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National Forests, 3815 Schreiber Way,

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, 83814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions about the proposed action

and environmental assessment should

be directed to David Wright, Team

Leader, Idaho Panhandle National

Forests, 3815 Schreiber Way, Coeur

d’Alene, Idaho, 83814. Phone: (208)

765–7307.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest

Service, in accordance with 16 USC

1604 and 36 CFR 219 et seq. develops

land and resource management plans to

provide for multiple use and sustained

yield of products and services including

outdoor recreation, range, timber,

watershed, wildlife and fish, and

wilderness.

PACFISH is the Anadromous Fish

Habitat and Watershed Conservation

Strategy being implemented by the

Forest Service and Bureau of Land

Management. This is an interim strategy

to conserve Pacific Salmon, steelhead

and sea-run cutthroat trout throughout

their range in Oregon, Washington,

Idaho and portions of California. The

PACFISH decision notice was signed by

Forest Service and Bureau of Land

Management on February 24, 1995.

There are two ecosystem-based

environmental impact statements being

prepared for National Forest System and

BLM-administered land in the Interior

Columbia River Basin. The Eastside

Ecosystem Management Strategy EIS

applies to the area of Washington and

Oregon east of the crest of the Cascade

mountain range. The Upper Columbia

River Basin EIS will apply to Idaho and

portions of Utah, Wyoming, Nevada,and

Montana. The two documents will

contain long-term strategies designed to

replace the interim protection afforded

by PACFISH and this Inland Native Fish

Strategy.

Concurrently, the Forest Service in

the Pacific Northwest is completing an

EA that proposes to amend the interim

Forest Plan Direction issued on May 20,

1994 by Regional Forester John Lowe.

This EA proposes adjustments to the

Historic Range of Variability and

portions of the wildlife screen. Any

changes to the riparian screen portion of

the current direction will be considered

in the Inland Native Fish Strategy.

At its discretion, the Forest Service

may amend forest plans based on the

results of monitoring and evaluation (36

CFR 219.10(f), 219.12(k)). Review of

research reports and published

professional papers (Rieman and

McIntyre 1993; Sedell et al. 1990;

Grumbine 1990; Williams and Neves

1992; Oregon Trout 1994) indicates that

additional long-term programmatic

protection may be warranted for native

resident fish and their habitat. That

long-term direction is being developed

through the Columbia River Basin EIS

process. This interim protection is being

proposed to preserve options for longterm management that might be adopted

as a result of those processes.

A range of alternatives will be

considered. One of these will be the

‘‘no-action’’ alternative, in which

current management of the area would

continue without interim direction

protection. Other alternatives will

examine the effects of varying

approaches to interim protection.

During the scoping process, the Forest

Service is seeking information and

comments from Federal, State, and local

agencies and other individuals or

organizations who may be interested in

or affected by the proposed action.

Additional information will be utilized

from the scoping activities that occurred

for the PACFISH, Upper Columbia River

Basin EIS and Eastside Ecosystem

Management Strategy EIS. During

scoping activities for these projects,

issues and concerns were identified that

relate to inland fisheries and may have

bearing on this environmental analysis.

The responsible officials for National

Forest System lands will be the Regional

Foresters for the:

—Intermountain Region, Federal

Building, 324 25th Street, Ogden,

Utah 84401;

—Northern Region, P.O. Box 7669,

Missoula, Montana 59807; and

—Pacific Northwest Region, P.O. Box

3623, Portland, Oregon 97208.

The decision and reasons for the

decision will be documented in a

Decision Notice. The Environmental

Assessment and Decision Notice are

expected to be available in June, 1995.

Dated: March 8, 1995.

David J. Wright,

Inland Native Fish Team Leader, Idaho

Panhandle National Forests.

[FR Doc. 95–6255 Filed 3–13–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C–122–816]

Certain Softwood Lumber from

Canada; Determination to Terminate

and Not To Initiate Countervailing Duty

Administrative Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of determination to

terminate and not to initiate

countervailing duty administrative

reviews.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) has decided to

terminate the first administrative review

of the countervailing duty order on

certain softwood lumber from Canada

initiated on August 24, 1993, and not to

initiate the second administrative

review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 14, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Martina Tkadlec or Kelly Parkhill,

Office of Countervailing Compliance,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July

30, 1993, the Coalition for Fair Lumber

Imports (the Coalition), the Government

of Canada, and the Government of

Quebec requested an administrative

review of the countervailing duty order

on certain softwood lumber from

Canada for the period March 12, 1992

through March 31, 1993. In addition,

one hundred and ninety companies

requested individual company reviews.

On August 24, 1993, the Department

published a notice initiating the

administrative reviews for that period

(58 FR 44653).

On July 28, 1994, the Coalition

requested an administrative review of

the countervailing duty order on

softwood lumber from Canada for the

period April 1, 1993 through March 16,

1994. On August 1, 1994, the

Government of Canada requested an

administrative review for the same

period. In addition, one hundred and

five companies requested individual

company reviews.

On August 16, 1994, the Department

revoked the countervailing duty order

on softwood lumber from Canada

pursuant to a decision of the Binational

Panel convened under the United

States-Canada Free Trade Agreement (59

FR 42029), and instructed the U.S.

