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Form Number: SV–2005–0002.
Respondents: U.S. citizens crossing
the U.S./Mexico and U.S./Canada
borders.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
Approximately 6,400 respondents.
Average Hours Per Response: Five (5)
minutes per response.
Total Estimated Burden: 533 hours.
The proposed information collection
is published to obtain comments from
the public and affected agencies.
Emergency review and approval of this
collection has been requested from OMB
by May 1, 2005. If granted, the
emergency approval is only valid for
180 days. Comments should be directed
to the State Department Desk Officer,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Washington, DC 20530,
who may be reached on 202–395–3897.
Percent FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information,
Other (Including Non-Profit Organiregarding the collection listed in this
zations) With Credit Available
notice should be directed to R. Michael
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4.000 State, Washington, DC 20520, who may
be reached on 202–663–2472.
The number assigned to this disaster
Dated: April 20, 2005.
for physical damage is 10125B.
Frank E. Moss,
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U.S. Small Business Administration,
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DC 20416.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that as a result of the
President’s major disaster declaration on
04/14/2005, applications for Private
Non-Profit organizations that provide
essential services of a governmental
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Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San
Diego, and Ventura.
The Interest Rates are:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 59008)
Cheri L. Cannon,
Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
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SUMMARY: The Department of State has
submitted the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the emergency review procedures of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Type of Request: Emergency Review.
Originating Office: Bureau of Consular
Affairs, CA/PPT.
Title of Information Collection: U.S.
Passport Land Border Demand Survey.
Frequency: One time. The survey will
be administered during a two-week
period.
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Overseas Security Advisory Council
(OSAC) Meeting Notice; Closed
Meeting
The Department of State announces a
meeting of the U.S. State Department—
Overseas Security Advisory Council on
June 2 and 3 at the Boeing Company in
Arlington, Virginia. Pursuant to Section
10(d) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act and 5 U.S.C. 552b[c][1]
and [4], the meeting will be closed to
the public. Matters relative to classified
national security information as well as
privileged commercial information will
be discussed. The agenda will include
updated committee reports, a global
threat overview, and other discussions
involving sensitive and classified
information, and corporate proprietary/
security information, such as private
sector physical and procedural security
policies and protective programs and
the protection of U.S. business
information overseas.
For more information contact Marsha
Thurman, Overseas Security Advisory
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Council, Department of State,
Washington, DC 20522–2008, phone:
571–345–2214.
Dated: April 18, 2005.
Joe D. Morton,
Director of the Diplomatic, Security Service,
Department of State.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences
(GSP): Notice Regarding the Initiation
of the 2005 Annual GSP Product and
Country Eligibility Practices Review
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice and solicitation for
public petition.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces that
the Office of the United States Trade
Representative (USTR) will receive
petitions in 2005 to modify the list of
products that are eligible for duty-free
treatment under the GSP program, and
to modify the GSP status of certain GSP
beneficiary developing countries
because of country practices. This
notice further determines that the
deadline for submissions of petitions for
the 2005 Annual GSP Product and
Country Eligibility Practices Review is 5
PM, June 15, 2005. The list of product
petitions and country practice petitions
accepted for review will be announced
in the Federal Register at a later date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact the GSP Subcommittee of the
Trade Policy Staff Committee, Office of
the United States Trade Representative,
1724 F Street, NW, Room F–220,
Washington, DC 20508. The telephone
number is (202) 395–6971 and the
facsimile number is (202) 395–9481.
2005 Annual GSP Review
The GSP regulations (15 CFR part
2007) provide the schedule of dates for
conducting an annual review, unless
otherwise specified by Federal Register
notice. Notice is hereby given that, in
order to be considered in the 2005
Annual GSP Product and Country
Eligibility Practices Review, all petitions
to modify the list of articles eligible for
duty-free treatment under GSP or to
review the GSP status of any beneficiary
developing country must be received by
the GSP Subcommittee of the Trade
Policy Staff Committee no later than 5
p.m. on June 15, 2005. Petitions
submitted after the deadline will not be
considered for review.
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Interested parties, including foreign
governments, may submit petitions to:
(1) Designate additional articles as
eligible for GSP benefits, including to
designate articles as eligible for GSP
benefits only for countries designated as
least-developed beneficiary developing
countries, or only for countries
designated as beneficiary sub-Saharan
African countries under the African
Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA);
(2) withdraw, suspend or limit the
application of duty-free treatment
accorded under the GSP with respect to
any article, either for all beneficiary
developing countries, least-developed
beneficiary developing countries or
beneficiary sub-Saharan African
countries, or for any of these countries
individually; (3) waive the ‘‘competitive
need limitations’’ for individual
beneficiary developing countries with
respect to specific GSP-eligible articles
(these limits do not apply to either leastdeveloped beneficiary developing
countries or beneficiary sub-Saharan
African countries); and (4) otherwise
modify GSP coverage. As specified in 15
CFR 2007.1, all product petitions must
include a detailed description of the
product and the subheading of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) under which the
product is classified.
Any person may also submit petitions
to review the designation of any
beneficiary developing country,
including any least-developed
beneficiary developing country, with
respect to any of the designation criteria
listed in sections 502(b) or 502(c) of the
Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(b) and (c))
(petitions to review the designation of
beneficiary Sub-Saharan African
countries are considered in the Annual
Review of the AGOA, a separate
administrative process not governed by
the GSP regulations). Such petitions
must comply with the requirements of
15 CFR 2007.0(b).
Requirements for Submissions
All such submissions must conform to
the GSP regulations set forth at 15 CFR
part 2007, except as modified below.
These regulations are reprinted in ‘‘A
Guide to the U.S. Generalized System of
Preferences (GSP)’’ (August 1991) (‘‘GSP
Guidebook’’), available at https://
www.ustr.gov.
Any person or party making a
submission is strongly advised to review
the GSP regulations. Submissions that
do not provide the information required
by §§ 2007.0 and 2007.1 of the GSP
regulations will not be accepted for
review, except upon a detailed showing
in the submission that the petitioner
made a good faith effort to obtain the
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information required. Petitions with
respect to waivers of the ‘‘competitive
need limitations’’ must meet the
information requirements for product
addition requests in § 2007.1(c) of the
GSP regulations. A model petition
format is available from the GSP
Subcommittee and is included in the
GSP Guidebook. Petitioners are
requested to use this model petition
format so as to ensure that all
information requirements are met.
Furthermore, interested parties
submitting petitions that request action
with respect to specific products should
list on the first page of the petition the
following information after typing
‘‘2005 Annual GSP Review’’: (1) The
requested action; (2) the HTSUS
subheading in which the product is
classified; and (3) if applicable, the
beneficiary developing country.
Petitions and requests must be
submitted, in English, to the Chairman
of the GSP Subcommittee, Trade Policy
Staff Committee, and must be received
no later than June 15, 2005.
Submissions in response to this notice
will be available for public inspection
by appointment with the staff of the
USTR Public Reading Room, except for
information granted ‘‘business
confidential’’ status pursuant to 15 CFR
2003.6. If the submission contains
business confidential information, a
non-confidential version of the
submission must also be submitted that
indicates where confidential
information was redacted by inserting
asterisks where material was deleted. In
addition, the confidential submission
must be clearly marked ‘‘BUSINESS
CONFIDENTIAL’’ in large, bold letters
at the top and bottom of each and every
page of the document. The public
version that does not contain business
confidential information must also be
clearly marked in large, bold letters at
the top and bottom of each and every
page (either ‘‘PUBLIC VERSION’’ or
‘‘NON-CONFIDENTIAL’’). Documents
that are submitted without any marking
might not be accepted or will be
considered public documents.
In order to facilitate prompt
consideration of submissions, USTR
strongly urges and prefers electronic
mail (e-mail) submissions in response to
this notice. Hand-delivered submissions
will not be accepted. E-mail
submissions should be single copy
transmissions in English with the total
submission including attachments not
to exceed 50 pages in 12-point type and
3 megabytes as a digital file attached to
an e-mail transmission. E-mail
submissions should use the following
subject line: ‘‘2005 Annual GSP Review-
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Petition.’’ Documents must be submitted
as either WordPerfect (‘‘.WPD’’),
MSWord (‘‘.DOC’’), or text (‘‘.TXT’’) file.
Documents cannot be submitted as
electronic image files or contain
imbedded images (for example, ‘‘.JPG’’,
‘‘.TIF’’, ‘‘.PDF’’, ‘‘.BMP’’, or ‘‘.GIF’’) as
these type files are generally excessively
large. E-mail submissions containing
such files will not be accepted.
Supporting documentation submitted as
spreadsheets are acceptable as Quattro
Pro or Excel, pre-formatted for printing
on 81⁄2 x 11 inch paper. To the extent
possible, any data attachments to the
submission should be included in the
same file as the submission itself, and
not as separate files. E-mail submissions
should not include separate cover letters
or messages in the message area of the
e-mail; information that might appear in
any cover letter should be included
directly in the attached file containing
the submission itself, including
identifying information on the sender,
including sender’s e-mail address.
For any document containing
business confidential information
submitted as an electronic attached file
to an e-mail transmission, in addition to
the proper marking at the top and
bottom of each page as previously
specified, the file name of the business
confidential version should begin with
the characters ‘‘BC-’’, and the file name
of the public version should begin with
the characters ‘‘P-’’. The ‘‘P-’’ or ‘‘BC-’’
should be followed by the name of the
person or party (government, company,
union, association, etc.) submitting the
petition. Submissions by e-mail should
not include separate cover letters or
messages in the message area of the email; information that might appear in
any cover letter should be included
directly in the attached file containing
the submission itself. The electronic
mail address for these submissions is
FR0441@USTR.GOV.
Documents not submitted in
accordance with the GSP regulations as
modified by these instructions might
not be considered in this review.
Public versions of all documents
relating to this review will be available
for review approximately 30 days after
the due date by appointment in the
USTR Public Reading Room, 1724 F
Street NW, Washington, DC.
Availability of documents may be
ascertained, and appointments may be
made from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m.
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to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, by
calling (202) 395–6186.
H.J. Rosenbaum,
Acting Executive Director GSP; Acting
Chairman, GSP Subcommittee of the Trade
Policy Staff Committee.
[FR Doc. 05–9237 Filed 5–6–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket Number NHTSA–2004–19187]
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping
Requirements
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Request for public comment on
proposed collection of information.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice solicits public
comments on continuation of the
requirements for the collection of
information on safety standards. Before
a Federal agency can collect certain
information from the public, it must
receive approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). Under
procedures established by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before seeking OMB approval, Federal
agencies must solicit public comment
on proposed collections of information,
including extensions and reinstatement
of previously approved collections.
This document describes a collection
of information on seven Federal motor
vehicle safety standards (FMVSSs) and
one regulation, for which NHTSA
intends to seek OMB approval. The
information collection pertains to
requirements that specify certain safety
precautions regarding items of motor
vehicle equipment must appear in the
vehicle owner’s manual.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before July 8, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the
docket notice number cited at the
beginning of this notice and be
submitted to Docket Management, Room
PL–401, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590. It is requested,
but not required, that 2 copies of the
comment be provided. The Docket
Section is open on weekdays from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Complete copies of each request for
collection of information may be
obtained at no charge from Mrs. Lori
Summers, NHTSA 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Room 5307, NVS–112,
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Washington, DC 20590. Mrs. Summers’
telephone number is (202) 366–4917.
Please identify the relevant collection of
information by referring to this Docket
Number (Docket Number NHTSA–04–
19187).
Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before a proposed collection of
information is submitted to OMB for
approval, Federal agencies must first
publish a document in the Federal
Register providing a 60-day comment
period and otherwise consult with
members of the public and affected
agencies concerning each proposed
collection of information. The OMB has
promulgated regulations describing
what must be included in such a
document. Under OMB’s regulation (at
5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask
for public comment on the following:
(i) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(ii) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(iii) How to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(iv) How to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
In compliance with these
requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comments on the following proposed
collections of information:
Title: Consolidated Vehicle Owner’s
Manual Requirements for Motor
Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment.
OMB Control Number: 2127–0541.
Form Number: This collection of
information uses no standard form.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval: Three years from the
approval date.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals,
households, business, other for-profit,
not-for-profit, farms, Federal
Government and state, local or tribal
government.
Summary of the Collection of
Information: 49 U.S.C. 30111 authorizes
the issuance of Federal motor vehicle
safety standards (FMVSS) and
regulations. The agency, in prescribing
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a FMVSS or regulation, considers
available relevant motor vehicle safety
data, and consults with other agencies,
as it deems appropriate. Further, the
statute mandates that in issuing any
FMVSS or regulation, the agency
considers whether the standard or
regulation is ‘‘reasonable, practicable
and appropriate for the particular type
of motor vehicle or item of motor
vehicle equipment for which it is
prescribed,’’ and whether such a
standard will contribute to carrying out
the purpose of the Act. The Secretary is
authorized to invoke such rules and
regulations as deemed necessary to
carry out these requirements. Using this
authority, the agency issued the
following FMVSS and regulations,
specifying that certain safety
precautions regarding items of motor
vehicle equipment appear in the vehicle
owner’s manual to aid the agency in
achieving many of its safety goals:
FMVSS No. 108, ‘‘Lamps, reflective
devices, and associated equipment,’’
FMVSS No. 110, ‘‘Tire selection and
rims,’’
FMVSS No. 202, ‘‘Head restraints,’’
FMVSS No. 205, ‘‘Glazing materials,’’
FMVSS No. 208, ‘‘Occupant crash
protection,’’
FMVSS No. 210, ‘‘Seat belt assembly
anchorages,’’
FMVSS No. 213, ‘‘Child restraint
systems,’’
Part 575 Section 103, ‘‘Camper loading,’’
Part 575 Section 105, ‘‘Utility vehicles.’’
This notice requests comments on the
information collections of these
FMVSSs and regulations.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use of the
information: In order to ensure that
manufacturers are complying with the
FMVSS and regulations, NHTSA
requires a number of information
collections in FMVSS Nos. 108, 110,
202, 205, 208, 210, and 213, and Part
575 Sections 103 and 105.
FMVSS No. 108, ‘‘Lamps, reflective
devices, and associated equipment.’’
This standard requires that certain
lamps and reflective devices with
certain performance levels be installed
on motor vehicles to assure that the
roadway is properly illuminated, that
vehicles can be readily seen, and the
signals can be transmitted to other
drivers sharing the road, during day,
night and inclement weather. Since the
specific manner in which headlamp aim
is to be performed is not regulated (only
the performance of the device is),
aiming devices manufactured or
installed by different vehicle and
headlamp manufacturers may work in
significantly different ways. As a
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): Notice Regarding the
Initiation of the 2005 Annual GSP Product and Country Eligibility
Practices Review
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice and solicitation for public petition.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Office of the United States
Trade Representative (USTR) will receive petitions in 2005 to modify
the list of products that are eligible for duty-free treatment under
the GSP program, and to modify the GSP status of certain GSP
beneficiary developing countries because of country practices. This
notice further determines that the deadline for submissions of
petitions for the 2005 Annual GSP Product and Country Eligibility
Practices Review is 5 PM, June 15, 2005. The list of product petitions
and country practice petitions accepted for review will be announced in
the Federal Register at a later date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact the GSP Subcommittee of the
Trade Policy Staff Committee, Office of the United States Trade
Representative, 1724 F Street, NW, Room F-220, Washington, DC 20508.
The telephone number is (202) 395-6971 and the facsimile number is
(202) 395-9481.
2005 Annual GSP Review
The GSP regulations (15 CFR part 2007) provide the schedule of
dates for conducting an annual review, unless otherwise specified by
Federal Register notice. Notice is hereby given that, in order to be
considered in the 2005 Annual GSP Product and Country Eligibility
Practices Review, all petitions to modify the list of articles eligible
for duty-free treatment under GSP or to review the GSP status of any
beneficiary developing country must be received by the GSP Subcommittee
of the Trade Policy Staff Committee no later than 5 p.m. on June 15,
2005. Petitions submitted after the deadline will not be considered for
review.
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Interested parties, including foreign governments, may submit
petitions to: (1) Designate additional articles as eligible for GSP
benefits, including to designate articles as eligible for GSP benefits
only for countries designated as least-developed beneficiary developing
countries, or only for countries designated as beneficiary sub-Saharan
African countries under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA);
(2) withdraw, suspend or limit the application of duty-free treatment
accorded under the GSP with respect to any article, either for all
beneficiary developing countries, least-developed beneficiary
developing countries or beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries, or
for any of these countries individually; (3) waive the ``competitive
need limitations'' for individual beneficiary developing countries with
respect to specific GSP-eligible articles (these limits do not apply to
either least-developed beneficiary developing countries or beneficiary
sub-Saharan African countries); and (4) otherwise modify GSP coverage.
As specified in 15 CFR 2007.1, all product petitions must include a
detailed description of the product and the subheading of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under which the
product is classified.
Any person may also submit petitions to review the designation of
any beneficiary developing country, including any least-developed
beneficiary developing country, with respect to any of the designation
criteria listed in sections 502(b) or 502(c) of the Trade Act (19
U.S.C. 2462(b) and (c)) (petitions to review the designation of
beneficiary Sub-Saharan African countries are considered in the Annual
Review of the AGOA, a separate administrative process not governed by
the GSP regulations). Such petitions must comply with the requirements
of 15 CFR 2007.0(b).
Requirements for Submissions
All such submissions must conform to the GSP regulations set forth
at 15 CFR part 2007, except as modified below. These regulations are
reprinted in ``A Guide to the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences
(GSP)'' (August 1991) (``GSP Guidebook''), available at https://
www.ustr.gov.
Any person or party making a submission is strongly advised to
review the GSP regulations. Submissions that do not provide the
information required by Sec. Sec. 2007.0 and 2007.1 of the GSP
regulations will not be accepted for review, except upon a detailed
showing in the submission that the petitioner made a good faith effort
to obtain the information required. Petitions with respect to waivers
of the ``competitive need limitations'' must meet the information
requirements for product addition requests in Sec. 2007.1(c) of the
GSP regulations. A model petition format is available from the GSP
Subcommittee and is included in the GSP Guidebook. Petitioners are
requested to use this model petition format so as to ensure that all
information requirements are met. Furthermore, interested parties
submitting petitions that request action with respect to specific
products should list on the first page of the petition the following
information after typing ``2005 Annual GSP Review'': (1) The requested
action; (2) the HTSUS subheading in which the product is classified;
and (3) if applicable, the beneficiary developing country. Petitions
and requests must be submitted, in English, to the Chairman of the GSP
Subcommittee, Trade Policy Staff Committee, and must be received no
later than June 15, 2005. Submissions in response to this notice will
be available for public inspection by appointment with the staff of the
USTR Public Reading Room, except for information granted ``business
confidential'' status pursuant to 15 CFR 2003.6. If the submission
contains business confidential information, a non-confidential version
of the submission must also be submitted that indicates where
confidential information was redacted by inserting asterisks where
material was deleted. In addition, the confidential submission must be
clearly marked ``BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL'' in large, bold letters at the
top and bottom of each and every page of the document. The public
version that does not contain business confidential information must
also be clearly marked in large, bold letters at the top and bottom of
each and every page (either ``PUBLIC VERSION'' or ``NON-
CONFIDENTIAL''). Documents that are submitted without any marking might
not be accepted or will be considered public documents.
In order to facilitate prompt consideration of submissions, USTR
strongly urges and prefers electronic mail (e-mail) submissions in
response to this notice. Hand-delivered submissions will not be
accepted. E-mail submissions should be single copy transmissions in
English with the total submission including attachments not to exceed
50 pages in 12-point type and 3 megabytes as a digital file attached to
an e-mail transmission. E-mail submissions should use the following
subject line: ``2005 Annual GSP Review-Petition.'' Documents must be
submitted as either WordPerfect (``.WPD''), MSWord (``.DOC''), or text
(``.TXT'') file. Documents cannot be submitted as electronic image
files or contain imbedded images (for example, ``.JPG'', ``.TIF'',
``.PDF'', ``.BMP'', or ``.GIF'') as these type files are generally
excessively large. E-mail submissions containing such files will not be
accepted. Supporting documentation submitted as spreadsheets are
acceptable as Quattro Pro or Excel, pre-formatted for printing on 8\1/
2\ x 11 inch paper. To the extent possible, any data attachments to the
submission should be included in the same file as the submission
itself, and not as separate files. E-mail submissions should not
include separate cover letters or messages in the message area of the
e-mail; information that might appear in any cover letter should be
included directly in the attached file containing the submission
itself, including identifying information on the sender, including
sender's e-mail address.
For any document containing business confidential information
submitted as an electronic attached file to an e-mail transmission, in
addition to the proper marking at the top and bottom of each page as
previously specified, the file name of the business confidential
version should begin with the characters ``BC-'', and the file name of
the public version should begin with the characters ``P-''. The ``P-''
or ``BC-'' should be followed by the name of the person or party
(government, company, union, association, etc.) submitting the
petition. Submissions by e-mail should not include separate cover
letters or messages in the message area of the e-mail; information that
might appear in any cover letter should be included directly in the
attached file containing the submission itself. The electronic mail
address for these submissions is FR0441@USTR.GOV.
Documents not submitted in accordance with the GSP regulations as
modified by these instructions might not be considered in this review.
Public versions of all documents relating to this review will be
available for review approximately 30 days after the due date by
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H.J. Rosenbaum,
Acting Executive Director GSP; Acting Chairman, GSP Subcommittee of the
Trade Policy Staff Committee.
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