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6. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Carrizo (Marcellus), LLC (Muddy Run),
Gulich Township, Clearfield County, Pa.
Application for surface water
withdrawal of up to 0.720 mgd (peak
day).
7. Project Sponsor and Facility: East
Hempfield Township Municipal
Authority, East Hempfield Township,
Lancaster County, Pa. Application for
groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.070
mgd (30-day average) from S–1 (Baker
Spring).
8. Project Sponsor and Facility: East
Hempfield Township Municipal
Authority, East Hempfield Township,
Lancaster County, Pa. Application for
groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.288
mgd (30-day average) from Well W–1.
9. Project Sponsor and Facility: East
Hempfield Township Municipal
Authority, East Hempfield Township,
Lancaster County, Pa. Application for
groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.792
mgd (30-day average) from Well W–2.
10. Project Sponsor and Facility: East
Hempfield Township Municipal
Authority, East Hempfield Township,
Lancaster County, Pa. Application for
groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.288
mgd (30-day average) from Well W–3.
11. Project Sponsor and Facility: East
Hempfield Township Municipal
Authority, East Hempfield Township,
Lancaster County, Pa. Application for
groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.331
mgd (30-day average) from Well W–4.
12. Project Sponsor and Facility: East
Hempfield Township Municipal
Authority, East Hempfield Township,
Lancaster County, Pa. Application for
renewal of groundwater withdrawal of
up to 0.792 mgd (30-day average) from
Well W–5 (Docket No. 19810203).
13. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Enerplus Resources (USA) Corporation
(West Branch Susquehanna River), East
Keating Township, Clinton County, Pa.
Application for surface water
withdrawal of up to 2.000 mgd (peak
day).
14. Project Sponsor and Facility: EQT
Production Company (Pine Creek),
Porter Township, Lycoming County, Pa.
Application for surface water
withdrawal of up to 1.000 mgd (peak
day).
15. Project Sponsor and Facility:
EXCO Resources (PA), LLC (Larrys
Creek), Mifflin Township, Lycoming
County, Pa. Application for renewal of
surface water withdrawal with
modification to increase by an
additional 0.413 mgd, for a total of 0.499
mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20080936).
16. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Falling Springs Water Works, Inc.
(Falling Springs Reservoir), Ransom
Township, Lackawanna County, Pa.
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Application for surface water
withdrawal of up to 0.800 mgd (peak
day).
17. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Forest Springs Water Company, Wayne
Township, Schuylkill County, Pa.
Application for groundwater
withdrawal of up to 0.075 mgd (30-day
average) from Borehole BH–1.
18. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Forest Springs Water Company, Wayne
Township, Schuylkill County, Pa.
Modification to consumptive water use
approval removing previous sources
Spring 1 and Spring 2 and adding new
source Borehole BH–1 (Docket No.
20010206).
19. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Gaberseck Brothers (Odin Pond 2),
Keating Township, Potter County, Pa.
Application for surface water
withdrawal of up to 0.249 mgd (peak
day).
20. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Houtzdale Municipal Authority
(Beccaria Springs), Gulich Township,
Clearfield County, Pa. Application for
surface water withdrawal of up to
10.000 mgd (peak day).
21. Project Sponsor: Hydro RecoveryAntrim LP. Project Facility: Antrim
Treatment Plant, Duncan Township,
Tioga County, Pa. Modification to
project features and to increase surface
water withdrawal by an additional 1.152
mgd, for a total of 1.872 mgd (peak day)
(Docket No. 20090902).
22. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Keystone Clearwater Solutions, LLC
(Lycoming Creek), Lewis Township,
Lycoming County, Pa. Modification to
increase surface water withdrawal by an
additional 1.308 mgd, for a total of 2.600
mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20110616).
23. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Keystone Clearwater Solutions, LLC
(Moshannon Creek), Snow Shoe
Township, Centre County, Pa.
Application for renewal of surface water
withdrawal of up to 2.000 mgd (peak
day) (Docket No. 20080946).
24. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Keystone Clearwater Solutions, LLC
(West Branch Susquehanna River),
Goshen Township, Clearfield County,
Pa. Application for renewal of surface
water withdrawal of up to 2.160 mgd
(peak day) (Docket No. 20080944).
25. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Roaring Spring Water—Division of
Roaring Spring Blank Book, Roaring
Spring Borough, Blair County, Pa.
