32036 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 112 /Thursday, June 11, 1998 / Notices

Change all references to ‘‘The Office

of Regional Program and Integrity

Reviews’’ to ‘‘The Office of Regional

Quality Assurance and Performance

Assessment’’ and all references to

‘‘ORPIR’’ to ‘‘ORQAPA’’ throughout

Subchapter S1K.

Dated: May 13, 1998.

Paul D. Barnes,

Deputy Commissioner for Human Resources.

[FR Doc. 98–15552 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4190–29–P

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Office of International Energy Policy

[Public Notice 2832]

Notice of Receipt of Application for a

Permit for Pipeline Facilities To Be

Constructed and Maintained on the

Borders of the United States

AGENCY: Office of International Energy

Policy, Department of State.

The Department of State has received

an application from Boise Cascade

Corporation, a Delaware corporation, for

a Presidential Permit, pursuant to

Executive Order 11423 of August 16,

1968, as amended by Executive Order

12847 of May 17, 1993, seeking

authorization for the continued

operation and maintenance of four

existing pipelines at the International

Dam at International Falls, Minnesota

on the U.S.-Canada border. The dam

extends across the border between

International Falls and Fort Frances,

Ontario.

The pipelines were constructed in the

1915–40 period and have been in use

since that time. The pipelines traverse

the International Dam for a distance of

approximately 1030 feet and convey

water, steam, and filler material

between the applicant’s paper mill and

a pulp and paper mill located in Fort

Frances, Ontario. There will be no

construction and no changes in the

present use of the pipelines.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to

submit, in duplicate, comments relative

to this proposal on or before July 13,

1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daniel L. Martinez, Office of

International Energy Policy, Department

of State, Washington, DC 20520. Tel:

(202) 647–4557.

Dated: May 28, 1998.

William A. Weingarten,

Director, Office of International Energy and

Commodities Policy.

[FR Doc. 98–15538 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–07–M

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Implementation of the Second Round

of Accelerated Tariff Eliminations

Under Provisions of the North

American Free Trade Agreement

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notification of articles proposed

for accelerated tariff elimination under

the North American Free Trade

Agreement.

SUMMARY: Section 201(b) of the North

American Free Trade Agreement

Implementation Act of 1993 (‘‘the Act’’)

grants the President, subject to the

consultation and lay-over requirements

of section 103(a) of the Act, the

authority to proclaim any accelerated

schedule for duty elimination that may

be agreed to by the United States,

Mexico and Canada under Article 302(3)

of the North American Free Trade

Agreement (‘‘the NAFTA’’). This notice

is intended to inform the public of those

articles on which the United States has

provisionally agreed to accelerate the

elimination of duties as a result of the

second round of talks.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Office of Western Hemisphere Affairs,

Office of the United States Trade

Representative, Room 522, 600 17th

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508;

telephone: (202) 395–3412; fax: (202)

395–9517. The list of products for

which the United States will accelerate

tariff elimination, as well as the lists for

Mexico and Canada and can be obtained

from the USTR Internet Web Page, at

www.ustr.gov under ‘‘Reports.’’.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Two

Federal Register notices provide

information on the second round. A

notice soliciting petitions appeared May

12, 1997 (62 FR 25992) and a request for

comments on the list of products to be

considered appeared October 21, 1997,

(62 FR 54671).

Article 302 of the NAFTA provides

that the Parties may consider and agree

to accelerate the elimination of customs

duties on goods of a Party. Pursuant to

this provision, the United States,

Canada and Mexico solicited requests

from interested parties in May 1997. As

a result, approximately 1,500 8-digit

tariff subheadings were considered by

the three Parties. For trade between the

United States and Canada, all duties

subject to tariff reductions were

eliminated on January 1, 1998.

Therefore, this acceleration round

resulted in two parallel agreements, one

between the United States and Mexico

and another between Mexico and

Canada.

Section 201 of the Act authorizes the

President to proclaim such

modifications in NAFTA duty treatment

as the President determines to be

necessary or appropriate to maintain the

general level of reciprocal and mutually

advantageous concessions provided in

the NAFTA, subject to the consultation

and layover requirements of section 103

of the Act. Pursuant to section 103, on

May 29, 1998, a report was submitted to

the House Ways and Means and Senate

Finance Committees that sets forth the

proposed action to be proclaimed, the

reasons therefore, and the advice

obtained from the International Trade

Commission and appropriate advisory

committees. After expiration of the 60-

day consultation and layover period, the

President may proclaim the proposed

changes in NAFTA duty treatment.

