Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection, 72606-72607 [E5-6886]

Download as PDF 72606 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 233 / Tuesday, December 6, 2005 / Notices • DEIS Comment Period—March– April, 2006. • FEIS and ROD—June 2006. Comment Requested This notice of intent initiates the scoping process which guides the development of the environmental impact statement. Comments are due by January 9, 2006. A draft environmental impact statement will be prepared for comment. The comment period on the draft EIS is expected to be from mid-March through April of 2006. This date will be established when the Environmental Protection Agency publishes the notice of availability in the Federal Register. The Forest Service believes, at this early stage, it is important to give reviewers notice of several court rulings related to public participation in the environmental review process. First, reviewers of draft environmental impact statements must structure their participation in the environmental review of the proposal so that it is meaningful and alerts an agency to the reviewer’s position and contentions. Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553 (1978). Also, environmental objections that could be raised at the draft environmental impact statement stage but that are not raised until after completion of the final environmental impact statement may be waived or dismissed by the courts. City of Angoon v. Hodel, 803 F.2d 1016, 1022 (9th Cir. 1986) and Wisconsin Heritages, Inc. v. Harris, 490 F. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D. Wis. 1980). Because of these court rulings, it is very important that those interested in this proposed action participate by the close of the [enter correct time period] comment period so that substantive comments and objections are made available to the Forest Service at a time when it can meaningfully consider them and respond to them in the final environmental impact statement. To assist the Forest Service in identifying and considering issues and concerns on the proposed action, comments on the draft environmental impact statement should be as specific as possible. It is also helpful if comments refer to specific pages or chapters of the draft statement. Comments may also address the adequacy of the draft environmental impact statement or the merits of the alternatives formulated and discussed in the statement. Reviewers may wish to refer to the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act at 40 CFR 1503.3 in addressing these points. VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:44 Dec 05, 2005 Jkt 205001 Reviewers may wish to refer to the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act at 40 CFR 1503.3 in addressing these points. Comments received, including the names and addresses of those who comment, will be considered part of the public record on this proposal and will be available for public inspection. (Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Section 21) Dated: November 29, 2005. Kevin Riordan, Forest Supervisor. [FR Doc. 05–23605 Filed 12–5–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–11–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Business-Cooperative Service Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA. ACTION: Proposed collection; comments requested. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Rural BusinessCooperative Service’s intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of the program for the 1890 Land Grant Institutions Rural Entrepreneurial Program Outreach Initiative. DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by February 6, 2006 to be considered. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Edgar L. Lewis, Program Manager, Rural Development, USDA, STOP 3252, Room 4221, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–3252. Telephone: (202) 690–3407, E-mail: edgar.lewis@wdc.usda.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 1890 Land Grant Institutions Rural Entrepreneurial Program Outreach Initiative. OMB Number: 0570–0041. Expiration Date of Approval: March 31, 2006. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information collection. Abstract: The purpose of the 1890 Land Grant Institutions Rural Entrepreneurial Program Outreach Initiative is to provide technical PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 assistance for business creation in economically challenged rural communities, for educational programs to develop and improve upon the professional skills of rural entrepreneurs, and for outreach and promotion of USDA Rural Development’s programs in small rural communities with the greatest economic need. This initiative seeks to create a working partnership between USDA Rural Development and the 1890 Institutions through cooperative agreements. Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection is estimated to average 15 minutes to 15 hours per response. Respondents: Only 1890 Land Grant Institutions of Higher Education and Tuskegee University. Estimated Number of Respondents: 18. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 17. Estimated Number of Responses: 297. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 762 hours. Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Cheryl Thompson, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch (202) 692–0043. Comments Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of Rural Development, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of Rural Development’s estimate of the burden to collect the required information, including the validity of the strategy used; (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 those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments on the paperwork burden may be sent to Cheryl Thompson, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP 0742, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–0742. All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. E:\FR\FM\06DEN1.SGM 06DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 233 / Tuesday, December 6, 2005 / Notices Dated: November 30, 2005. Roberta D. Purcell, Acting Administrator, Rural BusinessCooperative Service. [FR Doc. E5–6886 Filed 12–5–05; 8:45 am] Act’’), respectively. See Notice of Initiation of Five-year (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews, 70 FR 75 (January 3, 2005). As a result of its reviews, the Department found that revocation of the AD orders would likely lead to continuation or BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P recurrence of dumping and that revocation of the CVD orders would be likely to lead to continuation or DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE recurrence of subsidization, and notified the ITC of the margins of dumping and International Trade Administration the subsidy rates likely to prevail were (A–533–817, C–533–818, A–560–805, C–560– the orders to be revoked. See Certain 806, A–475–826, C–475–827, A–588–847, A– Cut–To-Length Carbon–Quality Steel 580–836, C–580–837) Plate from France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, and the Republic of Korea; Continuation of Antidumping and Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Cut–to-Length Carbon–Quality Steel Orders, 70 FR 45655 (August 8, 2005); Plate from India, Indonesia, Italy, Final Results of Expedited Sunset Japan, and Korea Review of Countervailing Duty Order: AGENCY: Import Administration, Certain Cut–To-Length Carbon–Quality International Trade Administration, Steel Plate From India, 70 FR 45691 Department of Commerce. (August 8, 2005); Final Results of SUMMARY: As a result of the Expedited Sunset Review of determinations by the Department of Countervailing Duty Order: Certain Cut– Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) and the To-Length Carbon–Quality Steel Plate International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’) From Indonesia, 70 FR 45692 (August 8, that revocation of the antidumping 2005); Final Results of Expedited Sunset (‘‘AD’’) orders on certain cut–to-length Review of Countervailing Duty Order: carbon–quality steel plate (‘‘CTL Plate’’) Certain Cut–To-Length Carbon–Quality from India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, and Steel Plate From Italy, 70 FR 45694 Korea would likely lead to continuation (August 8, 2005), Final Results of or recurrence of dumping; that Expedited Sunset Review of revocation of the countervailing duty Countervailing Duty Order: Certain Cut– (‘‘CVD’’) orders on CTL Plate from India, To-Length Carbon–Quality Steel Plate Indonesia, Italy, and Korea would likely From Korea, 70 FR 45689 (August 8, 2005), (collectively, ‘‘Final Results’’). lead to continuation or recurrence of a On November 28, 2005, the ITC countervailable subsidy; and that determined that revocation of the AD revocation of these AD and CVD orders orders on CTL Plate from India, would likely lead to a continuation or Indonesia, Italy, Japan, and Korea and recurrence of material injury to an CVD orders on CTL Plate from India, industry in the United States, the Indonesia, Italy and Korea, would be Department is publishing this notice of likely to lead to continuation or continuation of these AD and CVD recurrence of material injury within a orders. reasonably foreseeable time. See Cut–toEFFECTIVE DATE: December 6, 2005. Length Carbon–Quality Steel Plate From FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Roberto Facundus (AD orders), Darla and Korea, 70 FR 71331 (November 28, Brown (CVD orders), or David 2005) (‘‘ITC Determination’’) and USITC Goldberger, AD/CVD Operations, Import Publication 3816 (October 2005), Administration, International Trade entitled Cut–To-Length Carbon Steel Administration, U.S. Department of Plate from France, India, Indonesia, Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Italy, Japan, and Korea (Investigation Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; Nos. 701–TA–388–391 and 731–TA– telephone: (202) 482–3464, (202) 482– 816–821 (Review)). 2849, or (202) 482–4136, respectively. Scope of the Orders SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The merchandise covered by the AD Background and CVD orders is certain hot–rolled carbon–quality steel: (1) Universal mill On January 3, 2005, the Department plates (i.e., flat- rolled products rolled initiated and the ITC instituted sunset on four faces or in a closed box pass, of reviews of the AD orders on CTL Plate a width exceeding 150 mm but not from India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, and exceeding 1250 mm, and of a nominal Korea and CVD orders on CTL Plate or actual thickness of not less than 4 from India, Indonesia, Italy and Korea, mm, which are cut–to-length (not in pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the coils) and without patterns in relief), of VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:44 Dec 05, 2005 Jkt 205001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 72607 iron or non–alloy-quality steel; and (2) flat–rolled products, hot–rolled, of a nominal or actual thickness of 4.75 mm or more and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at least twice the thickness, and which are cut–to-length (not in coils). Steel products included in the scope of these