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Summary of Reporting Burden Hours 

Affected Public: State and local 

government agencies administering 

SNAP and Individuals/Households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

35,759,342: (State Agencies: 53 and 

Households: 35,759,342). 

Estimated Number of Reports Filed 

Annually: State Agency: 5,028,089 

Households: 19.50. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

133,872,198: (State Agencies: 

93,781,286 and Households: 

40,090,912). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden for 

Respondents: 23,521,978: (State 

Agencies: 13,237,798 and Households: 

10,284,180). 

Estimated Total Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Burden Hours: 

23,521,978 + 87,258 = 23,609,236. 

Dated: July 7, 2010. 

Audrey Rowe, 

Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition 

Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Determination Under the African 

Growth and Opportunity Act 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements. 

ACTION: Directive to the Commissioner 

of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

SUMMARY: The Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA) has determined that certain 

textile and apparel goods from Burkina 

Faso shall be treated as ‘‘folklore 

articles’’ and ‘‘ethnic printed fabrics’’ 

and qualify for preferential treatment 

under the African Growth and 

Opportunity Act. Imports of eligible 

products from Burkina Faso with an 

appropriate visa will qualify for dutyfree treatment. 

DATES: Effective Date: July 14, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don 

Niewiaroski, Jr., International Trade 

Specialist, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482–2496. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Sections 112(a) and 112(b)(6) of 

the African Growth and Opportunity Act 

(Title I of the Trade and Development Act of 

2000, Pub. L. No. 106–200) (‘‘AGOA’’) as 

amended by Section 7(c) of the AGOA 

Acceleration Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108–274) 

(‘‘AGOA Acceleration Act’’) (19 U.S.C. 

§§ 3721(a) and (b)(6)); Sections 2 and 5 of 

Executive Order No. 13191 of January 17, 

2001; Sections 25–27 and Paras. 13–14 of 

Presidential Proclamation 7912 of June 29, 

2005. 

AGOA provides preferential tariff 

treatment for imports of certain textile 

and apparel products of beneficiary subSaharan African countries, including 

handloomed, handmade, or folklore 

articles of a beneficiary country that are 

certified as such by the competent 

authority in the beneficiary country. 

The AGOA Acceleration Act further 

expanded AGOA by adding ethnic 

printed fabrics to the list of textile and 

apparel products made in the 

beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries that may be eligible for the 

preferential treatment described in 

section 112(a) of the AGOA. In 

Executive Order 13191 (January 17, 

2001) and Presidential Proclamation 

7912 (June 29, 2005), the President 

authorized CITA to consult with 

beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries and to determine which, if 

any, particular textile and apparel goods 

shall be treated as being handloomed, 

handmade, folklore articles, or ethnic 

printed fabrics. See 66 FR 7271, 7271– 

72 (January 22, 2001) and 70 FR 37959, 

37961 & 63 (June 30, 2005). 

In a letter to the Commissioner of 

Customs dated January 18, 2001, the 

United States Trade Representative 

directed Customs to require that 

importers provide an appropriate export 

visa from a beneficiary sub-Saharan 

African country to obtain preferential 

treatment under section 112(a) of the 

AGOA. See 66 FR 7837 (January 25, 

2001). The first digit of the visa number 

corresponds to one of the groupings of 

textile and apparel products that are 

eligible for preferential tariff treatment. 

Grouping ‘‘9’’ is reserved for handmade, 

handloomed, folklore articles, or ethnic 

printed fabrics. 

CITA consulted with Burkina Faso 

authorities on June 8, 2010 and has 

determined that folklore articles 

described in Annex A and ethnic 

printed fabrics described in Annex B, if 

produced in and exported from Burkina 

Faso, are eligible for preferential tariff 

treatment under section 112(a) of the 

AGOA, as amended. After further 

consultations with Burkina Faso 

authorities, CITA may determine that 

additional textile and apparel goods 

shall be treated as handloomed, 

handmade, folklore articles or ethnic 

printed fabrics. In the letter published 

below, CITA directs the Commissioner 

of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

to allow duty-free entry of such 

products under U.S. Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule subheading 9819.11.27 if 

accompanied by an appropriate AGOA 

visa in grouping ‘‘9’’. 

