Designation under the Textile and Apparel Commercial Availability Provision of the U.S. - Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA), 30706-30707 [E5-2706]
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yarns that are supplied by the domestic
industry in commercial quantities in a
timely manner are substitutable for this
yarn for purposes of the intended use.
Comments must be received no later
than June 13, 2005. Interested persons
are invited to submit six copies of such
comments or information to the
Chairman, Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements,
room 3100, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th and Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230.
If a comment alleges that this yarn can
be supplied by the domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely
manner, CITA will closely review any
supporting documentation, such as a
signed statement by a manufacturer of
the yarn stating that it produces the yarn
that is the subject of the request,
including the quantities that can be
supplied and the time necessary to fill
an order, as well as any relevant
information regarding past production.
CITA will protect any business
confidential information that is marked
‘‘business confidential’’ from disclosure
to the full extent permitted by law.
CITA generally considers specific
details, such as quantities and lead
times for providing the subject product
as business confidential. However,
information such as the names of
domestic manufacturers who were
contacted, questions concerning the
capability to manufacture the subject
product, and the responses thereto
should be available for public review to
ensure proper public participation in
the process. If this is not possible, an
explanation of the necessity for treating
such information as business
confidential must be provided. CITA
will make available to the public nonconfidential versions of the request and
non-confidential versions of any public
comments received with respect to a
request in room 3100 in the Herbert
Hoover Building, 14th and Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230.
Persons submitting comments on a
request are encouraged to include a nonconfidential version and a nonconfidential summary.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation
of Textile Agreements.
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COMMITTEE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE
AGREEMENTS
Designation under the Textile and
Apparel Commercial Availability
Provision of the U.S. - Caribbean Basin
Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA)
May 24, 2005.
The Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA).
ACTION: Designation.
AGENCY:
May 27, 2005.
has determined that
certain colored, open-end spun yarns,
ranging in size from 6/1 to 18/1 English
count (10.16/1 to 30.47/1 metric) of a
blend of reclaimed and reprocessed
cotton and not less than 35 percent nor
more than 49 percent by weight of
Outlast licensed phase change acrylic
staple fibers, produced under license
from Outlast, classified in subheadings
5206.11.00.00 and 5206.12.00.00 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS), for use in chief
weight cotton sweaters, cannot be
supplied by the domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely
manner under the CBTPA. CITA hereby
designates chief weight cotton sweaters,
made from knit fabrics formed in the
United States or an eligible beneficiary
CBTPA country from such yarns, that
are both cut and sewn or otherwise
assembled in one or more eligible
CBTPA beneficiary country as eligible to
enter free of quotas and duties under
HTSUS subheading 9820.11.27,
provided all other yarns used in the
referenced apparel articles are U.S.
formed and all other fabrics used in the
referenced apparel articles are U.S.
formed from yarns wholly formed in the
United States.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Janet Heinzen, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202)482–3400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
SUMMARY: CITA
Authority: Section 211(a) of the CBTPA,
amending Section 213(b)(2)(A)(v)(II) of the
Caribbean Basin Recovery Act (CBERA);
Executive Order No. 13191 of January 17,
2001; Presidential Proclamation 7351 of
October 2, 2000.
Background
The commercial availability provision
of the CBTPA provides for duty-free and
quota-free treatment for apparel articles
that are both cut (or knit-to-shape) and
sewn or otherwise assembled in one or
more beneficiary countries from fabric
or yarn that is not formed in the United
States if it has been determined that
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such yarns or fabrics cannot be supplied
by the domestic industry in commercial
quantities in a timely manner and
certain procedural requirements have
been met. In Presidential Proclamation
7351, the President proclaimed that this
treatment would apply to such apparel
articles from fabrics or yarns designated
by the appropriate U.S. government
authority in the Federal Register. In
Executive Order No. 13191, the
President authorized CITA to determine
whether yarns or fabrics cannot be
supplied by the domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely
manner.
On January 14, 2005, CITA received a
request alleging that certain colored,
open end spun yarns, of a blend of
reclaimed and reprocessed cotton and
not less than 35 percent nor more than
49 percent by weight of Outlast licensed
phase change acrylic staple fibers,
described above, for use in chief weight
cotton sweaters, cannot be supplied by
the domestic industry in commercial
quantities in a timely manner under the
CBTPA. It requested that such apparel
articles, made from knit fabrics formed
in the United States or an eligible
beneficiary CBTPA country of such
yarns, be eligible for preferential
treatment under the CBTPA. On January
25, 2005, CITA requested public
comment on the petition. See Request
for Public Comments on Commercial
Availability Petition under the United
States - Caribbean Basin Trade
Partnership Act (CBTPA) (70 FR 3251,
published on January 25, 2005). On
February 10, 2005, CITA and the U.S.
Trade Representative (USTR) sought the
advice of the Industry Trade Advisory
Committee for Textiles and Clothing
and the Industry Trade Advisory
Committee for Distribution Services. On
February 10, 2005, CITA and USTR
offered to hold consultations with the
Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives and the
Committee on Finance of the Senate
(collectively, the Congressional
Committees). On February 25, 2005, the
U.S. International Trade Commission
provided advice on the request.
Based on the information and advice
received and its understanding of the
industry, CITA determined that the
yarns set forth in the request cannot be
supplied by the domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely
manner. On March 15, 2005, CITA and
USTR submitted a report to the
Congressional Committees that set forth
the action proposed, the reasons for
such action, and advice obtained. A
period of 60 calendar days since this
report was submitted has expired, as
required by the CBTPA.
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CITA hereby designates chief weight
cotton sweaters that are both cut and
sewn or otherwise assembled in one or
more eligible beneficiary CBTPA
beneficiary country, from knit fabrics
formed in the United States or a
beneficiary CBTPA country, from the
yarns specified below, as eligible to
enter free of quotas and duties under
HTSUS subheading 9820.11.27,
provided all other yarns used in the
referenced apparel articles are U.S.
formed and all other fabrics used in the
referenced apparel articles are U.S.
formed from yarns wholly formed in the
United States, subject to the special
rules for findings and trimmings, certain
interlinings and de minimis fibers and
yarns under section 211(vii) of the
CBTPA, and that such articles are
imported directly into the customs
territory of the United States from an
eligible CBTPA beneficiary country. The
knit fabric used in the chief weight
cotton sweaters is made from colored,
open-end spun yarns, ranging in size
from 6/1 to 18/1 English count (10.16/
1 to 30.47/1 metric) of a blend of
reclaimed and reprocessed cotton and
not less than 35 percent nor more than
49 percent by weight of Outlast licensed
phase change acrylic staple fibers,
produced under license from Outlast,
classified in HTSUS subheadings
5206.11.0000 and 5206.12.0000.
An ‘‘eligible CBTPA beneficiary
country’’ means a country which the
President has designated as a CBTPA
beneficiary country under section
213(b)(5)(B) of the CBERA (19 U.S.C.
2703(b)(5)(B)), and which has been the
subject of a finding, published in the
Federal Register, that the country has
satisfied the requirements of section
213(b)(4)(A)(ii) of the CBERA (19 U.S.C.
2703(b)(4)(A)(ii)), and resulting in the
enumeration of such country in U.S.
note 1 to subchapter XX of Chapter 98
of the HTSUS.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation
of Textile Agreements.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Loan
Guarantee
Department of Energy.
Notice of inquiry.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of Energy
(DOE) is seeking comments and
information from the public to assist
DOE in developing a possible advance
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notice of proposed rulemaking or notice
of proposed rulemaking concerning the
loan guarantee provisions of the ‘‘Alaska
Natural Gas Pipeline Act.’’ The Act
authorizes the Secretary of Energy
(Secretary) to issue Federal loan
guarantees to facilitate the construction
of a pipeline or liquefied natural gas
project to bring natural gas from the
Alaska North Slope to the continental
United States.
DATES: Interested persons must submit
written comments by July 26, 2005.
Comments may be mailed to the address
given in the ADDRESSES section below.
Comments also may be submitted
electronically by e-mailing them to:
bettie.corey@hq.doe.gov. We note that email submissions will avoid delay
currently associated with security
screening of U.S. Postal Service mail.
ADDRESSES: Office of the General
Counsel, GC–72, Attention: Lawrence R.
Oliver, U.S. Department of Energy,
Forrestal Building, Room 6B–256, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585. DOE requires, in
hard copy, a signed original and three
copies of all comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lawrence R. Oliver, Esq., Assistant
General Counsel, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of the General Counsel,
GC–72, 1000 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–
9507, lawrence.oliver@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 13, 2004, the ‘‘Alaska
Natural Gas Pipeline Act,’’ Division C of
Pub. L. 108–324 (the ‘‘Act’’), was
enacted as part of the Military
Construction Appropriations and
Emergency Hurricane Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2005. The Act, as
amended, generally is intended to
expedite regulatory consideration,
approval and construction of a pipeline
or liquefied natural gas (LNG) project
that would be used to transport Alaska
North Slope natural gas to the
continental United States, and provide
financial incentives in the form of
Federal loan guarantees for construction
of such a pipeline or project.
Section 116 of the Act authorizes the
Secretary to enter into Federal loan
guarantee agreements (LGAs) for a
‘‘Qualified Infrastructure Project’’ (1)
with one or more holders of a final
certificate issued by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC) under
either section 103(b) of the Act or
section 9 of the Alaska Natural Gas
Transportation Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C.
719g), and (2) with one or more owners
of the Canadian portion of a ‘‘Qualified
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Infrastructure Project,’’ for up to $18
billion total, but no more than 80
percent of the capital costs of a project.
Section 114 of Title I of Division J of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005
(Pub. L. 108–447) amended section 116
of the Act to add authority for the
Secretary to enter into LGAs with an
entity the Secretary determines is
qualified to construct and operate an
LNG project to transport LNG from
‘‘Southcentral Alaska to West Coast
States.’’ The Act also authorizes the
Secretary to issue loan guarantee
regulations. The definition of ‘‘qualified
lender’’ in the Act does not include the
Federal Financing Bank.
Questions for Public Comment
DOE may issue regulations
implementing the Act’s loan guarantee
authority and is currently analyzing this
authority in the context of the Act’s
other provisions. Since the Act is silent
on many of the customary loan
guarantee requirements, DOE is
considering the development and
issuance of regulations that would
establish certain minimum requirements
or terms for such LGAs. In an effort to
identify issues potentially affecting
implementation of the loan guarantee
authority, DOE invites interested
members of the public, including
lending and other financial institutions,
potential project sponsors, and
individuals to comment, in writing, on
the following questions and to provide
DOE with other information or analyses
potentially relevant to the development
of loan guarantee regulations and the
implementation of the loan guarantee
provisions in the Act.
1. Conditional Commitment. Section
116(a)(3) of the Act provides that ‘‘[t]he
authority of the Secretary to issue
Federal guarantee instruments under
this section for a qualified infrastructure
project shall expire on the date that is
2 years after the date on which the final
certificate of public convenience and
necessity (including any Canadian
certificates of public convenience and
necessity) is issued for the project.’’
Section 116(b)(1) of the Act provides
that ‘‘[t]he Secretary may issue a Federal
guarantee instrument for a qualified
infrastructure project only after a
certificate of public convenience and
necessity * * * has been issued for the
project, or after the Secretary certifies
there exists a qualified entity to
construct and operate a liquefied natural
gas project to transport liquefied natural
gas from Southcentral Alaska to West
Coast States.’’
Under these provisions the Secretary
may not enter into an LGA (a negotiated
document which sets forth in writing
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Designation under the Textile and Apparel Commercial Availability
Provision of the U.S. - Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA)
May 24, 2005.
AGENCY: The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA).
ACTION: Designation.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 27, 2005.
SUMMARY: CITA has determined that certain colored, open-end spun yarns,
ranging in size from 6/1 to 18/1 English count (10.16/1 to 30.47/1
metric) of a blend of reclaimed and reprocessed cotton and not less
than 35 percent nor more than 49 percent by weight of Outlast licensed
phase change acrylic staple fibers, produced under license from
Outlast, classified in subheadings 5206.11.00.00 and 5206.12.00.00 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), for use in
chief weight cotton sweaters, cannot be supplied by the domestic
industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner under the CBTPA.
CITA hereby designates chief weight cotton sweaters, made from knit
fabrics formed in the United States or an eligible beneficiary CBTPA
country from such yarns, that are both cut and sewn or otherwise
assembled in one or more eligible CBTPA beneficiary country as eligible
to enter free of quotas and duties under HTSUS subheading 9820.11.27,
provided all other yarns used in the referenced apparel articles are
U.S. formed and all other fabrics used in the referenced apparel
articles are U.S. formed from yarns wholly formed in the United States.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202)482-3400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Section 211(a) of the CBTPA, amending Section
213(b)(2)(A)(v)(II) of the Caribbean Basin Recovery Act (CBERA);
Executive Order No. 13191 of January 17, 2001; Presidential
Proclamation 7351 of October 2, 2000.
Background
The commercial availability provision of the CBTPA provides for
duty-free and quota-free treatment for apparel articles that are both
cut (or knit-to-shape) and sewn or otherwise assembled in one or more
beneficiary countries from fabric or yarn that is not formed in the
United States if it has been determined that such yarns or fabrics
cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in
a timely manner and certain procedural requirements have been met. In
Presidential Proclamation 7351, the President proclaimed that this
treatment would apply to such apparel articles from fabrics or yarns
designated by the appropriate U.S. government authority in the Federal
Register. In Executive Order No. 13191, the President authorized CITA
to determine whether yarns or fabrics cannot be supplied by the
domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner.
On January 14, 2005, CITA received a request alleging that certain
colored, open end spun yarns, of a blend of reclaimed and reprocessed
cotton and not less than 35 percent nor more than 49 percent by weight
of Outlast licensed phase change acrylic staple fibers, described
above, for use in chief weight cotton sweaters, cannot be supplied by
the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner under
the CBTPA. It requested that such apparel articles, made from knit
fabrics formed in the United States or an eligible beneficiary CBTPA
country of such yarns, be eligible for preferential treatment under the
CBTPA. On January 25, 2005, CITA requested public comment on the
petition. See Request for Public Comments on Commercial Availability
Petition under the United States - Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership
Act (CBTPA) (70 FR 3251, published on January 25, 2005). On February
10, 2005, CITA and the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) sought the
advice of the Industry Trade Advisory Committee for Textiles and
Clothing and the Industry Trade Advisory Committee for Distribution
Services. On February 10, 2005, CITA and USTR offered to hold
consultations with the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate
(collectively, the Congressional Committees). On February 25, 2005, the
U.S. International Trade Commission provided advice on the request.
Based on the information and advice received and its understanding
of the industry, CITA determined that the yarns set forth in the
request cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial
quantities in a timely manner. On March 15, 2005, CITA and USTR
submitted a report to the Congressional Committees that set forth the
action proposed, the reasons for such action, and advice obtained. A
period of 60 calendar days since this report was submitted has expired,
as required by the CBTPA.
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CITA hereby designates chief weight cotton sweaters that are both
cut and sewn or otherwise assembled in one or more eligible beneficiary
CBTPA beneficiary country, from knit fabrics formed in the United
States or a beneficiary CBTPA country, from the yarns specified below,
as eligible to enter free of quotas and duties under HTSUS subheading
9820.11.27, provided all other yarns used in the referenced apparel
articles are U.S. formed and all other fabrics used in the referenced
apparel articles are U.S. formed from yarns wholly formed in the United
States, subject to the special rules for findings and trimmings,
certain interlinings and de minimis fibers and yarns under section
211(vii) of the CBTPA, and that such articles are imported directly
into the customs territory of the United States from an eligible CBTPA
beneficiary country. The knit fabric used in the chief weight cotton
sweaters is made from colored, open-end spun yarns, ranging in size
from 6/1 to 18/1 English count (10.16/1 to 30.47/1 metric) of a blend
of reclaimed and reprocessed cotton and not less than 35 percent nor
more than 49 percent by weight of Outlast licensed phase change acrylic
staple fibers, produced under license from Outlast, classified in HTSUS
subheadings 5206.11.0000 and 5206.12.0000.
An ``eligible CBTPA beneficiary country'' means a country which the
President has designated as a CBTPA beneficiary country under section
213(b)(5)(B) of the CBERA (19 U.S.C. 2703(b)(5)(B)), and which has been
the subject of a finding, published in the Federal Register, that the
country has satisfied the requirements of section 213(b)(4)(A)(ii) of
the CBERA (19 U.S.C. 2703(b)(4)(A)(ii)), and resulting in the
enumeration of such country in U.S. note 1 to subchapter XX of Chapter
98 of the HTSUS.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
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