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Background
Title V of the Trade and Development
Act of 2000 (the Act) created two tariff
rate quotas (TRQs), providing for
temporary reductions in the import
duties on limited quantities of two
categories of worsted wool fabrics
suitable for use in making suits, suittype jackets, or trousers: (1) for worsted
wool fabric with average fiber diameters
greater than 18.5 microns (Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS) heading 9902.51.11); and (2) for
worsted wool fabric with average fiber
diameters of 18.5 microns or less (HTS
heading 9902.51.12). On August 6, 2002,
President Bush signed into law the
Trade Act of 2002, which includes
several amendments to Title V of the
Act. On December 3, 2004, the Act was
further amended pursuant to the
Miscellaneous Trade Act of 2004, Public
Law 108-429. The 2004 amendment
included authority for the Department
to allocate a TRQ for new HTS category,
HTS 9902.51.16. This HTS category
refers to worsted wool fabric with
average fiber diameter of 18.5 microns
or less. The amendment provided that
HTS 9902.51.16 is for the benefit of
persons (including firms, corporations,
or other legal entities) who weave such
worsted wool fabric in the United States
that is suitable for making men’s and
boys’ suits. The TRQ for HTS
9902.51.16 provided for temporary
reductions in the import duties on
2,000,000 square meters annually for
2005 and 2006. The amendment
requires that the TRQ be allocated to
persons who weave worsted wool fabric
with average fiber diameter of 18.5
microns or less, which is suitable for
use in making men’s and boys’ suits, in
the United States. On August 17, 2006,
the Act was further amended pursuant
to the Pension Protection Act of 2006,
Public Law 109-280, which extended
the TRQ for HTS 9902.51.16 through
2009.
On May 16, 2005, the Department
published regulations establishing
procedures for allocating the TRQ. 70
FR 25774, 15 CFR 335. In order to be
eligible for an allocation, an applicant
must submit an application on the form
provided at https://web.ita.doc.gov/tacgi/
wooltrq.nsf/TRQApp/fabric to the
address listed above by 5 p.m. on
September 28, 2006 in compliance with
the requirements of 15 CFR 335. Any
business confidential information that is
marked business confidential will be
kept confidential and protected from
disclosure to the full extent permitted
by law.
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Philip J. Martello,
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/
Overseas Environmental Impact
Statement (OEIS) for a Proposal To
Enhance Training, Testing, and
Operational Capability Within the
Hawaii Range Complex and To
Announce Public Scoping Meetings
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, as implemented by the
Council on Environmental Quality
regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508),
and Executive Order 12114
(Environmental Effects Abroad of Major
Federal Actions), the Department of the
Navy (DoN) announces its intent to
prepare an EIS/OEIS. This EIS/OEIS
will evaluate the potential
environmental effects of increasing
usage and enhancing the capability of
the Hawaii Range Complex to achieve
and maintain Fleet readiness and to
conduct current, emerging, and future
training and research, development,
test, and evaluation (RDT&E) operations.
The EIS/OEIS will consider two action
Alternatives to accomplish these
objectives, in addition to the No Action
Alternative.
The following will be invited to be
cooperating agencies: Department of
Energy, Missile Defense Agency, U.S.
Army, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
and National Marine Fisheries Service.
DATES: Public scoping meetings will be
held in Hawaii to receive oral and/or
written comments on environmental
concerns that should be addressed in
the EIS/OEIS. The public scoping
meetings will be held on:
1. Wednesday, September 13, 2006, 4
p.m.–8 p.m., Maui Arts and Cultural
Center, One Cameron Way, Kahului,
Maui, Hawaii.
2. Thursday, September 14, 2006, 4
p.m.–8 p.m., Disabled American
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Veterans Hall, 2685 North Nimitz
Highway, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.
3. Saturday, September 16, 2006, 4
p.m.–8 p.m., Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, 71
Banyan Drive, Hilo, Hawaii, Hawaii.
4. Monday, September 18, 2006, 4
p.m.–8 p.m., Kauai Civil Defense
Agency, Suite 100, 3990 Kaana Street,
Kauai, Lihue, Hawaii.
Each of the four scoping meetings will
consist of an informal, open house
session with information stations staffed
by DoN representatives. Additional
information concerning the meetings
will be available on the EIS/OEIS Web
page located at: https://
www.govsupport.us/navynepahawaii.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Tom Clements, Pacific Missile Range
Facility, P.O. Box 128, Kekaha, Kauai,
Hawaii 96752–0128, telephone 1–866–
767–3347.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Hawaii Range Complex geographically
encompasses offshore, nearshore, and
onshore areas located on or around the
major islands of the Hawaiian Island
chain. The geographic scope of this EIS/
OEIS (Study Area) includes the Hawaii
Offshore Operation Areas, consisting of
170,000 square nautical miles of ocean,
generally from 17 to 26 degrees north
latitude and from 154 to 162 degrees
west longitude, land areas used by the
DoN within these Operation Areas, and
the Pacific Missile Range Facility
(PMRF) Temporary Operating Area,
consisting of 2.1 million square nautical
miles to the north and west of Kauai.
