58946 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 211 / Friday, October 31, 1997 / Notices

Annex I—Continued

648–W Women’s and girls’ woven manmade fiber pants: only HTS numbers 6204.23.0040, 6204.23.0045,

6204.29.2020, 6204.29.2025,

6204.29.4038, 6204.63.2000,

6204.63.3000, 6204.63.3510,

6204.63.3530, 6204.63.3532,

6204.63.3540, 6204.69.2510,

6204.69.2530, 6204.69.2540,

6204.69.2560, 6204.69.6030,

6204.69.9030, 6210.50.5035,

6211.20.1555, 6211.20.6820,

6211.43.0040 and 6217.90.9060.

659–C Coveralls and overalls: only HTS

numbers 6103.23.0055,

6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025,

6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038,

6104.63.1020, 6104.63.1030,

6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014,

6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,

6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090,

6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090,

6204.63.1510, 6204.69.1010,

6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010,

6211.33.0017 and 6211.43.0010.

659–H Headwear: only HTS numbers

6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,

6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,

6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and

6505.90.8090.

659–S Swimwear: only HTS numbers

6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,

6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020,

6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040,

6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020,

6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.

659–O Other: all HTS numbers except

those in Category 659–C, Category

659–H and Category 659–S.

669–P Polypropylene bags: only HTS

numbers 6305.32.0010,

6305.32.0020, 6305.33.0010,

6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.

669–T Tents and tarpaulins: only HTS

numbers 6306.12.0000,

6306.19.0010 and 6306.22.9030.

669–O Other: all HTS numbers except

those in Category 669–P and Category 669–T.

670–H Handbags: only HTS numbers

4202.22.4030 and 4202.22.8050.

670–L Luggage: only HTS numbers

4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and

4202.92.9025.

670–O Other: all HTS numbers except

those in Category 670–H and Category 670–L.

Merged Categories and Subcategories

225/317/326

300/301/607

333/334/335

338/339

347/348

347–W/348–W

350/650

352/652

359–C/659–C

359–H/659–H

369–L/670–L/870

445/446

447/448

613/614/615/617

Annex I—Continued

619/620

625/626/627/628/629

633/634/635

633/634

638/639

645/646

647/648

647–W/648–W

Annex II

Exempt Products Requiring Exempt

Certification

1.Pincushions.

2.Embroideries (needle work), of man-made

fibers with designs embroidered with wool

thread.

3. Hand-made carpets, i.e., in which the pile

was inserted or knotted by hand.

4. Christmas or Easter ornaments having a

non-textile core or a non-textile structural

frame and man-made fiber textile covering.

5. Martial arts uniforms, such as Kung Fu,

Karate, and Judo uniforms.

6. Toy (novelty) animals, birds or insects with

a plastic wire or other non-textile core that

are covered or decorated with a textile thread

or fiber.

7. Traditional Chinese caps.

8. Traditional Chinese garments:

• Jackets—three quarter length or shorter, or

woven fabrics, usually with Chinese figures in

the weave but may be plain/woven otherwise

figured or printed. They have a low Mandarin

collar, long sleeves and full frontal openings,

with ‘‘front’’ type closures (looped fastenings

made of braid, cording, etc., used with a

matching knot or toggle of the same material.)

• Fur or imitation fur-lined jackets— which

may or may not be reversible and are otherwise identical in appearance and construction

with the jackets described above.

•Vests—sleeveless garments extending from

the neck area to waist with or without pockets at the waist. They are otherwise identical

in appearance and construction with the jackets described above.

[FR Doc. 97–29006 Filed 10–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Movement of Foreign Military Sales

(FMS) Shipments—Proposed Policy

Change

AGENCY: Military Traffic Management

Command.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Military Traffic

management command (MTMC)

proposes to change the application of

the Guaranteed Traffic (GT) and related

freight movement programs to include

movement of Foreign Military Sales

(FMS) material. This proposed new

policy was previously announced in the

Federal Register on December 13, 1995,

but was declared invalid on substantive

and procedural grounds by the United

States District Court for the District of

Columbia in the case of Munitions

Carriers Conference, Inc., et al versus

United States of America 932F. Supp.

334 (D.D.C. June 19, 1996) (‘‘MTMC I’’).

The government’s appeal of that

decision is presently pending before the

United States Court of Appeals for the

District of Columbia Circuit in Appeal

No. 97–5119. Accordingly, MTMC does

not propose to put the proposed policy

into effect unless and until the District

Court’s decision in MTMC I is modified

or reversed on appeal. The instant

notice of proposed policy change is

nevertheless being published at this

time both to provide an opportunity for

public comment on the proposed policy,

and in an effort to address certain

jurisdictional issues that might

otherwise interfere with meaningful

judicial review of the District Court’s

substantive ruling in MTMC I.

The policy change, if adopted, will be

effective for new movements and for

resolicited MTMC GT freight

solicitations no earlier than 60 days

after publication of this notice. This

policy change will also apply, if

adopted, to all other applicable effective

MTMC GT movements and related

freight movement programs. Carriers

performing under existing GT

agreements and related freight

movement programs will be given the

opportunity to voluntarily participate in

the FMS movements. FMS movements

will only be offered to those carriers

who voluntarily participate. This policy

change is the result of congressional

repeal of most tariff requirements for

motor carriers (other than carriers of

household goods) in the Interstate

Commerce Act.