As a part of the process, USTR

requested the advice of the United

States International Trade Commission

(USITC) and consulted with private

sector trade advisory groups. As was the

practice under the first NAFTA tariff

acceleration and the three rounds

conducted under the provisions of the

United States-Canada Free Trade

Agreement, the United States did not

agree to provide accelerated tariff

elimination for those products subject to

negative advice. In a similar manner, the

governments of Canada and Mexico

declined to agree to acceleration for

products subject to negative comments

by their interested parties.

The Parties agreed to accelerated tariff

elimination on the remaining products,

involving all or parts of approximately

600 8-digit tariff lines for which one or

more of the Parties have provisionally

agreed to eliminate duties at the

conclusion of the necessary domestic

procedures.

As noted above, the relevant private

sector advisory committees were

consulted throughout this process, and

have expressed no objection to

eliminating tariffs for the products

appearing in the Annex. In addition, the

USITC provided a report to USTR

indicating that the proposed

eliminations would have no harmful

impact on the United States.

The attached list shows the tariff

subheadings for which the United States

proposes to eliminate the remaining

tariffs on imports of NAFTA-qualifying

goods from Mexico, effective August 1,

1998.

Regarding future tariff acceleration

activity, trilateral work to date has

brought about a positive process of

consultations and communication

among the private sectors of the NAFTA
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countries. To encourage this process of

industry cooperation, the Governments

of the three NAFTA countries have

agreed to keep this consultation process

open, so that if consensus is reached

among the industries for particular

items which were included in the

Federal Register notice of October 21,

1997, and equivalent notices published

by Mexico and Canada, the

Governments will proceed with the

appropriate internal procedures to

implement acceleration for such items.

A further Federal Register notice will be

published in the near future providing

information on procedures regarding

such industry consensus, as well as

those for new NAFTA accelerated tariff

reduction requests.

Jon Huenemann,

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for North

America.

