31254 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 128 / Tuesday, July 3, 2018 / Notices 

copy of this request may be obtained 

from the Board’s website under Docket 

No. WB 18–19. 

The waybill sample contains 

confidential railroad and shipper data; 

therefore, if any parties object to these 

requests, they should file their 

objections with the Director of the 

Board’s Office of Economics within 14 

calendar days of the date of this notice. 

The rules for release of waybill data are 

codified at 49 CFR 1244.9. 

Contact: Alexander Dusenberry, (202) 

245–0319. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14278 Filed 7–2–18; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Determination Under the African 

Growth and Opportunity Act 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Trade 

Representative (USTR) has determined 

that Eswatini (formerly known as 

Swaziland) has adopted an effective visa 

system and related procedures to 

prevent the unlawful transshipment of 

textile and apparel articles and the use 

of counterfeit documents in connection 

with the shipment of such articles, and 

has implemented and follows, or is 

making substantial progress towards 

implementing and following, the 

custom procedures required by the 

African Growth and Opportunity Act 

(AGOA). Therefore, imports of eligible 

products from Eswatini qualify for the 

textile and apparel benefits provided 

under the AGOA. The notice also makes 

conforming changes to the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States to 

reflect the recent change in name of the 

Kingdom of Swaziland (Swaziland) to 

Eswatini. 

DATES: This notice is applicable on July 

3, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Constance Hamilton, Assistant United 

States Trade Representative for African 

Affairs at (202) 395–9514 or Constance_

Hamilton@ustr.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The AGOA (Title I of the Trade and 

Development Act of 2000, Public Law 

106–200, as amended) provides 

preferential tariff treatment for imports 

of certain textile and apparel products 

of beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries. The textile and apparel trade 

benefits under AGOA are available to 

imports of eligible products from 

countries that the President designates 

as ‘‘beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries,’’ provided that these 

countries: (1) Have adopted an effective 

visa system and related procedures to 

prevent the unlawful transshipment of 

textile and apparel articles and the use 

of counterfeit documents in connection 

with shipment of such articles; and (2) 

have implemented and follow, or are 

making substantial progress towards 

implementing and following, certain 

customs procedures that assist the U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection in 

verifying the origin of the products. 

In Proclamation 9687 dated December 

22, 2017 (82 FR 61414), the President 

designated Swaziland (now known as 

Eswatini) as a ‘‘beneficiary sub-Saharan 

African country’’ and proclaimed, for 

the purposes of section 112(c) of AGOA, 

that Swaziland (now known as 

Eswatini) should be considered a lesser 

developed beneficiary sub-Saharan 

African country. Based on the actions 

Eswatini has taken, the United States 

Trade Representative has determined 

that Eswatini has satisfied the two 

requirements for eligibility for textile 

and apparel benefits under AGOA. In 

Proclamation 7350 of October 2, 2000, 

the President authorized the United 

States Trade Representative to perform 

the function of determining whether 

eligible sub-Saharan countries have met 

the two requirements described above. 

The President directed the United States 

Trade Representative to announce any 

such determinations in the Federal 

Register and to implement them 

through modifications in the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTS). 

Accordingly, pursuant to the 

authority vested in the United States 

Trade Representative in Proclamation 

7350, U.S. note 7(a) to subchapter II of 

chapter 98 of the HTS, is modified by 

inserting ‘‘Eswatini’’ in alphabetical 

sequence in the list of countries, and 

U.S. notes 1 and 2(d) to subchapter XIX 

of chapter 98 of the HTS are modified 

to add in numerical sequence, in the list 

of designated sub-Saharan African 

countries, the name ‘‘Eswatini,’’ in 

alphabetical sequence and to delete 

therefrom ‘‘Kingdom of Swaziland’’. 

The foregoing modifications to the HTS 

are effective with respect to articles 

entered for consumption, or withdrawn 

from warehouse for consumption, on or 

after the effective date of this notice. 

Imports claiming preferential tariff 

treatment under the AGOA for entries of 

textile and apparel articles should 

ensure that those entries meet the 

applicable visa requirements. See 66 FR 

7837 (January 25, 2001). 

Presidential Proclamation 6969 of 

January 27, 1997 (62 FR 4415), 

authorizes the United States Trade 

Representative to exercise the authority 

provided to the President under section 

604 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) to 

embody rectifications, technical or 

conforming changes, or similar 

modifications in the HTS. Pursuant to 

the delegated authority vested in the 

United States Trade Representative in 

Proclamation 6969, general notes 4(a) 

and 16(a) to the HTS are each modified 

by deleting ‘‘Swaziland’’ and by 

inserting in alphabetical sequence in 

such notes ‘‘Eswatini’’, in order to 

reflect the recent change in name of 

Swaziland to Eswatini. 

Robert Lighthizer, 

United States Trade Representative. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

July 17, 2018 Drone Advisory 

Committee (DAC) Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation. 

ACTION: July 17, 2018 DAC Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the July 17, 2018 

DAC Meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 

17, 2018, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Pacific 

Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Santa Clara Convention Center, 

Grand Ballroom, Sections G and H, 5001 

Great American Parkway, Santa Clara, 

CA 95054. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public may RSVP for 

this meeting at DACmeetingRSVP@

faa.gov. For other questions about the 

DAC, please visit www.faa.gov/uas/ 

programs_partnerships/dac/ or contact 

Chris Harm, Unmanned Aircraft 

Systems (UAS) Stakeholder and 

Committee Liaison, at chris.harm@

faa.gov or 202–267–5401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

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

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

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

given of the July 17, 2018 DAC Meeting. 

The DAC is a Federal Advisory 

Committee managed by the FAA. The 

agenda will likely include, but may not 

be limited to, the following: 


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