[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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