NAFTA Tariff Acceleration—Second

Round Annex: List of Subheadings for

Which the United States Has

Provisionally Agreed To Accelerate

Elimination of Duties for NAFTA

Qualifying Goods of Mexico

2909.49.10, 2909.49.15, 2915.90.14,

2915.90.18, 2916.39.03, 2916.39.06,

2916.39.45, 2916.39.75, 2917.39.70,

2921.22.10, 2922.49.27, 2924.29.75,

2933.40.08, 2933.40.15, 2933.40.20,

2933.40.26, 2933.40.60, 2933.40.70,

2933.90.13, 2934.90.05, 2934.90.06,

2934.90.08, 2934.90.39, 2934.90.44,

3808.30.50, 3811.90.00, 3822.00.50,

3824.90.28, 3824.90.45, 3824.90.90,

5112.11.10, 5112.19.20, 5208.11.20,

5208.11.40, 5208.11.60, 5208.11.80,

5208.12.40, 5208.12.60, 5208.12.80,

5208.19.40, 5208.19.60, 5208.19.80,

5208.21.20, 5208.21.40, 5208.21.60,

5208.22.40, 5208.22.60, 5208.22.80,

5208.29.40, 5208.29.60, 5208.29.80,

5208.31.40, 5208.31.60, 5208.31.80,

5208.32.30, 5208.32.40, 5208.32.50,

5208.39.40, 5208.39.60, 5208.39.80,

5208.41.40, 5208.41.60, 5208.41.80,

5208.42.30, 5208.42.40, 5208.42.50,

5208.43.00, 5208.49.20, 5208.49.40,

5208.49.60, 5208.49.80, 5208.51.40,

5208.51.60, 5208.51.80, 5208.52.30,

5208.52.40, 5208.52.50, 5208.59.40,

5208.59.60, 5208.59.80, 5209.11.00,

5209.21.00, 5209.29.00, 5209.31.60,

5209.39.00, 5209.41.60, 5209.43.00,

5209.49.00, 5209.51.60, 5209.59.00,

5210.11.40, 5210.11.60, 5210.11.80,

5210.19.40, 5210.19.60, 5210.19.80,

5210.21.40, 5210.21.60, 5210.21.80,

5210.29.40, 5210.29.60, 5210.29.80,

5210.31.40, 5210.31.60, 5210.31.80,

5210.39.40, 5210.39.60, 5210.39.80,

5210.41.40, 5210.41.60, 5210.41.80,

5210.42.00, 5210.49.20, 5210.49.40,

5210.49.60, 5210.49.80, 5210.51.40,

5210.51.60, 5210.51.80, 5210.59.40,

5210.59.60, 5210.59.80, 5211.11.00,

5211.19.00, 5211.21.00, 5211.29.00,

5211.31.00, 5211.39.00, 5211.41.00,

5211.43.00, 5211.49.00, 5211.51.00,

5211.59.00, 5212.11.10, 5212.11.60,

5212.12.10, 5212.12.60, 5212.13.10,

5212.13.60, 5212.14.10, 5212.14.60,

5212.15.10, 5212.15.60, 5212.21.10,

5212.21.60, 5212.22.10, 5212.22.60,

5212.23.10, 5212.23.60, 5212.24.10,

5212.24.60, 5212.25.10, 5212.25.60,

5402.10.30, 5402.10.60, 5402.31.30,

5402.31.60, 5402.32.30, 5402.32.60,

5402.33.30, 5402.33.60, 5402.39.30,

5402.39.60, 5402.41.90, 5402.43.10,

5402.43.90, 5402.59.00, 5402.61.00,

5402.62.00, 5402.69.00, 5403.10.30*,

5403.20.60, 5403.31.00*, 5403.39.00,

5403.49.00, 5404.10.80, 5405.00.30,

5406.10.00, 5406.20.00, 5407.10.00,

5407.20.00, 5407.30.10, 5407.30.90,

5407.42.00, 5407.43.10, 5407.43.20,

5407.44.00, 5407.53.10, 5407.53.20,

5407.61.11, 5407.61.19, 5407.61.21,

5407.61.29, 5407.61.91, 5407.61.99,

5407.69.10, 5407.69.20, 5407.69.30,

5407.69.40, 5407.69.90, 5407.71.00,

5407.72.00, 5407.73.10, 5407.73.20,

5407.74.00, 5407.81.00, 5407.82.00,

5407.83.00, 5407.84.00, 5407.91.05,

5407.91.10, 5407.91.20, 5407.92.05,

5407.92.10, 5407.92.20, 5407.93.05,

5407.93.10, 5407.93.15, 5407.93.20,

5407.94.05, 5407.94.10, 5407.94.20,

5408.10.00, 5408.21.00, 5408.22.10,

5408.22.90, 5408.23.11, 5408.23.19,

5408.23.21, 5408.23.29, 5408.24.10,

5408.24.90, 5408.31.05, 5408.31.10,

5408.31.20, 5408.32.05, 5408.32.10,

5408.32.30, 5408.32.90, 5408.33.05,

5408.33.10, 5408.33.15, 5408.33.30,

5408.33.90, 5408.34.05, 5408.34.10,

5408.34.30, 5408.34.90, 5501.10.00,

5502.00.00, 5503.40.00, 5503.90.90,

5506.90.00, 5512.11.00, 5512.19.00,

5512.91.00, 5512.99.00, 5513.11.00,

5513.12.00, 5513.13.00, 5513.19.00,

5513.21.00, 5513.22.00, 5513.23.00,

5513.29.00, 5513.31.00, 5513.32.00,

5513.33.00, 5513.39.00, 5513.41.00,

