67192 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 213 / Friday, November 4, 2005 / Notices 

INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND 

WATER COMMISSION; UNITED 

STATES AND MEXICO 

United States Section; Notice of 

Availability of a Final Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for Alternatives for 

Improved Flood Control of the Hidalgo 

Protective Levee System, in the Lower 

Rio Grande Flood Control Project, 

Located in Hidalgo County, TX. 

AGENCY: United States Section, 

International Boundary and Water 

Commission (USIBWC), United States 

and Mexico. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final 

Environmental Assessment (EA) and 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI). 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969; the Council on 

Environmental Quality Final 

Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500 through 

1508); and the USIBWC’s Operational 

Procedures for Implementing Section 

102 of NEPA, published in the Federal 

Register September 2, 1981, (46 FR 

44083); the USIBWC hereby gives notice 

that the Final Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for Alternatives for 

Improved Flood Control of the Hidalgo 

Protective Levee System, in the Lower 

Rio Grande Flood Control Project, 

located in Hidalgo County, Texas are 

available. A notice of finding of no 

significant impact dated June 30, 2005, 

provided a thirty (30) day comment 

period before making the finding final. 

The Notice was published in the 

Federal Register on July 8, 2005 (70 FR 

39527). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gilbert Anaya, Environmental 

Management Division; United States 

Section, International Boundary and 

Water Commission; 4171 N. Mesa, C–

100; El Paso, Texas 79902. Telephone: 

(915) 832–4703, e-mail: 

gilbertanaya@ibwc.state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Action 

The USIBWC is considering 

alternatives to raise the Hidalgo 

Protective Levee System. The proposed 

action will take place in two 

construction phases, each covering 

separate geographic reaches of the 

Hidalgo Protective Levee System. Phase 

1 encompasses the upstream 3.3-mile 

reach of the levee system, from the 

Hidalgo Levee junction with the 

LRGFCP Main Floodway, to the west 

margin of the Hidalgo-Reynosa 

International Bridge. Phase 2, for 

subsequent implementation, covers the 

1.2-mile downstream reach starting at 

the international bridge. The phased 

construction approach responds to the 

likely availability of early funding for 

Phase 1, the upstream reach of the 

project. 

In-place increase of levee height 

under the Phase 1 Footprint Expansion 

Alternative is the Proposed Action for 

Phase 1 of the project. This alternative 

will increase flood containment 

capacity by raising the height of the 

existing compacted earthen levee to 

meet the freeboard requirement 

indicated by the hydraulic model. Soil 

borrow easements will be used to secure 

levee material. 

Partial rerouting of the 1.2-mile 

downstream reach of the levee system 

under the Partial Levee Rerouting 

Alternative is the Phase 2 Proposed 

Action. Levee rerouting is proposed to 

eliminate the need for construction of a 

floodwall in front of the Hidalgo 

Historic Pumphouse, a resource 

included in the National Register of 

Historic Places (NRHP). A new levee 

segment, approximately 0.7 mile in 

length, will be built along the south 

margin of the pumphouse intake 

channel, and the channel will be 

crossed to tie the new structure to the 

existing levee system. Floodwall 

placement will be required along the 

Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge. 

Alternatives under consideration to 

improve the Hidalgo Protective Levee 

System will expand the levee footprint 

by lateral extension of the structure. 

Levee footprint increases toward the 

riverside could potentially extend into 

floodplain areas designated by the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the 

Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) 

National Wildlife Refuge System. 

Footprint increases toward the levee 

landside could extend beyond the 

USIBWC right-of-way. 

Alternatives Considered 

Phase 1 Alternative 

A Phase 1 No Action Alternative was 

evaluated for the 3.3-mile upstream 

reach of the levee system. This 

alternative would retain the existing 

configuration of the Hidalgo Protective 

Levee System, as designed over 30 years 

ago, and the current level of protection 

currently associated with this system. 

Under severe storm events, current 

containment capacity will be 

insufficient to fully control Rio Grande 

flooding with risks to personal safety 

and property. 

Phase 2 Alternatives 

A Phase 2 No Action Alternative and 

two action alternatives to the Proposed 

Action were evaluated for Phase 2 of the 

levee system improvement project: the 

Footprint Expansion Alternative, and 

the No-Footprint Expansion Alternative. 

Under the Phase 2 No Action 

Alternative, the existing Hidalgo 

Protective Levee System would be 

retained in its current configuration 

along levee miles 3.3 to 4.5. 

Under the Phase 2 Footprint 

Expansion Alternative, height of the 

existing levee would be increased with 

the associated lateral expansion of the 

footprint. Placement of floodwalls 

would be required at two segments 

where retaining walls are currently 

present: along the two spans of the 

Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge, 

and along the Hidalgo Historic 

Pumphouse. 

Under the No-Footprint Expansion 

Alternative, a mechanically stabilized 

earth structure along the levee crown 

would eliminate the need for an 

expanded earthen levee and footprint 

expansion. Floodwall placement would 

be required both at the Hidalgo Historic 

Pumphouse and along the two spans of 

the Hidalgo-Reynosa International 

Bridge. 

Availability 

Single hard copies of the Final 

Environmental Assessment and final 

Finding of No Significant Impact may be 

obtained by request at the above 

address. Electronic copies may also be 

obtained from the USIBWC Home Page 

at http://www.ibwc.state.gov. 

Dated: October 24, 2005. 

Susan Daniel, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 05–22089 Filed 11–3–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7010–01–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Inv. No. 337–TA–552] 

Certain Flash Memory Devices and 

Components Thereof, and Products 

Containing Such Devices and 

Components; Notice of Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Institution of investigation 

pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

complaint was filed with the U.S. 

International Trade Commission on 

September 29, 2005, under section 337 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 213 / Friday, November 4, 2005 / Notices 67193 

1Letter to the Secretary of the Commission from 

Wiley Rein & Fielding, on behalf of Nucor Corp., 

Nucor-Yamato Steel Co., Steel Dynamics, Inc., and 

Continued 

19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Toshiba 

Corporation of Tokyo, Japan. A 

supplemental letter was filed on 

October 20, 2005. The complaint alleges 

violations of section 337 in the 

importation into the United States, the 

sale for importation, and the sale within 

the United States after importation of 

certain flash memory devices and 

components thereof, and products 

containing such devices and 

components, by reason of infringement 

of claims 1–4 of U.S. Patent No. 

5,150,178, claims 1 and 6–7 of U.S. 

Patent No. 5,270,969, and claims 1 and 

4 of U.S. Patent No. 5,517,449. The 

complaint further alleges that an 

industry in the United States exists as 

required by subsection (a)(2) of section 

337. 

The complainant requests that the 

Commission institute an investigation 

and, after the investigation, issue a 

permanent exclusion order and 

permanent cease and desist orders. 

ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for 

any confidential information contained 

therein, is available for inspection 

during official business hours (8:45 a.m. 

to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Room 

112, Washington, DC 20436, telephone 

202–205–2000. Hearing impaired 

individuals are advised that information 

on this matter can be obtained by 

contacting the Commission’s TDD 

terminal on 202–205–1810. Persons 

with mobility impairments who will 

need special assistance in gaining access 

to the Commission should contact the 

Office of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its Internet server at http:// 

www.usitc.gov. The public record for 

this investigation may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at http://edis.usitc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan F. Moore, Esq., Office of Unfair 

Import Investigations, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, telephone 202–205–

2767. 

Authority: The authority for institution of 

this investigation is contained in section 337 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 

in section 210.10 of the Commission’s Rules 

of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 

(2005). 

Scope of Investigation: Having 

considered the complaint, the U.S. 

International Trade Commission, on 

October 31, 2005, Ordered That—

(1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of 

section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, an investigation be instituted 

to determine whether there is a 

violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of 

section 337 in the importation into the 

United States, the sale for importation, 

or the sale within the United States after 

importation of certain flash memory 

devices or components thereof, or 

products containing such devices or 

components, by reason of infringement 

of one or more of claims 1–4 of U.S. 

Patent No. 5,150,178, claims 1 and 6–7 

of U.S. Patent No. 5,270,969, and claims 

1 and 4 of U.S. Patent No. 5,517,449, 

and whether an industry in the United 

States exists as required by subsection 

(a)(2) of section 337. 

(2) For the purpose of the 

investigation so instituted, the following 

are hereby named as parties upon which 

this notice of investigation shall be 

served: 

(a) The complainant is: 

Toshiba Corporation, 1–1 Shibaura 1–

Chome, Minato-KU, Tokyo 105–8001, 

Japan. 

(b) The respondents are the following 

companies alleged to be in violation of 

section 337, and are the parties upon 

which the complaint is to be served: 

Hynix Semiconductor, San 136–1, 

Ami-Ri Bubal-eub, 1chon-si, Kyoungkido, Korea. 

Hynix Semiconductor America, Inc., 

3101 North First Street, San Jose, 

California 95134. 

(c) Bryan F. Moore, Esq., Office of 

Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 500 E 

Street, SW., Suite 401, Washington, DC 

20436, who shall be the Commission 

investigative attorney, party to this 

investigation; and 

(3) For the investigation so instituted, 

the Honorable Paul J. Luckern is 

designated as the presiding 

administrative law judge. 

Responses to the complaint and the 

notice of investigation must be 

submitted by the named respondents in 

accordance with section 210.13 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to 

19 CFR 201.16(d) and 210.13(a), such 

responses will be considered by the 

Commission if received not later than 20 

days after the date of service by the 

Commission of the complaint and the 

notice of investigation. Extensions of 

time for submitting responses to the 

complaint and the notice of 

investigation will not be granted unless 

good cause therefor is shown. 

Failure of a respondent to file a timely 

response to each allegation in the 

complaint and in this notice may be 

deemed to constitute a waiver of the 

right to appear and contest the 

allegations of the complaint and this 

notice, and to authorize the 

administrative law judge and the 

Commission, without further notice to 

the respondent, to find the facts to be as 

alleged in the complaint and this notice 

and to enter a final determination 

containing such findings, and may 

result in the issuance of a limited 

exclusion order or cease and desist 

order or both directed against the 

respondent. 

Issued: October 31, 2005. 

By order of the Commission. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 05–22017 Filed 11–3–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–401 (Review) 

and 731–TA–853 and 854 (Review)] 

Structural Steel Beams from Japan and 

Korea 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Revised schedule for the subject 

reviews. 

DATES: Effective October 19, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joann Tortorice (202–205–3032) or 

Douglas Corkran (202–205–3057), Office 

of Investigations, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the Office 

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its Internet server (http:// 

www.usitc.gov). The public record for 

these reviews may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at http://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective 

September 9, 2005, the Commission 

established a schedule for the conduct 

of the subject reviews (70 FR 54962, 

September 19, 2005). Subsequently, 

counsel for domestic interested parties 

requested that the Commission extend 

the date for filing prehearing briefs by 

two business days to alleviate the 

hardship placed on administrative 

personnel.1 Counsel suggested no other