9012 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 39 / Thursday, February 27, 1997 / Notices

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The 34 democratically-elected leaders

of the Western Hemisphere gathered at

the first Summit of the Americas in

Miami in December 1994. At the

Summit, leaders agreed that countries

should conclude negotiation of a ‘‘Free

Trade Area of the Americas’’ (FTAA) by

2005 and make concrete progress

towards that goal by 2000. They

directed their trade ministers to oversee

the process of constructing the FTAA.

The first Western Hemisphere Trade

Ministerial was held in Denver in June

1995. The United States Trade

Representative and the other 33

Ministers in the Hemisphere responsible

for trade agreed to the Denver ‘‘Joint

Declaration.’’ This advanced the

Summit of the America’s objective of

establishing the FTAA by 2005. The

Denver Declaration adopted a set of

principles and created a work program

to prepare for negotiation of the FTAA—

including the establishment of seven

working groups. Four more working

groups were created at the second

Western Hemisphere Trade Ministerial,

which was held in Cartagena, Colombia

in March 1996. The eleven working

groups established to date are:

Investment, Standards and Technical

Barriers to Trade, Subsidies/Antidumping/Countervailing Duties,

Smaller Economies, Government

Procurement, Intellectual Property

Rights, Services, Competition Policy,

Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS)

Measures, Customs Procedures and

Rules of Origin, and Market Access.

In the Cartagena ‘‘Joint Declaration’’,

the Ministers mandated that Vice

Ministers make recommendations on

when and how to launch the FTAA

negotiations and on the approach to

negotiations. Also, concrete proposals

on near-term practical steps toward

hemispheric economic integration (e.g.

business facilitation actions) are to be

reported to the Ministers at the next

Ministerial. The Ministers provided

overall guidance to further the FTAA

process and another detailed plan of

work for the eleven working groups.

Copies of the Miami, Denver and

Cartagena Declarations can be found on

the Internet at: http://www.ustr.gov/

index.html.

The third Western Hemisphere Trade

Ministerial will take place on May 16 in

Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Ministers have

requested that Vice Ministers prepare

recommendations on how and when to

launch the negotiations to construct the

FTAA.

Key Issues

To make preparations for the Belo

Horizonte Ministerial as relevant as

possible, the U.S. Government is

seeking advice and views from the

public. Any views on the FTAA process

are welcome, but of particular interest

would be input on the following issues:

• What should U.S. objectives be for

the FTAA process as a whole, and what

should we seek to achieve at the next

meeting in Belo Horizonte to make

progress towards that objective?

• What major issues are not currently

addressed adequately by international

disciplines that could be addressed in

the FTAA?

• Are there particular advantages/

disadvantages to negotiating or

implementing certain agreements or

codes affecting either specific sectors

(e.g. telecommunications) or disciplines

(e.g. investment) before the FTAA

negotiations are completed in the year

2005?

• What concrete steps toward

economic integration would most

benefit U.S. interests overall or the

interests of specific industries or

groups?

• What impediments are most

detrimental to the U.S. companies doing

business and how can hemispheric

disciplines remove them?

• Has your company or organization

experienced particular problems in the

region of which the U.S. Government

should be aware as it goes through the

FTAA process?

• To what extent have the subregional

arrangements (Mercosur, Andean Pact,

Central American Common Market,

Caribbean Community) affected your

interests in or exports to Latin America

and the Caribbean?

• What measures should the

ministers consider to ensure that private

sector advice from throughout the

Hemisphere is received and

incorporated into the FTAA process?

• Do you have any concrete proposals

for near-term practical steps toward

hemispheric economic integration (e.g.

business facilitation actions)?

Written Comments: All written

comments should be addressed to:

Gloria Blue, Executive Secretary, Trade

Policy Staff Committee, Office of the

United States Trade Representative, 600

17th Street, NW, Room 501,

Washington, D.C. 20508.

All submissions must be in English

and should conform to the information

requirements of 15 CFR 2003.

A party must provide ten copies of its

submission, which must be received at

USTR no later than March 24, 1997. If

the submission contains business

confidential information, ten copies of a

non-confidential version must also be

submitted. A justification as to why the

information contained in the

submission should be treated

confidentially must be included in the

submission. In addition, any

submissions containing business

confidential information must be clearly

marked ‘‘confidential’’ at the top and

bottom of the cover page (or letter) and

of each succeeding page of the

submission. The version that does not

contain confidential information should

also be clearly marked, at the top and

bottom of each page, ‘‘public version’’ or

‘‘non-confidential.’’

