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within 45 days of publication of these
preliminary results if all parties agree to
our preliminary finding.
We are issuing and publishing this
finding and notice in accordance with
sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.216 and
351.221(c)(3)(ii).
Dated: November 17, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015–29984 Filed 11–24–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Interim Procedures
for Considering Requests and
Comments from the Public Under the
Commercial Availability Provision of
the United States—Korea Free Trade
Agreement
International Trade
Administration
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before January 25, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Maria D’Andrea, Office of
Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department
of Commerce, Tel. (202) 482–1550,
Maria.D’Andrea@trade.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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I. Abstract
The United States and Korea
negotiated the U.S.-Korea Free Trade
Agreement (the ‘‘Agreement’’) which
was implemented into U.S. law
pursuant to the United States-Korea
Free Trade Agreement Implementation
Act (‘‘the Act’’). Under the provisions of
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the Act, textile and apparel goods must
contain fibers, yarns, and fabrics
produced in Korea or the United States
to receive duty-free tariff treatment. The
Agreement also provides for the
establishment of a list of specific fibers,
yarns, and fabrics that are not available
in commercial quantities in a timely
manner from producers in the United
States. Articles containing these
commercially unavailable fibers, yarns,
and fabrics are also entitled to duty-free
or preferential duty treatment despite
not being produced in the United States.
The list of commercially unavailable
fabrics, yarns, and fibers may be
changed pursuant to the commercial
availability provision of the Agreement
and the Act. Under Section 202(o) of the
Act (‘‘the commercial availability
provision’’), interested entities from
Korea or the United States have the right
to request that a specific fiber, yarn, or
fabric be added to, or removed from, the
list of commercially unavailable fibers,
yarns, and fabrics. This right becomes
effective when the Agreement enters
into force.
Section 202(o)(3)(F) of the Act
requires that the President establish
procedures for parties to follow when
exercising the right to make these
requests. The President delegated the
responsibility for publishing the
procedures and administering
commercial availability requests to the
Committee for the Implementation of
Textile Agreements (CITA), which
issues procedures and acts on requests
through the Office of Textiles and
Apparel (‘‘OTEXA’’).
The intent of these procedures is to
foster the trade in U.S. and Korean
textile and apparel articles by allowing
non-originating fibers, yarns, and fabrics
to be placed on or removed from a list
of items not available in commercial
quantities, on a timely basis, and in a
manner that is consistent with normal
business practice. To this end, these
procedures are intended to facilitate the
transmission, on a timely basis, of
requests for commercial availability
determinations and offers to supply the
products that are the subject of the
requests; have the market indicate the
availability of the supply of the subject
products; make available promptly, to
interested entities and parties,
information received regarding the
requests for products and offers to
supply; ensure wide participation by
interested entities and parties; provide
careful scrutiny of information provided
to substantiate order requests and
responses of offers to supply; and
provide timely public dissemination of
information used by CITA in making
commercial availability determinations.
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For a fiber, yarn or fabric to be added
to Appendix 4–B–1, an interested entity
must submit to CITA a Request for a
Commercial Availability Determination
(‘‘Request’’) which states that the subject
product is not commercially available in
the United States within a commercially
reasonable timeframe (i.e., timely). In
support of its claim, the requestor must
provide information to CITA regarding
its attempts to source the subject
product in the United States, and why
it determined that the product is not
available in a timely manner. Potential
suppliers from the United States may
submit a Response with an Offer to
Supply (‘‘Response’’), asserting their
capability and capacity to supply the
subject product. These Responses must
include information supporting the
capability and capacity assertion. If the
requestor disputes a responder’s
assertions, the requestor may submit a
Rebuttal comment offering its
contention, along with supporting
information and documentation.
The information collected by CITA
from Requests, Responses and Rebuttals
will be used to determine whether the
subject product is available in
commercial quantities in a timely
manner in the United States under the
commercial availability provision of the
Act. Requests, Responses, and Rebuttals
must identify confidential information.
Entities submitting confidential
information in their Requests,
Responses, or Rebuttals to CITA must
submit both a public and a confidential
version of their submissions. If the
submissions are accepted, the public
submissions or public versions of
submissions will be posted on the
dedicated commercial availability
section of the Office of Textiles and
Apparel (OTEXA)’s Web site. Business
confidential information will not be
shared with the public. Requestors and
potential suppliers of the product
named in the Request may use the
public version as a basis for Responses
and Rebuttals.
Each submission containing factual
information for CITA’s consideration
must be accompanied by the
appropriate certification regarding the
accuracy of the factual information.
With each electronic and original signed
submission that contains factual
information, an interested entity must
file a certification of due diligence,
attesting to the accuracy and
authenticity of the submission. If the
interested entity has legal counsel or
other representative, the legal counsel or
other representative must also file a
certification of due diligence with each
electronic and original signed
submissions that contains factual
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information. Accurate representations of
material facts submitted to CITA for the
Commercial Availability Proceeding are
vital to the integrity of this process and
are necessary for CITA’s effective
administration of the statutory scheme.
