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Æ Hand piled and burned— 

approximately 4,431 acres. This 

treatment could occur intermittently 

across Defense Zone Units, Roadside 

Fuel Breaks, and Plantations depending 

on slope steepness, proximity to homes 

and air quality concerns. 

Æ Jackpot burned—approximately 

4,431 acres. This treatment could occur 

intermittently across Defense Zone 

Units, Roadside Fuel Breaks, and 

Plantations depending on slope, 

proximity to homes and air quality 

concerns. 

Æ Public Fuelwood Utilization— 

approximately 2,520 acres. This 

treatment would leave material suitable 

for public fuel wood use onsite in areas 

that are accessible, or decked along the 

roadside where safe to do so. This 

treatment could occur intermittently 

across Defense Zone Units, Roadside 

Fuel Breaks, and Plantations. 

Æ Understory Maintenance Burning— 

Approximately 4,431 acres. This 

treatment could occur within 

approximately two to ten years after 

initial treatment, or as the surface fuel 

conditions require for maintaining the 

desired fire behavior. This treatment 

could occur within all Defense Zone 

Units, Plantations, and Roadside Fuel 

Breaks. Multiple burn entries may be 

needed to maintain desired vegetation 

and fuel loadings. 

Prescribed Fire Understory Units 

Approximately 896 acres are 

proposed for prescribed understory fire 

treatment. No thinning will occur in 

these units. Treatments are intended to 

move these areas toward historic fire 

regime and fuel loading conditions and 

to allow fire personnel to make use of 

roads, natural barriers, and topography 

(such as ridge tops and drainages) for 

control lines during prescribed burning 

activities in other units (see previous 

section). The Prescribed Fire Understory 

Units will help reduce the overall 

amount of control lines needed within 

the planning area, allowing for more 

cost effective and safer understory 

burning, and reducing the potential for 

resource damage. Multiple burn entries 

of primarily low to moderate intensity 

fire may be needed to maintain desired 

vegetation and fuel loadings. Natural 

boundaries would be used whenever 

possible; however, control line 

construction will still be needed in 

some areas. Desired outcomes are a 

mosaic-burn severity pattern primarily 

from low to moderate intensity surface 

fire across 70–80% of the treatment 

area. Treatments would be applied 

where trees per acre (TPA), canopy base 

height or fuel loading do not meet 

desired conditions. This treatment 

would create mosaic forest conditions 

that contribute to late successional 

characteristics while providing a more 

fire-resilient landscape. 

Responsible Official 

Forest Supervisor, Shasta-Trinity 

National Forest. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The Forest Supervisor will decide 

whether to implement the proposed 

action, take an alternative action that 

meets the purpose and need or take no 

action. 

Scoping Process 

The project is included in the ShastaTrinity National Forest’s quarterly 

schedule of proposed actions (SOPA). 

Detailed information on the proposed 

action, including maps, that will aid in 

the informing comments will be 

available on the Forest Web site at: 

http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_

project_exp.php?project=38444. 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. 

It is important that reviewers provide 

their comments at such times and in 

such manner that they are useful to the 

agency’s preparation of the 

environmental impact statement. 

Therefore, comments should be 

provided prior to the close of the 

comment period and should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and 

contentions. 

Comments received in response to 

this solicitation, including names and 

addresses of those who comment, will 

be part of the public record for this 

proposed action. Comments submitted 

anonymously will be accepted and 

considered, however. 

Dated: December 17, 2014. 

David R. Myers, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30182 Filed 12–23–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: The Ocean Enterprise: A study 

of U.S. business activity in ocean 

measurement, observation and 

forecasting. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (request for 

a new information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 300. 

Average Hours per Response: 25 

minutes. 

Burden Hours: 125. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for a 

new information collection supported 

by Section 12302(3) of the Integrated 

Coastal and Ocean Observation System 

Act (ICOOS Act) part of the Omnibus 

Public Land Management Act of 2009 

(Pub. L. 111–11). The survey is 

voluntary. 

NOAA’s National Ocean Service is 

requesting approval of a Web-based 

survey of employers who provide either 

services or infrastructure to the 

Integrated Ocean Observing System 

(IOOS) or organizations that add value 

to the IOOS data and other outputs by 

tailoring them for specific end uses. The 

purpose of the survey and overall 

project is to gather data to articulate the 

collective and derived value of the IOOS 

enterprise, and to create a profile of 

businesses and organizations who are 

involved with providing services or 

utilizing the data for other specific end 

uses. This is the first survey of its kind 

on a national scale. The project is 

funded by NOAA and is being 

conducted on its behalf by the 

contractor, ERISS Corporation. The 

project contract spans three years with 

the first portion of the contract mainly 

involved with researching and selecting 

appropriate businesses to include in the 

study database. The Web survey will be 

the main data collection piece of the 

project and is necessary in order to 

collect demographic, financial, and 

functional information for each 

organization with regards to their 

involvement with IOOS. The final 

deliverable of this project is an analytic 

report detailing the findings of the web 

survey and the analysis of the employer 

database. 

The marine technology industry is an 

important partner and stakeholder 

within IOOS; however, without the 

baseline that this study will provide, 

IOOS is unable to articulate its 

collective and derived value. The results 

will demonstrate the size and economic 

impact of IOOS data to the United States 

marine ocean sector. That information 

can be used to understand the value of 

export sales and the identification of 

potential growth and/or new 

international markets which would 

further the Department of Commerce 

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77454 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 24, 2014 / Notices 

1See Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of 

Korea and the Republic of Turkey: Initiation of 

Countervailing Duty Investigations, 79 FR 67419 

(November 13, 2014). 

2The petitioners are American Cast Iron Pipe 

Company, EnergexTube (a division of JMC Steel 

Group), Maverick Tube Corporation, Northwest 

Pipe Company, Stupp Corporation (a division of 

Stupp Bros., Inc.), Tex-Tube Company, TMK 

IPSCO, and Welspun Tubular LLC USA (see 

December 11, 2014, letters on the record of these 

investigations). 

(DOC) strategic goal for better 

environment intelligence and translate 

into better programs by the DOC 

International Trade Administration in 

ocean observing industries in 

international trade. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, not-for-profit 

organizations. 

Frequency: One time. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Dated: December 19, 2014. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30180 Filed 12–23–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

Notice of Petitions by Firms for 

Determination of Eligibility To Apply 

for Trade Adjustment Assistance 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and opportunity for 

public comment. 

Pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade 

Act 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2341 

et seq.), the Economic Development 

Administration (EDA) has received 

petitions for certification of eligibility to 

apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance 

from the firms listed below. 

Accordingly, EDA has initiated 

investigations to determine whether 

increased imports into the United States 

of articles like or directly competitive 

with those produced by each of these 

firms contributed importantly to the 

total or partial separation of the firm’s 

workers, or threat thereof, and to a 

decrease in sales or production of each 

petitioning firm. 

LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE

[12/5/2014 through 12/18/2014] 

Firm name Firm address Date accepted 

for investigation Product(s) 

Altratek Plastics ...................... 105 Gay Street, Longmont, 

CO 80501.

12/18/2014 The firm manufactures plastic seals, pipes and tubes and 

housings produced for the automotive, water filtration, 

and transportation monitoring industries. 

Any party having a substantial 

interest in these proceedings may 

request a public hearing on the matter. 

A written request for a hearing must be 

submitted to the Trade Adjustment 

Assistance for Firms Division, Room 

71030, Economic Development 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, no 

later than ten (10) calendar days 

following publication of this notice. 

Please follow the requirements set 

forth in EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR 

315.9 for procedures to request a public 

hearing. The Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance official number 

and title for the program under which 

these petitions are submitted is 11.313, 

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms. 

Dated: December 18, 2014. 

Michael S. DeVillo, 

Eligibility Examiner. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30188 Filed 12–23–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–WH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–580–877, C–489–823] 

Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of 

Korea and the Republic of Turkey: 

Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigations 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Trainor at (202) 482–4007 

(Korea) or Elizabeth Eastwood (Turkey) 

at (202) 482–3874, AD/CVD Operations, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce, 14th Street 

and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 5, 2014, the Department 

of Commerce (the Department) initiated 

the countervailing duty (CVD) 

investigations of welded line pipe from 

the Republic of Korea and the Republic 

of Turkey.1 Currently, the preliminary 

determinations are due no later than 

January 9, 2015. 

Postponement of Due Date for the 

Preliminary Determinations 

Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), requires the 

Department to issue the preliminary 

determination in a CVD investigation 

within 65 days after the date on which 

the Department initiated the 

investigation. However, if the petitioner 

makes a timely request for a 

postponement, section 703(c)(1)(A) of 

the Act allows the Department to 

postpone making the preliminary 

determination until no later than 130 

days after the date on which the 

administering authority initiated the 

investigation. 

On December 11, 2014, the 

petitioners 2 in these investigations 

timely requested that the deadline for 

the preliminary determination in each 

of these cases be postponed in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), 

citing the extraordinarily complicated 

nature of the cases. Therefore, in 

accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of 

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