Request for Comments and Notice of Public Hearing Concerning China's Compliance With WTO Commitments, 44783-44785 [E8-17574]
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recommended for consideration by the
Radiation Source Protection and
Security Task Force and by the NAS,
referenced above.
Both reports recognize the important
role that devices, containing such
sources, fulfill in serving public health,
research and instrument calibration at
the present time. But the reports also
considered the potential risks associated
with these sources and, consequently,
recommended phasing out their future
use. NRC has not made any decision in
this regard, but as a follow-up to the
recommendations, NRC is seeking
additional information that would
provided relevant information for its
decisionmaking process.
In considering Issue No. 3, possible
phase-out of CsCl sources, there are four
main issues that should be considered
and discussed: Issue 3.1: Potential
rulemaking issues and justification for
regulatory change; Issue 3.2:
Transportation and storage issues
associated with removal of CsCl sources
from licensee facilities; Issue 3.3:
Consideration of government incentives
and voluntary actions by industry and
manufacturers; and Issue 3.4: Impact of
U.S. changes to regulating CsCl on the
international community. Each of these
issues are presented below.
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Issue No. 3.1: Potential Rulemaking
Issues and Justification for Regulatory
Change
Q3.1–1. (a) What would be the
medical consequences if CsCl was to be
banned for medical (e.g., blood)
irradiators? (b) What would be the
impact to existing and future biomedical
research using these devices? (c) Can
alternative technologies be used for
medical applications and/or biomedical
research (research on animals and
tissue?)
Q3.1–2. (a) What would be the
consequences if CsCl was to be banned
for irradiators that are used for
industrial and calibration purposes? (b)
What is the impact on existing
American National Standards Institute
(ANSI) standards and licensee
conditions that require the use of Cs-137
for calibration purposes?
Q3.1–3. What would be the economic
consequences to users if CsCl was to be
banned?
Q3.1–4. What would be the economic
consequences to vendors if CsCl was to
be banned?
Q3.1–5. (a) Should the NRC
discontinue all new licensing and
importation of these sources and
devices? (b) What is the regulatory
basis? (c) Who (NRC, DHS, or jointly)
should conduct the risk analysis?
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Issue No. 3.2: Transportation and
Storage Issues Associated With
Removal of CsCl Sources From Licensee
Facilities
Q3.2–1. (a) Are there transportation
packages available for transportation?
(a) Who should bear the transportation
costs?
Q3.2–2. (a) How could the current
CsCl sources be disposed given that
CsCl is defined as a ‘‘Greater Than Class
C’’ source and currently has no disposal
mechanism in the U.S.? (b) If disposal
was made available by DOE, what
would be the cost of disposal?
Q3.2–3. (a) Where could the
decommissioned sources be stored? (b)
What disposition options are needed in
the United States?
Issue No. 3.3: Consideration of
Government Incentives and Voluntary
Actions by Industry and Manufacturers
Q3.3–1. Should the Federal
government issue incentives to
implement replacements?
Q3.3–2. (a) Are there feasible
incentives to shift users away from
radioactive CsCl for users? (b)
Manufacturers?
Q3.3–3. (a) What incentives should
the Federal government provide to
licensees to decommission their existing
sources or devices because the devices
still have use value? (b) For licensees
that are defined as ‘‘not-for-profit’’ (e.g.,
hospitals), what type of incentives could
be made available to change
technologies?
Q3.3–4. How can the Federal
government compensate licensees when
they are forced to decommission these
sources? Should compensation include
the cost of the replacement technology?
Decommissioning?
Issue No. 3.4: Impact of Potential U.S.
Changes to Regulating CsCl on the
International Community
Q3.4–1. How can the U.S. prevent
recovered sources from
decommissioned devices (or the devices
themselves) from being sold outside the
U.S.?
Q3.4–2. (a) If the U.S. decides to ban
the use of CsCl sources, should the U.S.
have a position in denying or
eliminating after-market sales of CsCl
irradiators outside the U.S.? (b) Would
this be potentially denying medical care
to developing countries?
