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thereunder, including the removal, 

modification, continuance, or 

imposition of any rate of duty or other 

import restriction. 

In paragraph (3) of Proclamation 6763 

of December 23, 1994, the President 

delegated his authority under section 

404(d)(3) of the URAA to the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR). In 

paragraph (2) of Proclamation 6914 of 

August 26, 1996, the President 

determined that it is appropriate to 

authorize the USTR to exercise his 

authority under section 604 of the Trade 

Act to embody in the HTS the substance 

of any action taken by USTR under 

section 404(d)(3) of the URAA. 

Modification of the HTS 

Effective with respect to articles 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse 

for consumption, on or after September 

1, 2013: 

1. Additional U.S. note 2 to chapter 4 

is modified by: Deleting from such note 

the expression ‘‘EC 25’’ and inserting in 

lieu thereof the expression ‘‘EU 27’’. 

Inserting into the list of countries in 

such note the terms ‘‘Bulgaria,’’ and 

‘‘Romania,’’, such that the entire list is 

maintained in alphabetical order. 

2. Additional U.S. note 16 to chapter 

4 is modified by: Deleting from the list 

in such note the expression ‘‘EC 25’’ and 

inserting in lieu thereof the expression 

‘‘EU 27’’. Deleting the sentence 

immediately following the list in said 

note and inserting the following 

sentence in lieu thereof: ‘‘Of the 

quantitative limitations provided for in 

this note for the EU 27, Portugal shall 

have access to a quantity of not less than 

353,000 kilograms.’’ 

3. Additional U.S. note 17 to chapter 

4 is modified by: Deleting from the list 

in such note the expression ‘‘EC 25’’ and 

inserting in lieu thereof the expression 

‘‘EU 27’’. 

4. Additional U.S. note 18 to chapter 

4 is modified by: Deleting from the list 

in such note the expression ‘‘EC 25’’ and 

inserting in lieu thereof the expression 

‘‘EU 27’’. 

5. Additional U.S. note 19 to chapter 

4 is modified by: Deleting from the list 

in such note the expression ‘‘EC 25’’ and 

inserting in lieu thereof the expression 

‘‘EU 27’’. 

6. Additional U.S. note 20 to chapter 

4 is modified by: Deleting from the list 

in such note the expression ‘‘EC 25’’ and 

inserting in lieu thereof the expression 

‘‘EU 27’’. 

7. Additional U.S. note 21 to chapter 

4 is modified by: Deleting from the list 

in such note the expression ‘‘EC 25’’ and 

inserting in lieu thereof the expression 

‘‘EU 27’’. 

8. Additional U.S. note 22 to chapter 

4 is modified by: Deleting from the list 

in such note the expression ‘‘EC 25’’ and 

inserting in lieu thereof the expression 

‘‘EU 27’’. 

9. Additional U.S. note 23 to chapter 

4 is modified by: Deleting from the list 

in such note the expression ‘‘EC 25’’ and 

inserting in lieu thereof the expression 

‘‘EU 27’’. 

10. Additional U.S. note 25 to chapter 

4 is modified by: Deleting from the list 

in such note the expression ‘‘EC 25’’ and 

inserting in lieu thereof the expression 

‘‘EU 27’’. 

Michael B.G. Froman, 

United States Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2013–18154 Filed 7–26–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3290–F3–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Industry Forums on the Next ITS 

Strategic Plan; Notice of Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: ITS Joint Program Office, 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (USDOT) Intelligent 

Transportation System Joint Program 

Office (ITS JPO) will participate in four 

industry forums by facilitating 

workshops to generate feedback for the 

next ITS Strategic Plan (2015–2019). 

The workshops are designed to generate 

ideas and collect viewpoints on 

multiple areas of interest including 

multi-modal operations, planning, 

pricing, standards and architecture, 

education and training, and connected 

vehicles. The ITS JPO will lead 

participants in a fast paced, interactive 

discussion that will involve hands-on 

application of critical thinking tools 

designed to draw out information to 

identify and validate focus areas for the 

next ITS Strategic Plan. The ITS JPO 

also offers an opportunity for the public 

to share ideas and inputs through an 

online tool, IdeaScale at http:// 

itsstrategicplan.ideascale.com. 

• The first facilitated session will take 

place August 5, 2013 at the Annual 

Meeting of the Institute of 

Transportation Engineers (ITE) in the 

Hynes Convention Center in Boston, 

MA. Persons planning to attend this ITS 

JPO workshop should register online no 

later than July 26, 2013 at http:// 

www.itsa.org/strategicplanwebinar. 

• The second facilitated session will 

take place August 27, 2013 at the 2013 

National Rural ITS Conference (NRITS) 

in the Rivers Edge Convention Center in 

St. Cloud, MN. Persons planning to 

attend this ITS JPO workshop should 

register online no later than August 13, 

2013 at http://www.itsa.org/ 

strategicplanwebinar. 

• The third facilitated session will 

take place September 2, 2013 at the IEEE 

Vehicle Technology Conference at the 

Wynn Hotel (Encore) in Las Vegas, NV. 

Persons planning to attend this ITS JPO 

workshop should register online no later 

than August 19, 2013 at http:// 

www.itsa.org/strategicplanwebinar. 

• The last facilitated session will take 

place September 24–26, 2013 at the 

Connected Vehicle Public Meeting at 

the Holiday Inn in Arlington, VA. 

Persons planning to attend this ITS JPO 

workshop should register online no later 

than September 13, 2013 at http:// 

www.itsa.org/strategicplanwebinar. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on the 23rd day 

of July 2013. 

John Augustine, 

Managing Director, ITS Joint Program Office. 

[FR Doc. 2013–18020 Filed 7–26–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Opportunity for Public 

Comment on Surplus Property Release 

at Huntsville International Airport, 

Huntsville, AL 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to rule on land 

release request. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Title 

49, U.S.C. 47153(c), notice is being 

given that the FAA is considering a 

request from the Huntsville-Madison 

County Airport Authority to waive the 

requirement that a 4.58-acre parcel of 

surplus property, located at the 

Huntsville International Airport, be 

used for aeronautical purposes. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 28, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice 

may be mailed or delivered in triplicate 

to the FAA at the following address: 

Jackson Airports District Office, 100 

West Cross Street, Suite B, Jackson, MS 

39208–2307. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Luther H. 

Roberts, Jr., Deputy Director at the 

following address: Huntsville-Madison 

County Airport Authority, 1000 Glenn 

Hearn Boulevard, Huntsville, AL 35824 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roderick T. Nicholson, Program 

Manager, Jackson Airports District 

Office, 100 West Cross Street, Suite B, 

Jackson, MS 39208–2307, (601)664– 

9884. The land release request may be 

reviewed in person at this same 

location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

is reviewing a request by the HuntsvilleMadison County Airport Authority to 

release 4.58 acres of surplus property at 

the Huntsville International Airport. 

The property will be purchased by the 

Alabama Department of Transportation 

(ALDOT), which is a state transportation 

organization. The property released will 

be used for the interchange project off 

Interstate Route 565. The net proceeds 

from the sale of this property will be 

used for FAA approved airport 

purposes. 

Any person may inspect the request 

in person at the FAA office listed above 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

In addition, any person may, upon 

request, inspect the request, notice and 

other documents germane to the request 

in person at the office of the HuntsvilleMadison County Airport Authority. 

Issued in Jackson, Mississippi on July 19, 

2013. 

Rans D. Black, 

Manager, Jackson Airports District Office, 

Southern Region. 

[FR Doc. 2013–18131 Filed 7–26–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA—2013–0040] 

Proposed Memorandum of 

Understanding (MOU) Assigning 

Environmental Responsibilities to the 

State of Texas for Categorical 

Exclusions 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Texas Division 

Office, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed MOU and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the FHWA and the Texas Department of 

Transportation (State) have developed a 

proposed MOU, pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 

326, under which the FHWA would 

assign to the State the FHWA’s 

responsibility for determining whether a 

project is categorically excluded from 

preparation of an environmental 

assessment or an environmental impact 

statement under the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq. (NEPA), and for 

carrying out certain other 

responsibilities for conducting 

environmental reviews, consultations, 

and related activities for Federal-aid 

highway projects. The public is invited 

to comment on any aspect of the 

proposed MOU, including the proposed 

designations of categorical exclusions 

and scope of environmental review, 

consultation and other activities to be 

assigned. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

August 28, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by DOT Document 

Management System (DMS) Docket 

Number FHWA–2013–0040, by any of 

the methods described below. Electronic 

or facsimile comments are preferred 

because Federal offices experience 

intermittent mail delays from security 

screening. 

1. Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the DOT electronic docket site. 

2. Facsimile (Fax): 1–202–493–2251. 

3. Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 

20590. 

4. Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

For access to the docket to view a 

complete copy of the proposed MOU, or 

to read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time or to 

1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, 

except for Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael T. Leary, Director of Planning 

and Program Development, Federal 

Highway Administration Texas 

Division, 300 E. 8 St., Room 826, 

Austin, TX 78701, 7:00 a.m.—4:30 

p.m. (CST), (512) 536–5940, 

michael.leary@dot.gov. 

Carlos H. Swonke, P.G., Director 

Environmental Affairs Division, Texas 

Department of Transportation, 125 E. 

11th St., Austin, TX 78701, 8:00 

a.m.—5: p.m. (CST), (512) 416–2734, 

carlos.swonke@txdot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this notice may 

be downloaded using a computer, 

modem and suitable communications 

software from the Government Printing 

Office’s Electronic Bulletin Board 

Service at (202) 512–1661. Internet users 

may reach the Office of the Federal 

Register’s home page at http:// 

www.archives.gov and the Government 

Printing Office’s Web site at http:// 

www.access.gpo.gov. An electronic 

version of the proposed MOU may be 

downloaded by accessing the DOT DMS 

docket, as described above, at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/. 

Background 

Section 326 of title 23, United States 

Code (23 U.S.C. 326), allows the 

Secretary of the DOT (Secretary), to 

assign, and a State to assume, 

responsibility for determining whether 

certain designated activities are 

included within classes of action that 

are categorically excluded from 

requirements for environmental 

assessments or environmental impact 

statements pursuant to regulations 

promulgated by the Council on 

Environmental Quality under part 1500 

of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) (as in effect on October 1, 2003). 

The FHWA is authorized to act on 

behalf of the Secretary with respect to 

these matters. 

Under the proposed MOU, the FHWA 

would assign to the State the 

responsibility for making decisions on 

the following types of categorical 

exclusions: 

1. Activities listed in 23 CFR 

771.117(c); 

2. Activities listed in 23 CFR 

771.117(d). 

The assignment also would give the 

State the responsibility to conduct the 

following environmental review, 

consultation, and other related 

activities: 

1. Air Quality 

• Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 

7401–7671q. Any determinations that 

do not involve conformity. 

2. Noise 

• Compliance with the noise 

regulations in 23 CFR 772. 

3. Wildlife 

• Section 7 of the Endangered Species 

Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. 1531–1544, and 

Section 1536 

• Marine Mammal Protection Act, 16 

U.S.C. 1361 

• Anadromous Fish Conservation 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 757a–757g 

• Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, 

16 U.S.C. 661–667d 

• Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 16 

U.S.C. 703–712 

• Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act of 

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