21172 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 77 / Thursday, April 20, 2000 / Notices

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on December 1, 1999, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool,

man-made fiber, silk blend and other

vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Thailand and

exported during the period which began on

January 1, 2000 and extends through

December 31, 2000.

Effective on April 20, 2000, you are

directed to adjust the limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

Sublevels in Group II

336/636 .................... 361,721 dozen.

338/339 .................... 2,111,579 dozen

340 ........................... 322,012 dozen.

347/348/847 ............. 940,539 dozen.

638/639 .................... 2,503,210 dozen.

647/648 .................... 1,294,991 dozen

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1999.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 00–9875 Filed 4–19–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Notice of Intent to Grant an Exclusive

Patent License

Pursuant to the provisions of Part 404

of Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations,

which implements Public Law 96–517,

the Department of the Air Force

announces its intention to grant SMJ

Carbon Technology, a company doing

business in Nashua, New Hampshire

(NH) an exclusive license in any right,

title and interest the Air Force has in

U.S. Patent Application entitled

‘‘CARBON AND CERMAIC MATRIX

COMPOSITES FABRICATED BY A

RAPID AND LOW-COST PROCESS

INCORPORATING IN-SITU

POLYMERIZATION OF WETTING

MONOMERS.’’ The inventors, Phillip G.

Wapner, Wesley P. Hoffman and Steven

Jones were all government employees at

the time of the invention. The invention

was filed in the U.S. Patent and Trade

Office on June 8, 1998.

The license described above will be

granted unless an objection thereto,

together with a request for an

opportunity to be heard, if desired, is

received in writing by the addressee set

forth below within 60 days from the

date of publication of this Notice.

Information concerning the application

may be obtained, on request, from the

same addressee.

All communications concerning this

Notice should be sent to Mr. Randy

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection,

Comment Request

AGENCY: Energy Information

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Agency information collection

activities: Proposed collection, comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Energy Information

Administration (EIA) is soliciting

comments concerning proposed

revisions and three-year extensions to

the Oil and Gas Reserves Survey Forms

EIA–23, EIA–23P and EIA–64A. Titles

of these forms are ‘‘Annual Survey of

Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves’’ (EIA–

23), ‘‘Oil and Gas Well Operator List

Update Report’’ (EIA–23P), and

‘‘Annual Report of the Origin of Natural

Gas Liquids Production’’ (EIA–64A),

respectively.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before June 19, 2000. If

you anticipate difficulty in submitting

comments within that period, contact

the person listed below as soon as

possible.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Rafi

Zeinalpour, U.S. Department of Energy,

Energy Information Administration,

Reserves and Production Division, 1999

Bryan Street, Suite 1110, Dallas, Texas

75201–6801. Alternatively, Rafi

Zeinalpour may be reached by phone at

(214) 720–6191, at the e-mail address of

rzeinalp@eia.doe.gov or by FAX at (214)

720–6155.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the forms and instructions

should be directed to Rafi Zeinalpour at

the address listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

II. Current Actions

III. Request for Comments

I. Background

The Federal Energy Administration

Act of 1974 (Pub. L. No. 93–275, 15

U.S.C. 761 et seq.) and the Department

of Energy Organization Act (Pub. L. No.

95–91, 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) require

the Energy Information Administration

(EIA) to carry out a centralized,

comprehensive and unified energy

information program. This program

collects, evaluates, assembles, analyzes

and disseminates information on energy

resource reserves, production, demand,

technology and related economic and

statistical information. This information

is used to assess the adequacy of energy

resources to meet near and longer-term

domestic demands.

The EIA, as part of its effort to comply

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter

35), provides the general public and

other Federal agencies with

opportunities to comment on collections

of energy information conducted by or

in conjunction with the EIA. Any

comments received help the EIA to

prepare data requests that maximize the

utility of the information collected and

to assess the impact of collection

requirements on the public. Also, the

EIA will later seek approval by the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) of the collections under Section

3507(h) of the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995.

Operators of crude oil and natural gas

wells are the target respondents of

Forms EIA–23 and EIA–23P. The

amount of crude oil, associateddissolved natural gas, non-associated

natural gas and lease condensate

production and reserves by individual

field are requested of large and

intermediate size producers on Form

EIA–23. A sample of small operators are

required to submit less detailed

information on a different version of the

form and the majority of small operators

are not asked to report annually on

Form EIA–23. The selected sample of

small operators provide production and

available reserves information for crude

oil, natural gas and lease condensate at

a State or geographic sub-division level

on the Form EIA–23. Form EIA–23P is

a postcard form used to collect

information on possible oil and gas well

operators that may be included in future

EIA–23 surveys. Information obtained