Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 84 / Tuesday, April 30, 1996 / Notices 19025

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 96–017–1]

Notice of Request for Extension of a

Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service’s intention to

request an extension of a currently

approved information collection in

support of regulations and standards

issued under the Voluntary Scrapie

Flock Certification Program.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by July 1, 1996 to be assured

of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

the accuracy of burden estimate, ways to

minimize the burden (such as the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology),

or any other aspect of this collection of

information to: Docket No. 96–017–1,

Regulatory Analysis and Development,

PPD, APHIS, suite 3C03, 4700 River

Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–

1238. Please send an original and three

copies, and state that your comments

refer to Docket 96–017–1. Comments

received may be inspected at USDA,

room 1141, South Building, 14th Street

and Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except holidays. Persons wishing to

inspect comments and notices are

requested to call ahead on (202) 690–

2817 to facilitate entry into the

comment reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information on the regulations and

standards for the Voluntary Scrapie

Flock Certification Program, contact Dr.

Daniel Harpster, Senior Staff

Veterinarian, National Animal Health

Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road,

Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231,

(301) 734–4931; or e-mail:

DHarpster@aphis.usda.gov. For copies

of the proposed collection of

information, contact Ms. Cheryl Jenkins,

APHIS’ Information Collection

Coordinator, at (301) 734–5360.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Title: Voluntary Scrapie Flock

Certification Program.

OMB Number: 0579–0101.

Expiration Date of Approval: August

31, 1996.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: To control scrapie in the

United States, we have promulgated

regulations establishing the Voluntary

Scrapie Flock Certification Program. It

consists primarily of identifying and

eliminating infected animals and herds

in order to prevent the disease from

spreading. This process requires that

participating flock owners communicate

vital information to us (via mail or

telephone) concerning the health of

their animals.

Generally, the presence of the disease

cannot be detected until the animal

becomes clinically ill. Due to the lack of

a live animal diagnostic test for scrapie,

efforts to control and eliminate the

disease depend upon the cooperation of

flock owners and veterinarians in

reporting clinically ill animals.

The purpose of this notice is to solicit

comments from the public (as well as

affected agencies) concerning our

information collection. We need this

outside input to help us:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed

information collection is necessary for

the proper performance of the functions

of the agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(4) Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, through use, as

appropriate, of automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other collection

technologies, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

Estimate of burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 3.050 hours per

response.

Respondents: Flock owners, State

animal health officials, accredited

veterinarians, State or Federal

veterinary medical officers, and State or

university diagnostic laboratory

directors.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,180.

Estimated Numbers of Responses per

Respondent: 4.402.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 15,846 hours.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for Office of Management and Budget

approval of the information collection.

Done in Washington, DC, this 24th day of

April 1996.

Lonnie J. King,

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 96–10648 Filed 4–29–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

[Docket No. 96–018–1]

Notice of Request for Extension of a

Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service’s intention to

request an extension of a currently

approved information collection in

support of the National Animal Health

Monitoring System.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by July 1, 1996 to be assured

of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

the accuracy of burden estimate, ways to

minimize the burden (such as the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology),

or any other aspect of this collection of

information to: Docket No. 96–018–1,

Regulatory Analysis and Development,

PPD, APHIS, suite 3C03, 4700 River

Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–

1238. Please send an original and three

copies, and state that your comments

refer to Docket 96–018–1. Comments

received may be inspected at USDA,

room 1141, South Building, 14th Street

and Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except holidays. Persons wishing to

inspect comments and notices are

requested to call ahead on (202) 690–

2817 to facilitate entry into the

comment reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information on the National Animal

Health Monitoring System, contact Mr.

David Cummings, Program Manager,

Centers for Epidemiology and Animal

Health, VS, APHIS, 555 South Howes,

Suite 100, Fort Collins, CO 80521; (970)

490–7895. For copies of the proposed

collection of information, contact Ms.

Cheryl Jenkins, APHIS’ Information

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 734–

5360.
19026 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 84 / Tuesday, April 30, 1996 / Notices

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: National Animal Health

Monitoring System.

OMB Number: 0579–0079.

Expiration Date of Approval:

September 30, 1996.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: The primary objective of the

National Animal Health Monitoring

System (NAHMS) program of the

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service (APHIS) is to deliver

statistically-valid and scientificallysound animal health information to

consumers, animal health officials,

private practitioners, animal industry

groups, policy makers, public health

officials, media, educational

institutions, and others. Information is

derived from data voluntarily collected

on a national basis from producers in

the dairy, beef, poultry, aquaculture,

sheep, swine, and equine industries. In

addition, information may be collected

from individuals or groups with

industry knowledge of the scope,

causes, and public health and/or

economic consequences of new and

emerging animal health issues. The

information collected is used to identify

baseline trends in health management

practices and disease, determine risks

for new and emerging animal health

issues, and assess the economic impact

of animal diseases and management

practices.

The APHIS Strategic Plan formalized

the Agency’s initiative to have in place

a proven national monitoring system

that is capable of defining and certifying

the health and safety status of the

Nation’s animal commodities and

objectively assessing the economic,

environmental, and public health

implications of animal health. The

National Animal Health Monitoring

System is implementing the action plan

by collecting data and disseminating

information that is not available from

other sources on the prevalence and

economic importance of livestock and

poultry health and disease. Emerging

issues and disease outbreaks involving

interrelationships among animal health,

public health, economic productivity,

and global trade are also being

addressed through short-term data

collection, risk assessments, and

situation analyses.

The purpose of this notice is to solicit

comments from the public (as well as

affected agencies) concerning our

information collection. We need this

outside input to help us:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed

information collection is necessary for

the proper performance of the functions

of the Agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(4) Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

choose to respond, through use, as

appropriate, of automated, electronic,

mechanical, and other collection

technologies, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 1.46 hours per

response.

Respondents: Animal agriculture

producers, veterinary practitioners,

State and private diagnostic

laboratories, State departments of

agriculture, and animal-related

industries.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

7,110.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 4,868 hours.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for Office of Management and Budget

approval of the information collection.

Done in Washington, DC, this 24th day of

April 1996.

Lonnie J. King,

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 96–10649 Filed 4–29–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–843]

Notice of Final Determination of Sales

at Less Than Fair Value: Bicycles From

the People’s Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 30, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Katherine Johnson at (202) 482–4929,

Shawn Thompson at (202) 482–1776, or

James Terpstra at (202) 482–3965, Office

of Antidumping Investigations, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

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

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 by the

Uruguay Rounds Agreements Act

(URAA).

Final Determination

As explained in the memoranda from

the Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration dated November 22,

1995, and January 11, 1996, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) has exercised its discretion

to toll all deadlines for the duration of

the partial shutdowns of the Federal

Government from November 15 through

November 21, 1995, and December 16,

1995, through January 6, 1996. Thus, the

deadline for the final determination in

this investigation has been extended by

28 days, i.e., one day for each day (or

partial day) the Department was closed.

As such, the deadline for this final

determination is no later than April 22,

1996.

We determine that bicycles from the

People’s Republic of China (PRC) are

being sold in the United States at less

than fair value (LTFV), as provided in

section 735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the Act). The estimated

margins are shown in the ‘‘Suspension

of Liquidation’’ section of this notice.

Case History

Since the preliminary determination

on November 1, 1995 (60 FR 56575,

November 9, 1995), the following events

have occurred:

On November 6, 1995, Bo An Bike

Co., Ltd. (hereinafter Bo An), CATIC

Bicycle Co., Ltd. (hereinafter CATIC),

Shenzhen China Bicycles Co. (Holdings)

Ltd. (hereinafter CBC), Giant China Co.,

Ltd. (hereinafter Giant), Hua Chin

Bicycle Co., Ltd. (hereinafter Hua Chin),

Merida Industry (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd./

Merida Bicycle Co., Ltd. (hereinafter

Merida), Shenzhen Overlord Bicycle

Co., Ltd. (hereinafter Overlord), and

Universal Cycle Corp. (hereinafter

Universal) requested a postponement of

the final determination pursuant to 19

CFR 353.20. On November 9, 1995,

Chitech Industries, Ltd. (Hong Kong)

(and affiliated parties Tandem

Industries, Ltd. (Hong Kong), Magna

Technology Corp. (Taiwan), Taiwan

Tandem Co., Ltd. (Taiwan), and Shun

Lu Bicycle Co. (aka Shunde Tandem

Bicycle Parts Company) (hereinafter

Chitech) made a similar request.

On November 9 and 20, 1995,

respondents alleged clerical errors in

the preliminary determination. Also, on