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they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: May 7, 2001.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

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BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–588–835]

Notice of Extension of Time Limit for

Preliminary Results of Administrative

Antidumping Review: Oil Country

Tubular Goods from Japan

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 10, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doug Campau, Holly Hawkins or

Maureen Flannery, AD/CVD

Enforcement, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202)

482–1395, (202) 482–0414 or (202) 482–

3020, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

In addition, unless otherwise indicated,

all citations to the Department’s

regulations are to the current

regulations, codified at 19 CFR part 351

(2000).

Background

In accordance with 19 CFR

§ 351.213(b)(2), the Department received

a timely request from petitioner U.S.

Steel Group that we conduct an

administrative review of the sales of

Sumitomo Metal Industries. On

September 29, 2000, the Department

initiated an administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on oil country

tubular goods (OCTG) for the period of

review (POR) of August 1, 1999 to July

31, 2000, in order to determine whether

merchandise imported into the United

States is being sold at dumped prices.

Extension of Time Limits for

Preliminary Results

Because of the complexity and timing

of certain issues in this case, it is not

practicable to complete this review

within the time limits mandated by

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and

section 351.213(h) of the Department’s

regulations. See Memorandum from

Barbara E. Tillman to Joseph A.

Spetrini, dated April 27, 2001 (on file in

the public file of the Central Records

Unit, Room B–099 of the Department of

Commerce).

Therefore, in accordance with section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department

is extending the time limits for the

preliminary results to no later than

August 31, 2001.

Dated: May 2, 2001.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD

Enforcement III.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 050301G]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of an application for a

scientific research permit (1303);

Receipt of request to modify research

permit 1245; NMFS has issued permit

1297; NMFS has issued an amendment

of enhancement permit 1237.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

following actions regarding permits for

takes of endangered and threatened

species for the purposes of scientific

research and/or enhancement under the

Endangered Species Act (ESA): NMFS

has received an application for a

scientific research permit from Dr. R.

Michael Laurs, of Southwest Fisheries

Science Center (SWFSC); NMFS has

received a request to modify permit

1245 from Mr. Bruce Stender of the

South Carolina Department of Natural

Resources; NMFS has issued permit

1297 to Dr. Peter Dutton of the NMFS

- Southwest Fisheries Science Center

and an amendment of permit 1237 to

the Walla Walla District of the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers at Walla

Walla, WA.

DATES: Comments or requests for a

public hearing on any of the new

applications or modification requests

must be received at the appropriate

address or fax number no later than 5

p.m. eastern standard time on June 11,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on any of

the new applications or modification

requests should be sent to the

appropriate office as indicated below.

Comments may also be sent via fax to

the number indicated for the application

or modification request. Comments will

not be accepted if submitted via e-mail

or the Internet. The applications and

related documents are available for

review in the indicated office, by

appointment:

For permits 1245, 1297, 1303:

Endangered Species Division, F/PR3,

1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (phone:301–713–1401, fax:

301–713–0376).

For permits 1237: Protected Resources

Division, F/NWO3, 525 NE Oregon

Street, Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232–

2737 (phone: 503–230–5400, fax: 503–

230–5435).

Documents may also be reviewed by

appointment in the Office of Protected

Resources, F/PR3, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD

20910–3226 (phone:301–713–1401).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

permits 1245, 1297, 1303: Terri Jordan,

Silver Spring, MD (phone: 301–713–

1401, fax: 301–713–0376, e-mail:

Terri.Jordan@noaa.gov)

For permits 1237: Robert Koch,

Portland, OR (ph: 503–230–5424, fax:

503–230–5435, e-mail:

Robert.Koch@noaa.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

Issuance of permits and permit

modifications, as required by the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16

U.S.C. 1531–1543) (ESA), is based on a

finding that such permits/modifications:

(1) are applied for in good faith; (2)

would not operate to the disadvantage

of the listed species which are the

subject of the permits; and (3) are

consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the

ESA. Scientific research and/or

enhancement permits are issued under

Section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA.

Authority to take listed species is

subject to conditions set forth in the

permits. Permits and modifications are

issued in accordance with and are

subject to the ESA and NMFS

regulations governing listed fish and

wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222–226).

Those individuals requesting a

hearing on an application listed in this

notice should set out the specific

reasons why a hearing on that

application would be appropriate (see

ADDRESSES). The holding of such

hearing is at the discretion of the

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

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NOAA. All statements and opinions

contained in the permit action

summaries are those of the applicant

and do not necessarily reflect the views

of NMFS.

Species Covered in this Notice

The following species and

evolutionary significant units (ESUs) are

covered in this notice:

Sea turtles

Threatened and endangered Green

turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Endangered Hawksbill turtle

(Eretmochelys imbricata)

Endangered Kemp’s ridley turtle

(Lepidochelys kempii)

Endangered Leatherback turtle

(Dermochelys coriacea)

Threatened Loggerhead turtle (Caretta

caretta)

Threatened and endangered Olive

ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)

Fish

Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus

nerka): endangered Snake River (SnR).

Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha):

endangered, naturally produced and

artificially propagated, upper Columbia

River (UCR) spring; threatened,

naturally produced and artificially

propagated, SnR spring/summer.

Steelhead (O. mykiss): endangered,

naturally produced and artificially

propagated, UCR; threatened SnR;

threatened middle Columbia River.

New Applications Received

Application 1303

The applicant requests authorization

to allow take of listed sea turtles while

conducting experiments on methods for

reducing sea turtle take by longline

fisheries in the Pacific Ocean and to

allow import of living, deeply hooked

sea turtles for treatment and

rehabilitation. The applicant proposes

to take a total of 15 green, 43

leatherback, 221 loggerhead and 24

olive ridley turtles over the three-year

life of the permit. This application is

available for download and review from

the Office of Protected Resources

permitting web site: http://

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot—res/PR3/

Permits/ESAPermit.html.

Modification Requests Received

Permit #1245

The applicant requests a modification

to Permit 1245. Permit 1245 authorizes

the take of listed sea turtles for scientific

research purposes. Permit #1245

authorizes the take of 250 loggerhead,

10 green, 50 Kemp’s ridley, five

hawksbill and one leatherback turtles

annually. Modification #2 would

authorize researchers to intubate and

ventilate a turtle verified to be

unconscious, allow researchers to

collect skin biopsies from each turtle,

collect an additional biopsy of any

abnormal growth and to collect a keratin

sample from the carapace of each turtle

for mercury content analysis.

Permits and Modified Permits Issued

Permit #1297

Notice was published on March 5,

2001 (66 FR 13305) that Donna

McDonald, of Ocean Planet Research,

Incorporated applied for a scientific

research permit (1297).

The purpose of this project is to

continue long-term monitoring of the

status of sea turtles in San Diego Bay.

Numbers present, species, size, sex,

health status, and presence or absence

of tag will be recorded. Permit 1297 was

issued on April 27, 2001, authorizing

take of listed species. Permit 1297

expires May 31, 2006.

Permit #1237

Notice was published on February 16,

2000 (65 FR 7855) that the Corps

applied for an enhancement permit

(1237). Permit 1237 was issued to the

Corps on March 22, 2001 (see 66 FR

18447, April 9, 2001). Permit 1237

authorizes the Corps annual takes of

ESA-listed Snake River salmon and

steelhead associated with transporting

juvenile anadromous fish around the

dams and past the reservoirs on the

mainstem lower Snake and Columbia

Rivers in the Pacific Northwest. The

purpose of the Corps’ Juvenile Fish

Transportation Program is to increase

juvenile fish survival over the

alternative of in-river passage, given

existing in-river migratory conditions.

On April 26, 2001, NMFS issued an

amendment of enhancement permit

1237. For the permit amendment, the

Corps is authorized takes of ESA-listed

fish species associated with juvenile

fish transport at McNary Dam on the

lower Columbia River during the spring

2001 juvenile salmonid outmigration

season. The Corps requested the

additional ESA-listed fish takes

(associated with spring transport at

McNary Dam) in its original permit

application (see 65 FR 7855, February

16, 2000). Since the beginning of 2001,

forecasted river conditions and

anticipated estimates of the project

passage survival of juvenile fish

migrating in the lower Columbia River

during 2001 have progressively

deteriorated. It now appears that the

survival rate of spring-migrating

juvenile salmonids between McNary

Dam and Bonneville Dam may be lower

than previously expected for the 2001

juvenile salmonid outmigration season.

Therefore, NMFS has determined that

spring transport at McNary Dam by the

Corps will not operate to the

disadvantage of the ESA-listed fish in

2001. The Corps will load the juvenile

fish into aerated trucks and barges for

transportation to below Bonneville Dam

on the Columbia River. Further

handling of the fish does not occur,

except for loading via raceways or when

the fish are handled for monitoring

purposes by Corps personnel or for

scientific research purposes by

individuals holding separate take

authorizations. The amendment is valid

for the duration of Permit 1237.

However, the conduct of spring

transport at McNary Dam in future years

will be subject to annual approval by

NMFS. Additional annual takes of ESAlisted adult fish associated with

handling fallbacks at the juvenile fish

transportation facility at McNary Dam

are also authorized by the permit

amendment. Permit 1237 expires on

December 31, 2005.

Dated: May 4, 2001.

Chris Mobley,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D.050101E]

Endangered Species; Permit 1067

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application to modify

permit 1067.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

following action regarding permits for

takes of endangered and threatened

species for the purposes of scientific

research and/or enhancement. NMFS

has received an application from

California Department of Fish and

Game, Sacramento, CA to modify permit

1067.

DATES: Comments or requests for a

public hearing on any of the new

applications or modification requests

must be received at the appropriate

address or fax number (see ADDRESSES)

no later than 5 p.m. Pacific daylight

time on June 11, 2001.