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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences
(GSP): Notice Regarding the
Acceptance of Competitive Need
Limitation Waiver Petitions for the
2007 Annual Review
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (USTR)
received petitions in connection with
the 2007 GSP Annual Review to waive
the competitive need limitations (CNLs)
on imports of certain products that are
eligible for duty-free treatment under
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the GSP program. This notice
announces those petitions that are
accepted for further review. This notice
also sets forth the schedule for comment
and public hearings on these petitions,
for requesting participation in the
hearings, and submitting pre-hearing
and post-hearing briefs, and for
commenting on the USITC report on
probable economic effects. The list of
accepted petitions to waive CNLs is
available at: https://www.ustr.gov/Trade_
Development/Preference_ Programs/
GSP/GSP_ 2007_Annual_ Review/
Section_ Index.html [2007 GSP Review,
List of CNL Waiver Petitions Accepted
in the 2007 GSP Annual Review]
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.
DATES: The GSP regulations (15 CFR
Part 2007) provide the schedule of dates
for conducting an annual review unless
otherwise specified in a Federal
Register notice. The current schedule
with respect to the review of CNL
waiver petitions is set forth below.
Notification of any other changes will be
given in the Federal Register.
February 22, 2008: Due date for
submission of pre-hearing briefs,
requests to appear at the GSP
Subcommittee Public Hearing, and
hearing statements. Include the name,
address, telephone, fax, e-mail address
and organization of witnesses for
accepted CNL waiver petitions on the
submission of pre-hearing briefs and
requests to appear at the Hearing.
March 4, 2008: GSP Subcommittee
Public Hearing on all CNL waiver
petitions accepted for the 2007 GSP
Annual Review in Rooms 1 and 2, 1724
F St., NW., Washington, DC 20508,
beginning at 9 a.m.
March 14, 2008: Due date for
submission of post-hearing briefs.
May 2008: USITC scheduled to
publish report on products for which
CNL waivers have been requested in the
2007 GSP Annual Review (cases 2007–
12 to 2007–16). Comments on the
USITC report on these products are due
10 calendar days after USITC date of
publication.
June 30, 2008: Modifications to the
list of articles eligible for duty-free
treatment under the GSP resulting from
the 2007 Annual Review will be
announced on or about June 30, 2008,
in the Federal Register, and any
changes will take effect on the effective
date announced.
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The GSP
provides for the duty-free importation of
eligible articles when imported from
designated beneficiary developing
countries. The GSP is authorized by title
V of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2461, et seq.), as amended (the ‘‘1974
Act’’), and is implemented in
accordance with Executive Order 11888
of November 24, 1975, as modified by
subsequent Executive Orders and
Presidential Proclamations.
In Federal Register notices dated May
21, 2007, and October 24, 2007, USTR
announced that the deadline for the
filing of product petitions requesting
waivers of ‘‘competitive need
limitations’’ (CNLs) for the 2007 GSP
Annual Review was November 16, 2007
(72 FR 28527 and 72 FR 60395). The
interagency GSP Subcommittee of the
Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC)
has reviewed the CNL waiver petitions,
and the TPSC has decided to accept for
review the following petitions:
(1) Cucumbers including gherkins,
prepared or preserved by vinegar or
acetic acid from India (HTS 2001.10.00);
(2) Polyethylene terephthalate Resin
(PET Resin) from Indonesia (HTS
3907.60.00);
(3) New pneumatic rubber radial tires
for passenger vehicles from Indonesia
(HTS 4011.10.10);
(4) Full grain unsplit bovine (not
buffalo) & equine leather, not whole,
w/o hair on, nesoi from Argentina (HTS
4107.91.80)
(5) Copper, cables, plaited bands and
the like, not fitted with fittings and not
made up into articles from Turkey (HTS
7413.00.50)
Additional information regarding this
request is provided in ‘‘List of CNL
Waiver Petitions Accepted in the 2007
GSP Annual Review’’ posted on the
USTR Web site. That list sets forth: The
case number, the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheading number, a brief description
