Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 104 / Wednesday, May 29, 1996 / Notices 26875

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

DOC has submitted to Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

Agency: Patent and Trademark Office

(PTO).

Title: Initial Patent Application.

Form Numbers: Agency—PTO/SB/01/

02/03/04/05/17/18/19/20.

Agency Approval Number: 0651–

0032.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Burden: 2,387,000 hours.

Number of Respondents: 221,000.

Avg. Hours Per Response: 10.8 hours.

Needs and Uses: The purpose of this

information collection is to permit the

Patent and Trademark Office to

determine whether an application meets

the criteria set forth in the patent

statutes and regulations. The

application paper quality, size, and

format requirements will facilitate the

automatic processing and digital image

and/or optical character recognition

scanning of application materials. The

standard Fee Transmittal form (PTO/SB/

17), New Utility Patent Application

Transmittal form (PTO/SB/05), New

Design Patent Application Transmittal

form (PTO/SB/18), New Plant Patent

Application Transmittal form (PTO/SB/

19), Plant Color Coding Sheet (PTO/SB/

20), Declaration (PTO/SB/01), and Plant

Patent Application Declaration (PTO/

SB/03) will assist applicants in

complying with the requirements of the

patent statutes and regulations, and will

further assist the PTO in processing and

examination of the application.

Affected Public: Any individual filing

a patent application.

Frequency: When filing a patent

application.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain a benefit.

OMB Desk Officer: Maya A. Bernstein

(202) 395–3785.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing DOC clearing officer,

Linda Engelmeier, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Maya A. Bernstein, OMB Desk Officer,

Room 10236, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, D.C. 20230.

Dated: May 22, 1996.

Linda Engelmeier,

Department Clearance Officer, Office of

Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 96–13316 Filed 5–28–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P

Bureau of the Census

Survey of Plant Capacity

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 July 29, 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 Elinor Champion, Bureau

of the Census, Room 2135 FB–4,

Washington, DC 20233, Telephone (301)

457–4683.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Census Bureau plans to conduct

a survey of plant capacity. The Census

Bureau has conducted this survey

annually from 1973 through 1988. Then

in 1990, 1992, and 1994 we collected 2

years worth of data concurrently. This

request is regarding the 1996 survey

which will collect data for 1995 and

1996. Data are gathered from a sample

of manufacturing plants in the United

States. The survey forms will collect

data on the value of plant production

during actual operations and at full

production capability. The survey will

also collect estimates of production

under a national emergency situation.

Data are used in measuring inflationary

pressures, capital flows, in

understanding productivity

determinants, and analyzing and

forecasting economic and industrial

trends. The survey results will be used

by such agencies as the Federal Reserve

Board, Federal Emergency Management

Agency, International Trade

Administration, and the Department of

Defense.

II. Method of Collection

The Census Bureau will use mail out/

mail back survey forms to collect the

data. Companies will be asked to

respond to the survey within 30 days of

the initial mailing. Letters encouraging

participation will be mailed to

companies that have not responded by

the designated time.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0607–0175.

Form Number: MQ–C1.

Type of Review: Regular.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for profit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

17,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 2

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 34,000.

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$589,900.

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.

Dated: May 22, 1996.

Linda Engelmeier,

Acting Departmental Forms Clearance

Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 96–13328 Filed 5–28–96; 8:45 a.m.]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P
26876 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 104 / Wednesday, May 29, 1996 / Notices

International Trade Administration

[A–421–805]

Aramid Fiber Formed of Poly ParaPhenylene Terephthalamide From the

Netherlands; Extension of Time Limit

of Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time

Limit of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is extending the time

limit for the final results in the

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on aramid fiber

formed of poly para-phenylene

terephthalamide (PPD–T aramid) from

the Netherlands, covering the period

December 16, 1993, through May 31,

1995, because it is not practicable to

complete the review within the time

limits mandated by the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended (the Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 29, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald Little or Maureen Flannery,

Office of Antidumping Compliance,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th and Constitution

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

telephone: (202) 482–4733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On April 9, 1996, the Department

published the preliminary results of this

review (see Aramid Fiber Formed of

Poly Para-Phenylene Terephthalamide

from the Netherlands; Preliminary

Results of Antidumping Administrative

Review, 61 FR 15766). The review

covers the period December 16, 1993,

through May 31, 1995.

