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originally enacted in Public Law 106–
393.
DATES: The meeting will be held January
27, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and
January 28, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the office of the Central Oregon
Intergovernmental Council, 2363 SW
Glacier Place, Redmond, Oregon 97756.
Send written comments to Jeff Walter as
Designated Federal Official, for the
Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests
Resource Advisory Committee, c/o
Forest Service, USDA. Ochoco National
Forest, 3160 NE., 3rd St., Prineville, OR
97754 or electronically to
jwalter@fs.fed.us.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Walter, Designated Federal Official,
Ochoco National Forest, 541–416–6625.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
meeting is open to the public.
Committee discussion is limited to
Forest Service staff and Committee
members. However, persons who wish
to bring Title II matters to the attention
of the Committee may flle written
statements with the Committee staff
before the meeting. A public input
session will be provided and
individuals who made written requests
by January 15, 2010 will have the
opportunity to address the Committee at
the session.
Dated: January 4, 2010.
Jeff Walter,
Designated Federal Official.
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COMMITTEE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE
AGREEMENTS
Amendment of Limitation of Duty- and
Quota-Free Imports of Apparel Articles
Assembled in Beneficiary ATPDEA
Countries From Regional Country
Fabric
AGENCY: Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA).
ACTION: Amending the 12–month cap on
duty- and quota-free benefits.
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DATES:
Effective Date: January 1, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Stetson, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 482–3400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority:
Section 3103 of the Trade Act of 2002,
Public Law 107–210; Presidential
Proclamation 7616 of October 31, 2002,
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67 FR 67283 (November 5, 2002);
Executive Order 13277, 67 FR 70305
(November 19, 2002); and the Office of
the United States Trade Representative’s
Notice of Authority and Further
Assignment of Functions, 67 FR 71606
(November 25, 2002).
Section 3103 of the Trade Act of 2002
amended the Andean Trade Preference
Act (ATPA) to provide for duty- and
quota-free treatment for certain textile
and apparel articles imported from
designated Andean Trade Promotion
and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA)
beneficiary countries. Section
204(b)(3)(B)(iii) of the amended ATPA
provides duty- and quota-free treatment
for certain apparel articles assembled in
ATPDEA beneficiary countries from
regional fabric and components, subject
to quantitative limitation. More
specifically, this provision applies to
apparel articles sewn or otherwise
assembled in one or more ATPDEA
beneficiary countries from fabrics or
from fabric components formed or from
components knit-to-shape, in one or
more ATPDEA beneficiary countries,
from yarns wholly formed in the United
States or one or more ATPDEA
beneficiary countries (including fabrics
not formed from yarns, if such fabrics
are classifiable under heading 5602 and
5603 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
(HTS) and are formed in one or more
ATPDEA beneficiary countries). Such
apparel articles may also contain certain
other eligible fabrics, fabric
components, or components knit-toshape.
Title VII of the Tax Relief and Health
Care Act (TRHCA) of 2006, Public Law
107–432, extended the expiration of the
ATPA to June 30, 2007. See Section
7002(a) of the TRHCA 2006. H.R. 1830,
110th Cong. (2007), further extended the
expiration of the ATPA to February 29,
2008. H.R. 5264, 110th Cong. (2008),
further extended the expiration of the
ATPA to December 31, 2008. H.R. 7222,
110th Cong. (2008), further extended the
expiration of the ATPA to December 31,
2009. H.R 4284, 111th Cong. (2009),
further extended the expiration of the
ATPA to December 31, 2010.
The purpose of this notice is to extend
the period of the quantitative limitation
for preferential tariff treatment under
the regional fabric provision for imports
of qualifying apparel articles for a full
12-month period, through September
30, 2010.
For the period beginning on October
1, 2009 and extending through
September 30, 2010, the aggregate
quantity of imports eligible for
preferential treatment under the
regional fabric provision is
1,163,423,598 square meters equivalent.
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Apparel articles entered in excess of this
quantity will be subject to otherwise
applicable tariffs.
This quantity is calculated using the
aggregate square meter equivalents of all
apparel articles imported into the
United States, derived from the set of
Harmonized System lines listed in the
Annex to the World Trade Organization
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
(ATC), and the conversion factors for
units of measure into square meter
equivalents used by the United States in
implementing the ATC.
Janet E. Heinzen,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
resubmit to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35). The clearance request was
withdrawn and is now being
resubmitted because the Census Bureau
has made changes to the request. The
sample size has been lowered, the
reinterview rate has been increased and
a new Census Coverage Measurement
Recall Bias Panel Study has been added.
Two previous notices were published in
the Federal Register announcing plans
to submit this request (June 19, 2009 on
page 29166 and Nov. 24, 2009 on page
61329). Neither of the previous notices
included information about these
changes.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: 2010 Census Coverage
Measurement, Person Interview, Person
Interview Reinterview, and Recall Bias
Panel Study.
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number(s): All data will be
collected using automated instruments
on computers.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden Hours: 68,938.
Number of Respondents: 275,750.
Average Hours per Response: 15
minutes.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
Bureau requests authorization from the
Office of Management and Budget to
conduct the Census Coverage
Measurement (CCM) Person Interview
(PI) and Person Interview Reinterview
(PIRI) operations as part of the 2010
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Census. The CCM program will provide
estimates of net coverage error and
components of coverage error
(omissions and erroneous enumerations)
for housing units and persons in
housing units. The data collection and
matching methodologies for previous
coverage measurement programs were
designed only to measure net coverage
error, which reflects the difference
between omissions and erroneous
inclusions.
The 2010 CCM will be comprised of
two samples selected to measure census
coverage of housing units and the
household population: The population
sample (P sample) and the enumeration
sample (E sample). The primary
sampling unit is a block cluster, which
consists of one or more contiguous
census blocks. The P sample is a sample
of housing units and persons obtained
independently from the census for a
sample of block clusters. The E sample
is a sample of census housing units and
enumerations in the same block cluster
as the P sample. The results of the
housing unit matching operations will
be used to determine which CCM and
Census addresses will be eligible to go
to the CCM Person Interview (PI)
Operation. The PI Operations will
contain approximately 205,000 sample
addresses. The Person Interview
Reinterview Operation will be a sample
of those cases with an estimate of 30,750
sample addresses.
The automated PI instrument will be
used to collect the following
information for persons in housing units
only:
1. Roster of people living at the
housing unit at the time of the CCM PI
Interview.
2. Census Day (April 1, 2010) address
information from people who moved
into the sample address since Census
Day.
3. Other addresses where a person
may have been counted on Census Day.
4. Other information to help us
determine where a person should have
been counted as of Census Day (relative
to Census residence rules). For example,
enumerators will probe for persons who
might have been left off the household
roster; ask additional questions about
persons who moved from another
address on Census Day to the sample
address; collect additional information
for persons with multiple addresses;
and collect information on the addresses
of other potential residences for
household members.
5. Demographic information for each
person in the household on Interview
Day or Census Day, including name,
date of birth, sex, race, Hispanic Origin,
and relationship.
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6. Name and above information for
any person who has moved out of the
sample address since Census Day (if
known).
We also will conduct a quality control
operation—PI Reinterview (PIRI) on 15
percent of the PI cases. The purpose of
the operation is to confirm that the PI
enumerator conducted a PI interview
with an actual household member or a
valid proxy respondent and conduct a
full person interview when falsification
is suspected. If PIRI results indicate
falsified information by the original
enumerator, all cases worked by the
original enumerator are reworked by
reassigning the cases to a different PI
enumerator.
In addition to the CCM PI Operation,
CCM will conduct a Recall Bias Panel
Study that will be conducted using an
automated instrument over the phone.
The study will examine recall bias in
the CCM with respect to residence
during the 2010 Census cycle. One of
the recurring questions regarding the
2010 CCM is whether conducting the
CCM Person Interview (PI) and CCM
Person Followup (PFU) operations, later
than in previous post-enumeration
surveys, will cause degradation on the
data collection of respondent moves
since Census Day (April 1, 2010) and
the information on alternate addresses
for the residents. The main goal of the
study is to provide initial insight into
the issue of recall bias for the CCM PI
and PFU. This initial study will
measure if we can detect a problem as
our contact moves away from Census
Day, but will not be able to detect if the
reporting errors cancel each other out.
Therefore, if no problem is found, we
will not be able to conclude that there
is not a problem with recall bias. The
plan is to design and implement further
studies of this issue for CCM in the 2020
Decennial testing life cycle.
Four panels of random digit dialing
(RDD) respondents will be interviewed
during May, June and September 2010,
and February 2011. These time periods
represent the current timing for 2010
Census Nonresponse Followup,
Coverage Followup, CCM Person
Interview (PI), and the CCM Person
Followup (PFU) operations. The study
will collect the sample information as
the CCM PI operation. The study will
include 10,000 numbers per panel for a
total of 40,000 individuals that can be
contacted.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: One time.
Respondent’s Obligation: PI
Operation: Mandatory.
Recall Study: Voluntary.
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Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, Sections 141 and 193.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Diana Hynek,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of
Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB
Desk Officer either by fax (202–395–
7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: January 6, 2010.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010–286 Filed 1–11–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Environmental Technologies Trade
Advisory Committee (ETTAC)
AGENCY: International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
SUMMARY: The Environmental
Technologies Trade Advisory
Committee (ETTAC) will hold its first
plenary meeting of 2010 to discuss
environmental technologies trade
liberalization, industry competitiveness
issues, and general Committee
administrative items.
DATES: January 28, 2010.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230,
Room 4830.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Bohon, Office of Energy and
Environmental Technologies Industries
(OEEI), International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce at (202) 482–0359. This
meeting is physically accessible to
people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
OEEI at (202) 482–5225.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is the
second time this ETTAC will meet since
its re-chartering in September 2009. The
meeting is open to the public and time
will be permitted for public comment.