of the product (see the HTSUS for an
authoritative description available on
the USITC Web site (https://
www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/) and the
petitioner for each petition included in
this review. Acceptance of a petition for
review does not indicate any opinion
with respect to the disposition on the
merits of the petition. Acceptance
indicates only that the listed petitions
have been found eligible for review by
the TPSC and that such review will take
place.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Opportunities for Public Comment and
Inspection of Comments
The GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC
invites comments in support of or in
opposition to any CNL waiver petition
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that has been accepted for the 2007 GSP
Annual Review. Submissions should
comply with 15 CFR Part 2007, except
as modified below. All submissions
should identify the subject article(s) in
terms of the case number and eight digit
HTSUS subheading number, if
applicable, as shown in the ‘‘List of CNL
Waiver Petitions Accepted in the 2007
GSP Annual Review’’ available at:
https://www.ustr.gov/Trade_
Development/Preference_ Programs/
GSP/GSP_ 2007_Annual_Review/
Section_Index.html [2007 GSP Review,
List of CNL Waiver Petitions Accepted
in the 2007 GSP Annual Review]
Requirements for Submissions
In order to facilitate prompt
processing of submissions, USTR
requires electronic e-mail submissions
in response to this notice. Handdelivered submissions will not be
accepted. These submissions should be
single-copy transmissions in English,
and including attachments, with the
total submission not to exceed 30 singlespaced standard letter-size pages in 12point type and three megabytes as sent
as a digital file attached to an e-mail
transmission. E-mail submissions
should use the following subject line:
‘‘2007 GSP Annual Review’’ followed by
the Case Number, the eight-digit HTSUS
subheading number found in the ‘‘List
of CNL Waiver Petitions Accepted in the
2007 GSP Annual Review’’ on the USTR
Web site (for example, 2007–05
7202.99.20) and, as appropriate
‘‘Written Comments’’, ‘‘Notice of Intent
to Testify’’, ‘‘Pre-hearing brief’’, ‘‘Posthearing brief’’ or ‘‘Comments on USITC
Advice’’. (For example, an e-mail
subject line might read ‘‘2007–05
7202.99.20 Written Comments’’.)
Documents must be submitted in
English in one of the following formats:
WordPerfect (.WPD), Adobe (.PDF),
MSWord (.DOC), or text (.TXT) files.
Documents cannot be submitted as
electronic image files or contain
embedded images, e.g., ‘‘.JPG’’, ‘‘.TIF’’,
‘‘.BMP’’, or ‘‘.GIF’’. Supporting
documentation submitted as
spreadsheets are acceptable as Excel
files, 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.
If the submission contains business
confidential information, a nonconfidential 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
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marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’
at the top and bottom of each page of the
document. The non-confidential version
must also be clearly marked at the top
and bottom of each page (either
‘‘PUBLIC VERSION’’ or ‘‘NONCONFIDENTIAL’’). Documents that are
submitted without any marking might
not be accepted or will be considered
public documents.
For any document containing
business confidential information
submitted as an electronic attached file
to an e-mail transmission, 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 party
(government, company, union,
association, etc.) which is making the
submission.
E-mail submissions 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, including the
sender’s name, organization name,
address, telephone number and e-mail
address. The e-mail address for these
submissions is
FR0711@USTR.EOP.GOV. (Note: the
digit before the number 7 in the e-mail
address is the number zero, not a letter.)
Documents not submitted in accordance
with these instructions might not be
considered in this review. If unable to
provide submissions by e-mail, please
contact the GSP Subcommittee to
arrange for an alternative method of
transmission.
Public versions of all documents
relating to this review will be available
for review approximately two weeks
after the relevant due date by
appointment in the USTR public
reading room, 1724 F Street, NW,
Washington, DC. Appointments may be
made from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, by
calling (202) 395–6186.
Notice of Public Hearing
The GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC
will hold a hearing on March 4, 2008,
for CNL waiver product petitions
accepted for the 2007 GSP Annual
Review, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Office
of the U.S. Trade Representative, Rooms
1 and 2, 1724 F Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20508. The hearing will
be open to the public and a transcript
of the hearing will be available for
public inspection or can be purchased
from the reporting company. No
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electronic media coverage will be
allowed.
All interested parties wishing to make
an oral presentation at the hearing must
submit, following the above
‘‘Requirements for Submissions’’, the
name, address, telephone number, and
facsimile number and e-mail address, if
available, of the witness(es) representing
their organization to Marideth Sandler,
Executive Director of the GSP Program
by 5 p.m., February 22, 2008. Requests
to present oral testimony at the public
hearing, along with a written hearing
statement, must be received by 5 p.m.,
February 22, 2008. Oral testimony
before the GSP Subcommittee will be
limited to a five-minute presentation. If
those testifying intend to submit a
longer statement for the record, it must
be in English and accompany the
request to present oral testimony to be
submitted by February 22, 2008. Posthearing briefs or statements will be
accepted if they conform with the
‘‘Requirements for Submissions’’ cited
above and are submitted, in English, by
5 p.m., March 14, 2008. Parties not
wishing to appear at the public hearing
may submit pre-hearing briefs or
statements, in English, by 5 p.m.,
February 22, 2008. Post-hearing written
briefs or statements are to be submitted
in English by 5 p.m. on March 14, 2008.
In accordance with sections
503(d)(1)(A) of the 1974 Act and the
authority delegated by the President,
pursuant to section 332(g) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, the U.S. Trade
Representative has requested that the
USITC provide its advice on the
probable economic effect on U.S.
industries producing like or directly
competitive articles and on consumers
of the waiver of the CNL for the
specified GSP beneficiary countries,
with respect to the articles that are
specified in the ‘‘List of CNL Waiver
Petitions Accepted in the 2007 GSP
Annual Review.’’ Comments by
interested persons on the USITC Report
prepared as part of the product review
should be submitted by 5 p.m., 10
calendar days after the date of USITC
publication of its report. The e-mail
address for these submissions is:
FR0711@USTR.EOP.GOV.
Marideth Sandler,
Executive Director, Generalized System of
Preferences (GSP) Program, Office of the U.S.
Trade Representative.
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POSTAL SERVICE
Changes in Domestic Mail
Classifications
Postal Service.
Notice of implementation of
changes to the Domestic Mail
Classification Schedule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the
changes to the Domestic Mail
Classification Schedule to be
implemented as a result of the Decision
of the Governors of the United States
Postal Service on the Opinion and
Recommended Decision of the Postal
Regulatory Commission Approving
Negotiated Service Agreement with
Bank of America Corporation, Docket
No. MC2007–1.
DATES: Effective Date: April 1, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew J. Connolly, (202) 268–8582.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
February 7, 2007, in accordance with 39
U.S.C. 3622(f) as amended by the Postal
Accountability and Enhancement Act,
Public Law 109–435, and former
sections 3622 and 3623 of the Postal
Reorganization Act (39 U.S.C. 101, et
seq.), the United States Postal Service
filed a request with the Postal
Regulatory Commission (‘‘PRC’’) for a
decision recommending a negotiated
service agreement (‘‘NSA’’) with Bank of
America Corporation. The PRC
designated this filing as Docket No.
MC2007–1. On October 3, 2007,
pursuant to chapter 36 of title 39 of the
U.S. Code, the PRC issued to the
Governors of the Postal Service its
Opinion and Recommended Approving
the NSA with Bank of America
Corporation.
Pursuant to former 39 U.S.C. 3625, the
Governors of the United States Postal
Service acted on the PRC’s
recommendation on December 17, 2007.