It is not practicable to complete this

review within the time limits mandated

by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act (see

Memorandum for Paul Joffe from Joe

Spetrini, Extension of Time Limits for

1993–95 Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review of Aramid Fiber

Formed of Poly Para-Phenylene

Terephthalamide from the Netherlands,

May 9, 1996). Therefore, in accordance

with that section, the Department is

extending the time limits for the final

results to September 25, 1996. The

Department adjusted the time limits by

28 days due to the government

shutdowns, which lasted from

November 14, 1995, to November 20,

1995, and from December 15, 1995, to

January 6, 1996. See Memorandum to

the file from Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration, January 11, 1996. These

extensions are in accordance with

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Dated: May 16, 1996.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.

[FR Doc. 96–13321 Filed 5–28–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M

[A–602–803]

Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon

Steel Flat Products From Australia:

Preliminary Results of Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Preliminary Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review.

SUMMARY: In response to a request by the

petitioners, Bethlehem Steel

Corporation, U.S. Steel Group, a Unit of

USX Corporation, Inland Steel

Industries, Inc., LTV Steel Company,

Inc., National Steel Corporation, AK

Steel Corporation, Gulf States Steel Inc.

of Alabama, Sharon Steel Corporation,

WCI Steel, Inc., and Lukens Steel

Company, the Department of Commerce

(the Department) is conducting an

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on Certain

Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat

Products from Australia. This review

covers The Broken Hill Proprietary

Company, Ltd. (BHP), the sole

manufacturer/exporter of the subject

merchandise to the United States during

the period of review (POR) August 1,

1994, through July 31, 1995. Because

BHP failed to submit a response to our

questionnaire, we have preliminarily

determined to use facts otherwise

available for cash deposit and

assessment purposes.

Interested parties are invited to

comment on these preliminary results.

Parties who submit argument in this

proceeding are requested to submit with

each argument (1) a statement of the

issue and (2) a brief summary of the

argument.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 29, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Bolling or Jean Kemp, 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) 482–3793.

Applicable Statute

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 (the Act)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

(URAA). In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to the

Department’s regulations are to the

current regulations, as amended by the

interim regulations published in the

Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60

FR 25130).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On July 9, 1993, the Department

published in the Federal Register (58

FR 37079) the final affirmative

antidumping duty determination on

certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel

flat products from Australia, and

published an antidumping duty order

on August 19, 1993 (58 FR 44161). On

August 1, 1995, the Department

published in the Federal Register (60

FR 39150) a notice of ‘‘Opportunity to

Request an Administrative Review’’ of

the antidumping duty order on certain

corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat

products from Australia. On August 31,

1995, petitioners requested an

administrative review of BHP, a

manufacturer/exporter of this

merchandise to the United States. We

initiated the review on September 8,

1995 (60 FR 46817).

Scope of the Review

Imports covered by this

administrative review constitute one

‘‘class or kind’’ of merchandise: certain

corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat

products. The class or kind includes

flat-rolled carbon steel products, of

rectangular shape, either clad, plated, or

coated with corrosion-resistant metals

such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-,

aluminum-, nickel- or iron-based alloys,

whether or not corrugated or painted,

varnished or coated with plastics or

other nonmetallic substances in

addition to the metallic coating, in coils

(whether or not in successively

superimposed layers) and of a width of

0.5 inch or greater, or in straight lengths

which, if of a thickness less than 4.75

millimeters, are of a width of 0.5 inch

or greater and which measures at least

10 times the thickness or if of a

thickness of 4.75 millimeters or more

are of a width which exceeds 150

millimeters and measures at least twice

the thickness, as currently classifiable in

the HTS under item numbers

7210.31.0000, 7210.39.0000,

7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030,