75334 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 232 / Friday, December 1, 2000 / Notices

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority. 17

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Notice of Request for Public

Comments on the Review and

Renegotiation of the United StatesIsrael Agreement on Trade in

Agricultural Products

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Trade Policy Staff

Committee (TPSC) is soliciting written

comments on U.S. objectives for

upcoming negotiations on the renewal

of the United States-Israel Agreement on

Trade in Agricultural Products (ATAP).

Specifically, the TPSC is seeking

comments on general negotiating

objectives and product-specific requests.

DATES: Public comments are due by

noon December 29, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

procedural questions concerning public

comments, contact Gloria Blue,

Executive Secretary, TPSC, Office of the

USTR, 600 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20508 (202) 395–3475.

All other questions regarding the

negotiations should be addressed to Ned

Saums, Director for Middle Eastern

Affairs, Office of the USTR, (202) 395–

3320.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 1985

Agreement on the Establishment of a

Free Trade Area between the

Government of Israel and the

Government of the United States of

America (FTAA) was intended to apply,

in full, to trade in all products between

the two countries. However, the United

States and Israel held differing

interpretations as to the meaning of

certain rights and obligations related to

agricultural products under the FTAA.

In the interest of achieving practical

improvements in agricultural trade

between the two countries, the United

States and Israel in November 1996

signed the Agreement on Trade in

Agricultural Products (ATAP). The

ATAP, an adjunct to the FTAA, is a fiveyear agreement, expiring on December

31, 2001.

According to the ATAP, U.S.

agricultural products exported to Israel

are divided into three categories: (1)

Products which are exempt from tariffs,

(2) products which are exempt from

tariffs within certain quantities, (3)

products which are imported at a

preferential tariff rate. Israeli

agricultural products are treated

differently under the ATAP. Following

the implementation of the 1985 FTAA,

most Israeli agricultural products

exported to the U.S. had duty-free

access to the U.S. market. Therefore,

duty-free quota allocations, in excess of

U.S. WTO commitments, are the

principle concessions granted to Israeli

products as a result of the ATAP. Not

later than January 31, 2001, The United

States and Israel have committed to

initiate a review of the operation of the

ATAP and to seek further

improvements. In preparation, USTR is

soliciting detailed written comments,

including data and arguments,

addressing:

(a) General and product-specific

negotiating objectives for the ATAP;

(b) Economic costs and benefits to

U.S. producers and exporters related to

the reduction or removal of current

restrictions to the Israeli agricultural

market;

(c) Product-specific export interests or

barriers (described by Harmonized

Tariff System numbers);

(d) Detailed accounts of particular

trade-restrictive measures that should be

addressed in the negotiations; and,

(e) Other relevant issues, including

potential environmental implications of

the proposed agreement.

Written Comments

Persons submitting written comments

should provide twenty (20) copies no

later than noon, December 29, 2000, to

Gloria Blue at the address listed above.

Where possible, please supplement

written comments with a computer disk

of the submission containing as much of

the technical details as possible either

in spreadsheet or word processing table

format, with each tariff line/services

sector in a separate cell. The disk

should have a label identifying the

software used and the submitter.

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 in the USTR Reading Room

(Room 101) at the address noted above.

An appointment to review the file may

be made by calling Brenda Webb at

(202) 395–6186. The Reading Room is

open to the public from 10 a.m. to 12

noon, and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday

through Friday.

Business confidential information,

including any information submitted on

disks, will be subject to the

requirements of 15 CFR 2003.6. Any

business confidential material must be

clearly marked as such on the cover

letter or page and each succeeding page,

and must be accompanied by a nonconfidential summary thereof. If the

submission contains business

confidential information, twenty copies

of a public version that does not contain

confidential information, must 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

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 ‘‘nonconfidential.’’

