44302 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 161 / Wednesday, August 20, 1997 / Notices

B. SSA Computer Matches Subject to

the Privacy Act

We have taken action to ensure that

all of SSA’s computer matching

programs comply with the requirements

of the Privacy Act, as amended.

Dated: August 7, 1997.

John J. Callahan,

Acting Commissioner of Social Security.

Notice of Computer Matching

Programs, States’ Income Eligibility

Verification System Records (Wage,

Unemployment Compensation (UC)

Files) With the Social Security

Administration (SSA)

A. Participating Agencies

SSA and the States.

B. Purpose of the Matching Programs

Section 1137 of the Social Security

Act (the Act) requires individual States

to have in effect an income and

eligibility verification system which

meets certain requirements. Among

other requirements, such a State

verification system must provide for

certain exchanges of information when

relevant information may be of use in

establishing or verifying eligibility or

benefit amounts under benefit programs

affected by the statute.

The purpose of these matching

programs is to enable SSA to implement

procedures consistent with

requirements of section 1137(a)(4)(B) of

the Act. The agreements with the States

will describe the conditions under

which SSA and the States agree to

disclose information to each other

relating to the eligibility for, and

payment of, Supplemental Security

Income (SSI) benefits.

C. Authority for Conducting the

Matching Programs

Section 1137 of the Act (42 U.S.C.

1320b–7). Section 6103(1) of the

Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C.

6103(1)).

D. Categories of Records and

Individuals Covered by the Matching

Programs

SSA will provide the States with a

finder file containing names and other

identifying information of recipients

from SSA’s SSI benefit rolls. This

information will be matched by each

State with its wage and UC files and a

reply file of matched records will be

furnished to SSA. Upon receipt of a

State’s reply file, SSA will match the

names from the State file with the

names on SSA’s records to ensure that

the State data pertain to the relevant SSI

recipients and to determine whether the

income levels of the recipients are

consistent with statutory and regulatory

limitations under the SSI program.

SSA and the States may exchange

information electronically through the

File Transfer Management System

(FTMS). Cartridge or magnetic tape will

be used in the event FTMS is

inoperable.

E. Inclusive Dates of the Match

Individual matching programs

covered by this notice shall become

effective no sooner than 40 days after

notice of the matching program is sent

to Congress and the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB), 30

days after publication of this notice in

the Federal Register, or upon the

signature of the individual agreement by

representatives of the parties to the

agreement, whichever date is later. The

matching programs will continue for 18

months from the effective date and may

be extended for an additional 12 months

thereafter, if certain conditions are met.

[FR Doc. 97–22041 Filed 8–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 2580]

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs;

Imposition of Missile Proliferation

Sanctions Against Entities in North

Korea

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The United States

Government has determined that

entities in North Korea have engaged in

missile technology proliferation

activities that require imposition of

sanctions pursuant to the Arms Export

Control Act, as amended, and the Export

Administration Act of 1979 (as carried

out under Executive Order 12424 of

August 19, 1994), as amended.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 6, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vann H. Van Diepen, Office of

Chemical, Biological and Missile

Nonproliferation, Bureau of PoliticalMilitary Affairs, Department of State,

(202–647–1142).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Section 73(a)(1) of the Arms Export

Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(1)),

Section 11B(b)(1) of the Export

Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C.

app. 2401b(b)(1)), as carried out under

Executive Order 12924 of August 19,

1994 (hereinafter cited as the ‘‘Export

Administration Act of 1979’’), and

Executive Order 12851 of June 11, 1993,

the United States Government

determined on August 6, 1997, that the

following foreign persons have engaged

in missile technology proliferation

activities that require the imposition of

the sanctions described in Section

73(a)(2)(A) of the Arms Export Control

Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(2)) and Section

11B(b)(1)(B)(i) of the Export

Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C.

app. 2410b(b)(1)(B)(i) on these entities

and their sub-units and successors:

1. Lyongaksan General Trading

Corporation (North Korea).

2. Korea Pugang Trading Corporation

(North Korea).

Accordingly, the following sanctions

are being imposed on these entities and

their sub-units and successors:

(A) New individual licenses for export

to the entities described above of

Missile Technology Control Regime

(MTCR) equipment or technology

controlled pursuant to the Export

Administration Act of 1979 will be

denied for two years; and

(B) New licenses for export to the

entities described above of MTCR

equipment or technology controlled

pursuant to the Arms Export Control

Act will be denied for two years; and

(C) No United States Government

contracts relating to MTCR equipment

or technology and involving the entities

described above will be entered into for

two years.

Additionally, because of the

definition of ‘‘person’’ in section

74(8)(B) of the Arms Export Control Act

(22 U.S.C. 2797c(8)(B)) and North

Korea’s status as a country with a nonmarket economy that is not a former

member of the Warsaw Pact, the

following sanctions must be applied to

all activities of the North Korean

government relating to the development

or production of missile equipment or

technology and all activities of the

North Korean government affecting the

development or production of

electronics, space systems or

equipment, and military aircraft:

(A) New licenses for export to the

government activities described above

of MTCR equipment or technology

controlled pursuant to the Arms Export

Control Act will be denied for two

years; and

(B) No U.S. government contract

relating to MTCR equipment or

technology and involving the

government activities described above

will be entered into for two years.

With respect to items controlled

pursuant to the Export Administration

Act of 1979, the export sanction only

applies to exports made pursuant to

individual export licenses.

