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agencies, the Nez Perce and Coeur

D’Alene Tribes,and other individuals or

groups who may be interested or

affected by the proposed action. This

information will be used in preparing

the EIS. Interested individuals and

organizations should contact the

Palouse Ranger District and request to

be placed on the project mailing list.

Those doing so will receive future

newsletters related to this project and

notification of public meetings. Scoping

will include: inviting participation,

determining the project’s scope and

potential issues, eliminating from

detailed study those issues which are

not significant, and determining

potential cooperating agencies and task

assignments. The public will also be

invited to participate in developing

alternatives, and identifying and/or

reviewing the potential environmental

effects of the proposed action and its

alternatives.

Public meetings will be held in the

Potlatch Idaho area in the spring of

1995. Field trips will also be available

if the public requests them. The exact

dates and locations of these meetings

will be published in local newspapers at

least two weeks in advance.

Preliminary issues highlight the need

to maintain biodiversity and biological

integrity by providing habitat for a

broad range of terrestrial and aquatic

species. Management activities,

primarily logging and road building and

the introduction of white pine blister

rust, have changed some of the natural

disturbance processes such as insect

and disease outbreaks and have altered

the ecosystem composition, structure,

and resiliency in the White Pine Creek

project area. Management activities have

affected the function and productivity of

some riparian systems in the Meadow

Creek area.

Aquatic ecosystem issues include

sediment, temperature and peak flows.

Human needs and desires and their

effects on the ecosystem will also be a

driving factor in the formulation of

issues. The need for shelter,

employment, aesthetics recreation,

cultural, and spiritual revitalization all

play a major role in the forest

ecosystem. The direct, indirect,

cumulative, short-term, and long-term,

aspects of impacts on national forest

lands and resources, and those of

connected or related effects off-site, will

be fully disclosed.

Preliminary alternatives will likely

include a range from a more passive

approach of managing non-consumptive

uses to a more active consumptive use

approach to meet social demands. All

alternatives will focus on maintaining or

restoring ecological functions. This will

involve proposals with and without

roads, different intensities and types of

timber harvest, and various approaches

to access management including

motorized and non-motorized

recreation. Most action alternatives will

analyze riparian and aquatic habitat

improvement.

Permits and licenses required to

implement the proposed action may

include the following: consultation with

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for

compliance with Section 7 of the

Threatened & Endangered Species Act;

a permit from the Idaho Department of

Water Resources for water removal for

dust abatement; and clearance from the

Idaho State Historic Preservation Office.

The Forest Service predicts the Draft

EIS will be filed in August of 1995 and

the Final EIS in December of 1995.

The Forest Service will seek

comments on the Draft EIS for a period

of 45 days after its publication.

Comments will then be summarized and

responded to in the Final EIS.

To assist the Forest Service in

identifying and considering issues and

concerns on the proposed action or the

effects disclosure, comments on the

DEIS should be as specific as possible.

It is also helpful if comments refer to

specific pages or chapters of the Draft

EIS. Comments may also address the

adequacy of the DEIS 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 40 CFR 1503.3 in addressing

these points.)

The Forest Service believes it is

important to give reviewers notice at

this early stage of several court rulings

related to public participation in the

environmental review process. First,

reviewers of DEIS’s must structure their

participation in the environmental

review of the proposal so that it is

meaningful and alerts an agency to the

reviewer’s position and contentions.

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v.

NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553 (1978). Also,

environmental objections that could be

raised at the DEIS stage but that are not

raised until after completion of the final

EIS 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 EIS.

As Forest Supervisor, I am the

Responsible Official for this project. My

address is Clearwater National Forest,

12730 U.S. Highway 12, Orofino, ID

83544 (208–476–4541).

Dated: March 28, 1995.

James L. Caswell,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 95–8530 Filed 4–6–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

ARCHITECTURAL AND

TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS

COMPLIANCE BOARD

ADAAG Review Advisory Committee;

Meeting

AGENCY: Architectural and

Transportation Barriers Compliance

Board.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Architectural and

Transportation Barriers Compliance

Board (Access Board) gives notice, as

required by the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), of the

dates and location of the meetings of its

ADAAG Review Advisory Committee.

DATES: The ADAAG Review Advisory

Committee will meet on April 26, 27,

28, and 29, 1995. The schedule of events

is as follows:

Wednesday, April 26, 1995

9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.—Communications

Subcommittee

4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.—Editorial

Subcommittee

Thursday, April 27, 1995

9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.—Plumbing

Subcommittee

4:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.—Accessible Routes

Subcommittee

Friday, April 28, 1995

9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.—Accessible

Routes Subcommittee

12 Noon–6:00 p.m.—Special

Occupancies Subcommittee

Saturday, April 29, 1995

9:00 a.m.–12 Noon—Full Committee

ADDRESSES: The meetings on April 26,

27, and 28, 1995 will be held at the

Paralyzed Veterans of America, 801 18th

Street, NW., Washington, DC. The

meeting on April 29, 1995 will be held

at the Washington Vista Hotel, 1400 M

Street, NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information regarding the

meetings, please contact Marsha Mazz,
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Office of Technical and Information

Services, Architectural and

Transportation Barriers Compliance

Board, 1331 F Street, NW., suite 1000,

Washington, DC 20004–1111.

