Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): Notice Regarding the 2019 GSP Annual Product Review, 27830-27831 [2019-12589]
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By the Board, Dr. William J. Brennan,
Director, Office of Economics.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clerance Clerk.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
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Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad, LLC—
Operation Exemption—Colorado
Pacific Railroad, LLC
Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad, LLC
(K&O), a Class III rail carrier, has filed
a verified notice of exemption under 49
CFR 1150.41 to permit K&O to operate
approximately 121.9 miles of rail line
(the Line) between milepost 747.5 near
Towner, Colo., and milepost 869.4 near
NA Junction, Colo., pursuant to an
agreement with Colorado Pacific
Railroad, LLC (CPR).
K&O states that it is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Watco Holdings, Inc., and
that CPR, a subsidiary of KCVN, LLC, is
the current owner of the Line. See
KCVN, LLC—Feeder Line Application—
Line of V & S Ry., Located in Crowley,
Pueblo, Otero, & Kiowa Ctys., Colo., FD
36005 (STB served Dec. 18, 2017).
According to K&O, there has been no
traffic on the Line since 2012.
K&O states that it has entered into an
Operating Agreement with CPR. K&O
further states that the agreement
between K&O and CPR does not contain
any provision that prohibits K&O from
interchanging traffic with a third party
or limits K&O’s ability to interchange
with a third party.
K&O certifies that its projected annual
revenues as a result of this transaction
will not result in K&O’s becoming a
Class II or Class I rail carrier, but its
projected annual revenues will exceed
$5 million. Pursuant to 49 CFR
1150.42(e), if a carrier’s projected
annual revenues will exceed $5 million,
it must, at least 60 days before the
exemption becomes effective, post a
notice of its intent to undertake the
proposed transaction at the workplace
of the employees on the affected lines,
serve a copy of the notice on the
national offices of the labor unions with
employees on the affected lines, and
certify to the Board that it has done so.
Concurrently with its verified notice,
however, K&O filed a petition for waiver
of the labor notice requirements. K&O’s
waiver request will be addressed in a
separate decision.
K&O states that it expects to
consummate the transaction on or
sometime after the effective date of the
exemption. The Board will establish the
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effective date in its separate decision on
the waiver request.
If the notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the
exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)
may be filed at any time. The filing of
a petition to revoke will not
automatically stay the effectiveness of
the exemption. Petitions for stay must
be filed no later than June 21, 2019.
All pleadings, referring to Docket No.
FD 36310, must be filed with the
Surface Transportation Board either via
e-filing or in writing addressed to 395 E
Street SW, Washington, DC 20423–0001.
In addition, a copy of each pleading
must be served on K&O’s representative,
Karl Morell, Karl Morell & Associates,
440 1st Street NW, Suite 440,
Washington, DC 20001.
According to K&O, this action is
categorically excluded from
environmental review under 49 CFR
1105.6(c) and from historic preservation
reporting requirements under 49 CFR
1105.8(b)(1).
Board decisions and notices are
available at www.stb.gov.
Decided: June 10, 2019.
By the Board, Allison C. Davis, Director,
Office of Proceedings.
Regena Smith-Bernard,
Clearance Clerk.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
[Docket No. USTR–2019–0001]
Generalized System of Preferences
(GSP): Notice Regarding the 2019 GSP
Annual Product Review
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice of hearing and requests
to testify and for public comments.
AGENCY:
The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (USTR) has
accepted petitions submitted in
connection with the 2019 GSP Annual
Product Review for further review. This
notice includes the schedule for
submission of public comments and the
date of a public hearing to review these
petitions and products by the GSP
Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff
Committee (TPSC).
DATES:
June 26, 2019 at midnight EDT:
Deadline for submission of comments,
pre-hearing briefs, and requests to
appear at the GSP Subcommittee Public
SUMMARY:
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Hearing on the 2019 GSP Annual
Product Review.
July 2, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. EDT: The
GSP Subcommittee will convene a
public hearing on all petitioned product
additions, product removals, and
competitive needs limitation (CNL)
waiver petitions that it accepted for the
2019 GSP Annual Product Review. The
hearing will be in Rooms 1 and 2, 1724
F Street NW, Washington, DC 20508,
beginning at 1:30 p.m.
August 15, 2019 at midnight EDT:
Deadline for submission of post-hearing
comments or briefs in connection with
the GSP Subcommittee Public Hearing.
September 7, 2019: USTR expects that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission (USITC) will deliver a
report to USTR providing advice on the
probable economic effects of adding
products to GSP eligibility, removing
products from GSP eligibility, and
granting CNL waiver petitions during
the 2019 GSP Annual Product Review.
Interested parties can post comments on
the USITC report on
www.regulations.gov using Docket
Number USTR–2019–0001 (instructions
for submissions are provided below).
Comments are due ten calendar days
after the publication date of the USITC’s
public report.
November 1, 2019: Effective date for
any modifications that the President
proclaims to the list of articles eligible
for duty-free treatment under GSP
resulting from the 2019 GSP Annual
Product Review and for determinations
related to CNL waivers.
ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers
electronic submissions made through
the Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov, using docket
number USTR–2019–0001. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments in
‘‘Requirements for Submissions’’ below.
For alternatives to on-line submissions,
please contact Yvonne Jamison at (202)
395–3475.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Erland Herfindahl, Deputy Assistant
USTR for GSP, 1724 F Street NW,
Washington, DC 20508. The telephone
number is (202) 395–2974 and the email
address is gsp@ustr.eop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
The GSP program provides for the
duty-free importation of designated
articles when imported from designated
beneficiary developing countries. The
GSP program is authorized by Title V of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461–
2467), as amended, and is implemented
in accordance with Executive Order
11888 of November 24, 1975, as
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Orders and Presidential Proclamations.
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B. Petitions Requesting Modifications of
GSP Product Eligibility
In a notice published in the Federal
Register on March 25, 2019 (84 FR
11150), USTR announced the 2019 GSP
Annual Product Review and indicated
that the GSP Subcommittee was
prepared to receive petitions to modify
the list of products that are eligible for
duty-free treatment under the GSP
program and petitions to waive CNLs on
imports of certain products from
specific beneficiary countries. The GSP
Subcommittee has reviewed the product
and CNL waiver petitions submitted in
response to these announcements, and
has decided to accept for review several
petitions seeking to: Remove products
from GSP eligibility for certain GSP
beneficiary countries; waive certain
CNLs; and redesignate certain products
to GSP eligibility for certain GSP
beneficiary countries.
USTR posted a list of petitions and
products accepted for review at https://
ustr.gov/issue-areas/preferenceprograms/generalized-systempreferences-gsp/current-reviews/2019annual under the title ‘‘Petitions
Accepted in the 2019 GSP Annual
Product Review.’’ You also can find this
list at www.regulations.gov in Docket
Number USTR–2019–0001. Acceptance
indicates only that the TPSC found that
the subject petition warranted further
consideration and that a review of the
requested action will take place.
The GSP Subcommittee invites public
comments on any petition it has
accepted for the 2019 GSP Annual
Product Review. Public comments are
due on June 26, 2019, at midnight EDT.
The GSP Subcommittee also will
convene a public hearing on these
products and petitions. See below for
information on how to submit a request
to testify at this hearing.
C. Notice of Public Hearing for the GSP
Product Review
The GSP Subcommittee will hold a
hearing on July 2, 2019, beginning at
1:30 p.m., for products and petitions
accepted for the 2019 GSP Annual
Product Review. The hearing will be
held at 1724 F Street NW, Washington,
DC 20508 and will be open to the
public. USTR will make a transcript of
the hearing available on
www.regulations.gov approximately two
weeks after the hearing date.
All interested parties wishing to make
an oral presentation at the hearing must
submit, following the ‘‘Requirements for
Submissions’’ below, the name, address,
telephone number, and email address (if
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available), of the witness(es)
representing their organization by
midnight, June 26, 2019. Requests to
present oral testimony in connection
with the public hearing must include a
written brief or summary statement, in
English, which you also must submit by
midnight, June 26, 2019. Oral testimony
before the GSP Subcommittee will be
limited to five-minute presentations that
summarize or supplement information
contained in briefs or statements
submitted for the record. USTR will
accept post-hearing briefs or statements
that conform to the regulations cited
below and you submit, in English, by
midnight, August 15, 2019. Parties not
wishing to appear at the public hearing
may submit pre-hearing and posthearing briefs or comments by the
aforementioned deadlines.
D. Requirements for Submissions
You must submit requests to testify,
written comments, and pre-hearing and
post-hearing briefs by the applicable
deadlines set forth in this notice. You
must make all submissions in English
via https://www.regulations.gov, using
Docket Number USTR–2019–0001.
USTR will not accept hand-delivered
submissions. To make a submission
using https://www.regulations.gov, enter
the appropriate docket number 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
regulations.gov website offers the option
of providing comments by filling in a
‘type comment’ field or by attaching a
document using the ‘upload file(s)’
field. The GSP Subcommittee prefers
that you provide submissions in an
attached document and note ‘see
attached’ in the ‘type comment’ field on
the online submission form. At the
beginning of the submission, or on the
first page (if an attachment) include the
following text (in bold and underlined):
(1) ‘‘2019 GSP Annual Product Review’’;
(2) the subject matter or the product
description and related HTS tariff
number; and (3) whether the document
is a ‘written comment’, ‘notice of intent
to testify,’ ‘pre-hearing brief,’ or ‘posthearing brief.’ Submissions should not
exceed thirty single-spaced, standard
letter-size pages in twelve-point type,
including attachments. Include any data
attachments to the submission in the
same file as the submission itself, and
not as separate files.
