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information granted ‘‘business

confidential’’ status pursuant to 15 CFR

2003.6 and 2007.7. If the document

contains business confidential

information, 15 copies of a

nonconfidential version of the

submission along with 15 copies of the

confidential version must be submitted.

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business confidential material should be

protected. The version which does not

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‘‘public version’’ of ‘‘non-confidential’’).

Submissions should comply with 15

CFR Part 2007, including sections

2007.0, and 2007.1.

Jon Rosenbaum,

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Trade

and Development.

[FR Doc. 00–15410 Filed 6–1–00; 8:45 am]

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Trade Benefits for Caribbean Basin

Countries: Notice of Request for Public

Comment Regarding Eligibility Criteria

for Beneficiaries of the United StatesCaribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act

(CBTPA)

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice and solicitation of public

comment.

SUMMARY: The Caribbean/Central

America Subcommittee of the Trade

Policy Staff Committee is requesting

public comment on the eligibility of

Caribbean Basin countries to receive the

benefits of the recently-enacted United

States-Caribbean Basin Trade

Partnership Act (CBTPA). This notice

addresses the eligibility criteria that

must be considered under the CBTPA,

the countries considered to be

Caribbean Basin countries under the

CBTPA, and the deadline for written

comments, and explains how written

comments are to be made on the

eligibility criteria elaborated in the

CBTPA. Comments received will be

considered by the Caribbean/Central

America Subcommittee of the Trade

Policy Staff Committee, chaired by

USTR, in developing recommendations

on country eligibility for the President.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

procedural questions, contact: Gloria

Blue, Office of the United States Trade

Representative, 600 17th Street, NW.,

Room 122, Washington, DC 20508. The

telephone number is (202) 395–3475.

For substantive questions, contact

Bennett Harman, Office of the Western

Hemisphere, Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

NW., Room 523, Washington, DC 20508.

The telephone number is (202) 395–

5190.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Signed

into law on May 18, 2000, the Trade and

Development Act of 2000 contains, in

Title II, provisions for enhanced trade

benefits for Caribbean Basin countries.

Titled the ‘‘United States-Caribbean

Basin Trade Partnership Act’’ (CBTPA),

the CBTPA amends the Caribbean Basin

Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), also

known as the Caribbean Basin Initiative

(CBI) (19 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), to provide

preferential tariff treatment for certain

products presently excluded from such

treatment, including duty-free and

quota-free treatment for certain textile

and apparel articles.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility for the enhanced trade

benefits under the CBTPA is limited to

countries that the President designates

as ‘‘CBTPA Beneficiary Countries.’’ The

criteria that the President must take into

account in designating countries as

CBTPA Beneficiary Countries include

the existing criteria in Section 212(b)

and (c) of the CBERA, 19 USC 2702(b)–

(c), as well as several new criteria added

by the CBTPA. The new criteria, which

are set out in section 211(a) of the

CBTPA, include the following:

‘‘(i) Whether the beneficiary country has

demonstrated a commitment to—

‘‘(I) Undertake its obligations under the

WTO, including those agreements listed in

section 101(d) of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act, on or ahead of schedule;

and

‘‘(II) Participate in negotiations toward the

completion of the FTAA or another free trade

agreement.

‘‘(ii) The extent to which the country

provides protection of intellectual property

rights consistent with or greater than the

protection afforded under the Agreement on

Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual

Property Rights described in section

101(d)(15) of the Uruguay Round Agreements

Act.

‘‘(iii) The extent to which the country

provides internationally recognized worker

rights, including—

‘‘(I) The right of association;

‘‘(II) The right to organize and bargain

collectively;

‘‘(III) A prohibition on the use of any form

of forced or compulsory labor;

‘‘(IV) A minimum age for the employment

of children; and

‘‘(V) Acceptable conditions of work with

respect to minimum wages, hours or work,

and occupational safety and health;

‘‘(iv) Whether the country has

implemented its commitments to eliminate

the worst forms of child labor, as defined in

section 507(6) of the Trade Act of 1974.

‘‘(v) The extent to which the country has

met the counter-narcotics certification

criteria set forth in section 490 of the Foreign

Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291j) for

eligibility for United States assistance.

‘‘(vi) The extent to which the country has

taken steps to become a party to and

implements the Inter-American Convention

Against Corruption.

‘‘(vii) The extent to which the country—

‘‘(I) Applies transparent,

nondiscriminatory, and competitive

procedures in government procurement

equivalent to those contained in the

Agreement in Government Procurement

described in section 101(d)(17) of the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act; and

‘‘(II) contributes to efforts in international

fora to develop and implement international

rules in transparency in government

procurement.’’