5513.42.00, 5513.43.00, 5513.49.00,

5514.11.00, 5514.12.00, 5514.13.00,

5514.19.00, 5514.21.00, 5514.22.00,

5514.23.00, 5514.29.00, 5514.31.00,

5514.32.00, 5514.33.00, 5514.39.00,

5514.41.00, 5514.42.00, 5514.43.00,

5514.49.00, 5515.11.00, 5515.12.00,

5515.13.05, 5515.19.00, 5515.21.00,

5515.22.05, 5515.29.00, 5515.91.00,

5515.92.05, 5515.92.10, 5515.99.00,

5516.21.00, 5516.22.00, 5516.23.00,

5516.24.00, 5516.31.05, 5516.32.05,

5516.33.05, 5516.34.05, 5516.34.10,

5516.41.00, 5516.42.00, 5516.43.00,

5516.44.00, 5516.91.00, 5516.92.00,

5516.93.00, 5516.94.00, 5602.21.00,

5603.11.00, 5603.12.00, 5603.13.00,

5603.14.30, 5603.14.90, 5603.91.00,

5603.92.00, 5603.93.00, 5603.94.10,

5603.94.30, 5603.94.90, 5604.20.00,

5604.90.00, 5607.50.25, 5608.11.00,

5608.19.10, 5608.19.20, 5608.90.10,

5609.00.10, 5801.10.00, 5801.21.00,

5801.23.00, 5801.24.00, 5801.26.00,

5801.31.00, 5801.33.00, 5801.34.00,

5801.36.00, 5802.11.00, 5802.19.00,

5802.20.00, 5802.30.00, 5803.10.00,

5803.90.11, 5803.90.12, 5803.90.20,

5803.90.30, 5803.90.40, 5811.00.10,

5811.00.20, 5811.00.30, 5811.00.40,

5901.10.10, 5901.10.20, 5901.90.20,

5901.90.40, 5903.20.10, 5903.20.18,

5903.20.25, 5903.20.30, 5903.90.25,

5903.90.30, 5905.00.90, 5906.91.10,

5906.91.25, 5906.91.30, 5906.99.10,

5906.99.25, 5906.99.30, 5907.00.15,

5907.00.35, 5907.00.60, 5907.00.80,

5908.00.00, 5909.00.20, 5910.00.90,

5911.31.00, 5911.32.00, 6210.10.50,

6302.21.30, 6302.21.50, 6302.21.70,

6302.21.90, 6302.22.10, 6302.22.20,

6302.29.00, 6302.31.30, 6302.31.50,

6302.31.70, 6302.31.90, 6302.32.10,

6302.32.20, 6302.39.00, 6302.91.00,

6304.19.05, 6304.19.10, 6304.19.15,

6304.19.20, 6304.19.30, 6307.90.30,

6307.90.40, 6307.90.50, 6307.90.60,

6307.90.68, 6307.90.72, 6307.90.75,

6307.90.89, 6505.90.15, 6505.90.20,

6505.90.25, 6505.90.30, 6505.90.40,

6505.90.50, 6505.90.60, 6505.90.70,

6505.90.80, 6505.90.90, 7216.22.00,

7219.21.00, 7219.22.00, 7220.11.00,

7223.00.10, 7223.00.50, 7223.00.90,

7229.10.00, 8544.51.90, 9101.11.40,

9101.11.80, 9102.11.10, 9102.11.25,

9102.11.30, 9102.11.45, 9102.11.50,

9102.11.65, 9102.11.70, 9102.11.95,

9102.91.40, 9102.91.80, 9108.11.40,

9108.11.80

* = Only portions of the subheading as

described below will have duty

elimination accelerated:

for 5403.10.00: Solution dyed viscose rayon

yarn certified by the importer to be

solution dyed (provided for in

subheading 5403.10.00)

for 5403.31.00: Solution dyed viscose rayon

yarn certified by the importer to be

solution dyed (provided for in

subheading 5403.31.00)

[FR Doc. 98–15291 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3190–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket 37554]

Notice of Order Adjusting the Standard

Foreign Fare Level Index

Section 41509(e) of Title 49 of the

United States Code requires that the

Department, as successor to the Civil

Aeronautics Board, establish a Standard

Foreign Fare Level (SFFL) by adjusting

the SFFL base periodically by

percentage changes in actual operating

costs per available seat-mile (ASM).

Order 80–2–69 established the first

interim SFFL, and Order 98–04–05

established the currently effective twomonth SFFL applicable through May 31,

1998.

In establishing the SFFL for the twomonth period beginning June 1, 1998,

we have projected non-fuel costs based

on the year ended December 31, 1997

data, and have determined fuel prices

on the basis of the latest available

experienced monthly fuel cost levels as

reported to the Department.