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Wilderness (7,852 acres), the Sierra

Ancha Wilderness (20,850 acres) and

the Salt River Canyon Wilderness (9,777

acres). The Sierra Ancha Experimental

Forest is 13,371 acres in size. It occurs

on the A Cross and Sierra Ancha

allotments. Currently, the Tonto

National Forest’s Land Management

Plan has listed livestock use in the

Experimental Forest as Level A; No

Grazing. On June 29, 1994, a wildfire

was started by a lightning strike near

Armer Mountain. This fire burned

portions of the Armer Mountain and A

Cross allotments. A total of 5,760 acres

was burned. Depending on the recovery

of the vegetation on each of the

allotments, some priorities may need to

be shifted in the future. The Fish and

Wildlife Service’s Amendment to the

Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act

Report on Plan 6, Central Arizona,

Regulatory Storage Division was

prepared as a mitigation plan designed

to mitigate impacts on fish and wildlife

resources associated with construction

and operation of Plan 6. In this report

it states, ‘‘In order to control access to

the lake by livestock and reduce impacts

to native vegetation associated with

uncontrolled grazing, funding should be

provided to accelerate the

implementation of new and revised

Allotment Management Plans for 11

allotments around Roosevelt Lake.

* * * This funding should be utilized

for the construction of range

management fencing and water

development which should provide for

management designed to meet

vegetative objectives and provide

appropriate use by livestock so that

established objectives could be met.’’

The Armer Mountain, A Cross, Poison

Springs, and Sierra Ancha Allotments

were listed as part of those 11

allotments. An environmental

assessment was prepared in December,

1995 for the Eastern Roosevelt Lake

Watershed Analysis Area. Based on that

assessment, it was determined that

additional analyses for this project were

required, and that an environmental

impact statement would be prepared.

The draft EIS is expected to be filed

with the EPA and to be available for

public review by July, 1996. At that

time, copies of the draft EIS will be

distributed to interested and affected

agencies, organizations, and members of

the public for review and comment. The

EPA will publish a Notice of

Availability of the draft EIS in the

Federal Register. The comment period

on the EIS will be 45 days from the date

the EPA publishes the Notice of

Availability. It is very important that

those interested in this proposed action

participate at that time. To be most

helpful, comments on the draft EIS

should be as specific as possible and

may address the adequacy of the

statement or the merits of the

alternatives discussed (see The Council

on Environmental Quality Regulations

for implementing the procedural

provisions of the National

Environmental Policy Act at 40 CFR

1503.3).

In addition, Federal court decisions

have established that reviewers of a

draft EIS 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.

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

Environmental objections that could

have been raised at the draft stage may

be waived it not raised until after

completion of the final EIS. City of

Angoon versus Hodel, (9th Circuit,

1986) and Wisconsin Heritages, Inc.

versus Harris, 490 F. Supp. 1334, 1338

(E.D. Wis. 1980). The reason for this is

to ensure 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.

The final EIS is scheduled to be

completed by October, 1996. In the final

EIS, the Forest Service is required to

respond to comments received during

the comment period. The responsible

official will consider the comments,

responses, environmental consequences

disclosed in the final EIS, and

applicable laws, regulations, and

policies in making a decision regarding

this proposal. He will document the

decision and reasons for the decision in

the Record of Decision. The Record of

Decision will be prepared and filed with

the final EIS. That decision will be

subject to Forest Service appeal

regulations (36 CFR 217).

Dated: April 12, 1996.

Robert Dunblazier,

Group Leader for Social Resources.

[FR Doc. 96–9951 Filed 4–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Missouri Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

Missouri Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 6:00 p.m.

and adjourn at 8:30 p.m. on May 30,

1996, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 2345

McGee Street, Kansas City, Missouri

64108. The purpose of the meeting is to

plan future projects and hold

orientation for new members.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Melvin L. Jenkins, Director of the

Central Regional Office, 913–551–1400

(TDD 913–551–1414). Hearing-impaired

persons who will attend the meeting

and require the services of a sign

language interpreter should contact the

Regional Office at least five (5) working

days before the scheduled date of the

meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, April 17, 1996.

Carol-Lee Hurley,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 96–10150 Filed 4–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the North Dakota Advisory

Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the North

Dakota Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 9:00 a.m.

and adjourn at 9:00 p.m. on May 16,

1996, at the Holiday Inn, 605 E.

