North American Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904 Binational Panel Reviews, 3977-3978 [E7-1298]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 18 / Monday, January 29, 2007 / Notices Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 4,915. Comment is invited on: (1) Whether this collection of information is necessary for the stated purposes and the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical or scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. All comments received in response to this notice, including names and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record. Comments will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval. Dated: January 22, 2007. Jimmy L. Reaves, Associate Deputy Chief for Research & Development. [FR Doc. E7–1311 Filed 1–26–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–11–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Information Collection; Disposal of Mineral Materials Forest Service, USDA. Notice; Request for Comment. AGENCY: jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES ACTION: SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension of a currently approved information collection entitled, Disposal of Mineral Materials. DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before March 30, 2007 to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent practicable. ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice should be addressed to Director, Minerals and Geology Management Staff, Mail Stop 1126, 1601 N. Kent Street—5th Floor, Forest Service, USDA, Arlington, VA 22209. Comments also may be submitted via facsimile to (703) 605–1575 or by e-mail to: tferguson@fs.fed.us. VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:04 Jan 26, 2007 Jkt 211001 The public may inspect comments received at the Office of the Director, Minerals and Geology Management Staff, 1601 N. Kent Street—5th Floor, Forest Service, USDA, Arlington, Virginia during normal business hours. Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to (703) 605–4794 to facilitate entry to the building. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tony Ferguson, Assistant Director, Minerals and Geology Management, at (703) 605–4785. Individuals who use TDD may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339, 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including holidays. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Disposal of Mineral Materials. OMB Number: 0596–0081. Expiration Date of Approval: June 30, 2007. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection. Abstract: The Mineral Materials Act of 1947, as amended, and the Multiple Use Mining Act of 1955, as amended, authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to dispose of petrified wood and common varieties of sand, stone, gravel, pumice, pumicite, cinders, clay, and other similar materials on lands administered by the Forest Service. The collected information enables the Forest Service to document planned operations, to prescribe the terms and conditions the agency deems necessary to protect surface resources, and to effect a binding contract agreement. Forest Service employees will evaluate the collected information to ensure that entities applying to mine mineral materials are financially accountable and will conduct their activities in accordance with the mineral regulations at Part 228, subpart C of Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Individuals, organizations, companies, or corporations interested in mining mineral materials on National Forest System lands may contact their local Forest Service office to inquire about opportunities, to learn about areas on which such activities are permitted, and to request form FS–2800–9 (Contract of Sale for Minerals Materials). Interested parties are asked to provide information that includes the purchaser’s name and address, the location and dimensions of the area to be mined, the kind of material that will be mined, the quantity of material to be mined, the sales price of the mined material, the payment schedule, the amount of the bond, and the period of the contract. If this information is not collected, the Forest Service would not comply with Federal regulations and PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 3977 operations to mine mineral materials could cause undue damage to surface resources. Estimate of Annual Burden: 2.5 hours. Type of Respondents: Mineral materials operators. Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 8,400. Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 21,000 hours. Comment is invited on: (1) Whether this collection of information is necessary for the stated purposes and the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical or scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. All comments received in response to this notice, including names and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record. Comments will be summarized and included in the submission request toward Office of Management and Budget approval. Dated: January 22, 2007. Gloria Manning, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System. [FR Doc. E7–1312 Filed 1–26–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–11–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration North American Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904 Binational Panel Reviews NAFTA Secretariat, United States Section, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of First Request for Panel Review AGENCY: SUMMARY: On January 22, 2007, ThyssenKrupp Mexinox S.A. filed a First Request for Panel Review with the United States Section of the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Panel review was requested E:\FR\FM\29JAN1.SGM 29JAN1 jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES 3978 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 18 / Monday, January 29, 2007 / Notices of the Notice of Final Results of the 2004/2005 Administrative Review made by the International Trade Administration, respecting Stainless Sheet and Strip in Coils from Mexico. This determination was published in the Federal Register (71 FR 76978) on December 22, 2006. The NAFTA Secretariat has assigned Case Number USA–MEX–2007–1904–01 to this request. 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 Binational Panel Reviews (‘‘Rules’’). These Rules were published in the Federal Register on February 23, 1994 (59 FR 8686). A first Request for Panel Review was filed with the United States Section of the NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to Article 1904 of the Agreement, on October 18, 2006, requesting panel review of the Notice of Final Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review described above. The Rules provide that: (a) a Party or interested person may challenge the final determination in whole or in part by filing a Complaint in accordance with Rule 39 within 30 days after the filing of the first Request for Panel Review (the deadline for filing a Complaint is February 21, 2007); (b) a Party, investigating authority or interested person that does not file a Complaint but that intends to appear in support of any reviewable portion of the final determination may participate in the panel review by filing a Notice of Appearance in accordance with Rule 40 within 45 days after the filing of the first Request for Panel Review (the deadline VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:04 Jan 26, 2007 Jkt 211001 for filing a Notice of Appearance is March 8, 2007); and (c) the panel review shall be limited to the allegations of error of fact or law, including the jurisdiction of the investigating authority, that are set out in the Complaints filed in the panel review and the procedural and substantive defenses raised in the panel review. Dated: January 23, 2007. Caratina L. Alston, United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat. [FR Doc. E7–1298 Filed 1–26–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–GT–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [Docket No. 030602141–7007–47] Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal Year 2007 National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce. ACTION: Amendment of Notice; Extension of Solicitation Period and Eligibility Change AGENCY: SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, publishes this notice to amend the competitive solicitation for the Social Science Fellowship in the National Estuarine Research Reserve Program to modify the eligibility criteria to allow part-time students to apply for the program. In addition, two National Estuarine Research Reserves are being added to the list of eligible reserves where candidates can propose their research including the Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve in Huron, Ohio and the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in Watsonville, California. Due to these amendments, the solicitation period is extended to allow eligible candidates time to submit applications. DATES: The new deadline for the receipt of proposals is 11 p.m. EST, February 28, 2007, for both electronic and paper applications. ADDRESSES: The address for submitting proposals electronically is: https:// www.grants.gov/. (Electronic submission is strongly encouraged). Paper submissions should be sent to the attention of Erica Seiden, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management Estuarine Reserves Division (N/ORM5), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1305 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 East-West Highway, SSMC4, 10th Floor Station 10542, Silver Spring, MD 20910. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, contact: Erica Seiden 301–563–1172, erica.seiden@noaa.gov. This program was originally solicited in the Federal Register on December 18, 2006 (71 FR 75712). Since the date of publication of the original solicitation, two Estuarine Reserve sites have indicated to the program that they were interested in hosting graduate fellows. In addition, the program received a number of inquiries from part-time graduate students indicating their interest in participating in this new fellowship program. As a result, NOAA amends the competitive solicitation for the Social Science Fellowship in the National Estuarine Research Reserve Program to add Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve in Huron, Ohio and the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in Watsonville, California to the list of eligible reserves where candidates can propose their research, and to modify the eligibility criteria to allow part-time students to apply for the program. In order to accommodate the two new sites and allow the expanded pool of potential applicants to submit proposals, NOAA is extending the deadline for the receipt of applications from 11 p.m. EST, on February 1, 2007 to 11 p.m. EST, on February 28, 2007, for both electronic and paper applications. All other requirements for this solicitation remain the same as that published on December 18, 2006 (71 FR 75712). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Limitation of Liability Funding for this program is contingent upon the availability of Fiscal Year 2007 appropriations. Applicants are hereby given notice that funds have not yet been appropriated for the programs listed in this notice. In no event will NOAA or the Department of Commerce be responsible for proposal preparation costs if these programs fail to receive funding or are cancelled because of other agency priorities. Publication of this announcement does not oblige NOAA to award any specific project or to obligate any available funds. Universal Identifier Applicants should be aware that they are required to provide a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number during the application process. See the October 30, 2002, Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 210, E:\FR\FM\29JAN1.SGM 29JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 18 (Monday, January 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3977-3978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1298]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


North American Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904 Binational 
Panel Reviews

AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United States Section, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of First Request for Panel Review

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SUMMARY: On January 22, 2007, ThyssenKrupp Mexinox S.A. filed a First 
Request for Panel Review with the United States Section of the NAFTA 
Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of the North American Free Trade 
Agreement. Panel review was requested

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of the Notice of Final Results of the 2004/2005 Administrative Review 
made by the International Trade Administration, respecting Stainless 
Sheet and Strip in Coils from Mexico. This determination was published 
in the Federal Register (71 FR 76978) on December 22, 2006. The NAFTA 
Secretariat has assigned Case Number USA-MEX-2007-1904-01 to this 
request.

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 Binational Panel Reviews (``Rules''). These Rules were 
published in the Federal Register on February 23, 1994 (59 FR 8686).
    A first Request for Panel Review was filed with the United States 
Section of the NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to Article 1904 of the 
Agreement, on October 18, 2006, requesting panel review of the Notice 
of Final Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review described above.
    The Rules provide that:
    (a) a Party or interested person may challenge the final 
determination in whole or in part by filing a Complaint in accordance 
with Rule 39 within 30 days after the filing of the first Request for 
Panel Review (the deadline for filing a Complaint is February 21, 
2007);
    (b) a Party, investigating authority or interested person that does 
not file a Complaint but that intends to appear in support of any 
reviewable portion of the final determination may participate in the 
panel review by filing a Notice of Appearance in accordance with Rule 
40 within 45 days after the filing of the first Request for Panel 
Review (the deadline for filing a Notice of Appearance is March 8, 
2007); and
    (c) the panel review shall be limited to the allegations of error 
of fact or law, including the jurisdiction of the investigating 
authority, that are set out in the Complaints filed in the panel review 
and the procedural and substantive defenses raised in the panel review.

    Dated: January 23, 2007.
Caratina L. Alston,
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
 [FR Doc. E7-1298 Filed 1-26-07; 8:45 am]
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