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Request for Comments

We encourage you to participate in

this meeting by attending it or by

submitting comments and related

material to the docket. If you do submit

comments or related material, please

include your name and address, identify

this notice [USCG 2000–8079], and the

reason for each comment. You may

submit your comments and material by

mail, delivery, fax, or electronic means

to the Docket Management Facility at

the address under ADDRESSES; but

please submit your comments and

material by only one means. The Coast

Guard will consider the comments

received from this initial meeting, and

those submitted to the docket, to

evaluate the need for subsequent

meetings, which may examine various

factors in more detail. Please submit all

comments and attachments in an

unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by

11 inches, suitable for copying and

electronic filing to the Docket

Management Facility at the address

under ADDRESSES. If you want

acknowledgement of receipt of your

comments, please enclose a stamped,

self-addressed postcard or envelope. We

will consider all comments and material

received whether submitted in writing

to the docket or presented during the

meeting.

Background and Purpose

Many factors determine the nature of

spills into our nation’s waterways and

coastal areas. One such factor is future

growth. Larger ships with greater fuel

capacities may use our navigable waters.

Increasing demand for petro-chemicals

may exert pressures on the transport

system. Offshore production of crude oil

from remoter areas will grow as the

price of oil rises. Transport of oil

through aging pipelines near or under

our waterways will pose increasing risk

of spills into aquatic and marine

environments. Further, with the

phasing-in of double-hull requirements

for tankships and tank barges over the

next several years, the Coast Guard

suspects that both the methods of

waterborne transport of oil and the risks

associated with these methods will

change. All of this will affect the

environmental services and leadership

that the Coast Guard provides.

The Coast Guard, the public, and

industry have engaged in numerous

partnerships, and conducted many

studies, over the past ten years; these

certainly point the way toward a

reasonable and coherent environmental

agenda to fit the future. This meeting

will examine ideas generated by these

efforts, as well as explore emerging

trends. It will be the first step in

reconciling the expectations of both the

public and industries engaged in marine

transport. An agenda will be provided at

the meeting based on the following

questions.

Questions: Your responses to the

following questions are solicited. Please

submit your responses as noted above

under ADDRESSES.

1. What source do you see as

presenting the biggest risk of oil

pollution?

2. How do you see that risk changing

over the next ten years?

3. How do you see the waterborne

transport of oil changing over the next

ten or twenty years?

4. What best practices for prevention,

if any, from what industry or company,

should we urge for uniform application

throughout the waterborne transport of

oil?

5. Should the Coast Guard concentrate

its efforts toward preventing oil

pollution on vessels and management,

or on measures external to the vessel,

such as Vessel Traffic Services, port risk

assessments, and the like?

6. Do you perceive the public as

becoming less tolerant of the risks of oil

pollution? If yes, how is that affecting

shipping, mariners’ practice, and efforts

toward prevention?

7. How will mariners’ roles change

with respect to preventing oil pollution

in the future?

8. Should the Coast Guard be equally

prepared for spills from foreign sources

and for those from domestic ones? If so,

how should we advance preparedness

for spills from foreign sources (perhaps

through the International Maritime

Organization or classification societies)?

9. Should response plans for other

sources of spills mirror the response

plans for vessels envisioned by OPA 90?

10. Should non-tank vessels have to

contract resources for worst cases, as

tank vessels must under OPA 90?

11. Should the scope of, frequency of,

and criteria for spill response exercises

align with those in the Preparedness for

Exercise Program (PREP)?

12. Should Qualified Individuals for

non-tank vessels meet the same

standards as those required for tank

vessels?

13. Should strategies for response to

and mitigation of other sources of spills

differ from those used for sources of

spills identified under OPA 90? How?

14. What needs improvement in

control of and assessment for response

to spills? (These comprise modeling,

remote sensing, direct-reading

instruments, and field technologies.)

How?

15. What needs improvement in

cleanup methods and technologies?

(These comprise in-situ burning,

dispersants, mechanical recovery,

shoreline cleanup, bioremediation, and

other innovations.) How?

16. How does risk of oil pollution

compare with risks from other forms of

pollution in terms of effect on the

environment? (These may comprise

hazardous materials, airborne materials,

aquatic nuisance species, or others.)

17. Should we consider specific

sources of funding for further

improvements? (These may comprise

per-barrel taxes, port tariffs, users’ fees,

or others.) Should the Oil Spill Liability

Trust Fund or a similar source be

available for preventive measures?

