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Federal Register
/Vol. 65, No. 241/Thursday, December 14, 2000/Notices
published language will not be binding.Issuance of the RFGP does notconstitute an award commitment on thepart of the Government. The Bureaureserves the right to reduce, revise, orincrease proposal budgets in accordancewith the needs of the program and theavailability of funds. Awards made will be subject to periodic reporting andevaluation requirements.
Notification
Final awards cannot be made untilfunds have been appropriated byCongress, allocated and committedthrough internal Bureau procedures.
Dated: December 8, 2000.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 00–32003 Filed 12–13–00; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 3510]
Bureau of Educational and CulturalAffairs; Extension to the Deadline forthe Wye River People-to-PeopleExchange Program
ACTION
:
Notice.
SUMMARY
:
Due to the Department’sinterest in providing opportunities for a broad range of organizations to apply forgrants, the deadline for the Wye RiverPeople-to-People Exchange Program has been extended from January 5, 2001, toApril 6, 2001.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
:
For additionalinformation, U.S. organizations shouldcontact Thomas Johnston at 202–619–5325 or email tjohnsto@pd.state.gov.Israeli organizations or organizationslocated in Gaza should contact thePrograms and Exchanges Office, U.S.Embassy, Tel Aviv, at 03–516–3210 oremail
 p-e@usembassy-israel.org.il.
Palestinian organizations located inthe West Bank should contact the PublicAffairs Office, U.S. Consulate General, Jerusalem, at 02–622–7207 or email
 peoplejeru@pd.state.gov.
The Wye River People-to-PeopleExchange Program was announced inthe
Federal Register
on September 21,2000.
Dated: December 8, 2000.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 00–31910 Filed 12–13–00; 8:45 am]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATESTRADE REPRESENTATIVETrade Policy Staff Committee; PublicComments on Proposed United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement
AGENCY
:
Office of the United StatesTrade Representative.
ACTION
:
Notice of intent to conductnegotiations, initiation of environmentalreview, and request for comments.
SUMMARY
:
The United States intends toconduct negotiations with the Republicof Chile to conclude a free tradeagreement. The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) is requesting writtencomments from the public to assist theUnited States Trade Representative(USTR) in formulating negotiatingobjectives for the agreement and toprovide advice on how specific goodsand services and other matters should be treated under the agreement.Pursuant to Executive Order 13141(64 FR 63169), USTR, through the TPSC,is initiating an environmental review of the agreement. The TPSC is alsorequesting written comments from thepublic on what should be included inthe scope of the environmental review,including the potential environmentaleffects that might flow from the freetrade agreement and the potentialimplications for environmental lawsand regulations. Persons submittingwritten comments should provide asmuch detail as possible on the degree towhich the subject matter they proposefor inclusion in the review may raisesignificant environmental issues in thecontext of the negotiation.
DATES
:
Public comments should bereceived by noon, January 29, 2001.
ADDRESS
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Public comment should besubmitted to: Gloria Blue, ExecutiveSecretary, TPSC, Office of the USTR,600 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC20508 Attention: U.S.-Chile Free TradeAgreement
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Forprocedural questions concerning publiccomments, contact Gloria Blue,Executive Secretary, TPSC, Office of theUSTR, 600 17th Street, NW.,Washington, DC 20508 (202) 395–3475.All questions regarding theenvironmental review should beaddressed to Mary Latimer, DeputyAssistant USTR for Environment andNatural Resources, Office of the USTR(202) 395–7320. All other questionsregarding the negotiations should beaddressed to Susan Cronin, Director forBrazil and the Southern Cone, Office of the Western Hemisphere of the USTR(202) 395–5190.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
OnNovember 29, 2000, President Clintonagreed with Chile’s President RicardoLagos to negotiate a bilateral free tradeagreement. In the negotiations, theUnited States and the Republic of Chilewill seek to eliminate duties andcommercial barriers to bilateral trade inU.S.-and Chilean-origin goods and alsoexpect to address trade in services,agricultural products, investment, trade-related aspects of intellectual propertyrights, government procurement, trade-related environmental and labormatters, and other issues. Two-waytrade between the United States andRepublic of Chile approached $6 billionin 1999. USTR is requesting that theU.S. International Trade Commissionconduct a study of the potentialeconomic impacts of the free tradeagreement.USTR, through the TPSC, willperform an environmental review of theagreement pursuant to Executive Order13141, 64 FR 63169.Written comments with as muchspecificity as possible, including data,views and recommendations, are invitedon:(a) General and commodity-specificnegotiating objectives for the agreement.(b) Economic costs and benefits toU.S. producers and consumers of theremoval of tariffs and non-tariff barriersto U.S.-Chile trade.(c) Treatment of specific goods(described by Harmonized System tariff numbers) under the agreement,including comments on (1) product-specific import or export interests or barriers, (2) experience with particularmeasures that should be addressed inthe negotiations, and (3) in the case of articles for which immediateelimination of tariffs is not appropriate,recommended staging schedule for suchelimination.(d) Proposals for service sectors to beaddressed in the agreement, existing barriers to trade in those sectors, andeconomic costs and benefits of removingsuch barriers.(e) Relevant trade-related intellectualproperty rights issues that should beaddressed in the negotiations.(f) Relevant investment issues thatshould be addressed in the negotiations.(g) Relevant environmental and laborissues that should be addressed in thenegotiations(h) Relevant government procurementissues that should be addressed in thenegotiations.(i) Possible environmental effects of the proposed agreement and the scopeof the U.S. environmental review of theproposed agreement.
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