34730 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 126 / Friday, June 29, 2001 / Notices

Dated: June 25, 2001.

Herbert L. Mitchell,

Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–16429 Filed 6–28–01; 8:45 am]

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster #3341]

State of Minnesota; Amendment #4

In accordance with a notice received

from the Federal Emergency

Management Agency, dated June 21,

2001, the above-numbered Declaration

is hereby amended to include Crow

Wing, Kandiyohi, Lake of the Woods

and Meeker Counties in the State of

Minnesota as disaster areas caused by

severe winter storms, flooding and

tornadoes occurring between March 23,

2001 and continuing.

Any counties contiguous to the above

named primary counties and not listed

here have been previously declared.

All other information remains the

same, i.e., the deadline for filing

applications for physical damage is July

15, 2001 and for economic injury the

deadline is February 15, 2002.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008)

Dated: June 22, 2001.

Herbert L. Mitchell,

Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–16433 Filed 6–28–01; 8:45 am]

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster #3350]

State of Pennsylvania

As a result of the President’s major

disaster declaration on June 21, 2001, I

find that Bucks and Montgomery

Counties in the State of Pennsylvania

constitute a disaster area due to

damages caused by Tropical Storm

Allison occurring on June 15 through

17, 2001. Applications for loans for

physical damage as a result of this

disaster may be filed until the close of

business on August 20, 2001 and for

economic injury until the close of

business on March 20, 2002 at the

address listed below or other locally

announced locations: U.S. Small

Business Administration, Disaster Area

1 Office, 360 Rainbow Blvd., South 3rd

Fl., Niagara Falls, NY 14303–1192.

In addition, applications for economic

injury loans from small businesses

located in the following contiguous

counties in Pennsylvania may be filed

until the specified date at the above

location: Berks, Chester, Delaware,

Lehigh, Northampton, and Philadelphia;

and Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, and

Warren counties in the State of New

Jersey.

The interest rates are:

Percent

For Physical Damage:

Homeowners With Credit

Available Elsewhere .......... 6.625

Homeowners Without Credit

Available Elsewhere .......... 3.312

Businesses With Credit Available Elsewhere .................. 8.000

Businesses and Non-Profit

Organizations Without

Credit Available Elsewhere 4.000

Others (Including Non-Profit

Organizations) With Credit

Available Elsewhere .......... 7.125

For Economic Injury:

Businesses and Small Agricultural Cooperatives Without Credit Available Elsewhere ................................. 4.000

The number assigned to this disaster

for physical damage is 335008. For

economic injury the number is 9L9700

for Pennsylvania, and 9L9800 for New

Jersey.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008)

Dated: June 22, 2001.

Herbert L. Mitchell,

Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–16431 Filed 6–28–01; 8:45 am]

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster #3347]

State of Texas; Amendment #2

In accordance with a notice received

from the Federal Emergency

Management Agency, dated June 20,

2001, the above-numbered Declaration

is hereby amended to establish the

incident period for this disaster as

occurring between June 5, 2001 and

continuing through June 20, 2001.

All other information remains the

same, i.e., the deadline for filing

applications for physical damage is

August 8, 2001, and for loans for

economic injury is March 8, 2002.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008)

Dated: June 22, 2001.

Herbert L. Mitchell,

Associate Administrator For Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–16430 Filed 6–28–01; 8:45 am]

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster #3339]

State of Wisconsin; Amendment #4

In accordance with a notice received

from the Federal Emergency

Management Agency, dated June 21,

2001, the above-numbered Declaration

is hereby amended to include

Outagamie and Winnebago Counties as

disaster areas caused by flooding, severe

storms and tornadoes occurring between

April 10, 2001 and continuing.

In addition, applications for economic

injury loans from small businesses

located in Brown, Calumet, Fond du

Lac, Green Lake, Shawano, Waupaca

and Waushara Counties in the State of

Wisconsin may be filed until the

specified date at the previously

designated location. Any counties

contiguous to the above named primary

counties and not listed here have been

previously declared.

All other information remains the

same, i.e., the deadline for filing

applications for physical damage is July

10, 2001 and for economic injury the

deadline is February 11, 2002.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008)

Dated: June 22, 2001.