Customs Service to (1) stop collecting

cash deposits on imports of softwood

lumber from Canada, and (2) refund,

with interest, all cash deposits made on

or after March 17, 1994, the effective

date of the Binational Panel’s decision.

On December 15, 1994, the United

States and Canada agreed to enter into

consultations to try to resolve the trade

dispute regarding softwood lumber from

Canada. The Department also decided,

under the authority of the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended, to compromise its
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claim for duties on softwood lumber

from Canada. This compromise resolved

all remaining claims of the United

States arising from the countervailing

duty order on softwood lumber from

Canada.

Since there is no further basis for

conducting administrative reviews of

the countervailing duty order on

softwood lumber from Canada, the

Department is terminating the

administrative review for the period

March 12, 1992 through March 31, 1993,

and will not initiate the administrative

review for the period April 1, 1993

through March 16, 1994.

Dated: March 7, 1995.

Paul L. Joffe,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–6256 Filed 3–13–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[A–834–802]

Agreement Suspending the

Antidumping Investigation on Uranium

From Kazakhstan

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Amendment to the

Agreement Between the United States

Department of Commerce and the

Republic of Kazakhstan Suspending the

Antidumping Investigation on Uranium

from Kazakhstan.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) and the Republic of

Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan) have signed an

Amendment (the Amendment) to the

Agreement Suspending the

Antidumping Investigation on Uranium

from Kazakhstan (the Agreement).

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 7, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James Doyle or Maureen Price, Office of

Agreements Compliance, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–0172 or (202) 482–

0159, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On October 16, 1992, the Department

and Kazakhstan signed the Agreement

and, on October 30, 1992, the

Agreement was published in the

Federal Register (57 FR 49220, 49222).

On November 9, 1994, the Department

and Kazakhstan initialled an

Amendment to include highly enriched

uranium (HEU) within the product

coverage of the Agreement. The

Department subsequently released the

Amendment to interested parties for

comment. After careful consideration by

the Department of the comments

submitted and further consultations

between the parties, the Department and

Kazakhstan signed a final Amendment

on February 7, 1995. The text of the

final Amendment follows this notice.

Date: March 6, 1995.

Paul L. Joffe,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

Amendment to the Agreement Between

the United States Department of

Commerce and the Republic of

Kazakhstan Suspending the

Antidumping Investigation on Uranium

from Kazakhstan

The United States Department of

Commerce and the Republic of

Kazakhstan hereby amend their

Agreement Suspending the

Antidumping Investigation on Uranium

from Kazakhstan, signed October 16,

1992, as follows:

Section III, ‘‘Product Coverage,’’ is

amended to include the following

paragraph:

Highly enriched uranium (‘‘HEU’’) is

within the scope of this investigation,

and HEU is covered by this Agreement.

For the purpose of this Agreement, HEU

means uranium enriched to 20 percent

or greater in the isotope uranium-235,

whether in the form of metal, uranium

oxide, fuel rods, or powder.

Section IV is amended to include the

following paragraph L:

L.1. Exports of HEU pursuant to the

Purchase Agreement Between the

Government of the United States of

America and the Republic of

Kazakhstan, completed November 17,

1994 (‘‘Purchase Agreement’’) will not

be counted against the export limits

established in accordance with

paragraph C of this section. The

disposition of the HEU is in the public

interest because: (1) the HEU or

products from it will be processed or

delivered by the United States

Department of Energy, its governmental

successors, its contractors, assigns, or

U.S. private parties acting in a manner

not inconsistent with the Purchase

Agreement; (2) any utility-owned

uranium products delivered pursuant to

enrichment contracts affected by the

purchase of HEU or HEU products will

not be resold in the United States, either

as natural uranium or as low enriched

uranium (‘‘LEU’’) produced in excess of

the contractually-specified amount; (3)

contracts for the purchase of HEU or

HEU products from Kazakhstan will be

provided to the Department; (4) annual

summaries of utilization of HEU and

HEU products and associated utility

feed will be provided to the Department;

and (5) the Department determines that

permitting importation of all or any

portion of the HEU in question is

consistent with the purposes of this

Agreement.

2. Exports of HEU must be

accompanied by an export certificate

endorsed by the Republic of Kazakhstan

specifying the amount of the export.

This Amendment constitutes an

integral part of the Agreement Between

the United States Department of

Commerce and the Republic of

Kazakhstan Suspending the

Antidumping Investigation on Uranium

from Kazakhstan.

Signed on this 7th day of February, 1995.

For the Republic of Kazakhstan:

Tuleutai S. Suleimenov,

Ambassador to the United States.

For the United States Department of

Commerce:

Paul L. Joffe,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–6257 Filed 3–13–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 33510–DS–P

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instruments

Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the

Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.

L. 89–651; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part

301), we invite comments on the

question of whether instruments of

equivalent scientific value, for the

purposes for which the instruments

shown below are intended to be used,

are being manufactured in the United

States.

Comments must comply with 15 CFR

301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and

be filed within 20 days with the

Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

D.C. 20230. Applications may be

examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00

P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 95–008. Applicant:

U.S. Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Ave., SW, Washington,

DC 20585. Instrument: Fuel Cell.

Manufacturer: Fuji Electric Company,

Japan. Intended Use: The instrument

will be used to convert hydrogen and

oxygen into electrical power during

studies of the use of a phosphoric acid

fuel cell to propel an urban transit bus.