Kim Glas, 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. 

Committee for the Implementation of 

Textile Agreements 

July 7, 2010. 

Commissioner, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection, Department of 

Homeland Security, Washington, 

DC 20229 

Dear Commissioner: 

The Committee for the 

Implementation of Textiles Agreements 

(‘‘CITA’’), pursuant to Sections 112(a) 

and (b)(6) of the African Growth and 

Opportunity Act (Title I of the Trade 

and Development Act of 2000, Pub. L. 

No. 106–200) (‘‘AGOA’’), as amended by 

Section 7(c) of the AGOA Acceleration 

Act of 2004, (Pub. L. 108–274) (‘‘AGOA 

Acceleration Act’’) (19 U.S.C. §§ 3721(a) 

and (b)(6)), Executive Order No. 13191 

of January 17, 2001, and Presidential 

Proclamation 7912 of June 29, 2005, has 

determined, effective on July 14, 2010, 

that the following articles shall be 

treated as handloomed, handmade, 

folklore articles, or ethnic printed 

fabrics under the AGOA: (a) folklore 

articles described in Annex A to this 

letter and (b) ethnic printed fabrics 

described in Annex B, if made in 

Burkina Faso. Such articles are eligible 

for duty-free treatment only if entered 

under subheading 9819.11.27 and 

accompanied by a properly completed 

visa for product grouping ‘‘9’’, in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Visa Arrangement between the 

Government of Burkina Faso and the 

Government of the United States 

Concerning Textile and Apparel Articles 

Claiming Preferential Tariff Treatment 

under Section 112 of the Trade and 

Development Act of 2000. After further 

consultations with Burkina Faso 

authorities, CITA may determine that 

additional textile and apparel goods 

shall be treated as for handmade, 

handloomed, folklore articles, or ethnic 

printed fabrics. 

Sincerely, 

Kim Glas, 

Chairman, Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements. 

ANNEX A: Burkina Faso Folklore 

Products 

CITA has determined that the 

following textile and apparel goods 

shall be treated as folklore articles for 

purposes of the AGOA if such goods are 

made in Burkina Faso. Articles must be 

ornamented in characteristic Burkina 


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1Printed plain weave fabrics of cotton, 85% or 

more cotton by weight, weighing over 100g/m2 but 

not more than 200g/m2, of yarn number 42 or 

lower. 

2Printed plain weave fabrics of cotton, 85% or 

more cotton by weight, weighing over 100g/m2 but 

not more than 200g/m2, of yarn numbers 43–68. 

Faso or regional folk style. An article 

may not include modern features such 

as zippers, elastic, elasticized fabrics, 

snaps, or hook-and-pile fasteners (such 

as velcro© or similar holding fabric). An 

article may not incorporate patterns that 

are not traditional or historical to 

Burkina Faso, such as airplanes, buses, 

cowboys, or cartoon characters and may 

not incorporate designs referencing 

holidays or festivals not common to 

traditional Burkina Faso culture, such as 

Halloween and Thanksgiving. 

Eligible folklore articles: 

(a) Bala: Made of cotton fabric strips 

woven and assembled by hand; 

embroidered by machine. The colors 

vary but embroidery is usually white. It 

is a loose fitting garment for men, 

consisting of a tunic, which is threequarters length, embroidered with 

sleeves, the neckline is a slit down the 

center, surrounded by embroidery; and 

a cap, which is cylindrical and fitted. 

(b) Djiwa: Made of cotton fabric strips 

woven by hand with embroidery cotton 

floss. Patterns and colors of the fabrics 

vary as well as the embroidery. This 

men’s garment is loose-fitting and 

consists of four pieces: 1) an inner tunic 

gown, three-quarter length, usually with 

intricate embroidery around the 

neckline, chest, pockets and end of 

sleeves; 2) trousers, loose fitting and 

secured at the waist by a drawstring, 

embroidery at the end of the trousers; 3) 

an outer gown, loose fitting, embroidery 

along the neckline, chest, waist and on 

the back; and 4) a matching cap which 

is cylindrical and fitted. 

