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Average
burden per
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total
annual
burden (hours)
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i501 (Internet iAppeals) ...................................................................................
25,953
643,516
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4,326
53,626
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for initial determinations regarding
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and to determine an individual’s
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respondents
Collection method
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
SSA–561 and MCS Interview ..........................................................................
i561 (Internet iAppeals) ...................................................................................
550,370
911,330
1
1
8
5
73,383
75,944
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1,461,700
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149,327
Dated: November 28, 2011.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports
Clearance, Social Security Administration.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences
(GSP): Import Statistics Relating to
Competitive Need Limitations
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
This notice is to inform the
public of the availability of import
statistics for the first nine months of
2011 relating to competitive need
limitations (CNLs) under the
Generalized System of Preferences
(GSP) program. These import statistics
identify some articles for which the
2011 trade levels may exceed statutory
CNLs. Interested parties may find this
information useful in deciding whether
to submit a petition to waive the CNLs
for individual beneficiary developing
countries (BDCs) with respect to specific
GSP-eligible articles. As previously
announced in the Federal Register (76
FR 67531 (November 1, 2011)), the
deadline for submission of product
petitions to waive the CNLs for
individual BDCs with respect to GSP-
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eligible articles is 5 p.m., December 16,
2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Donnette Rimmer, Director for
GSP, Office of the United States Trade
Representative, 600 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20508. The telephone
number is (202) 395–9618 and the email
address is
Donnette_Rimmer@ustr.eop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Competitive Need Limitations
The GSP program provides for the
duty-free importation of designated
articles when imported from designated
BDCs. The GSP program 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.
Section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act
sets out the two CNLs. When the
President determines that a BDC has
exported to the United States during a
calendar year either (1) a quantity of a
GSP-eligible article having a value in
excess of the applicable amount for that
year ($150 million for 2011), or (2) a
quantity of a GSP-eligible article having
a value equal to or greater than 50
percent of the value of total U.S. imports
of the article from all countries (the ‘‘50
percent CNL’’), the President must
terminate GSP duty-free treatment for
that article from that BDC by no later
than July 1 of the next calendar year.
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Under section 503(c)(2)(F) of the 1974
Act, the President may waive the 50
percent CNL with respect to an eligible
article imported from a BDC, if the value
of total imports of that article from all
countries during the calendar year did
not exceed the applicable de minimis
amount for that year ($20.5 million for
2011). Further, under section
503(c)(2)(C) of the 1974 Act, if imports
of an eligible article from a BDC ceased
to receive duty-free treatment due to
exceeding a CNL in a prior year, the
President may redesignate such an
article for duty free treatment if imports
in the most recently completed year did
not exceed the CNLs.
II. Implementation of Competitive Need
Limitations
Exclusions from GSP duty-free
treatment where CNLs have been
exceeded will be effective July 1, 2012,
unless the President grants a waiver
before the exclusion goes into effect.
Exclusions for exceeding a CNL are
based on full 2011 calendar year import
statistics.
III. Interim 2011 Import Statistics
In order to provide advance notice of
articles that may exceed the CNLs for
2011, interim 2011 import statistics for
the first nine months of 2011 relating to
CNLs can be viewed at: https://
www.ustr.gov/trade-topics/tradedevelopment/preference-programs/
generalized-system-preference-gsp/
current-review-4 Full calendar-year
2011 data for individual tariff
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subheadings will be available in
February 2012 on the Web site of the
U.S. International Trade Commission at
https://dataweb.usitc.gov/.
The interim 2011 import statistics are
organized to show, for each article, the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) subheading and
BDC of origin, the value of imports of
the article for the first nine months of
2011, and the percentage of total
imports of that article from all countries.
The list includes the GSP-eligible
articles from BDCs that have already
exceeded the CNLs since import levels
amount to more than $150 million, or by
an amount greater than 50 percent of the
total value of U.S. imports of that
product in 2011. The list also includes
GSP-eligible articles that, based upon
interim nine-month 2011 data, exceed
$100 million dollars, or an amount
greater than 42 percent of the total value
of U.S. imports of that product.
The list published on the USTR Web
site is provided as a courtesy for
informational purposes only. The list is
computer-generated, based on interim
2011 trade data, and may not include all
articles that may be affected by the GSP
CNLs. Regardless of whether or not an
article is included on the list referenced
in this notice, all determinations and
decisions regarding application of the
CNLs of the GSP program will be based
on full calendar year 2011 import data
for each GSP-eligible article. Each
interested party is advised to conduct its
own review of 2011 import data with
regard to the possible application of
GSP CNLs. Please see the notice
announcing the 2011 GSP Review
which was published in the Federal
Register on November 1, 2011,
regarding submission of product
petitions requesting a waiver of a CNL.
The notice is available at https://
www.regulations.gov/
#!documentDetail;D=USTR-2011–00150001.
William D. Jackson,
Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative
for the GSP Program, Chairman, GSP
Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff
Committee.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Notice of
Landing Area Proposal
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our
intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew an information
collection. The Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of
information was published on
September 23, 2011, vol. 76, no. 185,
pages 59185–59186. FAA Form 7480–1
(Notice of Landing Area Proposal) is
used to collect information about any
construction, alteration, or change to the
status or use of an airport.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by January 3, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy DePaepe at (405) 954–9362, or by
email at: Kathy.A.DePaepe@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120–0036.
Title: Notice of Landing Area
Proposal.
Form Numbers: FAA Form 7480–1.
Type of Review: Renewal of an
information collection.
Background: FAR Part 157 requires
that each person who intends to
construct, deactivate, or change the
status of an airport, runway, or taxiway
must notify the FAA of such activity.
The information collected provides the
basis for determining the effect the
proposed action would have on existing
airports and on the safe and efficient use
of airspace by aircraft, the effects on
existing or contemplated traffic patterns
of neighboring airports, the effects on
the existing airspace structure and
projected programs of the FAA, and the
effects that existing or proposed
manmade objects (on file with the FAA)
and natural objects within the affected
area would have on the airport proposal.
Respondents: Approximately 1,500
applicants.
Frequency: Information is collected
on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 45 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
1,125 hours.
SUMMARY:
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Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to the attention of the Desk Officer,
Department of Transportation/FAA, and
sent via electronic mail to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed
to (202) 395–6974, or mailed to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102,
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for FAA’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and (d)
ways that the burden could be
minimized without reducing the quality
of the collected information. The agency
will summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
ADDRESSES:
Issued in Washington, DC, on November
22, 2011.
Jonathan E. Jones,
Acting Program Manager, IT Enterprises
Business Services Division, AES–200.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Use of Certain
Personal Oxygen Concentrator (POC)
Devices on Board Aircraft
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our
intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew an information
collection. The Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of
information was published on
September 23, 2011, vol. 76, no. 185,
page 59184–59185. A Special Federal
Aviation Regulation requires passengers
SUMMARY:
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): Import Statistics
Relating to Competitive Need Limitations
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the public of the availability of
import statistics for the first nine months of 2011 relating to
competitive need limitations (CNLs) under the Generalized System of
Preferences (GSP) program. These import statistics identify some
articles for which the 2011 trade levels may exceed statutory CNLs.
Interested parties may find this information useful in deciding whether
to submit a petition to waive the CNLs for individual beneficiary
developing countries (BDCs) with respect to specific GSP-eligible
articles. As previously announced in the Federal Register (76 FR 67531
(November 1, 2011)), the deadline for submission of product petitions
to waive the CNLs for individual BDCs with respect to GSP-eligible
articles is 5 p.m., December 16, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Donnette Rimmer, Director for
GSP, Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street
NW., Washington, DC 20508. The telephone number is (202) 395-9618 and
the email address is Donnette_Rimmer@ustr.eop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Competitive Need Limitations
The GSP program provides for the duty-free importation of
designated articles when imported from designated BDCs. The GSP program
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.
Section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act sets out the two CNLs. When
the President determines that a BDC has exported to the United States
during a calendar year either (1) a quantity of a GSP-eligible article
having a value in excess of the applicable amount for that year ($150
million for 2011), or (2) a quantity of a GSP-eligible article having a
value equal to or greater than 50 percent of the value of total U.S.
imports of the article from all countries (the ``50 percent CNL''), the
President must terminate GSP duty-free treatment for that article from
that BDC by no later than July 1 of the next calendar year.
Under section 503(c)(2)(F) of the 1974 Act, the President may waive
the 50 percent CNL with respect to an eligible article imported from a
BDC, if the value of total imports of that article from all countries
during the calendar year did not exceed the applicable de minimis
amount for that year ($20.5 million for 2011). Further, under section
503(c)(2)(C) of the 1974 Act, if imports of an eligible article from a
BDC ceased to receive duty-free treatment due to exceeding a CNL in a
prior year, the President may redesignate such an article for duty free
treatment if imports in the most recently completed year did not exceed
the CNLs.
II. Implementation of Competitive Need Limitations
Exclusions from GSP duty-free treatment where CNLs have been
exceeded will be effective July 1, 2012, unless the President grants a
waiver before the exclusion goes into effect. Exclusions for exceeding
a CNL are based on full 2011 calendar year import statistics.
III. Interim 2011 Import Statistics
In order to provide advance notice of articles that may exceed the
CNLs for 2011, interim 2011 import statistics for the first nine months
of 2011 relating to CNLs can be viewed at: https://www.ustr.gov/trade-topics/trade-development/preference-programs/generalized-system-preference-gsp/current-review-4 Full calendar-year 2011 data for
individual tariff
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subheadings will be available in February 2012 on the Web site of the
U.S. International Trade Commission at https://dataweb.usitc.gov/.
The interim 2011 import statistics are organized to show, for each
article, the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheading and BDC of origin, the value of imports of the article for
the first nine months of 2011, and the percentage of total imports of
that article from all countries. The list includes the GSP-eligible
articles from BDCs that have already exceeded the CNLs since import
levels amount to more than $150 million, or by an amount greater than
50 percent of the total value of U.S. imports of that product in 2011.
The list also includes GSP-eligible articles that, based upon interim
nine-month 2011 data, exceed $100 million dollars, or an amount greater
than 42 percent of the total value of U.S. imports of that product.
The list published on the USTR Web site is provided as a courtesy
for informational purposes only. The list is computer-generated, based
on interim 2011 trade data, and may not include all articles that may
be affected by the GSP CNLs. Regardless of whether or not an article is
included on the list referenced in this notice, all determinations and
decisions regarding application of the CNLs of the GSP program will be
based on full calendar year 2011 import data for each GSP-eligible
article. Each interested party is advised to conduct its own review of
2011 import data with regard to the possible application of GSP CNLs.
Please see the notice announcing the 2011 GSP Review which was
published in the Federal Register on November 1, 2011, regarding
submission of product petitions requesting a waiver of a CNL. The
notice is available at https://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=USTR-2011-0015-0001.
William D. Jackson,
Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for the GSP Program,
Chairman, GSP Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee.
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