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fringe benefit information for

consideration by the Department.

Further information and selfexplanatory forms for the purpose of

submitting this data may be obtained by

writing to the U.S. Department of Labor,

Employment Standards Administration,

Wage and Hour Division, Division of

Wage Determinations, 200 Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Room S–3014,

Washington, D.C. 20210.

Modifications to General Wage

Determination Decisions

[The number of decisions listed in the

Government Printing Office document

entitled ‘‘General Wage Determinations

Issued Under the Davis-Bacon and

Related Acts’’ being modified are listed

by Volume and State. Dates of

publication in the Federal Register are

in parentheses following the decisions

being modified.]

Volume I

Massachusetts

MA960001 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MA960007 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MA960008 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MA960012 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MA960017 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MA960018 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MA960019 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MA960021 (MARCH 15, 1996)

New York

NY960007 (MARCH 15, 1996)

NY960008 (MARCH 15, 1996)

NY960012 (MARCH 15, 1996)

NY960067 (MARCH 15, 1996)

Volume II

Maryland

MD960002 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MD960015 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MD960019 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MD960031 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MD960046 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MD960055 (MARCH 15, 1996)

Pennsylvania

PA960007 (MARCH 15, 1996)

PA960009 (MARCH 15, 1996)

PA960012 (MARCH 15, 1996)

PA960019 (MARCH 15, 1996)

PA960020 (MARCH 15, 1996)

PA960023 (MARCH 15, 1996)

PA960028 (MARCH 15, 1996)

PA960033 (MARCH 15, 1996)

PA960041 (MARCH 15, 1996)

PA960051 (MARCH 15, 1996)

PA960052 (MARCH 15, 1996)

PA960054 (MARCH 15, 1996)

PA960062 (MARCH 15, 1996)

PA960063 (MARCH 15, 1996)

Volume III

None

Volume IV

Indiana

IN960001 (MARCH 15, 1996)

IN960006 (MARCH 15, 1996)

Volume V

Arkansas

AR960001 (MARCH 15, 1996)

AR960003 (MARCH 15, 1996)

AR960008 (MARCH 15, 1996)

Iowa

IA960004 (MARCH 15, 1996)

Missouri

MO960003 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MO960058 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MO960059 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MO960060 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MO960062 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MO960063 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MO960064 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MO960065 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MO960066 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MO960067 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MO960068 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MO960069 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MO960070 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MO960071 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MO960072 (MARCH 15, 1996)

MO960073 (MARCH 15, 1996)

New Mexico

NM960002 (MARCH 15, 1996)

Oklahoma

OK960013 (MARCH 15, 1996)

OK960014 (MARCH 15, 1996)

OK960017 (MARCH 15, 1996)

Volume VI

Colorado

CO960016 (MARCH 15, 1996)

Idaho

ID960001 (MARCH 15, 1996)

Oregon

OR960001 (MARCH 15, 1996)

OR960017 (MARCH 15, 1996)

Washington

WA960001 (MARCH 15, 1996)

WA960026 (MARCH 15, 1996)

Wyoming

WY960023 (MARCH 15, 1996)

General Wage Determination

Publication

General wage determinations issued

under the Davis-Bacon and related Acts,

including those noted above, may be

found in the Government Printing Office

(GOP) document entitled ‘‘General Wage

Determinations Issued Under the DavisBacon and Related Acts’’. This

publication is available at each of the 50

Regional Government Depository

Libraries and many of the 1,400

Government Depository Libraries across

the country.

The general wage determinations

issued under the Davis-Bacon and

related Acts are available electronically

by subscription to the FedWorld

Bulletin Board System of the National

Technical Information Service (NTIS) of

the U.S. Department of Commerce at

(703) 487–4630.

Hard-copy subscriptions may be

purchased from: Superintendent of

Documents, U.S. Government Printing

Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, (202)

512–1800.

When ordering hard-copy

subscription(s), be sure to specify the

State(s) of interest, since subscriptions

may be ordered for any or all of the six

separate volumes, arranged by State.

Subscriptions include an annual edition

(issued in January or February) which

includes all current general wage

determinations for the States covered by

each volume. Throughout the remainder

of the year, regular weekly updates are

distributed to subscribers.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 10th day

of May 1996.

Philip J. Gloss,

Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 96–12160 Filed 5–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

WTO Dispute Settlement Proceedings

Concerning U.S. Restrictions on

Woven Wool Shirts and Blouses From

India

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 127(b)(1)

of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

(URAA) (19 U.S.C. 3537(b)(1)), the

Office of the United States Trade

Representative (USTR) is providing

notice that a dispute settlement panel

convened under the Agreement

Establishing the World Trade

Organization (WTO) at the request of

India will examine a U.S. transitional

safeguard restriction on woven wool

shirt and blouse imports from India

(category 440) applied pursuant to the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles

and Clothing (ATC). USTR also invites

written comments from the public

concerning the issues raised in the

dispute.

DATES: Although USTR will accept any

comments received during the course of

the dispute settlement proceedings,

comments should be submitted on or

before June 12, 1996 in order to be

assured of timely consideration by

USTR in preparing its first written

submission to the panel.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be

submitted to the Office of the General

Counsel, Attn: Wool Shirts and Blouses

Dispute, Room 223, Office of the U.S.

