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manufacturer or processor, if the 

recipient is other than the actual 

manufacturer or processor of the 

product. This requirement is commonly 

referred to as the Nonmanufacturer 

Rule. The SBA regulations imposing 

this requirement are found at 13 CFR 

121.406(b). Section 8(a)(17)(b)(iv) of the 

Act authorizes SBA to waive the 

Nonmanufacturer Rule for any ‘‘class of 

products’’ for which there are no small 

business manufacturers or processors 

available to participate in the Federal 

market. 

As implemented in SBA’s regulations 

at 13 CFR 121.1204, in order to be 

considered available to participate in 

the Federal market for a class of 

products, a small business manufacturer 

must have submitted a proposal for a 

contract solicitation or received a 

contract from the Federal government 

within the last 24 months. The SBA 

defines ‘‘class of products’’ based on six 

digit coding systems. The first coding 

system is the Office of Management and 

Budget North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS). The 

second is the Product and Service Code 

established by the Federal Procurement 

Data System. 

The SBA received a request on 

November 2, 2004 to waive the 

Nonmanufacturer Rule for Petroleum 

and Coal Products Manufacturing. 

In response, SBA is currently 

processing a request to waive the 

Nonmanufacturer Rule for Petroleum 

and Coal Products Manufacturing, North 

American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS) 324110. 

The public is invited to comment or 

provide source information to SBA on 

the proposed waiver of the 

nonmanufacturer rule for this NAICS 

code.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 637(a)(17).

Dated: November 29, 2004. 

Emily Murphy, 

Acting Associate Administrator for 

Government Contracting.

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BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4915] 

Foreign Terrorists and Terrorist 

Organizations; Designation: Jam’at 

Tawhid al wa’al-Jihad, et al. 

Determination pursuant to section 

1(b) of Executive Order 13224 relating to 

the designation of Jam’at al Tawhid 

wa’al-Jihad, also known as the 

Monotheism and Jihad Group, also 

known as the al-Zarqawi Network, also 

known as al-Tawhid, also known as 

Tanzim Qa’idat al-Jihad fi Bilad alRafidayn, also known as the 

Organization of al-Jihad’s Base in Iraq, 

also known as the Organization of alJihad’s Base of Operations in Iraq, also 

known as al-Qaida of Jihad in Iraq, also 

known as al-Qaida in Iraq, also known 

as al-Qaida in Mesopotamia, also known 

as al-Qaida in the Land of the Two 

Rivers, also known as al-Qaida of the 

Jihad in the Land of the Two Rivers, 

also known as al-Qaida of Jihad 

Organization in the Land of the Two 

Rivers, also known as al-Qaida Group of 

Jihad in Iraq, also known as al-Qaida 

Group of Jihad in the Land of the Two 

Rivers, also known as the Organization 

of Jihad’s Base in the Country of the 

Two Rivers, also known as the 

Organization Base of Jihad/Country of 

the Two Rivers, also known as the 

Organization of al-Jihad’s Base in the 

Land of the Two Rivers, also known as 

the Organization Base of Jihad/

Mesopotamia, also known as the 

Organization of al-Jihad’s Base of 

Operations in the Land of the Two 

Rivers, also known as Tanzeem qa’idat 

al Jihad/Bilad al Raafidaini. 

Acting under the authority of section 

1(b) of Executive Order 13224 of 

September 23, 2001, as amended by 

Executive Order 13286 of July 2, 2002, 

and Executive Order 13284 of January 

23, 2003, and in consultation with the 

Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney 

General, and the Secretary of Homeland 

Security, I hereby determine that the 

designated terrorist organization known 

as Jam’at al-Tawhid wa’al-Jihad, aka the 

Monotheism and Jihad Group, aka, the 

al-Zarqawi Network, also known as alTawhid, has amended its name to 

Tanzim Qa’idat al-Jihad fi Bilad alRafidayn and all the translations and 

transliterations of that name listed 

above. This group continues to commit, 

or poses a significant risk of committing, 

acts of terrorism that threaten the 

security of U.S. nationals or the national 

security, foreign policy, or economy of 

the United States. 

Consistent with the determination in 

section 10 of Executive Order 13224 that 

‘‘prior notice to persons determined to 

be subject to the Order who might have 

a constitutional presence in the United 

States would render ineffectural the 

blocking and other measures authorized 

in the Order because of the ability to 

transfer funds instantaneously,’’ I 

determine that no prior notice need be 

provided to any person subject to this 

determination who might have a 

constitutional presence in the United 

States because to do so would render 

ineffectual the measures authorized in 

the Order. 

This notice shall be published in the 

Federal Register.

Dated: November 30, 2004. 

