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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2000-06-29.xml --- 65 126 Thursday, June 29, 2000 Contents AID Agency for International Development NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 40075 00-16457 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Forest Service See Natural Resources Conservation Service Air Force Air Force Department NOTICES Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Boards; membership, 40083 00-16453 Alcohol Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau RULES Alcohol, tobacco, and other excise taxes:
Tobacco products— Roll-your-own tobacco; manufacturers and importers; package use-up rule extension, 40050-40051 00-16203 Antitrust Antitrust Division NOTICES National cooperative research notifications: AAF Association, Inc., 40127 00-16467 Application Service Provider Industry Consortium, Inc., 40127-40128 00-16470 CommerceNet Consortium, Inc., 00-16476 40128-40129 00-16485 Corporation for National Research Initiatives, 40129 00-16479 Die Products Consortium, 40129 00-16480 Digital Imaging Group, Inc., 40129-40130 00-16482 Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum, 40130 00-16478 Microelectronics & Computer Technology Corp., 40130 00-16474 National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc., 40130-40131 00-16473 National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative, 40131 00-16469 National Starch & Chemical Co., 40131 00-16477 OBI Consortium, Inc., 40131-40132 00-16483 Salutation Consortium, Inc., 40132 00-16481 Southwest Research Institute, 40132 00-16471 Telematics Suppliers Consortium, Inc., 00-16468 40132-40133 00-16484 Wireless Application Protocol Forum, Ltd., 00-16472 40133-40134 00-16475 Army Army Department See Engineers Corps NOTICES Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
Novel HIV suppressor factor derived from scrub typhus, 40083 00-16402 Arts Arts and Humanities, National Foundation See National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Centers Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 40097-40099 00-16435 00-16436 Grant and cooperative agreement awards: Minority Health Professions Foundation, 40099-40100 00-16437 Civil Civil Rights Commission NOTICES Meetings;
State advisory committees: Rhode Island, 40078 00-16427 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Technical amendments; organizational changes; miscellaneous editorial changes, etc., 40052-40059 00-16078 PROPOSED RULES Boating safety: Manufacturing requirements— Recreational boats; hull identification numbers; rulemaking termination, 40069-40070 00-16449 NOTICES Meetings: National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program; workshop, 40160-40163 00-16448 Commerce Commerce Department See Minority Business Development Agency See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration See National Telecommunications and Information Administration Commodity Commodity Futures Trading Commission NOTICES Contract market proposals:
Chicago Board of Trade— Corn, oats, rice, soybeans, wheat, gold, and silver; contract terms and conditions, 40082-40083 00-16411 Customs Customs Service PROPOSED RULES Articles conditionally free, subject to reduced rates, etc.: Civil aircraft merchandise; duty-free entry, 40067-40069 00-16406 Defense Defense Department See Air Force Department See Army Department See Engineers Corps Education Education Department NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 40084-40085 00-16431 Employment Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Adjustment assistance:
Beloit MillPro Service Center, 40137 00-16495 Chavez Signs, Inc., 40137 00-16498 Chick Orchards, Inc., 40137 00-16501 Hamilton Sundstrand et al., 40137-40138 00-16494 Hampton Industries, Inc., 40138 00-16497 Scientific Research Co., 40138-40139 00-16496 Shell Chemical Co., 40139 00-16502 Transsouthern Leasing et al., 40139 00-16499 Adjustment assistance and NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance: Honeywell, Inc., et al., 40134-40137 00-16493 Westwood Lighting, 40137 00-16503 NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:
Furniture Crafters, 40140 00-16500 Johnson Controls, Inc., 40140 00-16504 Energy Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Engineers Engineers Corps NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Orange County, CA; Upper Newport Bay Ecosystem Restoration Project, 40083-40084 00-16400 Meetings: Inland Waterways Users Board, 40084 00-16401 EPA Environmental Protection Agency NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 40091-40092 00-16516 00-16519 Air programs:
State implementation plans; adequacy status for transportation conformity purposes— Kentucky, 40093 00-16517 Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.: Landia Chemical Co. Site, FL, 40093 00-16518 Executive Executive Office of the President See Trade Representative, Office of United States FAA Federal Aviation Administration RULES Class E airspace; correction, 40167 C0-9838 NOTICES Advisory circulars; availability, etc.: Transport category airplanes— Mechanical systems certification, 40163 00-16451 FCC Federal Communications Commission NOTICES Agency information collection activities:
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 40093-40097 00-16525 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency RULES Flood insurance program: Insurance coverage and rates— Insured structures; inspection by communities **[Editorial Note:** This document, published at 65 FR 39726 in the Federal Register of June 27, 2000, was erroneously listed as a Proposed Rule in that issue's table of contents.] NOTICES Flood insurance program: Flood map changes, 40375-40481 00-15504 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
American Electric Power Co. et al., 40087-40090 00-16418 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Grand River Dam Authority, 40090 00-16424 Hydroelectric applications, 40090-40091 00-16423 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* ANR Pipeline Co., 40085 00-16420 Avista Corp., 40085 00-16426 Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., 40085-40086 00-16425 ONEOK WestTex Transmission, Inc., 40086 00-16419 Stanfield Hub Services, LLC, 40086-40087 00-16421 Wyoming Interstate Co., LTD., 40087 00-16422 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System PROPOSED RULES Electronic fund transfers (Regulation E):
Financial institutions compliance requirements; official staff interpretation, 40061-40067 00-16303 NOTICES Banks and bank holding companies: Permissible nonbanking activities, 40097 00-16410 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service PROPOSED RULES Endangered and threatened species: Critical habitat designations— Coastal California gnatcatcher, 40073-40074 00-16511 Endangered Species Convention: Regulations revised Correction, 40167 C0-9980 NOTICES Agency information collection activities:
Submission for OMB review; comment request, 40113-40119 00-16371 Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 40120-40121 00-16438 00-16441 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Incidental take permits— Lewis County, WA; harvesting of multiple species by non-industrial private forest landowners, 40078-40080 00-16509 Food Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 40100-40104 00-16396 00-16398 Meetings:
Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee, 40104 00-16397 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: E-mail use to submit information to Veterinary Medicine Center, 40109-40111 00-16395 E-mail use to submit meeting or teleconference request to New Animal Drug Evaluation Office, 40108-40109 00-16394 E-mail use to submit notice of final disposition of animals not intended for immediate slaughter, 40104-40106 00-16392 E-mail use to submit notice of intent to slaughter for human food purposes, 40106-40107 00-16393 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request, 40075-40076 00-16507 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Mark Twain National Forest, MO, 40076-40077 00-16452 Health Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See Health Care Financing Administration See Indian Health Service Health Health Care Financing Administration RULES Medicare: Medicare+Choice program— Establishment; changes, 40331-40332 00-15648 NOTICES Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request, 00-16455 40111-40112 00-16456 Medicare: Medicare+Choice deeming authority, 40112 00-16058 Indian Indian Affairs Bureau NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 40112-40113 00-16429 Meetings: Indian education topics; tribal consultation, 40121-40122 00-16447 Indian Indian Health Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 40112-40113 00-16429 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Indian Affairs Bureau See Land Management Bureau See Minerals Management Service See National Park Service IRS Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request, 00-16413 40164-40165 00-16414 00-16415 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: IRS Advisory Council, 40165-40166 00-16416 International International Trade Commission NOTICES Import investigations: Ammonium nitrate from— Russia, 40126 00-16524 Justice Justice Department See Antitrust Division NOTICES Pollution control; consent judgments: Western Publishing Co., Inc., et al., 40126-40127 00-16466 Labor Labor Department See Employment and Training Administration See Mine Safety and Health Administration Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:
Wyoming, 40122 00-16439 Public land orders: Colorado, 40122-40123 00-16460 Idaho, 00-16458 40123-40124 00-16459 Realty actions; sales, leases, etc: Nevada; correction, 40167 C0-15610 Recreation management restrictions, etc.: Eastern Tulare County, CA; supplementary rules, 40124-40125 00-16462 Withdrawal and reservation of lands: Colorado, 40125 00-16464 Minerals Minerals Management Service RULES Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations: Documents incorporated by reference; update Correction, 40051-40052 00-16250 Mine Mine Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Safety standard petitions:
Anthracite Underground Rescue, Inc., 40140 00-16465 Plateau Mining Co. et al., 40140-40143 00-16486 Minority Minority Business Development Agency NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Minority Business Capital Access Policy Institute establishment, 40078 00-16444 National Foundation National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: ArtsLink; continued management, 40143 00-16487 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fishery conservation and management:
Northeastern United States fisheries— Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish, 40059-40060 00-16463 NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent: Incidental take permits— Lewis County, WA; harvesting of multiple species by non-industrial private forest landowners, 40078-40080 00-16509 Meetings: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; correction, 40080 00-16508 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 40125-40126 00-16521 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request, 40143-40144 00-16512 National Telecommunications National Telecommunications and Information Administration NOTICES Meetings: All-hazard warning network; comment request, 40080-40081 00-16405 Minority media ownership; comment request, 40081-40082 00-16404 NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service NOTICES Field office technical guides; changes: South Dakota, 40077-40078 00-16408 Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Quivira Mining Co., 40144 00-16442 Office of U.S.
