[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67395-67396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27617]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 332-521]


Advice Concerning Possible Modifications to the U.S. Generalized 
System of Preferences: 2010 Review of Removals

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution of investigation and scheduling of hearing.

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SUMMARY: Following receipt of a request on October 21, 2010, from the 
United States Trade Representative (USTR), the U.S. International Trade 
Commission (Commission) instituted investigation No. 332-521, Advice 
Concerning Possible Modifications to the U.S. Generalized System of 
Preferences: 2010 Review of Removals, for the purpose of providing 
advice as to the probable economic effect of the removal of certain 
products from one or more countries from the list of products eligible 
for duty-free treatment under the U.S. GSP program.

DATES: 
    November 15, 2010: Deadline for filing a request to appear at the 
public hearing.
    November 17, 2010: Deadline for filing pre-hearing briefs and 
statements.
    December 1, 2010: Public hearing.
    December 8, 2010: Deadline for filing post-hearing briefs and 
statements.
    December 8, 2010: Deadline for filing all other written 
submissions.
    February 7, 2011: Transmittal of Commission report to the United 
States Trade Representative.

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: Information specific to this 
investigation may be obtained from Vincent Honnold, Project Leader, 
Office of Industries (202-205-3314 or [email protected]) or 
Shannon Gaffney, Deputy Project Leader, Office of Industries (202-205-
3316 or [email protected]). For information on the legal 
aspects of these investigations, contact William Gearhart of the 
Commission's Office of the General Counsel (202-205-3091 or 
[email protected]). The media should contact Margaret 
O'Laughlin, Office of External Relations (202-205-1819 or 
[email protected]). 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 Internet server (http://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

    The USTR requested the advice under authority delegated by the 
President pursuant to section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1332(g)). As requested, the Commission will provide advice as to 
the probable economic effect on U.S. industries producing like or 
directly competitive articles, on U.S. imports, and on U.S. consumers 
of the removal from eligibility for duty-free treatment under the 
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program of the following 
products/HTS subheadings: (1) HTS subheading 9404.30.80 (sleeping bags, 
not containing 20 percent or more by weight of feathers and/or down) 
with respect to all beneficiary countries; and (2) HTS subheadings 
3919.10.20 and 3919.90.50 (certain types of self-adhesive plates, 
sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics) 
from Indonesia. As requested, the Commission will provide its advice by 
February 7, 2011. The USTR indicated that those sections of the 
Commission's report and related working papers that contain the 
Commission's advice will be classified as ``confidential'' and as 
``privileged.''

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 December 1, 2010. Requests to 
appear at the public hearing should be

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filed with the Secretary, no later than 5:15 p.m., November 15, 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., November 17, 2010; and all post-hearing briefs and 
statements should be filed not later than 5:15 p.m., December 8, 2010. 
In the event that, as of the close of business on November 15, 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 November 15, 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 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., December 8, 
2010. 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/documents/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.
    The Commission may include in the report it sends to the President 
and the USTR some or all of the confidential business information it 
receives in this investigation. The USTR has asked that the Commission 
make available a public version of its report shortly after it sends 
its report to the President and the USTR, with any classified or 
privileged information deleted. Any confidential business information 
received in this investigation and used in the preparation of the 
report will not be published in the public version of the report in 
such manner as would reveal the operations of the firm supplying the 
information.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: October 27, 2010.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
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