Notice of Entry Into Force of Trade Agreement With the Lao People's Democratic Republic and the Grant of Normal Trade Relations Treatment to Products of Laos, 7319 [05-2723]
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the Federal Register by the USRT that a
trade agreement between the United
States and Laos containing reciprocal
MFN obligations has entered into force.
On September 18, 2003, the United
States and Laos signed a bilateral trade
agreement containing reciprocal NTR
obligations. Through an exchange of
written notes of acceptance of the terms
of the agreement by the two parties on
February 4, 2005, the parties brought the
agreement into force. Therefore,
pursuant to the terms of Public Law No.
108–429, products of Laos entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, on or after February 4,
2005, are granted NTR treatment by the
United States. Pursuant to the terms of
the trade agreement, products of the
United States will receive reciprocal
NTR treatment by Laos as of the
effective date of this notice.
John Veroneau,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 05–2723 Filed 2–10–05; 8:45 am]
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Notice of Entry Into Force of Trade
Agreement With the Lao People’s
Democratic Republic and the Grant of
Normal Trade Relations Treatment to
Products of Laos
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice of entry into force of
trade agreement.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
AGENCY:
[STB Finance Docket No. 34554 (Sub–No.
2)]
On September 18, 2003, the
United States and the Lao People’s
Democratic Republic (Laos) signed a
trade agreement obligating reciprocal
most-favored-nation treatment between
Laos and the United States. The trade
agreement entered into force as of
February 4, 2005, the effective date of
this notice, after which time all
products of Laos entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse for consumption, shall
be granted most-favored-nation
treatment by the United States.
DATES: The effective date of this notice
is February 4, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Office of the United States
Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20508.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elena Bryan, Deputy Assistant U.S.
Trade Representative for Southeast Asia
and the Pacific (202) 395–6813 or
Catherine Field, Chief Counsel for Legal
Affairs (202) 395–3432.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
December 3, 2004, President Bush
signed into law H.R. (Pub. L. No. 108–
429), which makes products of Laos
eligible for normal trade relations (NTR)
treatment by the United States as of the
effective date of a notice published in
SUMMARY:
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Union Pacific Railroad Company—
Temporary Trackage Rights
Exemption—BNSF Railway Company 1
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF),
pursuant to a modified written trackage
rights agreement entered into between
BNSF and Union Pacific Railroad
Company (UP), has agreed to extend the
expiration date of the local trackage
rights granted to UP 2 over BNSF’s line
of railroad extending from BNSF
milepost 579.3 near Mill Creek, OK, to
BNSF milepost 631.1 near Joe Junction,
1 Effective January 20, 2005, The Burlington
Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company has
changed its name to BNSF Railway Company.
2 UP submits that the trackage rights being
granted here are only temporary rights, but, because
they are ‘‘local’’ rather than ‘‘overhead’’ rights, they
do not qualify for the Board’s new class exemption
for temporary trackage rights at 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(8). See Railroad Consolidation
Procedures—Exemption for Temporary Trackage
Rights, STB Ex Parte No. 282 (Sub-No. 20) (STB
served May 23, 2003). Therefore, UP and BNSF
concurrently have filed a petition for partial
revocation of this exemption in STB Finance Docket
No. 34554 (Sub-No. 3), Union Pacific Railroad
Company—Temporary Trackage Rights
Exemption—BNSF Railway Company, wherein UP
and BNSF request that the Board permit the
proposed local trackage rights arrangement
described in the present proceeding to expire on or
about December 31, 2005. That petition will be
addressed by the Board in a separate decision.
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TX, a distance of approximately 51
miles.3
The transaction was scheduled to be
consummated on February 1, 2005.
The purpose of this transaction is to
modify the temporary trackage rights
exempted in STB Finance Docket No.
34554 to extend the expiration date to
on or before December 31, 2005. The
modified trackage rights will permit UP
to continue to move loaded and empty
ballast trains for use in its maintenanceof-way projects.
As a condition to this exemption, any
employees affected by the trackage
rights will be protected by the
conditions imposed in Norfolk and
Western Ry. Co.—Trackage Rights—BN,
354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in
Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and
Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).
This notice is filed under 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(7). If it contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the
exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)
may be filed at any time. The filing of
a petition to revoke will not
automatically stay the transaction.
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to STB Finance
Docket No. 34554 (Sub-No. 2) must be
filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20423–0001. In addition, one copy
of each pleading must be served on
Robert T. Opal, 1400 Douglas Street,
STOP 1580, Omaha, NE 68179.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at ‘‘https://
www.stb.dot.gov.’’
Decided: February 3, 2005.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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3 The original trackage rights granted in Union
Pacific Railroad Company—Trackage Rights
Exemption—The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe
Railway Company, STB Finance Docket No. 34554
(STB served Oct. 7, 2004), also extended from BNSF
milepost 579.3 near Mill Creek, OK, to BNSF
milepost 631.1 near Joe Junction, TX. By decision
served November 24, 2004, in STB Finance Docket
No. 34554 (Sub-No. 1), the Board granted an
exemption to permit the trackage rights granted in
STB Finance Docket No. 34554 to expire. At that
time, it was anticipated by the parties that the rights
would expire on or about December 31, 2004.
However, this authority has not yet been exercised.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Notice of Entry Into Force of Trade Agreement With the Lao
People's Democratic Republic and the Grant of Normal Trade Relations
Treatment to Products of Laos
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice of entry into force of trade agreement.
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SUMMARY: On September 18, 2003, the United States and the Lao People's
Democratic Republic (Laos) signed a trade agreement obligating
reciprocal most-favored-nation treatment between Laos and the United
States. The trade agreement entered into force as of February 4, 2005,
the effective date of this notice, after which time all products of
Laos entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, shall be
granted most-favored-nation treatment by the United States.
DATES: The effective date of this notice is February 4, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elena Bryan, Deputy Assistant U.S.
Trade Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific (202) 395-6813
or Catherine Field, Chief Counsel for Legal Affairs (202) 395-3432.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 3, 2004, President Bush signed
into law H.R. (Pub. L. No. 108-429), which makes products of Laos
eligible for normal trade relations (NTR) treatment by the United
States as of the effective date of a notice published in the Federal
Register by the USRT that a trade agreement between the United States
and Laos containing reciprocal MFN obligations has entered into force.
On September 18, 2003, the United States and Laos signed a bilateral
trade agreement containing reciprocal NTR obligations. Through an
exchange of written notes of acceptance of the terms of the agreement
by the two parties on February 4, 2005, the parties brought the
agreement into force. Therefore, pursuant to the terms of Public Law
No. 108-429, products of Laos entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, on or after February 4, 2005, are granted NTR treatment by
the United States. Pursuant to the terms of the trade agreement,
products of the United States will receive reciprocal NTR treatment by
Laos as of the effective date of this notice.
John Veroneau,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 05-2723 Filed 2-10-05; 8:45 am]
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