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organizations. The Council will follow 

the procedures prescribed by the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (Pub. L. 92–463). Meetings will 

be open to the public unless a 

determination is made in accordance 

with Section 10(d) of the FACA, 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and (4), that a meeting 

or a portion of the meeting should be 

closed to the public. Notice of each 

meeting will be provided in the Federal 

Register at least 15 days prior to the 

meeting. 

For more information contact Marsha 

Thurman, Overseas Security Advisory 

Council, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, 

U.S. Department of State, Washington, 

DC 20522–2008, phone: 571–345–2214. 

Dated: October 15, 2010. 

Jeffrey W. Culver, 

Director of the Diplomatic Security Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28506 Filed 11–10–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–24–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

2010 Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Reviews 

of the Philippines and Thailand: 

Identification of Countries Under 

Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974: 

Request for Public Comment 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Request for written submissions 

from the public. 

SUMMARY: Section 182 of the Trade Act 

of 1974 (Trade Act) (19 U.S.C. 2242) 

requires the United States Trade 

Representative (USTR) to identify 

countries that deny adequate and 

effective protection of intellectual 

property rights (IPR) or deny fair and 

equitable market access to U.S. persons 

who rely on intellectual property 

protection. (The provisions of Section 

182 are commonly referred to as the 

‘‘Special 301’’ provisions of the Trade 

Act.) The USTR is required to determine 

which, if any, of these countries should 

be identified as Priority Foreign 

Countries. In addition, USTR has 

created a ‘‘Priority Watch List’’ and 

‘‘Watch List’’ under Special 301 

provisions. Placement of a trading 

partner on the Priority Watch List or 

Watch List indicates that particular 

problems exist in that country with 

respect to IPR protection, enforcement, 

or market access for persons relying on 

intellectual property. Countries placed 

on the Priority Watch List are the focus 

of increased bilateral attention 

concerning the problem areas. 

In the 2010 Special 301 Report 

(http://www.ustr.gov), USTR announced 

that, in order to monitor progress on 

specific IPR issues, Out-of-Cycle 

Reviews would be conducted for the 

Philippines and Thailand. USTR 

requests written submissions from the 

public concerning any act, policy, or 

practice that is relevant to the decision 

regarding whether the Philippines and 

Thailand should be identified under 

Section 182 of the Trade Act. 

DATES: Submissions from the general 

public must be received on or before 10 

a.m. on Friday, December 10, 2010. 

Foreign governments who choose to 

make written submissions may do so on 

or before 10 a.m. on Friday, December 

17, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: All comments should be 

sent electronically to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, [docket number 

USTR–2010–0035]. Submissions should 

contain the term ‘‘2010 Special 301 Outof-Cycle Review’’ in the ‘‘Type comment 

& Upload file’’ field on http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jared Ragland, Director, Intellectual 

Property and Innovation, Office of the 

United States Trade Representative, at 

(202) 395–4510. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Section 182 of the Trade Act, USTR 

must identify those countries that deny 

adequate and effective protection for 

intellectual property rights or deny fair 

and equitable market access to U.S. 

persons who rely on intellectual 

property protection. Those countries 

that have the most onerous or egregious 

acts, policies, or practices and whose 

acts, policies, or practices have the 

greatest adverse impact (actual or 

potential) on relevant U.S. products are 

to be identified as Priority Foreign 

Countries. Acts, policies, or practices 

that are the basis of a country’s 

designation as a Priority Foreign 

Country are normally the subject of an 

investigation under the Section 301 

provisions of the Trade Act. USTR may 

not identify a country as a Priority 

Foreign Country if that country is 

entering into good faith negotiations or 

making significant progress in bilateral 

or multilateral negotiations to provide 

adequate and effective protection of 

intellectual property rights. In addition, 

USTR has created a ‘‘Priority Watch 

List’’ and ‘‘Watch List’’ under Special 

301 provisions. Placement of a trading 

partner on the Priority Watch List or 

Watch List indicates that particular 

problems exist in that country with 

respect to IPR protection, enforcement, 

or market access for persons relying on 

intellectual property. Countries placed 

on the Priority Watch List are the focus 

of increased bilateral attention 

concerning the problem areas. 

USTR requests that, where relevant, 

submissions mention particular regions, 

provinces, States, or other subdivisions 

of a country in which an act, policy, or 

practice deserve special attention. 

Submissions may report positive or 

negative developments with respect to 

these entities. 

Requirements for Comments: 

Comments should include a description 

of the problems experienced by the 

submitter and the effect of the acts, 

policies, and practices on U.S. industry. 

Comments should be as detailed as 

possible and should provide all 

necessary information for assessing the 

effect of the acts, policies, and practices. 

Any comments that include quantitative 

loss claims should be accompanied by 

the methodology used in calculating 

such estimated losses. Comments must 

be in English. All comments should be 

sent electronically to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, [docket number 

USTR–2010–0035]. 

