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Government of Trinidad and Tobago, I

have determined that Trinidad and

Tobago is making substantial progress

toward implementing and following the

customs procedures required by the

CBTPA. Accordingly, pursuant to the

authority vested in the USTR by

Proclamation 7351, general note 17(a) to

the HTS, U.S. note 7(b) to subchapter II

of chapter 98 of the HTS, and U.S. note

1 to subchapter XX of chapter 98 of the

HTS are each modified by inserting in

alphabetical sequence in the list of

eligible CBTPA beneficiary countries

the name ‘‘Trinidad and Tobago’’. The

foregoing modifications to the HTS are

effective with respect to articles entered,

or withdrawn from warehouse for

consumption, on or after the effective

date of this notice.

Rita D. Hayes,

Acting United States Trade Representative.

[FR Doc. 01–3514 Filed 2–9–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3190–01–M

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

[Docket No. WTO/DS223]

WTO Consultations Regarding EU

Tariff Rate Quota on Corn Gluten Feed

From the United States

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Office of the United

States Trade Representative (USTR) is

providing notice that on January 25,

2001, the United States requested

consultations with the European Union

(EU) under the Marrakesh Agreement

Establishing the World Trade

Organization (WTO), regarding the

imposition of a tariff rate quota on corn

gluten feed imported from the United

States. The United States alleges that

this measure is inconsistent with

Articles I, II, and XIX of the GATT 1994,

and Articles 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3 of the

Safeguards Agreement. Pursuant to

Article 4.3 of the WTO Dispute

Settlement Understanding (‘‘DSU’’),

such consultations are to take place

within a period of 30 days from the date

of the request, or within a period

otherwise mutually agreed between the

United States and the EU. USTR invites

written comments from the public

concerning the issues raised in this

dispute.

DATES: Although the USTR will accept

any comments received during the

course of the dispute settlement

proceedings, comments should be

submitted on or before February 26,

2001, to be assured of timely

consideration by USTR.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to Sandy

McKinzy, Monitoring and Enforcement

Unit, Office of the General Counsel,

Room 122, Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

NW., Washington, DC, 20508, Attn.

Corn Gluten TRQ Dispute, Telephone:

(202) 395–3582.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Willis S. Martyn, Assistant General

Counsel, Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

NW., Washington, DC, (202) 395–3582.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

127(b) of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (URAA) (19 U.S.C.

3537(b)(1)) requires that notice and

opportunity for comment be provided

after the United States submits or

receives a request for the establishment

of a WTO dispute settlement panel.

Consistent with this obligation, but in

an effort to provide additional

opportunity for comment, USTR is

providing notice that consultations have

been requested pursuant to the WTO

Dispute Settlement Understanding . If

such consultations should fail to resolve

the matter and a dispute settlement

panel is established pursuant to the

DSU, such panel, which would hold its

meetings in Geneva, Switzerland, would

be expected to issue a report on its

findings and recommendations within

six to nine months after it is established.

Major Issues Raised by the United

States

On August 20, 1998, the EU published

Council Regulation No. 1804/98 of

August 14, 1998, which imposed a tariff

rate quota (TRQ) of 5 euros per metric

ton (MT) on the first 2,730,000 MT of

corn gluten feed imported into the EU

from the United States. The TRQ was

made applicable beginning on the

earlier of June 1, 2001 or five days after

the date of the WTO Dispute Settlement

Body’s (DSB) adoption of a decision that

the U.S. quota on wheat gluten, applied

pursuant to Section 201 of the Trade Act

of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251), was

‘‘incompatible with the WTO

Agreements.’’ The EU has cited Articles

8.2 and 8.3 of the WTO Agreement on

Safeguards as authority for this measure.

Its representatives stated that the DSB

adoption of its recommendations and

rulings in United States—Definitive

Safeguard Measures on Imports of

Wheat Gluten from the European

Communities, WT/DS166/AB/R

(January 19, 2000) triggered the

application of the TRQ.

The EU provided written notification

of this measure to the WTO Committee

on Safeguards and the Council for Trade

in Goods, but never placed the measure

on the agenda of the WTO Council for

Trade in Goods. In addition, the EU at

no point consulted with the United

States on how measures imposed by the

EU might meet the requirement to

maintain substantially equivalent levels

of concessions and other obligations to

that existing under the GATT 1994.

Therefore, it appears that the corn

gluten feed TRQ does not satisfy the

requirements of Articles 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3

of the Safeguards Agreement for a

Member to suspend concessions or

other obligations.

Public Comment: Requirements for

Submissions

Interested persons are invited to

submit written comments concerning

the issues raised in the dispute.

Comments must be in English and

provided in fifteen copies. A person

requesting that information contained in

a comment submitted by that person be

treated as confidential business

information must certify that such

information is business confidential and

would not customarily be released to

the public by the commenter.

Confidential business information must

be clearly marked ‘‘BUSINESS

CONFIDENTIAL’’ in a contrasting color

ink at the top of each page of each copy.

Information or advice contained in a

comment submitted, other than business

confidential information, may be

determined by USTR to be confidential

in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of

the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.

2155(g)(2)). If the submitter believes that

information or advice may qualify as

such, the submitter—

(1) Must so designate the information

or advice;

(2) Must clearly mark the material as

‘‘SUBMITTED IN CONFIDENCE’’ in a

contrasting color ink at the top of each

page of each copy; and

(3) Is encouraged to provide a nonconfidential summary of the

information or advice.

Pursuant to section 127(e) of the

URAA (19 U.S.C. 3537(e)), USTR will

maintain a file on this dispute

settlement proceeding, accessible to the

public, in the USTR Reading Room:

Room 101, Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20508. The public

file will include non-confidential

comments received by USTR from the

public with respect to the dispute; if a

dispute settlement panel is convened,

the U.S. submissions to that panel, the

submissions, or non-confidential

summaries of submissions, to the panel

received from other participants in the

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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: