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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 211 / Thursday, October 30, 2008 / Rules and Regulations
Final rule; technical corrections.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ACTION:
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
SUMMARY: This document sets forth
technical corrections to part 102 of the
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) regulations to reflect recent
changes in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States. The
affected provisions in part 102, which
are based in part on specified changes
in tariff classification, comprise a
codified system used for determining
the country of origin of goods imported
under the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) and for the country
of origin of textile and apparel products
(other than those of Israel).
DATES: This final rule is effective on
October 30, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heather K. Pinnock, Tariff Classification
and Marking Branch, Regulations and
Rulings, Office of International Trade,
(202) 572–8828.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
18 CFR Part 385
[Docket No. RM08–8–000]
Ex Parte Contacts and Separation of
Functions
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Correcting amendment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This document contains a
correction to the final regulations
(Docket No. RM08–8–000) that were
published in the Federal Register on
October 22, 2008 (73 FR 62881). The
final rule document revised the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission’s
regulations to clarify its rules governing
ex parte contacts and separation of
functions as they apply to proceedings
arising out of investigations initiated
under Part 1b of the Commission’s
regulations.
DATES:
Effective Date: November 21,
2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wilbur Miller, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,
202–502–8953, wilbur.miller@ferc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FR
Document E8–25103, appearing on page
62886 in the Federal Register of October
22, 2008, at the beginning of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION text, before
paragraph 1, add the following: ‘‘Before
Commissioners: Joseph T. Kelliher,
Chairman; Suedeen G. Kelly, Marc
Spitzer, Philip D. Moeller, and Jon
Wellinghoff.’’
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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Technical Corrections Relating to the
Rules of Origin for Goods Imported
Under the NAFTA and for Textile and
Apparel Products
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Protection, Department of Homeland
Security; Department of the Treasury.
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Background
On June 6, 1996, CBP published in the
Federal Register (61 FR 28932) as T.D.
96–48, a document which adopted as a
final rule, amendments to the CBP
regulations establishing specific rules
for determining when the country of
origin of a good is one of the parties to
the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) as required by
Annex 311 of the NAFTA (as opposed
to the rules for preference purposes in
Chapter 4 and Annex 401). In order to
simplify and standardize country of
origin determinations for purposes of
the NAFTA, the rules of origin in T.D.
96–48 set forth a codified method that
uses specified changes in tariff
classification (tariff shifts) and other
rules to express the substantial
transformation concept. Under this
codified method, the substantial
transformation that an imported good
must undergo in order to be deemed a
good of the country where the change
occurred is expressed through these
rules.
On July 1, 1996, shortly after the
publication of T.D. 96–48, CBP also gave
effect to section 334 of the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act by
implementing rules of origin applicable
to all textile and apparel imports except
for purposes of determining whether
goods originate in Israel (see T.D. 95–69,
published in the Federal Register on
September 5, 1995 (60 FR 46188)).
The specific changes in tariff
classification requirements for
determining the country of origin of
imported goods (other than textiles and
apparel products covered by § 102.21)
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under the provisions of the NAFTA are
set forth in § 102.20 of the CBP
regulations (19 CFR 102.20) except for
textiles and apparel products covered by
§ 102.21. Section 102.20 prescribes the
tariff shift rules that are used to
determinewhether a good is considered
a good of a NAFTA country (United
States, Canada or Mexico). The rules of
origin relating to trade in textile and
apparel products, other than those that
are products of Israel, are found in
§ 102.21.
In addition, we note that CBP
published in the Federal Register (73
FR 43385) on July 25, 2008, a notice of
proposed rulemaking in which it
proposed to amend the CBP regulations
to establish uniform rules governing
CBP determinations of the country of
origin of imported merchandise.
Specifically, CBP proposed that the
rules in 19 CFR part 102 be applicable
for all purposes for which ‘‘product of’’
or ‘‘country of origin’’ criterion is
prescribed under customs and related
laws, the navigation laws of the United
States, and the CBP regulations, except
for the purpose of determining whether
a good other than a textile or apparel
good is entitled to preferential treatment
under the United States’ free trade
agreements with Israel and Jordan, or
unless otherwise specified, or as
otherwise provided for by statute. The
technical corrections to the tariff shift
rules set forth in this document will
enable interested parties to properly
evaluate the impact, if any, of the
proposed rulemaking on the country of
origin of their goods.
Need for Correction
Pursuant to section 1205 of the
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness
Act of 1988 (codified at 19 U.S.C. 3005),
the International Trade Commission
(ITC) is required to keep the HTSUS
under continuous review and prepare
investigations proposing modifications
to the HTSUS to the President. In April
2006, the ITC issued Investigation No.
1205–6, Proposed Modifications to the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
UnitedStates, Publication No. 3851. The
modifications proposed in the report
were effective onFebruary 3, 2007,
pursuant to Presidential Proclamation
8097 which was published in the
Federal Register on January 4, 2007 (72
FR 453).
As a result of the 2007 modifications
to the HTSUS, certain tariff provisions
have been added or removed, and
certain goods have been transferred, for
tariff classification purposes, to different
or newly-created tariff provisions. The
changes to the HTSUS involve product
coverage and/or numbering of certain
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
18 CFR Part 385
[Docket No. RM08-8-000]
Ex Parte Contacts and Separation of Functions
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the final regulations
(Docket No. RM08-8-000) that were published in the Federal Register on
October 22, 2008 (73 FR 62881). The final rule document revised the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's regulations to clarify its rules
governing ex parte contacts and separation of functions as they apply
to proceedings arising out of investigations initiated under Part 1b of
the Commission's regulations.
DATES: Effective Date: November 21, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wilbur Miller, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,
202-502-8953, wilbur.miller@ferc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FR Document E8-25103, appearing on page
62886 in the Federal Register of October 22, 2008, at the beginning of
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION text, before paragraph 1, add the
following: ``Before Commissioners: Joseph T. Kelliher, Chairman;
Suedeen G. Kelly, Marc Spitzer, Philip D. Moeller, and Jon
Wellinghoff.''
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-25934 Filed 10-29-08; 8:45 am]
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