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SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites
comments on the following information
collections for which RUS intends to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by April 17, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard C. Annan, Director, Program
Development and Regulatory Analysis,
Rural Utilities Service, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522,
Room 5181, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 720–0784. Fax: (202)
720–8435.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 1320)
implementing provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13) requires 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 RUS is
submitting to OMB for extension.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
this collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions 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
respondents, including through the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Comments may
be sent to Richard C. Annan., Director,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, STOP 1522,
1400 Independence Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–1522. Fax: (202)
720–8435.
Title: Mergers and Consolidations of
Electric Borrowers, 7 CFR 1717, subpart
D.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0114.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The RE Act of 1936, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.),
authorizes the RUS to make and
guarantee loans for rural electrification.
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Due to deregulation and restructuring
activities in the electric industry, RUS
borrowers find it advantageous to merge
or consolidate to meet the challenges of
industry change. This information
collection addresses the requirements of
RUS policies and procedures for
mergers and consolidations of electric
program borrowers.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection is estimated to
average 1.3 hours per response.
Respondents: Not-for-profit
institution; business or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
18.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 7.9.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 184 hours.
Copies of these information
collections can be obtained from
MaryPat Daskal, Program Development
and Regulatory Analysis, at (202) 720–
7853. Fax: (202) 720–8435.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the
requests for OMB approval. All
comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Dated: February 6, 2006.
James M. Andrew,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites
comments on this information
collection for which RUS intends to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by April 17, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard C. Annan, Director, Program
Development and Regulatory Analysis,
Rural Utilities Service, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522,
Room 5181, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 720–0784. FAX: (202)
720–4120.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
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regulation (5 CFR part 1320)
implementing provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13) requires 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 an
information collection that RUS is
submitting to OMB for reinstatement.
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 will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Agency’s estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions 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 may be sent to:
Richard C. Annan, Director, Program
Development and Regulatory Analysis,
Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, STOP 1522, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20250–1522. FAX: (202) 720–8435.
Title: Lien Accommodations and
Subordinations, 7 CFR Part 1717,
Subparts R & S.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0100.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The RE Act of 1936, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.),
authorizes and empowers the
Administrator of RUS to make loans in
the several United States and Territories
of the United States for rural
Electrification and the furnishing of
electric energy to persons in rural areas
who are not receiving central station
service. The RE Act also authorizes and
empowers the Administrator of RUS to
provide financial assistance to
borrowers for purposes provided in the
RE Act by accommodating or
subordinating loans made by the
national Rural Utilities Cooperative
Finance Corporation, the Federal
Financing Bank, and other lending
agencies. Title 7 CFR part 1717,
subparts R & S sets forth policy and
procedures to facilitate and support
borrowers’ efforts to obtain private
sector financing of their capital needs,
to allow borrowers greater flexibility in
the management of their business affairs
without compromising RUS loan
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security, and to reduce the cost to
borrowers, in terms of time, expenses
and paperwork, of obtaining lien
accommodations and subordinations.
Estimate of Burden: Public Reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 1.54 hours per
response.
Respondents: Not-for-profit
institutions; business or other for profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 6.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 2.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 69 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from MaryPat Daskal,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, at (202) 720–7853. FAX: (202)
720–8435.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: February 6, 2006.
James M. Andrew,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. E6–2203 Filed 2–15–06; 8:45 am]
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Broadcasting Board of
Governors (BBG).
SUMMARY: Title 5 United States Code,
Section 4314, requires that notice of the
appointment of an individual to serve as
a member of a performance review
board shall be published in the Federal
Register.
AGENCY:
Effective Date: February 9, 2006.
Broadcasting Board of
Governors, 330 Independence Ave.,
SW., Washington, DC 20237.
ADDRESSES:
John
S. Welch, Director; Office of Human
Resources: Broadcasting Board of
Governors; telephone (202) 619–3763.
The following individuals have been
appointed to serve as PRB members for
the BBG: Jill M. Crumpacker, George A.
Moore, and Christopher Warner.
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Carol Booker,
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Antidumping Duty Investigation and
Countervailing Duty Investigation of
Hard Red Spring Wheat from Canada:
Notice of Panel Decision, Revocation
of Countervailing and Antidumping
Duty Orders and Termination of
Suspension of Liquidation
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On December 12, 2005, the
binational panel convened under the
North American Free–Trade Agreement
(‘‘NAFTA’’) issued a decision affirming
the International Trade Commission’s
determination issued pursuant to
remand that the domestic industry is
neither materially injured by reason of
the subject imports nor threatened with
such injury. There was no Extraordinary
Challenge filed. Therefore, we are
revoking the countervailing duty order
and antidumping duty order on hard red
spring wheat from Canada effective
January 2, 2006, and ordering the
termination of suspension of
liquidation.