18. What improvements would you

make to the U.S. Marine Transportation

System to minimize the risk of

pollution?

19. Given that the costs of improving

the infrastructure of the Marine

Transportation System could be

significant, what portion of these costs

of improvement to reduce the risk of

pollution should the public bear?

Information on Services for People with

Disabilities

For information on facilities or

services for people with disabilities, or

to request special assistance at the

meeting, please contact Commander

George H. Burns III, Office of Response

(G–MOR–1), Coast Guard, telephone

202–267–0421, e-mail

Gburns@comdt.uscg.mil as soon as

possible.

Dated: October 12, 2000.

Howard L. Hime,

Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety

and Environmental Protection.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

List of Foreign Entities Violating

Textile Transshipment and Country of

Origin Rules

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service,

Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: General notice.

SUMMARY: This document notifies the

public of foreign entities which have

been issued a penalty claim under

section 592 of the Tariff Act of 1930, for

certain violations of the customs laws.

This list is authorized to be published

by section 333 of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act.

DATES: This document notifies the

public of the semiannual list for the 6-

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month period starting October 1, 2000,

and ending March 30, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information regarding any of the

operational aspects, contact Mirta

Gonzalez, Seizures and Penalties

Division, Office of Field Operations,

(202) 927–0410. For information

regarding any of the legal aspects,

contact Willem A. Daman, Office of

Chief Counsel, (202) 927–6900.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Section 333 of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (URAA) (Public Law

103–465, 108 Stat. 4809) (signed

December 8, 1994), entitled Textile

Transshipments, amended Part V of title

IV of the Tariff Act of 1930 by creating

a section 592A (19 U.S.C. 1592a), which

authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury

to publish in the Federal Register, on a

semiannual basis, a list of the names of

any producers, manufacturers,

suppliers, sellers, exporters, or other

persons located outside the Customs

territory of the United States, when

these entities and/or persons have been

issued a penalty claim under section

592 of the Tariff Act, for certain

violations of the customs laws, provided

that certain conditions are satisfied.

The violations of the customs laws

referred to above are the following: (1)

Using documentation, or providing

documentation subsequently used by

the importer of record, which indicates

a false or fraudulent country of origin or

source of textile or apparel products; (2)

Using counterfeit visas, licenses,

permits, bills of lading, or similar

documentation, or providing counterfeit

visas, licenses, permits, bills of lading,

or similar documentation that is

subsequently used by the importer of

record, with respect to the entry into the

Customs territory of the United States of

textile or apparel products; (3)

Manufacturing, producing, supplying,

or selling textile or apparel products

which are falsely or fraudulently labeled

as to country of origin or source; and (4)

Engaging in practices which aid or abet

the transshipment, through a country

other than the country of origin, of

textile or apparel products in a manner

which conceals the true origin of the

textile or apparel products or permits

the evasion of quotas on, or voluntary

restraint agreements with respect to,

imports of textile or apparel products.

If a penalty claim has been issued

with respect to any of the above

violations, and no petition in response

to the claim has been filed, the name of

the party to whom the penalty claim

was issued will appear on the list. If a

petition or supplemental petition for

relief from the penalty claim is

submitted under 19 U.S.C. 1618, in

accord with the time periods established

by sections 171.2 and 171.61, Customs

Regulations (19 CFR 171.2, 171.61) and

the petition is subsequently denied or

the penalty is mitigated, and no further

petition, if allowed, is received within

60 days of the denial or allowance of

mitigation, then the administrative

action shall be deemed to be final and

administrative remedies will be deemed

to be exhausted. Consequently, the

name of the party to whom the penalty

claim was issued will appear on the list.

However, provision is made for an

appeal to the Secretary of the Treasury

by the person named on the list, for the

removal of its name from the list. If the

Secretary finds that such person or

entity has not committed any of the

enumerated violations for a period of

not less than 3 years after the date on

which the person or entity’s name was

published, the name will be removed

from the list as of the next publication

of the list.

