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49554

Vol. 70, No. 163

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Notice of Request for Extension of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Foreign 

Agricultural Service’s (FAS) intention to 

request an extension for a currently 

approved information collection. This 

information collection is required in 

petitions filed with the Foreign 

Agricultural Service for emergency 

relief from duty-free imports of 

perishable products under section 

204(d) of the Andean Trade Promotion 

and Drug Eradication Act.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received on or before October 24, 2005, 

to be assured consideration.

ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver comments to 

Omar Karawa, Import Policies and 

Programs Division, Foreign Agricultural 

Service, Stop 1021, 1400 Independence 

Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20250–1021, 

or e-mail to Omar.Karawa@fas.usda.gov,

or fax to (202) 720–0876.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Omar Karawa, Stop 1021, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–1021, (202) 720–

1336.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:

Emergency Relief from Duty-Free 

Imports of Perishable Products from 

Andean Countries. 

OMB Number: 0551–0033. 

Expiration Date of Approval:

December 31, 2005. 

Expiration Date of Approval:

December 31, 2005. 

Type of Request: Extension for a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Andean Trade 

Preference Act (the ‘‘Act’’) (19 U.S.C. 

3201 et seq.) was retitled the ‘‘Andean 

Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication 

Act’’ under section 3101 of H.R. 3009, 

the ‘‘Trade Act of 2002’’. The Act 

authorized the President to proclaim 

duty-free treatment for imports from 

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, 

except for specifically excluded 

products. Section 3104 of H.R. 3009 

amended the Act to extend the 

expiration date from December 4, 2001 

to December 31, 2006, and made the Act 

retroactive to December 4, 2001. Section 

3103(a) of H.R. 3009 renumbered 

section 204(e) of the Act as section 

204(d). Section 204(d) provides for 

emergency relief from duty-free imports 

of certain perishable agricultural 

products from the beneficiary Andean 

countries. Section 204(d) provides, in 

part, that a petition for emergency 

import relief may be filed with the 

Secretary of Agriculture at the same 

time a petition for import relief is filed 

with the United States International 

Trade Commission (ITC) pursuant to the 

provisions of section 201 of the Trade 

Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 

2251). Emergency import relief is 

limited to restoration of MFN tariffs 

during the period of the ITC’s 

investigation. Under 7 CFR 1540 

Subpart C, a procedure is provided for 

an entity to submit a petition for 

emergency relief to the Administrator of 

the Foreign Agricultural Service. 

Section 150.43 requests that the 

following information, to the extent 

possible, be included in a petition: A 

description of the imported perishable 

product concerned; country of origin of 

imports; data indicating increased 

imports are a substantial cause of 

serious injury (or threat of injury) to the 

domestic industry producing a like or 

directly competitive product; evidence 

of serious injury, and a statement 

indicating why emergency action would 

be warranted. The information collected 

provides essential data for the Secretary 

regarding specific market conditions 

with respect to the industry requesting 

emergency relief. Within 14 days of the 

filing of a petition, the Secretary shall 

advise the President if there is reason to 

believe that emergency action is 

warranted, or to publish a notice of a 

determination not to recommend 

emergency action and advise the 

petitioner. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated at $553.00. 

Respondents:Non-profit institutions, 

businesses, or farms. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 23 hours. Copies of the 

information collection can be obtained 

from Liliana Silva-Castellanos, the 

Agency Collection Coordinator, at (202) 

690–4055. 

Requests for Comments: The public is 

invited to submit comments and 

suggestions to the above address 

regarding the accuracy of the burden 

estimate, ways to minimize the burden, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, or any other 

aspect of this collection of information. 

Comments on issues covered by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act are most 

useful to OMB if received within 30 

days or the publication of the Notice 

and Request for Comments, but must be 

submitted no later than 60 days from the 

date of publication to be assured 

consideration. All responses to this 

notice will be summarized and included 

in the request for OMB approval. All 

comments will also be a matter of public 

record.

Signed at Washington, DC, on August 5, 

2005. 

A. Ellen Terpstra, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.

[FR Doc. 05–16766 Filed 8–23–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service 

Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area 

(SRA) Advisory Council

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Willamette National 

Forest is seeking nominees for five 

positions on the Opal Creek Advisory 

Council. The Council was originally 

established in June 2000 with 13 

members. About half of the current