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You will receive a tracking number
upon completion of the submission
procedure at https://
www.regulations.gov. The tracking
number is confirmation that
regulations.gov received the submission.
Keep the confirmation for your records.
USTR is not able to provide technical
assistance for the website. USTR may
not consider documents you do not
submit in accordance with these
instructions. If you are unable to
provide submissions as requested,
please contact the GSP Program at USTR
to arrange for an alternative method of
transmission.
E. Business Confidential Submissions
If you ask USTR to treat information
you submitted as business confidential
information (BCI), you must certify that
the information is business confidential
and you would not customarily release
it to the public. You must clearly
designate BCI by marking the
submission ‘‘BUSINESS
CONFIDENTIAL’’ at the top and bottom
of the cover page and each succeeding
page, and indicating, via brackets, the
specific information that is BCI.
Additionally, you must include
‘Business Confidential’ in the ‘type
comment’ field. For any submission
containing BCI, you must separately
submit a non-confidential version, i.e.,
not as part of the same submission with
the confidential version, indicating
where BCI has been redacted. USTR will
post the non-confidential version in the
docket and it will be open to public
inspection.
F. 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
https://www.regulations.gov upon
completion of processing, usually
within two weeks of the relevant due
date or date of the submission. USTR
will make public versions of all
documents relating to these reviews
available for public viewing in Docket
Number USTR–2019–0001 at https://
www.regulations.gov upon completion
of processing.
Erland Herfindahl,
Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative
for the Generalized System of Preferences,
Office of the United States Trade
Representative.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
[Docket No. USTR-2019-0001]
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): Notice Regarding the
2019 GSP Annual Product Review
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice of hearing and requests to testify and for public
comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
has accepted petitions submitted in connection with the 2019 GSP Annual
Product Review for further review. This notice includes the schedule
for submission of public comments and the date of a public hearing to
review these petitions and products by the GSP Subcommittee of the
Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC).
DATES:
June 26, 2019 at midnight EDT: Deadline for submission of comments,
pre-hearing briefs, and requests to appear at the GSP Subcommittee
Public Hearing on the 2019 GSP Annual Product Review.
July 2, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. EDT: The GSP Subcommittee will convene a
public hearing on all petitioned product additions, product removals,
and competitive needs limitation (CNL) waiver petitions that it
accepted for the 2019 GSP Annual Product Review. The hearing will be in
Rooms 1 and 2, 1724 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20508, beginning at
1:30 p.m.
August 15, 2019 at midnight EDT: Deadline for submission of post-
hearing comments or briefs in connection with the GSP Subcommittee
Public Hearing.
September 7, 2019: USTR expects that the U.S. International Trade
Commission (USITC) will deliver a report to USTR providing advice on
the probable economic effects of adding products to GSP eligibility,
removing products from GSP eligibility, and granting CNL waiver
petitions during the 2019 GSP Annual Product Review. Interested parties
can post comments on the USITC report on www.regulations.gov using
Docket Number USTR-2019-0001 (instructions for submissions are provided
below). Comments are due ten calendar days after the publication date
of the USITC's public report.
November 1, 2019: Effective date for any modifications that the
President proclaims to the list of articles eligible for duty-free
treatment under GSP resulting from the 2019 GSP Annual Product Review
and for determinations related to CNL waivers.
ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers electronic submissions made through
the Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov, using
docket number USTR-2019-0001. Follow the instructions for submitting
comments in ``Requirements for Submissions'' below. For alternatives to
on-line submissions, please contact Yvonne Jamison at (202) 395-3475.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erland Herfindahl, Deputy Assistant
USTR for GSP, 1724 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20508. The telephone
number is (202) 395-2974 and the email address is [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
The GSP program provides for the duty-free importation of
designated articles when imported from designated beneficiary
developing countries. The GSP program is authorized by Title V of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461-2467), as amended, and is implemented
in accordance with Executive Order 11888 of November 24, 1975, as
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modified by subsequent Executive Orders and Presidential Proclamations.
B. Petitions Requesting Modifications of GSP Product Eligibility
In a notice published in the Federal Register on March 25, 2019 (84
FR 11150), USTR announced the 2019 GSP Annual Product Review and
indicated that the GSP Subcommittee was prepared to receive petitions
to modify the list of products that are eligible for duty-free
treatment under the GSP program and petitions to waive CNLs on imports
of certain products from specific beneficiary countries. The GSP
Subcommittee has reviewed the product and CNL waiver petitions
submitted in response to these announcements, and has decided to accept
for review several petitions seeking to: Remove products from GSP
eligibility for certain GSP beneficiary countries; waive certain CNLs;
and redesignate certain products to GSP eligibility for certain GSP
beneficiary countries.