Written comments concerning ETTAC
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will resubmit to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for
collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). The clearance request was
withdrawn and is now being resubmitted because the Census Bureau has
made changes to the request. The sample size has been lowered, the
reinterview rate has been increased and a new Census Coverage
Measurement Recall Bias Panel Study has been added. Two previous
notices were published in the Federal Register announcing plans to
submit this request (June 19, 2009 on page 29166 and Nov. 24, 2009 on
page 61329). Neither of the previous notices included information about
these changes.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: 2010 Census Coverage Measurement, Person Interview, Person
Interview Reinterview, and Recall Bias Panel Study.
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number(s): All data will be collected using automated
instruments on computers.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden Hours: 68,938.
Number of Respondents: 275,750.
Average Hours per Response: 15 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests authorization from
the Office of Management and Budget to conduct the Census Coverage
Measurement (CCM) Person Interview (PI) and Person Interview
Reinterview (PIRI) operations as part of the 2010
[[Page 1590]]
Census. The CCM program will provide estimates of net coverage error
and components of coverage error (omissions and erroneous enumerations)
for housing units and persons in housing units. The data collection and
matching methodologies for previous coverage measurement programs were
designed only to measure net coverage error, which reflects the
difference between omissions and erroneous inclusions.
The 2010 CCM will be comprised of two samples selected to measure
census coverage of housing units and the household population: The
population sample (P sample) and the enumeration sample (E sample). The
primary sampling unit is a block cluster, which consists of one or more
contiguous census blocks. The P sample is a sample of housing units and
persons obtained independently from the census for a sample of block
clusters. The E sample is a sample of census housing units and
enumerations in the same block cluster as the P sample. The results of
the housing unit matching operations will be used to determine which
CCM and Census addresses will be eligible to go to the CCM Person
Interview (PI) Operation. The PI Operations will contain approximately
205,000 sample addresses. The Person Interview Reinterview Operation
will be a sample of those cases with an estimate of 30,750 sample
addresses.
The automated PI instrument will be used to collect the following
information for persons in housing units only:
1. Roster of people living at the housing unit at the time of the
CCM PI Interview.
2. Census Day (April 1, 2010) address information from people who
moved into the sample address since Census Day.
3. Other addresses where a person may have been counted on Census
Day.
4. Other information to help us determine where a person should
have been counted as of Census Day (relative to Census residence
rules). For example, enumerators will probe for persons who might have
been left off the household roster; ask additional questions about
persons who moved from another address on Census Day to the sample
address; collect additional information for persons with multiple
addresses; and collect information on the addresses of other potential
residences for household members.
5. Demographic information for each person in the household on
Interview Day or Census Day, including name, date of birth, sex, race,
Hispanic Origin, and relationship.
6. Name and above information for any person who has moved out of
the sample address since Census Day (if known).
We also will conduct a quality control operation--PI Reinterview
(PIRI) on 15 percent of the PI cases. The purpose of the operation is
to confirm that the PI enumerator conducted a PI interview with an
actual household member or a valid proxy respondent and conduct a full
person interview when falsification is suspected. If PIRI results
indicate falsified information by the original enumerator, all cases
worked by the original enumerator are reworked by reassigning the cases
to a different PI enumerator.
In addition to the CCM PI Operation, CCM will conduct a Recall Bias
Panel Study that will be conducted using an automated instrument over
the phone. The study will examine recall bias in the CCM with respect
to residence during the 2010 Census cycle. One of the recurring
questions regarding the 2010 CCM is whether conducting the CCM Person
Interview (PI) and CCM Person Followup (PFU) operations, later than in
previous post-enumeration surveys, will cause degradation on the data
collection of respondent moves since Census Day (April 1, 2010) and the
information on alternate addresses for the residents. The main goal of
the study is to provide initial insight into the issue of recall bias
for the CCM PI and PFU. This initial study will measure if we can
detect a problem as our contact moves away from Census Day, but will
not be able to detect if the reporting errors cancel each other out.
Therefore, if no problem is found, we will not be able to conclude that
there is not a problem with recall bias. The plan is to design and
implement further studies of this issue for CCM in the 2020 Decennial
testing life cycle.
Four panels of random digit dialing (RDD) respondents will be
interviewed during May, June and September 2010, and February 2011.
These time periods represent the current timing for 2010 Census
Nonresponse Followup, Coverage Followup, CCM Person Interview (PI), and
the CCM Person Followup (PFU) operations. The study will collect the
sample information as the CCM PI operation. The study will include
10,000 numbers per panel for a total of 40,000 individuals that can be
contacted.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: One time.
Respondent's Obligation: PI Operation: Mandatory.
Recall Study: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141 and
193.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245)
or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: January 6, 2010.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-286 Filed 1-11-10; 8:45 am]
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