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these environmental safety hazards

would be likely to exceed $1,000,000,

depending on the time of year and fire

hazard conditions. Damages to

highways and other facilities, as well as

liability for human injuries, could also

exceed this amount. In accordance with

the regulations under 43 CFR 2883.1–4,

this potential for a foreseeable risk or

hazard to the United States requires that

the MLA amended ROW grant offered to

TransColorado be subject to the

following strict liability stipulation:

The holder shall be liable for damage or

injury to the United States to the extent

provided by 43 CFR 2883.1–4. The holder

shall be held to a standard of strict liability

for damage or injury to the United States

resulting from fire, explosion or soil

movement (including land slides, slumps

and rockfalls, as well as wind and watercaused movement of particles) caused or

substantially aggravated by any of the

following within the ROW or permit area:

(a) Activities of the holder, including but

not limited to construction, operation,

maintenance, and termination of the facility.

(b) Activities of other parties including but

not limited to:

(i) Land clearing and logging.

(ii) Earth-disturbing and earth-moving

work.

(iii) Blasting.

(iv) Vandalism and sabotage.

(c) Acts of God.

The maximum limitation for such strict

liability damages shall not exceed one

million dollars ($1,000,000) for any one

event, and any liability in excess of such

amount shall be determined by the ordinary

rules of negligence of the jurisdiction in

which the damage or injury occurred.

This requirement shall not impose strict

liability for damage or injuries resulting

primarily from an act of war or from the

negligent acts or omissions of the United

States.

The strict liability stipulation

contained in MLA amended ROW grant

COC–51280 offered to TransColorado

will be applied only to the locations on

Federal lands managed by the San Juan

National Forest described in the ROD in

Attachment 5 of the ROD.

15. Steep Slopes Mitigation

All steep slope mitigation and

construction measures and

environmental protection measures

contained in Appendix D, ‘‘Steep Slopes

Construction Plan’’ of the Supplement

will be followed. On these designated

steep slope locations on the San Juan

National Forest and on the Grand Mesa

Slopes (see Appendix D–2,

Supplement), these measures will take

precedence over general mitigation

measures. TUPs issued on these

designated steep slopes of the San Juan

National Forest (Attachment 5), will be

stipulated such that TUAs will not be

used for the storage of merchantable

timber. NTPs for these same TUAs on

the San Juan National Forest will also

contain this stipulation.

16. Visual Resource Mitigation

In the visually sensitive areas of the

Grand Mesa Slopes Area and the Grand

Valley, and the Dolores River Canyon

crossing, the BLM Authorized Officer or

delegated representative, at his/her

discretion will require the

implementation of some or all of the

visual resource mitigation requirements

stated in Attachment 2 of the ROD

(Revised Tables 2–12 and 2–13 of the

1992 FEIS) and Appendix D of the

Supplement to the 1992 FEIS.

Additionally, for the Dolores River

Canyon crossing and steep slopes, the

final determination of visual resource

mitigation measures will be at the

discretion of the Authorized Officer,

following construction. Design holes for

tree planting shall be installed in

quantity and dimension as directed by

the Authorized Officer.

The decisions in the 1998 ROD may

be appealed to the Interior Board of

Land Appeals (IBLA), Office of the

Secretary, in accordance with the

regulations contained in 43 Code of

Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 4 and

the enclosed Form 1842–1. If an appeal

is taken, your notice of appeal must be

filed with the Bureau of Land

Management, District Manager,

Montrose District, 2465 South

Townsend Avenue, Montrose, Colorado

81401 within 30 days from the date of

publication of this Notice of Availability

in the Federal Register. The appellant

has the burden of showing that the

decision appealed from is in error.

