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ID. The Commission does not seek
further briefing at this time.
In light of the remand, the ALJ shall
set a new target date within thirty days
of the date of this notice consistent with
the Remand Order. The current target
date for this investigation is March 16,
2017.
Any briefing on reviewed and
remanded issues, and on remedy,
bonding, and the public interest will
follow Commission consideration of the
remand ID.
The authority for the Commission’s
determination is contained in section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in part
210 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (19 CFR part
210).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: January 13, 2017.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2017–01315 Filed 1–19–17; 8:45 am]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 332–560]
Generalized System of Preferences:
Possible Modifications, 2016 Review
United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice of institution of
investigation and scheduling of public
hearing.
AGENCY:
Following receipt of a request
on January 5, 2017, from the United
States Trade Representative (USTR), the
U.S. International Trade Commission
(Commission) instituted investigation
No. 332–560, Generalized System of
Preferences: Possible Modifications,
2016 Review, for the purpose of
SUMMARY:
providing advice and information
relating to the possible designation of
additional articles, removal of articles,
and waiver of competitive need
limitations.
DATES:
February 3, 2017: Deadline for filing
requests to appear at the public hearing.
February 8, 2017: Deadline for filing
pre-hearing briefs and statements.
February 21, 2017: Public hearing.
February 27, 2017: Deadline for filing
post-hearing briefs and statements.
March 3, 2017: Deadline for filing all
other written submissions.
May 5, 2017: Transmittal of
Commission report to the USTR.
ADDRESSES: All Commission offices,
including the Commission’s hearing
rooms, are located in the United States
International Trade Commission
Building, 500 E Street SW., Washington,
DC. All written submissions should be
addressed to the Secretary, United
States International Trade Commission,
500 E Street SW., Washington, DC
20436. The public record for this
investigation may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information specific to this investigation
may be obtained from Renee Berry,
Project Leader, Office of Industries
(202–205–3498 or renee.berry@
usitc.gov) or Sabina Neumann, Deputy
Project Leader, Office of Industries
(202–205–3000 or sabina.neumann@
usitc.gov), or Marin Weaver, Technical
Advisor, Office of Industries (202–205–
3461 or marin.weaver@usitc.gov). For
information on the legal aspects of this
investigation, contact William Gearhart
of the Commission’s Office of the
General Counsel (202–205–3091 or
william.gearhart@usitc.gov). The media
should contact Margaret O’Laughlin,
Office of External Relations (202–205–
1819 or margaret.olaughlin@usitc.gov).
Hearing-impaired individuals may
obtain information on this matter by
contacting the Commission’s TDD
terminal at 202–205–1810. General
information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its
Web site (https://www.usitc.gov). Persons
with mobility impairments who will
need special assistance in gaining access
to the Commission should contact the
Office of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.
Background: In his letter, the USTR
requested the advice and information
described below.
(1) Advice concerning the probable
economic effect of elimination of U.S.
import duties on certain articles from all
beneficiary developing countries under
the GSP program. In accordance with
sections 503(a)(1)(A), 503(e), and 131(a)
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended
(‘‘the 1974 Act’’) (19 U.S.C.
2463(a)(1)(A), 2463(e), and 2151(a)), and
pursuant to the authority of the
President delegated to the USTR by
sections 4(c) and 8(c) and (d) of
Executive Order 11846 of March 31,
1975, as amended, and pursuant to
section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930
(19 U.S.C. 1332(g)), the USTR notified
the Commission that the articles
identified in Table A of the Annex to
the USTR request letter are being
considered for designation as eligible
articles for purposes of the GSP
program. The USTR requested that the
Commission provide its advice as to the
probable economic effect on total U.S.
imports, U.S. industries producing like
or directly competitive articles, and on
U.S. consumers of the elimination of
U.S. import duties on the articles
identified in Table A of the Annex to
the USTR request letter for all
beneficiary developing countries under
the GSP program (see Table A below).
TABLE A—POSSIBLE ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF PRODUCTS ELIGIBLE FOR THE GSP ELIGIBLE PRODUCTS
HTS subheading
1104.19.90
2008.20.00
2915.90.18
3809.93.50
.................
.................
.................
.................
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3912.20.00 .................
Brief description
Rolled or flaked grains of cereals, other than of barley or oats ...................................
Pineapples, otherwise prepared or preserved, nesoi ...................................................
Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, nesoi ............................................................
