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NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

An individual may submit a record

inquiry either in person or in writing to

the System Manager or Privacy Act

Officer. Individuals inquiring about this

system must follow the SBA Privacy Act

Regulations at 13 CFR 102 Subpart B.

RECORDS ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Systems Manager or Privacy Act

Officer will determine procedures.

Individuals inquiring about this system

must follow the SBA Privacy Act

Regulations at 13 CFR 102 Subpart B.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

Notify the official listed about and

state reason(s) for contesting and the

proposed amendment sought, as

indicated in 13 CFR 102 Subpart B.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

SBA employees to whom the records

belong.

Dated: February 22, 2001.

Christopher Holleman,

Acting Senior Privacy Act Official.

[FR Doc. 01–4904 Filed 2–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Identification of Priority Foreign

Country Practices and Foreign

Countries Engaging in Discriminatory

Procurement Practices; Request for

Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Request for written submissions

from the public.

SUMMARY: Executive Order 13116 of

March 31, 1999 requires the United

States Trade Representative (‘‘USTR’’),

by April 30, 2001, to conduct a review

of U.S. trade expansion priorities and to

identify priority foreign country

practices, the elimination of which is

likely to have the most significant

potential to increase United States

exports. This Executive Order also

requires the USTR to identify foreign

countries engaging in discriminatory

government procurement practices.

Pursuant to this Executive Order, the

USTR must submit to the congressional

committees of jurisdiction a report on

priority foreign country practices (the

‘‘Super 301’’ report) and a report on

countries engaging in discriminatory

government procurement practices (the

‘‘Title VII’’ report) and publish these

reports in the Federal Register. USTR is

requesting written submissions from the

public concerning practices that should

be considered by the USTR for these

purposes.

DATES: Submissions must be received by

12:00 noon on March 26, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Office of the U.S. Trade

Representative, 600 17th Street, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions concerning the filing of

submissions should be directed to Sybia

Harrison, Staff Assistant to Section 301

Committee, (202) 395–3432; legal

questions regarding Executive Order

13116 and Super 301 should be

addressed to Demetrios Marantis,

Associate General Counsel, (202) 395–

3150; and legal questions regarding Title

VII should be addressed to Me ́lida

Hodgson, Associate General Counsel,

(202) 395–3582.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Part I of Executive Order 13116 of

March 31, 1999 (64 F.R. 1633), the

USTR is required, no later than April

30, to review United States trade

expansion priorities and identify

priority foreign country practices, the

elimination of which is likely to have

the most significant potential to increase

United States exports, either directly or

through the establishment of a

beneficial precedent. Part II of Executive

Order 13116 requires the USTR, no later

than April 30, to review and identify

other countries’ compliance with the

Agreement on Government Procurement

(‘‘GPA’’) and other government

procurement agreement obligations, or

otherwise maintain, in government

procurement, a significant and

persistent practice of discrimination

against U.S. products or services which

results in identifiable harm to United

States businesses and whose products or

services are acquired in significant

amounts by the United States

Government.

The USTR must submit to the

congressional committees of jurisdiction

a report on the priority foreign country

practices identified under Part I of the

Executive Order (the ‘‘Super 301’’

report). The USTR also may describe in

this report foreign country practices that

may warrant identification in the future

or that were not identified because they

are being addressed by provisions under

U.S. trade law, existing bilateral trade

agreements, or in trade negotiations, and

progress is being made toward their

elimination. The USTR must also

submit to the congressional committees

of jurisdiction a report on countries

engaging in discriminatory government

procurement practices, identified under

Part II of the Executive Order (the ‘‘Title

VII’’ report) and publish the reports in

the Federal Register.

Executive Order 13116 also requires

the USTR to initiate investigations

under section 302(b)(1) of the Trade Act

of 1974 as amended (19 U.S.C. 2412

(b)(1)), no later than 90 days after

submission of the reports, with respect

to any of the identified practices that

have not been satisfactorily resolved in

the interim.

Requirements for Submissions

The USTR invites submissions

concerning priority foreign country

practices that should be considered for

identification in the Super 301 report in

accordance with the criteria established

under Executive Order 13116. The

USTR also invites submissions

concerning countries engaging in

discriminatory government procurement

practices that should be considered for

identification in the Title VII report in

accordance with the criteria established

under Executive Order 13116. If the

practice is also the subject of comments

submitted in connection with the 2001

National Trade Estimate Report on

Foreign Trade Barriers (‘‘2001 NTE

Report’’), the present submission should

identify the related comments in the

NTE public docket and include any

additional pertinent information,

including information explaining why

the practice rises to the level of a

‘‘priority foreign country practice’’

within the meaning of Executive Order

13116. If the practice was not the

subject of comments submitted in

connection with the 2001 NTE Report,

the submission should: (1) Include

information on the nature and

significance of the practice; (2) identify

the United States product, service,

intellectual property right, or foreign

direct investment matter which is

affected by the practice; and (3) provide

any other information considered

relevant. Such information may include

information on the relevant trade and

government procurement agreements to

which a foreign country is a party, its

compliance with those agreements, and

any other information related to the

factors set forth in Parts I and II of

Executive Order 13116 for identification

of priority foreign country practices and

countries that engage in discriminatory

government procurement practices.