Colin L. Powell, 

Secretary of State, Department of State.

[FR Doc. 04–26733 Filed 12–3–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–10–P

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Request for Comments and Notice of 

Public Hearing Concerning Proposed 

Free Trade Agreement With Oman

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of intent to initiate 

negotiations on a free trade agreement 

with Oman, request for comments, and 

notice of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: The United States intends to 

initiate negotiations on a free trade 

agreement with Oman. The interagency 

Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) 

will convene a public hearing and seek 

public comment to assist the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR) in 

amplifying and clarifying negotiating 

objectives for the proposed agreements 

and to provide advice on how specific 

goods and services and other matters 

should be treated under the proposed 

agreements.

DATES: Persons wishing to testify orally 

at the hearing must provide written 

notification of their intent to testify, as 

well as their testimony, by January 5, 

2005. A hearing will be held in 

Washington, DC, on January 14, 2005. 

Written comments are due by noon, 

January 25, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submissions by electronic 

mail: FR0510@USTR.EOP.GOV. 

Submissions by facsimile: Gloria Blue, 

Executive Secretary, Trade Policy Staff 

Committee, at (202) 395–6143. The 

public is strongly encouraged to submit 

documents electronically rather than by 

facsimile. (See requirements for 

submissions below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

procedural questions concerning written 

comments or participation in the public 

hearing, contact Gloria Blue, Executive 

Secretary, Trade Policy Staff Committee, 

at (202) 395–3475. All other questions 

regarding Oman should be directed to 

Jason Buntin, Director for Western 

Europe and Middle East Affairs, at (202) 

395–3320.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

Under section 2104 of the Trade Act 

of 2002 (Trade Act) (19 U.S.C. 3804), for 

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agreements that will be approved and 

implemented through trade promotion 

authority (TPA) procedures, the 

President must provide the Congress 

with at least 90 days’ written notice of 

his intent to enter into negotiations and 

must identify the specific objectives for 

the negotiations. Before and after the 

submission of this notice, the President 

must consult with appropriate 

Congressional committees and the 

Congressional Oversight Group (COG) 

regarding the negotiations. Under the 

Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the 

President must (i) afford interested 

persons an opportunity to present their 

views regarding any matter relevant to 

any proposed agreement, (ii) designate 

an agency or inter-agency committee to 

hold a public hearing regarding any 

proposed agreement, and (iii) seek the 

advice of the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) regarding the 

probable economic effects on U.S. 

industries and consumers of the 

removal of tariffs and non-tariff barriers 

on imports pursuant to any proposed 

agreement. 

On November 15, 2004, after 

consulting with relevant Congressional 

committees and the COG, the USTR 

notified the Congress that the President 

intends to initiate free trade agreement 

negotiations with Oman and identified 

specific objectives for the negotiations. 

In addition, the USTR has requested 

that the ITC provide its advice on 

probable economic effects no later than 

February 28, 2005. This notice solicits 

views from the public on these 

negotiations and provides information 

on a hearing that will be conducted 

pursuant to the requirements of the 

Trade Act of 1974. 

2. Public Comments and Testimony 

To assist the Administration as it 

continues to develop its negotiating 

objectives for the proposed agreements, 

the Chairman of the TPSC invites the 

written comments and/or oral testimony 

of interested persons at a public hearing. 

Comments and testimony may address 

the reduction or elimination of tariffs or 

non-tariff barriers on any articles 

provided for in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

that are products of Oman, any 

concession that should be sought by the 

United States, or any other matter 

relevant to the proposed agreements. 

The TPSC invites comments and 

testimony on all of these matters and, in 

particular, seeks comments and 

testimony addressed to: 

(a) General and commodity-specific 

negotiating objectives for the proposed 

agreements. 

(b) Economic costs and benefits to 

U.S. producers and consumers of 

removal of tariffs and non-tariff barriers 

on articles traded with Oman. 

(c) Treatment of specific goods 

(described by HTSUS numbers) under 

the proposed agreements, including 

comments on (1) product-specific 

import or export interests or barriers, (2) 

experience with particular measures 

that should be addressed in the 

negotiations, and (3) in the case of 

articles for which immediate 

elimination of tariffs is not appropriate, 

a recommended staging schedule for 

such elimination. 

(d) Adequacy of existing customs 

measures to ensure that imported goods 

originate from Oman, and appropriate 

rules of origin for goods entering the 

United States under the proposed 

agreements. 

(e) Existing sanitary and 

phytosanitary measures and technical 

barriers to trade imposed by Oman that 

should be addressed in the negotiations.

(f) Existing barriers to trade in 

services between the United States and 

Oman that should be addressed in the 

negotiations. 

