69048 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 217 / Wednesday, November 10, 2010 / Notices 

I. Abstract 

The U.S. Department of Commerce 

(DOC) fosters, serves, and promotes the 

Nation’s economic development. 

Through participation with other U.S. 

Government agencies, DOC creates 

national policies to enhance 

opportunities for U.S. workers and 

employers in the global economy. 

Countries that support the free flow of 

products, services, capital, and people 

create a positive business environment 

for their domestic firms. DOC has been 

informed by industry associations 

representing U.S. business and trade 

interests that their member companies 

have experienced problems with the 

visa process as it pertains to bringing 

foreign business travelers into the 

country. Although official data does not 

exist, anecdotal evidence suggests 

common difficulties for U.S. industry 

due to visa delays and denials, with 

commensurate economic loss to U.S. 

firms. Recognizing that national security 

concerns must always remain 

paramount in any discussion relating to 

business visas and in response to these 

industry concerns, the Secretary of 

Commerce has identified the need to 

measure how current U.S. business visa 

policy affects American companies 

active in the global economy. The 

facilitation of business travel is a 

priority of Secretary’s and very 

important to meeting President Obama’s 

National Export Initiative goal of 

doubling U.S. exports in the next five 

years. 

The DOC will request that U.S. 

industry and trade associations use the 

questionnaire to report instances of U.S. 

business visa delay or denial. The 

information derived from completed 

questionnaires is critical to enabling 

DOC to ascertain the economic impact, 

if any, of current U.S. business-related 

visa policy. 

DOC staff regularly receive 

unsolicited feedback from U.S industry, 

U.S. trade associations, state/regional/ 

local economic development officials, 

and foreign investors about challenges 

that foreign business travelers have 

encountered while trying to obtain a 

U.S. business visa. Though this 

qualitative information is useful in 

understanding certain issues pertaining 

to current U.S. business visa policy, the 

quantitative information that the 

questionnaire will gather is much more 

important in providing a more 

comprehensive understanding of the 

potential economic impact of business 

visa delays and denials. 

II. Method of Collection 

Information will be collected 

electronically. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0625–XXXX. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(new information collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

500. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 250. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: November 5, 2010. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28339 Filed 11–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 63–2010] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 64—Jacksonville, 

Florida Application for Reorganization/ 

Expansion Under Alternative Site 

Framework 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board 

(the Board) by the Jacksonville Port 

Authority, grantee of FTZ 64, requesting 

authority to reorganize and expand the 

zone under the alternative site 

framework (ASF) adopted by the Board 

(74 FR 1170, 1/12/09; correction 74 FR 

3987, 1/22/09). The ASF is an option for 

grantees for the establishment or 

reorganization of general-purpose zones 

and can permit significantly greater 

flexibility in the designation of new 

‘‘usage-driven’’ FTZ sites for operators/ 

users located within a grantee’s ‘‘service 

area’’ in the context of the Board’s 

standard 2,000-acre activation limit for 

a general-purpose zone project. The 

application was submitted pursuant to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the 

regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 

400). It was formally filed on November 

4, 2010. 

FTZ 64 was approved by the Board on 

December 29, 1980 (Board Order 170, 46 

FR 1330, 1/6/1981) and expanded on 

October 7, 2008 (Board Order 1579, 73 

FR 61781, 10/17/2008). 

The current zone project includes the 

following ‘‘sites’’ in Jacksonville, 

Florida: Site 1 (67 acres)—Jacksonville 

International Airport, Pecan Park Road 

and Terrell Road; Site 2 (43 acres)— 

Halmark Properties, Inc., 2201 North 

Ellis Road; Site 3 (942 acres)—JPA 

Blount Island Terminal Complex, 9620 

Dave Rawls Boulevard, and JPA 

Talleyrand Docks and Terminal Facility, 

2085 Talleyrand Avenue; Site 4 (200 

acres)—International Trade port 

Complex, Airport Road; Site 5 (4 

acres)—Caribbean Cold Storage, Inc., 

1505 Dennis Street; Site 7 (47 acres)— 

Westlake Industrial Park, 9767 Pritchard 

Road; and Site 8 (75 acres)—Imeson 

International Industrial Park, One 

Imeson Park Boulevard. 

The grantee’s proposed service area 

under the ASF would be the Florida 

counties of Baker, Clay, Columbia, 

Duval and Nassau, as described in the 

application. If approved, the grantee 

would be able to serve sites throughout 

the service area based on companies’ 

needs for FTZ designation. The 

proposed service area is within and 

adjacent to the Jacksonville Customs 

and Border Protection port of entry. 

