Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 47 / Thursday, March 11, 2010 / Notices 11557 

1For purposes of this investigation, the 

Department of Commerce has defined the subject 

merchandise as finished, semi-finished, and 

unassembled woven electric blankets, including 

woven electric blankets commonly referred to as 

throws, of all sizes and fabric types, whether made 

of man-made fiber, natural fiber or a blend of both. 

Semi-finished woven electric blankets and throws 

consist of shells of woven fabric containing wire. 

Unassembled woven electric blankets and throws 

consist of a shell of woven fabric and one or more 

of the following components when packaged 

together or in a kit: (1) Wire; (2) controller(s). The 

shell of woven fabric consists of two sheets of fabric 

joined together forming a ‘‘shell.’’ The shell of 

woven fabric is manufactured to accommodate 

either the electric blanket’s wiring or a subassembly 

containing the electric blanket’s wiring (e.g., wiring 

mounted on a substrate). A shell of woven fabric 

that is not packaged together, or in a kit, with either 

wire, controller(s), or both, is not covered by this 

investigation even though the shell of woven fabric 

may be dedicated solely for use as a material in the 

production of woven electric blankets. Although the 

HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, only the written description 

of the scope is dispositive. 

consideration at CoP15. In our third 

Federal Register notice, published on 

November 4, 2009 (74 FR 57190), we 

announced the provisional agenda for 

CoP15, solicited public comments on 

items on the provisional agenda, and 

announced a public meeting to discuss 

the agenda items. That public meeting 

was held on December 2, 2009. 

You may obtain information on the 

above Federal Register notices from the 

following sources. For information on 

draft resolutions and decisions, and 

agenda items, contact the Division of 

Management Authority (see 

‘‘ADDRESSES,’’ above); and for 

information on species proposals, 

contact the Division of Scientific 

Authority (see ‘‘ADDRESSES,’’ above). Our 

regulations governing this public 

process are found in 50 CFR 23.87. 

Pursuant to 50 CFR 23.87(a)(3)(iii), with 

this notice we are posting on our 

website (http://www.fws.gov/ 

international/newspubs/ 

fedregnot_list.html) a summary of our 

proposed negotiating positions on the 

items included in the CoP15 agenda and 

proposed amendments to the 

Appendices, and the reasons for our 

proposed positions. 

Tentative Negotiating Positions 

On our website (http://www.fws.gov/ 

international/newspubs/ 

fedregnot_list.html), we summarize the 

tentative U.S. negotiating positions on 

proposals to amend the Appendices 

(species proposals), draft resolutions 

and decisions, and agenda items that 

have been submitted by other countries 

and the CITES Secretariat. Documents 

submitted by the United States either 

alone or as a co-proponent for 

consideration by the Parties at CoP15 

can be found on the Secretariat’s 

website at: http://www.cites.org/eng/ 

cop/index.shtml. Those documents are: 

CoP15 Docs. 36, 41.3, 41.4, 41.5, 48, 54, 

and 67. The United States, either alone 

or as a co-proponent, submitted the 

following proposals to amend 

Appendices I and II: CoP15 Props. 2, 3, 

15, 16, 21, 25, 28, and 31. We will not 

provide any additional explanation of 

the U.S. negotiating position for 

documents and proposals that the 

United States submitted. The 

introduction in the text of each of the 

documents the United States submitted 

contains a discussion of the background 

of the issue and the rationale for 

submitting the document. 

AUTHOR: This notice was prepared 

by Clifton A. Horton, Division of 

Management Authority; under the 

authority of the U.S. Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Dated: March 5, 2010 

Daniel M. Ashe 

Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FR Doc. 2010–5458 Filed 3–9–10; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCAD01000 L12200000.AL 0000] 

Meeting of the California Desert 

District Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in 

accordance with Public Laws 92–463 

and 94–579, that the California Desert 

District Advisory Council to the Bureau 

of Land Management, U.S. Department 

of the Interior, will participate in a field 

tour of BLM-administered public lands 

on Friday, March 26, 2010, from 8 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m. and will meet in formal 

session on Saturday, March 27, 2010, 

from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Cal Works 

Building, 2895 S. 4th St., El Centro, CA 

92243. Agenda topics will include 

updates by Council members and 

reports from the BLM District Manager 

and five field office managers. 