Finishing agents, dye carriers and other preparations used in leather and like industries, <5% by weight aromatic (mod.) substance(s).
Cellulose nitrates (including collodions), in primary forms ...........................................
(2) Advice concerning the probable
economic effect of removal of certain
articles from specified countries from
eligibility for duty-free treatment. The
USTR notified the Commission that one
article is being considered for removal
from eligibility for duty free treatment
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under the GSP program from all
countries. Under authority delegated by
the President, pursuant to section 332(g)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, with respect
to the article listed in Table B of the
Annex to the USTR request letter, the
USTR requested that the Commission
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Beneficiary
Beneficiary
Beneficiary
Beneficiary
Developing
Developing
Developing
Developing
Countries.
Countries.
Countries.
Countries.
Beneficiary Developing Countries.
provide its advice as to the probable
economic effect of the removal from
eligibility for duty-free treatment under
the GSP program for this article from all
countries on total U.S. imports, U.S.
industries producing like or directly
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competitive articles, and on U.S.
consumers (see Table B below).
TABLE B—POSSIBLE REMOVAL FROM DUTY-FREE STATUS FROM ALL COUNTRIES FOR A PRODUCT ON THE LIST OF
ELIGIBLE ARTICLES FOR THE GSP
HTS subheading
Brief description
2922.49.40.20 ............
Glycine—part of 2922.49.40, ‘‘Amino acids‘‘ ................................................................
(3) Advice concerning waiver of
certain competitive need limitations.
Under authority delegated by the
President, pursuant to section 332(g) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, and in
accordance with section 503(d)(1)(A) of
the 1974 Act, the USTR requested that
the Commission provide advice on
whether any industry in the United
States is likely to be adversely affected
by a waiver of the competitive need
Country
limitations specified in section
503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act for the
countries and articles specified in Table
C of the attached Annex to the request
letter (see Table C below). Further, in
accordance with section 503(c)(2)(E) of
the 1974 Act, the USTR requested that
the Commission provide its advice with
respect to whether like or directly
competitive products were being
produced in the United States on
All.
January 1, 1995. The USTR also
requested that the Commission provide
its advice as to the probable economic
effect on total U.S. imports, as well as
on consumers, of the requested waivers.
With respect to the competitive need
limit in section 503(c)(2)(A)(i)(I) of the
1974 Act, the USTR requested that the
Commission use the dollar value limit
of $175,000,000.
TABLE C—POSSIBLE WAIVERS OF THE CNL FROM A SPECIFIC COUNTRY
HTS subheading
0410.00.00
0714.90.10
4011.20.10
4409.10.05
.................
.................
.................
.................
6802.99.00 .................
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8525.80.30 .................
9001.50.00 .................
Brief description
Edible products of animal origin, nesoi .........................................................................
Fresh or chilled dasheens, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets ..................
New pneumatic radial tires, of rubber, of a kind used on buses or trucks ..................
Coniferous wood continuously shaped along any of its ends, whether or not also
continuously shaped along any {of} its edges or faces.
Monumental or building stone & arts. thereof, nesoi, further worked than simply cut/
sawn, nesoi.
Television cameras, nesoi .............................................................................................
Spectacle lenses of materials other than glass, unmounted ........................................
Time for reporting, HTS detail,
portions of report to be classified. As
requested by the USTR, the Commission
will provide the requested advice and
information by May 5, 2017. The USTR
asked that the Commission issue, as
soon as possible thereafter, a public
version of the report containing only the
unclassified information, with any
confidential business information
deleted. As requested, the Commission
will provide its economic effect advice
and statistics (profile of the U.S.
industry and market and U.S. import
and export data) and any other relevant
information or advice separately and
individually for each U.S. Harmonized
Tariff Schedule subheading for all
products subject to the request. The
USTR indicated that those sections of
the Commission’s report and working
papers that contain the Commission’s
advice and assessment will be classified
as ‘‘confidential.’’ The USTR also stated
that his office considers the
Commission’s report to be an interagency memorandum that will contain
pre-decisional advice and be subject to
the deliberative process privilege.
Public Hearing: A public hearing in
connection with this investigation will
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be held at the U.S. International Trade
Commission Building, 500 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC, beginning at 9:30 a.m.
on February 21, 2017. Requests to
appear at the public hearing should be
filed with the Secretary no later than
5:15 p.m., February 3, 2017. All prehearing briefs and statements should be
filed no later than 5:15 p.m., February
8, 2017; and all post-hearing briefs and
statements should be filed no later than
5:15 p.m., February 27, 2017. All
requests to appear, and pre- and posthearing briefs and statements should be
filed in accordance with the
requirements of the ‘‘written
submissions’’ section below.
Written Submissions: In lieu of or in
addition to appearing at the hearing,
interested parties are invited to file
written submissions concerning this
investigation. All written submissions
should be addressed to the Secretary,
and should be received not later than
5:15 p.m., March 3, 2017. All written
submissions must conform to the
provisions of section 201.8 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (19 CFR 201.8). Section 201.8
and the Commission’s Handbook on
Filing Procedures require that interested
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Indonesia.
Ecuador.
Indonesia.
Brazil.
Brazil.
Thailand.
Thailand.
parties file documents electronically on
or before the filing deadline and submit
eight (8) true paper copies by 12:00 p.m.
eastern time on the next business day.
In the event that confidential treatment
of a document is requested, interested
parties must file, at the same time as the
eight paper copies, at least four (4)
additional true paper copies in which
the confidential information must be
deleted (see the following paragraph for
further information regarding
confidential business information).
Persons with questions regarding
electronic filing should contact the
Office of the Secretary, Docket Services
Division (202–205–1802).
Confidential Business Information:
Any submissions that contain
confidential business information must
also conform with the requirements of
section 201.6 of the Commission’s Rules
of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR
201.6). Section 201.6 of the rules
requires that the cover of the document
and the individual pages be clearly
marked as to whether they are the
‘‘confidential’’ or ‘‘non-confidential’’
version, and that the confidential
business information is clearly
identified by means of brackets. All
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written submissions, except for
confidential business information, will
be made available for inspection by
interested parties.
The Commission may include some or
all of the confidential business
information submitted in the course of
this investigation in the report it sends
to the USTR. Additionally, all
information, including confidential
business information, submitted in this
investigation may be disclosed to and
used: (i) By the Commission, its
employees and Offices, and contract
personnel (a) for developing or
maintaining the records of this or a
related proceeding, or (b) in internal
investigations, audits, reviews, and
evaluations relating to the programs,
personnel, and operations of the
Commission including under 5 U.S.C.
Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. government
employees and contract personnel (a)
for cybersecurity purposes or (b) in
monitoring user activity on U.S.
government classified networks. The
Commission will not otherwise disclose
any confidential business information in
a manner that would reveal the
operations of the firm supplying the
information.
Summaries of Written Submissions:
The Commission intends to publish
summaries of the positions of interested
persons. Persons wishing to have a
summary of their position included in
the report should include a summary
with their written submission. The
summary may not exceed 500 words,
should be in MSWord format or a format
that can be easily converted to MSWord,
and should not include any confidential
business information. The summary will
be published as provided if it meets
these requirements and is germane to
the subject matter of the investigation.
The Commission will identify the name
of the organization furnishing the
summary and will include a link to the
Commission’s Electronic Document
Information System (EDIS) where the
full written submission can be found.
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By order of the Commission.
Issued: January 17, 2017.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2017–01401 Filed 1–19–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Controlled
substance
Drug
code
Schedule
Drug Enforcement Administration
Methylphenidate .......
Fentanyl ....................
[Docket No. DEA–392]
Importer of Controlled Substances
Application: Mylan Technologies, Inc.
ACTION:
Notice of application.
Registered bulk manufacturers of
the affected basic classes, and
applicants therefore, may file written
comments on or objections to the
issuance of the proposed registration in
accordance with 21 CFR 1301.34(a) on
or before February 22, 2017. Such
persons may also file a written request
for a hearing on the application
pursuant to 21 CFR 1301.43 on or before
February 22, 2017.
DATES:
Written comments should
be sent to: Drug Enforcement
Administration, Attention: DEA Federal
Register Representative/DRW, 8701
Morrissette Drive, Springfield, Virginia
22152. All requests for hearing must be
sent to: Drug Enforcement
Administration, Attn: Administrator,
8701 Morrissette Drive, Springfield,
Virginia 22152. All requests for hearing
should also be sent to: (1) Drug
Enforcement Administration, Attn:
Hearing Clerk/LJ, 8701 Morrissette
Drive, Springfield, Virginia 22152; and
(2) Drug Enforcement Administration,
Attn: DEA Federal Register
Representative/DRW, 8701 Morrissette
Drive, Springfield, Virginia 22152.
