Notice of Conforming and Technical Amendments: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation, 8986-8987 [2023-02835]

Download as PDF lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 8986 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 28 / Friday, February 10, 2023 / Notices generally geographically ‘‘dispersed’’ from the service areas of the Affiliate Regulated Carriers in regard to their respective service offerings, and states that there is virtually no overlap in the service areas and/or customer bases among the Affiliate Regulated Carriers and Local Motion. (Id.) Van Pool states that the proposed transaction will increase fixed charges in the form of interest expenses because funds will be borrowed to assist in financing the transaction; however, Van Pool maintains that the increase will not impact the provision of transportation services to the public. (Id. at 11.) Van Pool also asserts that it does not expect the transaction to have substantial impacts on employees or labor conditions, and it does not anticipate a measurable reduction in force or changes in compensation levels or benefits at Local Motion. (Id.) Van Pool submits, however, that staffing redundancies could result in limited downsizing of back-office and/or managerial-level personnel. (Id.) Based on Van Pool’s representations, the Board finds that the acquisition as proposed in the application is consistent with the public interest and should be tentatively approved and authorized. If any opposing comments are timely filed, these findings will be deemed vacated, and, unless a final decision can be made on the record as developed, a procedural schedule will be adopted to reconsider the application. See 49 CFR 1182.6. If no opposing comments are filed by expiration of the comment period, this notice will take effect automatically and will be the final Board action in this proceeding. This action is categorically excluded from environmental review under 49 CFR 1105.6(c). Board decisions and notices are available at www.stb.gov. It is ordered: 1. The proposed transaction is approved and authorized, subject to the filing of opposing comments. 2. If opposing comments are timely filed, the findings made in this notice will be deemed vacated. 3. This notice will be effective March 28, 2023, unless opposing comments are filed by March 27, 2023. If any comments are filed, Applicant may file a reply by April 11, 2023. 4. A copy of this notice will be served on: (1) the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; (2) the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, 10th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20530; VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:41 Feb 09, 2023 Jkt 259001 and (3) the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the General Counsel, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Decided: February 7, 2023. By the Board, Board Members Fuchs, Hedlund, Oberman, Primus, and Schultz. Jeffrey Herzig, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2023–02927 Filed 2–9–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION Commission Meeting Susquehanna River Basin Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Susquehanna River Basin Commission will conduct its regular business meeting on March 16, 2023 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Details concerning the matters to be addressed at the business meeting are contained in the Supplementary Information section of this notice. Also the Commission published a document in the Federal Register on January 11, 2023, concerning its public hearing on February 2, 2023, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. SUMMARY: The meeting will be held on Thursday, March 16, 2023, at 9 a.m. ADDRESSES: This public meeting will be conducted in person and digitally from the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, 4423 N. Front Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason E. Oyler, General Counsel and Secretary to the Commission, telephone: 717–238–0423; fax: 717–238–2436. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The business meeting will include actions or presentations on the following items: (1) approval of contracts, grants and agreements; (2) a motion to release a proposed general permit for public comment (3) and actions on 18 regulatory program projects. This agenda is complete at the time of issuance, but other items may be added, and some stricken without further notice. The listing of an item on the agenda does not necessarily mean that the Commission will take final action on it at this meeting. When the Commission does take final action, notice of these actions will be published in the Federal Register after the meeting. Any actions specific to projects will also be provided in writing directly to project sponsors. The meeting will be conducted both in person at the Susquehanna River Basin Commission Harrisburg headquarters and digitally. The public is invited to attend the Commission’s business meeting. You can access the Business Meeting remotely via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 82472805136?pwd=VlpHaElpeWF2 U0RhWVFQRHhTbU40UT09; Meeting ID 824 7280 5136; Passcode: SRBC4423! or via telephone: 309–205–3325 or 312– 626–6799; Meeting ID 824 7280 5136. Written comments pertaining to items on the agenda at the business meeting may be mailed to the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, 4423 North Front Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110–1788, or submitted electronically through www.srbc.net/about/meetingsevents/business-meeting.html. Such comments are due to the Commission on or before February 13, 2023. Comments will not be accepted at the business meeting noticed herein. Authority: Pub. L. 91–575, 84 Stat. 1509 et seq., 18 CFR parts 806, 807, and 808. Dated: February 6, 2023. Jason E. Oyler, General Counsel and Secretary to the Commission. [FR Doc. 2023–02819 Filed 2–9–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7040–01–P DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00195 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE Notice of Conforming and Technical Amendments: China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice makes one conforming amendment and one technical amendment to the reinstated exclusions in the Section 301 investigation of China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation. DATES: The conforming amendment announced in Annex I to this notice applies as of January 1, 2023. The technical amendment announced in Annex II to this notice is retroactive to the date of publication of the original exclusion. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions about this notice, contact Associate General Counsel Philip Butler or Assistant General SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\10FEN1.SGM 10FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 28 / Friday, February 10, 2023 / Notices Counsel Rachel Hasandras at (202) 395– 5725. For specific questions on customs classification or implementation of the product exclusions identified in the Annex to this notice, contact traderemedy@cbp.dhs.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Background The U.S. Trade Representative has taken actions under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, in the form of additional duties on products of China in the investigation of China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation. The China 301 actions are set out in notes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). See, e.g., 87 FR 26797 (Section A—summarizing the trade actions and modifications). The U.S. Trade Representative modified these actions by issuing product specific exclusions. Certain exclusions were extended in 2019 and 2020, but most exclusions expired at the end of 2020. In March 2022, USTR reinstated certain previously extended exclusions. These reinstated exclusions were recently extended through September 30, 2023. See 87 FR 78187 (December 21, 2022). lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 B. Conforming Amendment Effective January 1, 2023, the United States International Trade Commission, in cooperation with the interagency Committee for Statistical Annotation of Tariff Schedules, implemented certain changes in ten-digit statistical reporting categories of the HTSUS and in Schedule B under section 484(f) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C. 1484(f). One of the reinstated product exclusions set out at 87 FR 17380 (March 28, 2022), is based on one of the amended statistical reporting categories. To maintain the pre-existing product coverage of the China 301 actions, a conforming amendment to the corresponding note provision in the HTSUS is required. Annex I to this notice makes a conforming amendment to U.S. note 20 subdivision (ttt)(iv)(42), as set out in the Annex to the notice published at 87 FR 17380 (March 28, 2022) in the abovetitled investigation under Section 301. C. Technical Amendment Annex II to this notice makes a technical amendment to U.S. note subdivisions 20(qq)(20), 20(iii)(50) and 20(ttt)(iii)(36) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, as set out in the Annexes of the notices published at 85 FR 6674 (February 5, 2020), 85 FR 48600 (August 11, 2020), and 87 FR 17380 (March 28, 2022), to correct the VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:41 Feb 09, 2023 Jkt 259001 description of the articles covered by one of the reinstated exclusions. Like all exclusions under this Section 301 investigation, the amendments in this notice apply to entries of goods that are not liquidated or to entries that are liquidated, but not final. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will issue instructions on entry guidance and implementation. Annex I Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on January 1, 2023, note 20(ttt)(iv)(42) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS is modified by deleting ‘‘9404.90.1000’’ and by inserting ‘‘9404.90.1000 prior to January 1, 2023; described in statistical reporting number 9404.90.1060 or statistical reporting number 9404.90.1090 effective January 1, 2023’’ in lieu thereof. Annex II 1. Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on September 24, 2018, and through August 7, 2020, U.S. note 20(qq)(20) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS is modified by deleting ‘‘cuprous oxide and’’ and by inserting ‘‘copper oxide or’’ in lieu thereof. 2. Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on August 7, 2020, and through December 31, 2020, U.S. note 20(iii)(50) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS is modified by deleting ‘‘cuprous oxide and’’ and by inserting ‘‘copper oxide or’’ in lieu thereof. 3. Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on October 12, 2021, and through September 30, 2023, U.S. note 20(ttt)(iii)(36) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS is modified by deleting ‘‘cuprous oxide and’’ and by inserting ‘‘copper oxide or’’ in lieu thereof. Greta Peisch, General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative. [FR Doc. 2023–02835 Filed 2–9–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3390–F3–P PO 00000 Frm 00196 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 8987 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration Notice of Meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group ACTION: Notice of meeting. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Park Service (NPS), in accordance with the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000, announce the next meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG). This notification provides the date, location, and agenda for the meeting. DATES: The NPOAG will meet on March 8–9, 2023. ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place in the Room C210 located in the Georgia World Congress Center, 285 Andrew Young International Blvd. NW, Atlanta, GA 30313. The meeting will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on March 8 and from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on March 9, 2023. This NPOAG meeting will be open to the public. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandi Fox, Environmental Protection Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Environment and Energy, 800 Independence Ave. SW, Suite 900W, Washington, DC 20591, telephone: (202) 267–0928, email: sandra.y.fox@faa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (NPATMA), enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 106–181, required the establishment of the NPOAG within one year after its enactment. The Act requires that the NPOAG be a balanced group of representatives of general aviation, commercial air tour operations, environmental concerns, and Native American tribes. The Administrator of the FAA and the Director of NPS (or their designees) serve as ex officio members of the group. Representatives of the Administrator and Director serve alternating 1-year terms as chairperson of the advisory group. The duties of the NPOAG include providing advice, information, and recommendations to the FAA Administrator and the NPS Director on; implementation of Public Law 106–181; quiet aircraft technology; other measures that might accommodate interests to visitors of national parks; and at the request of the Administrator and the Director, on safety, environmental, and other issues related to commercial air tour operations over national parks or Tribal lands. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\10FEN1.SGM 10FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 2023)]
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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


