33602 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 121 / Friday, June 22, 2001 / Notices

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Notice of Meeting of the Industry

Sector Advisory Committee on

Services (ISAC–13)

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Industry Sector Advisory

Committee on Services (ISAC–13) will

hold a meeting on June 28, 2001, from

9 a.m. to 12 noon. The meeting will be

open to the public from 9 a.m. to 9:45

a.m. and closed to the public from 9:45

a.m. to 12 noon.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for

June 28, 2001, unless otherwise notified.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

Conference Room 6057, of the

Department of Commerce, located at

14th Street between Pennsylvania and

Constitution Avenues, NW.,

Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ingrid Mitchem, Acting Designated

Officer for ISAC–13, (202) 482–3268,

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:

• Trade Promotion Authority; and

• International Trade Agreements

Heather K. Wingate,

Assistant United States Trade Representative

for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public

Liaison.

[FR Doc. 01–15772 Filed 6–21–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3190–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG 2001–9938]

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory

Committee; Vacancies

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Request for applications.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is seeking

applications for appointment to

membership on the Merchant Marine

Personnel Advisory Committee

(MERPAC). MERPAC provides advice

and makes recommendations to the

Coast Guard on matters related to the

training, qualification, licensing,

certification, and fitness of seamen

serving in the U.S. merchant marine.

DATES: Applications should reach us on

or before August 31, 2001.

ADDRESSES: You may request an

application form by writing to

Commandant (G–MSO–1), U.S. Coast

Guard, 2100 Second Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20593–0001. Please

submit applications to the same address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Commander Brian J. Peter, Executive

Director of MERPAC, or Mr. Mark C.

Gould, Assistant to the Executive

Director, telephone 202–267–0229, fax

202–267–4570.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is available on the Internet at

http://dms.dot.gov. The application

form is available on the Internet at

http://www.uscg.mil/hg/g-m/advisory/

index.htm. You may also obtain an

application by calling Mr. Mark Gould

at (202) 267–0229; by e-mailing him at

mgould@comdt.uscg.mil; by faxing him

at (202) 267–4570; or by writing him at

the location in ADDRESSES above.

MERPAC is chartered under the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5

U.S.C. App. 2. It provides advice and

makes recommendations to the

Assistant Commandant for Marine

Safety and Environmental Protection, on

matters of concern to seamen serving in

our merchant marine such as

implementation of the international

Convention on Standards of Training,

Certification and Watchkeeping for

Seafarers, 1978 (STCW), as amended

and activities of regional examination

centers.

MERPAC meets at least twice a year,

once at Coast Guard Headquarters,

Washington, DC, and once elsewhere in

the country. Its subcommittees and

working groups may also meet to

consider specific tasks as required.

The Coast Guard will consider

applications for six positions that expire

or become vacant in January 2002. It

needs applicants with one or more of

the following backgrounds to fill the

positions:

(a) Licensed Deck Officer.

(b) Managerial employee of a shipping

company.

(c) Licensed Engineer.

(d) Unlicensed Member of the Deck

Department.

(e) Marine Educator associated with a

Federal or State maritime academy.

(f) Pilot.

Each member serves for a term of 3

years. No member may serve more than

two consecutive 3-year terms. MERPAC

members serve without compensation

from the Federal Government; however,

they do receive travel reimbursement

and per diem.

In support of the policy of the

Department of Transportation on gender

and ethnic diversity, the Coast Guard

encourages applications from qualified

women and members of minority

groups.

If you are selected as a member who

represents the general public, we will

require you to complete a Confidential

Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form

450). Neither the report nor the

information it contains may be released

to the public, except under an order

issued by a Federal court or as

otherwise provided under the Privacy

Act [5 U.S.C. 552a].

Dated: June 12, 2001.

Joseph J. Angelo,

Director of Standards, Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 01–15660 Filed 6–21–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement:

Seattle, Washington

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), USDOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this

notice to advise the public, Tribes, and

agencies that an environmental impact

statement will be prepared for a

proposed highway project in Seattle,

King County, Washington.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim

Leonard, FHWA, 711 South Capitol

Way, Suite 501, Olympia, Washington,

98501 (telephone 360–753–9408);

Carroll Hunter, WSDOT Office of Urban

Mobility, 401 Second Avenue South,

Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98104–2887

(telephone 206–464–6231), and Kristen

Nielsen, City of Seattle, 600 Fourth

Avenue, Suite 401, Seattle, WA 98140–

1879 (telephone 206–684–0983).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

FHWA, the Washington State

Department of Transportation (WSDOT),

and the City of Seattle will prepare an

environmental impact statement (EIS) to

document the environmental

consequences for alternative solutions

to improve the existing SR 99 corridor

now partially served by the Alaskan

Way Viaduct located in downtown

Seattle, King County, Washington. The

proposed action would provide a

facility with improved earthquake

resistance that maintains or improves

mobility for people and goods along the

existing SR 99 Corridor. The proposed

action would involve improvements to

the existing 2-mile viaduct structure or

construction of a new facility. The

southern terminus of the project would