66492 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 26, 2001 / Notices

Wilfredo J. Gonzalez, District Director,

U.S. Small Business Administration,

North Florida District Office, 7825

Baymeadows Way, Suite 100B,

Jacksonville, Florida 32256, (904) 443–

1900 phone (904) 443–1980 fax;

wilfredo.gonzalez@sba.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lola

Kress, U.S. Small Business

Administration, 7825 Baymeadows

Way, Suite 100–B, Jacksonville, Florida

32256–7504, telephone (904) 443–1933.

Steve Tupper,

Committee Management Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3860]

Office of the Coordinator for

Counterterrorism; Designation of

Foreign Terrorist Organizations

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Designation.

Pursuant to section 219 of the

Immigration and Nationality Act

(‘‘INA’’), as added by the Antiterrorism

and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996,

Public Law 104–132, § 302, 110 Stat.

1214, 1248 (1996), and amended by the

Illegal Immigration Reform and

Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996,

Public Law 104–208, 110 Stat. 3009

(1996), and by the Uniting and

Strengthening America by Providing

Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept

and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT

ACT) Act of 2001, the Secretary of State

hereby designates, effective December

24, 2001, the following organizations as

foreign terrorist organizations:

Jaish e-Mohammed

also known as the Army of

Mohammed

also known as Mohammed’s Army

also known as Tehrik ul-Furqaan

Lashkar e-Tayyiba

also known as the LT

also known as Lashkar e-Toiba

also known as Lashkar-I-Taiba

also known as Army of the Righteous

Dated: December 18, 2001.

Mark Wong,

Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism,

Department of State.

[FR Doc. 01–31588 Filed 12–21–01; 5:00 pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3832]

Shipping Coordinating Committee;

Notice of Meeting

The Shipping Coordinating

Committee will conduct an open

meeting at 9 a.m. on Friday, January 18,

2002, in Room 6319, at U.S. Coast Guard

Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20593–0001. This

meeting will discuss the upcoming

45TH Session of the Subcommittee on

Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing

Vessels Safety (SLF) and associated

bodies of the International Maritime

Organization (IMO) which will be held

on July 22–26, 2002, at the IMO

Headquarters in London, England.

Items of discussion will include the

following:

a. Harmonization of damage stability

provisions in the IMO instruments,

b. Revision of technical regulations of

the 1966 International Load Line

Convention,

c. Revisions to the Fishing Vessel

Safety Code and Voluntary Guidelines,

d. Large Passenger Vessel Safety,

e. Matters relating to Bulk Carrier

Safety, and

f. High Speed Craft Code amendments

and model tests

Members of the public may attend

this meeting up to the seating capacity

of the room. Interested persons may

seek information by writing: Mr. Paul

Cojeen, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters,

Commandant (G–MSE–2), Room 1308,

2100 Second Street, SW, Washington,

DC 20593–0001 or by calling (202) 267–

2988.

Dated: December 12, 2001.

Stephen Miller,

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating

Committee, Department of State.

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Identification of Countries Under

Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974:

Request for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Request for written submissions

from the public.

SUMMARY: Section 182 of the Trade Act

of 1974 (Trade Act) (19 U.S.C. 2242),

requires the United States Trade

Representative (USTR) to identify

countries that deny adequate and

effective protection of intellectual

property rights or deny fair and

equitable market access to U.S. persons

who rely on intellectual property

protection. (Section 182 is commonly

referred to as the ‘‘Special 301’’

provisions in the trade act.) In addition,

the USTR is required to determine

which of these countries should be

identified as Priority Foreign Countries.

Acts, policies or practices which are the

basis of a country’s identification as a

priority foreign country are normally the

subject of an investigation under the

Section 301 provisions of the trade act.

Section 182 of the Trade Act contains a

special rule for the identification of

actions by Canada affecting United

States cultural industries.

USTR requests written submissions

from the public concerning foreign

countries’ acts, policies, and practices

that are relevant to the decision whether

particular trading partners should be

identified under Section 182 of the

Trade Act.

DATES: Submissions must be received on

or before 12 noon on Friday, February

15, 2002.

ADDRESSES: 1724 F. Street, N.W., Room

1, Washington, DC 20508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Claude Burcky, Assistant U.S. Trade

Representative for Intellectual Property

(202) 395–6864; Kira Alvarez, Director

for Intellectual Property (202) 395–6864;

Stephen Kho or Victoria Espinel,

Assistant General Counsels (202) 395–

7305, Officer of the United States Trade

Representative.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Section 182 of the Trade Act, the

USTR must identify those countries that

deny adequate and effective protection

for intellectual property rights or deny

fair and equitable market access to U.S.

persons who rely on intellectual

property protection. Those countries

that have the most onerous or egregious

acts, policies, or practices and whose

acts, policies or practices have the

greatest adverse impact (actual or

potential) on relevant U.S. products are

to be identified as Priority Foreign

Countries. Acts, policies or practices

that are the basis of a country’s

designation as a Priority Foreign

country are normally the subject of an

investigation under the section 301

provisions of the Trade Act.

USTR may not identify a country as

a Priority Foreign Country if its entering

into good faith negotiations, or making

significant progress in bilateral or

multilateral negotiations, to provide

adequate and effective protection of

intellectual property rights.