Modification to increase consumptive
water use by an additional 0.125 mgd,
for a total of 0.255 mgd (peak day)
(Docket No. 20120309).
26. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Roaring Spring Water—Division of
Roaring Spring Blank Book (Roaring
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Spring), Roaring Spring Borough, Blair
County, Pa. Modification to increase
surface water withdrawal by an
additional 0.131 mgd, for a total of 0.302
mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20120309).
27. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Southwestern Energy Production
Company (Middle Lake), New Milford
Township, Susquehanna County, Pa.
Application for surface water
withdrawal of up to 0.720 mgd (peak
day).
28. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Talisman Energy USA Inc.
(Susquehanna River), Sheshequin
Township, Bradford County, Pa.
Application for renewal of surface water
withdrawal of up to 2.000 mgd (peak
day) (Docket No. 20080909).
Authority: Pub. L. 91–575, 84 Stat. 1509
et seq., 18 CFR parts 806–808.
Dated: July 23, 2012.
Thomas W. Beauduy,
Deputy Executive Director.
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BILLING CODE 7040–01–P
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences
(GSP): Notice of Initiation of the 2012
Annual GSP Product and Country
Practices Review; Deadlines for Filing
Petitions
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice of procedures for
submission of petitions from the public.
AGENCY:
This notice announces that
the Office of the United States Trade
Representative (USTR) is prepared to
receive petitions to modify the list of
products that are eligible for duty-free
treatment under the GSP program and to
modify the GSP status of certain GSP
beneficiary developing countries
because of country practices. USTR is
also prepared to receive petitions
requesting waivers of competitive need
limitations (CNLs).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tameka Cooper, GSP Program, Office of
the United States Trade Representative,
600 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20508. The telephone number is (202)
395–6971; the fax number is (202) 395–
9674, and the email address is
Tameka_Cooper@ustr.eop.gov.
DATES: The GSP regulations (15 CFR
part 2007) provide the timetable for
conducting an annual review, unless
otherwise specified by notice in the
Federal Register. Notice is hereby given
that, in order to be considered in the
SUMMARY:
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2012 Annual GSP Review, all petitions
to modify the list of articles eligible for
duty-free treatment under GSP or to
review the GSP status of any beneficiary
developing country must be received by
the GSP Subcommittee of the Trade
Policy Staff Committee no later than
5:00 p.m. on October 5, 2012. Petitions
requesting waivers of CNLs must be
received by the GSP Subcommittee of
the Trade Policy Staff Committee no
later than 5:00 p.m. on November 21,
2012. Petitions submitted after the
respective deadlines will not be
considered for review. Decisions on
which petitions are accepted for review,
along with a schedule for any related
public hearings and the opportunity for
the public to provide comments will be
announced at a later date.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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The 2012 Annual GSP Review
GSP Product Review Petitions.
Interested parties, including foreign
governments, may submit petitions to:
(1) Designate additional articles as
eligible for GSP benefits, including to
designate articles as eligible for GSP
benefits only if imported from countries
designated as least-developed
beneficiary developing countries, or
only from countries designated as
beneficiary sub-Saharan African
countries under the African Growth and
Opportunity Act (AGOA); (2) withdraw,
suspend or limit the application of dutyfree treatment accorded under the GSP
with respect to any article; (3) waive the
CNL for individual beneficiary
developing countries with respect to
specific GSP-eligible articles (these
limits do not apply to least-developed
beneficiary developing countries or
AGOA beneficiary sub-Saharan African
countries); and (4) otherwise modify
GSP coverage.
As specified in 15 CFR 2007.1, all
product petitions must include, inter
alia, a detailed description of the
product and the eight-digit subheading
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS) under which
the product is classified.
As noted above, product petitions
requesting CNL waivers for GSP-eligible
articles imported from beneficiary
developing countries that exceed the
CNLs in 2012 must be received on or
before the November 21, 2012, deadline
described above. Before submitting
petitions for CNL waivers, prospective
petitioners may wish to review the yearto-date import trade data for products of
interest. This data is available via the
U.S. International Trade Commission’s
‘‘Dataweb’’ database at https://
dataweb.usitc.gov/.
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Country Practices Review Petitions
Any interested party may submit a
petition to review the GSP eligibility of
any beneficiary developing country with
respect to any of the designation criteria
listed in sections 502(b) or 502(c) of the
Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(b) and (c)).