In the Decision of the Governors of the
United States Postal Service on the
Opinion and Recommended Decision of
the Postal Regulatory Commission
Approving Negotiated Service
Agreement with Bank of America
Corporation, Docket No. MC2007–1, the
Governors of the Postal Service
approved the recommended decision. In
accordance with Resolution 07–7, the
Board of Governors established an
implementation date of April 1, 2008 on
which the approved changes to the
classification schedule for NSAs will
take effect. The attachments to the
Governors’ Decision, setting forth the
classification changes ordered into
effect by the Governors, are set forth
below.
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In accordance with the Decision of the
Governors and Resolution No. 07–7 of
the Board of Governors, the Postal
Service hereby gives notice that the
classification changes set forth below
will become effective at 12:01 a.m. on
April 1, 2008.
Attachment A to the Decision of the
Governors of the United States Postal
Service on the Opinion and
Recommended Decision of the Postal
Regulatory Commission Approving
Negotiated Service Agreement With
Bank of America Corporation, Docket
No. MC2007–1
Approved Changes in Rate Schedules
The following represent the changes
to the rate schedules recommended by
the Postal Regulatory Commission and
approved by the Governors of the Postal
Service in Docket No. MC2007–1. The
changes require the addition of five new
rate schedules—630A, 630B, 630C,
630D, and 630E. The italicized text
signifies that the text is new, and shall
appear in addition to all other rate
schedule text.
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION NSA RATE SCHEDULE
630A
(First-class mail improved mail processing
performance)
Incremental
improvement
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Rate incentive
(per piece)
$0.00032
0.00065
0.00097
0.00129
0.00162
0.00194
0.00227
0.00260
0.00292
0.00325
0.00358
0.00391
0.00424
0.00457
0.00483
0.00506
0.00529
0.00552
0.00575
SCHEDULE 630A NOTES
1. All discounts will be paid in the
form of a refund at the end of each
Postal Fiscal Quarter in accordance
with section 630.4 of the Domestic Mail
Classification Schedule (DMCS).
2. Per-piece rate incentives deducted
from per-piece rates for letter-rated
items in Rate Schedule 221.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): Notice Regarding the
Acceptance of Competitive Need Limitation Waiver Petitions for the 2007
Annual Review
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
received petitions in connection with the 2007 GSP Annual Review to
waive the competitive need limitations (CNLs) on imports of certain
products that are eligible for duty-free treatment under the GSP
program. This notice announces those petitions that are accepted for
further review. This notice also sets forth the schedule for comment
and public hearings on these petitions, for requesting participation in
the hearings, and submitting pre-hearing and post-hearing briefs, and
for commenting on the USITC report on probable economic effects. The
list of accepted petitions to waive CNLs is available at: https://
www.ustr.gov/Trade_Development/Preference_Programs/GSP/GSP_2007_
Annual_Review/Section_Index.html [2007 GSP Review, List of CNL
Waiver Petitions Accepted in the 2007 GSP Annual Review]
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.
DATES: The GSP regulations (15 CFR Part 2007) provide the schedule of
dates for conducting an annual review unless otherwise specified in a
Federal Register notice. The current schedule with respect to the
review of CNL waiver petitions is set forth below. Notification of any
other changes will be given in the Federal Register.
February 22, 2008: Due date for submission of pre-hearing briefs,
requests to appear at the GSP Subcommittee Public Hearing, and hearing
statements. Include the name, address, telephone, fax, e-mail address
and organization of witnesses for accepted CNL waiver petitions on the
submission of pre-hearing briefs and requests to appear at the Hearing.
March 4, 2008: GSP Subcommittee Public Hearing on all CNL waiver
petitions accepted for the 2007 GSP Annual Review in Rooms 1 and 2,
1724 F St., NW., Washington, DC 20508, beginning at 9 a.m.
March 14, 2008: Due date for submission of post-hearing briefs.