ADDRESSES:
The
Attorney General has delegated her
authority under the Controlled
Substances Act to the Administrator of
the Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA), 28 CFR 0.100(b). Authority to
exercise all necessary functions with
respect to the promulgation and
implementation of 21 CFR part 1301,
incident to the registration of
manufacturers, distributors, dispensers,
importers, and exporters of controlled
substances (other than final orders in
connection with suspension, denial, or
revocation of registration) has been
redelegated to the Assistant
Administrator of the DEA Diversion
Control Division (‘‘Assistant
Administrator’’) pursuant to section 7 of
28 CFR part 0, appendix to subpart R.
In accordance with 21 CFR
1301.34(a), this is notice that on October
31, 2016, Mylan Technologies, Inc., 110
Lake Street, Saint Albans, Vermont
05478 applied to be registered as an
importer of the following basic classes
of controlled substances:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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The company plans to import the
listed controlled substances in finished
dosage form (FDF) from foreign sources
for analytical testing and clinical trials
in which the foreign FDF will be
compared to the company’s own
domestically-manufactured FDF. This
analysis is required to allow the
company to export domesticallymanufactured FDF to foreign markets.
Dated: October 22, 2016.
Louis J. Milione,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2017–01305 Filed 1–19–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410–09–P
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act
On January 12, 2017, the Department
of Justice and the State of Louisiana on
behalf of the Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality (‘‘LDEQ’’) filed a
Complaint and lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States
District Court for the Middle District of
Louisiana in the matter of United States
of America and Louisiana Department
of Environmental Quality vs. Innophos,
Inc., Civil Action No. 17–26–SDD–RLB
(M.D. La.).
In the Complaint filed in this action,
the United States and LDEQ sought
injunctive relief and civil penalties
against Innophos, Inc. (‘‘Innophos’’) for
violations of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (‘‘RCRA’’), 42 U.S.C.
6901–6992k, at Innophos’s purified
phosphoric acid manufacturing facility
near Geismar, Louisiana. The Complaint
alleged that Innophos routinely
generated two hazardous wastes,
Raffinate and RP Pondwater, and sent
them to an adjacent facility for disposal;
the receiving facility was not authorized
to dispose of hazardous waste. LDEQ is
a co-plaintiff and has brought its own
claims under state law.
The proposed Consent Decree
memorializes that Innophos has already
corrected the violations related to RP
Pondwater. Innophos also agrees in the
Consent Decree to handle Raffinate
appropriately, either by disposing of it
in a permitted hazardous waste
Underground Injection Control well
system, by treating it on-site, or by
shipping it to a permitted hazardous
waste treatment, storage, and disposal
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 332-560]
Generalized System of Preferences: Possible Modifications, 2016
Review
AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice of institution of investigation and scheduling of public
hearing.
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SUMMARY: Following receipt of a request on January 5, 2017, from the
United States Trade Representative (USTR), the U.S. International Trade
Commission (Commission) instituted investigation No. 332-560,
Generalized System of Preferences: Possible Modifications, 2016 Review,
for the purpose of providing advice and information relating to the
possible designation of additional articles, removal of articles, and
waiver of competitive need limitations.
DATES:
February 3, 2017: Deadline for filing requests to appear at the
public hearing.
February 8, 2017: Deadline for filing pre-hearing briefs and
statements.
February 21, 2017: Public hearing.
February 27, 2017: Deadline for filing post-hearing briefs and
statements.
March 3, 2017: Deadline for filing all other written submissions.
May 5, 2017: Transmittal of Commission report to the USTR.
ADDRESSES: All Commission offices, including the Commission's hearing
rooms, are located in the United States International Trade Commission
Building, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC. All written submissions
should be addressed to the Secretary, United States International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20436. The public record
for this investigation may be viewed on the Commission's electronic
docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information specific to this
investigation may be obtained from Renee Berry, Project Leader, Office
of Industries (202-205-3498 or renee.berry@usitc.gov) or Sabina
Neumann, Deputy Project Leader, Office of Industries (202-205-3000 or
sabina.neumann@usitc.gov), or Marin Weaver, Technical Advisor, Office
of Industries (202-205-3461 or marin.weaver@usitc.gov). For information
on the legal aspects of this investigation, contact William Gearhart of
the Commission's Office of the General Counsel (202-205-3091 or
william.gearhart@usitc.gov). The media should contact Margaret
O'Laughlin, Office of External Relations (202-205-1819 or
margaret.olaughlin@usitc.gov). Hearing-impaired individuals may obtain
information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal
at 202-205-1810. General information concerning the Commission may also
be obtained by accessing its Web site (https://www.usitc.gov). Persons
with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in gaining
access to the Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at
202-205-2000.
