Information Collection Activity; Comment Request, 6699-6700 [E8-2000]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 24 / Tuesday, February 5, 2008 / Notices and regulations before the loan/grant award will be approved. Provided the application requirements have not changed, an application not selected will be reconsidered in three subsequent funding competitions for a total of four competitions. If an application is withdrawn, it can be resubmitted and will be evaluated as a new application. B. Administrative and National Policy Requirements Additional requirements that apply to Intermediary’s selected for this program can be found in the 7 CFR 4280, subpart A. VII. Agency Contacts For general questions about this announcement, please contact your Rural Development State Office identified in this NOFA. 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USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.’’ BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Telephone Bank rmajette on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES Rural Telephone Bank Board Meeting VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:34 Feb 04, 2008 Jkt 214001 Dated: January 29, 2008. James M. Andrew, Governor, Rural Telephone Bank. [FR Doc. E8–2042 Filed 2–4–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–15–P 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, an agency delivering the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Utilities Programs, hereinafter referred to as Rural Development and/or Agency, invites comments on this information collection for which Rural Development intends to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Comments on this notice must be received by April 7, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele L. Brooks, Acting Director, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522, Room 5168 South Building, Washington, DC 20250–1522. Telephone: (202) 690–1078. 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 DATES: Dated: January 29, 2008. Ben Anderson, Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service. [FR Doc. E8–2001 Filed 2–4–08; 8:45 am] Time and Date: 4 p.m., Monday, February 11, 2008. Place: Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, Gallier AB Room, 500 Canal St., New Orleans, LA 70130. Status: Open. Matters To Be Considered: The following matters have been placed on the agenda for the Board of Directors meeting: 1. Call to Order 2. Report on the Rural Telephone Bank Dissolution: • Secretary’s Report. • Treasurer’s Report. • Report on the Dissolution. 3. Reflections on the Rural Telephone Bank. 4. Adjournment and Closing Remarks by Under Secretary Thomas C. Dorr. Contact Person for More Information: Jonathan Claffey, Deputy Assistant Governor and Assistant Secretary, Rural Telephone Bank, (202) 720–9554. PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 6699 comment on information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an information collection that the Agency is submitting to OMB as a revision to an existing collection. 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: Michele L. Brooks, Acting Director, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Development Utilities Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP 1522, Room 5168, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20250–1522. Fax: (202) 720–8435. Title: Accounting Requirements for Electric and Telecommunications Borrowers. OMB Control Number: 0572–0003. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection. Abstract: The Agency believes that this is the minimum record retention requirements needed to carry out its due diligence responsibilities in loan underwriting and maintaining loan security. Agency borrowers should understand that they may be subject to additional record retention requirements imposed by other regulatory authorities such as FERC, FCC, state commissions and IRS. Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 hours per response. Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions. Estimated Number of Respondents and Recordkeepers: 1,422. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1. Estimated Number of Hours per Recordkeeper: 50 hours. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,844 hours. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Recordkeepers: 35,550 hours. Copies of this information collection can be obtained from MaryPat Daskal, E:\FR\FM\05FEN1.SGM 05FEN1 6700 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 24 / Tuesday, February 5, 2008 / Notices Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, at (202) 720–7853, Fax: (202) 720–4120. 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: January 30, 2008. James M. Andrew, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. [FR Doc. E8–2000 Filed 2–4–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–15–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–846] Brake Rotors From the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of the 2006–2007 Administrative and New Shipper Reviews and Partial Rescission of the 2006–2007 Administrative Review Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) is currently conducting the 2006–2007 administrative and new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on brake rotors from the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’). We preliminarily determine that sales have not been made below normal value (‘‘NV’’) with respect to certain exporters who participated fully and are entitled to a separate rate in the administrative or new shipper reviews. If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of these reviews, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) to assess antidumping duties on entries of subject merchandise during the period of review (‘‘POR’’) for which the importerspecific assessment rates are above de minimis. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. We will issue the final results no later than 120 days from the date of publication of this notice. EFFECTIVE DATE: February 5, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frances Veith or Blanche Ziv, AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4295 or (202) 482– 4207, respectively. rmajette on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES AGENCY: VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:34 Feb 04, 2008 Jkt 214001 Background On April 17, 1997, the Department published in the Federal Register the antidumping duty order on brake rotors from the PRC. See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Brake Rotors from the People’s Republic of China, 62 FR 18740 (April 17, 1997) (‘‘the Order’’). Department invited all interested parties to submit comments on surrogatecountry selection and to submit publicly available information as surrogate values (‘‘SVs’’) for purposes of calculating NV.4 See ‘‘Surrogate Country’’ section below. On August 1, 2007, the Coalition for the Preservation of American Brake Drum and Rotor New Shipper Review Aftermarket Manufacturers (‘‘petitioner’’) submitted publicly On April 18, 2007, Shanghai Tylon available information for use as SVs in Company Ltd. (‘‘Tylon’’) requested a new shipper review of the antidumping the calculation of NV in the 2006–2007 duty order on brake rotors from the PRC, new shipper review. On August 17, 2007, the Department selected India as which has an April anniversary month, the most appropriate surrogate country in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c). for the purpose of this new shipper In response to the Department’s April 24, 2007, request for information, Tylon review.5 On August 23, 2007, Tylon agreed to provided supplemental information on waive the new shipper review time April 27, 2007. On May 25, 2007, the limits in accordance with 19 CFR Department initiated a new shipper 351.214(j)(3), to align the new shipper review of Tylon covering the period review with the concurrent 2006–2007 April 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007. administrative review of the See Brake Rotors From the People’s antidumping duty order on brake rotors Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, from the PRC. On August 24, 2007, the Department aligned the new shipper 72 FR 29299 (May 25, 2007). On May review with the 2006–2007 23, 2007, the Department issued a new shipper antidumping duty questionnaire administrative review of the antidumping duty order on brake rotors to Tylon. from the PRC.6 On July 5, 2007, the Department received Tylon’s Sections A, C, and D Administrative Review response. On July 19, 2007, the On April 2, 2007, the Department Department received Tylon’s Importerpublished a notice of opportunity to Specific Questionnaire response. On August 24, 2007, the Department issued request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on brake rotors a supplemental questionnaire to Tylon, from the PRC. See Antidumping or to which we received a response on Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or September 17, 2007. On June 4, 2007, Suspended Investigation; Opportunity the Department placed on the record of To Request Administrative Review, 72 the new shipper review copies of CBP FR 15650 (April 2, 2006). documents pertaining to the shipment On April 30, 2007, the Department of brake rotors from the PRC exported by Tylon to the United States during the received timely requests for an administrative review of this POR.1 antidumping duty order in accordance On May 31, 2007, we requested that with 19 CFR 351.213 from the following the Office of Policy issue a surrogateindividual companies: LABEC, country memorandum for the selection Winhere, Haimeng, Hongda, Meita, of the appropriate surrogate countries for this new shipper review.2 On June 1, Wally, and Longkou Dixion Brake 2007, the Office of Policy provided a list System Ltd. (‘‘Dixion’’). On April 30, of five countries at a level of economic 4 See the Department’s letter regarding, ‘‘New development comparable to that of the Shipper Review of Brake Rotors from the People’s 3 On June 6, 2007, the PRC for the POR. Republic of China,’’ requesting parties to provide 1 See the Department’s memorandum entitled, ‘‘2006–2007 New Shipper Review of Brake Rotors from the People’s Republic of China,’’ entitled, ‘‘Results of Request for Assistance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection on U.S. Entry Documents,’’ dated June 4, 2007. 2 See the Department’s memorandum entitled, ‘‘Surrogate-Country Selection: 2006–2007 New Shipper Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Brake Rotors from the People’s Republic of China,’’ dated May 31, 2007. 3 See the Department’s memorandum entitled, ‘‘New Shipper Review of Brake Rotors from the People’s Republic of China (PRC): Request for a List of Surrogate Countries,’’ dated June 1, 2007 (‘‘NSR Policy Memorandum’’). PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 comments on surrogate-country selection and provide surrogate factors-of-production (‘‘FOP’’) values from the potential surrogate countries (i.e., India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, the Philippines and Egypt), dated June 6, 2007. 5 See The Department’s memorandum entitled, ‘‘2006–2007 New Shipper Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Brake Rotors from the People’s Republic of China: Selection of a Surrogate Country,’’ dated August 17, 2007 (‘‘NSR Surrogate Country Memorandum’’). 6 See the Department’s memorandum, entitled ‘‘2006–2007 Administrative and New Shipper Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Order on Brake Rotors from the People’s Republic of China: Alignment of 2006–2007 Administrative and New Shipper Reviews,’’ dated August 24, 2007. E:\FR\FM\05FEN1.SGM 05FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6699-6700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2000]


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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, an agency 
delivering the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural 
Development Utilities Programs, hereinafter referred to as Rural 
Development and/or Agency, invites comments on this information 
collection for which Rural Development intends to request approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by April 7, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele L. Brooks, Acting Director, 
Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, 
1400 Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522, Room 5168 South Building, 
Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-1078. 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 an information collection that the 
Agency is submitting to OMB as a revision to an existing collection. 
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: Michele 
L. Brooks, Acting Director, Program Development and Regulatory 
Analysis, Rural Development Utilities Programs, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, STOP 1522, Room 5168, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., 
Washington, DC 20250-1522. Fax: (202) 720-8435.
    Title: Accounting Requirements for Electric and Telecommunications 
Borrowers.
    OMB Control Number: 0572-0003.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The Agency believes that this is the minimum record 
retention requirements needed to carry out its due diligence 
responsibilities in loan underwriting and maintaining loan security. 
Agency borrowers should understand that they may be subject to 
additional record retention requirements imposed by other regulatory 
authorities such as FERC, FCC, state commissions and IRS.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 2 hours per response.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents and Recordkeepers: 1,422.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Number of Hours per Recordkeeper: 50 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,844 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Recordkeepers: 35,550 hours.
    Copies of this information collection can be obtained from MaryPat 
Daskal,

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Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, at (202) 720-7853, Fax: 
(202) 720-4120.
    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: January 30, 2008.
James M. Andrew,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
 [FR Doc. E8-2000 Filed 2-4-08; 8:45 am]
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