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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 40 / Wednesday, March 1, 2006 / Notices
Advocacy Center, Room 3814A,
Department of Commerce, 14th and
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20230; Phone number: (202) 482–
4747, and fax number; (202) 482–3508.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on the
proposed extension of the use of the
advocacy questionnaire by the Trade
Promotion Coordination Committee’s
(TPCC) Advocacy Network. The
questionnaire is used to evaluate
requests for United States Government
(USG) advocacy in connection with
overseas commercial bids, offers, and
proposals. The International Trade
Administration’s Advocacy Center
marshals federal resources to assist U.S.
commercial interests competing for
foreign government commercial
projects, procurements, investments,
and business ventures worldwide. The
mission of the Advocacy Center is to
coordinate USG commercial advocacy
in order to promote U.S. exports, trade
which both creates and sustains U.S.
employment. The Advocacy Center
works with and coordinates activities
within TPCC, which is chaired by the
Secretary of Commerce and includes 19
federal agencies involved in export
promotion. The purpose of the advocacy
questionnaire is to collect the
information necessary to evaluate a
commercial interest’s (e.g., a company’s)
eligibility for USG advocacy assistance.
There are clear, well-established USG
advocacy guidelines that describe the
various situations in which the USG can
provide advocacy support for a specific
commercial interest. The questionnaire
was developed to collect only the
information necessary to determine if a
commercial interest meets the eligibility
requirements set forth in the advocacy
guidelines. The Advocacy Center,
appropriate ITA officials, U.S. Embassy/
Consulate officials worldwide, and
other federal government agencies (the
Advocacy Network) that provide
advocacy support, will require firms
seeking USG advocacy support to
complete the questionnaire. Without the
information, the USG would be unable
to determine the eligibility of
commercial interests seeking USG
advocacy support.
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A–469–805
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II. Method of Collection
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
When U.S. commercial interests
request USG advocacy assistance, they
are either sent Form ITA–4133P or
referred to the Advocacy Center’s web
site from which Form ITA–4133P may
be downloaded completed, signed, and
filed.
International Trade Administration
OMB Number: 0625–0220.
Form Number: ITA–4133P.
Type of Review: Regular Submission.
Affected Public: Commercial Interests
seeking USG advocacy.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
200.
Estimated Time Per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 205.
Estimated Total Annual Costs:
$15,300.00 [$9,175.00 for respondents
and $6,125.00 for federal government.].
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 costs) 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 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: February 23, 2006.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In accordance with section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (‘‘the Act’’), the Department of
Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) is
automatically initiating five-year
(‘‘Sunset Reviews’’) of the antidumping
duty orders listed below. The
International Trade Commission (‘‘the
Commission’’) is publishing
concurrently with this notice its notice
of Institution of Five-year Review which
covers these same orders.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 1, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Department official identified in the
Initiation of Review(s) section below at
AD/CVD Operations, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th & Constitution Ave.,
NW, Washington, DC 20230. For
information from the Commission
contact Mary Messer, Office of
Investigations, U.S. International Trade
Commission at (202) 205–3193.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
III. Data
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Background
The Department’s procedures for the
conduct of Sunset Reviews are set forth
in its Procedures for Conducting Fiveyear (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Orders, 63 FR 13516 (March 20, 1998)
and 70 FR 62061 (October 28, 2005).
Guidance on methodological or
analytical issues relevant to the
Department’s conduct of Sunset
Reviews is set forth in the Department’s
Policy Bulletin 98.3 - Policies Regarding
the Conduct of Five-year (‘‘Sunset’’)
Reviews of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Orders; Policy
Bulletin, 63 FR 18871 (April 16, 1998)
(‘‘Sunset Policy Bulletin’’).
Initiation of Reviews
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.218(c), we are initiating the Sunset
Reviews of the following antidumping
duty orders:
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Filing Information
As a courtesy, we are making
information related to Sunset
proceedings, including copies of the
Department’s regulations regarding
Sunset Reviews (19 CFR 351.218) and
Sunset Policy Bulletin, the Department’s
schedule of Sunset Reviews, case
history information (i.e., previous
margins, duty absorption
determinations, scope language, import
volumes), and service lists available to
the public on the Department’s sunset
Internet website at the following
address: ‘‘https://ia.ita.doc.gov/sunset/.’’
