65510 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 244 / Wednesday, December 19, 2001 / Notices

Dated: November 29, 2001.

Charles M. Wooley,

Assistant Regional Director, Ecological

Services, Region 3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

[FR Doc. 01–31195 Filed 12–18–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Migratory Bird Permits; Draft

Environmental Impact Statement on

Double-crested Cormorant

Management

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meetings; extension of

comment period.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service or we) invites public

participation in public meetings

associated with the comment period for

a Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) on double-crested cormorant

management. The DEIS has been

prepared under the authority of the

National Environmental Policy Act and

the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and

analyzes the potential environmental

impacts of several management

alternatives to address conflicts

associated with double-crested

cormorants. This notice describes the

proposed action and the other five

management alternatives analyzed in

the DEIS; identifies the locations, dates,

and times of public meetings; and

identifies the Service official to whom

comments may be directed.

DATES: Written comments regarding the

DEIS should be submitted by February

28, 2002, to the address below. Dates

and times for ten public meetings are

listed in the table under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the

DEIS should be mailed to Chief,

Division of Migratory Bird Management,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N.

Fairfax Dr., Room 634, Arlington, VA

22203. Written comments on the DEIS

can be sent by the following two

methods:

(1) By mail to the above address; or

(2) By email to:

cormorant_eis@fws.gov.

Please include your name and mailing

address in all comments submitted;

anonymous comments will not be

considered. The public meetings will be

held at the locations listed in the table

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jon

Andrew, Division of Migratory Bird

Management, (703) 358–1714.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

November 8, 1999, we published a

notice of intent in the Federal Register

(64 FR 60826) to prepare an EIS and

national management plan for doublecrested cormorants in the contiguous

United States. This notice began the

public scoping period, during which we

received over 1,400 written comments

and held scoping meetings attended by

over 700 individuals. On December 3,

2001, we notified the public of the

availability of the DEIS in the Federal

Register (66 FR 60218). In this notice,

we indicated that the comment period

would end on January 15, 2002.

However, due to the timing of public

meetings and requests from the public,

we are extending the comment period to

February 28, 2002. In preparation of the

Final Environmental Impact Statement,

we will consider all public comments

received on or before this date.

All comments received, including

names and addresses, will become part

of the public record. The public may

inspect comments during normal

business hours in Room 634, Arlington

Square Building, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive,

Arlington, Virginia. Such requests will

be handled in accordance with the

Freedom of Information Act and the

Council on Environmental Quality’s

National Environmental Policy Act

regulations (40 CFR 1506.6(f)).

Individual respondents may request that

we withhold their name and/or home

address from the record, which we will

honor to the extent allowable by law. If

a respondent wishes us to withhold his/

her name and/or address, this must be

stated prominently at the beginning of

the document.

Alternatives

The DEIS describes and evaluates six

alternatives for the purposes of reducing

conflicts associated with cormorants,

enhancing the flexibility of natural

resource agencies to deal with

cormorant conflicts, and ensuring the

health and viability of cormorant

populations. Alternatives, including the

proposed action, were analyzed with

regard to their potential impacts on

cormorant populations, fish, other birds,

vegetation, federally listed threatened

and endangered species, water quality

and human health, economic impacts

(including aquaculture and sport

fishing-related economies), fish

hatcheries and environmental justice,

property losses, and existence and

aesthetic values. We analyzed the

anticipated environmental effects of the

following management alternatives: (1)

Continue current cormorant

management practices (No Action); (2)

implement only non-lethal management

techniques; (3) expand current

cormorant damage management

practices; (4) establish a new

Depredation Order to address public

resource conflicts (PROPOSED

ACTION); (5) reduce regional cormorant

populations; and (6) establish

frameworks for a cormorant hunting

season.

The proposed action would establish

a Public Resource Depredation Order

that allows State, Federal, and Tribal

land management agencies to manage

cormorants that are injurious to public

resources such as fisheries, vegetation,

and other wildlife species. Thus, control

actions could take place without a

federal permit on the agency’s lands and

waters or nearby private lands and

waters (with appropriate landowner

permission). Agencies that conduct

control activities under the Public

Resource Depredation Order would be

subject to reporting and monitoring

requirements, overseen by the Service.

Additionally, under the proposed

action, the current Aquaculture

Depredation Order would be expanded

to allow control of cormorants by

wildlife damage professionals at winter

roost sites; and Director’s Order 27,

restricting the use of depredation

permits at public fish cultural facilities,

would be revoked.

Public Meetings

Ten public meetings will be held at

the locations and times listed below:

Date City Location Time

January 7, 2002 ......................... Green Bay, Wisconsin .............. Ramada Plaza Hotel, 2750 Ramada Way .................................. 7:00 PM

January 8, 2002 ......................... Mackinaw City, Michigan .......... Hamilton Inn Select, 701 S. Huron Avenue ................................ 7:00 PM

January 16, 2002 ....................... Washington, DC ....................... Main Interior Building Auditorium, 1849 C Street, NW ............... 10:00 AM

January 28, 2002 ....................... Jackson, Mississippi ................. Ramada Inn Southwest, 1525 Ellis Avenue ................................ 7:00 PM

January 29, 2002 ....................... Little Rock, Arkansas ................ University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, 2301 S. University Avenue.7:00 PM

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Date City Location Time

February 4, 2002 ....................... Athens, Texas ........................... Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center, 5550 Flat Creek Road

(Farm Road 2495).

7:00 PM

February 11, 2001 ..................... South Burlington, Vermont ....... Clarion Hotel, 1117 Williston Road ............................................. 7:00 PM

February 12, 2002 ..................... Watertown, New York ............... Dulles State Office Building, 317 Washington Street .................. 7:00 PM

February 13, 2002 ..................... Syracuse, New York ................. Sheraton University Hotel, 801 University Avenue ..................... 7:00 PM

February 19, 2002 ..................... Portland, Oregon ...................... Doubletree Hotel-Lloyd Center, 1000 NE Multnomah ................. 7:00 PM

Dated: December 13, 2001.

Marshall Jones,

Acting Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 01–31272 Filed 12–18–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337–TA–459]

In the Matter of Certain Garage Door

Operators Including Components

Thereof; Notice of Commission

Decision Not To Review an Initial

Determination Granting Complainant’s

Motion To Add a Respondent

AGENCY: International Trade

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the U.S. International Trade

Commission has determined not to

review an initial determination (‘‘ID’’)

issued by the presiding administrative

law judge (ALJ) in the above-captioned

investigation granting a motion to add

Martec Access Products, Inc. as a

respondent.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Liberman, Esq., Office of the

General Counsel, U.S. International

Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)

205–3115. Copies of the ALJ’s ID and all

other nonconfidential documents filed

in connection with this investigation are

or will be available for inspection

during official business hours (8:45 a.m.

to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the

Secretary, U.S. International Trade

Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)

205–2000. Hearing-impaired persons are

advised that information on this matter

can be obtained by contacting the

Commission’s TDD terminal on (202)

205–1810. General information

concerning the Commission may also be

obtained by accessing its Internet server

(http://www.usitc.gov). The public

record for this investigation may be

viewed on the Commission’s electronic

docket (EDIS–ON–LINE) at http://

dockets.usitc.gov/eol/public.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Commission instituted this investigation

on July 16, 2001, based on a complaint

filed by The Chamberlain Group, Inc.

against six entities: Linear Corporation,

Napoleon Spring Works, Inc., Lynx

Industries, Inc., Innovative Home

Products, Inc., Wayne-Dalton

Corporation, and Guardian Access

Corporation. 66 FR 37704 (2001).

Computime Limited was later added as

a respondent. The complaint alleges

violations of section 337 of the Tariff

Act of 1930 in the importation into the

United States, the sale for importation,

and/or the sale within the United States

after importation of certain garage door

operators by reason of infringement of

certain claims of complainant’s U.S.

Letters Patents Nos. Re. 35,364 and Re.

36,703.

On September 21, 2001, complainant

filed a motion for leave to amend the

complaint and notice of investigation to

add Martec Access Products, Inc. as a

respondent. On October 2, 2001, the

Commission investigative attorney filed

a response in support of complainant’s

motion to amend. On October 15, 2001,

respondent Wayne-Dalton Corporation

(‘‘Wayne-Dalton’’) filed a motion to

strike complainant’s motion to amend.

On October 25, 2001, complainant filed

a response to Wayne-Dalton’s motion to

strike complainant’s motion to amend.

On October 31, 2001, Wayne-Dalton

filed a motion for leave to reply to

complainant’s response to WayneDalton’s motion.

On November 26, 2001, the ALJ

granted complainant’s motion to amend

in the subject ID. On the same day the

ALJ denied respondent’s motion to

strike.

The authority for the Commission’s

determination is contained in section

337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in

§ 210.42 of the Commission’s rules of

practice and procedure (19 CFR 210.42).

Issued: December 13, 2001.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31254 Filed 12–18–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337–TA–454]

In the Matter of Certain Set-Top Boxes

and Components Thereof: Notice of a

Commission Determination Not To

Review an Initial Determination

Allowing an Amendment to the

Complaint

AGENCY: International Trade

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the U.S. International Trade

Commission has determined not to

review the presiding administrative law

judge’s (‘‘ALJ’s’’) initial determination

(‘‘ID’’) granting a motion to amend the

complaint in the above-captioned

investigation to add license agreements

and licensees.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Elizabeth Jones, Esq., Office of the

General Counsel, U.S. International

Trade Commission, telephone (202)

205–3106. Copies of the subject ID and

all other nonconfidential documents

filed in connection with this

investigation are or will be available for

inspection during official business

hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the

Office of the Secretary, U.S.

International Trade Commission, 500 E

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436,

telephone 202–205–2000. Hearingimpaired persons are advised that

information on this matter can be

obtained by contacting the

Commission’s TTD terminal on 202–

205–1810. General information

concerning the Commission may also be

obtained by accessing its Internet server

(http://www.usitc.gov). The public

record for this investigation may be

viewed on the Commission’s electronic

docket (EDIS–ON–LINE) at http://

dockets.usitc.gov/eol/public.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Commission instituted this investigation

on March 16, 2001, based on a

complaint by Gemstar-TV Guide

International, Inc. of Pasadena,

California, and StarSight Telecast, Inc.

of Fremont, California, alleging

violations of section 337 of the Tariff

Act of 1930 in the importation into the