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dispute, as well as the report of the

panel; and, if applicable, the report of

the Appellate Body. An appointment to

review the public file (Docket WTO/

DS223, Corn Gluten TRQ Dispute) may

be made by calling Brenda Webb, (202)

395–6186. The USTR Reading Room is

open to the public from 9:30 a.m. to 12

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

through Friday.

A. Jane Bradley,

Assistant United States Trade Representative

for Monitoring and Enforcement.

[FR Doc. 01–3471 Filed 2–9–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3190–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA–2001–8774]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Request for Comments;

Renewed Approval of Information

Collection; Drug Offender’s Drivers’

License Suspension Certification

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public

comments about our intention to request

the Office of Management and Budget’s

(OMB) approval to renew an

information collection. The collection

involves annual certifications submitted

by the Governors of the States indicating

their compliance with regulations

which require revocation or suspension

of drivers’ licenses of individuals

convicted of drug offenses (23 U.S.C.

159(a)(3)(A)). The information to be

collected will be used to assess the

States’ role in meeting the legal Federal

requirements of certain safety programs.

We are required to publish this notice

in the Federal Register by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by

April 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand

deliver comments to the U.S.

Department of Transportation, Dockets

Management Facility, Room PL–401,

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20590; telefax comments to 202/

493–2251; or submit electronically at

http://dmses.dot.gov/submit. All

comments should include the docket

number in this notice’s heading. All

comments may be examined and copied

at the above address from 9 a.m. to 5

p.m., Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays. If you desire a receipt

you must include a self-addressed

stamped envelope or postcard or, if you

submit your comments electronically,

you may print the acknowledgment

page.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Byron E. Dover, 202–366–2161, Office of

Safety, Federal Highway

Administration, Department of

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office

hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control No: 2125–0579

(Expiration Date: June 30, 2001)

Title: Drug Offender’s Drivers’ License

Suspension Certification

Background: States are legally

required to enact and enforce laws that

revoke or suspend the drivers’ licenses

of any individual convicted of a drug

offense and to make annual

certifications to the FHWA on their

actions. The implementing regulations

of the Department of Transportation and

Related Agencies Appropriation Act,

1993 (Pubic Law 102–388, October 6,

1992) require annual certifications by

the Governors. In this regard, the State

must submit by January 1 of each year

either a written certification, signed by

the Governor, stating that the State is in

compliance with 23 U.S.C. 159; or a

written certification stating that the

Governor is opposed to the enactment or

enforcement, and that the State

legislature has adopted a resolution

expressing its opposition to 23 U.S.C.

Section 159.

Beginning in fiscal year 1996, States’

failure to comply by October 1 of each

fiscal year will result in a withholding

penalty of 10 percent from major

categories of Federal-aid funds (i.e.,

National Highway System, Surface

Transportation Program and Interstate)

from States’ apportionments for the

fiscal year. Any funds withheld in FY

1996 and thereafter cannot be restored

and will be redistributed.

Respondents: 50 States and the

District of Columbia and Puerto Rico

Estimated Annual Burden Hours:

Annual average of 5 hours for each

respondent; 260 total annual burden

hours

Public Comments Invited

You are asked to comment on any

aspect of this information collection,

including: (1) Whether the proposed

collection is necessary for the FHWA’s

performance; (2) the accuracy of the

estimated burdens; (3) ways for the

FHWA to enhance the quality,

usefulness, and clarity of the collected

information; and (4) ways that the

burdens could be minimized, including

use of electronic technology, without

reducing the quality of the collected

information. The agency will summarize

and/or include your comments in the

request for OMB’s clearance of this

information collection.

Electronic Access

Internet users may access all

comments received by the U.S. DOT

Dockets, Room PL–401, by using the

universal resource locator (URL): http:/

/dms.dot.gov. It is available 24 hours

each day, 365 days each year. Please

follow the instructions online for more

information and help. An electronic

copy of this document may be

downloaded using a modem and

suitable communications software from

the Government Printing Office

Electronic Bulletin Board Service at

telephone number 202–512–1661.

Internet users may reach the Federal

Register’s home page at http://

www.nara.gov/fedreg and the

Government Printing Office’s database

at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;

and 49 CFR 1.48.

Issued on: February 7, 2001.

James R. Kabel,

Chief, Management Programs and Analysis

Division.

[FR Doc. 01–3551 Filed 2–9–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD–2001–8770]

Information Collection Available for

Public Comments and

Recommendations

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Maritime

Administration’s (MARAD’s) intentions

to request extension of approval for

three years of a currently approved

information collection.

DATES: Comments should be submitted

on or before April 13, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Taylor Jones, Maritime Administration,

MAR–250, 400 Seventh St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:

202–366–5755, FAX: 202–493–2288.

Copies of this collection can also be

obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Title of Collection: Merchant Marine

Medals and Awards.

Type of Request: Extension of

currently approved information

collection.

OMB Control Number: 2133–0506.

Form Numbers: None.

Expiration Date of Approval: May 31,

2001.

Summary of Collection of

Information: This information collection

provides a method of awarding

merchant marine medals and

decorations to masters, officers, and

crew members of United States ships in

recognition of their service in areas of

danger during the operations by the

Armed Forces of the United States in

World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and

Operation Desert Storm.

Need and Use of the Information:

This information is used by MARAD

personnel to process and verify requests

for service awards.

Annual Responses: 1500.

Annual Burden: 1500 hours.

Comments: Comments should refer to

the docket number that appears at the

top of this document. Written comments

may be submitted to the Docket Clerk,

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590. Comments may also be

submitted by electronic means via the

Internet at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit.

Specifically address whether this

information collection is necessary for

proper performance of the functions of

the agency and will have practical

utility, accuracy of the burden

estimates, ways to minimize this

burden, and ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected. All

comments received will be available for

examination at the above address

between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

Holidays. An electronic version of this

document is available on the World

Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Dated: February 7, 2001.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–3522 Filed 2–9–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number: MARAD–2001–8758]

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

ADVENTURE.

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

March 14, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

docket number MARAD–2001–8758.

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:

Gordon Angell, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Maritime

Administration, MAR–832 Room 7201,

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20590. Telephone 202–366–5129.

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: ADVENTURE. Owner: David J.

Holmes III and Charly Holmes.

(2) Size, capacity and tonnage of

vessel: According to the applicant:

‘‘LOD 41.6′ LOA 47′ 13 tons’’.

(3) Intended use for vessel, including

geographic region of intended operation

and trade: According to the applicant:

Very occasional chartering to a very

limited number of passengers for short

sails with the Captain and crew aboard.

One stateroom available with a shared

head. Envision educational short trips to

aquaint 1 or 2 persons with joy of

sailing on traditional gaff-rigged vessel.’’

‘‘Coastwise USA & territories while

cruising in those areas as part of a

around-the-world voyage.’’

(4) Date and Place of construction and

(if applicable) rebuilding: Date of

construction: 1988. Place of

construction: Hout Bay, Cape Town,

South Africa.

(5) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on other commercial

passenger vessel operators: According to

the applicant: ‘‘No competition to

organized and existing operations.’’

(6) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on U.S. shipyards:

According to the applicant: ‘‘No

perceivable impact on U.S. shipyards—

owner is boatbuilder.’’

Dated: February 7, 2001.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–3525 Filed 2–9–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number: MARAD–2001–8759]

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