[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9431-9432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4264]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Inv. No. 332-509 and Inv. No. 332-510]
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: U.S. and EU Export
Activities, and Barriers and Opportunities Experienced by U.S. Firms
and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Characteristics and Performance
AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Rescheduling of Washington, DC public hearing.
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SUMMARY: The Commission has rescheduled to March 18, 2010, the
Washington, DC public hearing in these investigations previously
scheduled for February 9-10, 2010. The February 9-10 hearing was
cancelled when Federal Government activity was cancelled due to a snow
storm.
Persons wishing to appear at the March 18 hearing should file
requests to appear, or confirm earlier requests to appear, in
accordance with the procedures below. The dates and procedures relating
to hearings in these investigations in St. Louis, MO, on March 10,
2010, and Portland, OR, on March 12, 2010, remain the same as
previously announced.
DATES:
March 8, 2010: Deadline for filing requests to appear at the Washington
hearing.
March 10, 2010: Deadline for filing pre-hearing briefs, statements, or
summaries, Washington hearing.
March 18, 2010, 9:30 am: Washington public hearing.
March 26, 2010: Deadline for filing post-hearing briefs and statements
for the Washington hearing.
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: Project Leaders Justino De La Cruz
(202-205-3252 or [email protected]) or William Deese (202-205-
2626 or [email protected]) for information specific to these
investigations. 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 Information: As previously announced, the hearings
relate to the second and third of a series of three investigations that
the Commission is conducting under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)) at the request of the United States Trade
Representative (USTR). The Commission delivered its report to the USTR
on the first investigation, No. 332-508, Small and Medium-Sized
Enterprises: Overview of Participation in U.S. Exports, on January 12,
2010, and it is available to the public at www.usitc.gov. The
Commission is scheduled to deliver its reports to the USTR on the
second and third investigations, investigation No. 332-509, Small and
Medium-Sized Enterprises: U.S. and EU Export Activities, and Barriers
and Opportunities Experienced by U.S. Firms, and investigation No. 332-
510, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Characteristics and
Performance, by July 6, 2010, and October 6, 2010, respectively.
Notices announcing institution of the three investigations were
published in the Federal Register of October 28, 2009 (74 FR 55581);
December 1, 2009 (74 FR 62812); and December 11, 2009 (74 FR 65787). A
notice announcing the time and place of the hearings in St. Louis, MO
and Portland, OR was published in the Federal Register of February 4,
2010 (75 FR 5804).
Washington Hearing: The rescheduled Washington hearing will be held
in the U.S. International Trade Commission Building, 500 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC, beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 18, 2010. The
hearing will be open to the public. Accordingly, persons testifying
should not include confidential business information in their
testimony. Any person desiring to submit confidential business
information to the Commission in these investigations should do so in
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writing in accordance with the procedures set out in the ``Written
Submissions'' section below.
Notice of Appearance: Written requests to appear at the Washington
hearing must be filed with the Secretary to the Commission in
Washington, DC by 5:15 p.m. March 8, 2010. The request, which may be in
the form of a letter and which should be on company or other
appropriate stationery, should identify the hearing at which the person
wishes to appear, the investigation to which their testimony pertains
(it could be both investigations), their name, title, and company or
other organizational affiliation (if any), address, telephone number,
e-mail address, and industry or main line of business of the company if
any they are representing. Requests to appear must be made by post mail
or delivered in person (see ADDRESSES). The Commission will also accept
requests to appear filed by e-mail to [email protected], or through
Laura Bloodgood at [email protected]. The Commission does not
accept requests filed by fax. Persons who previously filed requests to
appear in connection with the February 9-10 hearing dates should re-
confirm their earlier requests to appear or indicate that they will be
unable to appear.
Pre- and Post-Hearing Briefs and Statements, Summaries:
Participants are encouraged to provide a pre-hearing brief or statement
or, in lieu thereof, may provide a one-page summary of the testimony
they plan to present. Such summaries will be placed in the public
record and therefore should not include any confidential business
information. Any confidential business information included in a pre-
hearing brief or statement should be submitted in accordance with the
procedures set forth below under ``Written Submissions.'' Post-hearing
briefs and statements are generally for the purpose of responding to
matters raised at the hearing, including questions asked by the
Commissioners or testimony presented by other interested parties.
Written Submissions: In lieu of or in addition to participating in
the hearing, interested parties are invited to file written submissions
concerning these investigations. All written submissions should be
addressed to the Secretary to the Commission, and all such submissions
(other than pre- and post-hearing statements) should be received not
later than 5:15 p.m., March 26, 2010, in investigation No. 332-509 and
May 28, 2010, in investigation No. 332-510 as previously announced. One
signed original (or a copy so designated) and fourteen (14) copies of
each document must 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 below
for further information regarding confidential business information).
Written submissions may be filed by post mail or delivered in person
(see ADDRESSES), or filed using the Commission's electronic filing
procedure described below. To use the Commission's electronic filing
procedure, filers must first be registered users of the Commission's
Electronic Document Information System (EDIS), accessible from the
USITC Web site (http://www.usitc.gov/secretary/edis.htm). The
Commission's rules for electronic filing are available in its Handbook
on Electronic Filing Procedures (http://www.usitc.gov/secretary/fed_reg_notices/rules/handbook_on_electronic_filing.pdf). 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). Persons
with questions regarding electronic filing and EDIS should contact the
Office of 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.
In his request letter, the USTR stated that his office intends to
make the Commission's reports available to the public in their
entirety, and asked that the Commission not include any confidential
business information or national security classified information in the
reports that the Commission transmits to his office. Any confidential
business information received by the Commission in these investigations
and used in preparing this report will not be published in a manner
that would reveal the operations of the firm supplying the information.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: February 24, 2010.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2010-4264 Filed 3-1-10; 8:45 am]
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