These ranges and Operation Areas are
used to conduct operations and training
involving military hardware, personnel,
tactics, munitions, explosives, and
electronic combat systems. Several of
the areas are also used for RDT&E,
including missile defense testing.
The purpose of the Proposed Action
is to: (1) Provide the Hawaii Range
Complex with sufficient capabilities to
support Fleet and DoD training, major
exercises based on training
requirements identified to support the
U.S. Unified Commanders, and the
development, testing, and evaluation of
existing, upgraded, and newly
developed DoD and other federal agency
systems; (2) provide additional range
capabilities and support facilities at the
Hawaii Range Complex, to include the
PMRF, to fully integrate range services
in a modern, multi-threat, multidimensional environment, ensuring safe
conduct and evaluation of training and
RDT&E missions; and (3) fulfill DoN
commitment to update analyses on
marine mammal exposures to noise in
the water.
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The need for the Proposed Action is
to: (1) Ensure a robust training, testing,
and operational capability within the
Hawaii Range Complex operating areas
and to take advantage of Hawaii’s
location to not only provide training for
local assets, but also provide capability
for short notice and surge deployments
from the West Coast; (2) support the
acquisition and integration into the
Fleet of advanced military technology
and accommodate future increases in
operational training tempo; and (3)
maintain the long-term viability of the
range complex while protecting human
health and the environment.
The No Action Alternative is the
continuation of training operations,
RDT&E activities, ongoing base
operations, and maintenance of the
technical and logistical facilities that
support these operations and activities,
and the monitoring of marine mammals.
The No Action Alternative includes the
current level of training and test
activities, including the biennial Rim of
the Pacific exercises. Alternative 1
includes the activities described in the
No Action Alternative with the addition
of increased training necessary to
support the Fleet Response Training
Plan, Hawaii Range Complex
improvements and modernizations,
planned RDT&E activities, and
necessary force structure changes.
Alternative 2 would include all of the
activities described in Alternative 1
with the addition of major events, such
as supporting three carrier strike groups
training at the same time, increasing the
tempo of training exercises, and
additional RDT&E programs at PMRF.
Future RDT&E programs proposed as
part of Alternative 2 would include
directed energy programs involving
lasers.
Key environmental issues that will be
addressed in the EIS/OEIS, as
applicable, include: biological resources
(marine mammals and threatened and
endangered species), cultural resources,
environmental justice, health and safety,
and noise. The DoN has been involved
in long-term research plans studying the
quantification of exposure of marine
mammal species to acoustic emissions
with differing experimental approaches
and detailed observations of effects.
Now that initial findings are available,
this EIS/OEIS will include acoustic
exposure modeling and effects-analysis
for marine mammals within the defined
study area.
The DoN is initiating the scoping
process to identify community concerns
and local issues that will be addressed
in the EIS/OEIS. Federal, state, and local
agencies, the public, and interested
persons are encouraged to provide oral
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and/or written comments to the DoN to
identify specific environmental issues
or topics of environmental concern that
the commenter believes the DoN should
consider. All comments, written or
provided orally at the scoping meetings,
will receive the same consideration
during EIS/OEIS preparation.
Written comments on the scope of the
EIS/OEIS should be postmarked no later
than October 13, 2006. Comments may
be mailed to Mr. Tom Clements, Pacific
Missile Range Facility, P.O. Box 128,
Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii 96752–0128.
Dated: August 24, 2006.
Saundra K. Melancon,
Paralegal Specialist, Alternate Federal
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS)/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (OEIS) for a Proposal To
Enhance Training, Testing, and Operational Capability Within the Hawaii
Range Complex and To Announce Public Scoping Meetings
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, as implemented by the Council on Environmental
Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and Executive Order 12114
(Environmental Effects Abroad of Major Federal Actions), the Department
of the Navy (DoN) announces its intent to prepare an EIS/OEIS. This
EIS/OEIS will evaluate the potential environmental effects of
increasing usage and enhancing the capability of the Hawaii Range
Complex to achieve and maintain Fleet readiness and to conduct current,
emerging, and future training and research, development, test, and
evaluation (RDT&E) operations. The EIS/OEIS will consider two action
Alternatives to accomplish these objectives, in addition to the No
Action Alternative.
The following will be invited to be cooperating agencies:
Department of Energy, Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Army, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, and National Marine Fisheries Service.
DATES: Public scoping meetings will be held in Hawaii to receive oral
and/or written comments on environmental concerns that should be
addressed in the EIS/OEIS. The public scoping meetings will be held on:
1. Wednesday, September 13, 2006, 4 p.m.-8 p.m., Maui Arts and
Cultural Center, One Cameron Way, Kahului, Maui, Hawaii.
2. Thursday, September 14, 2006, 4 p.m.-8 p.m., Disabled American
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Veterans Hall, 2685 North Nimitz Highway, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.
3. Saturday, September 16, 2006, 4 p.m.-8 p.m., Hilo Hawaiian
Hotel, 71 Banyan Drive, Hilo, Hawaii, Hawaii.
4. Monday, September 18, 2006, 4 p.m.-8 p.m., Kauai Civil Defense
Agency, Suite 100, 3990 Kaana Street, Kauai, Lihue, Hawaii.
Each of the four scoping meetings will consist of an informal, open
house session with information stations staffed by DoN representatives.
Additional information concerning the meetings will be available on the
EIS/OEIS Web page located at: https://www.govsupport.us/navynepahawaii.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Tom Clements, Pacific Missile
Range Facility, P.O. Box 128, Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii 96752-0128,
telephone 1-866-767-3347.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Hawaii Range Complex geographically
encompasses offshore, nearshore, and onshore areas located on or around
the major islands of the Hawaiian Island chain. The geographic scope of
this EIS/OEIS (Study Area) includes the Hawaii Offshore Operation
Areas, consisting of 170,000 square nautical miles of ocean, generally
from 17 to 26 degrees north latitude and from 154 to 162 degrees west
longitude, land areas used by the DoN within these Operation Areas, and
the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) Temporary Operating Area,
consisting of 2.1 million square nautical miles to the north and west
of Kauai. These ranges and Operation Areas are used to conduct
operations and training involving military hardware, personnel,
tactics, munitions, explosives, and electronic combat systems. Several
of the areas are also used for RDT&E, including missile defense
testing.
The purpose of the Proposed Action is to: (1) Provide the Hawaii
Range Complex with sufficient capabilities to support Fleet and DoD
training, major exercises based on training requirements identified to
support the U.S. Unified Commanders, and the development, testing, and
evaluation of existing, upgraded, and newly developed DoD and other
federal agency systems; (2) provide additional range capabilities and
support facilities at the Hawaii Range Complex, to include the PMRF, to
fully integrate range services in a modern, multi-threat, multi-
dimensional environment, ensuring safe conduct and evaluation of
training and RDT&E missions; and (3) fulfill DoN commitment to update
analyses on marine mammal exposures to noise in the water.
The need for the Proposed Action is to: (1) Ensure a robust
training, testing, and operational capability within the Hawaii Range
Complex operating areas and to take advantage of Hawaii's location to
not only provide training for local assets, but also provide capability
for short notice and surge deployments from the West Coast; (2) support
the acquisition and integration into the Fleet of advanced military
technology and accommodate future increases in operational training
tempo; and (3) maintain the long-term viability of the range complex
while protecting human health and the environment.
The No Action Alternative is the continuation of training
operations, RDT&E activities, ongoing base operations, and maintenance
of the technical and logistical facilities that support these
operations and activities, and the monitoring of marine mammals. The No
Action Alternative includes the current level of training and test
activities, including the biennial Rim of the Pacific exercises.
Alternative 1 includes the activities described in the No Action
Alternative with the addition of increased training necessary to
support the Fleet Response Training Plan, Hawaii Range Complex
improvements and modernizations, planned RDT&E activities, and
necessary force structure changes. Alternative 2 would include all of
the activities described in Alternative 1 with the addition of major
events, such as supporting three carrier strike groups training at the
same time, increasing the tempo of training exercises, and additional
RDT&E programs at PMRF. Future RDT&E programs proposed as part of
Alternative 2 would include directed energy programs involving lasers.
Key environmental issues that will be addressed in the EIS/OEIS, as
applicable, include: biological resources (marine mammals and
threatened and endangered species), cultural resources, environmental
justice, health and safety, and noise. The DoN has been involved in
long-term research plans studying the quantification of exposure of
marine mammal species to acoustic emissions with differing experimental
approaches and detailed observations of effects. Now that initial
findings are available, this EIS/OEIS will include acoustic exposure
modeling and effects-analysis for marine mammals within the defined
study area.
The DoN is initiating the scoping process to identify community
concerns and local issues that will be addressed in the EIS/OEIS.
Federal, state, and local agencies, the public, and interested persons
are encouraged to provide oral and/or written comments to the DoN to
identify specific environmental issues or topics of environmental
concern that the commenter believes the DoN should consider. All
comments, written or provided orally at the scoping meetings, will
receive the same consideration during EIS/OEIS preparation.
Written comments on the scope of the EIS/OEIS should be postmarked
no later than October 13, 2006. Comments may be mailed to Mr. Tom
Clements, Pacific Missile Range Facility, P.O. Box 128, Kekaha, Kauai,
Hawaii 96752-0128.
Dated: August 24, 2006.
Saundra K. Melancon,
Paralegal Specialist, Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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