Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 121 / Friday, June 22, 2001 / Notices 33531

suspension of liquidation instructions

will remain in effect until further notice.

International Trade Commission

Notification

In accordance with section 735(d) of

the Act, we have notified the

International Trade Commission (ITC) of

our determination. As our final

determination is affirmative, the ITC

will determine, within 45 days, whether

imports of subject merchandise are

causing material injury, or threaten

material injury, to an industry in the

United States. If the ITC determines that

material injury or threat of injury does

not exist, the proceedings will be

terminated and all securities posted will

be refunded or canceled. If the ITC

determines that such injury does exist,

the Department will issue an

antidumping order directing Customs

Service officials to assess antidumping

duties on all imports of the subject

merchandise entered, or withdrawn

from warehouse, for consumption on or

after the effective date of the suspension

of liquidation.

This determination is issued and

published in accordance with sections

735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

Dated: June 14, 2001.

Faryar Shirzad,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

Appendix—Issues in Decision

Memorandum

1. Whether LM Is Affiliated with a Trading

Company

2. Facts Available

3. Brokerage Expenses in the Third

Country Market

4. Inclusion of Non-Operating Expenses in

Revised G&A Ratio

5. Credit Expenses

[FR Doc. 01–15744 Filed 6–21–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 061901A]

Proposed Information Collection;

Comment Request; Swordfish Import

Certificate of Eligibility

AGENCY: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506

(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before August 21, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Madeleine Clayton, Departmental

Paperwork Clearance Officer,

Department of Commerce, Room 6086,

14th and Constitution Avenue NW,

Washington DC 20230 (or via Internet at

MClayton@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Christopher Rogers,

Highly Migratory Species Management

Division (F/SF1), Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910

(phone 301–713–2347).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Under the provisions of the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act (16

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), NOAA is

responsible for management of the

Nation’s marine fisheries. In addition,

NOAA must comply with the United

States’ obligations under the Atlantic

Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (16

U.S.C. 971 et seq.). A Certificate of

Eligibility for Swordfish is required

under 50 CFR part 635 to accompany all

imported swordfish. This

documentation certifies that the

accompanying swordfish is not from the

Atlantic Ocean, or is from the Atlantic

Ocean but is larger than the minimum

size, or is Atlantic swordfish pieces

derived from a fish greater than the

minimum size limit. The certificate

must accompany the swordfish from the

point of original export up to and

including the point of first transaction

in the United States. This collection is

necessary to implement the Fishery

Management Plan for Atlantic Tunas,

Sharks, and Swordfish and is consistent

with the objective of that plan to rebuild

Atlantic swordfish and manage a

sustainable fishery.

II. Method of Collection

A paper certificate is completed and

must be maintained.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0648–0363.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

204.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 5,700.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to

Public: $0.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (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 respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: June 15, 2001.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–15745 Filed 6–21–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Study of the Commodity Exchange Act

and Rules Thereunder

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation of

comments.

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures

Trading Commission (Commission) is

soliciting comments to assist it in

conducting a study of the Commodity

Exchange Act (Act) and the

Commission’s rules and orders

governing the conduct of registrants

under the Act, as mandated by Section

125 of the Commodity Futures

Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA).

That provision requires that the

Commission, in conducting the study,

solicit the views of the public,

Commission registrants, registered

entities and registered futures

associations, and that an analysis of

33532 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 121 / Friday, June 22, 2001 / Notices

1Section 125 of the CFMA. Persons required to

register under the Act include futures commission

merchants, introducing brokers, commodity pool

operators (CPOs), commodity trading advisors

(CTAs), associated persons of any of the foregoing,

floor brokers and floor traders. Those terms are

defined in Section 1a(20), 1a(23), 1a(5), 1a(6), 4k,

1a(16) and 1a(17), respectively, of the Act, as

amended by the CFMA.

2The definition of term ‘‘registered entities’’ was

added to the Act by the CFMA as new Section

1a(29) and includes designated contract markets,

registered derivatives transaction execution

facilities, and registered derivatives clearing

organizations. Designated contracts markets may

include registered national securities exchanges,

registered national securities associations, and

alternative trading systems whose only futuresrelated activity involves security futures product.

See Section 252(a) of the CFMA, adding a new

Section 5f to the Act.

3 66 FR 14262, 14267–68 (March 9, 2001); see also

65 FR 77993 (Dec. 13, 2000).

comments received be included in the

report of the results of the study to the

Commission’s Congressional oversight

committees.

DATES: Comments must be received by

August 21, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to

Jean A. Webb, Secretary of the

Commission, Commodity Futures

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette

Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20581. In addition,

comments may be sent by facsimile

transmission to (202) 418–5521, or by

electronic mail to secretary@cftc.gov.