Each submission containing factual
information for CITA’s consideration
must be accompanied by the
appropriate certification regarding the
accuracy of the factual information. Any
submission that lacks the applicable
certifications will be considered an
incomplete submission that CITA will
reject and return to the submitter. CITA
may verify any factual information
submitted by interested entities in a
Commercial Availability Proceeding.
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II. Method of Collection
All submissions for a commercial
availability proceeding pursuant to
these procedures (e.g., Commercial
Availability Request, Response,
Rebuttal, and Request to Remove) must
be in English. If any attachments are in
a language other than English, a
complete translation must be provided.
Each submission must be submitted to
the Chairman of CITA, in care of the
U.S. Department of Commerce’s Office
of Textiles and Apparel (‘‘OTEXA’’) in
two forms: email and an original signed
submission. An email version of the
submission must be either in PDF or
Word format, must contain an adequate
public summary of any business
confidential information and the due
diligence certification, and should be
sent to OTEXA.KOREA@trade.gov. The
email version of the submission will be
posted for public review on KOREA
FTA Commercial Availability Web site.
No business confidential information
should be submitted in the email
version of any document.
Brackets must be placed around all
business confidential information
contained in submissions. Documents
containing business confidential
information must have a bolded heading
stating ‘‘Confidential Version.’’
Attachments considered business
confidential information must have a
heading stating ‘‘Business Confidential
Information.’’ Documents, including
those submitted via email, provided for
public release must have a bolded
heading stating ‘‘Public Version’’ and all
the business confidential information
must be deleted from public versions,
and substituted with an adequate public
summary.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0625–0270.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
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Affected Public: Individuals or
Business.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
16.
Estimated Time per Response: 8 hours
for Request for Commercial Availability
Determination; 2 hours for Response to
a Request; and 1 hour for Rebuttal.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 89.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $3,440.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: November 19, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Taking and Importing Marine
Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals
Incidental to the Elliot Bay Seawall
Project in Seattle, Washington
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of a Letter of
Authorization.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA), as amended, and
implementing regulations, notification
is hereby given that a Letter of
Authorization (LOA) has been issued to
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the City of Seattle’s Department of
Transportation (SDOT) for the take of
eight species of marine mammals
incidental to pile driving activities
associated with the Elliot Bay Seawall
Project (EBSP).
DATES: Effective from October 22, 2015,
through August 31, 2016.
ADDRESSES: The LOA and supporting
documentation are available for review
on the Internet at: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
pr/permits/incidental/construction.htm.
Documents cited in this notice may also
be viewed, by appointment, during
regular business hours at the Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910–
3225, by telephoning the contact listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Zach Hughes, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, 301–427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Sections 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) directs the
Secretary of Commerce to allow, upon
request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and either regulations are
issues or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, notice of a proposed
authorization is provided to the public
for review. Under the MMPA, the term
‘‘take’’ means to harass, hunt, capture,
or kill marine mammals. Authorization
for incidental takings shall be granted if
NMFS finds that the taking will have a
negligible impact on the identified
species or stock(s), will not have an
unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for
subsistence uses (where relevant), and if
the permissible methods of taking and
requirements pertaining to the
mitigation, monitoring, and reporting of
such takings are set forth in the
regulations. NMFS has defined
‘‘negligible impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103
as ‘‘. . . an impact resulting from the
specified activity that cannot be
reasonably expected to, and is not
reasonably likely to, adversely affect the
species or stock through effects on
annual rates of recruitment or survival.’’
Regulations governing the taking of
harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii),
California sea lions (Zalophus
californianus), Steller sea lions
(Eumetopias jubatus monteriensis),
harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Interim
Procedures for Considering Requests and Comments from the Public Under
the Commercial Availability Provision of the United States--Korea Free
Trade Agreement
AGENCY: International Trade Administration
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before January 25,
2016.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet
at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Maria D'Andrea, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Tel. (202) 482-1550, Maria.D'Andrea@trade.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The United States and Korea negotiated the U.S.-Korea Free Trade
Agreement (the ``Agreement'') which was implemented into U.S. law
pursuant to the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation
Act (``the Act''). Under the provisions of the Act, textile and apparel
goods must contain fibers, yarns, and fabrics produced in Korea or the
United States to receive duty-free tariff treatment. The Agreement also
provides for the establishment of a list of specific fibers, yarns, and
fabrics that are not available in commercial quantities in a timely
manner from producers in the United States. Articles containing these
commercially unavailable fibers, yarns, and fabrics are also entitled
to duty-free or preferential duty treatment despite not being produced
in the United States.
