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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Determination of Trade Surplus in
Certain Sugar and Syrup Goods and
Sugar-Containing Products of Chile,
Morocco, Costa Rica, the Dominican
Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Colombia,
and Panama; Correction
Notice; Correction.
The Office of the United
States Trade Representative published a
document in the Federal Register of
December 17, 2012 concerning the
determination of the trade surplus in
certain sugar and syrup goods and sugar
containing products of Determination of
Trade Surplus in Certain Sugar and
Syrup Goods and Sugar-Containing
Products of Chile, Morocco, Costa Rica,
the Dominican Republic, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru,
Colombia, and Panama. The document
contained an error.
SUMMARY:
Ann
Heilman-Dahl, Office of Agricultural
Affairs, telephone: 202–395–6127 or
facsimile: 202–395–4579.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Correction to Previous Notice
In the Federal Register of December
17, 2012, Volume 77, Pages 74726–
74729, a correction is being made to the
information in the information with
regard to the Dominican Republic on
page 74727, column three, paragraph
three. The notice incorrectly states that
during Calendar Year 2011, the
Dominican Republic’s imports of the
sugar and syrup goods and sugarcontaining products exceeded its
exports by 3,066 metric tons. The
correct statement is that during
Calendar Year 2011, the Dominican
Republic’s exports of the sugar and
syrup goods and sugar-containing
products exceeded its imports by 3,066
metric tons. All other information
remains unchanged and will not be
repeated in this correction.
Ann Heilman-Dahl,
Director for Agriculture Affairs, Office of the
U.S. Trade Representative.
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Notice of Availability of Final
Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact for
the Longhorn Pipeline Reversal Project
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final
Environmental Assessment and Finding
of No Significant Impact for the
Longhorn Pipeline Reversal Project.
AGENCY:
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347, and the
Council on Environmental Quality
NEPA implementing regulations, 40
CFR parts 1500–1508, the Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA) is announcing
the availability of the Final
Environmental Assessment (FEA) and
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) for the Longhorn Pipeline
Reversal Project (Project).
PHMSA has posted the FEA and
FONSI online at https://
www.regulations.gov in docket number
PHMSA–2012–0175.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amelia Samaras, Attorney, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, Office of Chief Counsel,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590; by phone at
202–366–4362; or email at
amelia.samaras@dot.gov.
SUMMARY:
The
Longhorn Pipeline runs from El Paso,
Texas to Houston, Texas and is owned
and operated by Magellan Pipeline
Company, L.P. (Magellan). The
Longhorn Pipeline currently transports
refined petroleum products from east to
west (Houston to El Paso). The Project
will convert the segment of the
Longhorn Pipeline that runs from Crane,
Texas to Houston, Texas to crude oil
service and will reverse the flow so that
crude oil flows from west to east (Crane
to Houston). At Crane, refined products
will enter the pipeline and move west
to El Paso, Texas. The refined products
will enter the Longhorn Pipeline via an
existing pipeline segment that connects
the Longhorn Pipeline to the existing
Orion West Pipeline located to the north
of the Longhorn Pipeline. The Orion
West Pipeline runs from Frost, Texas to
El Paso and is also owned and operated
by Magellan.
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PHMSA regulates the transportation
of hazardous liquids via pipeline and
also issues and enforces pipeline safety
regulations that dictate requirements for
construction, design, testing, operation,
and maintenance of natural gas and
hazardous liquid (including crude oil,
petroleum products, and anhydrous
ammonia) pipelines. PHMSA does not
typically serve as lead agency for
pipeline construction projects, as it has
no authority over pipeline siting and
does not issue any approval or
authorization to commence a pipeline
construction project. However, a
settlement agreement specific to the
Longhorn Pipeline titled ‘‘The Longhorn
Mitigation Plan’’ (LMP) resulted from
litigation associated with changes made
to the Longhorn Pipeline in 1999. The
LMP provides PHMSA with broader
responsibility and oversight of the
Longhorn Pipeline than it would have
under normal circumstances.
Accordingly, PHMSA has issued an FEA
in order to analyze the impacts of the
Project.
The Project requires upgrades to the
pipeline and will include construction
of a six-mile refined product pipeline
segment in El Paso, a three-mile crude
oil pipeline segment from 9th Street
Junction to Speed Junction in Houston,
and an eight-mile refined product
pipeline segment from East Houston to
Holland Avenue in Houston. As part of
the Project, in order to facilitate reversal
and increased capacity, Magellan will
modify and upgrade existing
infrastructure by constructing new
pump stations and terminals at various
locations along the Longhorn and Orion
Pipelines’ right-of-ways. Although not
originally included in the LMP,
activities along the Orion West Pipeline
and the segment from Odessa to Crane
that will take place as a result of the
Project are analyzed in the FEA as
connected actions.
PHMSA published the draft
environmental assessment for this
project for public comment on July 31,
2012. PHMSA received 48 comments.
All but three of the comments were form
letters in support of the project. Two
comments raised environmental
concerns about the project.
The FEA analyzes the changes that
will take place as a result of the Project
and connected actions and how the
changes could impact the human
environment during construction,
normal operations, and in the unlikely
event of a release. The FEA also
analyzes the condition of the Longhorn
Pipeline and how the change in product
and direction will affect the pipeline.
Based on the analysis presented in the
FEA, PHMSA has determined that the
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Project will not result in significant
environmental impacts.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December
27, 2012.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Field
Operations.
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Departmental Offices;
Department of the Treasury.
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comments.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Treasury, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, invites
the general public and other Federal
agencies to comment on revisions of an
information collection that are proposed
for approval by the Office of
Management and Budget. The Office of
International Affairs within the
Department of the Treasury is soliciting
comments concerning Treasury
International Capital Forms CQ–1 and
CQ–2, ‘‘Financial and Commercial
Liabilities to, and Claims on,
Unaffiliated Foreigners.’’
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before March 4, 2013 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
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possible delays in mail delivery, please
also notify Mr. Wolkow by email
(comments2TIC@treasury.gov), fax
(202–622–2009) or telephone (202–622–
1276).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the proposed forms and
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forms.aspx. Requests for additional
information should be directed to Mr.
Wolkow.
SUMMARY:
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Title: Treasury International Capital
Form CQ–1, ‘‘Financial Liabilities to,
and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreigners;’’
and Treasury International Capital Form
CQ–2, ‘‘Commercial Liabilities to, and
Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreigners.’’
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Abstract: Forms CQ–1 and CQ–2 are
part of the Treasury International
Capital (TIC) reporting system, which is
required by law (22 USC 286f; 22 USC
3103; EO 10033; 31 CFR 128), and is
designed to collect timely information
on international portfolio capital
movements. Forms CQ–1 and CQ–2 are
quarterly reports filed by nonbanking
and non-securities broker and dealer
enterprises in the U.S. to report their
international portfolio transactions with
unaffiliated foreigners. This information
is necessary for compiling the U.S.
balance of payments accounts and the
U.S. international investment position,
and for use in formulating U.S.
international financial and monetary
policies.
Current Actions: As a consequence of
the recent global financial crisis,
international reporting standards for
collecting and reporting economic and
financial data have been enhanced,
especially regarding each country’s
external claims and liabilities. TIC
forms are consequently revised to meet
the new standards. (a) The ‘‘who must
report’’ section of the instructions is
revised. Beginning with the reports as of
June 30, 2013, the types of organizations
required to file the TIC CQ–1 and CQ–
2 reports (the TIC C reports) will
include all U.S. residents except U.S.resident financial institutions. This
means that those financial institutions
that previously reported on the TIC C
forms (they are all financial institutions
except banks, other depository
institutions, bank and financial holding
companies, and brokers and dealers that
already report on the TIC B forms; this
group includes, but is not limited to
investment banks, insurance companies,
credit card issuers, money market funds,
pension funds, private equity funds,
hedge funds, trusts, finance companies,
mortgage companies, commodity
brokers and dealers, investment
advisors and managers, loan brokers),
will instead begin reporting on the TIC
B forms. As a result, beginning with the
reports as of June 30, 2013, the
organizations required to file the TIC B
reports will include all types of U.S.resident financial institutions
(including, but not limited to banks,
other depository institutions, brokers/
dealers, bank/financial holding
companies, investment banks, insurance
companies, credit card issuers, money
market funds, pension funds, private
equity funds, hedge funds, trusts,
finance companies, mortgage
companies, commodity brokers and
dealers, investment advisors and
managers, loan brokers). This change
affecting many U.S.-resident financial
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institutions, from reporting on the TIC
C forms to reporting on the TIC B forms,
is designed to improve the coverage of
international financial transactions and
positions in the U.S. balance of
payments and in the U.S. international
investment position, and reflects the
change in the international statistical
standards to include in portfolio
investment (PI) most international
positions between financial institutions.
All financial positions between U.S.
residents and foreign residents are
either PI or direct investment (DI), and
all organizations with such positions
(above the amounts declared exempt in
the reporting instructions), must report
them to either the TIC (which collects
PI information) or BEA (which collects
DI information). (b) In ‘‘Foreign
Currency Items,’’ which is after the
‘‘Grand Total’’ row (9999–6) near the
end of both Form CQ–1 and Form CQ–
2, a new row has been added to collect
information on claims and liabilities
‘‘Denominated in Swiss Francs.’’ Data
are reportable in all six columns of the
CQ–1 and all five columns of the CQ–
2. (c) After the ‘‘Grand Total’’ row
(9999–6) near the end of both Form CQ–
1 and Form CQ–2, a new sub-section
has been added called ‘‘Remaining
Maturities (claims).’’ The new subsection in the CQ–1 has three rows
labeled: ‘‘Demand Deposits, Arrears,
Resale Agreements Under Continuing
Contract, and Items With No Fixed
Maturity;’’ ‘‘Maturing in 1 Year or Less;’’
and ‘‘Maturing In Over 1 Year.’’ Data are
reportable in all six columns. The new
sub-section in the CQ–2 has three rows
labeled: ‘‘Items With No Fixed
Maturity;’’ ‘‘Maturing in 1 Year or Less;’’
and ‘‘Maturing In Over 1 Year.’’ Data are
reportable in all five columns. (d) Just
after the Grand Total row (9999–6) near
the end of both Form CQ–1 and Form
CQ–2, the caption ‘‘Section (B)
Memorandum Items:’’ is replaced by
‘‘ ‘‘Of Which’’ Items:’’. Just before
‘‘Europe’’ on page two of both forms, the
caption ‘‘Section A: Selected Positions
with Unaffiliated Foreigners:’’ is
deleted. (e) The instructions for these
forms add instructions for reporting on
the new rows described in (b) and (c)
above. (f) The General Instructions have
been reorganized and contain new
guidance on reporting accrued interest
and on where to report. (g) Several
sections of the instructions, including
the glossary, incorporate changes to
clarify the reporting requirements, such
as the consolidation/combination rules,
valuation rules, and reporting the
location of foreign counterparties. (h)
On all TIC reporting forms, the list of
countries for reporting the location of
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket ID PHMSA-2012-0175]
Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact for the Longhorn Pipeline Reversal
Project
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact for the Longhorn Pipeline Reversal
Project.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347, and the Council on Environmental Quality
NEPA implementing regulations, 40 CFR parts 1500-1508, the Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is announcing the
availability of the Final Environmental Assessment (FEA) and Finding of
No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Longhorn Pipeline Reversal
Project (Project).
PHMSA has posted the FEA and FONSI online at https://www.regulations.gov in docket number PHMSA-2012-0175.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amelia Samaras, Attorney, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Chief Counsel,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; by phone at 202-366-
4362; or email at amelia.samaras@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Longhorn Pipeline runs from El Paso,
Texas to Houston, Texas and is owned and operated by Magellan Pipeline
Company, L.P. (Magellan). The Longhorn Pipeline currently transports
refined petroleum products from east to west (Houston to El Paso). The
Project will convert the segment of the Longhorn Pipeline that runs
from Crane, Texas to Houston, Texas to crude oil service and will
reverse the flow so that crude oil flows from west to east (Crane to
Houston). At Crane, refined products will enter the pipeline and move
west to El Paso, Texas. The refined products will enter the Longhorn
Pipeline via an existing pipeline segment that connects the Longhorn
Pipeline to the existing Orion West Pipeline located to the north of
the Longhorn Pipeline. The Orion West Pipeline runs from Frost, Texas
to El Paso and is also owned and operated by Magellan.
PHMSA regulates the transportation of hazardous liquids via
pipeline and also issues and enforces pipeline safety regulations that
dictate requirements for construction, design, testing, operation, and
maintenance of natural gas and hazardous liquid (including crude oil,
petroleum products, and anhydrous ammonia) pipelines. PHMSA does not
typically serve as lead agency for pipeline construction projects, as
it has no authority over pipeline siting and does not issue any
approval or authorization to commence a pipeline construction project.
However, a settlement agreement specific to the Longhorn Pipeline
titled ``The Longhorn Mitigation Plan'' (LMP) resulted from litigation
associated with changes made to the Longhorn Pipeline in 1999. The LMP
provides PHMSA with broader responsibility and oversight of the
Longhorn Pipeline than it would have under normal circumstances.
Accordingly, PHMSA has issued an FEA in order to analyze the impacts of
the Project.
The Project requires upgrades to the pipeline and will include
construction of a six-mile refined product pipeline segment in El Paso,
a three-mile crude oil pipeline segment from 9th Street Junction to
Speed Junction in Houston, and an eight-mile refined product pipeline
segment from East Houston to Holland Avenue in Houston. As part of the
Project, in order to facilitate reversal and increased capacity,
Magellan will modify and upgrade existing infrastructure by
constructing new pump stations and terminals at various locations along
the Longhorn and Orion Pipelines' right-of-ways. Although not
originally included in the LMP, activities along the Orion West
Pipeline and the segment from Odessa to Crane that will take place as a
result of the Project are analyzed in the FEA as connected actions.
PHMSA published the draft environmental assessment for this project
for public comment on July 31, 2012. PHMSA received 48 comments. All
but three of the comments were form letters in support of the project.
Two comments raised environmental concerns about the project.
The FEA analyzes the changes that will take place as a result of
the Project and connected actions and how the changes could impact the
human environment during construction, normal operations, and in the
unlikely event of a release. The FEA also analyzes the condition of the
Longhorn Pipeline and how the change in product and direction will
affect the pipeline. Based on the analysis presented in the FEA, PHMSA
has determined that the
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Project will not result in significant environmental impacts.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 27, 2012.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Field Operations.
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