orders are of rectangular, square, circular or other shape and of rectangular or non– rectangular cross-section where such non–rectangular cross- section is achieved subsequent to the rolling process (i.e., products which have been ‘‘worked after rolling’’) – for example, products which have been beveled or rounded at the edges. Steel products that meet the noted physical characteristics that are painted, varnished or coated with plastic or other non–metallic substances are included within the scope of these orders. Also, specifically included in the scope of these orders are high strength, low alloy (‘‘HSLA’’) steels. HSLA steels are recognized as steels with micro–alloying levels of elements such as chromium, copper, niobium, titanium, vanadium, and molybdenum. Steel products included in this scope, regardless of Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) definitions, are products in which: (1) Iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other contained elements; (2) the carbon content is two percent or less, by weight; and (3) none of the elements listed below is equal to or exceeds the quantity, by weight, respectively indicated: 1.80 percent of manganese, or 1.50 percent of silicon, or 1.00 percent of copper, or 0.50 percent of aluminum, or 1.25 percent of chromium, or 0.30 percent of cobalt, or 0.40 percent of lead, or 1.25 percent of nickel, or 0.30 percent of tungsten, or 0.10 percent of molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of niobium, or 0.41 percent of titanium, or 0.15 percent of vanadium, or 0.15 percent zirconium. All products that meet the written physical description, and in which the chemistry quantities do not equal or exceed any one of the levels listed above, are within the scope of these orders unless otherwise specifically excluded. The following products are specifically excluded from these orders: (1) Products clad, plated, or coated with metal, whether or not painted, varnished or coated with plastic or other non- metallic substances; (2) SAE grades (formerly AISI grades) of series 2300 and above; (3) products made to ASTM A710 and A736 or their proprietary equivalents; (4) abrasion–resistant steels (i.e., USS AR 400, USS AR 500); (5) products made to ASTM A202, A225, A514 grade E:\FR\FM\06DEN1.SGM 06DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72606-72607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6886]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business-Cooperative Service


Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments requested.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the Rural Business-Cooperative Service's intention to 
request an extension for a currently approved information collection in 
support of the program for the 1890 Land Grant Institutions Rural 
Entrepreneurial Program Outreach Initiative.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by February 6, 2006 to 
be considered.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Edgar L. Lewis, Program Manager, 
Rural Development, USDA, STOP 3252, Room 4221, 1400 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-3252. Telephone: (202) 690-3407, E-
mail: edgar.lewis@wdc.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: 1890 Land Grant Institutions Rural Entrepreneurial Program 
Outreach Initiative.
    OMB Number: 0570-0041.
    Expiration Date of Approval: March 31, 2006.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: The purpose of the 1890 Land Grant Institutions Rural 
Entrepreneurial Program Outreach Initiative is to provide technical 
assistance for business creation in economically challenged rural 
communities, for educational programs to develop and improve upon the 
professional skills of rural entrepreneurs, and for outreach and 
promotion of USDA Rural Development's programs in small rural 
communities with the greatest economic need. This initiative seeks to 
create a working partnership between USDA Rural Development and the 
1890 Institutions through cooperative agreements.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection is 
estimated to average 15 minutes to 15 hours per response.
    Respondents: Only 1890 Land Grant Institutions of Higher Education 
and Tuskegee University.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 18.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 17.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 297.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 762 hours.
    Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Cheryl 
Thompson, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch (202) 692-0043.

Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
Rural Development, including whether the information will have 
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of Rural Development's estimate of 
the burden to collect the required information, including the validity 
of the strategy used; (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 those who are to 
respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology. Comments on the paperwork burden 
may be sent to Cheryl Thompson, Regulations and Paperwork Management 
Branch, Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP 0742, 
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0742. All responses 
to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB 
approval. All comments will become a matter of public record.


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    Dated: November 30, 2005.
Roberta D. Purcell,
Acting Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service.
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