As noted above, such petitions are due
no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday,
October 5, 2012.
Requirements for Submissions
All submissions for the GSP Annual
Review must conform to the GSP
regulations set forth at 15 CFR part
2007, except as modified below. These
regulations are available on the USTR
Web site at https://www.ustr.gov/tradetopics/trade-development/preferenceprograms/generalized-systempreference-gsp/gsp-program-inf. The
GSP Guidebook also contains general
instructions on how to submit a GSP
petition. Any person or party making a
submission is strongly advised to review
the GSP regulations and the GSP
Guidebook, available at the same link.
All submissions in response to this
notice must be submitted electronically
via https://www.regulations.gov, using
docket number USTR–2012–0013.
Hand-delivered submissions will not be
accepted. Submissions must be
submitted in English to the Chairman of
the GSP Subcommittee of the Trade
Policy Staff Committee by the
applicable deadlines set forth in this
notice. Submissions that do not provide
the information required by sections
2007.0 and 2007.1 of the GSP
regulations will not be accepted for
review, except upon a detailed showing
in the submission that the petitioner
made a good faith effort to obtain the
information required.
To make a submission using https://
www.regulations.gov, enter docket
number USTR–2012–0013 in the
‘‘Search for’’ field on the home page and
click ‘‘Search.’’ The site will provide a
search-results page listing all documents
associated with this docket. Find a
reference to this notice by selecting
‘‘Notice’’ under ‘‘Document Type’’ in
the ‘‘Filter Results by’’ section on the
left side of the screen and click on the
link entitled ‘‘Comment Now.’’ The
‘‘https://www.regulations.gov’’ Web site
offers the option of providing comments
by filling in a ‘‘Type Comment’’ field or
by attaching a document using the
‘‘Upload file(s)’’ field. Given the
detailed nature of the information
sought by the GSP Subcommittee, the
Subcommittee prefers that submissions
be provided in an attached document.
Submissions must include at the
beginning of the submission, or on the
first page (if an attachment), the
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following text (in bold and underlined):
(1) ‘‘2012 GSP Annual Review’’; and (2)
the eight-digit HTSUS subheading
number in which the product is
classified (for product petitions) or the
name of the country (for country
practice petitions). Furthermore,
interested parties submitting petitions
that request action with respect to
specific products should also list at the
beginning of the submission, or on the
first page (if an attachment) the
following information: (1) The requested
action; and (2) if applicable, the
beneficiary developing country.
Submissions should not exceed 30
single-spaced, standard letter-size pages
in 12-point type, including attachments.
Any data attachments to the submission
should be included in the same file as
the submission itself, and not as
separate files.
Each submitter will receive a
submission tracking number upon
completion of the submissions
procedure at https://
www.regulations.gov. The tracking
number will be the submitter’s
confirmation that the submission was
received into https://
www.regulations.gov. The confirmation
should be kept for the submitter’s
records. USTR is not able to provide
technical assistance for the Web site.
Documents not submitted in accordance
with these instructions may not be
considered in this review. If an
interested party is unable to provide
submissions as requested, please contact
the GSP Program at USTR to arrange for
an alternative method of transmission.
Business Confidential Petitions
An interested party requesting that
information contained in a petition be
treated as business confidential
information must certify that such
information is business confidential and
would not customarily be released to
the public by the submitter.
Confidential business information must
be clearly designated as such. The
submission must be marked ‘‘BUSINESS
CONFIDENTIAL’’ at the top and bottom
of the cover page and each succeeding
page, and the submission should
indicate, via brackets, the specific
information that is confidential.
Additionally, ‘‘Business Confidential’’
must be included in the ‘‘Type
Comment’’ field. Any submission
containing business confidential
information must be accompanied by a
separate, non-confidential version of the
confidential submission, indicating
where confidential information has been
redacted. The non-confidential version
will be placed in the docket and open
to public inspection.
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Public Viewing of Review Submissions
Submissions in response to this
notice, except for information granted
‘‘business confidential’’ status under 15
CFR 2003.6, will be available for public
viewing pursuant to 15 CFR 2007.6 at
www.regulations.gov upon completion
of processing and no later than
approximately two weeks after the
relevant due date. Such submissions
may be viewed by entering the docket
number USTR–2012–0013 in the search
field at: www.regulations.gov.
