Request for Comments and Notice of Public Hearing Concerning Russia's Implementation of Its WTO Commitments, 52102-52104 [2022-18253]

Download as PDF 52102 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 163 / Wednesday, August 24, 2022 / Notices SBIC fee type Fees amounts (effective Oct. 1, 2022) Delay Fee ............................. 800 Authority: 15 U.S.C. 681(e) and 687b(b); 13 CFR 107.300 and 107.692. Bailey DeVries, Associate Administrator, Office of Investment and Innovation. [FR Doc. 2022–18167 Filed 8–23–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8026–09–P DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice 11812] 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Risk Analysis and Management (RAM) Notice of request for public comment. ACTION: The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals and organizations. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB. DATES: The Department will accept comments from the public up to October 24, 2022. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: • Web: Persons with access to the internet may comment on this notice by going to www.Regulations.gov. You can search for the document by entering ‘‘Docket Number: DOS–2022–0021 in the Search field. Then click the ‘‘Comment Now’’ button and complete the comment form. • Email: MURTADHAAN@state.gov. • Regular Mail: Send written comments to: U.S. Department of State, Office of Risk Analysis and Management, 2401 E St. NW, L408, Washington, DC 20037. • Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of State, Office of Risk Analysis and Management, 2401 E St. NW, L408, Washington, DC 20037. You must include the DS form number (if applicable), information collection title, and the OMB control number in any correspondence. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct requests for additional information regarding the collection listed in this notice, including requests jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:09 Aug 23, 2022 Jkt 256001 for copies of the proposed collection instrument, and supporting documents, to Annura N. Murtadha, U.S. Department of State, Office of Risk Analysis and Management, 2401 E St. NW, L408, Washington, DC 20037; who can be reached at 202–657–6020 or at MURTADHAAN@state.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: • Title of Information Collection: Risk Analysis and Management. • OMB Control Number: 1405–0204. • Type of Request: Extension (or Revision) of a Currently Approved Collection. • Originating Office: Bureau of Administration, Office of the Procurement Executive (A/OPE). • Form Number: DS–4184. • Respondents: Potential Contractors and Grantees. • Estimated Number of Respondents: 500. • Estimated Number of Responses: 500. • Average Time per Response: 1 hour and 30 minutes. • Total Estimated Burden Time: 750 hours. • Frequency: On occasion. • Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to: • Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is necessary for the proper functions of the Department. • Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used. • Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected. • Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Please note that comments submitted in response to this Notice are public record. Before including any detailed personal information, you should be aware that your comments as submitted, including your personal information, will be available for public review. Abstract of Proposed Collection The information collected from individuals and organizations is used to conduct screening to ensure that State funded activities do not provide support to entities or individuals deemed to be a risk to national security. Methodology The State Department has implemented a Risk Analysis and Management Program to vet potential PO 00000 Frm 00143 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 contractors and grantees seeking funding from the Department of State to mitigate the risk that such funds might benefit entities or individuals who present a national security risk. To conduct this vetting program the Department collects information from contractors, sub-contractors, grantees and sub-grantees regarding their directors, officers and/or key employees through electronic submission. The information collected is compared to information gathered from commercial, public, and U.S. government databases to determine the risk that the applying organization, entity or individual might use Department funds or programs in a way that presents a threat to national security. Kevin E. Bryant, Deputy Director, Office of Directives Management, U.S. Department of State. [FR Doc. 2022–18166 Filed 8–23–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–24–P OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE [Docket Number USTR–2022–0011] Request for Comments and Notice of Public Hearing Concerning Russia’s Implementation of Its WTO Commitments Office of the United States Trade Representative. ACTION: Request for comments and notice of public hearing. AGENCY: The interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) will seek public comment to assist the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) in the preparation of its annual report to Congress on Russia’s implementation of its obligations as a Member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). This notice includes the schedule for the submission of comments to the TPSC for the Russia Report and a virtual public hearing. DATES: September 21, 2022 (Wednesday) at 11:59 p.m. EDT: Deadline for submission of written comments for the 2022 Russia WTO implementation report and requests to testify. October 4, 2022, (Tuesday) at 9:00 a.m. EDT: Virtual public hearing. ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers electronic submissions made through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments in section III below. The docket number is SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\24AUN1.SGM 24AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 163 / Wednesday, August 24, 2022 / Notices USTR–2022–0011. For alternatives to online submissions, please contact Spencer Smith at Spencer.L.Smith2@ ustr.eop.gov or (202) 395–2974 in advance of the relevant deadline. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For procedural questions concerning written comments, contact Spencer Smith Spencer Smith at Spencer.L.Smith2@ ustr.eop.gov or (202) 395–2974. Direct all other questions to Betsy Hafner, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Russia and Eurasia at Elizabeth_Hafner@ustr.eop.gov or (202) 395–9124. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES I. Background Russia became a Member of the WTO on August 22, 2012, and on December 21, 2012, following the termination of the application of the Jackson-Vanik amendment to Russia and the extension of permanent normal trade relations to the products of Russia, the United States and Russia both filed letters with the WTO withdrawing their notices of nonapplication and consenting to have the WTO Agreement apply between them. In accordance with Section 201(a) of the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112–208), USTR is required to submit annually a report to Congress on the extent to which Russia is implementing the WTO Agreement, including the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. The report also must assess Russia’s progress on acceding to and implementing the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) and the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). In addition, to the extent that USTR finds that Russia is not implementing fully any WTO agreement or is not making adequate progress in acceding to the ITA or the GPA, USTR must describe in the report the actions it plans to take to encourage Russia to improve its implementation and/or increase its accession efforts. In accordance with Section 201(a), and to assist it in preparing this year’s report, the TPSC is hereby soliciting public comments. The terms of Russia’s accession to the WTO are contained in the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization and the Protocol on the Accession of the Russian Federation to the WTO (including its annexes) (Protocol). The Report of the Working Party on the Accession of the Russian Federation (Working Party Report) VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:09 Aug 23, 2022 Jkt 256001 provides detail and context to the commitments listed in the Protocol. You can find the Protocol and Working Party Report on USTR’s website at https:// ustr.gov/node/5887 or on the WTO website at https://docsonline.wto.org (document symbols: WT/ACC/RUS/70, WT/MIN(11)/2, WT/MIN(11)/24, WT/L/ 839, WT/ACC/RUS/70/Add.1, WT/ MIN(11)/2/Add.1, WT/ACC/RUS/70/ Add.2, and WT/MIN(11)/2/Add.1.) II. Public Participation USTR invites public comments and/or oral testimony on Russia’s implementation of its WTO commitments according to the schedule set out in the DATES section above. Written comments and/or oral testimony of interested persons should address Russia’s implementation of the commitments made in connection with its accession to the WTO, including, but not limited to, commitments in the following areas: a. Import regulation (e.g., tariffs, tariff-rate quotas, quotas, import licenses). b. Export regulation. c. Subsidies. d. Standards and technical regulations. e. Sanitary and phytosanitary measures. f. Trade-related investment measures (including local content requirements). g. Taxes and charges levied on imports and exports. h. Other internal policies affecting trade. i. Intellectual property rights (including intellectual property rights enforcement). j. Services. k. Government procurement. l. Rule of law issues (e.g., transparency, judicial review, uniform administration of laws and regulations). m. Other WTO commitments. USTR requests small businesses (generally defined by the Small Business Administration as firms with fewer than 500 employees) or organizations representing small business members that submit comments to self-identify as such, so that we may be aware of issues of particular interest to small businesses. The TPSC will convene a virtual public hearing via Zoom on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, beginning at 9:00 a.m. EDT. Persons wishing to observe the public hearing will find a link on USTR’s web page for Russia on the day of the hearing at https://ustr.gov/ countries-regions/europe-middle-east/ russia-and-eurasia/russia. Persons wishing to testify at the hearing must provide written notification of their intention to testify no later than September 21, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. EDT, as noted above in DATES section. Remarks at the hearing will be limited to no more than 5 minutes to allow for possible questions from the PO 00000 Frm 00144 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 52103 TPSC. Because the hearing will be public, testimony should not include any business confidential information (BCI). USTR will provide a link in advance of the virtual hearing to persons wishing to testify. III. Requirements for Submissions Persons submitting written comments must do so in English and must identify on the first page of the submission ‘Comments Regarding Russia’s Implementation of its WTO Commitments.’ The submission deadline is September 21, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. USTR strongly encourages commenters to make online submissions, using regulations.gov. To submit comments via regulations.gov, enter docket number USTR–2022–0011 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 and click on the link entitled ‘Comment.’ For further information on using regulations.gov, please consult the resources provided on the website by clicking on ‘How to Use Regulations.gov’ on the bottom of the home page. Regulations.gov allows users to submit comments by filling in a ‘type comment’ field, or by attaching a document using the ‘upload file’ field. USTR prefers that you provide submissions in an attached document and, in such cases, that you write ‘see attached’ in the ‘type comment’ field, on the online submission form. USTR prefers submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). If you use an application other than those two, please indicate the name of the application in the ’type comment’ field. At the beginning of the submission, include the following text: (1) 2022 Russia WTO Implementation Report; (2) your organization’s name; and (3) whether the document is a comment or an answer to a TPSC question. Written comments should not exceed 30 single-spaced, standard lettersize pages in 12-point type, including attachments. Please do not attach separate cover letters to electronic submissions; rather, include any information that might appear in a cover letter in the comments themselves. Similarly, to the extent possible, please include any exhibits, annexes, or other attachments in the same file as the submission itself, not as separate files. IV. Business Confidential Submissions An interested party requesting that USTR treat information contained in a submission as BCI must certify that the information is business confidential. For E:\FR\FM\24AUN1.SGM 24AUN1 52104 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 163 / Wednesday, August 24, 2022 / Notices any comments submitted electronically containing BCI, the file name of the business confidential version should begin with the characters ‘BCI.’ You must clearly mark any page containing BCI with ‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’ at the top of that page. Filers of submissions containing BCI also must submit a public version of their comments that USTR will place in the docket for public inspection. The file name of the public version should begin with the character ‘P.’ Follow the ‘BCI’ and ‘P’ with the name of the person or entity submitting the comments. As noted, USTR strongly urges that you file submissions through Regulations.gov. You must make any alternative arrangements with Spencer Smith at Spencer.L.Smith2@ustr.eop.gov or (202) 395–2974 in advance of the deadline. USTR will post comments in the docket for public inspection, except properly designated BCI. You can view comments at Regulations.gov by entering docket number USTR–2022– 0011 in the search field on the home page. General information concerning USTR is available at https:// www.ustr.gov. William Shpiece, Chair of the Trade Policy Staff Committee, Office of the United States Trade Representative. [FR Doc. 2022–18253 Filed 8–23–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3290–F2–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration [Docket No. FAA–2022–0083] Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Substantive Change To Multiple Previously Approved Collections: Aircraft Registration, Recording of Aircraft Conveyances and Security Documents, FAA Entry Point Filing Form—International Registry, and Dealer’s Aircraft Registration Certificate Application Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of a substantive change to multiple previously approved information collections. The FAA SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:09 Aug 23, 2022 Jkt 256001 Reauthorization Act of 2018, section 546, requires the implementation of systems allowing a member of the public to submit any information or form to the Registry and conduct any transaction with the Registry by electronic or other remote means. In response to this requirement, the FAA created Civil Aviation Registry Electronic Services (CARES) and intends to change its current information collection to accommodate electronic registry applications. DATES: Written comments should be submitted by September 23, 2022. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bonnie Lefko by email at: bonnie.lefko@ faa.gov. Include docket number in the subject line of the message. By phone at: 405–954–7461. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information collection, including (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for FAA’s performance; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (d) ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of the collected information. OMB Control Numbers: 2120–0042, 2120–0043, 2120–0697, 2120–0024. Titles: Aircraft Registration, Recording of Aircraft Conveyances and Security Documents, FAA Entry Point Filing Form—International Registry, and Dealer’s Aircraft Registration Certificate Application. Form Numbers: AC Forms: 8050–1; 8050–1B; 8050–2; 8050–4; 8050–5; 8050–41; 8050–88; 8050–88A; 8050–98; 8050–117; 8050–135. Type of Review: Substantive Change to Previously Approved Collections: (1) 2120–0042, Aircraft Registration Application, AC Form 8050–1 (2) 2120–0042, Aircraft Registration Renewal Application, AC Form 8050– 1B (3) 2120–0042, Aircraft Bill of Sale, AC Form 8050–2 (4) 2120–0042, Certificate of Repossession of Encumbered Aircraft, AC Form 8050–4 PO 00000 Frm 00145 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 (5) 2120–0024, Dealer’s Aircraft Registration Certificate Application, AC Form 8050–5 (6) 2120–0043, Notice of Recordation—Aircraft Security Conveyance, AC Form 8050–41 (7) 2120–0042, Affidavit of Ownership, AC Form 8050–88 (8) 2120–0042, Affidavit of Ownership Light-Sport Aircraft, AC Form 8050–88A (9) 2120–0042, Aircraft Security Agreement, AC Form 8050–98 (10) 2120–0042, Flight Hours for Corporations, AC Form 8050–117 (11) 2120–0697, International Registry Entry Form, AC Form 8050–135. Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on January 27, 2022 (87 FR 4325). Public Law 103–272 states that all aircraft must be registered before they may be flown. It sets forth registration eligibility requirements and provides for application for registration as well as suspension and/or revocation of registration. The information collected is used by the FAA to register an aircraft and record a security interest in a registered aircraft. The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115–254 or The Act), Section 546, ‘‘FAA Civil Aviation Registry Upgrade’’, requires: 1. The digitization of non-digital Registry information, including paper documents, microfilm images, and photographs, from an analog or nondigital format to a digital format; 2. The digitalization of Registry manual and paper-based processes, business operations, and functions by leveraging digital technologies and a broader use of digitized data; 3. The implementation of systems allowing a member of the public to submit any information or form to the Registry and conduct any transaction with the Registry by electronic or other remote means; and 4. Allowing more efficient, broader, and remote access to the Registry. In response to The Act, the FAA has initiated the creation of Civil Aviation Registry Electronic Services (CARES). CARES is intended to modernize and streamline the way these forms are submitted by providing online access to users wishing to submit information electronically. Public users will continue to have the paper-based submission option by providing the same information that is accepted today, along with the addition of an email address. To accommodate the public user with these web-based services, a dedicated E:\FR\FM\24AUN1.SGM 24AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

