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quota for fluid milk imports.

Specifically, Canada’s special milk class

pricing system provides fluid milk to

dairy processors at subsidized prices

that circumvent the export subsidy

reduction commitments undertaken by

Canada as part of the WTO Agreement

on Agriculture. In addition, by limiting

imports of fluid milk to cross-border

consumer trade, Canada administers the

tariff-rate quota on fluid milk in a

manner that denies market access to all

commercial shipments. In this dispute,

the United States alleges that the

Canadian measures are inconsistent

with the obligations of Canada under

the General Agreement on Tariffs and

Trade (GATT) 1994, the Agreement of

Agriculture, the Agreement on

Subsidies and Countervailing Measures,

and the Agreement on Import Licensing

Procedures. USTR invites written

comments from the public concerning

the issues raised in this dispute.

DATES: Although the USTR will accept

any comments received during the

course of the dispute settlement

proceedings, comments should be

submitted on or before July 8, 1998, to

be assured of timely consideration by

USTR in preparing its first written

submission to the panel.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be

submitted to the Monitoring and

Enforcement Unit, Office of the General

Counsel, Attn: Canadian Dairy Products

Dispute, Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C., 20508, (202)

395–3582.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James M. Lyons, Assistant General

Counsel, Office of the General Counsel,

Office of the United States Trade

Representative, 600 17th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C., (202) 395–7350.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 127(b) of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (URAA) (19 U.S.C.

3537(b)(1)), the USTR is providing

notice that on March 12, 1998, the

United States requested establishment

of a WTO dispute settlement panel to

examine whether Canada’s provision of

subsidized fluid milk to processors and

exporters of dairy products and its

denial of entry to commercial shipments

of fluid milk are inconsistent with

Canada’s obligations under the

Agreement on Agriculture, the

Agreement on Subsidies and

Countervailing Measures, the

Agreement on Import Licensing

Procedures and GATT 1994. The WTO

Dispute Settlement Body (DSB)

considered the request at its meeting on

March 25, 1998, and a panel

subsequently was established. Under

normal circumstances, the panel, which

will hold its meetings in Geneva,

Switzerland, would be expected to issue

a report detailing its findings and

recommendations within nine months

after it is established.

Major Issues Raised by the United

States and Legal Basis of Complaint

The Government of Canada is

providing export subsidies on dairy

products through its national and

provincial pricing arrangements for milk

and other dairy products without regard

to the export subsidy reduction

commitments undertaken by Canada.

Specifically, Canada established and

maintains a system of special milk

classes through which it maintains high

domestic prices, promotes import

substitution, and provides export

subsidies for dairy products going into

world markets. These practices distort

markets for daily products and

adversely affect U.S. sales of dairy

products. The relevant provisions of

Canadian laws include the Canadian

Dairy Commission Act, the

Interprovincial Comprehensive

Agreement on Special Class Pooling, the

National Milk Marketing Plan, and the

Dairy Products Marketing Regulations.

Canada also restricts fluid milk

imports under a tariff-rate quota to

cross-border purchases by Canadian

consumers and disallows all

commercial shipments of fluid milk into

Canada under the applicable tariff-rate

quota. Although Canada committed to

convert its quantitative restriction on

fluid milk imports to a tariff-rate quota

and agreed to afford increased market

access, Canada administers the tariffrate quota so as to deny entry to all

commercial shipments of fluid milk and

cream.

The USTR believes that these

measures are inconsistent with the

obligations of Canada under several

provisions of the WTO Agreements,

including Articles, II, X, XI, and XIII of

the GATT 1994, Articles 3, 4, 8, 9 and

10 of the Agreement on Agriculture,

Article 3 of the Agreement on Subsidies

and Countervailing Measures, and

Articles 1, 2, and 3 of the Agreement on

Import Licensing Procedures.

Public Comment: Requirements for

Submissions

Interested persons are invited to

submit written comments concerning

the issues raised in the dispute.

Comments must be in English and

provided in fifteen copies. A person

requesting that information contained in

a comment submitted by that person be

treated as confidential business

information must certify that such

information is business confidential and

would not customarily be released to

the public by the commenter.

Confidential business information must

be clearly marked ‘‘BUSINESS

CONFIDENTIAL’’ in a contrasting color

ink at the top of each page of each copy.

Information or advice contained in a

comment submitted, other than business

confidential information, may be

determined by USTR to be confidential

in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of

the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.

2155(g)(2)). If the submitter believes that

information or advice may qualify as

such, the submitter—

(1) Must so designate the information

or advice;

(2) Must clearly mark the material as

‘‘SUBMITTED IN CONFIDENCE’’ in a

contrasting color ink at the top of each

page of each copy; and

(3) Is encouraged to provide a nonconfidential summary of the

information or advice. Pursuant to

section 127(e) of the URAA (19 U.S.C.

3537(e)), USTR will maintain a file on

this dispute settlement proceeding,

accessible to the public, in the USTR

Reading Room: Room 101, Office of the

United States Trade Representative, 600

17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20508. The public file will include a

listing of any comments received by

USTR from the public with respect to

the proceeding; the U.S. submissions to

the panel in the proceeding, the

submissions, or non-confidential

summaries of submissions, to the panel

received from other participants in the

dispute, as well as the report of the

dispute settlement panel, and, if

applicable, the report of the Appellate

Body. An appointment to review the

public file (Docket WTO/D–24,

Canadian Dairy Products Dispute) may

be made by calling Brenda Webb, (202)

395–6186. The USTR Reading Room is

open to the public from 9:30 a.m. to 12

noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday.