James Sanford,
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small
Business, Market Access & Industrial
Competitiveness,Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative.
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BILLING CODE 3290–F2–P
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding
Regarding China—Measures Related
to the Exportation of Rare Earths,
Tungsten and Molybdenum
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (‘‘USTR’’) is
providing notice that the United States
has requested the establishment of a
dispute settlement panel under the
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the
World Trade Organization (‘‘WTO
Agreement’’). That request may be
found at www.wto.org contained in a
document designated as WT/DS431/6.
USTR invites written comments from
the public concerning the issues raised
in this dispute.
DATES: Although USTR will accept any
comments received during the course of
the dispute settlement proceedings,
comments should be submitted on or
before August 27, 2012, to be assured of
timely consideration by USTR.
ADDRESSES: Public comments should be
submitted electronically to
www.regulations.gov, docket number
USTR–2012–0005. If you are unable to
provide submissions by
www.regulations.gov, please contact
Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–9483 to
arrange for an alternative method of
transmission.
If (as explained below) the comment
contains confidential information, then
the comment should be submitted by
fax only to Sandy McKinzy at (202)
395–3640.
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Jared Wessel, Assistant General
Counsel, or Ben Kostrzewa, Assistant
General Counsel, Office of the United
States Trade Representative, 600 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20508,
(202) 395–3150.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
127(b) of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act (‘‘URAA’’) (19 U.S.C.
3537(b)(1)) requires that notice and
opportunity for comment be provided
after the United States submits or
receives a request for the establishment
of a WTO dispute settlement panel.
Consistent with this obligation, USTR is
providing notice that a dispute
settlement panel has been requested
pursuant to the WTO Understanding on
Rules and Procedures Governing the
Settlement of Disputes (‘‘DSU’’). The
panel will hold its meetings in Geneva,
Switzerland.
Major Issues Raised by the United
States
[Dispute No. WTO/DS431]
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
On June 27, 2012, the United States
requested the establishment of a panel
regarding China’s restraints on the
export from China of various forms of
rare earths, tungsten and molybdenum
(collectively, the ‘‘materials’’). These
export restraints include export duties
on the materials; quantitative
restrictions such as quotas on the export
of the materials; and additional
requirements that impose restrictions on
the trading rights of enterprises seeking
to export various forms of rare earths
and molybdenum, such as prior export
performance and minimum registered
capital requirements. In addition, China
administers these export quotas on the
materials in a manner that is not
uniform, impartial, or reasonable, such
as by the use of criteria in the
application and allocation process that
lack definition or do not contain
sufficient guidelines or standards in
how they should be applied.
Forms of rare earths include, but are
not limited to, items falling under the
following eight-digit HS numbers
identified in the Announcement No. 27
Issuing the 2012 Tariff Implementation
Program (State Council Customs Tariff
Commission, shuiweihui, No. 27, issued
December 9, 2011, effective January 1,
2012) (hereinafter, the ‘‘2012 Tariff
Implementation Program’’): 25309020,
26122000, 28053011, 28053012,
28053013, 28053014, 28053015,
28053016, 28053017, 28053019,
28053021, 28053029, 28461010,
28461020, 28461030, 28461090,
28469011, 28469012, 28469013,
28469014, 28469015, 28469016,
28469017, 28469019, 28469021,
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28469022, 28469023, 28469024,
28469025, 28469026, 28469028,
28469029, 28469031, 28469032,
28469033, 28469034, 28469035,
28469036, 28469039, 28469041,
28469042, 28469043, 28469044,
28469045, 28469046, 28469048,
28469049, 28469091, 28469092,
28469093, 28469094, 28469095,
28469096, 28469099, 72029911,
72029919, 72029991 and 72029999.
