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country as a beneficiary country under

this Act if the President determines that

such designation will be in the national

economic or security interest of the

United States and reports such

determination to the Congress with his

reasons therefor.

Section 212(c) of the CBERA provides

that the President, in determining

whether to designate any country a

CBERA beneficiary country, shall take

into account—

(1) An expression by such country of

its desire to be so designated;

(2) The economic conditions in such

country, the living standards of its

inhabitants, and any other economic

factors which he deems appropriate;

(3) The extent to which such country

has assured the United States it will

provide equitable and reasonable access

to the markets and basic commodity

resources of such country;

(4) The degree to which such country

follows the accepted rules of

international trade provided for under

the General Agreement on Tariffs and

Trade, as well as applicable trade

agreements approved under section 2(a)

of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979;

(5) The degree to which such country

uses export subsidies or imposes export

performance requirements or local

content requirements which distort

international trade;

(6) The degree to which the trade

policies of such country as they relate

to other beneficiary countries are

contributing to the revitalization of the

region;

(7) The degree to which such country

is undertaking self-help measures to

promote its own economic

development;

(8) Whether or not such country has

taken or is taking steps to afford to

workers in that country (including any

designated zone in that country)

internationally recognized worker

rights.

(9) The extent to which such country

provides under its law adequate and

effective means for foreign nationals to

secure, exercise, and enforce exclusive

rights in intellectual property, including

patent, trademark, and copyright rights;

(10) The extent to which such country

prohibits its nationals from engaging in

the broadcast of copyrighted material,

including films or television material,

belonging to United States copyright

owners without their express consent;

and

(11) The extent to which such country

is prepared to cooperate with the United

States in the administration of the

provisions of this title.

Interested parties are invited to

submit comments on the application to

Suriname of some or all of these criteria

for designation.

Public Comments

Interested parties must provide twelve

copies of any comments, which must be

in English and which must be received

at USTR no later than 5 p.m., Thursday,

October 30, 1997. If the comments

contain business confidential

information, ten copies of a nonconfidential version must also be

submitted. A justification as to why the

information contained in the comments

should be treated confidentially must be

included in the comments. In addition,

comments containing confidential

information should be clearly marked

‘‘confidential’’ at the top of each page.

The version that does not contain

confidential information should be

clearly marked ‘‘public version’’ or

‘‘non-confidential’’ at the top of each

page.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice, except for information

granted ‘‘business confidential’’ status

pursuant to 15 CFR 2007.7, will be

available for public inspection shortly

after the filing deadline, by appointment

with the staff of the USTR Public

Reading Room (202 395–6186).

Frederick L. Montgomery,

Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.

[FR Doc. 97–26783 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Notice of Meeting of the Trade and

Environment Policy Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice that the October 21,

1997, meeting of the Trade and

Environment Policy Advisory

Committee will be held from 2:00 p.m.

to 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be closed

to the public from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The meeting will be open to the public

from 5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

SUMMARY: The Trade and Environment

Policy Advisory Committee will hold a

meeting on October 21, 1996, from 2:00

p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be

closed to the public from 2:00 p.m. to

5:00 p.m. The meeting will include a

review and discussion of current issues

affecting U.S. trade policy. Pursuant to

Section 2155(f)(2) of Title 19 of the

United States Code, I have determined

that this portion of the meeting will be

concerned with matters the disclosure

of which would seriously compromise

the development by the United States

Government of Trade policy, priorities,

negotiating objectives or bargaining

positions with respect to the operation

of any trade agreement and other

matters arising in connection with the

development, implementation and

administration of the trade policy of the

United States. Those wishing to submit

written comments on the meeting may

submit them to Bill Daley, Jr., Office of

the U.S. Trade Representative, 600

Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20508.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for

October 21, 1997, unless otherwise

notified.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Jefferson Hotel, 16th and M Streets,

Washington, D.C., unless otherwise

notified.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill

Daley, Jr., Office of Intergovernmental

Affairs and Public Liaison, Office of the

United States Trade Representative,

(202) 395–6120.

Charlene Barshefsky,

United States Trade Representative.

[FR Doc. 97–26847 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33470]

Central Kansas Railway, L.L.C.—Lease

Exemption—Union Pacific Railroad

Company

Central Kansas Railway, L.L.C. (CKR),

a Class III rail common carrier, has filed

a notice of exemption under 49 CFR

1150.41 to lease from Union Pacific

Railroad Company (UP) and operate two

rail lines totaling approximately 170.7

miles: (1) Between milepost 747.5, at

Towner, CO, and milepost 491.20, at

Bridgeport, KS; and

(2) Between milepost 530.6, at

Lindsborg, KS, and milepost 545.0, at

Sid, KS.

In conjunction with the lease of these

lines, CKR will acquire incidental

overhead trackage rights over UP’s 6.30-

mile rail line between milepost 545.0, at

Sid, KS, and milepost 551.30, at Salina,

KS.

The transaction is expected to be

consummated on or after October 3,

1997.

If the notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)

may be filed at any time. The filing of
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1 CSXT is acquiring overhead trackage rights only

and will not be allowed to perform any local freight

service of any kind to ETRY’s patrons at any point

located on the joint trackage.

1This proceeding also embraces the following:

STB Finance Docket No. 33388 (Sub-No. 3), CSX

Transportation, Inc.—Construction and Operation

Exemption—Connection Tracks at Greenwich, OH;

STB Finance Docket No. 33388 (Sub-No. 4), CSX

Transportation, Inc.—Construction and Operation

Exemption—Connection Track at Sidney Junction,

OH; STB Finance Docket No. 33388 (Sub-No. 5),

Norfolk and Western Railway Company—

Construction and Operation Exemption—

Connecting Track with Union Pacific Railroad

Company at Sidney, IL; STB Finance Docket No.

33388 (Sub-No. 6), Norfolk and Western Railway

Company—Construction and Operation

Exemption—Connecting Track with Consolidated

Rail Corporation at Alexandria, IN; and STB

Finance Docket No. 33388 (Sub-No. 7), Norfolk and

Western Railway Company— Construction and

Operation Exemption—Connecting Track with

Consolidated Rail Corporation at Bucyrus, OH.

2These proceedings are related to STB Finance

Docket No. 33388, CSX Corporation and CSX

Transportation, Inc., Norfolk Southern Corporation

and Norfolk Southern Railway Company—Control

and Operating Leases/Agreements—Conrail Inc.

and Consolidated Rail Corporation (CSX/NS/CR). In

CSX/NS/CR, Decision No. 9, served June 12, 1997,

we granted petitions for waiver that would allow

CSX, NW, and Conrail to seek approval for

construction of seven connection projects,

including the connections proposed here, following

the completion of our environmental review of the

construction projects, and our issuance of further

decisions exempting or approving the proposals,

but prior to our approval of the primary application.

a petition to revoke does not

automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33470, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Karl Morell,

Esq., Ball Janik LLP, 1455 F Street,

N.W., Suite 225, Washington, DC 20005.

Decided: October 1, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33465]

CSX Transportation, Inc.—Trackage

Rights Exemption—East Tennessee

Railway, L.P.

East Tennessee Railway, L.P. (ETRY),

has agreed to grant overhead trackage

rights to CSX Transportation, Inc.

(CSXT), over main line trackage of

ETRY between turnouts to be

constructed at a point approximately 39

feet west of derail located on ETRY’s #2

track and a point approximately 80 feet

west of the west line of Buffalo Street in

Johnson City, TN, a total distance of

approximately 1,900 feet, exclusive of

turnouts.1 The transaction is expected to

be consummated after completion of the

construction of two connection tracks

between CSXT and ETRY, but not

earlier than October 2, 1997, the

effective date of the exemption.

The purpose of the proposed trackage

rights is to allow CSXT to rationalize

approximately 1,900 feet of its trackage

through Cherry Street in downtown

Johnson City, TN, which is a high

maintenance and high risk area in the

City.

As a condition to this exemption, any

employees affected by the trackage

rights will be protected by the

conditions imposed in Norfolk and

Western Ry. Co.—Trackage Rights—BN,

354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in

Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and

Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).

This notice is filed under 49 CFR

1180.2(d)(7). If the notice contains false

or misleading information, the

exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to

revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C.

10502(d) may be filed at any time. The

filing of a petition to revoke will not

automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33465, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001 and served on: Charles M.

Rosenberger, Senior Counsel, CSX

Transportation, Inc., 500 Water Street,

J–150, Jacksonville, FL 32202.

Decided: October 2, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33388 (Sub=No.

2)] 11

CSX Transportation, Inc.—

Construction and Operation

Exemption—Connection Track at

Willow Creek, IN

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board

(Board).

ACTION: Notice of exemptions.

SUMMARY: The Board, under 49 U.S.C.

10502, conditionally exempts from the

prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C.

10901 the construction by CSX

Transportation, Inc., (CSX), Norfolk and

Western Railway Company (NW), and

Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)

of six connection track projects at

Sidney, IL, Willow Creek and

Alexandria, IN, and Greenwich, Sidney

Junction, and Bucyrus, OH, subject to

the results of the Board’s environmental

review and further decision.2

DATES: The exemptions cannot become

effective until after the environmental

process has been completed. At that

time, the Board will issue a further

decision or decisions addressing the

environmental matters and establishing

exemption effective dates, if

appropriate. Petitions to reopen must be

filed by October 29, 1997.

ADDRESSES: An original and 25 copies of

all documents must be sent to the

Surface Transportation Board, Office of

the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001 ATTN: STB Finance Docket No.

33388 (Sub-Nos. 2–7). In addition, one

copy of all documents in this

proceeding must be sent to

Administrative Law Judge Jacob

Leventhal, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Suite 11F, Washington, DC 20426 [(202)

219–2538; FAX: (202) 219–3289] and to

petitioners’ representatives: Charles M.

Rosenberger, 500 Water Street-J150,

Jacksonville, FL 32202; James R.

Paschall, Norfolk Southern Corporation,

Three Commercial Place, Norfolk, VA

23510–2191; and John J. Paylor, 2001

Market Street-16A, Philadelphia, PA

19101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia

M. Farr, (202) 565–1613. [TDD for the

hearing impaired: (202) 565–1695.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional information is contained in

the Board’s decision. To purchase a

copy of the full decision, write to, call,

or pick up in person from: DC News &

Data, Inc., 1925 K Street, N.W., Suite

210, Washington, DC 20006. Telephone

(202) 289–4357.

Decided: October 1, 1997.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice

Chairman Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–26838 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

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