Herbert L. Mitchell,

Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–16432 Filed 6–28–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

UNITED STATES TRADE

REPRESENTATIVE

Request for Comment on Articles To

Be Considered for Accelerated Tariff

Elimination Under the North American

Free Trade Agreement

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative (USTR).

ACTION: Notice of articles proposed for

accelerated tariff elimination under the

North American Free Trade Agreement

and request for comment.

SUMMARY: Section 201(b) of the North

American Free Trade Agreement

Implementation Act (‘‘the Act’’) (19

U.S.C 3331(b)) grants the President,

subject to the consultation and layover

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requirements of section 103(a) of the Act

(19 U.S.C 3313(a)), the authority to

proclaim any accelerated schedule for

duty elimination that the United States

may agree to with Mexico or Canada

regarding the staging of any duty

treatment set forth in Annex 302.2 of the

North American Free Trade Agreement

(‘‘the NAFTA’’). This notice is intended

to inform the public of the list of

products with respect to which the

United States has received petitions to

accelerate the elimination of duties for

Mexican products entering the United

States and for U.S. products entering

Mexico, and to request comment on

these articles.

DATES: Although USTR will accept any

comments received during the course of

its review, comments should be

submitted on or before July 15, 2001, in

order to be assured of timely

consideration by USTR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent

Shigetomi, Director, Mexico and

NAFTA Affairs, Office of Western

Hemisphere Affairs, Office of the United

States Trade Representative, Room 523,

600 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC

20508; telephone: (202) 395–3412; fax:

(202) 395–9517. The list of products

with respect to which the United States

has received petitions can be obtained

from the USTR Internet Web Page, at

www.ustr.gov under [World Regions/

Western Hemisphere/North American

Free Trade Agreement/NAFTA Reports

and Publications/2001 Tariff

Acceleration].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article

302(3) of the NAFTA provides that two

or more Parties to the NAFTA may

consider and agree to accelerate the

elimination of customs duties set out in

their schedules. Since the NAFTA was

implemented, the NAFTA governments

have completed three rounds of

accelerated tariff elimination, in 1994,

1997, and 2000. All duties between the

United States and Canada covered by

the NAFTA were eliminated on January

1, 1998, so the last two tariff

acceleration rounds consisted of two

parallel agreements, one between the

U.S. and Mexico, and the other between

Canada and Mexico.

As part of the third round of tariff

acceleration, on May 27, 1999, USTR

published a Federal Register notice (64

FR 28857) soliciting petitions from

interested persons regarding products

for which accelerated tariff elimination

would be appropriate. The Federal

Register notice also allowed for annual

consideration of new requests, with a

closing date of March 1.

USTR received two petitions

requesting accelerated elimination of

duties on a number of products. The

Annexes to this notice list the products

for which petitions were filed. Annex I

lists subheadings in the Mexican Tariff

Schedule of the General Import Duty

Act that are proposed for accelerated

tariff elimination with respect to goods

of the United States. Subsequent to the

negotiation of a trade agreement

between the European Union and

Mexico in 2000, the United States

identified 40 products for which the

U.S. tariff was already zero, but

Mexico’s tariff on imports from the U.S.

was higher than Mexico’s tariff on

imports from the European Union. The

U.S. is seeking to accelerate the

elimination of Mexican duties on these

items. These goods are marked with an

asterisk (*). Annex II to this notice lists

the subheadings in the Harmonized

Tariff Schedule of the United States

(‘‘HTS’’) that are proposed for

accelerated tariff elimination with

respect to goods of Mexico.

The Mexican Tarifa de la Ley del

Impuesto General de Importacion (Tariff

Schedule of the General Import Duty

Act) should be consulted for a

description of the articles covered in the

tariff subheadings in Annex I. A

description of the articles covered by

the HTS subheadings in Annex II is

available on the web site of the United

States International Trade Commission,

www.usitc.gov. An Internet source for

tariff subheading descriptions of the

United States and Mexico is

www.apectariff.org.

USTR invites comments on the

advisability of accelerated tariff

elimination with respect to the

subheadings listed in the annexes to this

notice. The U.S. and Mexico will

consider accelerated tariff elimination

for all products falling under these

subheadings. However, acceleration for

a subset of the articles covered in a

particular subheading will be

considered in the alternative, as

necessary. Thus, comments should

specify if only a subset of all products

is of concern to the commenting party.

