12676 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 51 / Monday, March 17, 1997 / Notices

Tippah in the State of Mississippi

constitute a disaster area as a result of

damages caused by heavy rain and

tornadoes which occurred February

28—March 1, 1997. Applications for

loans for physical damage may be filed

until the close of business on May 9,

1997 and for economic injury until the

close of business on December 10, 1997

at the address listed below or other

locally announced locations: U.S. Small

Business Administration, Disaster Area

2 Office, One Baltimore Place, Suite

300, Atlanta, GA 30308.

The interest rates are:

Percent

For physical damage:

Homeowners with credit available elsewhere ........................ 7.625

Homeowners without credit available elsewhere ........................ 3.875

Businesses with credit available

elsewhere ................................ 8.000

Businesses and non-profit organizations without credit available elsewhere ........................ 4.000

Others (including non-profit organizations) with credit available

elsewhere ................................ 7.250

For economic injury:

Businesses and small agricultural

cooperatives without credit

available elsewhere ................. 4.000

The number assigned to this disaster

for physical damage is 293612 and for

economic injury the number is 943000.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008)

Dated: March 10, 1997.

Aida Alvarez,

Administrator.

[R Doc. 97–6565 Filed 3–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Allocation of the 200,000 Metric Ton

Increase in the Amount Available

Under the Raw Cane Sugar Tariff-Rate

Quota

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Office of the United

States Trade Representative (USTR) is

providing notice of the allocation among

supplying countries and customs areas

for the 200,000 metric ton increase in

the amount available under the current

raw cane sugar tariff-rate quota triggered

by the fact that the stocks to use ratio

for sugar reported in the U.S.

Department of Agriculture’s World

Agricultural Supply and Demand

Estimates on March 11, 1997, was 14

percent.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 17, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Inquiries may be mailed or

delivered to Audrae Erickson, Senior

Economist, Office of Agricultural Affairs

(Room 421), Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Audrae Erickson, Office of Agricultural

Affairs, 202–395–6127.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Additional U.S. Note 5 to chapter 17

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of

the United States (HTS), the United

States maintains a tariff-rate quota for

imports of raw cane sugar. On

September 13, 1996, the Secretary of

Agriculture announced the in-quota

quantity for the tariff-rate quota for raw

cane sugar for the period October 1,

1997–September 30, 1997, and

announced an administrative plan

under which the quantity available

would be increased by 200,000 metric

tons, raw value, if the stocks-to-use ratio

reported in the March 1997 U.S.

Department of Agriculture’s World

Agricultural Supply and Demand

Estimates (WASDE) is less than or equal

to 15.5 percent. On March 11, 1997, the

WASDE reported a stocks to use ratio of

14 percent, thereby triggering a 200,000

metric ton increase in the quantity

available under the tariff-rate quota.

Section 404(d)(3) of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3601(d)(3))

authorizes the President to allocate the

in-quota quantity of a tariff-rate quota

for any agricultural product among

supplying countries or customs areas.

The President delegated this authority

to the United States Trade

Representative under paragraph (3) of

Presidential Proclamation No. 6763 (60

FR 1007). Additional U.S. Note 5(b)(i) to

chapter 17 of the HTS also provides that

the quota amounts established under

that note may be allocated among

supplying countries and areas by the

United States Trade Representative.

Raw Cane Sugar Allocation

Accordingly, USTR is allocating the

200,000 metric ton increase in the

amount available under the raw cane

sugar tariff-rate quota to the following

countries or areas in metric tons, raw

value:

Country

Current FY

1997 allocation

Additional

allocation

New FY

1997 allocation

Argentina .................................................................................................................................................. 69,774 8,731 78,505

Australia .................................................................................................................................................... 134,681 16,853 151,533

Barbados .................................................................................................................................................. 11,359 0 11,359

Belize ........................................................................................................................................................ 17,849 2,234 20,083

Bolivia ....................................................................................................................................................... 12,981 1,624 14,606

Brazil ......................................................................................................................................................... 235,286 29,442 264,727

Colombia .................................................................................................................................................. 38,944 4,873 43,817

Congo ....................................................................................................................................................... 7,258 0 7,258

Costa Rica ................................................................................................................................................ 24,340 3,046 27,386

Cote d’Ivoire ............................................................................................................................................. 7,258 0 7,258

Dominican Republic ................................................................................................................................. 285,588 35,736 321,324

Ecuador .................................................................................................................................................... 17,849 2,234 20,083

El Salvador ............................................................................................................................................... 42,189 5,279 47,468

Fiji ............................................................................................................................................................. 14,604 1,827 16,431

Gabon ....................................................................................................................................................... 7,258 0 7,258

Guatemala ................................................................................................................................................ 77,888 9,746 87,634

Guyana ..................................................................................................................................................... 19,472 2,437 21,908