Background: In his letter, the USTR requested the advice and
information described below.
(1) Advice concerning the probable economic effect of elimination
of U.S. import duties on certain articles from all beneficiary
developing countries under the GSP program. In accordance with sections
503(a)(1)(A), 503(e), and 131(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended
(``the 1974 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2463(a)(1)(A), 2463(e), and 2151(a)), and
pursuant to the authority of the President delegated to the USTR by
sections 4(c) and 8(c) and (d) of Executive Order 11846 of March 31,
1975, as amended, and pursuant to section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)), the USTR notified the Commission that the
articles identified in Table A of the Annex to the USTR request letter
are being considered for designation as eligible articles for purposes
of the GSP program. The USTR requested that the Commission provide its
advice as to the probable economic effect on total U.S. imports, U.S.
industries producing like or directly competitive articles, and on U.S.
consumers of the elimination of U.S. import duties on the articles
identified in Table A of the Annex to the USTR request letter for all
beneficiary developing countries under the GSP program (see Table A
below).
Table A--Possible Additions to the List of Products Eligible for the GSP
Eligible Products
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HTS subheading Brief description Countries
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1104.19.90................. Rolled or flaked grains of Beneficiary
cereals, other than of Developing
barley or oats. Countries.
2008.20.00................. Pineapples, otherwise Beneficiary
prepared or preserved, Developing
nesoi. Countries.
2915.90.18................. Saturated acyclic Beneficiary
monocarboxylic acids, Developing
nesoi. Countries.
3809.93.50................. Finishing agents, dye Beneficiary
carriers and other Developing
preparations used in Countries.
leather and like
industries, <5% by weight
aromatic (mod.)
substance(s).
3912.20.00................. Cellulose nitrates Beneficiary
(including collodions), Developing
in primary forms. Countries.
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(2) Advice concerning the probable economic effect of removal of
certain articles from specified countries from eligibility for duty-
free treatment. The USTR notified the Commission that one article is
being considered for removal from eligibility for duty free treatment
under the GSP program from all countries. Under authority delegated by
the President, pursuant to section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
with respect to the article listed in Table B of the Annex to the USTR
request letter, the USTR requested that the Commission provide its
advice as to the probable economic effect of the removal from
eligibility for duty-free treatment under the GSP program for this
article from all countries on total U.S. imports, U.S. industries
producing like or directly
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competitive articles, and on U.S. consumers (see Table B below).
Table B--Possible Removal From Duty-Free Status From All Countries for a
Product on the List of Eligible Articles for the GSP
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HTS subheading Brief description Country
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2922.49.40.20.............. Glycine--part of All.
2922.49.40, ``Amino
acids``.
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(3) Advice concerning waiver of certain competitive need
limitations. Under authority delegated by the President, pursuant to
section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930, and in accordance with
section 503(d)(1)(A) of the 1974 Act, the USTR requested that the
Commission provide advice on whether any industry in the United States
is likely to be adversely affected by a waiver of the competitive need
limitations specified in section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act for the
countries and articles specified in Table C of the attached Annex to
the request letter (see Table C below). Further, in accordance with
section 503(c)(2)(E) of the 1974 Act, the USTR requested that the
Commission provide its advice with respect to whether like or directly
competitive products were being produced in the United States on
January 1, 1995. The USTR also requested that the Commission provide
its advice as to the probable economic effect on total U.S. imports, as
well as on consumers, of the requested waivers. With respect to the
competitive need limit in section 503(c)(2)(A)(i)(I) of the 1974 Act,
the USTR requested that the Commission use the dollar value limit of
$175,000,000.
Table C--Possible Waivers of the CNL From a Specific Country
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HTS subheading Brief description Country
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0410.00.00................. Edible products of animal Indonesia.
origin, nesoi.
0714.90.10................. Fresh or chilled dasheens, Ecuador.
whether or not sliced or
in the form of pellets.
4011.20.10................. New pneumatic radial Indonesia.
tires, of rubber, of a
kind used on buses or
trucks.