Request for Comment

Comments should be submitted either

via electronic mail to

nafta2001@ustr.gov, or in ten typewritten copies to the address specified

above. USTR prefers that comments be

submitted via electronic mail whenever

possible. All submissions must specify:

(1) The tariff subheadings to which the

comments refer, and the importing and

exporting NAFTA countries (e.g., goods

of the United States exported to Mexico,

or goods of Mexico exported to the

United States); (2) the name, address

and telephone number of the person,

firm or organization making the

comments; and (3) an indication as to

whether the submitter represents a

producer, importer, exporter, consumer

(or any combination), or other party

(please specify interest), for each

country (for example, a producer and

exporter in the United States, and an

importer in Mexico). Submissions not

meeting these requirements will not be

considered.

Comments submitted to USTR will be

available for public inspection in the

USTR public reading room. Submitters

who wish to exempt information from

public disclosure should comply with

the requirements of 19 CFR 2003.6

regarding submissions containing

business confidential information. In

addition, such persons should submit a

public version of their comments.

Submissions containing business

confidential information should be

submitted in hard copy, rather than by

electronic mail.

ITC and Advisory Committee Advice

Pursuant to section 103 of the Act (19

U.S.C. 3313), USTR will request the

advice of the United States International

Trade Commission concerning the

probable economic effect on U.S.

industries producing like or directly

competitive articles, and on consumers,

of the proposed accelerated tariff

eliminations with respect to the

subheadings listed in Annex II. USTR

will also obtain the advice of the

appropriate private sector advisory

committees.

Bennett Harman,

Acting Assistant U.S. Trade Representative

for the Western Hemisphere.

Annex I; List of Proposed Subheadings for

Which Mexico Would Accelerate the

Elimination of Duties for NAFTA Qualifying

Goods of the United States

3002.10.08* 6404.11.01 8527.29.99*

3004.90.20* 6404.19.99 8531.90.99*

3005.10.99* 6404.20.01 8536.20.99*

3006.30.01* 6406.10.01 8536.90.11*

3209.90.99* 7307.22.10* 8536.90.16*

3401.11.01* 8426.41.02 8536.90.17*

3402.12.02* 8426.41.99 8548.90.01*

3402.20.99* 8427.10.03 8548.90.03*

3904.90.99* 8427.10.99 8607.11.01*

3908.10.04* 8427.20.01 8704.23.99*

4819.20.01* 8427.20.01* 8704.32.03*

6401.10.01 8429.20.01* 8704.32.05*

6401.91.01 8481.80.24* 8705.10.01*

6402.92.99 8481.90.04* 8705.20.99*

6402.99.99 8504.40.11* 9032.10.03*

6402.30.99 8509.10.01* 9501.00.02*

6402.91.01 8509.40.01* 9502.10.01*

6402.99.99 8509.40.03* 9503.41.01*

6404.11.99 8509.90.99*

Annex II; List of Proposed Subheadings for

Which the United States Would Accelerate

the Elimination of Duties for NAFTA

Qualifying Goods of Mexico

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1TNR certifies that its annual revenue will not

exceed those that would qualify it as a Class III rail

carrier and that its annual revenue are not projected

to exceed $5 million.

2H. Peter Claussen and Linda C. Claussen, who

wholly own GORH, also own and control H&S

Railroad, Inc., which operates in Alabama.

1On June 18, 2001, UP concurrently filed a

petition for exemption in STB Finance Docket No.

34058 (Sub-No. 1), Union Pacific Railroad

Company—Trackage Rights Exemption—The

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway

Company, wherein UP requests that the Board

permit the proposed temporary overhead trackage

rights arrangement described in the present

proceeding to expire on September 4, 2001. That

petition will be addressed by the Board in a

separate decision.