Haiti .......................................................................................................................................................... 7,258 0 7,258

Honduras .................................................................................................................................................. 16,227 2,030 18,257

India .......................................................................................................................................................... 12,981 1,624 14,606

Jamaica .................................................................................................................................................... 17,849 2,234 20,083

Madagascar .............................................................................................................................................. 7,258 0 7,258
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Country

Current FY

1997 allocation

Additional

allocation

New FY

1997 allocation

Malawi ...................................................................................................................................................... 16,227 2,030 18,257

Mauritius ................................................................................................................................................... 19,472 2,437 21,908

Mexico ...................................................................................................................................................... 25,000 0 25,000

Mozambique ............................................................................................................................................. 21,095 2,640 23,734

Nicaragua ................................................................................................................................................. 34,076 4,264 38,340

Panama .................................................................................................................................................... 47,057 5,888 52,945

Papua New Guinea .................................................................................................................................. 7,258 0 7,258

Paraguay .................................................................................................................................................. 7,258 0 7,258

Peru .......................................................................................................................................................... 66,529 8,325 74,854

Philippines ................................................................................................................................................ 219,059 27,411 246,470

South Africa .............................................................................................................................................. 37,321 4,670 41,991

St. Kitts & Nevis ....................................................................................................................................... 7,258 0 7,258

Swaziland ................................................................................................................................................. 25,963 3,249 29,211

Taiwan ...................................................................................................................................................... 19,472 2,437 21,908

Thailand .................................................................................................................................................... 22,717 2,843 25,560

Trinidad-Tobago ....................................................................................................................................... 11,359 1,421 12,780

Uruguay .................................................................................................................................................... 7,258 0 7,258

Zimbabwe ................................................................................................................................................. 19,472 2,437 21,908

Total .................................................................................................................................................. 1,700,000 200,000 1,900,000

Each allocation to a country that is a

net importer of sugar is conditioned on

compliance with the requirements of

section 902(c)(1) of the Food Security

Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1446g note).

Charlene Barshefsky,

Acting United States Trade Representative.

[FR Doc. 97–6582 Filed 3–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3190–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of Secretary

Fitness Determination of M & N

Aviation, Inc.

AGENCY: Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of Commuter Air Carrier

Fitness Determination—-Order 97–3–12;

Order to Show Cause.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Transportation is directing all interested

persons to show cause why it should

not issue an order finding that M & N

Aviation, Inc., is fit, willing, and able to

conduct scheduled passenger operations

as a commuter air carrier.

DATES: Persons wishing to file

objections should do so no later than

March 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Objections and answers to

objections should be filed with the Air

Carrier Fitness Division, X–56, Room

6401, U.S. Department of

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20590 and should

be served upon the parties listed in

Attachment A to the order.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Janet A. Davis, Air Carrier Fitness

Division (X–56, Room 6401), U.S.

Department of Transportation, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590, (202) 366–9721.

Dated: March 12, 1997.

Charles A. Hunnicutt,

Assistant Secretary for Aviation and

International Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–6656 Filed 3–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P

Federal Aviation Administration

Agency Information Collection Activity

Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the information collection requirement

described below has been forwarded to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and comment. The

FAA is requesting an emergency

clearance immediately upon receipt of

the request in accordance with 5 CFR

1320.13. The following information

describes the nature of the information

collection and its expected burden.

DATES: Please submit comments on or

before May 16, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

collection may be sent to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Docket Library, Room 10102, Attention:

Desk Officer for FAA, 725 17th Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20503. A copy of

the comments should also be sent to the

Federal Aviation Administration, Air

Transportation Division, AFS–200, 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gary Davis at the FAA address above, or

on (202) 267–8166.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Pilot Records Improvement Act

of 1996.

Abstract: Section 502 of the Pilot

Records Improvement Act of 1996,

Public Law 104–264, requires that an air

carrier (as defined in 49 U.S.C.

40102(a)(2)), before hiring an individual

as a pilot, request and receive FAA

Records, Air Carrier and other records,

and National Driver Register Records

concerning that individual. The

Administrator was directed to

promulgate standard forms for use by air

carriers in requesting those Pilot

Records. Upon receipt of any requested

records, an air carrier ‘‘may use such

records only to assess the qualifications

of the individual in deciding whether or

not to hire the individual as a pilot.’’

(Section 502(f)(11) of the Pilot Records

Improvement Act of 1996, P.L. 104–264.

Use: An air carrier may use the FAA

forms (numbers TBD) to request the

records of all applicants for the position

of pilot. The information collected on

the forms will be used to facilitate

search and retrieval of the requested

records. Air carriers then may use the

records to assess the qualifications of

the individual in deciding whether or

not to hire the individual as a pilot.

Respondents: The respondents are the

air carriers gathering data on

perspective pilots and the airmen/pilots

applying for positions with the air

carriers. It is estimated that there will be