Broadway, Bismarck, North Dakota

58501. The purpose of the meeting is to

receive information on civil rights

enforcement in North Dakota.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Committee Chairperson Betty Mills,

701–223–4643, or John Dulles, Director

of the Rocky Mountain Regional Office,

303–866–1400 (TDD 303–866–1049).

Hearing-impaired persons who will

attend the meeting and require the

services of a sign language interpreter

should contact the Regional Office at

least five (5) working days before the

scheduled date of the meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, April 17, 1996.

Carol-Lee Hurley,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 96–10151 Filed 4–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P
18374 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 81 / Thursday, April 25, 1996 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

1997 Economic Census Covering

Construction Industry Sector

ACTION: Proposed agency information

collection activity; comment request.

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 June 24, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Acting

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer,

Department of Commerce, Room 5327,

14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,

Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Patricia L. Horning,

Bureau of the Census, Room 2125,

Building 4, Washington, DC 20233 on

(301) 457–4680.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Census Bureau is the preeminent

collector and provider of timely,

relevant and quality data about the

people and economy of the United

States. Economic data are the Census

Bureau’s primary program commitment

during nondecennial census years. The

economic census, conducted under

authority of Title 13 U.S.C., is the

primary source of facts about the

structure and functioning of the

Nation’s economy and features unique

industry and geographic detail.

Economic census statistics serve as part

of the framework for the national

accounts and provide essential

information for government, business

and the general public. The 1997

Economic Census will cover virtually

every sector of the U.S. economy

including more than 2.3 million

construction establishments.

II. Method of Collection

The construction industry sector of

the economic census will select

establishments for their mail canvasses

from a frame given by the Census

Bureau’s Standard Statistical

Establishment List. To be eligible for

selection, an establishment will be

required to satisfy the following

conditions: (i) It must be classified in

the construction industry sector; (ii) it

must be an active operating

establishment of a multi-establishment

firm, or it must be a singleestablishment firm with payroll; and

(iii) it must be located in one of the 50

states or the District of Columbia. Mail

selection procedures will distinguish

the following groups of establishments:

A. Establishments of MultiEstablishment Firms

Selection procedures will assign all

active construction establishments of

multi-establishment firms to the mail

component of the potential respondent

universe. We estimate that the census

mail canvass for 1997 will include

approximately 11,000 construction

establishment firms.

B. Single-Establishment Firms With

Payroll

As an initial step in the selection

process, we will conduct a study of the

potential respondent universe for

construction industries. The study of

potential respondents will produce

payroll cutoffs that we will use to

distinguish large versus small singleestablishment firms within each

industry or kind of business. This

payroll size distinction will affect

selection as follows:

1. Large Single-Establishment Firms

Selection procedures will assign large

single-establishment firms having

annualized payroll (from Federal

administrative records) that equals or

exceeds the cutoff for their industry to

the mail component of the potential

respondent universe. We estimate that

the census mail canvass for 1997 will

include approximately 20,000

construction firms in this category.

2. Small Single-Establishment Firms

Selection procedures will assign a

sample of small single-establishment

firms having annualized payroll below

the cutoff for their industry to the mail

component of the potential respondent

universe. Sampling strata and

corresponding probabilities of selection

will be determined by a study of the

potential respondent universe

conducted shortly before mail selection

operations begin. We estimate that the

census mail canvass for 1997 will

include approximately 99,000

construction firms in this category.

C. Establishments With No Payroll

All establishments with no payroll

will be represented in the census by

data from Federal administrative

records.

III. Data

The information collected from

businesses in these sectors of the

economic census will produce basic

statistics by industry for number of

establishments, value of construction

work done, payroll, employment,

selected costs, depreciable assets, and

capital expenditures. It also will yield a

variety of subject statistics, including

estimates of type of construction work

done, kind of business activity and

other industry-specific measures.

OMB Number: Not Available.

Form Number: The forms used to

collect information from businesses in

this sector of the economic census are

tailored to specific business practices

and are too numerous to list separately

in this notice. You can obtain

information on the proposed content of

the forms by calling Patricia L. Horning

on (301) 457–4680.

Type of Review: Regular Review.

Affected Public: Businesses or Other

for Profit, Non-profit Institutions, Small

Businesses or Organizations, and State

or Local Governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

130,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 2.2 hrs.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 286,000.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: The

cost to the government for this work is

included in the total cost of the 1997

Economic Census, estimated to be $224

million.

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.
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Dated: April 18, 1996.

