to the

Department of Justice (DOJ), Justice

Management Division, Information

Management and Security Staff,

Attention: Department Clearance

Officer, Suite 850, 1001 G Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20530. Additionally,

comments may be submitted to DOJ via

facsimile to (202) 514–1590.

Overview of this information

(1) Type of information collection:

Reinstatement, with change, of a

previously approved collection for

which approval has expired.

(2) The title of the form/collection:

Victims of Crime Act, Victim

Compensation Grant Program, State

Performance Report.

(3) The agency form number, if any,

and the applicable component of the

Department sponsoring the collection:

None.

Office for Victims of Crime, Office of

Justice Programs, U.S. Department of

Justice.

(4) Affected public who will be asked

or required to respond, as well as a brief

abstract:

Primary: State government.

Other: None.

(5) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond/reply: 52 respondents to

complete an annual report in 2 hours.

(6) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: 104 annual burden hours.

If additional information is required

contact: Mr. Robert B. Briggs, Clearance

Officer, United States Department of

Justice, Information Management and

Security Staff, Justice Management

Division, Suite 850, Washington Center,

1001 G Street, NW., Washington, DC

20530.

Dated: April 30, 1998.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, United States

Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 98–11965 Filed 5–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–18–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Notice of Determinations Regarding

Eligibility To Apply for Worker

Adjustment Assistance and NAFTA

Transitional Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the

Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the

Department of Labor herein presents

summaries of determinations regarding

eligibility to apply for trade adjustment

assistance for workers (TA–W) issued

during the period of April, 1998.

In order for an affirmative

determination to be made and a

certification of eligibility to apply for

worker adjustment assistance to be

issued, each of the group eligibility

requirements of Section 222 of the Act

must be met.

(1) That a significant number or

proportion of the workers in the

workers’ firm, or an appropriate

subdivision thereof, have become totally

or partially separated,

(2) That sales or production, or both,

of the firm or subdivision have

decreased absolutely, and

(3) That increases of imports of

articles like or directly competitive with

articles produced by the firm or

appropriate subdivision have

contributed importantly to the

separations, or threat thereof, and to the

absolute decline in sales or production.

Negative Determination for Worker

Adjustment Assistance

In each of the following cases the

investigation revealed that criterion (3)

has not been met. A survey of customers

indicated that increased imports did not

contribute importantly to worker

separations at the firm.

TA–W–34,156; Pennacle Micro, Inc.,

Colorado Springs, CO

TA–W–34,284; Munekata America, Inc.,

Dalton, GA

TA–W–34,274; Copes-Vulcan, Inc.,

Sootblowers Div., Lake City, PA

TA–W–34,291; Hafer Logging Co., Inc.,

LaGrande, OR

TA–W–34,231; Eagle Veneer, Inc.,

Harrisburg Plywood Div.,

Harrisburg, OR

TA–W–34,296; Doehler-Jarvis, Toledo,

OH

TA–W–34,303, A & B; Young Morgan

Lumber, Lyons, OR, Hanel Lumber,

Hood River, OR and Hood Lumber

Co., Mill City, OR

TA–W–34,273; Harris Enterprises, Inc.,

Marshfield, MO

In the following cases, the

investigation revealed that the criteria

for eligibility have not been met for the

reasons specified.

TA–W–34,390; Don Mart Clothes, Inc.,

Philipsburg, PA

TA–W–34,424; The Penn Traffic Co.,

Insalaco Distribution Center,

Scranton, PA

TA–W–34,328; Mexicana Airlines, San

Antonio, TX

TA–W–34,421; Weyerhaeuser Co., Coos

Bay Services Div., North Bend, OR

TA–W–34,402; Energy Transportation

Corp., New York, NY

The workers firm does not produce an

article as required for certification under

Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.

TA–W–34,267; Block Drug Co., Inc.,

South Brunswick, NJ

TA–W–34,305 & A; Sara Lee Underwear,

Winston-Salem, NC and

Yadkinville, NC

TA–W–34,304; Electro-Motive Div.,

General Motors Corp., Commerce,

CA

TA–W–34,271; Danly Machine L.P.,

Cicero, IL

TA–W–34,180; Comac Enterprises,

Columbia, TN

TA–W–34,225; BTR Automotive Sealing

Systems, West Unity, OH

TA–W–34,406; Moore Document

Solutions, LDK Department,

Stillwater, OK

Increased imports did not contribute

importantly to worker separations at the

firm.