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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 148 / Wednesday, August 3, 2005 / Notices
John
C. Kalitka, Office of Policy, Import
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Room 3712, 14th Street and
Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC
20230, (202) 482–2730.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: July 28, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Evaluation of
NOAA’s Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Education and Training Programs
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before October 3, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6625,
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at dHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Shannon Sprague, 410–267–
5664 or shannon.sprague@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
In 2002 the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
began administering the Bay Watershed
Education and Training (B–WET)
Program to offer competitive grants to
support implementation of the
Chesapeake 2000 Agreement. This will
be achieved by promoting success on
the agreement’s significant goal for
education and outreach: Beginning with
the class of 2005, provide a meaningful
Bay or stream outdoor experience for
every school student in the watershed
before graduation from high school.
(Chesapeake 2000 Agreement).
The B–WET Program funding, over $2
million per year, assists school
jurisdictions in providing ‘‘Meaningful
Watershed Educational Experiences’’
(MWEEs) to all students before they
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graduate from high school. B–WET
funding is awarded to organizations that
provide MWEEs directly to students and
to organizations that provide
professional development to teachers,
training them to conduct MWEEs with
their students. For FY2005, 32
organizations, including non-profits,
school districts, state agencies, and
universities, are funded to provide
MWEEs to over 27,000 students and
professional development to over 2,000
teachers.
Through this evaluation, NOAA seeks
to learn how B–WET-funded programs
implement MWEEs and what outcomes
are being achieved. In particular, the
information collected will determine
whether B–WET-funded MWEE
programs are improving students’
stewardship and academic achievement
and building teachers’ confidence in
implementing MWEEs with their
students. The evaluation’s results will
be used by NOAA B–WET managers to
document the effects of currentlyfunded programs, inform future funding
decisions, and identify critical ‘‘lessons
learned’’ to share with national
education communities. The
instruments developed as part of this
initial evaluation will also be made
available to B–WET Program providers
for their use in monitoring their
individual programs’ effectiveness.
II. Method of Collection
Depending on the response group,
either paper questionnaires, electronic
questionnaires, or telephone interviews
are required from participants, and
methods of submittal include Internet
and postal service transmission of paper
forms.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0648–0530.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; not-for-profit institutions;
and state, local, or tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
7,427.
Estimated Time Per Response: 0.5
hours for students; 0.33 hours for
teachers; 1 hour for program providers;
0.33 hours for professional development
teachers; 1 hour for professional
development program providers; and
0.33 hours for past professional
development teachers.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 4,838.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
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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.
such socks. The current limit on socks
expires on October 28, 2005. The
Committee hereby solicits public
comments on this request, in particular
with regard to whether imports from
China of such socks are, due to market
disruption and/or the threat of market
disruption, threatening to impede the
orderly development of trade in this
product. Comments must be submitted
by September 2, 2005 to the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of
Textile Agreements, Room 3001A,
United States Department of Commerce,
14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay
Dowling, Office of Textiles and Apparel,
U.S. Department of Commerce, (202)
482-4058.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: July 28, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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BACKGROUND:
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COMMITTEE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE
AGREEMENTS
Solicitation of Public Comments on
Request for Textile and Apparel
Safeguard Action on Imports from
China
August 1, 2005.
The Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(the Committee)
ACTION: Solicitation of public comments
concerning a request for safeguard
action on imports from China of cotton,
wool, and man-made fiber socks
(Category 332/432 and 632 Part).
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On July 8, 2005, the
Committee received a request from the
Domestic Manufacturers Committee of
The Hosiery Association, the American
Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition,
the National Council of Textile
Organizations, and the National Textile
Association requesting that the
Committee reapply the limit on imports
from China of cotton, wool, and manmade socks (Category 332/432 and 632
Part). They request that a textile and
apparel safeguard action, as provided
for in the Report of the Working Party
on the Accession of China to the World
Trade Organization (the Accession
Agreement), be reapplied on imports of
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Authority: Section 204 of the Agriculture
Act of 1956, as amended; Executive Order
11651, as amended.
The Report of the Working Party on
the Accession of China to the World
Trade Organization (WTO) provides
that, if a WTO Member, such as the
United States, believes that imports of
Chinese origin textile and apparel
products are, ‘‘due to market disruption,
threatening to impede the orderly
development of trade in these
products’’, it may request consultations
with China with a view to easing or
avoiding the disruption. Pursuant to this
provision, if the United States requests
consultations with China, it must, at the
time of the request, provide China with
a detailed factual statement showing (1)
the existence or threat of market
disruption; and (2) the role of products
of Chinese origin in that disruption.
