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maximum of four months to travel and 

work in largely unskilled positions. The 

program has been in operation since 

1963 and helps the Department reach a 

segment of the youth demographic that 

often does not have the means to visit 

the United States unless they can work 

to defray their costs. In 2011, 

approximately 103,000 foreign students 

will have participated in the SWT 

program. Roughly one million foreign 

post-secondary students have 

participated in the past decade. The 

SWT program supports public 

diplomacy efforts by fostering 

constructive, personal ties with foreign 

youth and offering them a positive view 

of the United States that they can then 

share in their home countries. 

The Department began an ongoing, 

comprehensive review of the Summer 

Work Travel program in spring 2010, 

which has resulted in significant 

changes to the existing regulations that 

govern administration of the program. A 

pilot program that placed more stringent 

requirements on participants from six 

countries (Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, 

Belarus, Moldova and Romania) was 

implemented for the 2011 season. A 

program-wide Interim Final Rule, which 

took effect on July 15, 2011: (a) 

Strengthens sponsor oversight 

requirements with respect to both 

program participants for whom sponsors 

are responsible and the third parties that 

sponsors rely upon to assist them in 

administering their programs (i.e., U.S. 

employers and foreign agents); (b) 

requires that participants from non-Visa 

Waiver Program countries be pre-placed 

in a job before the Form DS–2019 is 

issued; (c) requires sponsors to fully vet 

employers and all SWT job offers; and, 

(d) requires sponsors to contact current 

program participants on a monthly basis 

to monitor their welfare and 

whereabouts. 

Yet, despite these new regulations, 

the number of program complaints 

received this year continues to remain 

unacceptably high and includes, among 

other issues, reports of improper work 

placements, fraudulent job offers, job 

cancellations upon participant arrival in 

the United States, inappropriate work 

hours, and problems regarding housing 

and transportation. 

To ensure that these issues are 

appropriately addressed, the 

Department is continuing and 

augmenting its review of the Summer 

Work Travel program and its governing 

regulations. Until the Department 

completes its review and implements 

the next steps, currently designated 

sponsors may continue to operate under 

their present designations and current 

regulations at 22 CFR Part 62; however, 

until further notice, SWT program 

sponsors in business for the full 2011 

calendar year will not be permitted to 

expand their number of program 

participants beyond their actual total 

2011 participant program size. No new 

applications from prospective sponsors 

for SWT program designation will be 

accepted at this time. 

Dated: October 31, 2011. 

Rick A. Ruth, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Private Sector 

Exchange, Acting, Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 7678] 

Bureau of International Security and 

Nonproliferation; Termination of 

Chemical and Biological Weapons 

(CBW) Proliferation Sanctions Against 

a Foreign Person 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States 

Government has decided to terminate 

sanctions imposed on a foreign person 

who had engaged in CBW proliferation 

activities that required the imposition of 

sanctions pursuant to the Arms Export 

Control Act and the Export 

Administration Act of 1979. 

DATES: Effective Date: Upon publication 

in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela K. Durham, Office of Missile, 

Biological, and Chemical 

Nonproliferation, Bureau of 

International Security and 

Nonproliferation, Department of State, 

Telephone (202) 647–4930. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Sections 81(d) of the Arms Export 

Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2798(d)) and 

Section 11C(d) of the Export 

Administration Act of 1979, as amended 

(50 U.S.C. app. 2410c(d)), the Under 

Secretary of State for Arms Control and 

International Security determined and 

certified to Congress that reliable 

information indicated that the following 

foreign person has ceased to aid or abet 

any foreign government, project, or 

entity in its efforts to acquire chemical 

or biological weapons capability: 

Gerhard Merz 

This determination and certification 

terminates the sanctions imposed on 

this foreign person in 1994 pursuant to 

Section 81(a) and (c) of the Arms Export 

Control Act and Section 11C(a) and (c) 

of the Export Administration Act. 

(Volume 59 FR Public Notice 2143) 

Dated: November 1, 2011. 

Thomas M. Countryman, 

Assistant Secretary of State for International 

Security and Nonproliferation. 

[FR Doc. 2011–28808 Filed 11–4–11; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

[Dispute No. WTO/DS422] 

WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding 

Regarding United States—AntiDumping Measures on Certain Shrimp 

and Diamond Sawblades From China 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the United 

States Trade Representative (‘‘USTR’’) is 

providing notice that the People’s 

Republic of China has requested the 

establishment of a dispute settlement 

panel under the Marrakesh Agreement 

Establishing the World Trade 

Organization (‘‘WTO Agreement’’). That 

request may be found at www.wto.org 

contained in a document designated as 

WT/DS422/3. USTR invites written 

comments from the public concerning 

the issues raised in this dispute. 

DATES: Although USTR will accept any 

comments received during the course of 

the dispute settlement proceedings, 

comments should be submitted on or 

before December 7, 2011, to be assured 

of timely consideration by USTR. 

ADDRESSES: Public comments should be 

submitted electronically to 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2011–0002. If you are unable to 

provide submissions by 

www.regulations.gov, please contact 

Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–9483 to 

arrange for an alternative method of 

transmission. 

If (as explained below) the comment 

contains confidential information, then 

the comment should be submitted by 

fax only to Sandy McKinzy at (202) 

395–3640. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jared Wessel, Assistant General 

Counsel, Office of the United States 

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20508, (202) 395– 

3150. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

127(b) of the Uruguay Round 

Agreements Act (‘‘URAA’’) (19 U.S.C. 

3537(b)(1)) requires that notice and 

opportunity for comment be provided 

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