Forms of rare earths also include, but
are not limited to, items falling under
the following 10-digit Chinese Customs
Commodity Codes (‘‘CCC Codes’’), as
identified in the Notice on Issuing the
‘‘2012 Export Licensing Management
Commodities List’’ (Ministry of
Commerce and General Administration
of Customs Notice No. 98 (December 30,
2011)), (hereinafter the ‘‘2012 Export
Licensing Management Commodities
List’’): 2530902010, 2530902090,
2612200000, 2805301100, 2805301200,
2805301300, 2805301400, 2805301510,
2805301590, 2805301600, 2805301700,
2805301913, 2805301914, 2805301915,
2805301990, 2805302110, 2805302190,
2805302910, 2805302990, 2846101000,
2846102000, 2846103000, 2846109010,
2846109090, 2846901100, 2846901200,
2846901300, 2846901400, 2846901500,
2846901600, 2846901700, 2846901920,
2846901930, 2846901940, 2846901970,
2846901980, 2846901991, 2846901992,
2846901999, 2846902100, 2846902200,
2846902300, 2846902400, 2846902500,
2846902600, 2846902810, 2846902890,
2846902900, 2846903100, 2846903200,
2846903300, 2846903400, 2846903500,
2846903600, 2846903900, 2846904100,
2846904200, 2846904300, 2846904400,
2846904500, 2846904600, 2846904810,
2846904890, 2846904900, 2846909100,
2846909200, 2846909300, 2846909400,
2846909500, 2846909600, 2846909910,
2846909990, 7202991100, 7202991200,
7202999191 and 7202999199.
Forms of tungsten include, but are not
limited to, items falling under the
following eight-digit HS numbers, as
identified in the 2012 Tariff
Implementation Program: 26209910,
28259011, 28259012, 28259019,
28418010, 28418020, 28418030,
28418040, 28418090, 28499020,
72028010, 72028020, 81011000,
81019400 and 81019700. Forms of
tungsten also include, but are not
limited to, items falling under the
following 10-digit CCC Codes, as
identified in the 2012 Export Licensing
Management Commodities List:
2611000000, 2620991000, 2825901100,
2825901200, 2825901910, 2841801000,
2841802000, 2841803000, 2841804000,
2849902000, 8101100010, 8101100090,
8101940000 and 8101970000.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): Notice of Initiation of
the 2012 Annual GSP Product and Country Practices Review; Deadlines for
Filing Petitions
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice of procedures for submission of petitions from the
public.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Office of the United States
Trade Representative (USTR) is prepared to receive petitions to modify
the list of products that are eligible for duty-free treatment under
the GSP program and to modify the GSP status of certain GSP beneficiary
developing countries because of country practices. USTR is also
prepared to receive petitions requesting waivers of competitive need
limitations (CNLs).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tameka Cooper, GSP Program, Office of
the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20508. The telephone number is (202) 395-6971; the fax
number is (202) 395-9674, and the email address is Tameka_Cooper@ustr.eop.gov.
DATES: The GSP regulations (15 CFR part 2007) provide the timetable for
conducting an annual review, unless otherwise specified by notice in
the Federal Register. Notice is hereby given that, in order to be
considered in the
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2012 Annual GSP Review, all petitions to modify the list of articles
eligible for duty-free treatment under GSP or to review the GSP status
of any beneficiary developing country must be received by the GSP
Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee no later than 5:00
p.m. on October 5, 2012. Petitions requesting waivers of CNLs must be
received by the GSP Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee no
later than 5:00 p.m. on November 21, 2012. Petitions submitted after
the respective deadlines will not be considered for review. Decisions
on which petitions are accepted for review, along with a schedule for
any related public hearings and the opportunity for the public to
provide comments will be announced at a later date.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The 2012 Annual GSP Review
GSP Product Review Petitions. Interested parties, including foreign
governments, may submit petitions to: (1) Designate additional articles
as eligible for GSP benefits, including to designate articles as
eligible for GSP benefits only if imported from countries designated as
least-developed beneficiary developing countries, or only from
countries designated as beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries under
the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA); (2) withdraw, suspend or
limit the application of duty-free treatment accorded under the GSP
with respect to any article; (3) waive the CNL for individual
beneficiary developing countries with respect to specific GSP-eligible
articles (these limits do not apply to least-developed beneficiary
developing countries or AGOA beneficiary sub-Saharan African
countries); and (4) otherwise modify GSP coverage.
As specified in 15 CFR 2007.1, all product petitions must include,
inter alia, a detailed description of the product and the eight-digit
subheading of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under which the product is classified.
As noted above, product petitions requesting CNL waivers for GSP-
eligible articles imported from beneficiary developing countries that
exceed the CNLs in 2012 must be received on or before the November 21,
2012, deadline described above. Before submitting petitions for CNL
waivers, prospective petitioners may wish to review the year-to-date
import trade data for products of interest. This data is available via
the U.S. International Trade Commission's ``Dataweb'' database at
https://dataweb.usitc.gov/.