(c) Dozo Fani: Made of cotton fabric 

strips woven by hand, dyed with natural 

dyes (bogolan) and assembled by hand. 

The patterns consist of animals, dogon 

ideograms, or diverse geometrical forms. 

The colors are brown, black, yellow and 

red exclusively. This is a loose fitting, 

one-piece garment for men, open on 

both sides with no sleeves. 

(d) Bougouni: Made of cotton fabric 

strips woven and assembled by hand. 

This is a loose fitting garment for men 

and women, open on both sides, with or 

without straps attaching the sides. It is 

white, black or indigo and patterned in 

strips of cloth with a hound’s-tooth 

pattern in the middle. 

ANNEX B: Burkina Faso Ethnic Printed 

Fabrics 

Each ethnic print must meet all of the 

criteria listed below: 

(A) Selvedge on both edges. 

(B) Width of less than 50 inches. 

(C) Classifiable under subheading 

5208.52.30 1 or 5208.52.40 2 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States. 

(D) Contains designs, symbols, and 

other characteristics of African prints 

normally produced for and sold in 

Africa by the piece. 

(E) Made from fabric woven in the 

U.S. using U.S. yarn or woven in one or 

more eligible sub-Saharan beneficiary 

countries using U.S or African yarn. 

(F) Printed, including waxed, in one 

or more eligible sub-Saharan beneficiary 

countries. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the Illinois 

Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a fact finding meeting of 

the Illinois Advisory Committee to the 

Commission will convene at 9 a.m. and 

adjourn at 4:30 p.m. on August 11, 2010, 

at the National Museum of Mexican Art, 

1852 W. 19th St., Chicago, IL 60608. 

The purpose of the meeting is to hear 

testimony regarding recommendations 

for addressing two health disparities 

topics: language barriers and food 

desserts. The meeting will consist of 

approximately six panels of local health 

disparities experts, community activists, 

health providers, and government 

officials providing their 

recommendations to these problems. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by September 11, 2010. 

The address is 55 W. Monroe St., Suite 

410, Chicago, IL 60603. Persons wishing 

to e-mail their comments, or to present 

their comments verbally at the meeting, 

or who desire additional information 

should contact Carolyn Allen, 

Administrative Assistant, 312–353– 

8311, TDD/TTY 312–353–8324], or by email: callen@usccr.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the meeting and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the Regional Office at 

least ten (10) working days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Midwestern Regional Office, as they 

become available, both before and after 

the meeting. Persons interested in the 

work of this advisory committee are 

advised to go to the Commission’s Web 

site, http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact 

the Midwestern Regional Office at the 

above e-mail or street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC on July 9, 2010. 

Peter Minarik, Acting Chief, 

Regional Programs Coordination Unit. 

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BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Application(s) for Duty–Free Entry of 

Scientific Instruments 

Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 

Educational, Scientific and Cultural 

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. 

L. 89–651, as amended by Pub. L. 106– 

36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301), we 

invite comments on the question of 

whether instruments of equivalent 

scientific value, for the purposes for 

which the instruments shown below are 

intended to be used, are being 

manufactured in the United States. 

Comments must comply with 15 CFR 

301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and 

be postmarked on or before August 3, 

2010. Address written comments to 

Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 

3720, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Washington, D.C. 20230. Applications 

may be examined between 8:30 A.M. 

and 5:00 P.M. at the U.S. Department of 

Commerce in Room 3720. 

Docket Number: 10–043. Applicant: 

National Superconducting Cyclotron 

Laboratory of Michigan State University, 

1 Cyclotron Laboratory, South Shaw 

Lane, East Lansing, MI 48824–1321. 

Instrument: Radio Frequency 

Quadropole Accelerator (RFQ). 

Manufacturer: Institut fur Angewandte 

Physik, Germany. Intended Use: The 

instrument will be a component of a 

larger linear accelerator system to 

accelerate isotopes for nuclear structure 

and nuclear astrophysics studies. The 

characteristics of the 4–rod RFQ 

pertinent for the intended purpose are 

the reachable power and electrode 

voltage level, simple tuning of rod– 

voltage flatness, and simple resonance 


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