May 2008: USITC scheduled to publish report on products for which
CNL waivers have been requested in the 2007 GSP Annual Review (cases
2007-12 to 2007-16). Comments on the USITC report on these products are
due 10 calendar days after USITC date of publication.
June 30, 2008: Modifications to the list of articles eligible for
duty-free treatment under the GSP resulting from the 2007 Annual Review
will be announced on or about June 30, 2008, in the Federal Register,
and any changes will take effect on the effective date announced.
[[Page 5241]]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP provides for the duty-free
importation of eligible articles when imported from designated
beneficiary developing countries. The GSP is authorized by title V of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461, et seq.), as amended (the ``1974
Act''), and is implemented in accordance with Executive Order 11888 of
November 24, 1975, as modified by subsequent Executive Orders and
Presidential Proclamations.
In Federal Register notices dated May 21, 2007, and October 24,
2007, USTR announced that the deadline for the filing of product
petitions requesting waivers of ``competitive need limitations'' (CNLs)
for the 2007 GSP Annual Review was November 16, 2007 (72 FR 28527 and
72 FR 60395). The interagency GSP Subcommittee of the Trade Policy
Staff Committee (TPSC) has reviewed the CNL waiver petitions, and the
TPSC has decided to accept for review the following petitions:
(1) Cucumbers including gherkins, prepared or preserved by vinegar
or acetic acid from India (HTS 2001.10.00);
(2) Polyethylene terephthalate Resin (PET Resin) from Indonesia
(HTS 3907.60.00);
(3) New pneumatic rubber radial tires for passenger vehicles from
Indonesia (HTS 4011.10.10);
(4) Full grain unsplit bovine (not buffalo) & equine leather, not
whole, w/o hair on, nesoi from Argentina (HTS 4107.91.80)
(5) Copper, cables, plaited bands and the like, not fitted with
fittings and not made up into articles from Turkey (HTS 7413.00.50)
Additional information regarding this request is provided in ``List
of CNL Waiver Petitions Accepted in the 2007 GSP Annual Review'' posted
on the USTR Web site. That list sets forth: The case number, the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading
number, a brief description of the product (see the HTSUS for an
authoritative description available on the USITC Web site (https://
www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/) and the petitioner for each petition included
in this review. Acceptance of a petition for review does not indicate
any opinion with respect to the disposition on the merits of the
petition. Acceptance indicates only that the listed petitions have been
found eligible for review by the TPSC and that such review will take
place.
Opportunities for Public Comment and Inspection of Comments
The GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC invites comments in support of or
in opposition to any CNL waiver petition that has been accepted for the
2007 GSP Annual Review. Submissions should comply with 15 CFR Part
2007, except as modified below. All submissions should identify the
subject article(s) in terms of the case number and eight digit HTSUS
subheading number, if applicable, as shown in the ``List of CNL Waiver
Petitions Accepted in the 2007 GSP Annual Review'' available at: http:/
/www.ustr.gov/Trade_Development/Preference_Programs/GSP/GSP_
2007_Annual_Review/Section_Index.html [2007 GSP Review, List of CNL
Waiver Petitions Accepted in the 2007 GSP Annual Review]
Requirements for Submissions
In order to facilitate prompt processing of submissions, USTR
requires electronic e-mail submissions in response to this notice.
Hand-delivered submissions will not be accepted. These submissions
should be single-copy transmissions in English, and including
attachments, with the total submission not to exceed 30 single-spaced
standard letter-size pages in 12-point type and three megabytes as sent
as a digital file attached to an e-mail transmission. E-mail
submissions should use the following subject line: ``2007 GSP Annual
Review'' followed by the Case Number, the eight-digit HTSUS subheading
number found in the ``List of CNL Waiver Petitions Accepted in the 2007
GSP Annual Review'' on the USTR Web site (for example, 2007-05
7202.99.20) and, as appropriate ``Written Comments'', ``Notice of
Intent to Testify'', ``Pre-hearing brief'', ``Post-hearing brief'' or
``Comments on USITC Advice''. (For example, an e-mail subject line
might read ``2007-05 7202.99.20 Written Comments''.) Documents must be
submitted in English in one of the following formats: WordPerfect
(.WPD), Adobe (.PDF), MSWord (.DOC), or text (.TXT) files. Documents
cannot be submitted as electronic image files or contain embedded
images, e.g., ``.JPG'', ``.TIF'', ``.BMP'', or ``.GIF''. Supporting
documentation submitted as spreadsheets are acceptable as Excel files,
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.