All submissions in these Sunset
Reviews must be filed in accordance
with the Department’s regulations
regarding format, translation, service,
and certification of documents. These
rules can be found at 19 CFR 351.303.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.103(c), the
Department will maintain and make
available a service list for these
proceedings. To facilitate the timely
preparation of the service list(s), it is
requested that those seeking recognition
as interested parties to a proceeding
contact the Department in writing
within 10 days of the publication of the
Notice of Initiation.
Because deadlines in Sunset Reviews
can be very short, we urge interested
parties to apply for access to proprietary
information under administrative
protective order (‘‘APO’’) immediately
following publication in the Federal
Register of the notice of initiation of the
sunset review. The Department’s
regulations on submission of proprietary
information and eligibility to receive
access to business proprietary
information under APO can be found at
19 CFR 351.304–306.
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Information Required from Interested
Parties
Domestic interested parties (defined
in section 771(9)(C), (D), (E), (F), and (G)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.102(b))
wishing to participate in these Sunset
Reviews must respond not later than 15
days after the date of publication in the
Federal Register of this notice of
initiation by filing a notice of intent to
participate. The required contents of the
notice of intent to participate are set
forth at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(ii). In
accordance with the Department’s
regulations, if we do not receive a notice
of intent to participate from at least one
domestic interested party by the 15-day
deadline, the Department will
automatically revoke the orders without
further review. See 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(iii).
If we receive an order–specific notice
of intent to participate from a domestic
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interested party, the Department’s
regulations provide that all parties
wishing to participate in the Sunset
Review must file complete substantive
responses not later than 30 days after
the date of publication in the Federal
Register of this notice of initiation. The
required contents of a substantive
response, on an order–specific basis, are
set forth at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3). Note
that certain information requirements
differ for respondent and domestic
parties. Also, note that the
Department’s information
requirements are distinct from the
Commission’s information
requirements. Please consult the
Department’s regulations for
information regarding the Department’s
conduct of Sunset Reviews.1 Please
consult the Department’s regulations at
19 CFR Part 351 for definitions of terms
and for other general information
concerning antidumping and
countervailing duty proceedings at the
Department.
This notice of initiation is being
published in accordance with section
751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c).
Dated: February 23, 2006.
Thomas F. Futtner,
Acting Office Director, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 4, for Import Administration.
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National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance
for Program Evaluation Data
Collections
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(DOC), as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
the continuing and proposed
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
1 In comments made on the interim final sunset
regulations, a number of parties stated that the
proposed five-day period for rebuttals to
substantive responses to a notice of initiation was
insufficient. This requirement was retained in the
final sunset regulations at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(4). As
provided in 19 CFR 351.302(b), however, the
Department will consider individual requests for
extension of that five-day deadline based upon a
showing of good cause.
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Written comments must be
submitted on or before May 1, 2006.
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(s) and instructions should
be directed to Ami Carbaugh,
Management Analyst, NIST, 100 Bureau
Drive MS 1710, Gaithersburg, MD
20899–1710, telephone 301–975–4064
or via e-mail to ami.carbaugh@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
I. Abstract
In accordance with Executive Order
12862, the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST), a
non-regulatory agency of the
Department of Commerce, proposes to
conduct a number of surveys—both
quantitative and qualitative—designed
to evaluate our current programs from a
customer’s perspective. NIST proposes
to perform program evaluation data
collections by means of, but not limited
to, focus groups, reply cards that
accompany product distributions, and
Web-based surveys and dialogue boxes
that offer customers the opportunity to
express their views on the programs
they are asked to evaluate. NIST will
limit its inquiries to data collections
that solicit strictly voluntary opinions
and will not collect information that is
required or regulated. Steps will be
taken to assure anonymity of
respondents in each activity covered
under this request.
II. Method of Collection
NIST will collect this information by
mail, fax, electronically, telephone, and
person-to-person sessions.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0693–0033.
Form Numbers: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, not-for-profit
institutions, individuals or households,
Federal Government, State, Local, or
Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
12,000.