[Docket Number USTR-2022-0011]


Request for Comments and Notice of Public Hearing Concerning 
Russia's Implementation of Its WTO Commitments

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Request for comments and notice of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: The interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) will seek 
public comment to assist the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative (USTR) in the preparation of its annual report to 
Congress on Russia's implementation of its obligations as a Member of 
the World Trade Organization (WTO). This notice includes the schedule 
for the submission of comments to the TPSC for the Russia Report and a 
virtual public hearing.

DATES: 
    September 21, 2022 (Wednesday) at 11:59 p.m. EDT: Deadline for 
submission of written comments for the 2022 Russia WTO implementation 
report and requests to testify.
    October 4, 2022, (Tuesday) at 9:00 a.m. EDT: Virtual public 
hearing.

ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers electronic submissions made through 
the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments in section III below. The docket 
number is

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USTR-2022-0011. For alternatives to online submissions, please contact 
Spencer Smith at [email protected] or (202) 395-2974 in 
advance of the relevant deadline.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For procedural questions concerning 
written comments, contact Spencer Smith Spencer Smith at 
[email protected] or (202) 395-2974. Direct all other 
questions to Betsy Hafner, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative 
for Russia and Eurasia at [email protected] or (202) 395-
9124.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Russia became a Member of the WTO on August 22, 2012, and on 
December 21, 2012, following the termination of the application of the 
Jackson-Vanik amendment to Russia and the extension of permanent normal 
trade relations to the products of Russia, the United States and Russia 
both filed letters with the WTO withdrawing their notices of non-
application and consenting to have the WTO Agreement apply between 
them. In accordance with Section 201(a) of the Russia and Moldova 
Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability 
Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112-208), USTR is required to submit annually a 
report to Congress on the extent to which Russia is implementing the 
WTO Agreement, including the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary 
and Phytosanitary Measures and the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights. The report also must assess Russia's 
progress on acceding to and implementing the Information Technology 
Agreement (ITA) and the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). In 
addition, to the extent that USTR finds that Russia is not implementing 
fully any WTO agreement or is not making adequate progress in acceding 
to the ITA or the GPA, USTR must describe in the report the actions it 
plans to take to encourage Russia to improve its implementation and/or 
increase its accession efforts. In accordance with Section 201(a), and 
to assist it in preparing this year's report, the TPSC is hereby 
soliciting public comments.
    The terms of Russia's accession to the WTO are contained in the 
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization and the 
Protocol on the Accession of the Russian Federation to the WTO 
(including its annexes) (Protocol). The Report of the Working Party on 
the Accession of the Russian Federation (Working Party Report) provides 
detail and context to the commitments listed in the Protocol. You can 
find the Protocol and Working Party Report on USTR's website at https://ustr.gov/node/5887 or on the WTO website at https://docsonline.wto.org 
(document symbols: WT/ACC/RUS/70, WT/MIN(11)/2, WT/MIN(11)/24, WT/L/
839, WT/ACC/RUS/70/Add.1, WT/MIN(11)/2/Add.1, WT/ACC/RUS/70/Add.2, and 
WT/MIN(11)/2/Add.1.)

