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Crystals Corporation, Hawaiian 

Commercial & Sugar Company, Imperial 

Sugar Company, Michigan Sugar 

Company, Minn-Dak Farmers 

Cooperative, Southern Minnesota Beet 

Sugar Cooperative and Spreckels Sugar 

Company (a subsidiary of Southern 

Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative), U.S. 

Sugar Corporation, Western Sugar 

Cooperative and Wyoming Sugar 

Company LLC). 

Protection Provided by Certificate of 

Review 

This Certificate protects the ASA, its 

Executive Committee, the Producers and 

the directors, officers, employees and 

representatives acting on behalf of the 

ASA, the ASA Executive Committee and 

the Producers from private treble 

damage actions and government 

criminal and civil suits under U.S. 

federal and state antitrust laws for the 

export conduct specified in the 

Certificate of Review and carried out 

during its effective period in 

compliance with its terms and 

conditions. 

Terms and Conditions of Certificate 

1. In engaging in Export Trade 

Activities and Methods of Operation, 

neither ASA, the ASA Executive 

Committee, any Producer nor any 

neutral third-party shall intentionally 

disclose, directly or indirectly, to any 

Member (including parent companies, 

subsidiaries, or other entities related to 

any Member) any information regarding 

any other Member’s costs, production, 

inventories, domestic prices, domestic 

sales, domestic customers, domestic 

production capacity, domestic orders, 

terms of domestic marketing or sale, or 

U.S. business plans, strategies, or 

methods, unless such information is 

already generally available to the trade 

or public. 

2. If ASA determines that the 

collection or disclosure of any nonpublic, company-specific information is 

necessary for the allocation of CPAs to 

Producers, ASA must seek an 

amendment of this Certificate to add 

such export conduct to this Certificate. 

3. ASA, the ASA Executive 

Committee and the Producers will 

comply with requests made by the 

Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the 

Secretary or the Attorney General for 

information or documents relevant to 

conduct under the Certificate. The 

Secretary of Commerce will request 

such information or documents when 

either the Attorney General or the 

Secretary of Commerce believes that the 

information or documents are required 

to determine that the Export Trade, 

Export Trade Activities and Methods of 

Operation of a person protected by this 

Certificate continue to comply with the 

standards of section 303(a) of the Act. 

Effective Period of Certificate 

This Certificate continues in effect 

from the effective date indicated below 

until it is relinquished, modified, or 

revoked, as provided in the Act and the 

Regulations. 

Other Conduct 

Nothing in this Certificate prohibits 

the ASA, the ASA Executive Committee 

and the Producers from engaging in 

conduct not specified in this Certificate, 

but such conduct is subject to the 

normal application of the antitrust laws. 

Disclaimer 

The issuance of this Certificate of 

Review to ASA by the Secretary of 

Commerce with the concurrence of the 

Attorney General under the provisions 

of the Act does not constitute, explicitly 

or implicitly, an endorsement or 

opinion by the Secretary of Commerce 

or by the Attorney General concerning 

either (a) the viability or quality of the 

business plans of ASA, the ASA 

Executive Committee or the Producers 

or (b) the legality of such business plans 

of ASA, the ASA Executive Committee 

or the Producers under the laws of the 

United States (other than as provided in 

the Act) or under the laws of any foreign 

country. 

The application of this Certificate to 

conduct in export trade where the 

United States Government is the buyer 

or where the United States Government 

bears more than half the cost of the 

transaction is subject to the limitations 

set forth in Section V.(D.) of the 

‘‘Guidelines for the Issuance of Export 

Trade Certificates of Review (Second 

Edition),’’ 50 FR 1786 (January 11, 

1985). 

In accordance with the authority 

granted under the Act and the 

Regulations, this Certificate of Review is 

hereby issued to the American Sugar 

Alliance. 

The effective date of the Certificate is 

March 16, 2007. A copy of the 

Certificate will be kept in the 

International Trade Administration’s 

Freedom of Information Records 

Inspection Facility, Room 4100, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 14th Street 

and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. 

Dated: March 20, 2007. 

Jeffrey C. Anspacher, 

Director, Export Trading Company Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E7–5498 Filed 3–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Textile and Apparel Products from 

Vietnam: Import Monitoring Program; 

Public Hearing 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Public Hearing – Import 

Monitoring of Textile and Apparel 

Products from Vietnam. 

SUMMARY: As stated in its January 23, 

2007 Federal Register notice requesting 

public comment (72 FR 2860), the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) will hold a public hearing 

on its import monitoring program 

covering textile and apparel products 

from Vietnam. The hearing will be held 

on April 24, 2007 in Washington, D.C. 

Further details regarding the location, 

time and requirements for speaking at 

the hearing are provided below. 

DATES: The hearing will be held on 

April 24, 2007 starting at 9 AM in the 

auditorium at the Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington DC. 

Participation: 

The hearing is open to the public. 

There are no prerequisites or conditions 

on participating at the hearing. All are 

welcome to speak at the hearing subject 

to the guidelines outlined in this notice. 

If you plan to attend the hearing, please 

notify the Department by no later than 

April 9, 2007, and if you wish to speak 

at the hearing, please indicate that as 

well. This can be done in writing or 

electronically at vietnam–texapphearing@mail.doc.gov. 

There are no constraints on subject 

matter relating to the Department’s 

Vietnam textile and apparel import 

monitoring program; however, speakers 

should be aware that these hearings will 

be open to the public and may be 

videotaped for later viewing on the 

Vietnam textile and apparel import 

monitoring website; there will be no 

provisions for handling or protecting 

business proprietary information. In 

preparing their comments, parties may 

wish to review the Department’s 

December 4, 2006, and January 23, 2007, 

Federal Register notices requesting 

public comment on the monitoring 

program and the comments received. 