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alicia Greenidge, Special Counsel, at

(202) 395–3026 or Demetri Boutris,

Associate General Counsel, at (202)

395–3150, Office of the U.S. Trade
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Representative, 600 17th Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20508.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the

request of India, a WTO dispute

settlement panel will examine whether

the United States application of a

transitional safeguard on U.S. imports of

woven wool shirts and blouses from

India is consistent with U.S. obligations

under the ATC. Effective July 17, 1995,

the United States applied a restriction

on imports of woven wool shirts and

blouses from India (category 440) at a

level of 76,698 dozen (60 FR 35899).

The U.S. took this action because it

determined that such imports were

contributing to serious damage, or

actual threat thereof, to the U.S.

industry. The U.S. held consultations

with India in April 1995 in accordance

with Article 6.7 of the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(ATC). Because no mutually satisfactory

solution was reached, the U.S. applied

a safeguard restriction in accordance

with Article 6.10 of the ATC. Article

6.10 provides that members taking

unilateral action must do so within 30

days after a 60 day consultation period,

which did not result in agreement. Also

pursuant to Article 6.10 of the ATC, the

WTO Textiles Monitoring Body (TMB)

automatically reviewed the case. The

TMB examined the matter on August

28–September 1, 1995. After its

examination of the case, the TMB

determined that there was no serious

damage to U.S. industry. However, the

TMB reached consensus that there was

actual threat of serious damage to the

U.S. industry and such threat was

properly attributed to imports from

India. On October 16, 1995, India

informed the TMB that it could not

conform with the TMB’s

recommendation. The TMB

subsequently issued a report on

December 8, 1995, affirming its original

finding and noted that it could not make

any additional recommendations

concerning the conclusions it reached

earlier. On March 14, 1996, pursuant to

Article 8.10 of the ATC, India sent a

letter to the Chairman of the WTO

Dispute Settlement Body requesting that

a panel review the matter.

Members of the panel are currently

being selected. The panel will meet with

the parties to the dispute twice at WTO

headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland to

examine the case. The panel is expected

to issue a report detailing its findings

and recommendations in six to nine

months from the date the panel is

established.

Major Issues Raised by India and

Alleged Legal Basis of the Complaint

India has alleged that the U.S.

safeguard restriction on woven shirts

and blouses imported from India is

inconsistent with Articles 6, 8 and 2 of

the ATC; that the U.S. restriction

nullifies or impairs benefits accruing to

India under the Agreement Establishing

the WTO, GATT 1994 and under the

ATC in particular; and that the U.S.

must withdraw the restraint. India also

requested supplementary findings from

the panel that the U.S. has to choose at

the beginning of the process whether it

will claim existence of serious damage

or actual threat because they are not

interchangeable (asserting that if serious

damage is not found there can be no

threat); and that the U.S. cannot impose

a restraint with retrospective effective

because there is no provision in the

ATC addressing the matter.

Public Comment: Requirements for

Submissions

Interested person are invited to

submit written comments concerning

the issues raised in the dispute. The

provisions of 15 CFR § 2006.13 (a) and

(c) (providing that comments received

will be open to public inspection) and

2006.15 will apply to comments

received. Comments must be in English

and provided in fifteen copies. Pursuant

to 15 CFR § 2006.15, confidential

business information must be clearly

marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’

in a contrasting color ink at the top of

each page.

Pursuant to § 127(e) of the URAA,

USTR will maintain a public file on this

dispute settlement proceeding, which

will include a list of comments

received, in the USTR Reading Room:

Room 101, Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

N.W., Washington, DC 20508. An

appointment to review the docket

(Docket WTO/D–5 ‘‘India-United States:

U.S. Safeguard Restrictions on Woven

Wool Shirts and Blouses’’) may be made

by calling Brenda Webb, (202) 395–

6186. The USTR Reading Room is open

to the public from 10 a.m. to 12 noon

and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday.

Irving Williamson,

Deputy General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 96–12121 Filed 5–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3190–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Rel. No. 21947;

812–9906; International Series Release No.

975]

Minorco S.A., Notice of Application

May 9, 1996.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘SEC’’).

ACTION: Notice of Application for

Exemption under the Investment

Company Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Act’’).

APPLICANT: Minorco S.A.

RELEVANT ACT SECTION: Order requested

under section 3(b)(2) of the Act or,

alternatively, under section 6(c) granting

an exemption from all provisions of the

Act.

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicant

seeks an order declaring that it is

primarily engaged in a business other

than that of investing, reinvesting,

owning, holding or trading in securities

or, alternatively, granting it an

exemption from all provisions of the Act

and the rules and regulations

thereunder.

FILING DATE: The application was filed

on December 14, 1995, and amendment

on May 7, 1996.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An

order granting the application will be

issued unless the SEC orders a hearing.

Interested persons may request a

hearing by writing to the SEC’s

Secretary and serving applicant with a

copy of the request, personally or by

mail. Hearing requests should be

received by the SEC by 5:30 p.m. on

June 3, 1996, and should be

accompanied by proof of service on the

applicant, in the form of an affidavit or,

for lawyers, a certificate of service.

Hearing requests should state the nature

of the writer’s interest, the reason for the

request, and the issues contested.

Persons who wish to be notified of a

hearing may request such notification

by writing to the SEC’s Secretary.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, SEC, 450 Fifth

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.

Applicant, c/o Minorco (U.S.A.) Inc., 30

Rockerfeller Plaza, Suite 4212, New

York, New York, 10112.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Kay Frech, Senior Attorney at

(202) 942–0579, or David M.

Goldenberg, Branch Chief, at (202) 942–

0564 (Division of Investment

Management, Office of Investment

Company Regulation).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

following is a summary of the

application. The complete application