Reasonable Care Required

Section 592A also requires any

importer of record entering, introducing,

or attempting to introduce into the

commerce of the United States textile or

apparel products that were either

directly or indirectly produced,

manufactured, supplied, sold, exported,

or transported by such named person to

show, to the satisfaction of the

Secretary, that such importer has

exercised reasonable care to ensure that

the textile or apparel products are

accompanied by documentation,

packaging, and labeling that are accurate

as to its origin. Reliance solely upon

information regarding the imported

product from a person named on the list

is clearly not the exercise of reasonable

care. Thus, the textile and apparel

importers who have some commercial

relationship with one or more of the

listed parties must exercise a degree of

reasonable care in ensuring that the

documentation covering the imported

merchandise, as well as its packaging

and labeling, is accurate as to the

country of origin of the merchandise.

This degree of reasonable care must

involve reliance on more than

information supplied by the named

party.

In meeting the reasonable care

standard when importing textile or

apparel products and when dealing with

a party named on the list published

pursuant to section 592A of the Tariff

Act of 1930, an importer should

consider the following questions in

attempting to ensure that the

documentation, packaging, and labeling

is accurate as to the country of origin of

the imported merchandise. The list of

questions is not exhaustive but is

illustrative.

(1) Has the importer had a prior

relationship with the named party?

(2) Has the importer had any

detentions and/or seizures of textile or

apparel products that were directly or

indirectly produced, supplied, or

transported by the named party?

(3) Has the importer visited the

company’s premises and ascertained

that the company has the capacity to

produce the merchandise?

(4) Where a claim of an origin

conferring process is made in

accordance with 19 CFR 102.21, has the

importer ascertained that the named

party actually performed the required

process?

(5) Is the named party operating from

the same country as is represented by

that party on the documentation,

packaging or labeling?

(6) Have quotas for the imported

merchandise closed or are they nearing

closing from the main producer

countries for this commodity?

(7) What is the history of this country

regarding this commodity?

(8) Have you asked questions of your

supplier regarding the origin of the

product?

(9) Where the importation is

accompanied by a visa, permit, or

license, has the importer verified with

the supplier or manufacturer that the

visa, permit, and/or license is both valid

and accurate as to its origin? Has the

importer scrutinized the visa, permit or

license as to any irregularities that

would call its authenticity into

question?

The law authorizes a semiannual

publication of the names of the foreign

entities and/or persons. On March 30,

2000, Customs published a Notice in the

Federal Register (65 FR 17003) which

identified 25 (twenty-five) entities

which fell within the purview of section

592A of the Tariff Act of 1930.

592A List

For the period ending September 30,

2000, Customs has identified 24

(twenty-four) foreign entities that fall

within the purview of section 592A of

the Tariff Act of 1930. This list reflects

one new entity and two removals to the

25 entities named on the list published

on March 30, 2000. The parties on the

current list were assessed a penalty

claim under 19 U.S.C. 1592, for one or

more of the four above-described

violations. The administrative penalty

action was concluded against the parties

by one of the actions noted above as

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having terminated the administrative

process.

The names and addresses of the 24

foreign parties which have been

assessed penalties by Customs for

violations of section 592 are listed

below pursuant to section 592A. This

list supersedes any previously

published list. The names and addresses

of the 24 foreign parties are as follows

(the parenthesis following the listing

sets forth the month and year in which

the name of the company was first

published in the Federal Register):

Austin Pang Gloves & Garments Factory,

Ltd., Jade Heights, 52 Tai Chung Kiu

Road, Flat G, 19/F, Shatin, New

Territories, Hong Kong. (10/99)

Beautiful Flower Glove Manufactory,

Kar Wah Industrial Building, 8 Leung

Yip Street, Room 10–16, 4/F, Yuen

Long, New Territories, Hong Kong.

(10/99)

BF Manufacturing Company, Kar Wah

Industrial Building, Leung Yip Street,

Flat 13, 4/F, Yeun Long, New

Territories, Hong Kong. (10/99)

Ease Keep, Ltd., 750 Nathan Road,

Room 115, Kowloon, Hong Kong. (10/

99)

Excelsior Industrial Company, 311–313

Nathan Road, Room 1, 15th Floor,

Kowloon, Hong Kong. (9/98)

Eun Sung Guatemala, S.A., 13 Calle 3–

62 Zona Colonia Landivar, Guatemala

City, Guatemala. (3/98)

Everlast Glove Factory, Goldfield

Industrial Centre, 1 Sui Wo Road,

Room 15, 15th Floor, Fo Tan, Shatin,

New Territories, Hong Kong. (3/99)

