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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

2009 Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Reviews 

of Fiji, Israel, the Philippines, Poland, 

and Saudi Arabia: 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 2009 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 Fiji, 

Israel, the Philippines, Poland, and 

Saudi Arabia. USTR requests written 

submissions from the public concerning 

any act, policy, or practice that is 

relevant to the decision regarding 

whether Fiji, Israel, the Philippines, 

Poland, and Saudi Arabia 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 Monday, November 9, 2009. 

Foreign governments who chose to make 

written submissions may do so on or 

before 10 a.m. on Monday, November 

23, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: All comments should be 

sent electronically to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2009–0001. Submissions should 

contain the term ‘‘2009 Special 301 Outof-Cycle Review’’ in the ‘‘Type comment 

& Upload file’’ field on http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Choe Groves, Senior Director 

for Intellectual Property and Innovation 

and Chair of the Special 301 Committee, 

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–2009–0001. 

To submit comments to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number USTR–2009–0001 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 website, 

please consult the resources provided 

on the website 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 

‘‘2009 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 

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 

2009 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 2009 Special 301 Out-ofCycle Review. 

Public inspection of submissions: 

Comments will be placed in the docket 

and open to public inspection pursuant 


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51216 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 191 / Monday, October 5, 2009 / Notices 

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 

website by entering docket number 

USTR–2009–0001 in the search field on 

the home page. 

Stanford K. McCoy, 

Assistant USTR for Intellectual Property and 

Innovation. 

[FR Doc. E9–23872 Filed 10–2–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA 2009–0100] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments; 

Renewed Approval of Information 

Collection; State Right-of-Way 

Operations Manuals, OMB Control 

Number: 2125–0586 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comment regarding our intention to 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to approve a renewed 

information collection. The information 

we collect is provided by each State 

Department of Transportation (State) in 

its right-of-way operations manuals. The 

right-of-way manuals contain detailed 

descriptions of procedures the State will 

follow to show compliance with Federal 

regulations found in 23 CFR Part 710 

and 49 CFR Part 24. 23 CFR 710.201(c) 

sets out the requirement for the right-ofway operations manual. Specifically, 

each manual shall describe functions 

and procedures for all phases of the real 

estate program, including appraisal and 

appraisal review, negotiation and 

eminent domain, property management, 

and relocation assistance. The State 

shall update the manual periodically to 

reflect changes in operations and submit 

the updated manual for approval by the 

FHWA. The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995 required the FHWA to publish 

notice for this information collection in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

December 4, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

FHWA–2009–0100 by any of the 

following methods: 

Web Site: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathleen Facer, 785–228–2544, Office of 

Real Estate Services, Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: State Right-of-Way Operations 

Manuals. 

OMB Control Number: 2125–0586. 

Background: It is the responsibility of 

each State Department of Transportation 

(State) to acquire, manage and dispose 

of real property in compliance with the 

legal requirements of State and Federal 

laws and regulations. Part of providing 

assurance of compliance is to describe 

in a right-of-way procedural (operations) 

manual the organization, policies and 

procedures of the State to such an extent 

that these guide State employees, local 

acquiring agencies, and contractors who 

acquire and manage real property that is 

used for a federally funded 

transportation project. Procedural 

manuals assure the FHWA that the 

requirements of the Uniform Relocation 

Assistance and Real Property 

Acquisition Policies Act (Uniform Act) 

will be met. The State responsibility to 

prepare and maintain an up-to-date 

right-of-way procedural manual is set 

out in 23 CFR 710.201(c). The regulation 

allows States flexibility in determining 

how to meet the manual requirement. 

This flexibility allows States to prepare 

manuals in the format of their choosing, 

to the level of detail necessitated by 

State complexities. Each State decides 

how it will provide service to 

individuals and businesses affected by 

Federal or federally-assisted projects, 

while at the same time reducing the 

burden of government regulation. States 

are required to update manuals to reflect 

changes in Federal requirements for 

programs administered under Title 23 

U.S.C. The State manuals may be 

submitted to FHWA electronically or 

made available by posting on the State 

Web site. 

Respondents: State Departments of 

Transportation (52, including the 

District of Columbia and Puerto Rico). 

Frequency: Once initially, then States 

update their operations manuals for 

review. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 75 hours per respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 75 hours for each of the 52 State 

Departments of Transportation. The 

total is 3,900 burden hours annually. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA oversight of the 

right-of-way program; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden; (3) ways for the 

FHWA to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the collected 

information; and (4) ways that the 

burden could be minimized without 

reducing the quality of the collected 

information. The agency will summarize 

and/or include your comments in the 

request for OMB’s clearance of this 

information collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: September 29, 2009. 

Judith Kane, 

Acting Chief, Management Programs and 

Analysis Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Fourth Meeting—Special Committee 

222: Inmarsat Aeronautical Mobile 

Satellite (Route) Services 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 222: Inmarsat Aeronautical 

Mobile Satellite (Route) Services 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

RTCA Special Committee 222: Inmarsat 

Aeronautical Mobile Satellite (Route) 

Services. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 from 9 

a.m.–5 p.m. and Wednesday, November 

18, 2009 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Hosted by SkyTerra, Reston, 

VA. An RSVP to SkyTerra is required by 


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