A. Jane Bradley,

Assistant United States Trade Representative

for Monitoring and Enforcement.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Executive Committee of the Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee;

Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of change in agenda.
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SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice

to advise the public of a change in the

agenda for a special meeting of the

Executive Committee of the Federal

Aviation Administration Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee (63 FR

8315, February 19, 1998; 63 FR 30284,

June 3, 1998).

DATES: The meeting to be held on June

26, 1998, will begin at 10 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the U.S. Department of Transportation,

400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 6244–

6248, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Miss

Jean Casciano, Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591,

telephone (202) 267–9683; fax (202)

267–5075; e-mail

Jean.Casciano@faa.dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given of a change in the agenda

for a meeting of the Executive

Committee to be held on June 26, 1998,

at the U.S. Department of

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,

SW., Room 6244–6248, Washington, DC,

10 a.m. The agenda will include:

• A vote on a revised proposed task

concerning Flight Time Limitations and

Rest Requirements.

• A substantive review of the outline

of the draft report of the Fuel Tank

Harmonization Working Group.

• A discussion of proposed new

harmonization tasks for Transport

Airplane and Engine Issues.

Attendance is open to the interested

public but will be limited to the space

available. The public must make

arrangements by June 23, 1998, to

present oral statements at the meeting.

The public may present written

statements to the executive committee at

any time by providing 25 copies to the

Executive Director, or by bringing the

copies to him at the meeting.

Sign and oral interpretation can be

made available at the meeting, as well

as an assistive listening device, if

requested 10 calendar days before the

meeting. Arrangements may be made by

contacting the person listed under the

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. A copy of the revised

proposed task being put to a vote or the

proposed harmonization tasks may also

be obtained from that person.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 10,

1998.

Joseph A. Hawkins,

Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Agency Request for Emergency

Processing of Collection of

Information by the Office of

Management and Budget; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Railroad

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Correction.

SUMMARY: The Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA) issues a notice of

correction regarding its request for

emergency processing by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) of a

collection of information involving a

survey to measure and evaluate the

corporate culture of the railroad

industry. This collection is part of a

project intended to assist in promoting

effective railroad safety culture on the

major railroads.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FRA

submitted the information collection

requests (ICRs) described below to OMB

for emergency processing under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). FRA

requested that OMB authorize the

collection of information for 180 days

after the issuance of the notice

published in the Federal Register. See

63 FR 17478, April 9, 1998. OMB

approved the ICRs and assigned

approval number 2130–0546 for the

collection of information.

A copy of these ICRs, with applicable

documentation, may be obtained by

telephoning FRA’s clearance officers,

Robert Brogan (telephone number (202)

632–3318) or Maryann Johnson

(telephone number (202) 632–3226).

Questions about the ICRs should be

directed to the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk

Officer for FRA, Washington, DC 20503.

In the previous notice, the ICRs were

described as follows:

Title: Railroad Safety Culture Survey

OMB Number: 2130–new.

Frequency: One-time.

Affected Public: Railroad workers.

Number of respondents: 1100.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 20

minutes.

Total Burden: 367 hours.

Title: Railroad Safety Culture Survey—

Focus Group Sessions

OMB Number: 2130–new.

Frequency: One-time.

Affected Public: Railroad workers.

Number of respondents: 420

employees attending 28 session groups.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 2

hrs.

Total Burden: 840 hours.

Title: Railroad Safety Culture Survey—

Key Interviews

OMB Number: 2130–new.

Frequency: One-time.

Affected Public: Railroad managers.

Number of respondents: 16.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1 hr.

Total Burden: 16 hours.

This information correctly

represented the ICRs approved by OMB.

FRA welcomes the participation of

railroad management, labor

organizations, and individual

employees in this culture survey, which

seeks to identify and help develop

strategies to address any barriers to

effective railroad safety culture on the

major railroads. Accordingly, FRA

corrects the element entitled

‘‘Description’’ to read as follows:

Description: These ICRs are intended to (i)

identify characteristics of the safety cultures

of the four selected Class I railroads; and (ii)

identify any outstanding operational safety

culture issues that could be addressed

through on-going efforts in partnership with

FRA.

Authority: 44 U.S.C. §§ 3501–3520.

Issued in Washington, DC on June 9, 1998.

Marie S. Savoy,

Director, Office of Information Technology

and Support Systems, Federal Railroad

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development

Corporation

Advisory Board, Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463; 5 U.S.C. App. I) notice is

hereby given of a meeting of the

Advisory Board of the Saint Lawrence

Seaway Development Corporation

(SLSDC), to be held at 11:00 a.m., on

Wednesday, June 24, 1998, at the

Rosemont Suites Hotel, 5500 North

River Road, Rosemont, Illinois. The

agenda for this meeting will be as

follows: Opening Remarks;

Consideration of Minutes of Past

Meeting; Review of Programs; New

Business; and Closing Remarks.

Attendance at meeting is open to the

interested public but limited to the

space available. With the approval of

the Administrator, members of the

public may present oral statements at

the meeting. Persons wishing further

information should contact not later

than June 19, 1998, Marc C. Owen,