Trade Office of United States Trade Representative See Trade Representative, Office of United States Postal Postal Service NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 40145 00-16668 Public Public Health Service See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See Indian Health Service Railroad Railroad Retirement Board NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 40145-40146 00-16488 Saint Lawrence Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation PROPOSED RULES Seaway regulations and rules:
Miscellaneous amendments, 40070-40073 00-16409 SEC Securities and Exchange Commission RULES Consumer financial information; privacy requirements (Regulation S-P), 40333-40373 00-16269 NOTICES Investment Company Act of 1940: Exemption applications— Potomac Insurance Trust et al., 40146-40151 00-16417 Social Social Security Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection and submission for OMB review; comment request, 40151-40152 00-16407 State State Department NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
College and University Affiliations Program, 40152-40157 00-16506 Meio University, Okinawa, Japan; international convention and conference management curriculum development, 40157-40160 00-16505 TVA Tennessee Valley Authority NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 40160 00-16489 Trade Trade Representative, Office of United States RULES Tariff-rate quota amount determinations: Lamb meat, 40049-40050 00-16403 Transportation Transportation Department See Coast Guard See Federal Aviation Administration See Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Treasury Treasury Department See Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau See Customs Service See Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities:
Submission for OMB review; comment request, 40163-40164 00-16412 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration, 40331-40332 00-15648 Part III Securities and Exchange Commission, 40333-40373 00-16269 Part IV Federal Emergency Management Agency, 40375-40481 00-15504 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, reminders, and notice of recently enacted public laws. 65 126 Thursday, June 29, 2000 Rules and Regulations OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 15 CFR Part 2014 RIN 0350-AA02 Implementation of the Temporary Tariff-Rate Quota for Imports of Lamb Meat AGENCY:
Office of the United States Trade Representative. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) hereby issues a final rule providing for the establishment of an export certificate procedure to assist in the orderly marketing of lamb meat imports from countries provided a specific import allocation under the temporary tariff-rate quota that the President has imposed on those products. DATES: The effective date of this final rule is June 29, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Sloan, Director of Agricultural Affairs, Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20506,
(202)395-6127. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 7, 1999, the President issued Proclamation 7208, 64 FR 37387 (July 9, 1999), which established a temporary tariff-rate quota (“TRQ”) and increased duties, effective July 22, 1999, on lamb meat imports to facilitate the domestic industry's adjustment to import competition. In order to provide for the efficient and fair administration of the TRQ, on July 30, 1999, the President issued Proclamation 7214, 64 FR 42265 (Aug. 4, 1999), which delegated authority to administer the TRQ to the United States Trade Representative. To provide for the efficient and fair administration of the TRQ, USTR has established a procedure under which countries that have been allotted an in-quota allocation under the TRQ may use a system of export certificates to ensure that only those of its lamb meat exports specifically designated for the United States market are counted against the country's in-quota allocation. USTR published an interim rule and request for comments on this subject in the **Federal Register** on October 20, 1999, 64 FR 56429. Under the final rule, as under the interim rule, a country that was provided a specific in-quota allocation under the TRQ may elect to have the United States Customs Service (“U.S. Customs”) determine which lamb meat imports are to be counted against the country's in-quota allocation, and thus be assessed the lower rate of duty applicable to in-quota imports, based on whether the country has issued (or authorized issuance of) an export certificate for that lamb meat. Two countries, Australia and New Zealand, were provided specific in-quota allocations under the TRQ. Both governments have requested USTR to establish an export certificate procedure to assist in the orderly marketing of their lamb meat exports to the United States while the TRQ is in effect. A country wishing to avail itself of the export certificate procedure must notify USTR and provide the necessary supporting information. Australia and New Zealand have provided the requisite supporting information, and USTR determine in the **Federal Register** notice for the interim rule that both countries are “participating countries” under the export certificate procedure. 