(g) Relevant trade-related intellectual 

property rights issues that should be 

addressed in the negotiations. 

(h) Relevant investment issues that 

should be addressed in the negotiations. 

(i) Relevant government procurement 

issues that should be addressed in the 

negotiations. 

(j) Relevant environmental and labor 

issues that should be addressed in the 

negotiations. 

Comments identifying as present or 

potential trade barriers laws or 

regulations that are not primarily traderelated should address the economic, 

political, and social objectives of such 

regulations and the degree to which 

they discriminate against producers of 

the other country. At a later date, the 

USTR, through the TPSC, will publish 

notice of reviews regarding (a) the 

possible environmental effects of the 

proposed agreements and the scope of 

the U.S. environmental review of the 

proposed agreements, and (b) the impact 

of the proposed agreements on U.S. 

employment and labor markets. 

A hearing will be held on January 14, 

2005, in Rooms 1 and 2, 1724 F Street, 

NW., Washington, DC. Persons wishing 

to testify at the hearing must provide 

written notification of their intent to 

testify by January 5, 2005. The 

notification should include: (1) The 

name, address, and telephone number of 

the person presenting the testimony; 

and (2) a short (one or two paragraphs) 

summary of the presentation, including 

the subject matter and, as applicable, 

the product(s) (with HTSUS numbers), 

service sector(s), or other subjects (such 

as investment, intellectual property, 

and/or government procurement) to be 

discussed. A copy of the testimony must 

accompany the notification. Remarks at 

the hearing should be limited to no 

more than five minutes to allow for 

possible questions from the TPSC. 

Persons with mobility impairments who 

will need special assistance in gaining 

access to the hearing should contact the 

TPSC Executive Secretary. 

Interested persons, including persons 

who participate in the hearing, may 

submit written comments by noon, 

January 25, 2005. Written comments 

may include rebuttal points 

demonstrating errors of fact or analysis 

not pointed out in the hearing. All 

written comments must state clearly the 

position taken, describe with 

particularity the supporting rationale, 

and be in English. The first page of 

written comments must specify the 

subject matter, including, as applicable, 

the product(s) (with HTSUS numbers), 

service sector(s), or other subjects (such 

as investment, intellectual property 

and/or government procurement). 

3. Requirements for Submissions 

In order to facilitate prompt 

processing of submissions, the Office of 

the United States Trade Representative 

strongly urges and prefers electronic (email) submissions in response to this 

notice. In the event that an e-mail 

submission is impossible, submissions 

should be made by facsimile. 

Persons making submissions by email should use the following subject 

line: ‘‘United States-Oman Free Trade 

Agreement,’’ followed by (as 

appropriate) ‘‘Notice of Intent to 

Testify,’’ ‘‘Testimony,’’ or ‘‘Written 

Comments.’’ Documents should be 

submitted as either WordPerfect, 

MSWord, or text (.TXT) files. 

Spreadsheets submitted as supporting 

documentation are acceptable as 

Quattro Pro or Excel. If any document 

submitted electronically contains 

business confidential information, the 

file name of the business confidential 

version should begin with the characters 

‘‘BC–,’’ and the file name of the public 

version should begin with the characters 

‘‘P—.’’ The ‘‘P—’’ or ‘‘BC—’’ should be 

followed by the name of the submitter. 

Persons who make submissions by email should not provide separate cover 

letters; information that might appear in 

a cover letter should be included in the 

submission itself. To the extent 

possible, any attachments to the 

submission should be included in the 

same file as the submission itself, and 

not as separate files. 

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Written comments, notice of 

testimony, and testimony will be placed 

in a file open to public inspection 

pursuant to 15 CFR 2003.5, except 

business confidential information 

exempt from public inspection in 

accordance with 15 CFR 2003.6. 

Business confidential information 

submitted in accordance with 15 CFR 

2003.6 must be clearly marked 

‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ at the top 

of each page, including any cover letter 

or cover page, and must be accompanied 

by a non-confidential summary of the 

confidential information. All public 

documents and non-confidential 

summaries shall be available for public 

inspection in the USTR Reading Room. 

The USTR Reading Room is open to the 

public, by appointment only, from 10 

a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday. An 

appointment to review the file must be 

scheduled at least 48 hours in advance 

and may be made by calling (202) 395–

6186. 

General information concerning the 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative may be obtained by 

accessing its Internet Web site (http://

www.ustr.gov).