The applicant is requesting authority 

to reorganize and expand its existing 

zone project to include existing Sites 1 

and 3 as ‘‘magnet’’ sites, to include 

existing Sites 4, 7, and 8 as ‘‘usagedriven’’ sites, to remove existing Sites 2 

and 5, and to include the following new 

site as a magnet site: Proposed Site 10 

(4,474.0 acres)—AllianceFlorida at Cecil 

Commerce Center, I–10 and Cecil 

Commerce Center Parkway, 

Jacksonville. Further, existing Site 3 

will have its non-contiguous parcel 

renumbered, with the Talleyrand Docks 

and Terminal Facility (2085 Talleyrand 

Avenue, Jacksonville) to be designated 


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as Site 9 (magnet site). The ASF allows 

for the possible exemption of one 

magnet site from the ‘‘sunset’’ time limits 

that generally apply to sites under the 

ASF, and the applicant proposes that 

Site 3 (JPA Blount Island Terminal 

Complex) be so exempted. Because the 

ASF only pertains to establishing or 

reorganizing a general-purpose zone, the 

application would have no impact on 

FTZ 64’s authorized subzone. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, Maureen Hinman of the 

FTZ Staff is designated examiner to 

evaluate and analyze the facts and 

information presented in the application 

and case record and to report findings 

and recommendations to the Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address below. The closing period for 

their receipt is January 10, 2011. 

Rebuttal comments in response to 

material submitted during the foregoing 

period may be submitted during the 

subsequent 15-day period to January 24, 

2011. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230–0002, and in the ‘‘Reading 

Room’’ section of the Board’s Web site, 

which is accessible via http:// 

www.trade.gov/ftz. For further 

information, contact Maureen Hinman 

at maureen.hinman@trade.gov or (202) 

482–0627. 

Dated: November 4, 2010. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28414 Filed 11–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Georgia Institute of Technology, et al.; 

Notice of Consolidated Decision on 

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of 

Electron Microscopes 

This is a decision consolidated 

pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 

Educational, Scientific, and Cultural 

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. 

L. 89–651, as amended by Public Law 

106–36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). 

Related records can be viewed between 

8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 3720, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC. 

Docket Number: 10–061. Applicant: 

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 

GA 30333–0245. Instrument: Electron 

Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI 

Company, the Netherlands. Intended 

Use: See notice at 75 FR 62763, October 

13, 2010. 

Docket Number: 10–062. Applicant: 

Washington State University, Pullman, 

WA 99164–1020. Instrument: Electron 

Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI 

Company, Czech Republic. Intended 

Use: See notice at 75 FR 62763, October 

13, 2010. 

Docket Number: 10–063. Applicant: 

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 

MD 20892–8025. Instrument: Electron 

Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL 

Limited, Japan. Intended Use: See notice 

at 75 FR 62723, October 13, 2010. 

Comments: None received. Decision: 

Approved. No instrument of equivalent 

scientific value to the foreign 

instrument, for such purposes as these 

instruments are intended to be used, 

was being manufactured in the United 

States at the time the instruments were 

ordered. Reasons: Each foreign 

instrument is an electron microscope 

and is intended for research or scientific 

educational uses requiring an electron 

microscope. We know of no electron 

microscope, or any other instrument 

suited to these purposes, which was 

being manufactured in the United States 

at the time of order of each instrument. 

Dated: November 3, 2010. 

Richard Herring, 

Acting Director, Subsidies Enforcement 

Office, Import Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28416 Filed 11–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA011 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Proposed Listings for Two 

Distinct Population Segments of 

Atlantic Sturgeon in the Southeast 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of two public hearings. 

SUMMARY: In December 2010, we 

(NMFS) will hold two public hearings— 

one in Wilmington, NC and one in 

Atlanta, GA. The purpose of these 

hearings is to accept comments on the 

proposed listing of the Carolina and 

South Atlantic distinct population 

segments (DPSs) of Atlantic sturgeon 

(Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) as 

endangered under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended. 

DATES: The hearings will be held on 

December 6, 2010, from 6 to 9 p.m. in 

Wilmington, NC, and on December 7, 

2010, from 6 to 9 p.m. in Atlanta, GA. 

An informational session will be held at 

the beginning of each hearing. 

ADDRESSES: The public hearings will be 

held at the following locations: 

• December 6, 2010, Coastline 

Conference and Event Center, 503 Nutt 

Street, Wilmington, NC 28401. 

• December 7, 2010, Westin Atlanta 

Airport, 4736 Best Road, Atlanta, GA 

30337. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Shotts, NMFS, Southeast Regional 

Office (727) 824–5312 or Marta 

Nammack, NMFS, Office of Protected 

Resources (301) 713–1401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 6, 2010, we published a 

proposed rule (75 FR 61904) to list the 

Carolina and South Atlantic DPSs of 

Atlantic sturgeon as endangered under 

the ESA. We will accept oral and 

written comments regarding the 

proposed listing decision for these two 

DPSs of Atlantic sturgeon at the public 

hearings. 

Special Accommodations 

These hearings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Kelly Shotts at 

(727) 824–5312 no later than November 

29, 2010. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. 

Dated: November 4, 2010. 

Helen M. Golde, 

Deputy Director, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28324 Filed 11–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No.: PTO–P–2010–0083] 

Expansion and Extension of the Green 

Technology Pilot Program 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On December 8, 2009, the 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office (USPTO) implemented the Green 


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