Telephone (202) 272–5434 ext. 21

(voice); (202) 272–5449 ext. 21 (TTY).

This document is available in alternate

formats (cassette tape, braille, large

print, or computer disk) upon request.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Access Board has established an

advisory committee to review the

Americans with Disabilities Act

Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) for

buildings and facilities. 36 CFR part

1191, appendix A. The advisory

committee will make recommendations

to the Access Board for updating

ADAAG to ensure that the guidelines

remain a state-of-the-art document

which is generally consistent with

technological developments and

changes in national standards and

model codes, and meets the needs of

individuals with disabilities. The

advisory committee is composed of

organizations representing individuals

with disabilities, model code

organizations, professional associations,

State and local governments, building

owners and operators, and other

organizations.

The advisory committee has formed

the following subcommittees to assist in

its work: Editorial, Accessible Routes,

Plumbing, Communications, and

Special Occupancies.

Subcommittee and full committee

meetings are open to the public. The

meeting sites are accessible to

individuals with disabilities. Sign

language interpreters and assistive

listening systems will be available for

individuals with hearing impairments.

Lawrence W. Roffee,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 95–8573 Filed 4–6–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8150–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–549–809]

Notice of Amended Final

Determination of Sales at Less Than

Fair Value: Certain Carbon Steel ButtWeld Pipe Fittings From Thailand

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 7, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vincent Kane or Julie Anne Osgood,

Office of Countervailing Investigations,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–2815 or

482–0167, respectively.

Amended Final Determination

We are amending the final

determination of sales at less than fair

value of certain carbon steel butt-weld

pipe fittings (pipe fittings) from

Thailand to reflect the correction of

ministerial errors made in the margin

calculation in the final determination.

Case History

In accordance with section 735(a) of

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19

U.S.C. 1673d(a)) (the Act), on February

27, 1995, the Department of Commerce

(the Department) published its final

determination that pipe fittings from

Thailand were being sold at less than

fair value (60 FR 10552). On March 13,

1995, respondent, Awaji Sangyo

(Thailand) Co., Ltd. (AST), alleged that

the Department made several clerical

errors in its final determination

regarding the margin calculations and

requested that the Department correct

these errors.

Scope of the Investigation

The products covered by this

investigation are certain carbon steel

butt-weld pipe fittings having an inside

diameter of less than fourteen inches

(355 millimeters), imported in either

finished or unfinished condition. Pipe

fittings are formed of forged steel

products used to join pipe sections in

piping systems where conditions

require permanent welded connections,

as distinguished from fittings based on

other methods of fastening (e.g.,

threaded, grooved, or bolted fittings).

Butt-weld fittings come in a variety of

shapes which include ‘‘elbows,’’ ‘‘tees,’’

‘‘caps,’’ and ‘‘reducers.’’ The edges of

finished pipe fittings are beveled, so

that when a fitting is placed against the

end of a pipe (the ends of which have

also been beveled), a shallow channel is

created to accommodate the ‘‘bead’’ of

the weld which joins the fitting to the

pipe. These pipe fittings are currently

classifiable under subheading

7307.93.3000 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States

(‘‘HTSUS’’). Although the HTSUS

subheading is provided for convenience

and Customs purposes, our written

description of the scope of this

investigation is dispositive.

Amended Final Determination

On March 13, 1995, respondent

alleged that the Department had made

three ministerial errors in the final

calculations performed to determine the

dumping margin for AST in accordance

with section 353.28 of the Department’s

regulations. Each alleged error is

discussed below.

Comment 1

Upon exportation of finished pipe

fitting, AST received drawback of

import duties on imported pipe used to

produce the pipe fittings. AST alleges

that the Department incorrectly added

the drawback amount to the foreign

market value (FMV), rather than to the

United States price (USP).

DOC Position

We agree with respondent. Section

772(d)(1)(B) of the Act provides that the

U.S. price shall be increased by the

amount of any import duties imposed in

the country of exportation which have

been rebated, or not collected, by reason

of exportation of the merchandise to the

United States. In the final

determination, we inadvertently added

drawback to FMV rather than to USP.

We have recalculated FMV and USP to

correct this error.

Comment 2

AST alleges that in allocating indirect

selling expenses to the home market, the

Department used an incorrect value for

home market shipments during the

period of investigation (POI).

DOC Position

We agree with respondent. We have

now reallocated home market selling

expenses using the correct value.

Comment 3

AST alleges the Department

erroneously included a quantity of

seamless pipe in its calculation of total

welded pipe consumed. AST contends

that this quantity of seamless pipe

should be excluded from the

Department’s welded pipe consumption

calculation.

DOC Position

We agree with AST that the

Department erroneously included some

seamless pipe quantities in its

calculation of per unit welded pipe

consumed. We intended to include only

welded pipe in our welded pipe

consumption calculation. Thus, we have

recomputed per unit welded pipe

consumed based solely on AST’s

welded pipe consumption.

Accordingly, pursuant to section

735(e) of the Act, we have corrected the

ministerial errors in the final

determination of sales at less than fair

value. The final estimated margin