10742 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 33 / Friday, February 16, 2001 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects in the

Possession of the Kootenai National

Forest, USDA-Forest Service, Libby,

MT.

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the possession of the Kootenai

National Forest, USDA-Forest Service,

Libby, MT.

This notice is published as part of the

National Park Service’s administrative

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR

10.2 (c). The determinations within this

notice are the sole responsibility of the

museum, institution, or Federal agency

that has control of these Native

American human remains and

associated funerary objects. The

National Park Service is not responsible

for the determinations within this

notice.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by the University of

Montana, Department of Anthropology

and the Kootenai National Forest

professional staff in consultation with

representatives of the Confederated

Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the

Flathead Reservation, Montana.

In 1998, human remains representing

one individual were recovered from a

draw-down zone of the Koocanusa

Reservoir located north of Murray Creek

in the Rexford District of the Kootenai

National Forest, Lincoln County, MT, by

an unknown individual. The remains

eroded out of the cut-bank of the

reservoir. No known individual was

identified. No associated funerary

objects are present.

Based on ethnographic, historical and

geographic information, the individual

has been identified as Native American.

The remains were determined to date to

the historic period. Oral history of the

Confederated Salish and Kootenai

Tribes indicates that the area from

where the remains were removed was

once inhabited by the Kootenai people.

The Kootenai people have a place name

for this specific area, which has been

handed down orally throughout

Kootenai history. The Hellgate Treaty of

1855 also recognizes this area as the

aboriginal territory of the Kootenai

people.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the Kootenai

National Forest, USDA-Forest Service

have determined that, pursuant to 43

CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains

listed above represent the physical

remains of one individual of Native

American ancestry. Officials of the

Kootenai National Forest, USDA-Forest

Service also have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a

relationship of shared group identity

that can be reasonably traced between

these Native American human remains

and the Confederated Salish and

Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead

Reservation, Montana.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai

Tribes of the Flathead Reservation,

Montana. Representatives of any other

Indian tribe that believes itself to be

culturally affiliated with these human

remains should contact Rebecca S.

Timmons, Forest Archaeologist,

Kootenai National Forest, 1101 US

Highway 2 West, Libby, MT 59923,

telephone (406) 293-6211, before March

17, 2001. Repatriation of the human

remains to the Confederated Salish and

Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead

Reservation, Montana may begin after

that date if no additional claimants

come forward.

Dated: January 10, 2001.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships

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BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing

its intention to request approval for the

collection of information for the

permanent program performance

standards—underground mining

activities at 30 CFR Part 817.

DATES: Comments on the proposed

information collection must be received

by April 17, 2001 to be assured of

consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

John A. Trelease, Office of Surface

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,

1951 Constitution Ave, NW., Room

210—SIB, Washington, DC 20240.

Comments may also be submitted

electronically to jtreleas@osmre.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request a copy of the information

collection request, explanatory

information and related form, contact

John A. Trelease, at (202) 208–2783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which

implementing provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13), require that interested

members of the public and affected

agencies have an opportunity to

comment on information collection and

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR

1320.8(d)). This notice identifies

information collections that OSM will

be submitting to OMB for extension.

These collections are contained in 30

CFR 817.

OSM has revised burden estimates,

where appropriate, to reflect current

reporting levels or adjustments based on

reestimates of burden or respondents.

OSM will request a 3-year term of

approval for this information collection

activity.

Comments are invited on: (1) The

need for the collection of information

for the performance of the functions of

the agency; (2) the accuracy of the

agency’s burden estimates; (3) ways to

enhance the quality, utility and clarity

of the information collection; and (4)

ways to minimize the information

collection burden on respondents, such

as use of automated means of collection

of the information. A summary of the

public comments will accompany

OSM’s submission of the information

collection request to OMB.

This notice provides the public with

60 days in which to comment on the

following information collection

activity:

Title: Permanent Program

Performance Standards—Underground

Mining Activities, 30 CFR Part 817.

OMB Control Number: 1029–0048.

Summary: Sections 515 and 516 of the

Surface Mining Control and

Reclamation Act of 1977 provide that

permittees conducting surface coal

mining operations with underground

mining activities shall meet all

applicable performance standards of the

Act. The information collected is used

by the regulatory authority in

monitoring and inspecting surface coal

mining activities to ensure that they are

conducted in compliance with the

requirements of the Act.

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Bureau Form Number: None.

Frequency of Collection: On occasion,

quarterly and annually.

Description of Respondents:

Underground coal mining operators.

Total Annual Responses: 20,745.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 95,443.

Dated: February 9, 2001.

