31272 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 112 / Monday, June 11, 2001 / Notices

Enclosure: Transmittal No. DTC 047–01

[FR Doc. 01–14628 Filed 6–8–01; 8:45 am]

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Determination Under the Caribbean

Basin Trade Partnership Act

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The United States Trade

Representative has determined that

Saint Lucia and Barbados are making

substantial progress toward

implementing and following the

customs procedures required by the

Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act

and, therefore, imports of eligible

products from Saint Lucia and Barbados

qualify for the trade benefits provided

under the Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christopher Wilson, Director for Central

America and the Caribbean, Office of

the United States Trade Representative,

(202) 395–5190.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act

(Title II of the Trade and Development

Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106–200)

(CBTPA) amended the Caribbean Basin

Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) to

provide preferential tariff treatment for

imports of certain products of

beneficiary Caribbean and Central

American countries. The trade benefits

provided by the CBTPA are available to

imports of eligible products from

countries that the President designates

as ‘‘CBTPA beneficiary countries,’’

provided that these countries have

implemented and follow, or are making

substantial progress toward

implementing and following, certain

customs procedures that assist the

Customs Service in verifying the origin

of the products.

In Proclamation 7351 of October 2,

2000, the President designated all 24

current beneficiaries under the CBERA

as ‘‘CBTPA beneficiary countries.’’

Proclamation 7351 delegated to the

United States Trade Representative

(USTR) the authority to determine

whether the designated CBTPA

beneficiary countries have implemented

and follow, or are making substantial

progress toward implementing and

following, the customs procedures

required by the CBTPA. The President

directed the USTR to announce any

such determinations in the Federal

Register and to implement them

through modifications of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTS).

Based on information and

commitments provided by the

Governments of Saint Lucia and

Barbados, I have determined that Saint

Lucia and Barbados are making

substantial progress toward

implementing and following the

customs procedures required by the

CBTPA. Accordingly, pursuant to the

authority vested in the USTR by

Proclamation 7351, general note 17(a) to

the HTS, U.S. note 7(b) to subchapter II

of chapter 98 of the HTS, and U.S. note

1 to subchapter XX of chapter 98 of the

HTS are each modified by inserting in

alphabetical sequence in the list of

eligible CBTPA beneficiary countries

the names ‘‘Barbados’’ and ‘‘Saint

Lucia’’. The foregoing modifications to

the HTS are effective with respect to

articles entered, or withdrawn from

warehouse for consumption, on or after

the effective date of this notice.

Robert B. Zoellick,

United States Trade Representative.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee; Transport Airplane and

Engine Issues—New Task

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of new task assignment

for the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee (ARAC).

SUMMARY: The FAA assigned the

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee a new task to develop

recommendations updating methods to

determine load intensities and flight

loads validations. This notice is to

inform the public of this ARAC activity.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

McGraw, Federal Aviation

Administration, Northwest Mountain

Region Headquarters, 1601 Lind

Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington,

98055, (425) 227–2111,

john.mcgraw@faa.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The FAA established the Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee to

provide advice and recommendations to

the FAA Administrator on the FAA’s

rulemaking activities with respect to

aviation-related issues. This includes

obtaining advice and recommendations

on the FAA’s commitments to

harmonize Title 14 of the Code of

Federal Regulations (14 CFR) with its

partners in Europe and Canada.

The Task

• Review § 25.301 and JAR 25.301 for

adequacy in addressing the issue of

validation of flight load intensities and

distribution. This review should include

the consideration of:

1. FAA Advisory Circular (AC) 25–14,

‘‘High Lift and Drag Devices;’’

2. Relevant FAA issue papers and

their implementation;

3. JAA Certification Review Items

(CRI) addressing flight loads validation.

• Develop a report recommending

any revision to the rules (including cost

estimates) and any advisory materials

needed to address the above issues.

Schedule: This task is to be

accomplished no later than June 28,

2002.

ARAC Acceptance of Task

ARAC accepted the task and assigned

the task to the General Structures

Harmonization Working Group,

Transport Airplane and Engine Issues.

The working group serves as staff to

ARAC and assists in the analysis of

assigned task. ARAC must review and

approve the working groups

recommendations. If ARAC accepts the

working group’s recommendations, it

will forward them to the FAA.

Working Group Activity

The General Structures

Harmonization Working Group is

expected to comply with the procedures

adopted by ARAC. As part of the

procedures, the working group is

expected to:

1. Recommend a work plan for

completion of the task, including the

rationale supporting such a plan, for

consideration at the next meeting of the

ARAC on Transport Airplane and

Engine Issues held following

publication of this notice.

2. Give a detail conceptual

presentation of the proposed

recommendations prior to proceeding

with the work stated in item 3 below.

3. Draft the appropriate documents

and required analyses and/or any other

related materials or documents.

4. Provide a status report at each

meeting of the ARAC held to consider

transport airplanes and engine issues.

Participation in the Working Group

The General Structures

Harmonization Working Group is