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statement stage but that are not raised

until after completion of the final

environmental impact statement may be

waived or dismissed by the courts.

Wisconsin Heritages, Inc. v. Harris, 490

F. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D. Wis. 1980).

Because of these court rulings, it is very

important that those interested in this

proposed action participate by the close

of the 45-day comment period so that

substantive comments and objections

are made available to the Forest Service

at a time when it can meaningfully

consider them and respond to them in

the final environmental impact

statement.

To assist the Forest Service in

identifying and considering issues and

concerns on the proposed action,

comments on the draft environmental

impact statement should be as specific

as possible. It is also helpful if

comments refer to specific pages or

chapters of the draft statement.

Comments may also address the

adequacy of the draft environmental

impact statement or the merits of the

alternatives formulated and discussed in

the statement. (Reviewers may wish to

refer to the Council on Environmental

Quality Regulations for implementing

the procedural provisions of the

National Environmental Policy Act at

40CFr 1503.3 in addressing these

points.).

Dated: June 11, 2001.

Rodd Richardson,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 01–15207 Filed 6–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Information Collection Activity;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the

Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites

comments on this information

collection for which RUS intends to

request approval from the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by August 17, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: F.

Lamont Heppe, Jr., Program

Development & Regulatory Analysis,

Rural Utilities Service, USDA, 1400

Independence Ave., SW., Stop 1522,

Room 4034 South Building,

Washington, DC 20250–1522.

Telephone: (202) 720–0736. FAX: (202)

720–4120.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Electric and

Telecommunications Standards and

Specifications, and

Telecommunications Field Trials and

Contract Forms

OMB Control Number: 0572–0059

Type of Request: Reinstatement, with

change, of a previously approved

collection for which approval has

expired.

Abstract: In order to facilitate the

programmatic interest of the RE Act,

and, in order to assure that loans made

or guaranteed by RUS are adequately

secured, RUS, as a secured lender, has

established certain standards and

specifications for materials, equipment

and construction of electric and

telecommunications systems. The use of

standard forms, construction contracts,

and procurement procedures helps

assure RUS that appropriate standards

and specifications are maintained, RUS’

loan security is not adversely affected;

and the loan and loan guarantee funds

are used effectively and for the intended

purposes.

Compliance with RUS specifications

and standards is demonstrated to a large

extent via presentation of laboratory

tests resulting and other informational

data upon which the determination of

acceptability can be made. RUS

evaluates this data to determine that the

qualification of the products is

acceptable and that their use will not

jeopardize loan security. In the

telecommunications program, because

of the complex and highly technical

nature of equipment, services, and

system architectures, RUS also requires

a manufacturer to demonstrate

successful product use in a working

telecommunications system. In most

cases, manufacturers develop

telecommunications products with field

verifications as a normal business

operating practice and they easily

provide this information resource by

simply providing the names of several

users that RUS personally may contact

and discuss product performance.

Products that have not been deployed in

a working environment can be handled

and RUS’ field trial procedures.

This request for reinstatement

proposes to combine two of RUS’

information collections under one

control number. Control No. 0572–0076,

RUS Specification for Quality Control

and Inspection of Timber Products, will

be combined into Control No. 0572–

0059, Electric and Telecommunications

Standards and Specifications, and

Telecommunications Field Trials, and

Control Forms. This effort is to

streamline RUS’ information collections

into a more logical grouping of packages

which eliminates duplication of efforts.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 1 hour per

response.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit and non-profit institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

280.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 19.

Estimate Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 5,861 hours.

Copies of this information collection

can be obtained from Dawn Wolfgang,

Program Development and Regulatory

Analysis, Rural Utilities Service at (202)

720–0812. Comments are invited on (a)

whether the collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of burden including

the validity of the methodology and

assumption used; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to 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 on

other forms of information technology.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: June 12, 2001.

Blaine D. Stockton,

Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 01–15217 Filed 6–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–588–852]

Notice of Extension of Time for the

Preliminary Results of the

Antidumping Duty New Shipper

Review: Structural Steel Beams from

Japan

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of an extension of time

for the preliminary results of the

antidumping duty new shipper review

of structural steel beams from Japan.