DATES: This policy change, if adopted,

will be effective no earlier than

December 30, 1997. Interested parties

are requested to submit comments on

this proposal. All comments submitted

within 60 days of publication of this

notice will be considered prior to any

decision on whether to adopt this

proposal.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to Headquarters, Military

Traffic Management Command, Room

117, 5611 Columbia Pike, Falls Church,

VA 22041–5050, ATTN: MTTM–D

(Barbara McGinnis).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Barbara McGinnis, (703) 681–6103.
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 211 / Friday, October 31, 1997 / Notices 58947

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Historically, the Interstate Commerce

Act provided that carriers could provide

transportation only at the rates set forth

in a tariff filed with the Interstate

Commerce Commission. A carrier could

not charge a shipper any rate different

from the filed tariff rate, with the

exception that under 49 U.S.C. 10721

the carrier could transport property for

the U.S. Government ‘‘at reduced rates’’,

meaning rates that were reduced from

the common carrier’s tariff rates. By

Pub. L. 103–311 (The Trucking Industry

reform Act of 1994), effective 26 August

1994, and Pub. L. 104–88 (The ICC

Termination Act of 1995), effective 29

December 1995, congress repealed the

requirement that motor carriers (other

than carriers of household goods) file a

tariff and apply that tariff. With some

exceptions, tariffs are no longer filed by

motor carriers with the Interstate

Commerce Commission, and there is,

accordingly, no requirement that

carriers apply a tariff rate to FMS traffic.

MTMC’s policy change in its movement

programs will require motor carriers to

participate in FMS shipments for new

movements and resolicited GT

agreements; and, will accommodate

motor carrier’s voluntary agreements to

include FMS shipments in currently

effective GT agreements and related

freight movement programs.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–28877 Filed 10–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Corps of Engineers; Department of the

Army

Intent To Prepare Draft Environmental

Impact Statements for the Evaluation

of Water Allocation Formulas for the

Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) and

Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint

(ACF) River Basins, located in

Alabama, Florida, and Georgia

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The Mobile District, U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), in

cooperation with several Federal

cooperating agencies, intends to prepare

Draft Environmental Impact Statements

(EISs), to address proposed water

allocation formulas for the equitable

apportionment of water in the ACT and

ACF River Basins. The formulas will be

developed by the States of Alabama and

Georgia for the ACT basin; and by the

States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia

for the ACF basin. The States will

develop these formulas, in conjunction

with the United States, and subject to

concurrence by a federal Commissioner.

A separate EIS will be prepared to

evaluate the formulas for each basin:

ACT Basin and ACF Basin.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions about these EISs or the NEPA

process can be answered by: Ms. Joanne

Brandt (ACF) or Mr. Michael J. Eubanks

(ACT), Inland Environment Section, U.

S. Army Engineer District-Mobile, Post

Office Box 2288, Mobile, Alabama

36628–0001; Telephone (334) 690–3260

or (334) 694–3861, respectively.

Electronic mail may be addressed to:

michael.j.eubanks@sam.usace.army.mil

or

joanne.u.brandt@sam.usace.army.mil

Also, brief messages may be left on a

toll-free line answering machine at 1–

800–421–7637, or delivered by

electronic facsimile at (334) 694–3815.

For current information, you may also

visit the Mobile District Web Page:

http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/sam/

pd/actacfeis

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Public Participation

a. The Corps invites full public

participation to promote open

communication and better decision

making. All persons and organizations

that have an interest in the water

allocation formulas, including minority,

low-income, disadvantaged and native

American Groups, are urged to

participate in this National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

environmental analysis process.

Assistance will be provided upon

request to anyone having difficulty with

learning how to participate.

b. Public comments are welcomed

anytime throughout the NEPA process.

Formal opportunities for public

participation include:

(1) Response to the Scoping Brochure/

Questionnaire—Anytime during the

NEPA process.

(2) Review and Comment on the Draft

EISs—Oct–Nov 1998.

(3) Comments/Presentation on the

draft EISs at Public Workshops—Nov

1998.

(4) Review of the Final EISs—Summer

1999.

c. Precise schedules and locations

will be announced in the local news

media. You may also request to be

included on the mailing list for public

distribution of meeting announcements

and documents.

2. Background

a. The States of Alabama, Florida, and

Georgia, in conjunction with the United

States, will soon be developing water

allocation formulas for the ACT and

ACF River Basins, in accordance with

interstate water compacts. The States

have ratified the compacts and

implementing provisions are currently

being developed in consent legislation

before Congress. The purpose of the

compacts would be to promote

interstate comity, remove causes of

present and future controversies,

equitably apportion surface waters of

the ACT and ACF Basins, engage in

water planning, and develop and share

common data bases.

b. Pursuant to the ACT and ACF

interstate compacts, allocation formulas

would be developed by Commissions

established for each basin. A Federal

Commissioner will be appointed as a

non-voting advisory member for each

compact Commission. The compacts

would provide for approval of allocation

formulas by unanimous vote of the State

Commissioners and concurrence of the

Federal Commissioner. Federal agency

evaluations and these EISs will form the

basis for the Federal Commissioner’s

decision to concur or nonconcur with

the water allocation formulas developed

in accordance with the compacts.

c. The Corps, in partnership with the

States of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia,

is currently conducting a

Comprehensive Study of the ACT and

ACF river basins. The Comprehensive

Study was initiated in January 1992,

under a Memorandum of Agreement

among the three States and the U.S.

Department of the Army. The

Comprehensive Study has developed

substantial data and predictive models

useful for the development of water

allocation formulas. The Comprehensive

Study partners have also recommended

development of interstate compacts as

the mechanisms for coordinated

management of the basins.

d. The Corps, in conjunction with the

Federal cooperating agencies, will

prepare separate EISs to evaluate the

environmental and socioeconomic

impacts of the proposed allocation

formula for each basin. In addition to

information available from the

Comprehensive Study, a preliminary

scope of evaluations necessary to assist

the Federal Commissioner in a decision

has been identified in a Federal

Interagency Management Plan. Agency

evaluations will be incorporated into

the completed EISs, which may be used

as supporting documentation for a

decision by the Federal Commissioner

on the acceptability of the water