North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Article 1904; Binational Panel Reviews: Notice of Withdrawal of Extraordinary Challenge Committee Review, 61459-61460 [E6-17352]
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National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Seek Approval to
Conduct an Information Collection
National Agricultural Statistics
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–113) and Office of Management
and Budget regulations at 5 CFR part
1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995),
this notice announces the intention of
the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS) to seek approval to
conduct a new information collection,
the Generic Clearance for Survey
Research Studies.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by December 18, 2006 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to
Ginny McBride, NASS Clearance
Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Room 5336 South Building, 1400
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, D.C. 20250–2024 or to
gmcbride@nass.usda.gov or faxed to
(202) 720–6396.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph T. Reilly, Associate
Administrator, National Agricultural
Statistics Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, (202) 720–4333.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance to Conduct
Survey Research Studies.
OMB Control Number: 0535—NEW.
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Type of Request: Intent to Seek
Approval to Conduct an Information
Collection.
Abstract: The National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) of the United
States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) will request approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for generic clearance that will
allow NASS to rigorously develop, test,
and evaluate its survey instruments and
methodologies. The primary objectives
of the National Agricultural Statistics
Service are to prepare and issue State
and national estimates of crop
production, livestock production,
economic statistics, and environmental
statistics related to agriculture and to
conduct the Census of Agriculture. This
request is part of an on-going initiative
to improve NASS surveys as
recommended by both its own
guidelines, as well as those of OMB.
In the last decade, state-of-the art
techniques have been increasingly
instituted by NASS and other Federal
agencies and are now routinely used to
improve the quality and timeliness of
survey data and analyses, while
simultaneously reducing respondents’
cognitive workload and burden. The
purpose of this generic clearance is to
allow NASS to continue to adopt and
use these state-of-the-art techniques to
improve its current data collections on
agriculture. They will also be used to
aid in the development of new surveys.
NASS envisions using the following
kinds of survey improvement
techniques, as appropriate to the
individual project under investigation:
Focus groups, cognitive and usability
laboratory and field techniques,
exploratory interviews, behavior coding,
respondent debriefing, pilot surveys,
and split-panel tests.
Following standard OMB
requirements NASS will apply to OMB
individually for each survey
improvement project it undertakes
under this generic clearance and
provide OMB with a copy of the
questionnaire (if one is used), and all
other materials describing the project.
These data will be collected under the
authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a).
Individually identifiable data collected
under this authority are governed by
Section 1770 of the Food Security Act
of 1985, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires
USDA to afford strict confidentiality to
non-aggregated data provided by
respondents.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for these collections of
information is estimated to average 30
minutes per response.
Respondents: Farms, agri-businesses,
and households.
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Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,000.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 500
hours.
Copies of this information collection
and related instructions can be obtained
without charge from Ginny McBride,
NASS Clearance Officer, at (202) 720–
5778.
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 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.
All responses to this notice will
become a matter of public record and be
summarized in the request for OMB
approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, September 28,
2006.
R. Ronald Bosecker,
NASS Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA), Article 1904; Binational Panel
Reviews: Notice of Withdrawal of
Extraordinary Challenge Committee
Review
NAFTA Secretariat, United
States Section, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Withdrawal of
Extraordinary Challenge Committee.
AGENCY:
Review of the final affirmative
countervailing duty determination filed
on April 27, 2006, concerning the
decisions of the binational panel that
reviewed the final determination and
remand determinations made by the
United States Department of Commerce
in the Matter of Certain Softwood
Lumber Products from Canada: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty
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Determination, Secretariat File No.
USA–CDA–2002–1904–03.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the negotiated
settlement between the United States
and the Canadian Governments, the
Extraordinary Challenge Committee
review of the above noted case is
terminated as of October 12, 2006. No
Committee has been appointed to this
panel review.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Caratina L. Alston, United States
Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite
2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,
Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–5438.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter
19 of the North American Free-Trade
Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’) establishes a
mechanism to replace domestic judicial
review of final determinations in
antidumping and countervailing duty
cases involving imports from a NAFTA
country with review by independent
binational panels. When a Request for
Panel Review is filed, a panel is
established to act in place of national
courts to review expeditiously the final
determination to determine whether it
conforms with the antidumping or
countervailing duty law of the country
that made the determination.
Under Article 1904 of the Agreement,
which came into force on January 1,
1994, the Government of the United
States, the Government of Canada and
the Government of Mexico established
Rules of Procedure for Article 1904
Extraordinary Challenge Committees
(‘‘Rules’’). These Rules were published
in the Federal Register on February 23,
1994 (59 FR 8686). The panel review in
this matter was requested pursuant to
these Rules and terminated in
accordance with the settlement
agreement.
Dated: October 13, 2006.
Caratina L. Alston,
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
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Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Establishment of Annual Quotas
for the Subsistence Harvest of
Bowhead Whales by Alaska Natives
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
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Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS);
announcement of public scoping period;
request for written comments.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: NMFS announces its intent to
prepare an EIS pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), in order to assess the impacts
of issuing annual quotas for the
subsistence harvest of bowhead whales
by Alaska Natives from 2008 through
2017. Publication of this notice begins
the official scoping period that will help
identify issues and alternatives to be
considered in the EIS. The scoping
process will end December 15, 2006.
