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the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (the ‘‘HTS’’) through the law, those modifications are not yet in effect. This notice announces that the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has determined that the date on which the equivalent amendments to the rules of origin to the CAFTA–DR have entered into force in all other CAFTA–DR Parties is October 13, 2012, and that the modifications to the HTS pursuant to section 2 of Public Law 112–163 enter into force on that date.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  For further information, please contact Caroyl Miller, Deputy Textile Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508, email address: caroyl

_miller@ustr.eop.gov

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**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  PublicLaw 109–53, the Dominican RepublicCentral America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ‘‘CAFTA–DR Act’’) approved the CAFTA–DR Agreement. Presidential Proclamations 7987 of February 28, 2006, 7991 of March 24, 2006, 7996 of March 31, 2006, 8034 of June 30, 2006, 8111 of March 1, 2007, and 8331 of December, 23 2008, implemented the CAFTA–DR Agreement with respect to the United States and, pursuant to the CAFTA–DR Act, incorporated in the HTS the tariff modifications and rules of origin necessary or appropriate to carry out the CAFTA–DR Agreement. On February 23, 2011, the CAFTA–DR Agreement Free Trade Commission adopted a decision to modify certain rules of origin for textile and apparel products set forth in Annex 4.1 of the CAFTA–DR.

Public Law 112–163 enacted these modifications into the HTS, however, they have not entered into force. The law provides that these modifications apply to goods of a CAFTA–DR Party that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date that the USTR determines is the first date on which the equivalent amendments to the rules of origin to the CAFTA–DR have entered into force in all other CAFTA–DR Parties. After making this determination, the USTR is to publish notice of such determination in the Federal Register . This notice announces that the USTR has determined that the date on which the equivalent amendments to the rules of origin to the CAFTA–DR have entered into force in all other CAFTA–DR Parties is October 13, 2012, and that the modifications to the HTS pursuant to section 2 of Public Law 112–163 enter into force on that date.

Ron Kirk, Ambassador, United States Trade Representative.
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**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Office of the Secretary**

**[Docket No. OST–2012–0031]**

**Extension of a Previously Approved Collection; Public Charters** 

**AGENCY :**  Office of the Secretary, DOT.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.), this notice announces that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will forward the Information Collection Request (ICR), abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal of currently approved Public Charters, 14 CFR Part 380. Earlier, a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period was published April 9, 2012 (77 FR 21144). The agency did not receive any comments to its previous notice.

**DATES :**  Comments on this notice should be received by October 26, 2012: attention OMB/OST Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Ms. Reather Flemmings, Office of the Secretary, Office of International Aviation, Department of Transportation, Special Authorities Division-X46, 202 366–1865, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., W–86–445, Washington, DC, 20590 and Torlanda Archer, Office of the Secretary, OIA, 202 366–1037.

Comment: Comments should be sent to OMB at the address that appears above and should identify the associated OMB Approval Number 2106–0005 and Docket No. OST–2012–
0031.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

OMB Control Number: 2106–0005. Title: Public Charters, 14 CFR Part
380.

Form Numbers: 4532, 4533, 4534 4535.

Type of Review: Extension of a Previously Approved Collection.

Respondents: Private Sector: Air carriers; tour operators; the general public (including groups and individuals, corporations and Universities or Colleges, etc.).

Number of Respondents: 245. Number of Responses: 1782.
Total Annual Burden: 891.
Needs and Uses: 14 CFR part 380 establishes the regulations of the Department’s terms and conditions governing Public Charter operators to conduct air transportation using direct air carriers. Public Charter operators arrange transportation for groups of people on chartered aircraft. This arrangement is less expensive for the travelers than individually buying a ticket. Part 380 exempts charter operators from certain provisions of the U.S. code in order that they may provide this service. A primary goal of Part 380 is to seek protection for the consumer. Accordingly, the rule stipulates that the charter operator must file evidence (a prospectus—consisting of OST Forms 4532, 4533, 4534 and 4535) with the Department for each charter program certifying that it has entered into a binding contract with a direct air carrier to provide air transportation and that it has also entered into agreements with Department-approved financial institutions for the protection of charter participants’ funds. The prospectus must be approved by the Department prior to the operator’s advertising, selling or operating the charter. If the prospectus information were not collected it would be extremely difficult to assure compliance with agency rules and to assure that public security and other consumer protection requirements were in place for the traveling public. The information collected is available for public inspection ( unless the respondent specifically requests confidential treatment). Part 380 does not provide any assurances of confidentiality.

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 19, 2012. Patricia Lawton, Department of Transportation PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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