Beginning on the date that it receives
such a request, China must restrict its
shipments to the United States to a level
no greater than 7.5 percent (6 percent
for wool product categories) above the
amount entered during the first 12
months of the most recent 14 months
preceding the month in which the
request was made.
The Committee has published
procedures (the Procedures) it follows
in considering requests for Accession
Agreement textile and apparel safeguard
actions (68 FR 27787, May 21, 2003; 68
FR 49440, August 18, 2003), including
the information that must be included
in such requests in order for the
Committee to consider them.
On July 8, 2005, the Committee
received a request that an Accession
Agreement textile and apparel safeguard
action be reapplied on imports from
China of cotton, wool, and man-made
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fiber socks (Category 332/432 and 632
Part). The Committee has determined
that this request provides the
information necessary for the
Committee to consider the request in
light of the considerations set forth in
the Procedures. The text of the request
is available at https://otexa.ita.doc.gov/
Safeguard05.htm.
The Committee is soliciting public
comments on this request, in particular
with regard to whether imports from
China of such socks are, due to market
disruption and/or the threat of market
disruption, threatening to impede the
orderly development of trade in this
product.
Comments may be submitted by any
interested person. Comments must be
received no later than September 2,
2005. Interested persons are invited to
submit ten copies of such comments to
the Chairman, Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements,
Room 3001A, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th and Constitution
Avenue N.W., Washington, DC 20230.
If a comment alleges that there is no
market disruption or that the subject
imports are not the cause of market
disruption, the Committee will closely
review any supporting information and
documentation, such as information
about domestic production or prices of
like or directly competitive products.
Particular consideration will be given to
comments representing the views of
actual producers in the United States of
a like or directly competitive product.
The Committee will protect any
business confidential information that is
marked ‘‘business confidential’’ from
disclosure to the full extent permitted
by law. To the extent that business
confidential information is provided,
two copies of a non-confidential version
must also be provided in which
business confidential information is
summarized or, if necessary, deleted.
Comments received, with the exception
of information marked ‘‘business
confidential’’, will be available for
inspection between Monday - Friday,
8:30 a.m and 5:30 p.m in the Trade
Reference and Assistance Center Help
Desk, Suite 800M, USA Trade
Information Center, Ronald Reagan
Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW, Washington, DC, (202) 482-3433.
The Committee expects to make a
determination within 60 calendar days
of the close of the comment period as
to whether the United States will
request consultations with China. If,
however, the Committee is unable to
make a determination within 60
calendar days, it will cause to be
published a notice in the Federal
Register, including the date by which it
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Evaluation of
NOAA's Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training Programs
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
ACTION: Notice.
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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.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before October 3, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th
and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet
at dHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Shannon Sprague, 410-267-5664 or
shannon.sprague@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
In 2002 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
began administering the Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET)
Program to offer competitive grants to support implementation of the
Chesapeake 2000 Agreement. This will be achieved by promoting success
on the agreement's significant goal for education and outreach:
Beginning with the class of 2005, provide a meaningful Bay or stream
outdoor experience for every school student in the watershed before
graduation from high school. (Chesapeake 2000 Agreement).
The B-WET Program funding, over $2 million per year, assists school
jurisdictions in providing ``Meaningful Watershed Educational
Experiences'' (MWEEs) to all students before they graduate from high
school. B-WET funding is awarded to organizations that provide MWEEs
directly to students and to organizations that provide professional
development to teachers, training them to conduct MWEEs with their
students. For FY2005, 32 organizations, including non-profits, school
districts, state agencies, and universities, are funded to provide
MWEEs to over 27,000 students and professional development to over
2,000 teachers.
Through this evaluation, NOAA seeks to learn how B-WET-funded
programs implement MWEEs and what outcomes are being achieved. In
particular, the information collected will determine whether B-WET-
funded MWEE programs are improving students' stewardship and academic
achievement and building teachers' confidence in implementing MWEEs
with their students. The evaluation's results will be used by NOAA B-
WET managers to document the effects of currently-funded programs,
inform future funding decisions, and identify critical ``lessons
learned'' to share with national education communities. The instruments
developed as part of this initial evaluation will also be made
available to B-WET Program providers for their use in monitoring their
individual programs' effectiveness.
II. Method of Collection
Depending on the response group, either paper questionnaires,
electronic questionnaires, or telephone interviews are required from
participants, and methods of submittal include Internet and postal
service transmission of paper forms.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0648-0530.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; not-for-profit
institutions; and state, local, or tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 7,427.
Estimated Time Per Response: 0.5 hours for students; 0.33 hours for
teachers; 1 hour for program providers; 0.33 hours for professional
development teachers; 1 hour for professional development program
providers; and 0.33 hours for past professional development teachers.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,838.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
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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.
Dated: July 28, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-15264 Filed 8-2-05; 8:45 am]
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