The list of commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers may
be changed pursuant to the commercial availability provision of the
Agreement and the Act. Under Section 202(o) of the Act (``the
commercial availability provision''), interested entities from Korea or
the United States have the right to request that a specific fiber,
yarn, or fabric be added to, or removed from, the list of commercially
unavailable fibers, yarns, and fabrics. This right becomes effective
when the Agreement enters into force.
Section 202(o)(3)(F) of the Act requires that the President
establish procedures for parties to follow when exercising the right to
make these requests. The President delegated the responsibility for
publishing the procedures and administering commercial availability
requests to the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA), which issues procedures and acts on requests through the Office
of Textiles and Apparel (``OTEXA'').
The intent of these procedures is to foster the trade in U.S. and
Korean textile and apparel articles by allowing non-originating fibers,
yarns, and fabrics to be placed on or removed from a list of items not
available in commercial quantities, on a timely basis, and in a manner
that is consistent with normal business practice. To this end, these
procedures are intended to facilitate the transmission, on a timely
basis, of requests for commercial availability determinations and
offers to supply the products that are the subject of the requests;
have the market indicate the availability of the supply of the subject
products; make available promptly, to interested entities and parties,
information received regarding the requests for products and offers to
supply; ensure wide participation by interested entities and parties;
provide careful scrutiny of information provided to substantiate order
requests and responses of offers to supply; and provide timely public
dissemination of information used by CITA in making commercial
availability determinations.
For a fiber, yarn or fabric to be added to Appendix 4-B-1, an
interested entity must submit to CITA a Request for a Commercial
Availability Determination (``Request'') which states that the subject
product is not commercially available in the United States within a
commercially reasonable timeframe (i.e., timely). In support of its
claim, the requestor must provide information to CITA regarding its
attempts to source the subject product in the United States, and why it
determined that the product is not available in a timely manner.
Potential suppliers from the United States may submit a Response with
an Offer to Supply (``Response''), asserting their capability and
capacity to supply the subject product. These Responses must include
information supporting the capability and capacity assertion. If the
requestor disputes a responder's assertions, the requestor may submit a
Rebuttal comment offering its contention, along with supporting
information and documentation.
The information collected by CITA from Requests, Responses and
Rebuttals will be used to determine whether the subject product is
available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in the United
States under the commercial availability provision of the Act.
Requests, Responses, and Rebuttals must identify confidential
information. Entities submitting confidential information in their
Requests, Responses, or Rebuttals to CITA must submit both a public and
a confidential version of their submissions. If the submissions are
accepted, the public submissions or public versions of submissions will
be posted on the dedicated commercial availability section of the
Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA)'s Web site. Business
confidential information will not be shared with the public. Requestors
and potential suppliers of the product named in the Request may use the
public version as a basis for Responses and Rebuttals.
Each submission containing factual information for CITA's
consideration must be accompanied by the appropriate certification
regarding the accuracy of the factual information. With each electronic
and original signed submission that contains factual information, an
interested entity must file a certification of due diligence, attesting
to the accuracy and authenticity of the submission. If the interested
entity has legal counsel or other representative, the legal counsel or
other representative must also file a certification of due diligence
with each electronic and original signed submissions that contains
factual
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information. Accurate representations of material facts submitted to
CITA for the Commercial Availability Proceeding are vital to the
integrity of this process and are necessary for CITA's effective
administration of the statutory scheme. Each submission containing
factual information for CITA's consideration must be accompanied by the
appropriate certification regarding the accuracy of the factual
information. Any submission that lacks the applicable certifications
will be considered an incomplete submission that CITA will reject and
return to the submitter. CITA may verify any factual information
submitted by interested entities in a Commercial Availability
Proceeding.
II. Method of Collection
All submissions for a commercial availability proceeding pursuant
to these procedures (e.g., Commercial Availability Request, Response,
Rebuttal, and Request to Remove) must be in English. If any attachments
are in a language other than English, a complete translation must be
provided. Each submission must be submitted to the Chairman of CITA, in
care of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Office of Textiles and
Apparel (``OTEXA'') in two forms: email and an original signed
submission. An email version of the submission must be either in PDF or
Word format, must contain an adequate public summary of any business
confidential information and the due diligence certification, and
should be sent to OTEXA.KOREA@trade.gov. The email version of the
submission will be posted for public review on KOREA FTA Commercial
Availability Web site. No business confidential information should be
submitted in the email version of any document.
Brackets must be placed around all business confidential
information contained in submissions. Documents containing business
confidential information must have a bolded heading stating
``Confidential Version.'' Attachments considered business confidential
information must have a heading stating ``Business Confidential
Information.'' Documents, including those submitted via email, provided
for public release must have a bolded heading stating ``Public
Version'' and all the business confidential information must be deleted
from public versions, and substituted with an adequate public summary.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0625-0270.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals or Business.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 16.
Estimated Time per Response: 8 hours for Request for Commercial
Availability Determination; 2 hours for Response to a Request; and 1
hour for Rebuttal.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 89.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $3,440.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: November 19, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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