60 Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 1 / Wednesday, January 2, 2002 / Notices 

1 through December 31, 1999 (66 FR 

64214). On December 10, 2001, we 

received a timely filed ministerial error 

allegation. Based on our analysis of this 

information, the Department of 

Commerce has revised the net subsidy 

rate for N. Puglisi & F. Industria Paste 

Alimentari S.p.A.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 2, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meg 

Weems or Craig Matney, AD/CVD 

Enforcement, Group I, Office 1, Import 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Room 1870, 14th Street and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–2613 or 

482–1778, respectively. 

Corrections 

N. Puglisi & F. Industria Paste 

Alimentari S.p.A. (‘‘Puglisi’’) 

On December 10, 2001, respondent 

Puglisi timely filed a ministerial error 

allegation. Puglisi states that, with 

respect to a Law 64/86 industrial 

development loan (‘‘IDL’’), the 

Department of Commerce (‘‘the 

Department’’) failed to deduct loan 

guarantee payments from the gross loan 

subsidy received by Puglisi during the 

period of review, resulting in a clerical 

error. Puglisi further explains that the 

Department added the loan guarantee 

payments to the ‘‘total amount of 

interest and fee payments made’’ and 

then again added the loan guarantee 

payments to the ‘‘total benchmark 

interest and fees,’’ thereby nullifying the 

deduction of these fees from the 

countervailable subsidy. Puglisi 

suggests that the clerical error be 

corrected by either not including the 

annual fee payments in the ‘‘benchmark 

interest and fee amounts,’’ or by 

deducting the annual fee payments from 

the gross countervailable subsidy for the 

loan. The petitioner has not commented 

on this ministerial error allegation. 

We agree with Puglisi that the 

Department miscalculated the duty rate 

for one of Puglisi’s Law 64/86 IDLs by 

inadvertently nullifying the deduction 

of the loan guarantee fees from the 

countervailable subsidy. We have 

corrected this error for the amended 

final results by deducting the annual fee 

payments from the ‘‘total interest and 

fee payments made,’’ while excluding 

them from the ‘‘benchmark interest and 

fee amounts.’’

In the final results, we specified a 

total duty rate of 7.18 percent for 

Puglisi. In calculating this rate, we 

erroneously calculated the subsidy rate 

for Puglisi’s Law 64/86 IDL to be 0.14 

percent. The Law 64/86 IDL subsidy rate 

should have been 0.08 percent. 

Amended Final Results of Review 

Pursuant to the Department’s 

regulations at 19 CFR 351.224(e), we 

correct the ad valorem rate for Puglisi to 

be 7.12 percent. 

The Department will instruct the 

Customs Service (‘‘Customs’’) to assess 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 

entries on or after January 1, 1999, and 

on or before December 31, 1999. The 

Department will issue liquidation 

instructions directly to Customs. The 

amended cash deposit requirements are 

effective for all shipments of the subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the date of publication of this 

notice and shall remain in effect until 

publication of the final results of the 

next administrative review. 

This amendment to the final results of 

the countervailing duty administrative 

review is in accordance with section 

751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act, as amended, 

(19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1), 19 CFR 351.213, 

and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5)).

Dated: December 26, 2001. 

Richard W. Moreland, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for, Import 

Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–32247 Filed 12–31–01; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 122701A]

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Deep Seabed 

Mining Regulations for Exploration 

Licenses

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

ACTION: Notice.

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, Pub. 

L. 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before March 4, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Madeleine Clayton, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6086, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington DC 20230 (or via Internet at 

MClayton@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Joseph P. Flanagan at 301-

713-3155, ext. 201 (or via Internet at 

joseph.flanagan@noaa.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

NOAA regulations at 15 CFR 970 

govern the issuing and monitoring of 

exploration licenses under the Deep 

Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act. 

Persons seeking a license must submit 

certain information that allows NOAA 

to ensure the applicant meets the 

standards of the Act. Persons with 

licenses are required to conduct 

monitoring and make reports, and they 

may request revisions to or transfers of 

licenses.

II. Method of Collection

Paper submissions are used.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0648-0145.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 2.

Estimated Time Per Response: 2000-

4000 hours per application (no 

applications are expected) and 20 hours 

per report.

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 40.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $120.

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.

Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 1 / Wednesday, January 2, 2002 / Notices 61

Dated: December 21, 2001.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–32239 Filed 12–31–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 072401A]

Small Takes of Marine Mammals 

Incidental to Specified Activities; 

Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental 

to Power Plant Operations

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of a renewal 

of a Letter of Authorization.

SUMMARY: In accordance with provisions 

of the Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA) as amended, notification is 

hereby given that a Letter of 

Authorization (LOA) to unintentionally 

take small numbers of pinnipeds 

incidental to routine operations of the 

Seabrook Station nuclear power plant, 

Seabrook, NH (Seabrook Station) has 

been issued to the North Atlantic Energy 

Service Corporation (North Atlantic).