Countries Considered To Be Caribbean

Basin Countries

The following countries are

considered to be Caribbean Basin

countries under the CBTPA:

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Costa Rica

Dominica

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

Grenada

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

Montserrat

Netherlands Antilles

Nicaragua

Panama

St. Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

British Virgin Islands

Submitting Written Comments

Interested parties are invited to

submit comments regarding the

eligibility of countries noted above for

designation as CBTPA beneficiary

countries. All submissions must include

an original and twenty (20) copies in

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English. All submissions should clearly

identify on the cover page of the

submission the country or countries and

eligibility criterion or criteria discussed

within the submission. All pages should

be clearly numbered and include the

name of the person and/or organization

submitting the written comments. All

submissions must be received no later

than 5 p.m. on Monday, July 17,

2000,and should be addressed to Gloria

Blue in Room 122, 600 17th Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20508. Public

versions of all documents relating to

this review will be available for

inspection by appointment in the USTR

public reading room. Appointments

may be scheduled between 9 a.m. and

noon and 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. by calling

(202) Submissions that are granted

‘‘business confidential’’ status and other

information submitted in confidence

will not be available for public

inspection. Business confidential

information will be subject to the

requirements of 15 CFR 2003.6. A

justification as to why the information

contained in the submission should be

treated confidentially must be included

in the submission. If a document

contains such business confidential

information, an original and twenty (20)

copies of the business confidential

versions of the document along with an

original and twenty (20) copies of a nonconfidential version must be submitted.

The document that contains business

confidential information should be

clearly marked ‘‘business confidential’’

at the top and bottom of each page. The

version that does not contain business

confidential information (the public

version) should also be clearly marked

at the top and bottom of every page

(either ‘‘public version’’ or ‘‘nonconfidential’’).

Peter F. Allgeier,

Associate U.S. Trade Representative for the

Western Hemisphere.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Receipt of Noise Compatibility

Program Modification and Request for

Review Sarasota-Bradenton

International Airport, Sarasota, FL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) announces that it

is reviewing a proposed Noise

Compatibility Program (NCP)

Modification that was submitted for

Sarasota-Bradenton International

Airport under the provisions of Title I

of the Aviation Safety and Noise

Abatement Act of 1979 (Public Law 96–

193) (hereafter referred to as ‘‘the Act’’)

and 14 CFR Part 150 by the Sarasota

Manatee Airport Authority (SMAA),

Sarasota, Florida. This program

modification proposes to review the

NCP approved on October 9, 1997, to

reflect new constructive dates for

eligibility for three abatement measures

offered to homeowners of eligible

properties within the program

boundaries. These new dates are the

only changes to the approved NCP. This

program modification was submitted

subsequent to a determination by FAA

that the associated existing noise

exposure maps submitted under 14 CFR

Part 150 for the Sarasota-Bradenton

International Airport were in

compliance with applicable

requirements effective May 7, 1996, for

the current conditions noise exposure

map and June 5, 2000, for the future

conditions (5-year) noise exposure map.

The proposed noise compatibility

program modification will be approved

or disapproved on or before December 2,

2000.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the

start of FAA’s review of the proposed

noise compatibility program

modification is June 5, 2000. The public

comment period ends August 4, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Tommy J. Pickering, Federal Aviation

Administration, Orlando Airports

District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National

Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, Florida

32822–5024, (407) 812–6331, Extension

29. Comments on the proposed noise

compatibility program modification

should also be submitted to the above

office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice announces that the FAA is

reviewing a proposed noise

compatibility program modification

submitted for Sarasota-Bradenton

International Airport which will be

approved or disapproved on or before

December 2, 2000. This notice also

announces the availability of this

program modification for public review

and comment.

An airport operator who has

submitted noise exposure maps that are

found by FAA to be in compliance with

the requirements of Federal Aviation

Regulations (FAR) Part 150,

promulgated pursuant to Title I of the

Act, may submit a noise compatibility

program for FAA approval which sets

forth the measures the operator has

taken or proposes for the reduction of

existing noncompatible uses and for the

prevention of the introduction of

additional noncompatible uses.

The FAA has formally received the

noise compatibility program

modification for Sarasota-Bradenton

International Airport, effective on June

5, 2000. It was requested that the FAA

review this material and that the

modified noise mitigation measures, to

be implemented jointly by the airport

and surrounding communities, be

approved as a modification to an

approved noise compatibility program

under section 104(b) of the Act.

Preliminary review of the submitted

material indicates that it conforms to the

requirements for the submittal of noise

compatibility programs, but that further

review will be necessary prior to

approval or disapproval of the program

modification. The formal review period,

limited by law to a maximum of 180

days, will be completed on or before

December 2, 2000.

The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be

conducted under the provisions of 14

CFR Part 150, Section 150.33. The

primary considerations in the

evaluation process are whether the

proposed measures may reduce the level

of aviation safety, create an undue

burden on interstate or foreign

commerce, or be reasonably consistent

with obtaining the goal of reducing

existing noncompatible land uses and

preventing the introduction of

additional noncompatible land uses.

Interested persons are invited to

comment on the proposed program

modification with specific reference to

these factors. All comments, other than

those properly addressed to local land

use authorities, will be considered by

the FAA to the extent practicable.

Copies of the noise exposure maps and

the proposed noise compatibility

program modification are available for

examination at the following locations:

Federal Aviation Administration,

Orlando Airports District Office,

5950 Hazeltine National Drive,

Suite 400, Orlando, Florida 32822–

5024.

Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority,

Sarasota-Bradenton International

Airport, 6000 Airport Circle,

Sarasota, FL 34243.

Questions may be directed to the

individual named above under the

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT: