[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 241 (Friday, December 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 64897]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30965]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Extension of Deadline for the Submission of Public Comments on 
Draft Environmental Review of the Proposed U.S.-Chile Free Trade 
Agreement

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Extension of deadline for submission of comments via E-mail or 
Fax on the Draft Environmental Review of the Proposed U.S.-Chile Free 
Trade Agreement.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, through the Trade 
Policy Staff Committee, is extending the deadline for the submission of 
public comments via fax or E-mail for the draft environmental review of 
the proposed U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement form November 20, 2001 to 
January 9, 2002. The draft environmental review is available at http://www.ustr.gov/environment/environmental.shtml.

DATES: The new deadline for comments is January 9, 2002. Please note 
the comments at the present time may only be sent by fax to (202) 395-
5141 or by E-mail to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darci Vetter, Office of the U.S. Trade 
Representative, Environment and Natural Resources Section, telephone 
202-395-7320.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft environmental review for the U.S.-
Chile Free Trade Agreement was conducted pursuant to Executive Order 
13141 on Environmental Review of Trade Agreements (64 FR 63169, Nov. 
18, 1999) and its accompanying guidelines (65 FR 79442, Dec. 19, 2000), 
both of which are available at http://www.ustr.gov/environment/environmental.shtml. On November 5 of 2001, the Office of the U.S. 
Trade Representative requested public comments on the draft 
environmental review. The deadline for comments has been extended to 
reflect the extension of the U.S.-Chile FTA negotiations into early 
2002. A final environmental review will be made publicly available 
following the conclusion of the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement 
negotiations.

Carmen Suro-Bredie,
Chair, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
[FR Doc. 01-30965 Filed 12-12-01; 11:26 am]
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