31548 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 110 /Tuesday, June 9, 1998 / Notices

1Nothing in this text constitutes an EU

negotiating mandate.

making as much progress as possible before

2000. Such efforts will expand transatlantic

commerce and reduce frictions, benefiting

both our peoples. We will maintain high

standards of safety and protection for health,

consumers and the environment. Our

partnership will not create new barriers to

third countries.

10. We will focus on those barriers that

really matter to transatlantic trade and

investment and to this end we will aim in

particular at the removal of those regulatory

barriers that hinder market opportunities,

both for goods and for services. We will

concentrate specifically on the following:

(a) Technical barriers to trade in goods,

reinforcing our efforts for the elimination or

substantial lowering of the remaining

barriers, while further pursuing our

commitment to high health, safety and

environmental standards;

(b) Services, with the aim of substantially

improving opportunities for market opening

to the benefit of consumers and small,

medium and larger enterprises;

(c) Agriculture, with the objective of

strengthening our regulatory cooperation in

the field of human, plant and animal health

issues, including biotechnology, while

recognizing the importance of continuing to

improve our respective regulatory processes

and of improving our scientific cooperation;

(d) Government procurement to increase

and facilitate access to public procurement

markets, including by enhancing the

compatibility of electronic procurement

information and government contracting

systems;

(e) Intellectual property as identified in the

Agreement on TRIPS in order to improve the

protection of rightholders and to reduce

costs.

11. We will build on efforts already

underway for goods but extending to

services, to cover as wide a range of barriers

and sectors as possible identifying the

priorities both for the near and longer term.

Instruments to achieve this will be:

(a) The mutual recognition of testing and

approval procedures, of equivalence of

technical and other requirements and, in

certain areas, where appropriate, the

progressive alignment or, where possible, the

adoption of the same standards, regulatory

requirements and procedures adopting

internationally agreed standards where

possible;

(b) The intensification of the dialogue

between scientific and other expert advisers,

standard setting bodies, and regulatory

agencies;

(c) High degree of transparency and

consultation with all interested parties.

12. Within the framework of our bilateral

partnership we will seek to advance our

shared values in the areas of labour and

environment.

13. We will explore the scope for further

cooperative dialogue and greater

compatibility of procedures between our

competition authorities.

14. We will maintain and extend our work

on electronic commerce as set out in the joint

statement at the Washington Summit of

December 1997.

Extending the Transatlantic Dialogue

15. The EU and US recall the imaginative

and practical approach of EU and US

business in the Transatlantic Business

Dialogue which has contributed directly to

many of the NTA’s successes, such as the

Mutual Recognition Agreement. We urge the

TABD to continue and extend its valuable

contribution to the process of removing

barriers to trade and investment. We reaffirm

our commitment in the New Transatlantic

Agenda to promote dialogue between

representatives of consumer and labour

interests as illustrated by the helpful second

meeting of the Transatlantic Labour Dialogue

held in London in April. We invite interested

non-governmental organizations to

participate and extend this dialogue on

consumer protection, scientific, safety and

environmental issues relevant to

international trade as a constructive

contribution to policy making.

16. In line with our commitment to

encourage greater transparency in the work of

international trade bodies, we will seek to

facilitate the closer association of business

and other interested non-governmental

constituencies with the activities of the WTO

and other international trade organizations,

as well as with our bilateral activities.

17. Within the framework provided by the

NTA we will establish a dynamic process

yielding concrete results with the intention

of applying them, where agreed, at the

relevant levels of government in the EU and

the US; and to this end we will pursue the

multilateral and bilateral actions set out in

this statement as follows:

(a) Establish as soon as possible a Plan

identifying areas for common actions both

bilaterally and multilaterally, with a

timetable for achieving specific results;

(b) Take all necessary steps to allow the

early implementation of this Plan, including

any necessary authority to start negotiations.1

[FR Doc. 98–15290 Filed 6–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3190–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG 1998–3927]

Chemical Transportation Advisory

Committee, Subcommittee on Proper

Cargo Names

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Chemical Transportation

Advisory Committee’s (CTAC)

Subcommittee on Proper Cargo Names

(PCN) will meet to discuss various

issues relating to use of proper cargo

names for the marine transportation of

hazardous materials in bulk. The

meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The PCN Subcommittee will

meet on Tuesday, June 23, 1998, from 9

a.m. to 4 p.m. The meeting may end

early if all business is finished. Written

material and requests to make oral

presentations should reach the U.S.

Coast Guard on or before June 19, 1998.

Requests to have a copy of your material

distributed to each member of the CTAC

Subcommittee should reach the U.S.

Coast Guard on or before June 19, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The Subcommittee will

meet at the American Bureau of

Shipping (ABS), ABS Plaza, 16855

Northchase Drive, Houston, TX 77060–

6008. Point of contact: Mr. Philip G.

Rynn; tel.: 281–877–6415; fax.: 281–

877–6795. Send written material and

requests to make oral presentations to

Mr. Curtis Payne, Commandant (G–

MSO–3), U.S. Coast Guard

Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20593–0001. This

notice is available on the

Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For questions on this notice, contact Mr.

Curtis Payne, telephone 202–267–1577,

fax 202–267–4570. For questions on this

docket, contact Ms. Carol Kelly, Coast

Guard Dockets Team Leader, or Ms.

Paulette Twine, Chief, Documentary

Services Division, U.S. Department of

Transportation, 202–366–9329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of

these meetings is given under the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5

U.S.C. App. 2.

Meeting Agenda

Subcommittee on Proper Cargo Names

(PCN). The agenda includes the

following:

(1) Discussion of the industry’s cargo

naming/identification processes:

manufacturers, transfer facilities, tank

barge industry, tankship industry.

(2) Root cause analysis of proper cargo

name selection.

Procedural

The meeting is open to the public.

Please note that the meeting may end

early if all business is finished. At the

Chair’s discretion, members of the

public may make oral presentations

during the meeting. If you would like to

make an oral presentation at the

meeting, please notify Mr. Payne no

later than June 19, 1998. Written

material for distribution at the meeting

should reach the U.S. Coast Guard no

later than June 19, 1998. If you would

like a copy of your material distributed

to each member of the Subcommittee in

advance of the meeting, please submit

25 copies to Mr. Payne no later than

June 19, 1998 or make other

arrangements with Mr. Payne.
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Information on Services for Individuals

With Disabilities

For information on facilities or

services for individuals with disabilities

or to request special assistance at the

meeting, contact Mr. Payne as soon as

possible.

Dated: June 4, 1998.

Joseph J. Angelo,

Director of Standards, Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 98–15425 Filed 6–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Transportation of Hazardous Materials;

Designated and Restricted Routes

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice provides a current

listing of all designated and restricted

State routes for transporting hazardous

materials that have been reported to the

FHWA. Periodically updating and

publishing this listing is required by the

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act

of 1975 (HMTA) as amended (49 U.S.C.

5112). The FHWA’s regulations (at 49

CFR part 397) include Federal standards

and procedures which the States and

Indian Tribes must follow if they

establish, maintain, or enforce routing

designations that: (1) specify highway

routes over which hazardous materials

(HM) may, or may not, be transported

within their jurisdictions; and/or (2)

impose limitations or requirements with

respect to highway routing of HM.

States and Indian Tribes are also

required to furnish updated HM route

information to the FHWA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Kenneth Rodgers, Safety and

Hazardous Materials Division (HSA–10),

Office of Motor Carrier Safety, (202)

366–4016; or Mr. Raymond W. Cuprill,

Office of the Chief Counsel, Motor

Carrier Law Division (HCC–20), (202)

366–0834, Federal Highway

Administration, 400 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, DC, 20590–0001.

Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,

except for Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

An electronic copy of this document

may be downloaded using a modem and

suitable communications software from

the Federal Register Electronic Bulletin

Board Service at (202) 512–1661.

Internet users may reach the Federal

Register’s home page at: http://

www.nara.gov/nara/fedreg and the

Government Printing Office’s database

at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/suldocs.

In the near future, the FHWA plans to

provide public access to all routing

information via the FHWA Home Page

on the Internet at:

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov.

Section 5112(c) of title 49, United

States Code, requires the Secretary of

Transportation, in coordination with the

States, to update and publish

periodically a list of current effective

hazardous materials highway routing

designations. In addition, 49 CFR

397.73(b) requires each State or Indian

Tribe to furnish information on any new

or changed HM routing designations to

the FHWA within 60 days after

establishment. The FHWA maintains a

listing of all current State routing

designations and restrictions. In

addition, the FHWA has designated a

point of contact in each FHWA Division

Office to provide local coordination

with State agencies and other interested

parties.

This notice is being published to

provide the public with the FHWA’s

current list of HM State—designated

routes (alphabetically by State) along

with the State and Federal points of

contact.

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 49 U.S.C. 5112;

and 49 CFR 1.48.

Issued: May 19, 1998.

Gloria J. Jeff,

Deputy Federal Highway Administrator.

Federal Highway Administration

NRHM Route Registry

Report Date: 03/26/98

The following key applies to

information listed for all 50 states.

RESTRICTION/DESIGNATION KEY

Restrictions Designations

0—All Hazmats A—AllHazmats

1—Class 1—Explosives B—Class 1—Explosives

2—Class 2—Gas I—Inhalants

3—Class 3—Flammable M—Medical Waste

4—Class 4—Flammable solid/Combustible P—Preferred Radioactive Route

5—Class 5—Organic

6—Class 6—Poison

7—Class 7—Radioactive

8—Class 8—Corrosives

9—Other

i—Inhalants

State: Alabama

Agency: AL DOT

POC: John E. Lorentson

Address: Montgomery, AL 36130–3050

Phone: (334)–242–6474

Fax:

FHWA: AL Field Office

FHWA POC: Mr. Tom Russell

Address: 500 Eastern Blvd., Suite 200, Montgomery, AL 36117

Phone: (334) 223–7374

Fax: