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In identifying countries that deny

adequate and effective protection of

intellectual property rights in 2001,

USTR will continue to pay special

attention to other countries’ efforts

reduce piracy of optical media (music

CDs, video CDs, CD–ROMs, and DVDs)

and prevent unauthorized government

use of computer software. USTR will

also focus on countries’ compliance

with their TRIPS obligations, which

came due on January 1, 2000.

Section 182 contains a special rule

regarding actions of Canada affecting

United States cultural industries. The

USTR is obligated to identify any act,

policy or practice of Canada which

affects cultural industries, is adopted or

expanded after December 17, 1992, and

is actionable under Article 2106 of the

North American Free Trade Agreement

(NAFTA). Any such act, policy or

practice so identified shall be treated

the same as an act, policy or practice

which was the basis for a country’s

identification as a Priority Foreign

Country under Section 182(a)(2) of the

trade Act, unless the United States has

already taken action pursuant to Article

2106 of the NAFTA.

USTR must make the abovereferenced identifications within 30

days after publication of the National

Trade Estimate (NTE) report, i.e., no

later that April 30, 2002.

Requirements for Comments

Comments should include a

description of the problems experienced

and the effect of the acts, policies and

practices on U.S. industry. Comments

should be as detailed as possible and

should provide all necessary

information for assessing the effect of

the acts, policies and practices. Any

comments that include quantitative loss

claims should be accompanied by the

methodology used in calculating such

estimated losses. Comments must be in

english and provided in twenty copies.

A submitter requesting that information

contained in a comment be treated as

confidential and would not customarily

be released to the public by the

submitter. Confidential business

information must be clearly marked

‘‘business confidential’’ in a contrasting

color ink at the top of each page of each

copy. A non-confidential version of the

comment must also be provided.

All comments should be sent to

Brenda Webb, special Assistant to the

Section 301 committee, 1724 F Street,

NW., Room 1, Washington, DC 20508,

and must be received no later than 12

noon on Friday, February 15, 2002.

Public Inspection of Submissions

Within one business day of receipt,

non-confidential submissions will be

placed in a public file, open for

inspection at the USTR reading room,

Office of the United States Trade

Representative, Annex Building, 1724 F

Street, NW, room 1, Washington, DC.

An appointment to review the file 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 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday.

Joseph Papovich,

Assistant USTR for Services, Investment and

Intellectual Property.

[FR Doc. 01–31605 Filed 12–21–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3190–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number: MARAD–2001–11192]

Requested Administrative Waiver of

the Coastwise Trade Laws

AGENCY: Maritime Administration,

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Invitation for public comments

on a requested administrative waiver of

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel

ADAMANT.

SUMMARY: As authorized by Pub. L. 105–

383, the Secretary of Transportation, as

represented by the Maritime

Administration (MARAD), is authorized

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build

requirement of the coastwise laws under

certain circumstances. A request for

such a waiver has been received by

MARAD. The vessel, and a description

of the proposed service, is listed below.

Interested parties may comment on the

effect this action may have on U.S.

vessel builders or businesses in the U.S.

that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD

determines that in accordance with Pub.

L. 105–383 and MARAD’s regulations at

46 CFR part 388 (65 FR 6905; February

11, 2000) that the issuance of the waiver

will have an unduly adverse effect on a

U.S.-vessel builder or a business that

uses U.S.-flag vessels, a waiver will not

be granted.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

January 25, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

docket number MARAD–2001–11192.

Written comments may be submitted by

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk,

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401,

Department of Transportation, 400 7th

St., SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001.

You may also send comments

electronically via the Internet at http://

dmses.dot.gov/submit/. All comments

will become part of this docket and will

be available for inspection and copying

at the above address between 10 a.m.

and 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through

Friday, except federal holidays. An

electronic version of this document and

all documents entered into this docket

is available on the World Wide Web at

http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen Dunn, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Maritime

Administration, MAR–832 Room 7201,

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20590. Telephone 202–366–2307.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title V of

Pub. L. 105–383 provides authority to

the Secretary of Transportation to

administratively waive the U.S.-build

requirements of the Jones Act, and other

statutes, for small commercial passenger

vessels (no more than 12 passengers).

This authority has been delegated to the

Maritime Administration per 49 CFR

§ 1.66, Delegations to the Maritime

Administrator, as amended. By this

notice, MARAD is publishing

information on a vessel for which a

request for a U.S.-build waiver has been

received, and for which MARAD

requests comments from interested

parties. Comments should refer to the

docket number of this notice and the

vessel name in order for MARAD to

properly consider the comments.

