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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 66, No. 101

Thursday, May 24, 2001

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Giant Sequoia National Monument

Scientific Advisory Board Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Presidential Proclamation,

Establishment of the Giant Sequoia

National Monument (Proclamation 7295

of April 15, 2000), and the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463), the Giant Sequoia National

Monument Scientific Advisory Board

was chartered. The purpose of the board

is to provide scientific guidance to the

Secretary of Agriculture through the

U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest

Service (USDA) during the development

of the management plan and its

environmental impact statement for the

Giant Sequoia National Monument. The

board represents a range of disciplines

spanning the physical, biological, and

social sciences. At the first meeting, the

board will review the charter, consider

operating procedures; designate a

chairperson; and discuss the

proclamation, including the status of the

management planning process. While

all Scientific Advisory Board meetings

are open to public attendance, the board

will determine procedures for public

participation.

DATES: The meeting will held June 12

and 13, 2001, beginning each day at 8

a.m. and ending at 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Hume Lake Christian Camp, 64144

Hume Lake Road, Hume Lake,

California 93628. A field visit to parts of

the Giant Sequoia National Monument

and the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National

Parks will be held as part of the

meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

receive further information contact

Arthur L. Gaffrey, Designated Federal

Official to the Scientific Advisory

Board, telephone: (559) 784–1500,

extension 1111.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An agenda

for the meeting can be requested from

the Designated Federal Official prior to

the meeting. Written comments for the

Scientific Advisory Board may be

submitted to Forest Supervisor Arthur

L. Gaffrey, Sequoia National Forest, 900

West Grand Avenue, Porterville, CA

93257. Members at this time include:

Dr. Paul E. Waggoner, Connecticut

Agricultural Experiment Station;

Dr. George M. Woodell, Woods Hole

Research Center;

Dr. Jeanne Nienaber Clarke, Professor at

University of Arizona;

Dr. Nathan L. Stevenson, U.S.

Geological Survey, U.S.D.I.;

Dr. Daniel L. Tormey, private consultant

with Entrix, Inc.;

Dr. David M. Graber, National Park

Service, U.S.D.I.;

Dr. Douglas D. Piirto, California

Polytechnic State University at San

Luis Obispo; and A Tule River Indian

Tribe Representative.

Dated: May 17, 2001.

Juliet B. Allen,

Acting Forest Supervisor, Sequoia National

Forest.

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Louisiana Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

Louisiana Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 7 p.m. and

adjourn at 9 p.m. on June 20, 2001, at

the Hilton Lafayette, 1521 West Pinhook

Road, Lafayette, Louisiana 70505. The

purpose of the meeting is to plan future

projects.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Melvin L. Jenkins, Director of the

Central Regional Office, 913–551–1400

(TDD 913–551–1414). Hearing-impaired

persons who will attend the meeting

and require the services of a sign

language interpreter should contact the

Regional Office at least ten (10) working

days before the scheduled date of the

meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, May 17, 2001.

Edward A. Hailes, Jr.,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 01–13167 Filed 5–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–868]

Initiation of Antidumping Duty

Investigation: Folding Metal Tables

and Folding Metal Chairs From the

People’s Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 24, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Helen Kramer or Steve Bezirganian,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0405 or

(202) 482–1131, respectively.

Initiation of Investigation

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 (‘‘URAA’’).

The Petition

On April 27, 2001, the Department of

Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) received

a petition filed in proper form by Meco

Corporation (‘‘petitioner’’). On May 10

and May 16, 2001, petitioner submitted

clarifications of the petition. The

petitioner is a producer of folding metal

tables and chairs. In accordance with

section 732(b) of the Act, the petitioner

alleges that imports of folding metal

tables and folding metal chairs from the

People’s Republic of China (PRC) are

being, or are likely to be, sold in the

United States at less than fair value