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Dated: May 16, 2001.

Helena Kane Finn,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational

and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.

[FR Doc. 01–13150 Filed 5–23–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3663]

Advisory Committee on Historical

Deiplomatic Documentation; Notice of

Meeting

The Advisory Committee on

Historical Diplomatic Documentation

will meet in the Department of State,

2201 ‘‘C’’ Street NW., Washington, DC,

June 18–19, 2001 in Conference Room

1107. Prior notification and a valid

photo are mandatory for entrance into

the building. One week before the

meeting, members of the public

planning to attend must notify Gloria

Walker, Office of the Historian (202–

663–1124) to provide dates of birth,

Social Security numbers, and telephone

numbers.

The Committee will meet in open

session from 1:30 p.m. through 3 p.m.

on Monday, June 18, 2001, to discuss

declassification and transfer of

Department of State electronic records

to the National Archives and Records

Administration and the Foreign

Relations series. The remainder of the

Committee’s sessions from 3:30 p.m. to

4:45 p.m. on Monday, June 18, 2001 and

from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, June

19, 2001, will be closed in accordance

with Section 10(d) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463). The agenda calls for discussions of

still unresolved options for modernizing

the Foreign Relations series as well as

agency declassification decisions

concerning the series. These are matters

not subject to public disclosure under 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1), and the public

interest requires that such activities be

withheld from disclosure.

Questions concerning the meeting

should be directed to Marc J. Susser,

Executive Secretary, Advisory

Committee on Historical Diplomatic

Documentation, Department of State,

Office of the Historian, Washington, DC

20520, telephone (202) 663–1123, (email history@state.gov).

Dated: May 16, 2001.

Marc J. Susser,

Executive Secretary of the Advisory

Committee on Historical Diplomatic

Documentation, Department of State.

[FR Doc. 01–13147 Filed 5–23–01; 8:45 am]

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STATE DEPARTMENT

[Public Notice 3609]

Overseas Security Advisory Council

(OSAC) Meeting Notice; Closed

Meeting

The Department of State announces a

meeting of the U.S. State Department—

Overseas Security Advisory Council on

June 27 and 28, 2001, in Acme,

Michigan. Pursuant to Section 10 (d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

and 5 U.S.C. 552b [c] [1] and [4], it has

been determined the meeting will be

closed to the public. Matters relative to

classified national security information

as well as privileged commercial

information will be discussed. The

agenda will include updated committee

reports, a world threat overview and a

round table discussion that calls for the

discussion of classified and corporate

proprietary/security information as well

as private sector physical and

procedural security policies and

protective programs at sensitive U.S.

Government and private sector locations

overseas.

For more information contact Marsha

Thurman, Overseas Security Advisory

Council, Department of State,

Washington, D.C. 20522–1003, phone:

202–663–0533.

Dated: May 11, 2001.

Peter E. Bergin,

Director of the Diplomatic Security Service,

Department of State.

[FR Doc. 01–13146 Filed 5–23–01; 8:45 am]

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Notice of Meeting of the Industry

Sector Advisory Committee on Small

and Minority Business (ISAC–14)

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Industry Sector Advisory

Committee on Small and Minority

Business (ISAC–14) will hold a meeting

on June 11, 2001, from 12 noon to 5

p.m. The meeting will be opened to the

public from 12 noon to 5 p.m.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for

June 11, 2001, unless otherwise notified.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Delta Centre-Ville Hotel, VIP

Boardroom #522, 777 University Street,

Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Millie Sjoberg, Pam Wilbur, or Kelly

Parsons (202) 482–4792, Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230

(principal contacts), or myself on (202)

395–6120.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During the

meeting the following topics will be

addressed:

• Presentation by USFCS officer in

Montreal;

• Presentation by Canadian SME Task

Force on SME trade policy issues in

Canada;

• Discussion with Canadian Sectoral

Advisory Groups on International

Trade (SAGITs) on SME trade policy

issues;

• Discussion on Dispute Resolution;

• Presentation on SME programs by the

Royal Bank of Canada; and Committee

business.

Heather K. Wingate,

Assistant United States Trade Representative

for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public

Liaison.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA 2001–8809; Notice 2

EGO Vehicles Inc.]

Grant of Application for Temporary

Exemption From Federal Motor Vehicle

Safety Standards Nos. 119 and 120

EGO Vehicles Inc.(‘‘Ego’’), a Delaware

corporation located in Fairhope,

Alabama, through counsel in San

Francisco, California, has applied for a

temporary exemption of its ‘‘eGO’’

motor driven cycle from Federal Motor

Vehicle Safety Standards Nos. 119, New

Pneumatic Tires for Vehicles Other

Than Passenger Cars, and No. 120, Tire

Selection and Rims for Motor Vehicles

Other Than Passenger Cars. The basis of

the application is that an exemption

would make easier the development or

field evaluation of a low-emission motor

vehicle and would not unreasonably

lower the safety level of the vehicle.

Notice of receipt of the application

was published on February 13, 2001,

and an opportunity afforded for

comment (66 FR 10051).

EGO seeks an exemption of two years

from the requirements of Standards Nos.

119 and 120. Standard No. 119

establishes performance and endurance,

marking, and treadwear indicators for

motorcycle tires. Standard No. 120

establishes requirements for DOTcertified rims of certain sizes to ensure

compatibility with DOT-certified tires of

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the same sizes. The eGO vehicle is not

a motorcycle of conventional

configuration, having a ‘‘chassis design

* * * similar to that of a large scooter,

but it has handlebars, a seat and other

components that make it more similar in

appearance and operation to a bicycle.’’

The eGO is powered by a single electric

motor producing less than 2

horsepower, and is therefore a ‘‘motor

driven cycle,’’ a subcategory of

motorcycle under NHTSA definitions

and regulations. The speed of the eGO

‘‘is limited by its controller and

drivetrain configuration to less than 20

miles per hour.’’

EGO states that it has located ‘‘many

high-performance bicycle rims and

tires,’’ but that ‘‘none of the

manufacturers of these components has

certified these products as compliant

with FMVSS 119 or 120.’’ The most

similar components that EGO has

located are moped tires and rims.

However, the ‘‘performance capabilities

of these tires and rims are excessive

given the low weight, low speed, and

limited range of the eGO. Further, the

dimensions of these products are not

compatible with the eGO’s chassis

design or braking system * * *.’’

EGO deems its only alternative to

develop a specific tire and rim

combination. However, testing ‘‘would

be an extremely high cost to bear for a

manufacturer of a new and innovative

low-emission vehicle that is still at an

early stage of its product life.’’ EGO

argues that ‘‘amortizing the cost of

testing over the limited number of

vehicles sold would significantly

increase the cost of this low-emission

vehicle, reducing the market for the

product and Petitioner’s ability to

evaluate its performance and market

potential.’’

In EGO’s opinion, an exemption

would not unreasonably degrade the

safety of the vehicle ‘‘because Petitioner

has selected the eGO’s rims and tires

based on stringent design criteria,

considering the operating environment,

gross vehicular weight, and top speed of

the vehicle.’’ Standard No. 119 ‘‘seems

especially inappropriate because the

eGO cannot, by design, operate

continuously for longer than

approximately 75 minutes, or be

propelled at a speed greater than 20

mph.’’ The endurance test (S6.1)

‘‘simulates conditions that would never

be encountered by the operator of the

vehicle simply by nature of the vehicle’s

design and performance restraints.’’ The

purpose of Standard No. 120, in EGO’s

view ‘‘is to assure that a consumer will

be able to purchase a tire that fits a

given rim, and that any tire purchased

in a given size will fit a rim of that size.’’

The petitioner believes it has achieved

that purpose in the tires and rims it has

selected for the eGO, and it will

encourage owners ‘‘to use the

replacement rims that we specify in the

documentation provided with the

vehicle.’’

According to EGO, an exemption

would be in the public interest as

supporting an innovative low-cost, lowemission means of transportation. An

exemption would be consistent with the

objectives of traffic safety because the

petitioner intends to comply with the

regulations that the Consumer Product

Safety Commission has promulgated for

bicycles. The petitioner also points out

that no tire and rim requirements are

imposed by Standard No. 500, Lowspeed Vehicles, on passenger-carrying

vehicles with a slightly higher

maximum speed (20 to 25 mph).

We received no comments on EGO’s

petition.

In order to grant the petitioner’s

request, NHTSA must find that ‘‘an

exemption would make easier the

development or field evaluation of’’ the

eGO, and that the exemption ‘‘would

not unreasonably lower the safety level

of the vehicle.’’

The eGO is represented to be more

like a bicycle than a motor driven cycle

and that the most similar components

that it has discovered are moped tires

and rims. However, EGO has concluded

that the dimensions of moped tires and

rims are not compatible with the eGO’s

chassis design or braking system. In

view of the fact that Standards Nos. 119

and 120 do not prescribe requirements

for bicycle-like tires and rims, and that

those that are available are not

compatible, we believe that the

petitioner has sustained the argument

that an exemption from these

requirements would make easier the

development and field evaluation of the

vehicle.

Given the fact that the maximum

speed of the eGO is 20 mph or less, the

vehicle is intended to be operated in

urban and suburban environments and

not on freeways or expressways. Thus,

the tires are not likely to be subject to

the same stresses as those manufactured

for use on higher-speed vehicles.

Further, an exemption from Standard

No. 119 is also an exemption from

Standard No. 120 which applies to

vehicles equipped with pneumatic tires

for highway service and requires them,

in pertinent part, to be equipped with

tires that meet Standard No. 119.

It is in the public interest to promote

the use of low-emission vehicles,

particularly in crowded urban

environments. It is anticipated that the

eGO will be certified to comply with all

other Federal motor vehicle safety

standards that apply to motor-driven

cycles.

In consideration of the foregoing, it is

hereby found that EGO Vehicles, Inc.,

has met its burden of persuasion that an

exemption would make easier the

development or field evaluation of a

low-emission motor vehicle and would

not unreasonably lower the safety level

of the vehicle. It is further found that an

exemption is in the public interest and

consistent with the objectives of motor

vehicle safety. Accordingly, EGO

Vehicles Inc. is hereby granted NHTSA

Temporary Exemption No. 2001–2 from

49 CFR 571.119 Standard No. 119, New

Pneumatic Tires for Vehicles Other

Than Passenger Cars, and 49 CFR

571.120 Standard No. 120, Tire

Selection and Rims for Motor Vehicles

Other Than Passenger Cars. The

temporary exemption expires April 1,

2003.

(49 U.S.C. 30113; delegations of

authority at 49 CFR 1.50. and 501.8)

Issued on May 18, 2001.

L. Robert Shelton,

Executive Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision

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clearance under the Paperwork

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Send comments regarding this

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e-mail to:

infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov.

DATES: Submit written comments on or

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