Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 97 /Wednesday, May 20, 1998 / Notices 27781

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Dated: May 8, 1998.

Jacqueline White,

Chief, Administrative Information Branch.

[FR Doc. 98–13341 Filed 5–19–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs

[Public Notice 2825]

Revocation of Munitions Exports

Licenses and Other Approvals for India

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that all

licenses and other approvals to export

or otherwise transfer defense articles

and defense services from the United

States to India, or transfer U.S. origin

defense articles and defense services

from a foreign destination to India, or

temporarily import defense articles from

India pursuant to Section 38 of the

Arms Export Control Act are revoked

immediately.

EFFECTIVE: May 13, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rose

Biancaniello, Deputy Director,

Department of State, Office of Defense

Trade Controls, Department of State,

703–812–2568.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May

13, 1998, the President determined

pursuant to Section 102 of the Arms

Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2779aa–

1) (‘‘the Glenn Amendment’’) that India

a non-nuclear weapons state, detonated

nuclear explosive devices on May 11,

1998, and directed the relevant United

States Government agencies—and

instrumentalities to take the necessary

actions to impose the sanctions

described in Section 102(b)(2) of that

Act. That provision of law provides for

the determination to India of sales of

defense articles, defense services, or

design and construction services under

the Arms Export Control Act, and

termination of licenses for the export of

any item on the United States Munitions

List (USML). Consistent with such law

and in furtherance of the foreign policy

interests of the United States, the

Department of State, through

publication of this notice, is revoking all

licenses and other approvals for the

permanent and temporary export and

temporary import of defense articles and

defense services to or from India and

will deny all applications and other

requests for approval to export or

otherwise transfer or retransfer defense

articles and defense services to India.

This revocation order includes all types

of licenses/authorizations;

manufacturing, technical assistance and

distribution agreements; the use of any

exemption in the International Traffic in

Arms Regulations (ITAR); and, any

authorization to retransfer from a

foreign destination. This order also

extends to the activities and

authorizations concerning brokering

covered by Part 129 of the ITAR.

Therefore, in accordance with Section

123.21 of the ITAR, licenses must be

returned immediately to the Department

of State, Office of Defense Trade

Controls.

Dated: May 15, 1998.

Eric D. Newsom,

Acting Assistant Secretary for PoliticalMilitary Affairs.

[FR Doc. 98–13570 Filed 5–19–98; 8:45 am]

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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 May 12, 1998, was 14.2

percent.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Inquiries may be mailed or

delivered to Elizabeth Jones, Economist,

Office of Agricultural Affairs (Room

415), Office of the United States Trade

Representative, 600 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elizabeth Jones, 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 17, 1997, 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, 1998, 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 May 1998 U.S.

Department of Agriculture’s World

Agricultural Supply and Demand

Estimates (WASDE) is less than or equal

to 15.5 percent. On May 12, 1998, the

WASDE reported a stocks to use ratio of

14.2 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 tariffrate 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

supply 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 can

sugar tariff-rate quota to the following

countries or areas in metric tons, raw

value. This allocation is based on the

countries’ historical trade to the United

States:
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County

Current FY

1998 allocation

Additional

allocation

New FY

1998 allocation

Argentina .................................................................................................................................................. 56,832 8,731 65,563

Australia .................................................................................................................................................... 109,699 16,853 126,552

Barbados .................................................................................................................................................. 7,830 0 7,830

Belize ........................................................................................................................................................ 14,538 2,234 16,772

Bolivia ....................................................................................................................................................... 10,573 1,624 12,198

Brazil ......................................................................................................................................................... 191,642 29,442 221,084

Colombia .................................................................................................................................................. 31,720 4,873 36,593

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

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

Costa Rica ................................................................................................................................................ 19,825 3,046 22,871

Dominican Republic ................................................................................................................................. 232,614 35,736 268,350

Ecuador .................................................................................................................................................... 14,538 2,234 16,772

El Salvador ............................................................................................................................................... 34,363 5,279 39,643

Figi ............................................................................................................................................................ 11,895 1,827 13,722

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

Guatemala ................................................................................................................................................ 63,440 9,746 73,186

Guyana ..................................................................................................................................................... 15,860 2,437 18,297

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

Honduras .................................................................................................................................................. 13,217 2,030 15,247

India .......................................................................................................................................................... 10,573 1,624 12,198

Jamaica .................................................................................................................................................... 14,538 2,234 16,772

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

Malawi ...................................................................................................................................................... 13,217 2,030 15,247

Mauritius ................................................................................................................................................... 15,860 2,437 18,297

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

Mozambique ............................................................................................................................................. 17,182 2,640 19,821

Nicaraque ................................................................................................................................................. 27,755 4,264 32,019

Panama .................................................................................................................................................... 38,328 5,888 44,217

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

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

Peru .......................................................................................................................................................... 54,189 8,325 62,513

Philippines ................................................................................................................................................ 178,426 27,411 205,837

South Africa .............................................................................................................................................. 30,398 4,670 35,069

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

Swaziland ................................................................................................................................................. 21,147 3,249 24,395

Taiwan ...................................................................................................................................................... 15,860 2,437 18,297

Thailand .................................................................................................................................................... 18,503 2,843 21,346

Trinidad-Tobago ....................................................................................................................................... 9,252 1,421 10,673

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

Zimbabwe ................................................................................................................................................. 15,860 2,437 18,297

Total .................................................................................................................................................. 1,4000,000 200,000 1,600,000

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,

United States Trade Representative.

[FR Doc. 98–13378 Filed 5–19–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration

Environmental Impact Statement on

the Proposed Urban Rail Project

Between the Fullerton Transportation

Center and Irvine Transportation

Center, Orange County, CA

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration,

DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

environmental impact statement.

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit

Administration (FTA), as lead agency,

and the Orange County Transportation

Authority (OCTA) intend to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

in accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969

(NEPA) on a proposal by OCTA to

further study the proposed

implementation of an urban rail system

within a corridor 45 kilometers (28

miles) long and 9.7 kilometers (6 miles)

wide between the Cities of Fullerton

and Irvine, known as the Orange County

Urban Rail (Urban Rail) Project. In

addition to NEPA, the proposed project

is subject to compliance with the

California Environmental Quality Act

(CEQA), therefore, a joint

Environmental Impact Report (EIR)/EIS

will be prepared.

The EIR/EIS will evaluate the

following alternatives: 1) The Local

Preferred Strategy (LPS) Alignment

Alternative. This alternative would

follow the alignment identified in the

Priority Corridor Major Investment

Study, June 1997, on an elevated

guideway. 2) A Lower Cost Alternative

(LCA). This alternative would connect

the Fullerton and Irvine Transportation

Centers and would serve many of the

activity centers in the Corridor along a

route which minimizes the distance and

number of freeway crossings. The

system would be primarily at grade on

local streets. 3) A No Build Alternative,

which involves no change to

transportation services or facilities in

the corridor beyond already committed

projects. Potential new feasible

alternatives generated through the

scoping process will also be considered.

Scoping will be accomplished

through correspondence with interested