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6186. The USTR Reading Room is open

to the public from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon

and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday.

A. Jane Bradley,

Assistant United States Trade Representative

for Monitoring and Enforcement.

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

[Docket No. WTO/DS–192]

WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding

Regarding United States—Transitional

Safeguard Measure on Combed Cotton

Yarn from Pakistan

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Office of the United

States Trade Representative (‘‘USTR’’) is

providing notice of Pakistan’s request

for the establishment of a dispute

settlement panel under the Marrakesh

Agreement Establishing the World

Trade Organization (‘‘WTO’’). Pakistan

challenges the United States’ action of

imposing a transitional safeguard on

imports of combed cotton yarn from

Pakistan. In this dispute, Pakistan

alleges that ths safeguard measure is

inconsistent with certain ogligations

under the WTO Agreement on Textiles

and Clothing. USTR invites written

comments from the public concerning

the issues raised in this dispute.

DATES: Although USTR will accept any

comments received during the course of

the dispute settlement proceedings,

comments should be submitted by July

7, 2000, to be assured of timely

consideration by USTR in preparing its

first written submission to the panel.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be

submitted to Sandy McKinzy, Litigation

Assistant, Office of Monitoring and

Enforcement, Room 122, Attn: Combed

Cotton Yarn, Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

NW, Washington, DC, 20508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Demetrios Marantis, Associate General

Counsel at (202) 395–3581 or Caroyl

Miller, Deputy Chief Textile Negotiator

at 395–3026.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 127(b) of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (URAA) (19 U.S.C.

3537(b)(1)), USTR is providing notice

that Pakistan has submitted a request for

the establishment of a WTO dispute

settlement panel to examine the U.S.

transitional safeguard measure on

imports of combed cotton yard from

Pakistan. The WTO Dispute Settlement

Body (‘‘DSB’’) is expected to establish a

panel for this purpose in June 2000.

Major Issues Raised and Legal Basis of

the Complaint

Pakistan challenges the transitional

safeguard measure the United States

imposed on March 17, 1999, on imports

of combed cotton yarn from Pakistan. In

its request for a panel to examine the

measure, Pakistan alleges that the U.S.

transitional safeguard measure is

inconsistent with Article 2.4 of the

WTO Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (‘‘ATC’’) and is not justified by

Article 6 of the ATC. Pakistan further

maintains that the U.S. measure does

not meet the requirements for

transitional safeguards set out in

paragraphs 2, 3, 4, and 7 of Article 6 of

the ATC because the United States

allegedly:

• Made its determination of serious

damage, or actual threat thereof, to its

domestic industry producing like and/or

directly competitive products, by (a)

excluding from its determination a

significant proportion of the production

of like products by its domestic industry

and (b) without taking into account all

factors relevant to the state of its

domestic industry;

• Failed to demonstrate that the

alleged serious damage, or actual threat

thereof to the domestic industry was

being caused by increased imports;

• Attributed the alleged damage, or

actual threat thereof, to its domestic

industry solely to imports from Pakistan

to the exclusion of imports from other

sources, including unrestrained sources;

• Based its determination of serious

damage, or actual threat thereof, on a

comparison of data for an eight-month

period in 1997 and 1998, which is in the

view of Pakistan a period too short to

determine whether the alleged damage,

or actual threat thereof, was serious; and

• Relied on partial and unverified

information.

The United States and Pakistan

consulted on this issue on February 10

and 11, 1999, but were unable to reach

a mutually satisfactory solution to the

matter. The WTO Textile Monitoring

Body (‘‘TMB’’) reviewed the U.S.

measure on April 29, 1999, but

determined in its report that ‘‘it was not

in a position to assess without doubt

whether or not serious damage had been

caused to the US’ industry producing

products like and/or directly

competitive with combed cotton yarn

* * *’’ (G/TMB/18). The TMB therefore

recommended that the United States

rescind the measure. On May 27, 1999,

the United States informed the TMB

that it was unable to conform to this

recommendation. The TMB

subsequently reviewed and reaffirmed

its recommendation, and in an August

6, 1999, letter to the TMB the United

States renewed its determination to

retain the temporary safeguard measure.

Pakistan considers this matter to be

unresolved and that the parties have—

through the TMB—satisfied the

consultation requirement of Article 4 of

the Understanding on Rules and

Procedures Governing the Settlement of

Disputers (‘‘DSU’’). Accordingly, on

April 3, 2000, Pakistan requested the

establishment of a dispute settlement

panel pursuant to Article 8:10 of the

ATC, Article XXIII:2 of the General

Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994

(‘‘GATT 1994’’), and Article 6 of the

DSU.

Public Comment: Requirements for

Submissions

Interested persons are invited to

submit written comments concerning

the issues raised in this dispute.

Comments must be in English and

provided in fifteen copies to Sandy

McKinzy at the address provided above.

A person requesting that information

contained in a comment submitted by

that person be treated as confidential

business information must certify that

such information is business

confidential and would not customarily

be released to the public by the

submitting person. Confidential

business information must be clearly

marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’

in a contrasting color ink at the top of

each page of each copy. Information or

advice contained in a comment

submitted, other than business

confidential information, may be

determined by USTR to be confidential

in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of

the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.