Notice of Conforming and Technical Amendments: China's Acts, 
Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual 
Property, and Innovation

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice makes one conforming amendment and one technical 
amendment to the reinstated exclusions in the Section 301 investigation 
of China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology 
Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation.

DATES: The conforming amendment announced in Annex I to this notice 
applies as of January 1, 2023. The technical amendment announced in 
Annex II to this notice is retroactive to the date of publication of 
the original exclusion.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions about this 
notice, contact Associate General Counsel Philip Butler or Assistant 
General

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Counsel Rachel Hasandras at (202) 395-5725. For specific questions on 
customs classification or implementation of the product exclusions 
identified in the Annex to this notice, contact 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

    The U.S. Trade Representative has taken actions under Section 301 
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, in the form of additional duties 
on products of China in the investigation of China's Acts, Policies, 
and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, 
and Innovation. The China 301 actions are set out in notes to the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). See, e.g., 87 
FR 26797 (Section A--summarizing the trade actions and modifications). 
The U.S. Trade Representative modified these actions by issuing product 
specific exclusions. Certain exclusions were extended in 2019 and 2020, 
but most exclusions expired at the end of 2020. In March 2022, USTR 
reinstated certain previously extended exclusions. These reinstated 
exclusions were recently extended through September 30, 2023. See 87 FR 
78187 (December 21, 2022).

B. Conforming Amendment

    Effective January 1, 2023, the United States International Trade 
Commission, in cooperation with the interagency Committee for 
Statistical Annotation of Tariff Schedules, implemented certain changes 
in ten-digit statistical reporting categories of the HTSUS and in 
Schedule B under section 484(f) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C. 
1484(f). One of the reinstated product exclusions set out at 87 FR 
17380 (March 28, 2022), is based on one of the amended statistical 
reporting categories. To maintain the pre-existing product coverage of 
the China 301 actions, a conforming amendment to the corresponding note 
provision in the HTSUS is required.
    Annex I to this notice makes a conforming amendment to U.S. note 20 
subdivision (ttt)(iv)(42), as set out in the Annex to the notice 
published at 87 FR 17380 (March 28, 2022) in the above-titled 
investigation under Section 301.

C. Technical Amendment

    Annex II to this notice makes a technical amendment to U.S. note 
subdivisions 20(qq)(20), 20(iii)(50) and 20(ttt)(iii)(36) to subchapter 
III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, as set out in the Annexes of the 
notices published at 85 FR 6674 (February 5, 2020), 85 FR 48600 (August 
11, 2020), and 87 FR 17380 (March 28, 2022), to correct the description 
of the articles covered by one of the reinstated exclusions.
    Like all exclusions under this Section 301 investigation, the 
amendments in this notice apply to entries of goods that are not 
liquidated or to entries that are liquidated, but not final. U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection will issue instructions on entry guidance 
and implementation.

Annex I

    Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. 
eastern daylight time on January 1, 2023, note 20(ttt)(iv)(42) to 
subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS is modified by deleting 
``9404.90.1000'' and by inserting ``9404.90.1000 prior to January 1, 
2023; described in statistical reporting number 9404.90.1060 or 
statistical reporting number 9404.90.1090 effective January 1, 2023'' 
in lieu thereof.

Annex II

    1. Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. 
eastern daylight time on September 24, 2018, and through August 7, 
2020, U.S. note 20(qq)(20) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS 
is modified by deleting ``cuprous oxide and'' and by inserting ``copper 
oxide or'' in lieu thereof.
    2. Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. 
eastern daylight time on August 7, 2020, and through December 31, 2020, 
U.S. note 20(iii)(50) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS is 
modified by deleting ``cuprous oxide and'' and by inserting ``copper 
oxide or'' in lieu thereof.
    3. Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. 
eastern daylight time on October 12, 2021, and through September 30, 
2023, U.S. note 20(ttt)(iii)(36) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the 
HTSUS is modified by deleting ``cuprous oxide and'' and by inserting 
``copper oxide or'' in lieu thereof.

Greta Peisch,
General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative.
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