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individual listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

The EA has been prepared in 

accordance with: (1) The National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.), (2) regulations of the Council on 

Environmental Quality for 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), (3) 

USDA regulations implementing NEPA 

(7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA 

Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 

372). 

Done in Washington, DC, this 27th day of 

June 2018. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

WTO Agricultural Quantity-Based 

Safeguard Trigger Levels 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice of product coverage and 

trigger levels for safeguard measures 

provided for in the World Trade 

Organization (WTO) Agreement on 

Agriculture. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists the updated 

quantity-based trigger levels for 

products which may be subject to 

additional import duties under the 

safeguard provisions of the WTO 

Agreement on Agriculture. This notice 

also includes the relevant period 

applicable for the trigger levels on each 

of the listed products. 

DATES: July 3, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Safeguard Staff, Import 

Policies and Export Reporting Division, 

Office of Trade Programs, Foreign 

Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Stop 1020, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–1020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Souleymane Diaby, (202) 720–0638, 

Souleymane.Diaby@fas.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 5 

of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture 

provides that additional import duties 

may be imposed on imports of products 

subject to tariffication as a result of the 

Uruguay Round, if certain conditions 

are met. The agreement permits 

additional duties to be charged if the 

price of an individual shipment of 

imported products falls below the 

average price for similar goods imported 

during the years 1986–88 by a specified 

percentage. It also permits additional 

duties when the volume of imports of 

that product exceeds the sum of (1) a 

base trigger level multiplied by the 

average of the last three years of 

available import data and (2) the change 

in yearly consumption in the most 

recent year for which data are available 

(provided that the final trigger level is 

not less than 105 percent of the threeyear import average). The base trigger 

level is set at 105, 110, or 125 percent 

of the three-year import average, 

depending on the percentage of 

domestic consumption that is 

represented by imports. These 

additional duties may not be imposed 

on quantities for which minimum or 

current access commitments were made 

during the Uruguay Round negotiations, 

and only one type of safeguard, price or 

quantity, may be applied at any given 

time to an article. Section 405 of the 

Uruguay Round Agreements Act 

requires that the President cause to be 

published in the Federal Register 

information regarding the price and 

quantity safeguards, including the 

quantity trigger levels, which must be 

updated annually based upon import 

levels during the most recent 3 years. 

The President delegated this duty to the 

Secretary of Agriculture in Presidential 

Proclamation No. 6763, dated December 

23, 1994, 60 FR 1005 (Jan. 4, 1995). The 

Secretary of Agriculture further 

delegated this duty, which lies with the 

Administrator of the Foreign 

Agricultural Service (7 CFR 2.43(a)(2)). 

The Annex to this notice contains the 

updated quantity trigger levels, which 

are set at 125 percent of the most recent 

3-year average level of imports for each 

commodity, consistent with the 

provisions of Article 5. 

Additional information on the 

products subject to safeguards and the 

additional duties which may apply can 

be found in subchapter IV of Chapter 99 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States (2018) and in the 

Secretary of Agriculture’s Notice of 

Uruguay Round Agricultural Safeguard 

Trigger Levels, published in the Federal 

Register at 60 FR 427 (Jan. 4, 1995). 

Notice: As provided in Section 405 of 

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, 

consistent with Article 5 of the WTO 

Agreement on Agriculture, the safeguard 

quantity trigger levels previously 

notified are superseded by the levels 

indicated in the Annex to this notice. 

The definitions of these products were 

provided in the Notice of Safeguard 

Action published in the Federal 

Register, at 60 FR 427 (Jan. 4, 1995). 

Issued at Washington, DC, this 18th day of 

June 2018. 

Ken Isley, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service. 

Product 

Quantity-based safeguard trigger 

Trigger 

level Unit Period 

Beef ........................................................................................... 298,248 MT ........................................... Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Mutton ....................................................................................... 5,103 MT ........................................... Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Cream ....................................................................................... 1,323,021 Liters ....................................... Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Evaporated or Condensed Milk ................................................ 3,867,417 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Nonfat Dry Milk ......................................................................... 1,267,208 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Dried Whole Milk ....................................................................... 12,116,875 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Dried Cream .............................................................................. 10,167 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Dried Whey/Buttermilk .............................................................. 245,833 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Butter 1 ...................................................................................... 29,959,300 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Butteroil ..................................................................................... 8,183,833 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Chocolate Crumb ...................................................................... 10,487,292 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Lowfat Chocolate Crumb .......................................................... 163,000 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Animal Feed Containing Milk .................................................... 1,154,583 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Ice Cream ................................................................................. 5,925,091 Liters ....................................... Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Dairy Mixtures ........................................................................... 18,623,423 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Infant Formula Containing Oligosaccharides ............................ 3,909,000 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Blue Cheese ............................................................................. 4,179,292 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Cheddar Cheese ....................................................................... 11,799,917 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 


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Product 

Quantity-based safeguard trigger 

Trigger 

level Unit Period 

American-Type Cheese ............................................................ 1,121,250 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Edam/Gouda Cheese ............................................................... 8,804,167 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Italian-Type Cheese .................................................................. 21,480,750 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Swiss Cheese with Eye Formation ........................................... 29,604,667 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Gruyere Process Cheese ......................................................... 3,801,292 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

NSPF Cheese ........................................................................... 52,789,750 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Lowfat Cheese .......................................................................... 443,875 Kilograms ................................ Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Peanut Butter/Paste .................................................................. 4,314 MT ........................................... Jan 1, 2018–Dec 31, 2018. 