2155(g)(2)). If the submitting person

believes that information or advice may

qualify as such, the submitting person—

(1) Must so designate the information

or advice;

(2) Must clearly mark the material as

‘‘SUBMITTED IN CONFIDENCE’’ in a

contrasting color ink at the top of each

page of each copy; and

(3) Is encouraged to provide a nonconfidential summary of the

information or advice.

Pursuant to section 127(e) of the

URAA (19 U.S.C. 3537(e)), USTR will

maintain a file on this dispute

settlement proceeding, accessible to the

public, in the USTR Reading Room:

Room 101, Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20508. The public

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file will include a listing of any

comments received by USTR from the

public with respect to the proceeding;

the U.S. submissions to the panel in the

proceeding, the submissions, or nonconfidential summaries of submissions,

to the panel received from other parties

in the dispute, as well as the report of

the dispute settlement panel, and, if

applicable, the report of the Appellate

Body. An appointment to review the

public file (Docket WTO/DS–192,

‘‘Combed Cotton Yarn—Pakistan’’) may

be made by calling Brenda Webb, (202)

395–6186. The Reading Room is open to

the public from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon

and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday.

A. Jane Bradley,

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for

Monitoring and Enforcement.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Aviation Proceedings, Agreements

filed during the week ending May 19,

2000

The following Agreements were filed

with the Department of Transportation

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C.

Sections 412 and 414. Answers may be

filed within 21 days after the filing of

the application

Docket Number: OST–2000–7385.

Date Filed: May 17, 2000.

Parties: Members of the International

Air Transport Association.

Subject:

PTC2 EUR 0309 dated 2 May 2000 r1–

r17;

PTC2 EUR 0310 dated 2 May 2000 r18;

PTC2 EUR 0311 dated 2 May 2000 r19–

r20;

PTC2 EUR 0312 dated 2 May 2000 r21–

r22;

Within Europe Resolutions r1–r22;

Minutes—PTC2 EUR 0308 dated 28

April 2000;

Tables—None;

Intended effective date: 15 June, 1

August, 1 September, 1 October

2000.

Dorothy Y. Beard,

Federal Register Liaison.

[FR Doc. 00–13360 Filed 5–26–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The US Department of

Transportation (DOT) announces a

meeting of the DOT Partnership Council

(the Council). Notice of this meeting is

required under the Federal Advisory

Committee Act.

TIME AND PLACE: The Council will meet

on Friday, June 16, 2000, at 10 a.m., at

the US Department of Transportation,

Nassif Building, room 10214, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590. The room is located on the 10th

floor.

TYPE OF MEETING: These meetings will

be open to the public. Seating will be

available on a first-come, first-served

basis. Handicapped individuals wishing

to attend should contact DOT to obtain

appropriate accommodations.

POINT OF CONTACT: Jean B. Lenderking,

Corporate Human Resource Leadership

Division, M–13, US Department of

Transportation, Nassif Building, 400

Seventh Street, SW., room 7411,

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366–8085.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this meeting is to present the

draft DOT Labor-Relations Strategic

Plan; brief the members on DOT LaborManagement report to OMB/OPM; and

welcome the American Federation of

State, County and Municipal Employees

to membership on the Council.

Public Participation: We invite

interested persons and organizations to

submit comments. Mail or deliver your

comments or recommendations to Ms.

Jean Lenderking at the address shown

above. Comments should be received by

June 5, 2000 in order to be considered

at the June 16th meeting.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on May 22,

2000.

For the U.S. Department of Transportation.

John E. Budnik,

Acting Director, Office of Human Resource

Management.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE–2000–19]

Petitions for Exemption: Summary of

Petitions Received; Dispositions of

Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petitions for

exemption received and of dispositions

of prior petitions.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA’s rulemaking

provisions governing the application,

processing, and disposition of petitions

for exemption (14 CFR part 11), this

notice contains a summary of certain

petitions seeking relief from specified

requirements of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR Chapter I),

dispositions of certain petitions

previously received, and corrections.

The purpose of this notice is to improve

the public’s awareness of, and

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s

regulatory activities. Neither publication

of this notice nor the inclusion or

omission of information in the summary

is intended to affect the legal status of

any petition or its final disposition.

DATES: Comments on petitions received

must identify the petition docket

number involved and must be received

on or before June 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any

petition in triplicate to: Federal

Aviation Administration, Office of the

Chief Counsel, Attn: Rule Docket (AGC–

200), Petition Docket No. llll 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591.

The petition, any comments received,

and a copy of any final disposition are

filed in the assigned regulatory docket

and are available for examination in the

Rules Docket (AGC–200), Room 915G,

FAA Headquarters Building (FOB 10A),

800 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202)

267–3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cherie Jack (202) 267–7271 or Vanessa

Wilkins (202) 267–8029 Office of

Rulemaking (ARM–1), Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20591.

This notice is published pursuant to

paragraphs (c), (e), and (g) of § 11.27 of

Part 11 of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR part 11).