6401.10.00 6402.91.90 6404.19.25

6401.91.00 6402.99.20 6404.19.30

6401.92.90 6402.99.30 6404.19.60

6401.99.30 6402.99.60 6404.19.80

6401.99.60 6402.99.70 6404.20.60

6401.99.90 6402.99.80 6404.19.35

6402.30.50 6402.99.90 6404.19.50

6402.30.70 6404.11.20 6404.19.70

6402.30.80 6404.44.50 6404.20.20

6402.30.90 6404.11.60 6404.20.40

6402.91.50 6404.11.70 6406.10.05

6402.91.60 6404.11.80 6406.10.10

6402.91.70 6404.19.15 6406.10.20

6402.91.80 6404.19.20 6406.10.45

[FR Doc. 01–16322 Filed 6–28–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33981]

Three Notch Railroad Co., Inc.—

Acquisition, Lease and Operation

Exemption—Alabama & Florida

Railway Company

Three Notch Railroad Co., Inc. (TNR),

a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice

of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to:

(1) Acquire from Alabama & Florida

Railway Company (A&F), its rights and

interest in, and to operate, an

approximately 34-mile rail line

extending approximately from right-ofway station 22+57, at the interchange

point with CSX Transportation, Inc.

(CSXT), in Georgiana, AL, to A&F

milepost 581.3, in Andalusia, AL

(Georgiana Line); (2) take assignment of

A&F’s lease with CSXT to the extent it

pertains to the right-of-way underlying

the Georgiana Line; and (3) take

assignment of A&F’s lease with

Andalusia & Conecuh Railroad

Company (A&C) for the lease and

operation of the rail line extending

approximately from milepost

S428+4706 feet to milepost S425+5170

feet, in Andalusia (A&C Line), in

Covington, Butler and Conecuh

Counties, AL. The A&C Line connects

with the Georgiana Line in Andalusia.1

The transaction was expected to be

consummated on or shortly after June 8,

2001, the effective date of the

exemption.

This transaction is related to STB

Finance Docket No. 33982, Gulf & Ohio

Railways Holding Co., Inc., H. Peter

Claussen and Linda C. Claussen—

Continuance in Control Exemption—

Three Notch Railroad Co., Inc., wherein

Gulf & Ohio Railways Holding Co., Inc.

(GORH), H. Peter Claussen and Linda C.

Claussen 2 have concurrently filed a

verified notice to continue in control of

TNR upon its becoming a Class III rail

carrier.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)

may be filed at any time. The filing of

a petition to revoke will not

automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33981, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Troy W.

Garris, Weiner Brodsky Sidman Kider

PC, 1300 19th Street, NW., Fifth Floor,

Washington, DC 20036–1609.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: June 22, 2001.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–16463 Filed 6–28–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34058]

Union Pacific Railroad Company—

Trackage Rights Exemption—The

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company (BNSF) has agreed to

grant temporary overhead trackage

rights to Union Pacific Railroad

Company (UP) over 136.5 miles of BNSF

trackage extending from BNSF milepost

2.7, near Pasco, WA, to BNSF milepost

11.8, near Spokane, WA.1

The transaction is scheduled to be

consummated on June 26, 2001. The

temporary trackage rights will facilitate

maintenance work on UP’s lines.

As a condition to this exemption, any

employees affected by the trackage

rights will be protected by the

conditions imposed in Norfolk and

Western Ry. Co.—Trackage Rights—BN,

354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in

Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and

Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).

This notice is filed under 49 CFR

1180.2(d)(7). If it contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)

may be filed at any time. The filing of

a petition to revoke will not

automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 34058 must be filed with the

Surface Transportation Board, Office of

the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, one copy of each

pleading must be served on Robert T.

Opal, Esq., Union Pacific Railroad

Company, 1416 Dodge Street, Room

830, Omaha, NE 68179.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: June 22, 2001.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–16301 Filed 6–28–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33982]

Gulf & Ohio Railways Holding Co., Inc.,

H. Peter Claussen and Linda C.

Claussen—Continuance in Control

Exemption—Three Notch Railroad Co.,

Inc.

Gulf & Ohio Railways Holding Co.,

Inc. (GORH), a noncarrier, and H. Peter

and Linda C. Claussen (Claussens), have

filed a notice of exemption to continue

in control of Three Notch Railroad Co.,

Inc. (TNR), upon TNR’s becoming a

carrier.

The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on or shortly after June 8,

2001, the effective date of the

exemption.

This transaction is related to STB

Finance Docket No. 33981, Three Notch

Railroad Co., Inc.—Acquisition, Lease

and Operation Exemption—Alabama &

Florida Railway Company, wherein