Richard G. Bryson,

Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.

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BILLING CODE 4310–05–M

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 1205–5]

Proposed Modifications to the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States

AGENCY: United States International

Trade Commission.

ACTION: Additional proposed

amendments.

SUMMARY: On November 18, 1999, the

Commission instituted investigation No.

1205–5, Proposed Modifications to the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States, pursuant to section 1205

of the Omnibus Trade and

Competitiveness Act of 1988. Section

1205 directs the Commission to keep the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTS) under continuous

review and to recommend modifications

to the HTS (1) when amendments to the

International Convention on the

Harmonized Commodity Description

and Coding System (Harmonized

System), and the Protocol thereto, are

recommended by the World Customs

Organization (WCO) (formerly known as

the Customs Cooperation Council) for

adoption, and (2) as other circumstances

warrant. The Commission’s final report

will set forth the proposed changes and

indicate the necessary changes in the

HTS that would be needed to conform

the HTS to the international

nomenclature structure; the report will

also include other appropriate

explanatory information on the

proposed changes. A preliminary report

was submitted to the Office of the

United States Trade Representative in

March 2000. Since that time, the

Commission has been informed of

additional proposed amendments to the

HTS that should be included in the final

report.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 9, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Eugene A. Rosengarden, Director (202–

205–2592), Office of Tariff Affairs and

Trade Agreements, U.S. International

Trade Commission, Washington, DC

20436. Hearing impaired individuals are

advised that information on this

investigation can be obtained by

contacting the TDD terminal on (202)

205–1810.

Background

The majority of the changes proposed

in the Commission’s preliminary report

are the result of the work of the WCO

and its Harmonized System Committee

(HSC) to update and clarify the

Harmonized System nomenclature, as

part of the WCO’s long-term program to

review the nomenclature structure on a

formal basis. These proposed changes,

which are to become effective in January

2002, are available in the Office of the

Secretary, Room 112, United States

International Trade Commission, 500 E

Street SW, Washington, DC 20436

(telephone 202–205–2000) and are

posted on the Commission’s website

(http://www.usitc.gov). These changes

encompass all decisions taken by the

HSC since the implementation of the

last set of WCO modifications to the

Harmonized System, which were

effective as of January 1, 1996. Future

notices will be issued in this

investigation indicating the final

resolution of all matters and decisions

taken by the HSC during the course of

Commission consideration.

Other proposed changes included in

this investigation are requested by the

U.S. Customs Service, in order to clarify

the proper tariff classification and duty

treatment of particular goods due to

decisions of the Court of International

Trade, the HSC, or the US Customs

Service. These changes, including those

which are the subject of this notice, will

be treated separately in the

Commission’s final report.

The Commission has prepared nonauthoritative cross-reference tables in its

preliminary report to provide guidance

to potentially affected parties and to

show the likely existing and future tariff

classifications of the goods concerned.

The Customs Service has domestic legal

authority for tariff classification and

may provide information, both during

the course of the investigation and after

the Commission’s report is submitted,

that indicates different or additional

tariff classifications of some goods.

Moreover, the WCO will eventually

issue a cross-reference table under

Article 16 of the Harmonized System

Convention, indicating the agreed

international classifications (existing

and future) of the goods affected by the

proposed changes. The latter table may

be released later in the Commission’s

investigation, and differences between

international and domestic

classification of a few goods may be

suggested (in some cases due to

reservations filed by WCO member

countries or to theoretical or asserted

classifications for some goods). Thus,

the classifications shown in the

Commission’s cross-reference tables

may be subject to change in the final

report.

Additional Proposed Amendments to

the HTS

In addition to the changes to the HTS

already proposed in the Commission’s

preliminary report and in the Federal

Register of December 29, 2001 (65 FR

83032), the following changes are also

proposed, in order to correct an error

made during the conversion of the

former Tariff Schedules of the United

States (TSUS) to the format of the

Harmonized System. These new

proposed changes are set out below.

(1) Subheading 4015.11.00: Delete the

expression ‘‘and medical’’ from the

Article Description. Renumber the

subheading as 4015.11.01 to reflect a

change in its scope.

(2) Subheadings 4015.19.10 and

4015.19.50: Delete and substitute the

following:

[Articles of apparel and clothing. . .]

[Gloves]:

[Other]:.

‘‘4015.19.05 Medical .......................................................... Free ................................................................................... 25%

Other:.

4015.19.10 Seamless .................................................... 3% Free (A,CA,E,IL,J,MX) 25%

4015.19.50 Other .......................................................... 14% Free (A+,CA,D,E,IL,J,MX)’’ 75%