64 FR at 56429. USTR will publish a notice in the **Federal Register** if Australia or New Zealand ceases to be a participating country. U.S. Customs will ensure that no imports of lamb meat from a participating country are counted against that country's in-quota allocation unless the importer declares that there is a valid export certificate for that lamb meat. In the absence of such a declaration, the imports will not be eligible for the in-quota rate of duty. U.S. Customs will separately issue regulations governing its implementation of this rule. Comments on the Interim Rule USTR received comments on the interim rule from representatives of the Australian lamb meat industry (Meat and Livestock Australia, or “MLA”) and the Embassy of New Zealand. MLA supported implementation of the export certificate system, and therefore supported the interim rule. MLA had no substantive comments on the interim rule. The Embassy of New Zealand also supported the export certificate system. However, it recommended the following three changes to the interim rule:
(i)That the wording of § 2014.3(b)(2) be amended by replacing “calendar year” with “quota year;”
(ii)That the wording of § 2014.3(b)(4) be amended by replacing “in the calendar year” with “for quota year;” and
(iii)That the term “quota year” be defined in § 2014.2 as “the period between 22 July 1999 and 21 July 2000, inclusive, and such subsequent periods as set forth in Presidential Proclamations 7208 (64 FR 37387) and 7214 (64 FR 42265) during which lamb meat is exported.” USTR has adopted all of the changes suggested by the Embassy of New Zealand, and has amended its interim rule accordingly. List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 2014 Export certificates, Imports, Lamb meat, Tariff-rate quotas. For the reasons set out in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice, 15 CFR 2014 is revised to read as follows: PART 2014—IMPLEMENTATION OF TARIFF-RATE QUOTA FOR IMPORTS OF LAMB MEAT Sec. 2014.1 Purpose. 2014.2 Definitions. 2014.3 Export certificates. Authority: 19 U.S.C. 2253(g); Proclamation 7208, 64 FR 37387, July 9, 1999; Proclamation 7214, 64 FR 42265, Aug. 4, 1999. § 2014.1 Purpose. The purpose of this part is to provide for the implementation of the tariff-rate quota for imports of lamb meat established in Proclamation 7208 (64 FR 37387) (July 9, 1999) and modified in Proclamation 7214 (64 FR 42265) (Aug. 4, 1999). In particular, this part provides for the administration of export certificates where a country that has an allocation of the in-quota quantity under the tariff-rate quota has chosen to use export certificates. § 2014.2 Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, for the purpose of this part, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned as follows:
(a)* Lamb meat* means fresh, chilled, or frozen lamb meat, provided for in subheadings 0204.10.00, 0204.22.20, 0204.23.20, 0204.30.00, 0204.42.20, and 0204.43.20 of the HTS.
(b)*In-quota lamb meat* means lamb meat that is entered under the in-quota rate of duty.
(c)*Participating country* means any country to which an allocation of a particular quantity of lamb meat has been assigned under Proclamation 7208 that USTR has determined is, and has notified to the United States Customs Service as being, eligible to use export certificates.
(d)*Enter or Entered* means to enter or withdraw from warehouse for consumption.
(e)*HTS* means the Harmonized Tariff schedule of the United States.
(f)*USTR* means the United States Trade Representative or the designee of the United States Trade Representative.
(g)*Quota Year* means the period between July 22, 1999 and July 21, 2000, inclusive, and such subsequent periods as set forth in Presidential Proclamations 7208 and 7214 during which lamb meat is exported. § 2014.3 Export certificates.
(a)In-quota lamb meat may only be entered as a product of a participating country if the United States importer makes a declaration to the United States Customs Service, in the form and manner determined by the United States Customs Service, that a valid export certificate is in effect with respect to that lamb meat product.
(b)To be valid, an export certificate shall:
(1)Be issued by or under the supervision of the government of the participating country;
(2)Specify the name of the exporter, the product description and quantity, and the quota year for which the export certificate is in effect;
(3)Be distinct and uniquely identifiable; and
(4)Be used for the quota year for which it is in effect. Kenneth P. Freiberg, Deputy General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative. [FR Doc. 00-16403 Filed 6-28-00; 8:45 am]
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