Additional agenda topics may include 

updates on legislation, the Wild Horse 

and Burro program, and renewable 

energy. Final agenda items, including 

details of the field tour, will be posted 

on the BLM California state Web site at 

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/rac/ 

dac.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All 

California Desert District Advisory 

Council meetings are open to the public. 

Public comment for items not on the 

agenda will be scheduled at the 

beginning of the meeting Saturday 

morning. Time for public comment may 

be made available by the Council 

Chairman during the presentation of 

various agenda items, and is scheduled 

at the end of the meeting for topics not 

on the agenda. 

While the meeting is tentatively 

scheduled to conclude at 4:30 p.m. on 

Saturday, it could conclude earlier 

should the Council conclude its 

presentations and discussions. 

Therefore, members of the public 

interested in a particular agenda item or 

discussion should schedule their arrival 

accordingly. 

Written comments may be filed in 

advance of the meeting for the 

California Desert District Advisory 

Council, c/o Bureau of Land 

Management, External Affairs, 22835 

Calle San Juan de Los Lagos, Moreno 

Valley, CA 92553. Written comments 

also are accepted at the time of the 

meeting and, if copies are provided to 

the recorder, will be incorporated into 

the minutes. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Briery, BLM California Desert 

District External Affairs, (951) 697– 

5220. 

Dated: March 3, 2010. 

Jack L. Hamby, 

Acting District Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5365 Filed 3–10–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 731–TA–1163 (Final)] 

Woven Electric Blankets From China 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Scheduling of the final phase of 

an antidumping investigation. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of the final 

phase of antidumping investigation No. 

731–TA–1163 (Final) under section 

735(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 

U.S.C. 1673d(b)) (the Act) to determine 

whether an industry in the United 

States is materially injured or 

threatened with material injury, or the 

establishment of an industry in the 

United States is materially retarded, by 

reason of less-than-fair-value imports 

from China of woven electric blankets, 

provided for in subheading 6301.10.00 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States (HTSUS).1


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11558 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 47 / Thursday, March 11, 2010 / Notices 

For further information concerning 

the conduct of this phase of the 

investigation, hearing procedures, and 

rules of general application, consult the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, part 201, subparts A through 

E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, 

subparts A and C (19 CFR part 207). 

DATES: Effective Date: February 3, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joshua Kaplan (202–205–3184), Office 

of Investigations, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 

205–1810. 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. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its internet server (http:// 

www.usitc.gov). The public record for 

this investigation may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at http://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background.—The final phase of this 

investigation is being scheduled as a 

result of an affirmative preliminary 

determination by the Department of 

Commerce that imports of woven 

electric blankets from the People’s 

Republic of China are being sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

within the meaning of section 733 of the 

Act (19 U.S.C. 1673b). The investigation 

was requested in a petition filed on June 

30, 2009, by Sunbeam Products, Inc. d/ 

b/a Jarden Consumer Solutions, Boca 

Raton, FL. 

Participation in the investigation and 

public service list.—Persons, including 

industrial users of the subject 

merchandise and, if the merchandise is 

sold at the retail level, representative 

consumer organizations, wishing to 

participate in the final phase of this 

investigation as parties must file an 

entry of appearance with the Secretary 

to the Commission, as provided in 

section 201.11 of the Commission’s 

rules, no later than 21 days prior to the 

hearing date specified in this notice. A 

party that filed a notice of appearance 

during the preliminary phase of the 

investigation need not file an additional 

notice of appearance during this final 

phase. The Secretary will maintain a 

public service list containing the names 

and addresses of all persons, or their 

representatives, who are parties to the 

investigation. 

Limited disclosure of business 

proprietary information (BPI) under an 

administrative protective order (APO) 

and BPI service list.—Pursuant to 

section 207.7(a) of the Commission’s 

rules, the Secretary will make BPI 

gathered in the final phase of this 

investigation available to authorized 

applicants under the APO issued in the 

investigation, provided that the 

application is made no later than 21 

days prior to the hearing date specified 

in this notice. Authorized applicants 

must represent interested parties, as 

defined by 19 U.S.C. 1677(9), who are 

parties to the investigation. A party 

granted access to BPI in the preliminary 

phase of the investigation need not 

reapply for such access. A separate 

service list will be maintained by the 

Secretary for those parties authorized to 

receive BPI under the APO. 

