[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 9, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35329-35330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12439]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 332-574]


Renewable Electricity: Potential Economic Effects of Increased 
Commitments in Massachusetts; Notice of a New Date for the Public 
Hearing

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice of a new date for the public hearing.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has changed the date of its public hearing for 
Investigation No. 332-574: Renewable Electricity: Potential Economic 
Effects of Increased Commitments in Massachusetts from May 7, 2020 to 
July 29, 2020 due to COVID-19.

DATES: 
    July 1, 2020: Deadline for filing requests to appear at the public 
hearing.
    July 15, 2020: Deadline for filing pre-hearing briefs and 
statements.
    July 29, 2020: Public hearing.
    August 7, 2020: Deadline for filing post-hearing briefs and 
statements.
    August 14, 2020: Deadline for filing all other written submissions.
    January 25, 2021: Transmittal of Commission report to the 
Committee.

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 https://www.usitc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Project Leader Diana Friedman (202-
205-3433 or [email protected]) or Deputy Project Leader Patricia 
Mueller (202-205-2599 or [email protected]) for information 
specific to this investigation. 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 (https://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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission published notice of 
institution of the investigation in the Federal Register on February 
19, 2020 (85 FR 9479, February 19, 2020). In that notice, the 
Commission announced it would hold a public hearing on May 7, 2020, and 
it also set dates by which

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requests to appear at the hearing, briefs, and other written 
submissions should be filed. However, due to COVID-19, the Commission 
postponed the hearing to a date to be determined (85 FR 21460, April 
17, 2020). The Commission has rescheduled the public hearing as well as 
deadlines for requests to appear at the hearing, briefs, and other 
written submissions to the following dates. Please note the Secretary's 
Office will accept only electronic filings at this time. Filings must 
be made through the Commission's Electronic Document Information System 
(EDIS, https://edis.usitc.gov). No in-person paper-based filings or 
paper copies of any electronic filings will be accepted until further 
notice. The scope of the investigation remains the same as published in 
the Federal Register on February 19, 2020.
    Public Hearing: A public hearing in connection with this 
investigation will be held beginning at 9:30 a.m. on July 29, 2020. 
Information about the place and form of the hearing, including about 
how to participate in or view the hearing, will be posted on the 
Commission's website at (https://usitc.gov/research_and_analysis/what_we_are_working_on.htm). Once on that web page, scroll down to the 
entry for investigation No. 332-574, Renewable Electricity: Potential 
Economic Effects of Increased Commitments in Massachusetts, and click 
on the link to ``hearing instructions.'' Interested parties should 
check the Commission's website periodically for updates.
    Requests to appear at the public hearing should be filed with the 
Secretary no later than 5:15 p.m., July 1, 2020 in accordance with the 
requirements in the ``Submissions'' section below. All pre-hearing 
briefs and statements should be filed no later than 5:15 p.m., July 15, 
2020; and all post-hearing briefs and statements should be filed no 
later than 5:15 p.m., August 7, 2020. In the event that, as of the 
close of business on July 14, 2020, 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 
should contact the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000 after July 
15, 2020, 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., August 14, 2020. All written submissions must conform to the 
provisions of section 201.8 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure (19 CFR 201.8), as temporarily amended by 85 FR 15798 (March 
19, 2020). Under that rule waiver, the Office of the Secretary will 
accept only electronic filings at this time. Filings must be made 
through the Commission's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS, 
https://edis.usitc.gov). No in-person paper-based filings or paper 
copies of any electronic filings will be accepted until further notice. 
Persons with questions regarding electronic filing should contact the 
Office of the Secretary, Docket Services Division (202-205-1802), or 
consult the Commission's Handbook on Filing Procedures.
    Confidential Business Information. Any submissions that contain 
confidential business information must also conform to 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 is clearly identified by means of 
brackets. All written submissions, except for confidential business 
information, will be made available for inspection by interested 
parties.
    As requested by the Committee, the Commission will not include any 
confidential business information in the report that it sends to the 
Committee or makes available to the public. However, all information, 
including confidential business information, submitted in this 
investigation may be disclosed to and used: (i) By the Commission, its 
employees and Offices, and contract personnel (a) for developing or 
maintaining the records of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in 
internal investigations, audits, reviews, and evaluations relating to 
the programs, personnel, and operations of the Commission including 
under 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. government employees and 
contract personnel for cybersecurity purposes. The Commission will not 
otherwise disclose any confidential business information in a manner 
that would reveal the operations of the firm supplying the information.
    Summaries of Written Submissions: The Commission intends to publish 
summaries of the positions of interested persons in an appendix to the 
report. Persons wishing to have a summary of their position included in 
the report should include a summary with their written submission. The 
summary may not exceed 500 words, should be in a format that can be 
easily converted to MS Word, and should not include any confidential 
business information. The summary will be published as provided if it 
meets these requirements and is germane to the subject matter of the 
investigation. The Commission will identify the name of the 
organization furnishing the summary and will include a link to the 
Commission's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS) where the 
full written submission can be found.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: June 4, 2020.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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