Q3.4–3. What should the role of the
International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) be in assisting the U.S. in
ensuring the safe and secure use of CsCl
sources and devices?
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Issue No. 4—Additional Requirements
for Enhanced Security of CsCl Sources
In considering Issue No. 4, additional
requirements for enhanced security of
CsCl sources, there are three main issues
that should be considered and
discussed:
Q4.1. Should the NRC and Agreement
States require more stringent security
measures than those currently mandated
(e.g., should additional requirements be
implemented for IAEA Category 1 and 2
sources)?
Note: The current requirements for
increased security of certain high-risk
radioactive sources in the U.S. are: (a)
Compensatory Measures for panoramic
irradiators; (b) Additional Security Measures
for manufacturers and distributors; (c)
Increased Controls for licensees with
Category 1 and 2 devices and sources; (d)
Fingerprinting for access to radioactive
material (see https://www.nrc.gov/security/
byproduct/orders.html).
Q4.2. Should the NRC and Agreement
States require more stringent security
measures for lower than Category 2 CsCl
sources and devices (e.g., Category 3
sources)?
Q4.3. Would additional security
requirements for CsCl create a
disincentive for owning them?
Issue No. 5—Role of Risk Analysis in
Potential Future CsCl Requirements
In considering Issue No. 5, the role of
risk analysis in NRC and Agreement
State requirements for CsCl, the main
issues that should be considered and
discussed:
Q5.1. (a) How should the NRC
determine the economic and social
disruptions/impacts to the public,
licensees, and the environment? (b)
How should these factors be measured
in decision making?
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day
of July 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
John P. Jankovich,
Team Leader, Office of Federal and State
Materials and Environmental Management
Programs.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Request for Comments and Notice of
Public Hearing Concerning China’s
Compliance With WTO Commitments
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Request for comments and
notice of public hearing concerning
AGENCY:
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China’s compliance with its WTO
commitments.
SUMMARY: The interagency Trade Policy
Staff Committee (TPSC) will convene a
public hearing and seek public
comment to assist the Office of the
United States Trade Representative
(USTR) in the preparation of its annual
report to the Congress on China’s
compliance with the commitments
made in connection with its accession
to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
DATES: Persons wishing to testify at the
hearing must provide written
notification of their intention, as well as
a copy of their testimony, by noon,
Thursday, September 18, 2008. Written
comments are due by noon, Monday,
September 22, 2008. A hearing will be
held in Washington, DC, on Thursday,
October 2, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submissions by electronic
mail: FR0810@ustr.eop.gov.
Submissions by facsimile: Gloria Blue,
Executive Secretary, Trade Policy Staff
Committee, Office of the United States
Trade Representative, (202) 395–6143.
The public is strongly encouraged to
submit documents electronically rather
than by facsimile. (See requirements for
submissions below.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
procedural questions concerning written
comments or participation in the public
hearing, contact Gloria Blue, (202) 395–
3475. All other questions should be
directed to Terrence J. McCartin, Deputy
Assistant United States Trade
Representative for China Enforcement,
(202) 395–3900, or Claire E. Reade,
Chief Counsel for China Trade
Enforcement, (202) 395–9625.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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1. Background
China became a Member of the WTO
on December 11, 2001. In accordance
with section 421 of the U.S.-China
Relations Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–286),
USTR is required to submit, by
December 11 of each year, a report to
Congress on China’s compliance with
commitments made in connection with
its accession to the WTO, including
both multilateral commitments and any
bilateral commitments made to the
United States. In accordance with
section 421, and to assist it in preparing
this year’s report, the TPSC is hereby
soliciting public comment. Last year’s
report is available on USTR’s Internet
Web site (at https://www.ustr.gov/
World_Regions/North_Asia/China/
Section_Index.html).
The terms of China’s accession to the
WTO are contained in the Protocol on
the Accession of the People’s Republic
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of China (including its annexes)
(Protocol), the Report of the Working
Party on the Accession of China
(Working Party Report), and the WTO
agreements. The Protocol and Working
Party Report can be found on the
Department of Commerce Web page,
https://www.mac.doc.gov/China/
WTOAccessionPackage.htm, or on the
WTO Web site, https://
docsonline.wto.org (document symbols:
WT/L/432, WT/MIN(01)/3, WT/
MIN(01)/3/Add.1, WT/MIN(01)/3/
Add.2).
and (2) a short (one or two paragraph)
summary of the presentation, including
the commitments at issue and, as
applicable, the product(s) (with HTSUS
numbers), service sector(s), or other
subjects to be discussed. A copy of the
testimony must accompany the
notification. Remarks at the hearing
should be limited to no more than five
minutes to allow for possible questions
from the TPSC.
All documents should be submitted in
accordance with the instructions in
section 3 below.
2. Public Comment and Hearing
USTR invites written comments and/
or oral testimony of interested persons
on China’s compliance with
commitments made in connection with
its accession to the WTO, including, but
not limited to, commitments in the
following areas: (a) Trading rights; (b)
import regulation (e.g., tariffs, tariff-rate
quotas, quotas, import licenses); (c)
export regulation; (d) internal policies
affecting trade (e.g., subsidies, standards
and technical regulations, sanitary and
phytosanitary measures, government
procurement, trade-related investment
measures, taxes and charges levied on
imports and exports); (e) intellectual
property rights (including intellectual
property rights enforcement); (f)
services; (g) rule of law issues (e.g.,
transparency, judicial review, uniform
administration of laws and regulations)
and status of legal reform; and (h) other
WTO commitments. In addition, given
the Administration’s view that China
should be held accountable as a full
participant in, and beneficiary of, the
international trading system (see ‘‘U.S.China Trade Relations: Entering a New
Phase of Greater Accountability and
Enforcement,’’ issued by USTR in
February 2006, https://www.ustr.gov/
World_Regions/North_Asia/China/
2006_Top-to-Bottom_Review/
Section_Index.html), USTR requests that
interested persons also specifically
identify unresolved compliance issues
that warrant review and evaluation by
USTR’s China Enforcement Task Force.
Written comments must be received
no later than noon, Monday, September
22, 2008.
A hearing will be held on Thursday,
October 2, 2008, in Room 1, 1724 F
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508. If
necessary, the hearing will continue on
the next day.
Persons wishing to testify orally at the
hearing must provide written
notification of their intention by noon,
Thursday, September 18, 2008. The
notification should include: (1) The
name, address, and telephone number of
the person presenting the testimony;
3. Requirements for Submissions
In order to facilitate prompt
processing of submissions, USTR
strongly urges and prefers electronic
(e-mail) submissions in response to this
notice. In the event that an e-mail
submission is impossible, submissions
should be made by facsimile.
Persons making submissions by
e-mail should use the following subject
line: ‘‘China WTO’’ followed by (as
appropriate) ‘‘Written Comments,’’
‘‘Notice of Testimony,’’ or ‘‘Testimony.’’
Documents should be submitted as
either Adobe PDF, WordPerfect,
MSWord, or text (.TXT) files.
Supporting documentation submitted as
spreadsheets is acceptable as Quattro
Pro or Excel. For any document
containing business confidential
information submitted electronically,
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
submitter. Persons who make
submissions by e-mail should not
provide separate cover letters;
information that might appear in a cover
letter should be included in the
submission itself. Similarly, to the
extent possible, any attachments to the
submission should be included in the
same file as the submission itself, and
not as separate files.
Written comments, notices of
testimony, and testimony will be placed
in a file open to public inspection
pursuant to 15 CFR 2003.5, except for
confidential business information
exempt from public inspection in
accordance with 15 CFR 2003.6.
Confidential business information
submitted in accordance with 15 CFR
2003.6 must be clearly marked
‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ at the top
of each page, including any cover letter
or cover page, and must be accompanied
by a nonconfidential summary of the
confidential information. All public
documents and nonconfidential
summaries shall be available for public
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inspection in the USTR Reading Room.