ADDRESSES: To request inclusion on a
mailing list of persons interested in the
EIS, please contact Steve Davis, NMFS,
222W 7th Avenue, Box 43, Anchorage,
AK 99513. Comments on this notice and
the scoping process for this action may
be submitted by:
• Mail: P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK
99802–1668.
• Hand Delivery to the Federal
Building: 709 West 9th Street, Room
420A, Juneau, AK
• FAX: 907–586–7557
• Email: bowhead-EIS@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line the following
document identifier: Bowhead Whale
Quota EIS (Email comments, with or
without attachments, are limited to five
(5) megabytes).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Davis or Brad Smith, NMFS
Alaska Region, Anchorage Field Office,
(907) 271–5006.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS is
initiating this EIS process in order to
comprehensively assess impacts of the
subsistence harvest of Western Arctic
bowhead whales by Alaska Natives from
2008 through 2017.
Background
Eskimos have hunted bowhead
whales for over 2,000 years as the
whales migrate in the spring and fall
along the coast line of Alaska. Their
traditional subsistence hunts for these
whales have been regulated by a quota
system under the authority of the
International Whaling Commission
(IWC) since 1977. Alaska Native
subsistence hunters, from 10 northern
Alaskan communities, take less than
one percent of the stock of bowhead
whales per year. Since 1977, the number
of strikes has ranged between 14 and 72
animals per year, depending in part on
changes in IWC management strategy
due to higher estimates of bowhead
whale abundance in recent years, as
well as hunter efficiency. The IWC sets
an overall aboriginal subsistence harvest
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for this relevant stock, based on the
request of Contracting Governments on
behalf of the aboriginal hunters. In the
case of Alaska Eskimo and Russian
Native subsistence hunts, the United
States and the Russian Federation make
a joint request for a subsistence quota
for bowhead whales to the IWC.
NMFS must annually publish
aboriginal subsistence whale hunting
quotas and any other limitations on
such hunting in the Federal Register (50
CFR 230.6). The subsistence hunt is
directly managed by the Alaska Eskimo
Whaling Commission (AEWC). In order
to comprehensively assess the effects of
these annual quotas, NMFS is proposing
to set the term of this analysis to extend
over a 10-year period, beginning in
2008.
Alternatives
NMFS preliminarily anticipates four
alternatives:
Alternative 1: Grant the AEWC annual
quotas amounting to 510 landed whales
over 10 years (2008 through 2017), with
an annual strike quota of 67 bowhead
whales per year, where no unused
strikes are added to the quota for any
one year.
Alternative 2: Grant the AEWC annual
quotas amounting to 510 landed whales
over 10 years (2008 through 2017), with
an annual strike quota of 67 bowhead
whales per year, where no more than 15
unused strikes are added to the strike
quota for any one year.
Alternative 3: Grant the AEWC annual
quotas amounting to 510 landed whales
over 10 years (2008 through 2017), with
an annual strike quota of 67 bowhead
whales per year, where, for unused
strikes, up to 50 percent of the annual
strike limit is added to the strike quota
for any one year.
Alternative 4 (no action): Do not grant
the AEWC any annual quotas.
Major issues to be addressed in this
EIS include: the impact of subsistence
removals on the Western Arctic stock of
bowhead whales; the impacts of these
harvest levels on the traditional and
cultural values of Alaska Natives, and
the cumulative effects of the action
when considered along with past,
present, and future actions potentially
affecting bowhead whales.
Public Involvement
We begin this NEPA process by
soliciting input from the public and
interested parties on the type of impacts
to be considered in the EIS, the range of
alternatives to be assessed, and any
other pertinent information.
Specifically, this scoping process is
intended to accomplish the following
objectives:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Article 1904;
Binational Panel Reviews: Notice of Withdrawal of Extraordinary
Challenge Committee Review
AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United States Section, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Withdrawal of Extraordinary Challenge Committee.
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Review of the final affirmative countervailing duty determination
filed on April 27, 2006, concerning the decisions of the binational
panel that reviewed the final determination and remand determinations
made by the United States Department of Commerce in the Matter of
Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty
[[Page 61460]]
Determination, Secretariat File No. USA-CDA-2002-1904-03.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the negotiated settlement between the United
States and the Canadian Governments, the Extraordinary Challenge
Committee review of the above noted case is terminated as of October
12, 2006. No Committee has been appointed to this panel review.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caratina L. Alston, United States
Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite 2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,
Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482-5438.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter 19 of the North American Free-Trade
Agreement (``Agreement'') establishes a mechanism to replace domestic
judicial review of final determinations in antidumping and
countervailing duty cases involving imports from a NAFTA country with
review by independent binational panels. When a Request for Panel
Review is filed, a panel is established to act in place of national
courts to review expeditiously the final determination to determine
whether it conforms with the antidumping or countervailing duty law of
the country that made the determination.
Under Article 1904 of the Agreement, which came into force on
January 1, 1994, the Government of the United States, the Government of
Canada and the Government of Mexico established Rules of Procedure for
Article 1904 Extraordinary Challenge Committees (``Rules''). These
Rules were published in the Federal Register on February 23, 1994 (59
FR 8686). The panel review in this matter was requested pursuant to
these Rules and terminated in accordance with the settlement agreement.
Dated: October 13, 2006.
Caratina L. Alston,
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. E6-17352 Filed 10-17-06; 8:45 am]
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