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4. Establishing methodology for

offsetting cost of producing selfemployment income—7 CFR 273.10. In

accordance with Section 5(d)(9) of the

Act, 7 U.S.C. 2014(d)(9), the gross

amount of self-employment income is

reduced by the cost of producing such

income. Section 5(m) of the Act, 7

U.S.C. 2014(m), as amended by section

812 of PRWORA, allows State agencies

to use a reasonable estimate of selfemployment costs rather than actual

costs to compute net income from selfemployment provided the method will

not increase program costs. Requests to

use such estimates must be submitted to

FNS and must include a description of

the proposed method; the number, type

and percent of households affected; and

documentation indicating that the

procedure would not increase Program

costs. We estimate that 10 State agencies

will submit requests of this type each

year for the next three years. It is

estimated that these States will incur a

one-time burden of at least 10 working

hours gathering and analyzing data,

developing the methodology,

determining the cost implication, and

submitting a request to FNS for a total

burden of 100 hours annually. State

agencies are not required to periodically

review their approved methodologies.

We do not anticipate that State agencies

will voluntarily review their

methodologies for change on a regular

basis, thus burden is not being assessed

for this purpose at this time.

Affected Public: State and local

governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

53.

Estimated Number of Responses: 93.

Estimated Annual Burden on

Respondents: 250.

Dated: February 8, 2001.

George A. Braley,

Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition

Service.

[FR Doc. 01–3820 Filed 2–14–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–201–822]

Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils

From Mexico; Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review; Time Limits

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time

limits.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is extending the time

limits for the preliminary results of the

1999–2000 administrative review of the

antidumping duty order (A–201–822) on

stainless steel sheet and strip in coils

from Mexico. This review covers one

manufacturer/exporter of the subject

merchandise to the United States and

the period January 4, 1999 through June

30, 2000.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 15, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah Scott at (202) 482–2657 or

Robert James at (202) 482–0649,

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Enforcement Group III, Office Eight,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,

DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because it

is not practicable to complete these

reviews within the normal statutory

time limit, the Department is extending

the time limits for completion of the

preliminary results until July 31, 2001

in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A)

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

See Memorandum from Richard O.

Weible to Joseph A. Spetrini, on file in

Room B–099 of the main Commerce

building. The deadline for the final

results of this review will continue to be

120 days after publication of the

preliminary results.

This extension is in accordance with

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

1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675

(a)(3)(A) (2000)).

Dated: February 8, 2001.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD

Enforcement Group III.

[FR Doc. 01–3875 Filed 2–14–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Application for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instrument

Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the

Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.

L. 89–651; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part

301), we invite comments on the

question of whether an instrument of

equivalent scientific value, for the

purposes for which the instrument

shown below is intended to be used, is

being manufactured in the United

States.

Comments must comply with 15 CFR

301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and

be filed within 20 days with the

Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

D.C. 20230. Applications may be

examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5 P.M.

in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

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

Docket Number: 01–005. Applicant:

Pennsylvania State University, Physics

Department, 104 Davey Laboratory,

University Park, PA 16802–6300.

Instrument: Dilution Refrigerator and

Superconducting Magnet System,

Models 126–250 TOF and 6T–76–H3.

Manufacturer: Leiden Cryogenics B.V.,

The Netherlands. Intended Use: The

instrument is intended to be used to

carry out electrical, magnetic and

thermodynamic measurements at the

lowest possible temperature and under

a magnetic field up to 6 Tesla, of

metallic systems infiltrated into ordered

porous media. It is possible that these

studies will also bring forth new

application and further reduce the sizes

of electronic devices in the future.

Application accepted by Commissioner

of Customs: January 30, 2001.

Gerald A. Zerdy,

Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs

Staff.

[FR Doc. 01–3876 Filed 2–14–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 010501A]

Marine Mammals; File No. 545-1562-00

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Olga von Ziegesar, North Gulf Oceanic

Society, P.O. Box 15191, Homer, Alaska

99603, has been issued a permit to take

humpback whales (Megaptera

novaeangliae) for purposes of scientific

research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following office(s):

Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-

2289); and

Regional Administrator, Alaska

Region, NMFS, 709 West 9th Street, 4th

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Floor, Juneau, Alaska 99801, (907/586-

7221).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill

Lewandowski or Trevor Spradlin, 301/

713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 9, 2000, notice was published

in the Federal Register (65 FR 6360)

that a request for a scientific research

permit to take humpback whales had

been submitted by the above-named

Olga von Ziegesar, North Gulf Oceanic

Society. The requested permit has been

issued under the authority of the Marine

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the

Regulations Governing the Taking and

Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531

et seq.), and the regulations governing

the taking, importing, and exporting of

endangered and threatened species (50

CFR parts 222-226).