4409.10.05................. Coniferous wood Brazil.
continuously shaped along
any of its ends, whether
or not also continuously
shaped along any
{of{time} its edges or
faces.
6802.99.00................. Monumental or building Brazil.
stone & arts. thereof,
nesoi, further worked
than simply cut/sawn,
nesoi.
8525.80.30................. Television cameras, nesoi. Thailand.
9001.50.00................. Spectacle lenses of Thailand.
materials other than
glass, unmounted.
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Time for reporting, HTS detail, portions of report to be
classified. As requested by the USTR, the Commission will provide the
requested advice and information by May 5, 2017. The USTR asked that
the Commission issue, as soon as possible thereafter, a public version
of the report containing only the unclassified information, with any
confidential business information deleted. As requested, the Commission
will provide its economic effect advice and statistics (profile of the
U.S. industry and market and U.S. import and export data) and any other
relevant information or advice separately and individually for each
U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading for all products subject to
the request. The USTR indicated that those sections of the Commission's
report and working papers that contain the Commission's advice and
assessment will be classified as ``confidential.'' The USTR also stated
that his office considers the Commission's report to be an inter-agency
memorandum that will contain pre-decisional advice and be subject to
the deliberative process privilege.
Public Hearing: A public hearing in connection with this
investigation will be held at the U.S. International Trade Commission
Building, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC, beginning at 9:30 a.m. on
February 21, 2017. Requests to appear at the public hearing should be
filed with the Secretary no later than 5:15 p.m., February 3, 2017. All
pre-hearing briefs and statements should be filed no later than 5:15
p.m., February 8, 2017; and all post-hearing briefs and statements
should be filed no later than 5:15 p.m., February 27, 2017. All
requests to appear, and pre- and post-hearing briefs and statements
should be filed in accordance with the requirements of the ``written
submissions'' section below.
Written Submissions: In lieu of or in addition to appearing at the
hearing, interested parties are invited to file written submissions
concerning this investigation. All written submissions should be
addressed to the Secretary, and should be received not later than 5:15
p.m., March 3, 2017. All written submissions must conform to the
provisions of section 201.8 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedure (19 CFR 201.8). Section 201.8 and the Commission's Handbook
on Filing Procedures require that interested parties file documents
electronically on or before the filing deadline and submit eight (8)
true paper copies by 12:00 p.m. eastern time on the next business day.
In the event that confidential treatment of a document is requested,
interested parties must file, at the same time as the eight paper
copies, at least four (4) additional true paper copies in which the
confidential information must be deleted (see the following paragraph
for further information regarding confidential business information).
Persons with questions regarding electronic filing should contact the
Office of the Secretary, Docket Services Division (202-205-1802).
Confidential Business Information: Any submissions that contain
confidential business information must also conform with the
requirements of section 201.6 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedure (19 CFR 201.6). Section 201.6 of the rules requires that the
cover of the document and the individual pages be clearly marked as to
whether they are the ``confidential'' or ``non-confidential'' version,
and that the confidential business information is clearly identified by
means of brackets. All
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written submissions, except for confidential business information, will
be made available for inspection by interested parties.
The Commission may include some or all of the confidential business
information submitted in the course of this investigation in the report
it sends to the USTR. Additionally, all information, including
confidential business information, submitted in this investigation may
be disclosed to and used: (i) By the Commission, its employees and
Offices, and contract personnel (a) for developing or maintaining the
records of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in internal
investigations, audits, reviews, and evaluations relating to the
programs, personnel, and operations of the Commission including under 5
U.S.C. Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. government employees and contract
personnel (a) for cybersecurity purposes or (b) in monitoring user
activity on U.S. government classified networks. The Commission will
not otherwise disclose any confidential business information in a
manner that would reveal the operations of the firm supplying the
information.
Summaries of Written Submissions: The Commission intends to publish
summaries of the positions of interested persons. Persons wishing to
have a summary of their position included in the report should include
a summary with their written submission. The summary may not exceed 500
words, should be in MSWord format or a format that can be easily
converted to MSWord, and should not include any confidential business
information. The summary will be published as provided if it meets
these requirements and is germane to the subject matter of the
investigation. The Commission will identify the name of the
organization furnishing the summary and will include a link to the
Commission's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS) where the
full written submission can be found.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: January 17, 2017.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2017-01401 Filed 1-19-17; 8:45 am]
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