II. Public Participation

    USTR invites public comments and/or oral testimony on Russia's 
implementation of its WTO commitments according to the schedule set out 
in the DATES section above. Written comments and/or oral testimony of 
interested persons should address Russia's implementation of the 
commitments made in connection with its accession to the WTO, 
including, but not limited to, commitments in the following areas:

    a. Import regulation (e.g., tariffs, tariff-rate quotas, quotas, 
import licenses).
    b. Export regulation.
    c. Subsidies.
    d. Standards and technical regulations.
    e. Sanitary and phytosanitary measures.
    f. Trade-related investment measures (including local content 
requirements).
    g. Taxes and charges levied on imports and exports.
    h. Other internal policies affecting trade.
    i. Intellectual property rights (including intellectual property 
rights enforcement).
    j. Services.
    k. Government procurement.
    l. Rule of law issues (e.g., transparency, judicial review, 
uniform administration of laws and regulations).
    m. Other WTO commitments.

    USTR requests small businesses (generally defined by the Small 
Business Administration as firms with fewer than 500 employees) or 
organizations representing small business members that submit comments 
to self-identify as such, so that we may be aware of issues of 
particular interest to small businesses.
    The TPSC will convene a virtual public hearing via Zoom on Tuesday, 
October 4, 2022, beginning at 9:00 a.m. EDT. Persons wishing to observe 
the public hearing will find a link on USTR's web page for Russia on 
the day of the hearing at https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/europe-middle-east/russia-and-eurasia/russia.
    Persons wishing to testify at the hearing must provide written 
notification of their intention to testify no later than September 21, 
2022 at 11:59 p.m. EDT, as noted above in DATES section. Remarks at the 
hearing will be limited to no more than 5 minutes to allow for possible 
questions from the TPSC. Because the hearing will be public, testimony 
should not include any business confidential information (BCI). USTR 
will provide a link in advance of the virtual hearing to persons 
wishing to testify.

III. Requirements for Submissions

    Persons submitting written comments must do so in English and must 
identify on the first page of the submission `Comments Regarding 
Russia's Implementation of its WTO Commitments.' The submission 
deadline is September 21, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. USTR strongly 
encourages commenters to make online submissions, using 
regulations.gov. To submit comments via regulations.gov, enter docket 
number USTR-2022-0011 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 and click on the link 
entitled `Comment.' For further information on using regulations.gov, 
please consult the resources provided on the website by clicking on 
`How to Use Regulations.gov' on the bottom of the home page.
    Regulations.gov allows users to submit comments by filling in a 
`type comment' field, or by attaching a document using the `upload 
file' field. USTR prefers that you provide submissions in an attached 
document and, in such cases, that you write `see attached' in the `type 
comment' field, on the online submission form.
    USTR prefers submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat 
(.pdf). If you use an application other than those two, please indicate 
the name of the application in the 'type comment' field. At the 
beginning of the submission, include the following text: (1) 2022 
Russia WTO Implementation Report; (2) your organization's name; and (3) 
whether the document is a comment or an answer to a TPSC question. 
Written comments should not exceed 30 single-spaced, standard letter-
size pages in 12-point type, including attachments. Please do not 
attach separate cover letters to electronic submissions; rather, 
include any information that might appear in a cover letter in the 
comments themselves. Similarly, to the extent possible, please include 
any exhibits, annexes, or other attachments in the same file as the 
submission itself, not as separate files.

IV. Business Confidential Submissions

    An interested party requesting that USTR treat information 
contained in a submission as BCI must certify that the information is 
business confidential. For

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any comments submitted electronically containing BCI, the file name of 
the business confidential version should begin with the characters 
`BCI.' You must clearly mark any page containing BCI with `BUSINESS 
CONFIDENTIAL' at the top of that page. Filers of submissions containing 
BCI also must submit a public version of their comments that USTR will 
place in the docket for public inspection. The file name of the public 
version should begin with the character `P.' Follow the `BCI' and `P' 
with the name of the person or entity submitting the comments.
    As noted, USTR strongly urges that you file submissions through 
Regulations.gov. You must make any alternative arrangements with 
Spencer Smith at [email protected] or (202) 395-2974 in 
advance of the deadline.
    USTR will post comments in the docket for public inspection, except 
properly designated BCI. You can view comments at Regulations.gov by 
entering docket number USTR-2022-0011 in the search field on the home 
page. General information concerning USTR is available at https://www.ustr.gov.

William Shpiece,
Chair of the Trade Policy Staff Committee, Office of the United States 
Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 2022-18253 Filed 8-23-22; 8:45 am]
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