Staff report.—The prehearing staff 

report in the final phase of this 

investigation will be placed in the 

nonpublic record on June 15, 2010, and 

a public version will be issued 

thereafter, pursuant to section 207.22 of 

the Commission’s rules. 

Hearing.—The Commission will hold 

a hearing in connection with the final 

phase of this investigation beginning at 

9:30 a.m. on June 29, 2010, at the U.S. 

International Trade Commission 

Building. Requests to appear at the 

hearing should be filed in writing with 

the Secretary to the Commission on or 

before June 22, 2010. A nonparty who 

has testimony that may aid the 

Commission’s deliberations may request 

permission to present a short statement 

at the hearing. All parties and 

nonparties desiring to appear at the 

hearing and make oral presentations 

should attend a prehearing conference 

to be held at 9:30 a.m. on June 24, 2010, 

at the U.S. International Trade 

Commission Building. Oral testimony 

and written materials to be submitted at 

the public hearing are governed by 

sections 201.6(b)(2), 201.13(f), and 

207.24 of the Commission’s rules. 

Parties must submit any request to 

present a portion of their hearing 

testimony in camera no later than 7 

business days prior to the date of the 

hearing. 

Written submissions.—Each party 

who is an interested party shall submit 

a prehearing brief to the Commission. 

Prehearing briefs must conform with the 

provisions of section 207.23 of the 

Commission’s rules; the deadline for 

filing is June 22, 2010. Parties may also 

file written testimony in connection 

with their presentation at the hearing, as 

provided in section 207.24 of the 

Commission’s rules, and posthearing 

briefs, which must conform with the 

provisions of section 207.25 of the 

Commission’s rules. The deadline for 

filing posthearing briefs is July 6, 2010; 

witness testimony must be filed no later 

than three days before the hearing. In 

addition, any person who has not 

entered an appearance as a party to the 

investigation may submit a written 

statement of information pertinent to 

the subject of the investigation, 

including statements of support or 

opposition to the petition, on or before 

July 6, 2010. On July 21, 2010, the 

Commission will make available to 

parties all information on which they 

have not had an opportunity to 

comment. Parties may submit final 

comments on this information on or 

before July 23, 2010, but such final 

comments must not contain new factual 

information and must otherwise comply 

with section 207.30 of the Commission’s 

rules. All written submissions must 

conform with the provisions of section 

201.8 of the Commission’s rules; any 

submissions that contain BPI must also 

conform with the requirements of 

sections 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the 

Commission’s rules. The Commission’s 

rules do not authorize filing of 

submissions with the Secretary by 

facsimile or electronic means, except to 

the extent permitted by section 201.8 of 

the Commission’s rules, as amended, 67 

FR 68036 (November 8, 2002). Even 

where electronic filing of a document is 

permitted, certain documents must also 

be filed in paper form, as specified in II 

(C) of the Commission’s Handbook on 

Electronic Filing Procedures, 67 FR 

68168, 68173 (November 8, 2002). 

Additional written submissions to the 

Commission, including requests 

pursuant to section 201.12 of the 

Commission’s rules, shall not be 

accepted unless good cause is shown for 

accepting such submissions, or unless 

the submission is pursuant to a specific 

request by a Commissioner or 

Commission staff. 

In accordance with sections 201.16(c) 

and 207.3 of the Commission’s rules, 

each document filed by a party to the 

investigation must be served on all other 

parties to the investigation (as identified 

by either the public or BPI service list), 

and a certificate of service must be 

timely filed. The Secretary will not 

accept a document for filing without a 

certificate of service. 

Authority: This investigation is being 

conducted under authority of title VII of the 

Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 

pursuant to section 207.21 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

By order of the Commission. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 47 / Thursday, March 11, 2010 / Notices 11559 

Issued: March 8, 2010. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5234 Filed 3–10–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. Bahrain-FTA–103–025] 

Certain Combed Cotton Yarns: Effect 

of Modification of U.S.-Bahrain FTA 

Rules of Origin 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Institution of investigation. 

SUMMARY: Following receipt of a request 

on February 12, 2010, from the U.S. 

Trade Representative (USTR) under 

authority delegated by the President and 

pursuant to section 104 of the United 

States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement 

(FTA) Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 

3805 note), the Commission instituted 

investigation No. Bahrain FTA–103– 

025, Certain Combed Cotton Yarns: 

Effect of Modification of U.S.-Bahrain 

FTA Rules Of Origin. 

