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SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN
COMMISSION
Commission Meeting
notice for such hearing, which was
published in 78 FR 5556, January 25,
2013.
Authority: Pub. L. 91–575, 84 Stat. 1509 et
seq., 18 CFR Parts 806, 807, and 808.
Susquehanna River Basin
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Susquehanna River Basin
Commission will hold its regular
business meeting on March 21, 2013, in
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Details
concerning the matters to be addressed
at the business meeting are contained in
the Supplementary Information section
of this notice.
DATES: March 21, 2013, at 8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: North Office Building,
Hearing Room 1 (Ground Level), North
Street (at Commonwealth Avenue),
Harrisburg, PA 17120.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard A. Cairo, General Counsel,
telephone: (717) 238–0423, ext. 306; fax:
(717) 238–2436.
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SUMMARY:
Opportunity To Appear and Comment
Interested parties are invited to attend
the business meeting and encouraged to
review the Commission’s Public
Meeting Rules of Conduct, which are
posted on the Commission’s web site,
www.srbc.net. As identified in the
public hearing notice referenced below,
written comments on the Regulatory
Program projects that were the subject of
the public hearing, and are listed for
action at the business meeting, are
subject to a comment deadline of
February 25, 2013. Written comments
pertaining to any other matters listed for
action at the business meeting may be
mailed to the Susquehanna River Basin
Commission, 1721 North Front Street,
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17102–2391,
or submitted electronically through
https://www.srbc.net/pubinfo/
publicparticipation.htm. Any such
comments mailed or electronically
submitted must be received by the
Commission on or before March 15,
2013, to be considered.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
business meeting will include actions or
presentations on the following items: (1)
Presentation on the Commission’s
Harrisburg flood inundation mapping
project; (2) the Maurice Goddard Award;
(3) revision of FY–2014 budget; (4)
investment policy statement; (5)
ratification/approval of contracts and
grants; (6) administrative appeal filed by
Anadarko E&P Company LP; and (7)
Regulatory Program projects. Projects
listed for Commission action are those
that were the subject of a public hearing
conducted by the Commission on
February 14, 2013, and identified in the
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Dated: February 15, 2013.
Thomas W. Beauduy,
Deputy Executive Director.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences
(GSP): Notice of Status of Certain
Pending Country Practice Petitions;
Notice of Schedule for Public
Comments and a Hearing on Certain
Country Practice Reviews
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice and request for
submissions.
AGENCY:
This notice announces (1) the
status of pending country practice
petitions submitted as part of previous
GSP Annual Reviews, and (2) the
schedule for public comments and a
public hearing on the ongoing GSP
country practice reviews regarding
worker rights and/or child labor in
Bangladesh, Georgia, Niger, the
Philippines, and Uzbekistan, and
protection of intellectual property rights
(IPR) in Russia and Uzbekistan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tameka Cooper, GSP Program, Office of
the United States Trade Representative,
600 17th Street NW., Room 422,
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.
SUMMARY:
The GSP regulations (15 CFR
Part 2007) provide the schedule of dates
for conducting an annual review unless
otherwise specified in a Federal
Register notice. The schedule for the
review of the country practice petitions
cited above follows.
March 14, 2013: Deadline for
submission of pre-hearing briefs and
requests to appear at the March 28, 2013
public hearing; submissions must be
received by 5:00 p.m.
March 28, 2013: The GSP
Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff
Committee (TPSC) will convene a
public hearing on the country practice
petitions cited above at 1724 F Street
NW., Washington, DC 20508, beginning
at 9:30 a.m.
DATES:
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April 18, 2013: Deadline for
submission of post-hearing briefs, which
must be received by 5:00 p.m.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP
program provides for the duty-free
treatment of designated articles when
imported from beneficiary developing
countries. The GSP program is
authorized by Title V of the Trade Act
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461, et seq.), as
amended.