To submit comments to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number [USTR–2010–0035] on the 

home page and click ‘‘search.’’ The site 

will provide a search-results page listing 

all documents associated with this 

docket. Find a reference to this notice 

by selecting ‘‘Notice’’ under ‘‘Document 

Type’’ on the left side of the searchresults page, and click on the link 

entitled ‘‘Submit a comment.’’ (For 

further information on using the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site, 

please consult the resources provided 

on the Web site by clicking on ‘‘How to 

Use This Site’’ on the left side of the 

home page). 

The http://www.regulations.gov site 

provides the option of providing 

comments by filling in a ‘‘Type 

comment & Upload file’’ field, or by 

attaching a document. It is expected that 

most comments will be provided in an 

attached document. If a document is 

attached, it is sufficient to type ‘‘See 

attached’’ in the ‘‘Type comment & 

Upload file’’ field. However, all 

submissions should contain the term 

‘‘2010 Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review’’ 

in the ‘‘General Comments’’ field. 

A person requesting that information 

contained in a comment submitted by 

that person be treated as confidential 

business information must certify that 

such information is business 

confidential and would not customarily 

be released to the public by the 

submitter. Confidential business 

information must be clearly designated 

as such, the submission must be marked 

‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ at the top 

and bottom of the cover page and each 

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1The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 

I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should 

be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may 

take appropriate action before the exemption’s 

effective date. 

2Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

succeeding page, and should indicate 

using brackets the specific information 

which is confidential. Any comment 

containing business confidential 

information must be accompanied by a 

non-confidential summary of the 

confidential information. The nonconfidential summary will be placed in 

the docket and open to public 

inspection. 

USTR will maintain a docket on the 

2010 Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review, 

accessible to the public. The public file 

will include non-confidential comments 

received by USTR from the public, 

including foreign governments, with 

respect to the 2010 Special 301 Out-ofCycle Review. 

Public Inspection of Submissions: 

Comments will be placed in the docket 

and open to public inspection pursuant 

to 15 CFR 2006.13, except confidential 

business information exempt from 

public inspection in accordance with 15 

CFR 2006.15. Comments may be viewed 

on the http://www.regulations.gov Web 

site by entering docket number [USTR– 

2010–0035] in the search field on the 

home page. 

Stanford K. McCoy, 

Assistant USTR for Intellectual Property and 

Innovation. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28435 Filed 11–10–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W1–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 1065X] 

Indiana Southwestern Railway Co.— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Posey 

and Vanderburgh Counties, IN 

Indiana Southwestern Railway Co. 

(ISW) filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 

subpart F–Exempt Abandonments to 

abandon 17.2 miles of interconnecting 

rail lines extending between (1) 

milepost 227.5 at Poseyville, Ind., and 

milepost 240.2 near German Township, 

Ind. (approximately 12.7 miles); and (2) 

milepost 277.5 at Cynthiana, Ind., and 

milepost 282.0 at Poseyville, Ind. 

(approximately 4.5 miles). The line 

traverses United States Postal Service 

Zip Codes 47612, 47620, 47633, 47708, 

47720, and 47725. 

ISW has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead 

traffic on the line to be rerouted; (3) no 

formal complaint filed by a user of rail 

service on the line (or by a state or local 

government entity acting on behalf of 

such user) regarding cessation of service 

over the line either is pending with the 

Surface Transportation Board (Board) or 

with any U.S. District Court or has been 

decided in favor of complainant within 

the 2-year period; and (4) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c) 

(environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11 

(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line—Abandonment 

Portion Goshen Branch Between Firth & 

Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville 

Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To 

address whether this condition 

adequately protects affected employees, 

a petition for partial revocation under 

49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received, this 

exemption will be effective on 

December 14, 2010, unless stayed 

pending reconsideration. Petitions to 

stay that do not involve environmental 

issues,1 formal expressions of intent to 

file an OFA under 49 CFR 

1152.27(c)(2),2 and trail use/rail banking 

requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be 

filed by November 22, 2010. Petitions to 

reopen or requests for public use 

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 

be filed by December 2, 2010, with the 

Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to ISW’s 

representative: William A. Mullins, 

Baker & Miller PLLC, 2401 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 

20037. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

ISW has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report 

which addresses the effects, if any, of 

the abandonment on the environment 

and historic resources. OEA will issue 

an environmental assessment (EA) by 

November 19, 2010. Interested persons 

may obtain a copy of the EA by writing 

to OEA (Room 1100, Surface 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling OEA, at (202) 

245–0305. Assistance for the hearing 

impaired is available through the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339. Comments 

on environmental and historic 

preservation matters must be filed 

within 15 days after the EA becomes 

available to the public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), ISW shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the line. If 

consummation has not been effected by 

ISW’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by November 12, 2011, 

and there are no legal or regulatory 

barriers to consummation, the authority 

to abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our website at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: November 4, 2010. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28359 Filed 11–10–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2010–0246] 

Pipeline Safety: Request for 

Comments of a Previously Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below is being forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comments. A Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period soliciting comments on the 

following information collection was 

published on September 1, 2010 (75 FR 

53733). No comments were received. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, including 

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