Carmen Suro-Bredie,

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Policy

Coordination.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–402 (Sub-No. 8X)]

Fox Valley & Western Ltd.—

Abandonment Exemption—in Brown

and Outagamie Counties, WI

On November 13, 2000, Fox Valley

and Western Ltd. (FVW) filed with the

Surface Transportation Board (Board) a

petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for

exemption from the provisions of 49

U.S.C. 10903 to abandon a line of

railroad known as the Green Bay-New

London line, extending between

milepost 4.78 west of Green Bay and

milepost 38.98 in New London, in

Brown and Outagamie Counties, WI, a

distance of 34.2 miles. The line

traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip Codes

54311, 54155, 54165, 54106, 54170, and

54961, and includes stations at Oneida

(milepost 10.5), Seymour (milepost

17.0), Black Creek (milepost 23.5), and

Shiocton (milepost 30.6).

The line does contain federally

granted rights-of-way. Any

documentation in FVW’s possession

will be made available promptly to

those requesting it.

The interest of railroad employees

will be protected by the conditions set

forth in Oregon Short Line R. Co.—

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 232 / Friday, December 1, 2000 / Notices 75335

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91

(1979).

By issuing this notice, the Board is

instituting an exemption proceeding

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final

decision will be issued by March 2,

2001.

Any offer of financial assistance

(OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) will

be due no later than 10 days after

service of a decision granting the

petition for exemption. Each OFA must

be accompanied by a $1,000 filing fee.

See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

All interested persons should be

aware that, following abandonment of

rail service and salvage of the line, the

line may be suitable for other public

use, including interim trail use. Any

request for a public use condition under

49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail

banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 will be

due no later than December 21, 2000.

Each trail use request must be

accompanied by a $150 filing fee. See 49

CFR 1002.2(f)(27).

All filings in response to this notice

must refer to STB Docket No. AB–402

(Sub-No. 8X) and must be sent to: (1)

Surface Transportation Board, Office of

the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001; and (2) Michael J. Barron, Jr., P.O.

Box 5062, Rosemont, IL 60017–5062.

Replies to the FVW petition are due on

or before December 21, 2000.

Persons seeking further information

concerning abandonment procedures

may contact the Board’s Office of Public

Services at (202) 565–1592 or refer to

the full abandonment or discontinuance

regulations at 49 CFR part 1152.

Questions concerning environmental

issues may be directed to the Board’s

Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) at (202) 565–1545. (TDD for

hearing impaired is available at 1–800–

877–8339.)

An environmental assessment (EA) (or

environmental impact statement (EIS), if

necessary) prepared by SEA will be

served upon all parties of record and

upon any agencies or other persons who

commented during its preparation.

Other interested persons may contact

SEA to obtain a copy of the EA (or EIS).

EAs in these abandonment proceedings

normally will be made available within

60 days of the filing of the petition. The

deadline for submission of comments on

the EA will generally be within 30 days

of its service.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at http://

WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.

Decided: November 22, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

November 20, 2000.

The Department of Treasury has

submitted the following public

information collection requirement(s) to

OMB for review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Copies of the

submission(s) may be obtained by

calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance

Officer listed. Comments regarding this

information collection should be

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed

and to the Treasury Department

Clearance Officer, Department of the

Treasury, Room 2110, 1425 New York

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before January 2, 2001 to

be assured of consideration.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: 1545–1144.

Form Number: IRS Form 706–GS(D).

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Generation-Skipping Transfer

Tax Return for Distributions.

Description: Form 706–GS(D) is used

by the distributees to compute and

report the Federal GST tax imposed by

Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section

2601. IRS uses the information to

enforce this tax and to verify that the tax

has been properly computed.

Respondents: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 1,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper:

Recordkeeping ............................. 6 min.

Learning about the law or the

form.

13 min.

Preparing the form ....................... 24 min.

Copying, assembling, and sending the form to the IRS.20 min.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 1,080 hours.

Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear,

Internal Revenue Service, Room 5244,

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20224.

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt

(202) 395–7860, Office of Management

and Budget, Room 10202, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports, Management Officer.

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