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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
19 CFR Part 201
Rules of General Application
International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The United States
International Trade Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) amends provisions of
its Rules of Practice and Procedure
concerning national security
information. The amendments are
designed to ensure that the
Commission’s procedures with respect
to national security information are
consistent with applicable authorities.
DATES: This final rule is effective
September 8, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
R. Barton, Secretary, telephone (202)
205–2000, or Clara Kuehn, AttorneyAdvisor, Office of the General Counsel,
telephone (202) 205–3012, United States
International Trade Commission.
Hearing-impaired individuals are
advised that information on this matter
can be obtained by contacting the
Commission’s TDD terminal at (202)
205–1810. General information
concerning the Commission may also be
obtained by accessing its Internet server
at https://www.usitc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
335 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1335) authorizes the Commission to
adopt such reasonable procedures,
rules, and regulations as it deems
necessary to carry out its functions and
duties. This rulemaking updates
Subpart F of Part 201 of the
Commission’s existing Rules of Practice
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and Procedure concerning national
security information to ensure that
Subpart F is consistent with Executive
Order 13526 of December 29, 2009, and
its implementing directive (32 CFR part
2001).
On April 17, 2014, the Commission
published a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NOPR) in the Federal
Register. 79 FR 21658, April 17, 2014.
In the NOPR, the Commission proposed
amendments to Subpart F that would
make non-substantive changes to
existing section 201.42; eliminate
existing section 201.43 and existing
subsections 201.44(b) through (f); and
update the procedures for processing
mandatory declassification review
(‘‘MDR’’) requests in existing subsection
201.44(a) and incorporate them into a
new section 201.43.
In the NOPR, the Commission
requested public comment on the
proposed rules, but no comments were
received. The Commission found no
reason to change the proposed rules
before adopting them as final rules,
which are republished below. A sectionby-section analysis of the rules can be
found at 79 FR 21658–21661 (April 17,
2014).
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is inapplicable to this
rulemaking because it is not one for
which a notice of proposed rulemaking
is required under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) or any
other statute. Although the Commission
published a notice of proposed
rulemaking, these regulations are
‘‘agency rules of procedure and
practice,’’ and thus are exempt from the
notice requirement imposed by 5 U.S.C.
553(b). Moreover, these rules are
certified as not having a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities.
These amended rules do not contain
any information collection requirements
subject to the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
No actions are necessary under title II
of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995, Public Law 104–4 (2 U.S.C.
1531–1538) because these amended
rules will not result in the expenditure
by State, local, and tribal governments,
in the aggregate, or by the private sector,
of $100,000,000 or more in any one
year, and will not significantly or
uniquely affect small governments.
The Commission has determined that
these amended rules do not constitute a
‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under
section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866
(58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993).
These amended rules do not have
federalism implications warranting the
preparation of a federalism summary
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impact statement under Executive Order
13132 (64 FR 43255, August 4, 1999).
These amended rules are not ‘‘major
rules’’ as defined by section 251 of the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 801 et
seq.). Moreover, they are exempt from
the reporting requirements of the Act
because they concern rules of agency
organization, procedure, or practice that
do not substantially affect the rights or
obligations of non-agency parties.
List of Subjects in 19 CFR Part 201
Administrative practice and
procedure.
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, the United States
International Trade Commission
amends 19 CFR part 201 as follows:
PART 201—RULES OF GENERAL
APPLICATION
1. The authority citation for part 201
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: Sec. 335 of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1335), and sec. 603 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2482), unless
otherwise noted.
■
2. Revise subpart F to read as follows:
Subpart F—National Security Information
Sec.
201.42 Purpose and scope.
201.43 Mandatory declassification review.
Authority: 19 U.S.C. 1335; E.O. 13526, 75
FR 707.
Subpart F—National Security
Information
§ 201.42
Purpose and scope.
This subpart supplements Executive
Order 13526 of December 29, 2009, and
its implementing directive (32 CFR part
2001) as it applies to the Commission.
§ 201.43
review.
Mandatory declassification
(a) Requests for mandatory
declassification review—(1) Definitions.
Mandatory declassification review
(‘‘MDR’’) means the review for
declassification of classified information
in response to a request for
declassification that meets the
requirements under section 3.5 of
Executive Order 13526.
(2) Procedures. Requests for MDR of
information in the custody of the
Commission that is classified under
Executive Order 13526 or predecessor
orders shall be directed to the Secretary
to the Commission, U.S. International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20436. MDR requests
will be processed in accordance with
Executive Order 13526, its
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implementing directive, and this
section. An MDR request must describe
the document or material containing the
requested information with sufficient
specificity to enable Commission
personnel to locate it with a reasonable
amount of effort. Requests for broad
types of information, entire file series of
records, or similar non-specific requests
may be denied processing. The
Secretary shall notify a requester who
has submitted a non-specific request
that no further action will be taken on
the request unless the requester
provides additional description.
(b) Freedom of Information Act and
Privacy Act requests. (1) Requests for
records submitted under the Freedom of
Information Act (‘‘FOIA’’) (5 U.S.C.
552), as amended, or the Privacy Act of
1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended,
which include classified information
shall be processed in accordance with
the provisions of those acts and
applicable Commission regulations
(subpart C of this part (FOIA
regulations); subpart D of this part
(Privacy Act regulations)).
(2) If a requester submits a request
under FOIA and also requests MDR, the
Secretary shall require the requester to
select one process or the other. If the
requester fails to select one or the other
process, the Secretary will treat the
request as a FOIA request unless the
requested materials are subject only to
MDR.
(c) Referral of MDR requests. (1)
Because the Commission does not have
original classification authority and all
U.S. originated classified information in
its custody has been originally classified
by another Federal agency, the Secretary
shall refer all requests for MDR and the
pertinent records to the originating
agency for review. Following
consultations with the originating
agency, the Secretary shall notify the
requester of the referral unless such
association is itself classified under
Executive Order 13526 or its
predecessor orders. The Secretary shall
request that the originating agency, in
accordance with 32 CFR
2001.33(a)(2)(ii) and 2001.34(e):
(i) Promptly process the request for
declassification,
(ii) Communicate its declassification
determination to the Secretary, and
(iii) If the originating agency proposes
to withhold any information from
public release, notify the Secretary of
the specific information at issue and the
applicable law that authorizes and
warrants withholding such information.
(2) Unless a prior arrangement has
been made with the originating agency,
the Secretary shall collect the results of
that agency’s review and inform the
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requester of any final decision regarding
the declassification of the requested
information as follows:
(i) If the originating agency denies
declassification of the requested
information in whole or in part, the
Secretary shall ensure that the decision
provided to the requester includes
notification of the right to file an
administrative appeal with the
originating agency within 60 days of
receipt of the denial and the mailing
address for the appellate authority at the
originating agency.
(ii) If the originating agency
declassifies the requested information in
whole or in part, the Secretary shall
determine whether the requested
declassified information is exempt from
disclosure, in whole or in part, under
the provisions of a statutory authority,
such as the FOIA. The Secretary shall
inform the requester that an appeal from
a denial of requested declassified
information must be received within 60
days of the date of the letter of denial
and shall be made to the Commission
and addressed to the Chairman, United
States International Trade Commission,
500 E Street SW., Washington, DC
20436.
(d) Foreign Government Information—
(1) Definitions. ‘‘Foreign government
information’’ (‘‘FGI’’) means information
provided to the United States
Government by a foreign government or
governments, an international
organization of governments, or any
element thereof, with the expectation
that the information, the source of the
information, or both, are to be held in
confidence; information produced by
the United States Government pursuant
to or as a result of a joint arrangement
with a foreign government or
governments, or an international
organization of governments, or any
element thereof, requiring that the
information, the arrangement, or both,
are to be held in confidence; or
information received and treated as FGI
under the terms of a predecessor of
Executive Order 13526.
(2) MDR requests for classified records
in Commission custody that contain
FGI. The Commission will handle such
MDR requests consistent with the
requirements of Executive Order 13526
and 32 CFR part 2001. MDR requests for
FGI initially received or classified by
another Federal agency shall be referred
to such agency following the referral
procedures in paragraph (c) of this
section.
(e) Appeals of denials of MDR
requests. MDR appeals are for the denial
of classified information only. Appeals
of denials are handled in accordance
with 32 CFR 2001.33(a)(2)(iii), which
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provides that the agency appellate
authority deciding an administrative
appeal of the denial of an MDR request
shall notify the requester in writing of
the reasons for any denial and inform
the requester of his or her final appeal
rights to the Interagency Security
Classification Appeals Panel.
Issued: August 1, 2014.
By order of the Commission.
Jennifer D. Rohrbach,
Supervisory Attorney.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R03–OAR–2010–0160; FRL–9914–70Region 3]
Commonwealth of Virginia;
Infrastructure Requirements for the
1997 8-Hour Ozone and the 1997 and
2006 Fine Particulate Matter National
Ambient Air Quality Standards
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule; correcting
amendments.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is correcting errors in the
rule language of a final rule pertaining
to the infrastructure requirements for
the 1997 8-hour ozone and the 1997 and
2006 fine particulate matter (PM2.5)
national ambient air quality standards
(NAAQS).
SUMMARY:
This final rule is effective on
August 8, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Schmitt, (215) 814–5787, or by
email at schmitt.ellen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
I. Background
On October 11, 2011, EPA published
a final rulemaking action announcing
the approval of several infrastructure
elements for the 1997 ozone, 1997
PM2.5, and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS for the
Commonwealth of Virginia’s State
Implementation Plan (SIP). 76 FR
62635. In that final rulemaking, EPA
approved the addition of section 10.1–
1302 of the Code of Virginia into the
Virginia SIP; however, in that
rulemaking action, EPA inadvertently
failed to include amendatory language
which would have added an entry to the
EPA-approved Virginia regulations table
at 40 CFR 52.2420(c). This rulemaking
action corrects that omission.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
19 CFR Part 201
Rules of General Application
AGENCY: International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The United States International Trade Commission
(``Commission'') amends provisions of its Rules of Practice and
Procedure concerning national security information. The amendments are
designed to ensure that the Commission's procedures with respect to
national security information are consistent with applicable
authorities.
DATES: This final rule is effective September 8, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa R. Barton, Secretary, telephone
(202) 205-2000, or Clara Kuehn, Attorney-Advisor, Office of the General
Counsel, telephone (202) 205-3012, United States International Trade
Commission. Hearing-impaired individuals are advised that information
on this matter can be obtained by contacting the Commission's TDD
terminal at (202) 205-1810. General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by accessing its Internet server at
https://www.usitc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 335 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1335) authorizes the Commission to adopt such reasonable
procedures, rules, and regulations as it deems necessary to carry out
its functions and duties. This rulemaking updates Subpart F of Part 201
of the Commission's existing Rules of Practice and Procedure concerning
national security information to ensure that Subpart F is consistent
with Executive Order 13526 of December 29, 2009, and its implementing
directive (32 CFR part 2001).
On April 17, 2014, the Commission published a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NOPR) in the Federal Register. 79 FR 21658, April 17, 2014.
In the NOPR, the Commission proposed amendments to Subpart F that would
make non-substantive changes to existing section 201.42; eliminate
existing section 201.43 and existing subsections 201.44(b) through (f);
and update the procedures for processing mandatory declassification
review (``MDR'') requests in existing subsection 201.44(a) and
incorporate them into a new section 201.43.
In the NOPR, the Commission requested public comment on the
proposed rules, but no comments were received. The Commission found no
reason to change the proposed rules before adopting them as final
rules, which are republished below. A section-by-section analysis of
the rules can be found at 79 FR 21658-21661 (April 17, 2014).
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is
inapplicable to this rulemaking because it is not one for which a
notice of proposed rulemaking is required under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) or any
other statute. Although the Commission published a notice of proposed
rulemaking, these regulations are ``agency rules of procedure and
practice,'' and thus are exempt from the notice requirement imposed by
5 U.S.C. 553(b). Moreover, these rules are certified as not having a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
These amended rules do not contain any information collection
requirements subject to the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
No actions are necessary under title II of the Unfunded Mandates
Reform Act of 1995, Public Law 104-4 (2 U.S.C. 1531-1538) because these
amended rules will not result in the expenditure by State, local, and
tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of
$100,000,000 or more in any one year, and will not significantly or
uniquely affect small governments.
The Commission has determined that these amended rules do not
constitute a ``significant regulatory action'' under section 3(f) of
Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993).
These amended rules do not have federalism implications warranting
the preparation of a federalism summary impact statement under
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 4, 1999).
These amended rules are not ``major rules'' as defined by section
251 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996
(5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.). Moreover, they are exempt from the reporting
requirements of the Act because they concern rules of agency
organization, procedure, or practice that do not substantially affect
the rights or obligations of non-agency parties.
List of Subjects in 19 CFR Part 201
Administrative practice and procedure.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the United States
International Trade Commission amends 19 CFR part 201 as follows:
PART 201--RULES OF GENERAL APPLICATION
0
1. The authority citation for part 201 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Sec. 335 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1335),
and sec. 603 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2482), unless
otherwise noted.
0
2. Revise subpart F to read as follows:
Subpart F--National Security Information
Sec.
201.42 Purpose and scope.
201.43 Mandatory declassification review.
Authority: 19 U.S.C. 1335; E.O. 13526, 75 FR 707.
Subpart F--National Security Information
Sec. 201.42 Purpose and scope.
This subpart supplements Executive Order 13526 of December 29,
2009, and its implementing directive (32 CFR part 2001) as it applies
to the Commission.