Linda Engelmeier,

Acting Departmental Forms Clearance

Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 96–10115 Filed 4–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 31–96]

Foreign-Trade Zone 98—Birmingham,

AL; Application for Subzone Status, ZF

Industries, Inc. (Automotive Axle

Assemblies), Tuscaloosa, Alabama

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the City of Birmingham,

Alabama, grantee of FTZ 98, requesting

special-purpose subzone status for the

automotive axle assembly

manufacturing plant of ZF Industries,

Inc. (ZF) (subsidiary of ZF

Friedrichshafen AG, Germany), located

in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The

application was submitted pursuant to

the provisions of the Foreign-Trade

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–

81u), and the regulations of the Board

(15 CFR Part 400). It was formally filed

on April 16, 1996.

The new ZF plant (34 acres, 83,000

sq.ft.), currently under construction, is

located at 1200 Commerce Drive within

the Tuscaloosa County Airport

Industrial Park, about 4 miles west of

the City of Tuscaloosa. The facility (200

employees) will be used to produce

front and rear axle assemblies for

passenger vehicles manufactured at the

Mercedes-Benz motor vehicle assembly

plant in Tuscaloosa County, as well as

for export. The application indicates

that, at the outset, foreign-sourced parts

and materials will comprise some 25

percent of the finished axle assemblies’

material value, including: pinion sets,

steering gears, tie rods, parking brake

cables, and fasteners (duty rate range:

2.9–12.5%). Foreign (non-North

American) parts and materials

purchases are projected to decline to

about 14 percent of the total in the

medium term.

Zone procedures would exempt ZF

from Customs duty payments on the

foreign items used in production for

export. On domestic shipments

transferred in-bond to the MercedesBenz plant (Subzone 98A, Board Order

803, 61 FR 8237, 3–4–96), no duties

would be paid on foreign-origin

components of the axle assemblies until

Mercedes enters the finished motor

vehicles for domestic consumption, at

which time, Mercedes could choose to

apply the finished auto duty rate (2.5%).

Mercedes would pay no duties on its

exports. For axle assemblies withdrawn

for Customs entry, the company would

be able to choose the axle duty rate

(2.9%) for the foreign-origin fasteners

noted above. The application indicates

that the savings from zone procedures

would help improve the plant’s

international competitiveness.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff

has been designated examiner to

investigate the application and report to

the Board.

Public comment on the application is

invited from interested parties.

Submissions (original and three copies)

shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is June 24, 1996. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to July 9, 1996).

A copy of the application and the

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce District

Office, Medical Forum Building, 7th

Floor, 950 22nd Street North,

Birmingham, AL 35203.

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room

3716, 14th Street & Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: April 17, 1996.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–10110 Filed 4–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

International Trade Administration

[A–351–806]

Silicon Metal from Brazil; Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review; Time

Limits

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time

limits.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is extending the time

limits of the preliminary and final

results of the fourth administrative

review of the antidumping duty order

on silicon metal from Brazil. The review

covers five manufacturers/exporters of

the subject merchandise to the United

States and the period July 1, 1994,

through June 30, 1995.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 25, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred

Baker or John Kugelman, Office of

Antidumping Compliance, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–5253.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because it

is not practicable to complete this

review within the normal time frame,

the Department is extending the time

limits for completion of the preliminary

results until July 29, 1996, in

accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of

the Trade and Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act of 1994. We will issue

our final results for this review by

December 5, 1996.

These extensions are in accordance

with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff

Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C.

§ 1675(a)(3)(A)).

Dated: April 17, 1996.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.

[FR Doc. 96–10114 Filed 4–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[A–549–502]

Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel

Pipes and Tubes from Thailand;

Amended Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of amended final results

of antidumping duty administrative

review.

SUMMARY: On January 19, 1996, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) published the final results

of its administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on certain

circular welded carbon steel pipes and

tubes from Thailand (61 FR 1328). On

February 2, 1996, Saha Thai Steel Pipe

Co., Ltd. (Saha Thai), the sole

respondent covered by this review, filed

a timely allegation of clerical error

regarding calculation of the cash deposit

rate. Petitioners filed a timely reply to

respondent’s clerical error allegation on

February 9, 1996. Upon review of these

submissions, we have determined that

the Department made a clerical error

when it stated in the final results that

‘‘the countervailing duty review for the

period January 1, 1993, through

December 31, 1993, has not yet been

completed.’’ Id. at 1338. It is because of