USTR posted a list of petitions and products accepted for review at
https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/preference-programs/generalized-system-preferences-gsp/current-reviews/2019-annual under the title ``Petitions
Accepted in the 2019 GSP Annual Product Review.'' You also can find
this list at www.regulations.gov in Docket Number USTR-2019-0001.
Acceptance indicates only that the TPSC found that the subject petition
warranted further consideration and that a review of the requested
action will take place.
The GSP Subcommittee invites public comments on any petition it has
accepted for the 2019 GSP Annual Product Review. Public comments are
due on June 26, 2019, at midnight EDT. The GSP Subcommittee also will
convene a public hearing on these products and petitions. See below for
information on how to submit a request to testify at this hearing.
C. Notice of Public Hearing for the GSP Product Review
The GSP Subcommittee will hold a hearing on July 2, 2019, beginning
at 1:30 p.m., for products and petitions accepted for the 2019 GSP
Annual Product Review. The hearing will be held at 1724 F Street NW,
Washington, DC 20508 and will be open to the public. USTR will make a
transcript of the hearing available on www.regulations.gov
approximately two weeks after the hearing date.
All interested parties wishing to make an oral presentation at the
hearing must submit, following the ``Requirements for Submissions''
below, the name, address, telephone number, and email address (if
available), of the witness(es) representing their organization by
midnight, June 26, 2019. Requests to present oral testimony in
connection with the public hearing must include a written brief or
summary statement, in English, which you also must submit by midnight,
June 26, 2019. Oral testimony before the GSP Subcommittee will be
limited to five-minute presentations that summarize or supplement
information contained in briefs or statements submitted for the record.
USTR will accept post-hearing briefs or statements that conform to the
regulations cited below and you submit, in English, by midnight, August
15, 2019. Parties not wishing to appear at the public hearing may
submit pre-hearing and post-hearing briefs or comments by the
aforementioned deadlines.
D. Requirements for Submissions
You must submit requests to testify, written comments, and pre-
hearing and post-hearing briefs by the applicable deadlines set forth
in this notice. You must make all submissions in English via https://www.regulations.gov, using Docket Number USTR-2019-0001. USTR will not
accept hand-delivered submissions. To make a submission using https://www.regulations.gov, enter the appropriate docket number 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 regulations.gov
website offers the option of providing comments by filling in a `type
comment' field or by attaching a document using the `upload file(s)'
field. The GSP Subcommittee prefers that you provide submissions in an
attached document and note `see attached' in the `type comment' field
on the online submission form. At the beginning of the submission, or
on the first page (if an attachment) include the following text (in
bold and underlined): (1) ``2019 GSP Annual Product Review''; (2) the
subject matter or the product description and related HTS tariff
number; and (3) whether the document is a `written comment', `notice of
intent to testify,' `pre-hearing brief,' or `post-hearing brief.'
Submissions should not exceed thirty single-spaced, standard letter-
size pages in twelve-point type, including attachments. Include any
data attachments to the submission in the same file as the submission
itself, and not as separate files.
You will receive a tracking number upon completion of the
submission procedure at https://www.regulations.gov. The tracking number
is confirmation that regulations.gov received the submission. Keep the
confirmation for your records. USTR is not able to provide technical
assistance for the website. USTR may not consider documents you do not
submit in accordance with these instructions. If you are unable to
provide submissions as requested, please contact the GSP Program at
USTR to arrange for an alternative method of transmission.
E. Business Confidential Submissions
If you ask USTR to treat information you submitted as business
confidential information (BCI), you must certify that the information
is business confidential and you would not customarily release it to
the public. You must clearly designate BCI by marking the submission
``BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL'' at the top and bottom of the cover page and
each succeeding page, and indicating, via brackets, the specific
information that is BCI. Additionally, you must include `Business
Confidential' in the `type comment' field. For any submission
containing BCI, you must separately submit a non-confidential version,
i.e., not as part of the same submission with the confidential version,
indicating where BCI has been redacted. USTR will post the non-
confidential version in the docket and it will be open to public
inspection.
F. 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 https://www.regulations.gov upon completion of processing, usually within two
weeks of the relevant due date or date of the submission. USTR will
make public versions of all documents relating to these reviews
available for public viewing in Docket Number USTR-2019-0001 at https://www.regulations.gov upon completion of processing.
Erland Herfindahl,
Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for the Generalized System
of Preferences, Office of the United States Trade Representative.
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