DATES: Effective from October 19, 2001, 

until June 26, 2002.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the application, 

Environmental Assessment, LOA, and 

other materials used in this document 

are available by writing to Donna 

Wieting, Chief, Marine Mammal 

Conservation Division, Office of 

Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910–3225, or by telephoning one of 

the contacts listed here.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Simona Perry Roberts, (301) 713–2322, 

ext 106; Jonathan Wendland, (978) 281–

9146.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Sections 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA 

(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct the 

Secretary of Commerce to allow, upon 

request, the incidental, but not 

intentional taking of small numbers of 

marine mammals by U.S. citizens who 

engage in a specified activity (other than 

commercial fishing) within a specified 

geographical region if certain findings 

are made and regulations are issued.

Permission may be granted for periods 

of 5 years or less if NMFS finds that the 

taking will have no more than a 

negligible impact on the species or 

stock(s), will not have an unmitigable 

adverse impact on the availability of the 

species or stock(s) for subsistence uses, 

and if regulations are prescribed setting 

forth the permissible method of taking 

and the requirements pertaining to the 

monitoring and reporting of such taking.

Five-year regulations (effective from 

July 1, 1999 through June 30, 2004), 

including mitigation, monitoring, and 

reporting requirements, for the 

incidental taking of harbor seals (Phoca 

vitulina), gray seals (Halichoerus 

grypus), harp seals (Phoca 

groenlandica), and hooded seals 

(Cystophora cristata) by U.S. citizens 

engaged in power plant operations at 

the Seabrook Station nuclear power 

plant, Seabrook, NH are set out in 50 

CFR 216.130 through.137.

Summary of Request

NMFS received a request from North 

Atlantic in June 2001 for renewal of 

their LOA, which expired on July 2, 

2000, to lethally take 20 harbor seals 

and 4 of any combination of gray, harp, 

and hooded seals incidental to power 

plant operations at Seabrook Station.

Permissible Methods of Taking

According to 50 CFR 216.132, LOAs 

issued to North Atlantic for Seabrook 

Station authorize the incidental, but not 

intentional, take of harbor, gray, harp, 

and hooded seals in the course of 

operating the station’s intake cooling 

water system. For a more complete 

description of the intake systems 

utilized at Seabrook Station please refer 

to the final rule (64 FR 28114, May 25, 

1999).

Mitigation Requirements

NMFS, in the May 25, 1999, final rule 

(64 FR 28114), allowed North Atlantic 

to use the 5-year authorization period 

(July 1, 1999 through June 30, 2004) to 

fully explore any feasible mitigation 

methods, and if methods were not found 

to be suitable, to explore and undertake, 

in conjunction with NMFS, steps to 

promote the conservation of the 

population of Gulf of Maine seals as a 

whole.

Monitoring and Reporting 

Requirements

Monitoring under the renewed LOA 

must include: (1) twice daily visual 

inspection of the circulating water and 

service water forebays; (2) daily 

inspections of the intake transition 

structure from April 1 through 

December 1, unless weather conditions 

prevent safe access to the structure; (3) 

screen washings once per day during 

the peak months of seal takes and twice 

a week during non-peak months of seal 

takes; and, (4) examination of the screen 

wash debris to determine if any seal 

remains are present.

Seal takes must be reported to NMFS 

through both oral and written 

notification. NMFS must be notified via 

telephone by the close of business on 

the next day following the discovery of 

any marine mammal or marine mammal 

parts. Written notification to NMFS 

must be made within 30 days and must 

include the results of any examinations 

conducted by qualified members of the 

Marine Mammal Stranding Network as 

well as any other information relating to 

the take.

National Environmental Policy Act

NMFS issued an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) in 1998, in 

conjunction with the notice of proposed 

authorization. As a result of the findings 

made in the EA, NMFS concluded that 

implementation of either the preferred 

alternative or other identified 

alternatives would not have a significant 

impact on the human environment. 

Therefore, preparation of an 

environmental impact statement on 

these actions was not required by 

Section 102(2) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act or its 

implementing regulations. Copies of the 

1998 EA and the Finding of No 

Significant Impact are available upon 

request (see ADDRESSES).

Determinations

NMFS has determined (see 64 FR 

28114, May 25, 1999) that the taking of 

up to 20 harbor seals and 4 of any 

combination of gray, harp, and hooded 

seals, annually from July 1, 1999, 

through June 30, 2004, will have no 

more than a negligible impact (as 

defined in 50 CFR 216.3) on these stocks 

of marine mammals. The best scientific 

information available indicates that 

since 1981, the Western North Atlantic 

harbor seal stock has had an average 

annual rate of increase of 4.2 percent 

(Waring et al., 2000). In addition, the 

Western North Atlantic stocks of gray, 

harp, and hooded seals also appear to be 

increasing in abundance (Waring et al., 

1999, 2000). The small number of takes 

at Seabrook Station relative to current 

population estimates is unlikely to 

reduce the rate of population growth for 

any of these pinniped stocks.

According to North Atlantic reports 

received in NMFS’ Northeast Region, no 

seals have been entrapped since the 

installation of Seal Deterrent Barriers in 

August 1999.