Fabrica de Artigos de Vestuario E-Full,

Lda. Rua Um doi Bairro da Concordia,

Deificio Industrial Vang Tai, 8th

Floor, A–D, Macau. (10/99)

Fabrica de Artigos de Vestuario Fan

Wek Limitada, Av. Venceslau de

Morais, S/N 14 B–C, Centro Ind. Keck

Seng (Torre 1), Macau. (10/99)

Fabrica de Artigos de Vestuario Pou Chi,

Avenida General Castelo Branco, 13,

Andar, ‘‘C’’ Edificio Wang Kai,

Macau. (10/99)

Glory Growth Trading Company, No. 6

Ping Street, Flat 7–10, Block A, 21st

Floor, New Trade Plaza, Shatin, New

Territories, Hong Kong. (9/98)

G.P. Wedding Service Centre, Lee Hing

Industrial Building, 10 Cheung Yue

Street 11th Floor, Cheung Sha Wan,

Kowloon, Hong Kong. (10/00)

Great Southern International Limited,

Flat A, 13th floor, Foo Cheong

Building, 82–86 Wing Lok Street,

Central, Hong Kong. (9/98)

G.T. Plus Ltd., Kowloon Centre, 29–43

Ashley Road, 4/Fl, Tsimshatsui,

Kowloon, Hong Kong. (3/99)

Jiangxi Garments Import and Export

Corp., Foreign Trade Building, 60

Zhangqian Road, Nanchang, China.

(3/98)

Liable Trading Company, 1103 Kai Tak

Commercial Building, 62–72 Stanley

Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong. (9/98)

Lucky Mind Industrial Limited, Lincoln

Centre, 20 Yip Fung Street, Flat 11, 5/

F, Fan Ling, New Territories, Hong

Kong. (10/99)

Mabco Limited, 6/F VIP Commercial

Centre, 116–120 Canton Road,

Kowloon, Hong Kong. (3/99)

McKowan Lowe & Company Limited,

1001–1012 Hope Sea Industrial

Centre, 26 Lam Hing Street, Kowloon

Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong. (9/98)

Rex Industries Limited, VIP Commercial

Center, 116–120 Canton Road, 11th

Floor, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong

Kong. (9/98)

Sannies Garment Factory, 35–41 Tai Lin

Pai Road, Gold King Industrial

Building, Flat A & B, 2nd Floor, Kwai

Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong.

(9/98)

Shing Fat Gloves & Rainwear, 2 Tai Lee

Street, 1–2 Floor, Yuen Long, New

Territories, Hong Kong. (9/98)

Sun Kong Glove Factory, 188 San Wan

Road, Units 32–35, 3rd Floor, Block B,

Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong

Kong. (9/98)

Takhi Corporation, Huvsgalchdyn

Avenue, Ulaanbaatar 11, Mongolia.

(3/98)

Any of the above parties may petition

to have its name removed from the list.

Such petitions, to include any

documentation that the petitioner

deems pertinent to the petition, should

be forwarded to the Assistant

Commissioner, Office of Field

Operations, United States Customs

Service, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20229.

Additional Foreign Entities

In the March 30, 2000, Federal

Register notice, Customs also solicited

information regarding the whereabouts

of 32 foreign entities, which were

identified by name and known address,

concerning alleged violations of section

592. Persons with knowledge of the

whereabouts of those 32 entities were

requested to contact the Assistant

Commissioner, Office of Field

Operations, United States Customs

Service, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20229.

In this document, a new list is being

published which contains the names

and last known addresses of 26 entities.

This reflects the removal of six entities

from the list of 32 entities published on

March 30, 2000.

Customs is soliciting information

regarding the whereabouts of the

following 26 foreign entities concerning

alleged violations of section 592. Their

names and last known addresses are

listed below (the parenthesis following

the listing sets forth the month and year

in which the name of the company was

first published in the Federal Register):

Au Mi Wedding Dresses Company,

Dragon Industry Building, 98, King

Law Street, Unit F, 9/F, Lai Chi Kok,

Kowloon, Hong Kong. (10/99)

Balmar Export Pte. Ltd., No. 7 Kampong

Kayu Road, Singapore, 1543. (3/98)

Essence Garment Making Factory,

Splendid Centre, 100 Larch Street,

Flat D, 5th Floor, Taikoktsui,

Kowloon, Hong Kong. (3/98)

Fabrica de Artigos de Vest. Dynasty,

Lda., Avenida do Almirante

Magalhaes Correia, Edificio Industrial

Keck Seng, Block III, 4th Floor ‘‘UV’’,

Macau. (3/98)

Fabrica de Artigos de Vestuario Lei Kou,

No. 45 Estrada Marginal de Areia

Preta, Edif.Ind.Centro Polytex, 6th

Floor, D, Macau. (9/98)

Fabrica de Vestuario Wing Tai, 45

Estrada Marginal Da Areia Preta, Edif.

Centro Poltex, 3/E, Macau. (3/98)

Galaxy Gloves Factory, Annking

Industrial Building, Wang Yip East

Street Room A, 2/F, Lot 357, Yuen

Long Industrial Estate, Yuen Long,

New Territories, Hong Kong. (3/98)

Golden Perfect Garment Factory, Wong’s

Industrial Building, 33 Hung To Road,

3rd Floor, Kwun Tong, Kowloon,

Hong Kong. (9/98)

Golden Wheel Garment Factory, Flat A,

10/F, Tontex Industrial Building, 2–4

Sheung Hei Street, San Po Kong,

Kowloon, Hong Kong. (10/99)

Grey Rose Maldives, Phoenix Villa,

Majeedee Magu, Male, Republic of

Maldives. (3/98)

K & J Enterprises, Witty Commercial

Building, 1A–1L Tung Choi Street,

Room 1912F, Mong Kok, Kowloon,

Hong Kong. (9/98)

Konivon Development Corp., Shun Tak

Center, 200 Connaught Road, No.

3204, Hong Kong. (3/98)

Kwuk Yuk Garment Factory, Kwong

Industrial Building, 39–41 Beech St.,

Flat A, 11th Floor, Tai Kok Tsui,

Kowloon, Hong Kong. (3/98)

Lai Cheong Gloves Factory, Kar Wah

Industrial Building, 8 Leung Yip

Street, Room 101, 1–F, Yuen Long,

New Territories, Hong Kong. (3/00)

Leader Glove Factory, Tai Ping

Industrial Centre, 57, Ting Kok Road,

25/F, Block 1, Flat A, Tai Po, New

Territories, Hong Kong. (3/98)

Maxwell Garment Factory, Unit C, 21/F,

78–84, Wang Lung Street, Tseun Wan,

New Territories, Hong Kong. (3/99)

New Leo Garment Factory Ltd, Galaxy

Factory Building, 25–27 Luk Hop

Street, Unit B, 18th Floor, San Po

Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. (9/98)

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Penta-5 Holding (HK) Ltd., Metro Center

II, 21 Lam Hing Street, Room 1907,

Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

(9/98)

Silver Pacific Enterprises Ltd., Shun Tak

Center, 200 Connaught Road, No.

3204, Hong Kong. (3/98)

Tak Hing Textile Company Limited, Wo

Fung Industrial Building, 3/F, block

D, Lot No. 5180, IN D.D 51, On Lok

Village, Fanling, New Territories,

Hong Kong. (3/99)

Tat Hing Garment Factory, Tat Cheong

Industrial Building, 3 Wing Ming

Street, Block C, 13/F, Lai Chi Kok,

Kowloon Hong Kong. (3/98)

Tientak Glove Factory Limited, 1 Ting

Kok Road, Block A, 26/F, Tai Po, New

Territories, Hong Kong. (3/98)

Wealthy Dart, Wing Ka Industrial

Building, 87 Larch Street, 7th Floor,

Kowloon, Hong Kong. (3/98)

Wilson Industrial Company, Yip Fat

Factory Building, 77 Hoi Yuen Road,

Room B, 3/F, Kwun Yong, Kowloon,

Hong Kong. (3/98)

Wing Lung Manufactory, Hing Wah

Industrial Building, Units 2, 5–8, 4th

Floor YLTL 373, Yuen Long, New

Territories, Hong Kong. (9/98)

Yogay Fashion Garment Factory Ltd,

Lee Wan Industrial Building, 5 Luk

Hop Street, San Po Kong, Kowloon,

Hong Kong. (3/98)

If you have any information as to a

correct mailing address for any of the

above 26 firms, please send that

information to the Assistant

Commissioner, Office of Field

Operations, U.S. Customs Service, 1300

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20229.

Dated: October 12, 2000

Bonni G. Tischler,

Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field

Operations.

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