AGENCY:
February 16, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Performance Review Board
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
International Trade Administration
EFFECTIVE DATE:
BROADCASTING BOARD OF
GOVERNORS
DATES:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Brandon Farlander or Audrey Twyman,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone (202) 482–0182 and (202)
482–3534, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 16, 2003, the International
Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’) determined
that an industry in the United States is
materially injured by reason of imports
of hard red spring wheat from Canada
found to be subsidized and sold in the
United States at less than fair value.
Hard Red Spring Wheat from Canada,
Inv. Nos. 701–TA–430B and 731–TA–
1019B (Final), USITC Pub. 3639
(October 2003) (‘‘Final Injury
Determination’’); 68 FR 60707 (October
23, 2003). Respondent parties
subsequently challenged the ITC’s Final
Injury Determination before a binational
panel, pursuant to Article 1904 of the
NAFTA. The parties briefed and argued
the case before the panel, and on June
7, 2005, the panel issued its decision,
remanding in full the ITC’s
determination. Hard Red Spring Wheat
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from Canada, USA–CDA- 2003–1904–
06, Decision of the Panel (June 7, 2005).
On October 5, 2005, the ITC
determined on remand that the
domestic industry is neither materially
injured by reason of the subject imports
nor threatened with material injury. By
decision issued on December 12, 2005,
the panel affirmed in full the ITC’s
determination on remand. Hard Red
Spring Wheat from Canada, USA–CDA–
2003–1904–06, Decision of the Panel on
the Remand Determination of the U.S.
International Trade Commission
(December 12, 2005). On December 12,
2005, the panel directed the NAFTA
Secretariat to issue a Notice of Final
Panel Action on the 11th day following
the December 12, 2005, panel decision.
Decision of the Panel, 70 FR 75792
(December 21, 2005). The Notice of
Final Panel Action was issued on
December 23, 2005. On January 31,
2006, the Department published notice
of the adverse decision of the NAFTA
panel, 71 FR 5050 (January 31, 2006).
The effective date of the notice of the
adverse decision was January 2, 2006,
10 days after issuance of the Notice of
Final Panel Action. On January 30,
2006, the NAFTA Secretariat published
the North American Free–Trade
Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel
Reviews; Completion of Panel Review,
71 FR 4896 (January 30, 2006).
Therefore, we are revoking the
countervailing duty order and
antidumping duty order on hard red
spring wheat from Canada, effective
January 2, 2006.
Termination of Suspension of
Liquidation
The U.S. Department of Commerce
will instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection to terminate the suspension
of liquidation of hard red spring wheat
from Canada, effective January 2, 2006;
to cease collection of cash deposits on
hard red spring wheat from Canada; and
to proceed with liquidation of the
subject merchandise which entered the
United States on or after January 2,
2006, without regard to countervailing
duties and antidumping duties.
This revocation does not affect the
liquidation of entries made prior to
January 2, 2006. Any entries of subject
merchandise entered before January 2,
2006, are subject to administrative
review. If no review is requested we will
liquidate at the rate in effect at the time
of entry pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(c).
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[FR Doc No: E6-2203]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
invites comments on this information collection for which RUS intends
to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by April 17, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard C. Annan, Director, Program
Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522, Room 5181, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 720-0784. FAX: (202) 720-
4120.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 1320) implementing provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) requires 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 an information collection that RUS
is submitting to OMB for reinstatement.
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 will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions 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 may be sent to: Richard
C. Annan, Director, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural
Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP 1522, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20250-1522. FAX: (202) 720-8435.
Title: Lien Accommodations and Subordinations, 7 CFR Part 1717,
Subparts R & S.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0100.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The RE Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.),
authorizes and empowers the Administrator of RUS to make loans in the
several United States and Territories of the United States for rural
Electrification and the furnishing of electric energy to persons in
rural areas who are not receiving central station service. The RE Act
also authorizes and empowers the Administrator of RUS to provide
financial assistance to borrowers for purposes provided in the RE Act
by accommodating or subordinating loans made by the national Rural
Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation, the Federal Financing Bank,
and other lending agencies. Title 7 CFR part 1717, subparts R & S sets
forth policy and procedures to facilitate and support borrowers'
efforts to obtain private sector financing of their capital needs, to
allow borrowers greater flexibility in the management of their business
affairs without compromising RUS loan
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security, and to reduce the cost to borrowers, in terms of time,
expenses and paperwork, of obtaining lien accommodations and
subordinations.
Estimate of Burden: Public Reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 1.54 hours per response.
Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; business or other for
profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 6.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 69 hours.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from MaryPat
Daskal, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, at (202) 720-7853.
FAX: (202) 720-8435.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Dated: February 6, 2006.
James M. Andrew,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. E6-2203 Filed 2-15-06; 8:45 am]
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