31212 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 112 / Monday, June 11, 2001 / Notices

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Caratina L. Alston, United States

Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite

2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter

19 of the North American Free-Trade

Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’) establishes a

mechanism to replace domestic judicial

review of final determinations in

antidumping and countervailing duty

cases involving imports from a NAFTA

country with review by independent

binational panels. When a Request for

Panel Review is filed, a panel is

established to act in place of national

courts to review expeditiously the final

determination to determine whether it

conforms with the antidumping or

countervailing duty law of the country

that made the determination.

Under Article 1904 of the Agreement,

which came into force on January 1,

1994, the Government of the United

States, the Government of Canada and

the Government of Mexico established

Rules of Procedure for Article 1904

Binational Panel Reviews (‘‘Rules’’).

These Rules were published in the

Federal Register on February 23, 1994

(59 FR 8686). The panel review in this

matter was requested and terminated

pursuant to these Rules.

Dated: May 29, 2001.

Caratina L. Alston,

United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

North American Free Trade Agreement

(NAFTA), Article 1904 Binational Panel

Reviews: Notice of Termination of

Panel Review.

AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United

States Section, International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of consent motion to

terminate the panel review of the final

antidumping duty administrative review

made by the International Trade

Administration, respecting cut-to-length

carbon steel plate from Canada

(Secretariat File No. USA–CDA–01–

1904–01).

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Notice of

Consent Motion to Terminate the Panel

Review by the complainants, the panel

review is terminated as of May 11, 2001.

No panel has been appointed to this

panel review. Pursuant to Rule 71(2) of

the Rules of Procedure for Article 1904

Binational Panel Review, this panel

review is terminated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Caratina L. Alston, United States

Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite

2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter

19 of the North American Free-Trade

Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’) establishes a

mechanism to replace domestic judicial

review of final determinations in

antidumping and countervailing duty

cases involving imports from a NAFTA

country with review by independent

binational panels. When a Request for

Panel Review is filed, a panel is

established to act in place of national

courts to review expeditiously the final

determination to determine whether it

conforms with the antidumping or

countervailing duty law of the country

that made the determination.

Under Article 1904 of the Agreement,

which came into force on January 1,

1994, the Government of the United

States, the Government of Canada and

the Government of Mexico established

Rules of Procedure for Article 1904

Binational Panel Reviews (‘‘Rules’’).

These Rules were published in the

Federal Register on February 23, 1994

(59 FR 8686). The panel review in this

matter was requested and terminated

pursuant to these Rules.

Dated: May 29, 2001.

Caratina L. Alston,

United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 01–14541 Filed 6–8–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Notice of Solicitation of Comments on

Modification of Worsted Wool Fabric

Tariff Rate Quotas

AGENCY: Department of Commerce,

International Trade Administration.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation of

comments on a request for modification

of tariff rate quota limitations on the

import of certain worsted wool fabrics.

DATES: To be considered, comments

must be received or postmarked by 5:00

p.m. on July 2, 2001

ADDRESSES: Comments must be

submitted to: Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Textiles, Apparel and

Consumer Goods Industries, Room

3001, United States Department of

Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. Six

copies of comments should be

submitted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sergio Botero, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482-4058.

The Department of Commerce

(Department) hereby solicits comments

on a request for an increase in the

limitations on the quantity of imports of

certain worsted wool fabric under the

2001 tariff rate quotas established by the

Trade and Development Act of 2000. To

be considered, comments must be

received or postmarked by 5:00 p.m. on

July 2, 2001 and must comply with the

requirements of 15 CFR 340 (66 FR

6459, published January 22, 2001).

Thirty days after the end of the

comment period, the Department will

determine whether the limitations

should be modified.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Title V of the Trade and Development

Act of 2000 (the Act) creates two tariff

rate quotas, providing for temporary

reductions in the import duties on two

categories of worsted wool fabrics

suitable for use in making suits, suittype jackets, or trousers. For worsted

wool fabric with average fiber diameters

greater than 18.5 microns (new

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTS) heading

9902.51.11), the reduction in duty is

limited to 2,500,000 square meter

equivalents per year. For worsted wool

fabric with average fiber diameters of

18.5 microns or less (new HTS heading

9902.51.12), the reduction is limited to

1,500,000 square meter equivalents per

year. Both these limitations may be

modified by the President, not to exceed

1,000,000 square meter equivalents per

year for each tariff rate quota.

The Act requires the annual

consideration of requests by U.S.

manufacturers of men’s or boys’ worsted

wool suits, suit-type jackets and trousers

for modification of the limitations on

the quantity of fabric that may be

imported under the tariff rate quotas,

and grants the President the authority to

proclaim modifications to the

limitations. In determining whether to

modify the limitations, specified U.S.

market conditions with respect to

worsted wool fabric and worsted wool

apparel must be considered. On January

22, 2001, the Department published

regulations establishing procedures for

considering requests for modification of

the limitations. 66 FR 6459, 15 CFR 340.

On March 29, 2001, the Department

published a notice in the Federal

Register soliciting requests for

modification of the tariff rate quota

limitations. The Department received

one such request, from Hartmarx