The USTR Reading Room is open to the
public, by appointment only, from 10
a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday. An
appointment to review the file may be
made by calling (202) 395–6186.
Appointments must be scheduled at
least 48 hours in advance.
General information concerning USTR
may be obtained by accessing its
Internet Web site (https://www.ustr.gov).
Carmen Suro-Bredie,
Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Request for Public Comment With
Respect to the Annual National Trade
Estimate Report on Foreign Trade
Barriers
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 303 of the
Trade and Tariff Act of 1984, as
amended, USTR is required to publish
annually the National Trade Estimate
Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE).
With this notice, the Trade Policy Staff
Committee (TPSC) is requesting
interested parties to assist it in
identifying significant barriers to U.S.
exports of goods, services and overseas
direct investment for inclusion in the
NTE. Particularly important are
impediments materially affecting the
actual and potential financial
performance of an industry sector. The
TPSC invites written comments that
provide views relevant to the issues to
be examined in preparing the NTE.
DATES: Public comments are due not
later than Thursday, November 6, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submissions by electronic
mail: FR0717@USTR.EOP.GOV.
Submissions by facsimile: Gloria Blue,
Executive Secretary, Trade Policy Staff
Committee, Office of the United States
Trade Representative (202–395–6143).
The public is strongly encouraged to
submit documents electronically rather
than by facsimile. (See requirements for
submissions below.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions regarding the report, its
subject matter or procedural questions
concerning submissions should be
directed to Ms. Gloria Blue, Office of
Policy Coordination, Office of the
United States Trade Representative
(202–395–3475).
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Last year’s
report may be found on USTR’s Internet
Home Page (https://www.ustr.gov) in the
Document Library under the section on
Reports. In order to ensure compliance
with the statutory mandate for reporting
foreign trade barriers that are
significant, we will focus particularly on
those restrictions where there has been
active private sector interest.
The information submitted should
relate to one or more of the following
ten categories of foreign trade barriers:
(1) Import policies (e.g., tariffs and
other import charges, quantitative
restrictions, import licensing, and
customs barriers);
(2) Standards, testing, labeling, and
certification (including unnecessarily
restrictive application of phytosanitary
standards, refusal to accept U.S.
manufacturers’ self-certification of
conformance to foreign product
standards, and environmental
restrictions);
(3) Government procurement (e.g.,
‘‘buy national’’ policies and closed
bidding);
(4) Export subsidies (e.g., export
financing on preferential terms and
agricultural export subsidies that
displace U.S. exports in third country
markets);
(5) Lack of intellectual property
protection (e.g., inadequate patent,
copyright, and trademark regimes);
(6) Services barriers (e.g., limits on the
range of financial services offered by
foreign financial institutions, regulation
of international data flows, restrictions
on the use of data processing, quotas on
imports of foreign films, and barriers to
the provision of services by
professionals (e.g., lawyers, doctors,
accountants, engineers, nurses, etc.);
(7) Investment barriers (e.g.,
limitations on foreign equity
participation and on access to foreign
government-funded R&D consortia, local
content, technology transfer and export
performance requirements, and
restrictions on repatriation of earnings,
capital, fees and royalties);
(8) Anticompetitive practices with
trade effects tolerated by foreign
governments (including anticompetitive
activities of both state-owned and
private firms that apply to services or to
goods and that restrict the sale of U.S.
products to any firm, not just to foreign
firms);
(9) Trade restrictions affecting
electronic commerce (e.g., tariff and
non-tariff measures, burdensome and
discriminatory regulations and
standards, and discriminatory taxation);
and
(10) Other barriers (i.e., barriers that
encompass more than one category, e.g.,
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bribery and corruption, or that affect a
single sector).
As in the case of last year’s NTE, we
are asking that particular emphasis be
placed on any practices that may violate
U.S. trade agreements. We are also
interested in receiving any new or
updated information pertinent to the
barriers covered in last year’s report as
well as new information. Please note
that the information not used in the
NTE will be maintained for use in future
negotiations.
