[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 87 (Thursday, May 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24967-24968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10688]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 332-352]


Andean Trade Preference Act: Impact on the U.S. Economy and on 
Andean Drug Crop Eradication

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing and opportunity to submit comments in 
connection with the 14th report on the Andean Trade Preference Act 
(ATPA).

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SUMMARY: Section 206 of the ATPA (19 U.S.C. 3204) requires the 
Commission to report biennially to the Congress by September 30 of each 
reporting year on the economic impact of the Act on U.S. industries and 
U.S. consumers, as well as on the effectiveness of the Act in promoting 
drug related crop eradication and crop substitution efforts by 
beneficiary countries. The Commission prepares these reports under 
investigation No. 332-352, Andean

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Trade Preference Act: Impact on the U.S. Economy and on Andean Drug 
Crop Eradication.

DATES: June 24, 2010: Deadline for filing requests to appear at the 
public hearing.
    June 30, 2010: Deadline for filing pre-hearing briefs and 
statements.
    July 7, 2010: Public hearing.
    July 14, 2010: Deadline for filing post-hearing briefs and 
statements and all other written submissions.
    September 30, 2010: Transmittal of Commission report to Congress.

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 http://www.usitc.gov/secretary/edis.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walker Pollard (202-205-3228, or 
[email protected]), Country and Regional Analysis Division, 
Office of Economics, U.S. International Trade Commission, Washington, 
DC 20436. 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 [email protected]). The media should 
contact Peg O'Laughlin, Public Affairs Officer (202-205-1819 or 
[email protected]). General information concerning the 
Commission may be obtained by accessing its internet server (http://www.usitc.gov).
    Background: Section 206 of the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) 
(19 U.S.C. 3204) requires that the Commission submit biennial reports 
to the Congress regarding the economic impact of the Act on U.S. 
industries and consumers and, in conjunction with other agencies, the 
effectiveness of the Act in promoting drug-related crop eradication and 
crop substitution efforts of the beneficiary countries. Section 206(b) 
of the Act requires that each report include:
    (1) The actual effect of ATPA on the U.S. economy generally as well 
as on specific domestic industries which produce articles that are 
like, or directly competitive with, articles being imported under the 
Act from beneficiary countries;
    (2) The probable future effect that ATPA will have on the U.S. 
economy generally and on such domestic industries; and
    (3) The estimated effect that ATPA has had on drug-related crop 
eradication and crop substitution efforts of beneficiary countries.
    Notice of institution of this investigation for preparing these 
reports was published in the Federal Register of March 10, 1994 (59 FR 
11308). This 14th report, covering the period since the previous report 
and focusing on calendar year 2009, is to be submitted by September 30, 
2010.
    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 
July 7, 2010. Requests to appear at the public hearing should be filed 
with the Secretary, no later than 5:15 p.m., June 24, 2010, in 
accordance with the requirements in the ``Submissions'' section below. 
All pre-hearing briefs and statements should be filed not later than 
5:15 p.m., June 30, 2010, and all post-hearing briefs and statements 
should be filed not later than 5:15 p.m., July 14, 2010. In the event 
that, as of the close of business on June 24, 2010, no witnesses are 
scheduled to appear at the hearing, the hearing will be canceled. Any 
person interested in attending the hearing as an observer or 
nonparticipant may call the Secretary to the Commission (202-205-2000) 
after June 24, 2010, for information concerning whether the hearing 
will be held.
    Written Submissions: In lieu of or in addition to participating in 
the hearing, interested parties are invited to submit written 
statements concerning this investigation. All written submissions 
should be addressed to the Secretary, and should be received not later 
than 5:15 p.m., July 14, 2008. All written submissions must conform 
with the provisions of section 201.8 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.8). Section 201.8 requires that a 
signed original (or a copy so designated) and fourteen (14) copies of 
each document be filed. In the event that confidential treatment of a 
document is requested, at least four (4) additional copies must be 
filed, in which the confidential information must be deleted (see the 
following paragraph for further information regarding confidential 
business information). The Commission's rules authorize filing 
submissions with the Secretary by facsimile or electronic means only to 
the extent permitted by section 201.8 of the rules (see Handbook for 
Electronic Filing Procedures, http://www.usitc.gov/secretary/fed_reg_notices/rules/handbook_on_electronic_filing.pdf). Persons with 
questions regarding electronic filing should contact the Secretary 
(202-205-2000).
    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 
be clearly identified by means of brackets. All written submissions, 
except for confidential business information, will be made available 
for inspection by interested parties.
    Congressional committee staff has indicated that the receiving 
committees intend to make the Commission's report available to the 
public in its entirety, and has asked that the Commission not include 
any confidential business information or national security classified 
information in the report that the Commission sends to the Congress. 
Any confidential business information received by the Commission in 
this investigation and used in preparing this report will not be 
published in a manner that would reveal the operations of the firm 
supplying the information.

     Issued: May 3, 2010.

    By order of the Commission.

Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary.
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