The decision(s) in the ROD may be

appealed to the Interior Board of Land

Appeals (IBLA), Office of the Secretary,

in accordance with the regulations

contained in 43 Code of Federal

Regulations (CFR), Part 4. If an appeal

is taken, your notice of appeal must be

filed with the Bureau of Land

Management, Montrose District

Manager, 2465 South Townsend

Avenue, Montrose, Colorado 81401,

within 30 days after the date of

publication in the Federal Register. The

appellant has the burden of showing

that the decision appealed from is in

error.

If you wish to file a petition pursuant

to regulations at 43 CFR 4.21 (58 FR

4939, January 19, 1993) for a stay of the

effectiveness of this decision during the

time that your appeal is being reviewed

by the IBLA, the petition for a stay must

accompany your notice of appeal. A

petition for a stay is required to show

sufficient justification based on the

standards listed below. Copies of the

notice of appeal and petition for a stay

must also be submitted to each party

named in this decision and to the IBLA

and to the appropriate Office of the

Solicitor (see 43 CFR 4.413) at the same

time the original documents are filed

with this office. If you request a stay,

you have the burden of proof to

demonstrate that a stay should be

granted.

Standards for Obtaining a Stay

Except as otherwise provided by law

or other pertinent regulation, a petition

for a stay of a decision pending appeal

shall show sufficient justification based

on the following standards:

(1) The relative harm to the parties if

the stay is granted or denied,

(2) The likelihood of the appellant’s

success on the merits,

(3) The likelihood of immediate and

irreparable harm if the stay is not

granted, and

(4) Whether the public interest favors

granting the stay.

Adverse parties of record who must

be served with a copy of the appeal and

statement of reasons are: Mr. C. Kim

Blair, TransColorado Gas Transmission

Company, 79 South State St., P. O. Box

11450, Salt Lake City, Utah 84147.

Dated: June 4, 1998.

Mark W. Stiles,

District Manager, Montrose District, Bureau

of Land Management.

Dated: June 4, 1998.

Robert L. Storch,

Forest Supervisor, Grand Mesa,

Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National

Forests, Forest Service.

[FR Doc. 98–15685 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–130–1020–00; GP8–0216]

Eastern Washington Resource

Advisory Council Tour and Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Spokane District.

ACTION: Tour and meeting of the Eastern

Washington Resource Advisory Council;

June 25, 1998, beginning and ending in

Spokane, Washington.

SUMMARY: A tour of Bureau of Land

Management recreation sites and

meeting of the Eastern Washington

Resource Advisory Council will be held

on June 25, 1998. The tour and meeting

will convene at 8:00 a.m., at the

Spokane District Office of the Bureau of
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Land Management, 1103 N. Fancher,

Spokane, Washington, 99212. The tour

and meeting will conclude at 5:00 p.m.

or upon completion of the tour at the

Spokane BLM office. Public comments

will be heard from 12:30 p.m. until 1:00

p.m. at BLM’s Lakeview Ranch tour

stop.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Hubbard, Bureau of Land

Management, Spokane District Office,

1103 N. Fancher Road, Spokane,

Washington, 99212; or call 509–536–

1200.

Dated: June 5, 1998.

Gary J. Yeager,

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–15620 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–M

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Investigation 332–395]

Effects on U.S. Trade of the European

Union’s Association Agreements With

Selected Central and Eastern

European Partners

AGENCY: United States International

Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution of investigation,

scheduling of public hearing, and notice

of opportunity to submit comments.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 2, 1998.

SUMMARY: Following receipt on April 15,

1998, of a request under section 332(g)

of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.

1332(g)) from the United States Trade

Representative (USTR), the U.S.

International Trade Commission

(Commission) instituted investigation

No. 332–395, Effects on U.S. Trade of

the European Union’s Association

Agreements with Selected Central and

Eastern European Partners. The

Commission plans to submit its report

to the USTR by April 15, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Diane Manifold, Office of Economics

(202–205–3271 or e-mail to

dmanifold@usitc.gov). The media

should contact Margaret O’Laughlin,

Office of External Relations (202–205–

1819). General information concerning

the Commission may also be obtained

by accessing its Internet server (http://

www.usitc.gov).