Estimated Time Per Response: Varied,
dependent upon the data collection. The
response time may vary from two
minutes for a response card to two
hours for focus group participation. The
average response time is expected to be
30 minutes.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In accordance with section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (``the Act''), the Department of Commerce (``the
Department'') is automatically initiating five-year (``Sunset
Reviews'') of the antidumping duty orders listed below. The
International Trade Commission (``the Commission'') is publishing
concurrently with this notice its notice of Institution of Five-year
Review which covers these same orders.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 1, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Department official identified in
the Initiation of Review(s) section below at AD/CVD Operations, Import
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th & Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230. For
information from the Commission contact Mary Messer, Office of
Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission at (202) 205-3193.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department's procedures for the conduct of Sunset Reviews are
set forth in its Procedures for Conducting Five-year (``Sunset'')
Reviews of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 63 FR 13516
(March 20, 1998) and 70 FR 62061 (October 28, 2005). Guidance on
methodological or analytical issues relevant to the Department's
conduct of Sunset Reviews is set forth in the Department's Policy
Bulletin 98.3 - Policies Regarding the Conduct of Five-year
(``Sunset'') Reviews of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders;
Policy Bulletin, 63 FR 18871 (April 16, 1998) (``Sunset Policy
Bulletin'').
Initiation of Reviews
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.218(c), we are initiating the Sunset
Reviews of the following antidumping duty orders:
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A-351-825........................................ 731-TA-678 Brazil Stainless Steel Bar (2nd Review) Zev Primor (202) 482-4114
A-533-810........................................ 731-TA-679 India Stainless Steel Bar (2nd Review) Zev Primor (202) 482-4114
A-588-833........................................ 731-TA-681 Japan Stainless Steel Bar (2nd Review) Zev Primor (202) 482-4114
A-469-805........................................ 731-TA-682 Spain Stainless Steel Bar (2nd Review) Zev Primor (202) 482-4114
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Filing Information
As a courtesy, we are making information related to Sunset
proceedings, including copies of the Department's regulations regarding
Sunset Reviews (19 CFR 351.218) and Sunset Policy Bulletin, the
Department's schedule of Sunset Reviews, case history information
(i.e., previous margins, duty absorption determinations, scope
language, import volumes), and service lists available to the public on
the Department's sunset Internet website at the following address:
``https://ia.ita.doc.gov/sunset/.'' All submissions in these Sunset
Reviews must be filed in accordance with the Department's regulations
regarding format, translation, service, and certification of documents.
These rules can be found at 19 CFR 351.303.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.103(c), the Department will maintain and
make available a service list for these proceedings. To facilitate the
timely preparation of the service list(s), it is requested that those
seeking recognition as interested parties to a proceeding contact the
Department in writing within 10 days of the publication of the Notice
of Initiation.
Because deadlines in Sunset Reviews can be very short, we urge
interested parties to apply for access to proprietary information under
administrative protective order (``APO'') immediately following
publication in the Federal Register of the notice of initiation of the
sunset review. The Department's regulations on submission of
proprietary information and eligibility to receive access to business
proprietary information under APO can be found at 19 CFR 351.304-306.
Information Required from Interested Parties
Domestic interested parties (defined in section 771(9)(C), (D),
(E), (F), and (G) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.102(b)) wishing to
participate in these Sunset Reviews must respond not later than 15 days
after the date of publication in the Federal Register of this notice of
initiation by filing a notice of intent to participate. The required
contents of the notice of intent to participate are set forth at 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(ii). In accordance with the Department's regulations, if
we do not receive a notice of intent to participate from at least one
domestic interested party by the 15-day deadline, the Department will
automatically revoke the orders without further review. See 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(iii).
If we receive an order-specific notice of intent to participate
from a domestic interested party, the Department's regulations provide
that all parties wishing to participate in the Sunset Review must file
complete substantive responses not later than 30 days after the date of
publication in the Federal Register of this notice of initiation. The
required contents of a substantive response, on an order-specific
basis, are set forth at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3). Note that certain
information requirements differ for respondent and domestic parties.
Also, note that the
Department's information requirements are distinct from the
Commission's information requirements. Please consult the Department's
regulations for information regarding the Department's conduct of
Sunset Reviews.\1\ Please consult the Department's regulations at 19
CFR Part 351 for definitions of terms and for other general information
concerning antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings at the
Department.
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\1\ In comments made on the interim final sunset regulations, a
number of parties stated that the proposed five-day period for
rebuttals to substantive responses to a notice of initiation was
insufficient. This requirement was retained in the final sunset
regulations at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(4). As provided in 19 CFR
351.302(b), however, the Department will consider individual
requests for extension of that five-day deadline based upon a
showing of good cause.
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This notice of initiation is being published in accordance with
section 751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c).
Dated: February 23, 2006.
Thomas F. Futtner,
Acting Office Director, AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, for Import
Administration.
[FR Doc. 06-1929 Filed 2-28-06; 8:45 am]
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