These measures will be implemented

by the responsible agencies as provided
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in Executive Order 12851 of June 11,

1993.

Dated: August 6, 1997.

Thomas E. McNamara,

Assistant Secretary of State for PoliticalMilitary Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–22077 Filed 8–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 2591]

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Determination Under the Arms

Export Control Act.

Pursuant to Section 654(c) of the

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as

amended, notice hereby is given that the

Under Secretary of State for Arms

Control and International Security

Affairs has made a determination

pursuant to Section 73 of the Arms

Export Control Act and has concluded

that publication of the determination

would be harmful to the national

security of the United States.

Dated: August 6, 1997.

Thomas E. McNamara,

Assistant Secretary of State for PoliticalMilitary Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–22078 Filed 8–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2590]

Bureau of Oceans, Environment and

Science; Public Meeting on an

International Agreement on Prior

Informed Consent for Certain

Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides

SUMMARY: This public meeting will

provide an overview of ongoing

negotiations through the U.N.

Environment Program and the Food and

Agriculture Organization to develop a

binding agreement on the application of

a prior informed consent procedure for

certain hazardous chemicals and

pesticides. The meeting will take place

from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on September 24

in Room 6909, State Department, 2201

C Street Northwest, Washington, D.C.

Attendees should use the entrance at C

Street, and should provide Eunice

Mourning (202–647–9266) with their

date of birth and social security number

by noon on September 23. Attendees

should bring picture identification.

For further information, please

contact Mr. Trigg Talley, U.S.

Department of State, OES/ENV, Room

4325, 2201 C Street NW, Washington,

D.C. 20520. Phone 202–647–5808, fax

202–647–5947.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

United States, through an interagency

working group chaired by the State

Department, is involved in negotiations

through the U.N. Food and Agriculture

Organization (FAO) and the U.N.

Environment Programme (UNEP) on an

agreement that would set into place a

procedure for prior informed consent

(PIC) for trade in certain especially

hazardous chemicals and pesticides.

Three negotiating sessions have taken

place thus far, with two more sessions

planned.

The agreement would make binding a

currently voluntary scheme contained

in the FAO International Code of

Conduct on the Distribution and Use of

Pesticides and the UNEP London

Guidelines for the Exchange of

Information on Chemicals in

International Trade. The PIC procedure

was developed in recognition of the fact

that many countries in the developing

world have inadequate capacity to

generate information necessary to make

decisions regarding how to effectively

manage risks of especially hazardous

chemicals, and in certain cases to

ensure adequate compliance with risk

management decisions. The procedure

assists countries in learning more about

the characteristics of certain especially

hazardous chemicals that may be

shipped to them, initiates a decision

making process on the future import of

these chemicals by the countries

themselves, and facilitates the

dissemination of this decision to other

countries.

The voluntary PIC regime has been in

place since 1991. 151 countries

participate in the current scheme, which

is jointly administered by the Plant

Protection Division of FAO (for

pesticides) and the UNEP International

Registry for Potentially Toxic Chemicals

(for other chemicals). Most major

industrial chemical and pesticide

associations support and participate in

the system. Under the procedure, each

country establishes a designated

national authority to administer the

procedure. In the United States, the

Environmental Protection Agency’s

Assistant Administrator for Pesticides,

Prevention and Toxic Substances acts as

the designated national authority.

Chemicals eligible for the PIC

procedure include those which have

been banned or severely restricted by

participating countries, as well as

certain acutely hazardous pesticides

which—even though they are not

eligible on the basis of bans or severe

restrictions—are likely to pose

particular problems in developing

countries lacking the ability to impose

the kinds of rigorous handling

requirements available in developed

countries.

Under the PIC procedure, countries

notify the UNEP/FAO secretariat of

domestic control actions to ban or

severely restrict chemicals. A UNEP/

FAO Group of Experts meets annually to

prioritize among those chemicals

eligible for the PIC procedure, and gives

direction regarding the development of

Decision Guidance Documents (DGDs)

to provide information relating to each

of the chemicals to be included in the

procedure. DGDs describe the chemical

and associated toxicological properties,

as well as government control actions

and the reasons for them. Once

approved, the Decision Guidance

Documents are circulated to

participating countries for decision. In

their decision, countries indicate

whether they will permit use and

importation, prohibit use and

importation, or permit importation only

under specified conditions. The

response may be final, or countries may

provide an interim response. Importing

countries are expected to ensure that

their decisions are applied to all sources

of import and to domestic production

for domestic use; exporting countries

are expected to ensure that exports do

not occur contrary to the decisions of

importing countries. So far, 16

chemicals have been included in the

procedure, and DGDs for a number of

others are under development.

In order to enhance participation in

the system, governments agreed in 1994

through FAO and UNEP to undertake

negotiations to replace the voluntary

process with a treaty-based regime.

Negotiations have been underway since

1996, with three negotiating sessions

occurring so far. Two more sessions are

planned, with one session October 20–

24, 1997, and one for January 1998. A

signing conference is planned for

sometime next spring.

The current negotiating text, as well

as more complete information on the

voluntary procedure and the

negotiations generally, is located on the

internet on the PIC Home Page (http://

irptc.unep.ch/pic/h2.html), which can

also be accessed through the UNEP

Home Page (www.unep.ch).

The United States has advocated that

the binding agreement reflect the scope

and intent of the voluntary prior

informed consent procedure. We have

advocated greater formality in the

procedures for consideration of

additional chemicals to the list,

reflecting the more formal nature of the