Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 26, 2001 / Notices 66397

Draft Agenda of the January 16 and 17

Meeting

A. Welcome to Phoenix, Arizona

1. Arizona State Official

B. Approve minutes of the Denver,

Colorado, July 18–19, 2001, AAQTF

meeting.

C. EPA Update

• National Academy of Sciences

Scientific Assessment update

• Confined Animal Feeding

Operation issues

• Status of residue burning issues

• Status of Agricultural Voluntary

Compliance policy

D. Subcommittee Business

Research Priorities and Oversight

Subcommittee

• Report on re-evaluation of research

priorities

Emissions Factors Subcommittee

• Emission Factor Survey results

Concentrated Animal Feeding

Operation Subcommittee

• Update on Action Plan

Voluntary/Incentive Based Program

Subcommittee

Follow-up Subcommittee

Agricultural Burning Subcommittee

E. New Topics

• Farm Bill status

• Carbon credits trading

• Update on selected legal actions

F. Next Meeting, time/place

G. Public Input (time will be reserved

before lunch and at the close of each

daily session to receive public

comment. Individual presentations will

be limited to 5 minutes).

Procedural

This meeting is open to the public. At

the discretion of the Chair, members of

the public may present oral

presentations during the meeting.

Persons wishing to make oral

presentations should notify Beth

Sauerhaft no later than January 7, 2002.

If a person submitting material would

like a copy distributed to each member

of the committee in advance of the

meeting, that person should submit 25

copies to Beth Sauerhaft no later than

January 7, 2002.

Information on Services for Individuals

With Disabilities

For information on facilities or

services for individuals with disabilities

or to request special assistance at the

meeting, contact Beth Sauerhaft.

USDA prohibits discrimination in its

programs and activities on the basis of

race, color, national origin, gender,

religion, age, sexual orientation, or

disability. Additionally, discrimination

on the basis of political beliefs and

marital or family status is also

prohibited by statutes enforced by

USDA. (Not all prohibited bases apply

to all programs.) Persons with

disabilities who require alternate means

for communication of program

information (Braille, large print, audio

tape, etc.) should contact the

USDA’sTarget Center at (202) 720–2000

(voice and TDD).

To file a complaint of discrimination

to USDA, write to the Director, Office of

Civil Rights, Room 326–W, Whitten

Building, 1400 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, D.C. 20250–9410, or

call (202) 720–5964 (voice and TDD).

The USDA is an equal opportunity

provider and employer.

Signed at Washington, DC, on December

11, 2001.

Pearlie S. Reed,

Chief, Natural Resources Conservation

Service.

[FR Doc. 01–31381 Filed 12–21–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business—Corporative Service

Notice of Request for Extension of a

Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed collection; Comments

requested.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Rural BusinessCooperative Service’s (RBS) intention to

request an extension for a currently

approved information collection in

support of the program for the Business

and Industry Loan Program.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by February 25, 2002 to be

assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick

Bonnet, Senior Commercial Loan

Specialist, RBS, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Stop 3221, telephone (202)

720–1804 or email

rick.bonnet@usda.gov. The Federal

Information Relay Service on (800) 887–

8339 is available for TDD users.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Business and Industry Loan

Program.

OMB Number: 0570–0014.

Expiration Date of Approval: March

31, 2002.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved information

collection and recordkeeping

requirements.

Abstract: The B&I Program is

authorized under Section 310B of the

Consolidated Farm and Rural

Development Act, as amended. The

purpose of the Business and Industry

(B&I) Guaranteed and Direct Loan

Programs is to improve, develop, or

finance businesses, industry and

employment and improve the economic

and environmental climate in rural

communities, including pollution

control abatement and control. This

purpose is achieved through bolstering

the existing private credit structure,

either through the guaranteeing of

quality loans made by lending

institutions, or making direct loans,

thereby providing lasting community

benefits. B&I program authority is

composed of direct loan authority and

loan guarantee authority. The program

is administered by the Agency through

a State Director serving the State.

All reporting and recordkeeping

burden estimates for making and

servicing B&I Guaranteed Loans have

been moved to the new B&I Guaranteed

Loan Program regulations which are at

7 CFR 4279–A and B and 4287–B. The

only burden associated with 7 CFR

1980–E is a small portion of B&I Direct

loanmaking. 7 CFR 1951–E is used for

servicing B&I Direct and Community

Facility Loans.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

for this collection of information is

estimated to average 8 hours per

response.

Respondents: Individuals, rural

businesses, for profit businesses, nonprofit businesses, Indian tribes, public

bodies, cooperatives.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

200.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 3.

Estimated Number of Responses: 586.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 4,545 hours.

Copies of this information collection

can be obtained from Cheryl Thompson,

Regulations and Paperwork

Management Branch, Support Services

Division at (202) 692–0043.

Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of RBS, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of RBS

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden of the

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1See Algoma Steel Corp. Ltd., v. United States,

688 F. Supp. 639, 642–44 (CIT 1988); High

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Comments may be sent to Cheryl

Thompson, Regulations and Paperwork

Management Branch, Support Services

Division, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Rural Development, STOP

0742, 1400 Independence Ave. SW.,

Washington, DC 20250. All responses to

this notice will be summarized and

included in the request for OMB

approval. All comments will also

become a matter of public record.

Dated: December 14, 2001.

John Rosso,

Acting Administrator, Rural BusinessCooperative Service.

[FR Doc. 01–31618 Filed 12–21–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–873 and A–791–815]

Notice of Initiation of Antidumping

Duty Investigations: Ferrovanadium

From the People’s Republic of China

and the Republic of South Africa

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Initiation of Antidumping Duty

Investigations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 26, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Manning or Chris Brady at (202)

482–5253 and (202) 482–4406,

respectively; Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Initiation of Investigations

The 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, as

amended (the Act), by the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act (URAA). In

addition, unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Department of

Commerce’s (the Department’s)

regulations are references to the

provisions codified at 19 CFR Part 351

(2000).

The Petition

On November 26, 2001, the

Department received a petition filed in

proper form by the Ferroalloys

Association Vanadium Committee and

its members: Bear Metallurgical

Company, Shieldalloy Metallurgical

Corporation, Gulf Chemical &

Metallurgical Corporation, U.S.

Vanadium Corporation, and CS Metals

of Louisiana LLC (collectively, the

petitioners). The Department received

information supplementing the petition

on December 7, 2001.

In accordance with section 732(b) of

the Act, the petitioners allege that

imports of ferrovanadium from the

People’s Republic of China (PRC) and

the Republic of South Africa (South

Africa) are being, or are likely to be, sold

in the United States at less than fair

value within the meaning of section 731

of the Act, and that such imports are

materially injuring, or are threatening to

materially injure, an industry in the

United States.

The Department finds that the

petitioners filed this petition on behalf

of the domestic industry because they

are interested parties as defined in

sections 771(9)(C) and 771(9)(D) of the

Act and have demonstrated sufficient

industry support with respect to each of

the antidumping investigations that they

are requesting the Department to initiate

(see the Determination of Industry

Support for the Petition section below).

Scope of Investigations

The scope of these investigations

covers all ferrovanadium produced in

the PRC and South Africa, regardless of

grade, chemistry, form, shape or size.

Ferrovanadium is an alloy of iron and

vanadium that is used chiefly as an

additive in the manufacture of steel. The

merchandise is commercially and

scientifically identified as

ferrovanadium. The scope of this

investigation specifically excludes

vanadium additives other than

ferrovanadium, such as nitrided

vanadium, vanadium-aluminum master

alloys, vanadium chemicals, vanadium

oxides, vanadium waste and scrap, and

vanadium-bearing raw materials such as

slag, boiler residues and fly ash.

Merchandise under the following

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTSUS) headings are

specifically excluded:

• 2850.00.2000 Hydrides, nitrides,

azides, silicides and borides, whether or

not chemically defined, other than

compounds which are also carbides of

heading 2849: * * * Of vanadium.

• 8112.40.3000 Beryllium, * * *

vanadium * * *, and articles of these

metals, including waste and scrap:

* * * Vanadium: Waste and scrap

• 8112.40.6000 Beryllium, * * *

vanadium * * *, and articles of these

metals, including waste and scrap:

* * * Vanadium: Other

Ferrovanadium is classified under

HTSUS heading 7202.92.00. Although

the HTSUS subheading is provided for

convenience and Customs purposes, the

Department’s written description of the

scope of this investigation remains

dispositive.

During our review of the petitions, we

discussed the scope with the petitioners

to ensure that it accurately reflects the

product for which the domestic industry

is seeking relief. Moreover, as discussed

in the preamble to the Department’s

regulations (62 FR 27323), we are setting

aside a period for parties to raise issues

regarding product coverage. The

Department encourages all parties to

submit such comments by January 7,

2002. Comments should be addressed to

Import Administration’s Central

Records Unit at Room 1870, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230. The period of

scope consultations is intended to

provide the Department with ample

opportunity to consider all comments

and consult with parties prior to the

issuance of the preliminary

determinations.

Determination of Industry Support for

the Petition

Section 771(4)(A) of the Act defines

the ‘‘industry’’ as the producers of a

domestic like product. Thus, to

determine whether the petition has the

requisite industry support, the statute

directs the Department to look to

producers and workers who produce the

domestic like product. The United

States International Trade Commission

(ITC), which is responsible for

determining whether ‘‘the domestic

industry’’ has been injured, must also

determine what constitutes a domestic

like product in order to define the

industry. While both the Department

and the ITC must apply the same

statutory definition regarding domestic

like product (see section 771(10) of the

Act), they do so for different purposes

and pursuant to their separate and

distinct authority. In addition, the

Department’s determination is subject to

limitations of time and information.

Although this may result in different

definitions of the like product, such

differences do not render the decision of

either agency contrary to the law.1