Reference should be made to

‘‘Intermediaries Study.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lawrence B. Patent, Associate Chief

Counsel, or Barbara S. Gold, Assistant

Chief Counsel, Division of Trading and

Markets, Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Layfayette Centre,

1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC

20581. Mr. Patent may be reached by

telephone at (202) 418–5439 or by

electronic mail at lpatent@cftc.gov and

Ms. Gold may be reached by telephone

at (202) 418–5450 or by electronic mail

at bgold@cftc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

CFMA, enacted last December as part of

the Consolidated Appropriations Act,

2001 (Public Law No. 106–554, 114 Stat.

2763), requires the Commission to

conduct a study of the Act and the

Commission’s rules and orders

governing the conduct of persons

required to register under the Act.1 The

study must address: (1) The core

principles and interpretations of

acceptable business practices that the

Commission has adopted or intends to

adopt to replace provisions of the Act

and rules thereunder, and the extent to

which these changes have been or may

be made pursuant to the Commission’s

exemptive authority under Section 4(c)

of the Act; (2) the rules that the

Commission has determined must be

retained and the reasons therefor; and

(3) the regulatory functions that the

Commission performs that can be

delegated to a registered futures

association and the regulatory functions

that the Commission has determined

must be retained and the reasons

therefor. In conducting the study, the

Commission must solicit the views of

the public as well as Commission

registrants, registered entitles,2 and

registered futures associations. The

study must be completed by December

21, 2001 (which is one year from the

date of enactment of the CFMA) and a

report of the results of the study,

including an analysis of comments

received, must be transmitted to the

Commission’s Congressional oversight

committees, the Committee on

Agriculture of the House of

Representatives and the Committee on

Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry of

the Senate. The Commission is

publishing this notice of solicitation of

comments to assist it in conducting the

study.

Persons wishing to comment should

organize their comments as follows: (1)

Identify by section number, rule

number, or Federal Register citation the

particular provision of the Act, the

Commission’s rules, or the

Commission’s orders, respectively, upon

which comment is being provided; (2)

indicate whether that provision should

be (a) amended, (b) revoked without

replacement, (c) revoked and replaced

with a core principle and statement of

acceptable business practices, or (d)

retained; (3) include the proposed text

of any suggested amendment or core

principle and statement of acceptable

business practices; (4) include a brief

discussion in support of the suggested

action and describe any problems

encountered in complying with the

existing relevant statutory and

regulatory framework; (5) indicate, if

applicable, whether the suggested

change may be made pursuant to the

Commission’s exemptive authority in

Section 4(c) of the Act; and (6) identify

any regulatory functions that the

Commission performs that can be

delegated to a registered futures

association and include a brief

discussion to support such a delegation.

Because of the potential for

conflicting comments, it would aid the

Commission’s analysis if commenters

also indicated the relative importance of

proposed changes. This can be done by

ranking them in priority order or, at

least, by categorizing them in some

fashion, e.g., high priority, medium

priority, and low priority.

Commenters should be aware that the

Commission intends, as it has stated

previously, to repropose and readopt

those provisions of the New Regulatory

Framework relating to intermediaries

that were adopted and then withdrawn

last year that are not affected by the

CFMA, with any necessary technical,

conforming changes. These new rules

and rule amendments address, among

other things, the definition of the term

‘‘principal,’’ the addition of a principal,

certified financial reports, ethics

training, disclosure, account opening

procedures, trading standards, reporting

requirements, and offsetting positions.3

Commenters should also be aware that

the Commission has already delegated

to a registered futures association

certain functions concerning registration

processing and statutory

disqualification, financial monitoring

and auditing, review of sales practices,

review of CPO and CTA Disclosure

Documents, and matters related to

foreign futures and options.

Commenters are reminded that all

comments will be available for public

inspection and copying and will be

posted on the Commission’s website,

www.cftc.gov. The Commission also

requests that any commenter that is a

Commission registrant identify itself as

such and include its registration

category. Following a review of

comments received, the Commission or

its staff may conduct follow-up

discussions with interested parties.

Issued by the Commission in Washington,

DC on June 13, 2001.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 01–15435 Filed 6–21–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Reserve Officers’ Training Corps

(ROTC) Program Subcommittee

AGENCY: U.S. Army Cadet Command,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In Accordance with section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (U.S.C., App. 2)

announcement is made of the following

Committee meeting:

Name of Committee: Reserve Officers’

Training Corps (ROTC) Program

Subcommittee.

Place: Pentagon, Washington, DC.