Background

The European Union (EU) has signed

a number of trade-liberalizing

agreements with trading partners in

Central and Eastern Europe and the

Mediterranean. These agreements have

established the starting point for

negotiations on EU membership, which

will commence this year.

To help it better understand the

implications for the United States of

such agreements, USTR requested on

April 15, 1998 that the Commission

conduct a fact-finding investigation

under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of

1930 to assess the effects on U.S. trade

flows, sector-by-sector (including

agriculture) of the European Union’s

association agreements with selected

Central and Eastern European partners.

As requested by the USTR, the

Commission in its report on the

investigation will:

(1) Describe the trade and investmentrelated provisions of the association

agreement, including trading partner

tariff preferences for EU goods and

estimate the percentage of trading

partner imports of goods and services

from the EU that are covered

collectively by the provisions;

(2) Analyze the changes in access to

the trading partner’s market such

provisions create for the United States;

(3) Identify the product sectors where

notable changes have occurred or are

likely to occur to imports from the

United States as a result of the

association agreements; and,

(4) After examining trends in trade by

the partner countries, analyze the likely

effects of the agreements on U.S.

industries in the identified sectors.

In addition, as requested by USTR,

the Commission will review, and

compile a bibliography of, existing

academic and other literature relating to

this topic; solicit to the extent possible

the views of U.S. firms having

experience in the relevant markets; and

discuss aggregate effects of all five

agreements to the extent possible. USTR

requested that these trends be placed in

the context of other economic and

policy developments that may also have

had an impact on the country’s trade

and investment flows since entry-intoforce of the agreements.

Public Hearing

A public hearing in connection with

this investigation will be held in the

Commission Hearing Room, 500 E

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20436,

beginning at 9:30 am on November 18,

1998. All persons will have the right to

appear by counsel or in person, to

present testimony, and to be heard.

Requests to appear at the public hearing

should be filed in writing with the

Secretary, United States International

Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20436, on or before

noon November 6, 1998. Persons

testifying at the hearing are encouraged

to file prehearing briefs or statements;

the deadline for filing such briefs or

statements (a signed original and 14

copies) is noon, November 6, 1998. The

deadline for filing posthearing briefs or

statements is November 25, 1998. Any

confidential business information

included in such briefs or statements to

be submitted at the hearing must be

submitted in accordance with the

procedures set forth in section 201.6 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (19 CFR 201.6).

In the event that, as of COB November

6, 1998, no witnesses have filed a

request to appear at the hearing, the

hearing will be canceled. Any person

interested in attending the hearing as an

observer or non-participant may call the

Secretary to the Commission (202–205–

1816) after November 6, 1998, to

determine whether the hearing will be

held.

Written Submissions

In lieu of or in addition to

participating in the hearing, interested

persons are invited to submit written

statements concerning the matters to be

addressed in the report. Commercial or

financial information that a party

desires the Commission to treat as

confidential must be submitted on

separate sheets of paper, each clearly

marked ‘‘Confidential Business

Information’’ at the top. All submissions

requesting confidential treatment must

conform with the requirements of

section 201.6 of the Commission’s Rules

of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR

201.6). All written submissions, except

for confidential business information,

will be made available for inspection by

interested persons in the Office of the

Secretary to the Commission. To be

assured of consideration by the

Commission, written statements relating

to the Commission’s report should be

submitted at the earliest practical date

and should be received not later than

COB November 25, 1998. All

submissions should be addressed to the

Secretary, United States International

Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW,

Washington, D.C. 20436.

Accessibility

Persons with mobility impairments

who will need special assistance in

gaining access to the Commission

should contact the Office of the

Secretary at 202–205–2000. Hearingimpaired persons are advised that

information on this investigation can be

obtained by contacting the

Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–

205–1810. General information

concerning the Commission may also be