Interested persons must provide

twenty copies of any submission, in

English, to Sybia Harrison, Staff

Assistant to Section 301 Committee,

Office of the United States Trade

Representative, by noon on March 26,

2001. Because submissions will be

placed in a public file, open to public

inspection at USTR, businessconfidential information should not be

submitted. Inspection is only by

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appointment with the staff of the USTR

Public Reading Room and can be

arranged by calling Brenda Webb at

(202) 395–6186. The Reading Room is

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

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

Monday through Friday.

A. Jane Bradley,

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for

Monitoring and Enforcement.

[FR Doc. 01–4809 Filed 2–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3190–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG 2000–8252]

Information Collections Under Review

by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB): 2115–0012 and 2115–

0518

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Request for comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

request for comments announces that

the Coast Guard has forwarded the two

Information Collection Requests (ICRs)

abstracted below to OMB for review and

comment. These ICRs describe the

information we seek to collect from the

public. Review and comment by OMB

ensures that we impose only paperwork

burdens commensurate with our

performance of duties.

DATES: Please submit comments on or

before March 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Please send comments to (1)

the Docket Management System (DMS),

U.S. Department of Transportation

(DOT), room PL–401, 400 Seventh Street

SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001; and

(2) the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of

Management and Budget (OMB), 725

17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,

to the attention of the Desk Officer for

the USCG.

Copies of the complete ICRs are

available for inspection and copying in

public docket USCG 2000–8252 of the

Docket Management Facility between 10

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays; for

inspection and printing on the internet

at http://dms.dot.gov; and for inspection

from the Commandant (G-CIM–2), U.S.

Coast Guard, room 6106, 2100 Second

Street SW., Washington, DC, between 10

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Davis, Office of Information

Management, 202–267–2326, for

questions on this document; Dorothy

Beard, Chief, Documentary Services

Division, U.S. Department of

Transportation, 202–366–9330, for

questions on the docket.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulatory History

This request constitutes the 30-day

notice required by OMB. The Coast

Guard has already published [65 FR

69600 (November 17, 2000)] the 60-day

notice required by OMB. That request

elicited no comments.

Request for Comments

The Coast Guard invites comments on

the proposed collections of information

to determine whether the collections are

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the Department. In

particular, the Coast Guard would

appreciate comments addressing: (1)

The practical utility of the collections;

(2) the accuracy of the Department’s

estimated burden of the collections; (3)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information that is the

subject of the collections; and (4) ways

to minimize the burden of collections

on respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Comments, to DMS or OIRA, must

contain the OMB Control Numbers of all

ICRs addressed. Comments to DMS

must contain the docket number of this

request, USCG 2000–8252. Comments to

OIRA are best assured of having their

full effect if OIRA receives them within

30 days or less after the publication of

this request.

Information Collection Requests

1. Title: U.S. Coast Guard Academy—

Preliminary Application and

Supplemental Forms.

OMB Control Number: 2115–0012.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Men and women

between the ages of 17 and 22.

Forms: Coast Guard Academy (1)

Preliminary Application, (2) High

School Transcript, (3) Candidate

Activities, (4) Evaluation by English

Instructor, (5) Evaluation by Math

Instructor, (6 ) Evaluation by Instructor

of PE or by Coach, (7) Background

Information, and (8) Essay Questions.

Abstract: Any person who wishes to

compete for an appointment as a Coast

Guard Cadet must fill out a Preliminary

Application and must fill out or have

others fill out the seven Supplemental

Forms.

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The

estimated burden is 6,640 hours a year.

2. Title: International Oil Pollution

Prevention Certificate.

OMB Control Number: 2115–0518.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Owners and

operators of vessels.

Forms: CG–5352, CG–5352A, and CG–

5352B.

Abstract: The information collected

aids in the prevention of pollution from

ships. An International Oil Pollution

Prevention Certificate and other records

serve to verify vessels’ compliance with

certain international and domestic rules

on shipping.

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The

estimated burden is 6,858 hours a year.

Dated: February 20, 2001.

V.S. Crea,

Director of Information and Technology.

[FR Doc. 01–4883 Filed 2–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB Review

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the

information collection request described

in this notice to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and comment. We published a

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day

public comment period on this new

information collection on October 30,

2000 (65 FR 64739). We are required to

publish this notice in the Federal

Register by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by

March 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments to

the Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503, Attention: DOT

Desk Officer. 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

the use of electronic technology,

without reducing the quality of the

collected information.