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'' at the top
and bottom of each page of the document. The non-confidential version
must also be clearly marked at the top and bottom of each page (either
``PUBLIC VERSION'' or ``NON-CONFIDENTIAL''). Documents that are
submitted without any marking might not be accepted or will be
considered public documents.
For any document containing business confidential information
submitted as an electronic attached file to an e-mail transmission, 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 party (government, company, union,
association, etc.) which is making the submission.
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 the sender's name,
organization name, address, telephone number and e-mail address. The e-
mail address for these submissions is FR0711@USTR.EOP.GOV. (Note: the
digit before the number 7 in the e-mail address is the number zero, not
a letter.) Documents not submitted in accordance with these
instructions might not be considered in this review. If unable to
provide submissions by e-mail, please contact the GSP Subcommittee to
arrange for an alternative method of transmission.
Public versions of all documents relating to this review will be
available for review approximately two weeks after the relevant due
date by appointment in the USTR public reading room, 1724 F Street, NW,
Washington, DC. Appointments may be made from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1
p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, by calling (202) 395-6186.
Notice of Public Hearing
The GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC will hold a hearing on March 4,
2008, for CNL waiver product petitions accepted for the 2007 GSP Annual
Review, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative, Rooms 1 and 2, 1724 F Street, NW., Washington, DC
20508. The hearing will be open to the public and a transcript of the
hearing will be available for public inspection or can be purchased
from the reporting company. No
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electronic media coverage will be allowed.
All interested parties wishing to make an oral presentation at the
hearing must submit, following the above ``Requirements for
Submissions'', the name, address, telephone number, and facsimile
number and e-mail address, if available, of the witness(es)
representing their organization to Marideth Sandler, Executive Director
of the GSP Program by 5 p.m., February 22, 2008. Requests to present
oral testimony at the public hearing, along with a written hearing
statement, must be received by 5 p.m., February 22, 2008. Oral
testimony before the GSP Subcommittee will be limited to a five-minute
presentation. If those testifying intend to submit a longer statement
for the record, it must be in English and accompany the request to
present oral testimony to be submitted by February 22, 2008. Post-
hearing briefs or statements will be accepted if they conform with the
``Requirements for Submissions'' cited above and are submitted, in
English, by 5 p.m., March 14, 2008. Parties not wishing to appear at
the public hearing may submit pre-hearing briefs or statements, in
English, by 5 p.m., February 22, 2008. Post-hearing written briefs or
statements are to be submitted in English by 5 p.m. on March 14, 2008.
In accordance with sections 503(d)(1)(A) of the 1974 Act and the
authority delegated by the President, pursuant to section 332(g) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, the U.S. Trade Representative has requested that
the USITC provide its advice on the probable economic effect on U.S.
industries producing like or directly competitive articles and on
consumers of the waiver of the CNL for the specified GSP beneficiary
countries, with respect to the articles that are specified in the
``List of CNL Waiver Petitions Accepted in the 2007 GSP Annual
Review.'' Comments by interested persons on the USITC Report prepared
as part of the product review should be submitted by 5 p.m., 10
calendar days after the date of USITC publication of its report. The e-
mail address for these submissions is: FR0711@USTR.EOP.GOV.
Marideth Sandler,
Executive Director, Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Program,
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. E8-1524 Filed 1-28-08; 8:45 am]
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