Country Practice Petitions
The status of country practice
petitions considered in the 2012 GSP
Annual Review is described in the list
of Active and Pending Country Practices
Reviews, which is available on the
USTR GSP Web site at https://
www.ustr.gov/trade-topics/tradedevelopment/preference-programs/
generalized-system-preference-gsp/gspprogram-inf. This list includes petitions
accepted as part of annual reviews from
previous years.
The U.S. Trade Representative
(USTR), drawing on the advice of the
TPSC, has deferred a decision on
acceptance of a country practice petition
on Russia regarding expropriation. In
addition, the USTR, drawing on the
advice of the TPSC, has decided to close
the country practice review of case 007–
CP–08 regarding IPR protection in
Lebanon in view of (1) progress made by
the government of Lebanon in
addressing IPR issues in that country
and (2) a request by the petitioner, the
International Intellectual Property
Alliance, that the petition be withdrawn
in view of progress in addressing the
issues cited in the petition.
Notice of Public Hearing
A hearing will be held by the GSP
Subcommittee of the TPSC on
Thursday, March 28, 2013, beginning at
9:30 a.m., to receive information
regarding recent developments pertinent
to the ongoing country practice reviews
regarding worker rights and/or child
labor in Bangladesh, Georgia, Niger, the
Philippines, and Uzbekistan, and
protection of intellectual property rights
(IPR) in Russia and Uzbekistan.
The hearing will be held at 1724 F
Street NW., Washington, DC 20508 and
will be open to the public. A transcript
of the hearing will be made available on
https://www.regulations.gov within
approximately two weeks of the hearing.
All interested parties wishing to make
an oral presentation at the hearing must
submit, following the ‘‘Requirements for
Submissions’’ set out below, the name,
address, telephone number, and email
address, if available, of the witness(es)
representing their organization by 5
p.m., March 14, 2013. Requests to
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SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION
Commission Meeting
AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Susquehanna River Basin Commission will hold its regular
business meeting on March 21, 2013, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Details concerning the matters to be addressed at the business meeting
are contained in the Supplementary Information section of this notice.
DATES: March 21, 2013, at 8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: North Office Building, Hearing Room 1 (Ground Level), North
Street (at Commonwealth Avenue), Harrisburg, PA 17120.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard A. Cairo, General Counsel,
telephone: (717) 238-0423, ext. 306; fax: (717) 238-2436.
Opportunity To Appear and Comment
Interested parties are invited to attend the business meeting and
encouraged to review the Commission's Public Meeting Rules of Conduct,
which are posted on the Commission's web site, www.srbc.net. As
identified in the public hearing notice referenced below, written
comments on the Regulatory Program projects that were the subject of
the public hearing, and are listed for action at the business meeting,
are subject to a comment deadline of February 25, 2013. Written
comments pertaining to any other matters listed for action at the
business meeting may be mailed to the Susquehanna River Basin
Commission, 1721 North Front Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17102-
2391, or submitted electronically through https://www.srbc.net/pubinfo/publicparticipation.htm. Any such comments mailed or electronically
submitted must be received by the Commission on or before March 15,
2013, to be considered.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The business meeting will include actions or
presentations on the following items: (1) Presentation on the
Commission's Harrisburg flood inundation mapping project; (2) the
Maurice Goddard Award; (3) revision of FY-2014 budget; (4) investment
policy statement; (5) ratification/approval of contracts and grants;
(6) administrative appeal filed by Anadarko E&P Company LP; and (7)
Regulatory Program projects. Projects listed for Commission action are
those that were the subject of a public hearing conducted by the
Commission on February 14, 2013, and identified in the notice for such
hearing, which was published in 78 FR 5556, January 25, 2013.
Authority: Pub. L. 91-575, 84 Stat. 1509 et seq., 18 CFR Parts
806, 807, and 808.
Dated: February 15, 2013.
Thomas W. Beauduy,
Deputy Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-04102 Filed 2-21-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7040-01-P