Peanuts 1 ................................................................................... 14,577 

40,078 

MT ...........................................

MT ...........................................

April 1, 2017–Mar 31, 2018. 

April 1, 2018–Mar 31, 2019. 

Raw Cane Sugar 1 .................................................................... 723,461 

574,933 

MT ...........................................

MT ...........................................

Oct 1, 2017–Sept 30, 2018. 

Oct 1, 2018–Sept 30, 2019. 

Refined Sugars and Syrups 1 ................................................... 444,126 

396,386 

MT ...........................................

MT ...........................................

Oct 1, 2017–Sept 30, 2018. 

Oct 1, 2018–Sept 30, 2019. 

Articles over 65% Sugar ........................................................... 451 

405 

MT ...........................................

MT ...........................................

Oct 1, 2017–Sept 30, 2018. 

Oct 1, 2018–Sept 30, 2019. 

Articles over 10% Sugar ........................................................... 15,540 

8,028 

MT ...........................................

MT ...........................................

Oct 1, 2017–Sept 30, 2018. 

Oct 1, 2018–Sept 30, 2019. 

Blended Syrups ........................................................................ 233 

362 

MT ...........................................

MT ...........................................

Oct 1, 2017–Sept 30, 2018. 

Oct 1, 2018–Sept 30, 2019. 

Sweetened Cocoa Powder ....................................................... 81 

111 

MT ...........................................

MT ...........................................

Oct 1, 2017–Sept 30, 2018. 

Oct 1, 2018–Sept 30, 2019. 

Mixes and Doughs .................................................................... 234 

243 

MT ...........................................

MT ...........................................

Oct 1, 2017–Sept 30, 2018. 

Oct 1, 2018–Sept 30, 2019. 

Mixed Condiments and Seasonings ......................................... 692 

473 

MT ...........................................

MT ...........................................

Oct 1, 2017–Sept 30, 2018. 

Oct 1, 2018–Sept 30, 2019. 

Short Staple Cotton 2 ................................................................ 3,376,608 

2,592,880 

Kilograms ................................

Kilograms ................................

Sep 20, 2017–Sep 19, 2018. 

Sep 20, 2018–Sep 19, 2019. 

Harsh or Rough Cotton ............................................................. 13 

32,958 

Kilograms ................................

Kilograms ................................

Aug 1, 2017–July 31, 2018. 

Aug 1, 2018–July 31, 2019. 

Medium Staple Cotton .............................................................. 0 

8,333 

Kilograms ................................

Kilograms ................................

Aug 1, 2017–July 31, 2018. 

Aug 1, 2018–July 31, 2019. 

Extra Long Staple Cotton ......................................................... 1,219,841 

722,750 

Kilograms ................................

Kilograms ................................

Aug 1, 2017–July 31, 2018. 

Aug 1, 2018–July 31, 2019. 

Cotton Waste 2 .......................................................................... 1,232,012 

1,019,017 

Kilograms ................................

Kilograms ................................

Sep 20, 2017–Sep 19, 2018. 

Sep 20, 2018–Sep 19, 2019. 

Cotton, Processed, Not Spun 2 ................................................. 23,004 

198,226 

Kilograms ................................

Kilograms ................................

Sep 11, 2017–Sep 10, 2018. 

Sep 11, 2018–Sep 10, 2019. 

1 Includes change in U.S. consumption. 

2 12-month period from October to September. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the Florida 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act that 

the Florida Advisory Committee 

(Committee) will hold a meeting on 

Tuesday July 24, 2018, at 12:00 p.m. 

EST for the purpose discussing civil 

rights concerns in the state. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday July 24, 2018, at 12:00 p.m. 

EST. Public Call Information: Dial: 888– 

417–8465, Conference ID: 7051072. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Hinton, DFO, at jhinton@usccr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the public can listen to the 

discussion. This meeting is available to 

the public through the above toll-free 

call-in number. Any interested member 

of the public may call this number and 

listen to the meeting. An open comment 

period will be provided to allow 

members of the public to make a 

statement as time allows. The 

conference call operator will ask callers 

to identify themselves, the organization 

they are affiliated with (if any), and an 

email address prior to placing callers 

into the conference room. Callers can 

expect to incur regular charges for calls 

they initiate over wireless lines, 

according to their wireless plan. The 

Commission will not refund any 

incurred charges. Callers will incur no 

charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free 

telephone number. Persons with hearing 

impairments may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and 

providing the Service with the 

conference call number and conference 

ID number. 

Written comments may be mailed to 

the Regional Program Unit Office, U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights, 230 S. 

Dearborn St., Suite 2120, Chicago, IL 

60604. They may also be faxed to the 

Commission at (312) 353–8324 or may 

be emailed to the Regional Director, Jeff 

Hinton at jhinton@usccr.gov. Records of 

the meeting will be available via 

www.facadatabase.gov under the 

Commission on Civil Rights, Florida 

Advisory Committee link. Persons 

interested in the work of this Committee 

are directed to the Commission’s 

website, http://www.usccr.gov, or may 

contact the Southern Regional Office at 

the above email or street address. 


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