Comments should also state the

commenter’s interest in the waiver

application, and address the waiver

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’S

regulations at 46 CFR part 388.

Vessel Proposed for Waiver of the U.S.-

build Requirement

(1) Name of vessel and owner for

which waiver is requested.

Name of vessel: ADAMANT. Owner:

Marco Basich.

(2) Size, capacity and tonnage of

vessel. According to the applicant:

‘‘Length 32’ LOA; Beam 12’; Tonnage 18

tons (net tonnage 15 tons; LBO 7.3)’’

(3) Intended use for vessel, including

geographic region of intended operation

and trade. According to the applicant:

‘‘Vessel has been in bare-boat charter

(time-share lease program) since going

into the water in February, 1987.

Application is for purpose of changing

use to captained charter of small

passenger vessel or uninspected

passenger vessel.’’ ‘‘Coastal and inland

waters of Washington State * * *’’

(4) Date and Place of construction and

(if applicable) rebuilding. Date of

construction: 1986. Place of

construction: Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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(5) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on other commercial

passenger vessel operators. According to

the applicant: ‘‘This vessel has been

continuously involved in a bare-boat

charter program since 1987. My request

is to simply add captaining (and

potentially additional crew) for up to 12

passengers, which should provide no

adverse impact on boat chartering

industry. Size of vessel dictates day

trips and weekly charters which will not

adversely affect commuter ferry or

cruise ship industries.’’

(6) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on U.S. shipyards.

According to the applicant: ‘‘This

waiver should have no impact on US

shipyards. Production on this vessel

ceased in Taiwan an estimated ten years

ago. The vessel will continue to be

operated for charter in the same waters,

with the addition of including the

owner as a licensed captain.’’

Dated: December 19, 2001.

By order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–31638 Filed 12–21–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety;

Notice of Applications for Modification

of Exemption

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of Applications for

Modification of Exemptions.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

procedures governing the application

for, and the processing of, exemptions

from the Department of Transportation’s

Hazardous Materials Regulations (49

CFR part 107, subpart B), notice is

hereby given that the Office of

Hazardous Materials Safety has received

the applications described herein. This

notice is abbreviated to expedite

docketing and public notice. Because

the sections affected, modes of

transportation, and the nature of

application have been shown in earlier

Federal Register publications, they are

not repeated here. Requests for

modifications of exemptions (e.g. to

provide for additional hazardous

materials, packaging design changes,

additional mode of transportation, etc.)

are described in footnotes to the

application number. Applications have

been separated from the new

applications for exemptions to facilitate

processing.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before January 10, 2002.

ADDRESS COMMENT TO: Records Center,

Research and Special Programs,

Administration, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590.

Comments should refer to the

application number and be submitted in

triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of

comments is desired, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard showing

the exemption number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Copies of the applications are available

for inspection in the Records Center,

Nassif Building, 400 7th Street SW.,

Washington, DC or at http://

dms.dot.gov.

This notice of receipt of applications

for modification of exemptions is

published in accordance with Part 107

of the Federal hazardous materials

transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5117(b);

49 CFR 1.53(b)).

Issued in Washington, DC, on December

17, 2001.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials,

Exemptions and Approvals.

Application No. Docket No. Applicant

Modification

of exemption

3216–M.

Solvay Fluorides St. Louis, MO

(See Footnote 1).

3216.

8215–M.

Olin Corp., Brass & Winchester, Inc. East Alton, IL

(See Footnote 2).

8215.

10442–M ................................... Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center, FL (See

Footnote 3).

10442.

10798–M.

Chemetall Foote Corporation

Kings Mountain, NC (See

Footnote 4).

10798.

10929–M.

Bulkmatic Transport Company

Jersey City, NJ (See Footnote 5).

10929.

11185–M ................................... Medical Waste Solutions, Inc.

Gary, IN (See Footnote 6).

11185.

11770–M.

Gas Cylinder Technologies,

Inc. Tecumseh, Ontario N8N

2M4 Canada (See Footnote

7).

11770.

11911–M ................................... RSPA–97–2735 ....................... Transfer Flow, Inc. Chico, CA (See Footnote 8) ....................... 11911

11924–M ................................... RSPA–97–2744 ....................... Wrangler Corp., A Division of Lapoint Industries Auburn, ME

(See Footnote 9).

11924

12817–M ................................... RSPA–01–10513 ..................... Phibro-Tech, Inc. Fort Lee, NJ (See Footnote 10) .................... 12817