Carmen Suro-Bredie, 

Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Request for Comments and Notice of 

Public Hearing Concerning Proposed 

Free Trade Agreement With the United 

Arab Emirates (UAE)

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of intent to initiate 

negotiations on a free trade agreement 

with the UAE, request for comments, 

and notice of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: The United States intends to 

initiate negotiations on a free trade 

agreement with the UAE. The 

interagency Trade Policy Staff 

Committee (TPSC) will convene a 

public hearing and seek public 

comment to assist the United States 

Trade Representative (USTR) in 

amplifying and clarifying negotiating 

objectives for the proposed agreement 

and to provide advice on how specific 

goods and services and other matters 

should be treated under the proposed 

agreement.

DATES: Persons wishing to testify orally 

at the hearing must provide written 

notification of their intent to testify, as 

well as their testimony, by January 5, 

2005. A hearing will be held in 

Washington, DC, on January 12, 2005. 

Written comments are due by noon, 

January 25, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submissions by electronic 

mail: FR0509@USTR.EOP.GOV. 

Submissions by facsimile: Gloria Blue, 

Executive Secretary, Trade Policy Staff 

Committee, at (202) 395–6143. The 

public is strongly encouraged to submit 

documents electronically rather than by 

facsimile. (See requirements for 

submissions below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

procedural questions concerning written 

comments or participation in the public 

hearing, contact Gloria Blue, Executive 

Secretary, Trade Policy Staff Committee, 

at (202) 395–3475. All other questions 

regarding the UAE should be directed to 

Douglas Bell, Director for the Middle 

East and North Africa, at (202) 395–

4620.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

Under section 2104 of the Trade Act 

of 2002 (Trade Act) (19 U.S.C. 3804), for 

agreements that will be approved and 

implemented through trade promotion 

authority (TPA) procedures, the 

President must provide the Congress 

with at least 90 days’ written notice of 

his intent to enter into negotiations and 

must identify the specific objectives for 

the negotiations. Before and after the 

submission of this notice, the President 

must consult with appropriate 

Congressional committees and the 

Congressional Oversight Group (COG) 

regarding the negotiations. Under the 

Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the 

President must (i) afford interested 

persons an opportunity to present their 

views regarding any matter relevant to 

any proposed agreement, (ii) designate 

an agency or inter-agency committee to 

hold a public hearing regarding any 

proposed agreement, and (iii) seek the 

advice of the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) regarding the 

probable economic effects on U.S. 

industries and consumers of the 

removal of tariffs and non-tariff barriers 

on imports pursuant to any proposed 

agreement. 

On November 15, 2004, after 

consulting with relevant Congressional 

committees and the COG, the USTR 

notified the Congress that the President 

intends to initiate free trade agreement 

negotiations with the UAE and 

identified specific objectives for the 

negotiations. In addition, the USTR has 

requested that the ITC provide its advice 

on probable economic effects no later 

than February 28, 2005. This notice 

solicits views from the public on these 

negotiations and provides information 

on a hearing that will be conducted 

pursuant to the requirements of the 

Trade Act of 1974. 

2. Public Comments and Testimony 

To assist the Administration as it 

continues to develop its negotiating 

objectives for the proposed agreement, 

the Chairman of the TPSC invites the 

written comments and/or oral testimony 

of interested persons at a public hearing. 

Comments and testimony may address 

the reduction or elimination of tariffs or 

non-tariff barriers on any articles 

provided for in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

that are products of the UAE, any 

concession that should be sought by the 

United States, or any other matter 

relevant to the proposed agreement. The 

TPSC invites comments and testimony 

on all of these matters and, in particular, 

seeks comments and testimony 

addressed to: 

(a) General and commodity-specific 

negotiating objectives for the proposed 

agreement. 

(b) Economic costs and benefits to 

U.S. producers and consumers of 

removal of tariffs and non-tariff barriers 

on articles traded with the UAE. 

(c) Treatment of specific goods 

(described by HTSUS numbers) under 

the proposed agreement, including 

comments on 

(1) Product-specific import or export 

interests or barriers, 

(2) Experience with particular 

measures that should be addressed in 

the negotiations, and 

(3) In the case of articles for which 

immediate elimination of tariffs is not 

appropriate, a recommended staging 

schedule for such elimination. 

(d) Adequacy of existing customs 

measures to ensure that imported goods 

originate from the UAE, and appropriate 

rules of origin for goods entering the 

United States under the proposed 

agreement. 

(e) Existing sanitary and 

phytosanitary measures and technical 

barriers to trade imposed by the UAE 

that should be addressed in the 

negotiations. 

(f) Existing barriers to trade in 

services between the United States and 

the UAE that should be addressed in the 

negotiations.

(g) Relevant trade-related intellectual 

property rights issues that should be 

addressed in the negotiations. 

(h) Relevant investment issues that 

should be addressed in the negotiations.