Sec. 201.43 Mandatory declassification review.
(a) Requests for mandatory declassification review--(1)
Definitions. Mandatory declassification review (``MDR'') means the
review for declassification of classified information in response to a
request for declassification that meets the requirements under section
3.5 of Executive Order 13526.
(2) Procedures. Requests for MDR of information in the custody of
the Commission that is classified under Executive Order 13526 or
predecessor orders shall be directed to the Secretary to the
Commission, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20436. MDR requests will be processed in accordance with
Executive Order 13526, its
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implementing directive, and this section. An MDR request must describe
the document or material containing the requested information with
sufficient specificity to enable Commission personnel to locate it with
a reasonable amount of effort. Requests for broad types of information,
entire file series of records, or similar non-specific requests may be
denied processing. The Secretary shall notify a requester who has
submitted a non-specific request that no further action will be taken
on the request unless the requester provides additional description.
(b) Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act requests. (1)
Requests for records submitted under the Freedom of Information Act
(``FOIA'') (5 U.S.C. 552), as amended, or the Privacy Act of 1974 (5
U.S.C. 552a), as amended, which include classified information shall be
processed in accordance with the provisions of those acts and
applicable Commission regulations (subpart C of this part (FOIA
regulations); subpart D of this part (Privacy Act regulations)).
(2) If a requester submits a request under FOIA and also requests
MDR, the Secretary shall require the requester to select one process or
the other. If the requester fails to select one or the other process,
the Secretary will treat the request as a FOIA request unless the
requested materials are subject only to MDR.
(c) Referral of MDR requests. (1) Because the Commission does not
have original classification authority and all U.S. originated
classified information in its custody has been originally classified by
another Federal agency, the Secretary shall refer all requests for MDR
and the pertinent records to the originating agency for review.
Following consultations with the originating agency, the Secretary
shall notify the requester of the referral unless such association is
itself classified under Executive Order 13526 or its predecessor
orders. The Secretary shall request that the originating agency, in
accordance with 32 CFR 2001.33(a)(2)(ii) and 2001.34(e):
(i) Promptly process the request for declassification,
(ii) Communicate its declassification determination to the
Secretary, and
(iii) If the originating agency proposes to withhold any
information from public release, notify the Secretary of the specific
information at issue and the applicable law that authorizes and
warrants withholding such information.
(2) Unless a prior arrangement has been made with the originating
agency, the Secretary shall collect the results of that agency's review
and inform the requester of any final decision regarding the
declassification of the requested information as follows:
(i) If the originating agency denies declassification of the
requested information in whole or in part, the Secretary shall ensure
that the decision provided to the requester includes notification of
the right to file an administrative appeal with the originating agency
within 60 days of receipt of the denial and the mailing address for the
appellate authority at the originating agency.
(ii) If the originating agency declassifies the requested
information in whole or in part, the Secretary shall determine whether
the requested declassified information is exempt from disclosure, in
whole or in part, under the provisions of a statutory authority, such
as the FOIA. The Secretary shall inform the requester that an appeal
from a denial of requested declassified information must be received
within 60 days of the date of the letter of denial and shall be made to
the Commission and addressed to the Chairman, United States
International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20436.
(d) Foreign Government Information--(1) Definitions. ``Foreign
government information'' (``FGI'') means information provided to the
United States Government by a foreign government or governments, an
international organization of governments, or any element thereof, with
the expectation that the information, the source of the information, or
both, are to be held in confidence; information produced by the United
States Government pursuant to or as a result of a joint arrangement
with a foreign government or governments, or an international
organization of governments, or any element thereof, requiring that the
information, the arrangement, or both, are to be held in confidence; or
information received and treated as FGI under the terms of a
predecessor of Executive Order 13526.
(2) MDR requests for classified records in Commission custody that
contain FGI. The Commission will handle such MDR requests consistent
with the requirements of Executive Order 13526 and 32 CFR part 2001.
MDR requests for FGI initially received or classified by another
Federal agency shall be referred to such agency following the referral
procedures in paragraph (c) of this section.
(e) Appeals of denials of MDR requests. MDR appeals are for the
denial of classified information only. Appeals of denials are handled
in accordance with 32 CFR 2001.33(a)(2)(iii), which provides that the
agency appellate authority deciding an administrative appeal of the
denial of an MDR request shall notify the requester in writing of the
reasons for any denial and inform the requester of his or her final
appeal rights to the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel.
Issued: August 1, 2014.
By order of the Commission.
Jennifer D. Rohrbach,
Supervisory Attorney.
[FR Doc. 2014-18685 Filed 8-7-14; 8:45 am]
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