Issuance of this permit, as required by

the ESA, was based on a finding that

such permit (1) was applied for in good

faith, (2) will not operate to the

disadvantage of the endangered species

which is the subject of this permit, and

(3) is consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the

ESA.

Dated: February 9, 2001.

Eugene T. Nitta,

Acting Chief, Permits Division, Office of

Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 01–3868 Filed 2–14–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 121300A]

National Plan of Action for the

Conservation and Management of

Sharks

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability of final

plan; response to public comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the

availability of the final National Plan of

Action (NPOA) developed pursuant to

the endorsement of the International

Plan of Action (IPOA) for the

Conservation and Management of

Sharks by the United Nations’ Food and

Agriculture Organization Committee on

Fisheries (COFI) Ministerial Meeting in

February 1999. NMFS prepared this

final plan based on consultation with

scientific and technical experts, and

certain Federal and state agencies, and

comments from members of the public.

Response to public comments on the

draft NPOA is provided.

ADDRESSES: Written requests for copies

of the final NPOA should be sent to

Margo Schulze-Haugen, Highly

Migratory Species Management Division

(F/SF1), National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), 1315 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, or

may be sent via facsimile (fax) to 301-

713-1917.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Margo Schulze-Haugen or Karyl

Brewster-Geisz, (301) 713-2347; fax

(301) 713-1917.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Noting the

increased concern about the expanding

catches of sharks and their potential

negative impacts on shark populations,

the IPOA calls on member nations to

voluntarily develop national plans to

ensure the conservation and

management of sharks for their longterm sustainable use by applying the

precautionary approach. Member

nations are encouraged to develop and

implement an NPOA if their vessels

conduct directed fisheries for sharks or

if their vessels regularly catch sharks

incidentally in fisheries for other

species. Specifically, the IPOA calls on

member nations to ensure that shark

catches from directed and incidental

fisheries are sustainable; assess threats

to shark populations; protect critical

habitats; provide special attention to

vulnerable or threatened shark stocks;

minimize unutilized incidental catches

of sharks; encourage full use of dead

sharks; improve species-specific catch

and landings data and monitoring of

shark catches; and consult with

stakeholders in research, management,

and educational initiatives within and

between member nations. The United

States committed to developing this

national plan, and reporting on its

implementation to COFI, no later than

the 25th COFI session in February 2001.

A proposed schedule, outline,

background, and rationale were

published in the Federal Register on

September 30, 1999 (64 FR 52772). A

revised schedule was published in the

Federal Register on March 27, 2000 (65

FR 16186). A notice of availability of the

draft NPOA was published in the

Federal Register on August 4, 2000 (65

FR 47968); the comment period ended

September 30, 2000.

Comments and Responses

Comment 1: The NPOA is not a plan

of action at all; it fails to commit to a

strategy for action with clearly

articulated short and long-term goals,

priorities, time frames, responsible

management entities, and funding.

Response: The NPOA was developed

by NMFS to fulfill the national

responsibility of the United States.

NMFS’ goal in the NPOA is to establish

a process where the various entities in

the United States work cooperatively to

fulfill the objectives of the IPOA. The

authority under which NMFS operates

is the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act

(Magnuson-Stevens Act), which calls for

the conservation and management of

living marine resources, including

sharks, and establishes requirements

and deadlines for rebuilding plans for

overfished species. The MagnusonStevens Act does not give NMFS the

authority to ‘‘require’’ Regional Fishery

Management Councils (Councils) to take

a specific action for those species of

sharks that are not under direct agency

management. While it is true that the

agency may prepare a new fishery

management plan (FMP) or amend an

existing FMP if the appropriate Council

fails to develop, after a reasonable

period of time, necessary management

measures, it is preferable that the

appropriate Council act first.

Additionally, NMFS has no authority

to review or direct Interstate Fisheries

Commissions (Commissions) or coastal

States to take action(s) regarding shark

conservation and management. Thus,

NMFS will work cooperatively with

Councils, Commissions, and States and

encourage them to take action to ensure

the conservation and management of

sharks and their long-term sustainable

use.

Nevertheless, the final NPOA for

sharks does provide policy guidance to

Councils, Commissions, and States to

conduct an initial assessment within 2

years of completion of this NPOA (if

such assessment is not already done) to

determine if the fisheries under their

jurisdiction are sustainable so that

NMFS may incorporate that information

into the biennial report to COFI in 2003.

If shark conservation and management

measures are found to be necessary, the

final NPOA provides further policy

guidance to responsible management

entities to develop fishery-specific

measures within 2 years, with reporting

to NMFS by September 2004 so that that

information may be incorporated into

the biennial report to COFI in 2005. For

any fisheries that are under the

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Act