It is most important that your
submission contain estimates of the
potential increase in exports that would
result from the removal of the barrier, as
well as a clear discussion of the
method(s) by which the estimates were
computed. Estimates should fall within
the following value ranges: Less than $5
million; $5 to $25 million; $25 million
to $50 million; $50 million to $100
million; $100 million to $500 million; or
over $500 million. Such assessments
enhance USTR’s ability to conduct
meaningful comparative analyses of a
barrier’s effect over a range of
industries.
Please note that interested parties
discussing barriers in more than one
country should, whenever possible,
provide a separate submission (i.e., one
that is self-contained) for each country
with the country indicated in the
subject line of each submission. If
separate, country-specific submissions
are not feasible, please identify all
countries covered by a submission in
the subject line of that submission.
Requirements for Submissions: In
order to facilitate prompt processing of
submissions, USTR strongly urges and
prefers electronic (e-mail) submissions
in response to this notice. In the event
an e-mail submission is impossible,
submissions should be made by
facsimile. Facsimile submissions should
not exceed a maximum of 20 pages.
E-mail submissions should be single
copy transmissions in English.
Submissions should use the following
subject line: ‘‘2009 National Trade
Estimate Report—Submission by (sector,
company, association). Documents must
be submitted as either WordPerfect
(‘‘WPD’’), MSWord (‘‘DOC’’), or text
(‘‘TXT’’) file. Documents should not be
submitted as electronic image files or
contain imbedded images (for example,
‘‘JPG’’, ‘‘BMP’’, or ‘‘GIF’’), as these types
of files are generally excessively large.
Supporting Documentation submitted as
spreadsheets is 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
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ACTION: Request for comments and notice of public hearing concerning
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SUMMARY: The interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) will
convene a public hearing and seek public comment to assist the Office
of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) in the preparation of
its annual report to the Congress on China's compliance with the
commitments made in connection with its accession to the World Trade
Organization (WTO).
DATES: Persons wishing to testify at the hearing must provide written
notification of their intention, as well as a copy of their testimony,
by noon, Thursday, September 18, 2008. Written comments are due by
noon, Monday, September 22, 2008. A hearing will be held in Washington,
DC, on Thursday, October 2, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submissions by electronic mail: FR0810@ustr.eop.gov.
Submissions by facsimile: Gloria Blue, Executive Secretary, Trade
Policy Staff Committee, Office of the United States Trade
Representative, (202) 395-6143. The public is strongly encouraged to
submit documents electronically rather than by facsimile. (See
requirements for submissions below.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For procedural questions concerning
written comments or participation in the public hearing, contact Gloria
Blue, (202) 395-3475. All other questions should be directed to
Terrence J. McCartin, Deputy Assistant United States Trade
Representative for China Enforcement, (202) 395-3900, or Claire E.
Reade, Chief Counsel for China Trade Enforcement, (202) 395-9625.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Background
China became a Member of the WTO on December 11, 2001. In
accordance with section 421 of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000
(Pub. L. 106-286), USTR is required to submit, by December 11 of each
year, a report to Congress on China's compliance with commitments made
in connection with its accession to the WTO, including both
multilateral commitments and any bilateral commitments made to the
United States. In accordance with section 421, and to assist it in
preparing this year's report, the TPSC is hereby soliciting public
comment. Last year's report is available on USTR's Internet Web site
(at https://www.ustr.gov/World_Regions/North_Asia/China/Section_
Index.html).
The terms of China's accession to the WTO are contained in the
Protocol on the Accession of the People's Republic of China (including
its annexes) (Protocol), the Report of the Working Party on the
Accession of China (Working Party Report), and the WTO agreements. The
Protocol and Working Party Report can be found on the Department of
Commerce Web page, https://www.mac.doc.gov/China/
WTOAccessionPackage.htm, or on the WTO Web site, https://
docsonline.wto.org (document symbols: WT/L/432, WT/MIN(01)/3, WT/
MIN(01)/3/Add.1, WT/MIN(01)/3/Add.2).
2. Public Comment and Hearing
USTR invites written comments and/or oral testimony of interested
persons on China's compliance with commitments made in connection with
its accession to the WTO, including, but not limited to, commitments in
the following areas: (a) Trading rights; (b) import regulation (e.g.,
tariffs, tariff-rate quotas, quotas, import licenses); (c) export
regulation; (d) internal policies affecting trade (e.g., subsidies,
standards and technical regulations, sanitary and phytosanitary
measures, government procurement, trade-related investment measures,
taxes and charges levied on imports and exports); (e) intellectual
property rights (including intellectual property rights enforcement);
(f) services; (g) rule of law issues (e.g., transparency, judicial
review, uniform administration of laws and regulations) and status of
legal reform; and (h) other WTO commitments. In addition, given the
Administration's view that China should be held accountable as a full
participant in, and beneficiary of, the international trading system
(see ``U.S.-China Trade Relations: Entering a New Phase of Greater
Accountability and Enforcement,'' issued by USTR in February 2006,
https://www.ustr.gov/World_Regions/North_Asia/China/2006_Top-to-
Bottom_Review/Section_Index.html), USTR requests that interested
persons also specifically identify unresolved compliance issues that
warrant review and evaluation by USTR's China Enforcement Task Force.
Written comments must be received no later than noon, Monday,
September 22, 2008.
A hearing will be held on Thursday, October 2, 2008, in Room 1,
1724 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508. If necessary, the hearing
will continue on the next day.
Persons wishing to testify orally at the hearing must provide
written notification of their intention by noon, Thursday, September
18, 2008. The notification should include: (1) The name, address, and
telephone number of the person presenting the testimony; and (2) a
short (one or two paragraph) summary of the presentation, including the
commitments at issue and, as applicable, the product(s) (with HTSUS
numbers), service sector(s), or other subjects to be discussed. A copy
of the testimony must accompany the notification. Remarks at the
hearing should be limited to no more than five minutes to allow for
possible questions from the TPSC.
All documents should be submitted in accordance with the
instructions in section 3 below.
3. Requirements for Submissions
In order to facilitate prompt processing of submissions, USTR
strongly urges and prefers electronic (e-mail) submissions in response
to this notice. In the event that an e-mail submission is impossible,
submissions should be made by facsimile.
Persons making submissions by e-mail should use the following
subject line: ``China WTO'' followed by (as appropriate) ``Written
Comments,'' ``Notice of Testimony,'' or ``Testimony.'' Documents should
be submitted as either Adobe PDF, WordPerfect, MSWord, or text (.TXT)
files. Supporting documentation submitted as spreadsheets is acceptable
as Quattro Pro or Excel. For any document containing business
confidential information submitted electronically, 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 submitter. Persons who make submissions by e-mail should not
provide separate cover letters; information that might appear in a
cover letter should be included in the submission itself. Similarly, to
the extent possible, any attachments to the submission should be
included in the same file as the submission itself, and not as separate
files.
Written comments, notices of testimony, and testimony will be
placed in a file open to public inspection pursuant to 15 CFR 2003.5,
except for confidential business information exempt from public
inspection in accordance with 15 CFR 2003.6. Confidential business
information submitted in accordance with 15 CFR 2003.6 must be clearly
marked ``BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL'' at the top of each page, including any
cover letter or cover page, and must be accompanied by a
nonconfidential summary of the confidential information. All public
documents and nonconfidential summaries shall be available for public
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inspection in the USTR Reading Room. The USTR Reading Room is open to
the public, by appointment only, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to
4 p.m., Monday through Friday. An appointment to review the file may be
made by calling (202) 395-6186. Appointments must be scheduled at least
48 hours in advance.
General information concerning USTR may be obtained by accessing
its Internet Web site (https://www.ustr.gov).
Carmen Suro-Bredie,
Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
[FR Doc. E8-17574 Filed 7-30-08; 8:45 am]
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