Country Practices Review Petitions Any interested party may submit
a petition to review the GSP eligibility of any beneficiary developing
country with respect to any of the designation criteria listed in
sections 502(b) or 502(c) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(b) and (c)).
As noted above, such petitions are due no later than 5:00 p.m. on
Friday, October 5, 2012.
Requirements for Submissions
All submissions for the GSP Annual Review must conform to the GSP
regulations set forth at 15 CFR part 2007, except as modified below.
These regulations are available on the USTR Web site at https://www.ustr.gov/trade-topics/trade-development/preference-programs/generalized-system-preference-gsp/gsp-program-inf. The GSP Guidebook
also contains general instructions on how to submit a GSP petition. Any
person or party making a submission is strongly advised to review the
GSP regulations and the GSP Guidebook, available at the same link.
All submissions in response to this notice must be submitted
electronically via https://www.regulations.gov, using docket number
USTR-2012-0013. Hand-delivered submissions will not be accepted.
Submissions must be submitted in English to the Chairman of the GSP
Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee by the applicable
deadlines set forth in this notice. Submissions that do not provide the
information required by sections 2007.0 and 2007.1 of the GSP
regulations will not be accepted for review, except upon a detailed
showing in the submission that the petitioner made a good faith effort
to obtain the information required.
To make a submission using https://www.regulations.gov, enter docket
number USTR-2012-0013 in the ``Search for'' field on the home page and
click ``Search.'' The site will provide a search-results page listing
all documents associated with this docket. Find a reference to this
notice by selecting ``Notice'' under ``Document Type'' in the ``Filter
Results by'' section on the left side of the screen and click on the
link entitled ``Comment Now.'' The ``https://www.regulations.gov'' Web
site offers the option of providing comments by filling in a ``Type
Comment'' field or by attaching a document using the ``Upload file(s)''
field. Given the detailed nature of the information sought by the GSP
Subcommittee, the Subcommittee prefers that submissions be provided in
an attached document. Submissions must include at the beginning of the
submission, or on the first page (if an attachment), the following text
(in bold and underlined): (1) ``2012 GSP Annual Review''; and (2) the
eight-digit HTSUS subheading number in which the product is classified
(for product petitions) or the name of the country (for country
practice petitions). Furthermore, interested parties submitting
petitions that request action with respect to specific products should
also list at the beginning of the submission, or on the first page (if
an attachment) the following information: (1) The requested action; and
(2) if applicable, the beneficiary developing country. Submissions
should not exceed 30 single-spaced, standard letter-size pages in 12-
point type, including attachments. Any data attachments to the
submission should be included in the same file as the submission
itself, and not as separate files.
Each submitter will receive a submission tracking number upon
completion of the submissions procedure at https://www.regulations.gov.
The tracking number will be the submitter's confirmation that the
submission was received into https://www.regulations.gov. The
confirmation should be kept for the submitter's records. USTR is not
able to provide technical assistance for the Web site. Documents not
submitted in accordance with these instructions may not be considered
in this review. If an interested party is unable to provide submissions
as requested, please contact the GSP Program at USTR to arrange for an
alternative method of transmission.
Business Confidential Petitions
An interested party requesting that information contained in a
petition be treated as business confidential information must certify
that such information is business confidential and would not
customarily be released to the public by the submitter. Confidential
business information must be clearly designated as such. The submission
must be marked ``BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL'' at the top and bottom of the
cover page and each succeeding page, and the submission should
indicate, via brackets, the specific information that is confidential.
Additionally, ``Business Confidential'' must be included in the ``Type
Comment'' field. Any submission containing business confidential
information must be accompanied by a separate, non-confidential version
of the confidential submission, indicating where confidential
information has been redacted. The non-confidential version will be
placed in the docket and open to public inspection.
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Public Viewing of Review Submissions
Submissions in response to this notice, except for information
granted ``business confidential'' status under 15 CFR 2003.6, will be
available for public viewing pursuant to 15 CFR 2007.6 at
www.regulations.gov upon completion of processing and no later than
approximately two weeks after the relevant due date. Such submissions
may be viewed by entering the docket number USTR-2012-0013 in the
search field at: www.regulations.gov.
James Sanford,
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small Business, Market Access &
Industrial Competitiveness,Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 2012-18426 Filed 7-27-12; 8:45 am]
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