DATES: April 29, 2010: Deadline for 

filing all written submissions. 

On or before July 12, 2010: 

Transmittal of report to the USTR. 

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 https://edis.usitc.gov/ 

edis3-internal/app. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Coproject Leaders Heidi Colby-Oizumi 

(202–205–3391 or 

heidi.colby@usitc.gov) or Kimberlie 

Freund (202–708–5402 or 

kimberlie.freund@usitc.gov) for 

information specific to this 

investigation. For information on the 

legal aspects of this investigation, 

contact William Gearhart of the 

Commission’s Office of the General 

Counsel (202–205–3091 or or 

william.gearhart@usitc.gov). The media 

should contact Margaret O’Laughlin, 

Office of External Relations (202–205– 

1819 or margaret.olaughlin@usitc.gov). 

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 (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: Chapter 3, Annex 3–A 

and Chapter 4 of the FTA contain the 

rules of origin for textiles and apparel 

for application of the tariff provisions of 

the FTA. These rules are reflected in 

General Note 30 of the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTS). According to the USTR’s request 

letter, U.S. negotiators have recently 

reached agreement in principle with 

representatives of the government of 

Bahrain on certain modifications to the 

rules of origin to the FTA for certain 

combed cotton yarns used in the 

production of certain home furnishings, 

as described in the attachment to the 

letter (for the text of the letter and 

attachment, see the Commission’s Web 

site for this investigation at http:// 

www.usitc.gov/research_and_analysis/ 

What_We_Are_Working_On.htm). 

Section 202(j) of the United StatesBahrain Free Trade Agreement 

Implementation Act (the Act) authorizes 

the President, subject to the 

consultation and layover requirements 

of section 104 of the Act, to proclaim 

such modifications to the rules of origin 

as are necessary to implement an 

agreement pursuant to Article 3.2.5 of 

the FTA. One of the requirements set 

out in section 104 of the Act is that the 

President obtain advice from the United 

States International Trade Commission. 

The request letter asks that the 

Commission provide advice on the 

probable effect of the proposed 

modifications on U.S. trade under the 

U.S.-Bahrain FTA, total U.S. trade, and 

on domestic producers of the affected 

articles. The USTR asked that the 

Commission provide its report 

containing its advice by July 12, 2010, 

and that the Commission shortly 

thereafter issue a public version of the 

report with any confidential business 

information deleted. Additional 

information concerning the articles and 

the proposed modifications, including a 

copy of the USTR’s request letter, can be 

obtained by accessing the Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.usitc.gov. The 

current U.S.-Bahrain FTA rules of origin 

applicable to U.S. imports can be found 

in general note 30 of the HTS (see 

‘‘General Notes’’ link at http:// 

www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/bychapter/ 

index.htm). 

Written Submissions: No public 

hearing is planned. However, interested 

parties are invited to file written 

submissions and other information 

concerning the matters to be addressed 

in this investigation. All written 

submissions should be addressed to the 

Secretary. To be assured of 

consideration by the Commission, 

written submissions relating to the 

Commission’s advice should be 

submitted at the earliest possible date, 

and should be received not later than 

5:15 p.m., April 29, 2010. All written 

submissions must conform to the 

provisions of section 201.8 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (19 CFR 201.8). Section 201.8 

requires that a signed original (or a copy 

so designated) and fourteen (14) copies 

of each document 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 the following 

paragraph for further information 

regarding confidential business 

information). The Commission’s rules 

authorize the filing submissions with 

the Secretary by facsimile or electronic 

means only to the extent permitted by 

section 201.8 of the rules (see Handbook 

on Electronic Filing Procedures, http:// 

www.usitc.gov/docket_services/ 

documents/ 

handbook_on_electronic_filing.pdf). 

Persons with questions regarding 

electronic filing should contact 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 

Aconfidential@ or Anon-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. 

The Commission may include some or 

all of the confidential business 

information submitted in the course of 

this investigation in the report it sends 

to the USTR and the President. As 

requested by the USTR, the Commission 

will publish a public version of the 

report. However, in the public version, 

the Commission will not publish 

confidential business information in a 

manner that would reveal the operations 

of the firm supplying the information. 

Issued: March 4, 2010. 


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