Written comments submitted in

connection with this request, except for

information granted ‘‘business

confidential’’ status pursuant to 15 CFR

2003.6, will be available for public

inspection shortly after the filing

deadline. Inspection is by appointment

only with the staff of the USTR Public

Reading Room and can be arranged by

calling (202) 395–6186.

Frederick L. Montgomery,

Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.

[FR Doc. 97–4936 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE–97–10]

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
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number involved and must be received

on or before March 5, 1997.

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.

Comments may also be sent

electronically to the following internet

address: 9–9–9–NPRM–

CMTS@faa.dot.gov.

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:

Fred Haynes (202) 267–3939 or Angela

Anderson (202) 267–9681 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).

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 21,

1997.

Donald P. Byrne,

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 28813.

Petitioner: Keith Campbell.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

119.67(a)(1).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit the petitioner to serve as Director

of Operations of Reeve Aleutian

Airways even though he does not hold

an airline transport pilot certificate.

Docket No.: 28816.

Petitioner: Grant Murray.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

119.67(a)(1) and 119.71(a).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit the petitioner to continue to

serve as Director of Operations for Eagle

Jet Charter, Inc. without holding an

airline transport pilot certificate.

[FR Doc. 97–4847 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

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Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee Meeting on Training and

Qualifications

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice

to advise the public of a meeting of the

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee to discuss training and

qualification issues.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

March 12 at noon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Regional Airlines Association, Third

floor, 1200 19th St., NW., Washington,

DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Regina L. Jones, (202) 267–9822, Office

of Rulemaking, (ARM–100) 800

Independence Avenue, SW Washington,

DC 20591.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463; 5 U.S.C. App. II), notice is hereby

given of a meeting of the Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee

(ARAC) to discuss training and

qualification issues. This meeting will

be held March 12, 1997, at noon, at the

Regional Airlines Association. The

agenda for this meeting will include

progress reports from The Air Carrier

Pilot Pay for Training Working Group

and the Air Carrier Minimum Flight

Time Requirements Working Group.

Attendance is open to the interested

public but may be limited to the space

available. The public must make

arrangements in advance to present oral

statements at the meeting or may

present statements to the committee at

any time. In addition, sign and oral

interpretation can be made available at

the meeting, as well as an assistive

listing device, if requested 10 calendar

days before the meeting. Arrangements

may be made by contacting the person

listed under the heading FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 19,

1997.

Thomas Toula,

Executive Director for Training and

Qualifications, Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 97–4848 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

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RTCA, Inc.; Joint Special Committee

190/Eurocae Working Group 52; DO–

178 Software Consideration

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (P.L.

92–463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is

hereby given for Joint Special

Committee 190/EUROCAE Working

Group (WG) 52 meeting to be held

March 11–13, 1997, starting at 9:00 a.m.

The meeting will be held at RTCA, 1140

Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20036.

The agenda will include the

following: (1) Chairman’s Opening

Remarks and General Introductions; (2)

Review and Approval of Agenda; (3)

Establish Structure and Organization of

the Committee; (4) Review Proposed

Terms of Reference, RTCA Paper No.

039–97/SC190–002; (5) Identify Goals,

Develop Work Program, and Determine

Milestones; (6) Assign Tasks; (7) Other

Business; (8) Date and Place of Next

Meeting.

Attendance is open to the interested

public but limited to space availability.

With the approval of the chairman,

members of the public may present oral

statements at the meeting. Persons

wishing to present statements or obtain

information should contact the RTCA

Secretariat, 1140 Connecticut Avenue,

N.W., Suite 1020, Washington, D.C.

20036; (202) 833–9339 (phone); (202)

833–9434 (fax); or http://www.rtca.org

(web site). Members of the public may

present a written statement to the

committee at any time.

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 20,

1997.

Janice L. Peters,

Designated Official.

[FR Doc. 97–4849 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

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[Application #97–02–C–00–FCA]

Notice of Intent to Rule on Application,

Passenger Facility Charge (PFC)

Glacier Park International Airport;

Submitted by the Flathead Municipal

Airport Authority, Kalispell, Montana

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to rule on

application.

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and

invites public comment on the

application to impose and use PFC

revenue at Glacier Park International

Airport under the provisions of 49

U.S.C. 40117 and Part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before March 31, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address: David P. Gabbert, Manager;

Helena Airports District Office, HLN–

ADO; Federal Aviation Administration;

FAA Building, Suite 2; 2725 Skyway

Drive; Helena, MT, 59601.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Monte M.