This information and the monitored 

Vietnamese textile and apparel import 

data is available on the Vietnam textile 

and apparel import monitoring website 

at the following address: http:// 


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textile-monitoring/vtm–index.html. 

Oral Comments: 

Individual presentations will be 

limited to five minutes to allow for 

possible questions from the Chair and 

the panel. Anyone requiring additional 

time for their presentation must seek an 

extension of the time limit at the time 

of their notification to the Department. 

Additional time may be granted as time 

and the number of participants permits. 

Should an extension of the time limit be 

granted, speakers must submit a copy of 

their comments in writing or 

electronically by April 20, 2007. 

Written Comments: 

Written comments, though strongly 

encouraged, are not required for those 

making presentations within the five 

minute time limit. For those seeking an 

extension of the five minute time limit, 

a copy of their comments must be 

submitted in writing or electronically by 

April 20, 2007. Written comments are 

limited to 15 pages. Written comments 

will be made available on the Vietnam 

textile and apparel import monitoring 

website at the following address: http:// 

ia.ita.doc.gov/download/vietnam–

textile-monitoring/vtm–index.html. 

ADDRESSES: Comments can either be 

submitted in writing or electronically. 

Persons wishing to comment in writing 

should file, by the date specified above, 

a signed original, and four copies of 

each set of comments. Written 

comments should be addressed to David 

Spooner, Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration, Room 1870, 

Department of Commerce, 14th Street 

and Constitution Avenue, NW, 

Washington D.C. 20230. Electronic 

comments should be submitted to 

vietnam–texapp-hearing@mail.doc.gov. 

All comments will be available for 

public inspection at Import 

Administration’s Central Records Unit, 

Room B–099, between the hours of 8:30 

a.m. and 5 p.m. on business days. The 

Department will not accept nor consider 

comments accompanied by a request 

that a part or all of the material be 

treated confidentially because of its 

business proprietary nature or for any 

other reason. In addition, all comments 

will be made available to the public in 

Portable Document Format (PDF) on the 

Internet at Import Administration’s 

Vietnam import monitoring webpage: 

http://ia.ita.doc.gov/download/vietnam–

textile-monitoring/vtm–index.html. To 

the extent possible, all comments will 

be posted within 48 hours. Any 

questions concerning file formatting, 

document conversion, access on the 

Internet, or other electronic filing issues 

should be addressed to Andrew Lee 

Beller, Import Administration 

Webmaster, at (202) 482–0866, e–mail 

address: webmaster–

support@ita.doc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Parkhill at (202) 482–3791. 

Dated: March 21, 2007. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–5569 Filed 3–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Limitation of Duty-free Imports of 

Apparel Articles Assembled in Haiti 

under the Haitian Hemispheric 

Opportunity Through Partnership for 

Encouragement Act (HOPE) 

March 22, 2007. 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Publishing the 12-Month Cap on 

Duty-Free Benefits. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 26, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Stetson, International Trade 

Specialist, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482-2582. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: The Caribbean Basin Recovery 

Act (CBERA), as amended by the Haitian 

Hemispheric Opportunity Through 

Partnership for Encouragement Act of 2006 

(collectively HOPE), Title V of the Tax Relief 

and Health Care Act of 2006. 

HOPE provides for duty-free 

treatment for certain apparel articles 

imported directly from Haiti. Section 

213A (b)(2) of HOPE provides duty- free 

treatment for apparel articles wholly 

assembled, or knit-to-shape, in Haiti 

from any combination of fabrics, fabric 

components, components knit-to-shape, 

and yarns, if the sum of the cost or value 

of materials produced in Haiti or one or 

more countries, as described in HOPE, 

or any combination thereof, plus the 

direct costs of processing operations 

performed in Haiti or one or more 

countries, as described in HOPE, or any 

combination thereof, is not less than an 

applicable percentage of the declared 

customs value of such apparel articles, 

subject to quantitative limitation. 

Section 213A (a)(1)(B) of HOPE 

provides that the initial applicable oneyear period of quantitative limitation 

means the one-year period beginning on 

the date of the enactment of HOPE, 

beginning on December 20, 2006. 

Section 213A (b)(3) of HOPE provides 

that the quantitative limitations for 

qualifying apparel imported from Haiti 

under this provision for the twelvemonth period beginning on December 

20, 2006 will be an amount not to 

exceed 1 percent of the aggregate square 

meter equivalent of all apparel articles 

imported into the United States in the 

most recent 12-month period for which 

data are available. For purposes of this 

notice, the most recent 12-month period 

for which data are available as of 

December 20, 2006 was the 12-month 

period ending on October 31, 2006. 

For the initial applicable one-year 

period, beginning on December 20, 2006 

and extending through December 19, 

2007, the quantity of imports eligible for 

preferential treatment under this 

provision is 238,785,275 square meters 

equivalent. Section 213A (b)(3) of HOPE 

provides that these quantities will be 

recalculated for each subsequent 12- 

month period. Apparel articles entered 

in excess of these quantities will be 

subject to otherwise applicable tariffs. 

These quantities are calculated using 

the aggregate square meters equivalent 

of all apparel articles imported into the 

United States, derived from the set of 

Harmonized System lines listed in the 

Annex to the World Trade Organization 

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 

(ATC), and the conversion factors for 

units of measure into square meter 

equivalents used by the United States in 

implementing the ATC. 

R. Matthew Priest, 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. 

[FR Doc. E7–5566 Filed 3–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary of Defense 

Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of 

Records 

AGENCY: Defense Logistics Agency, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice to alter a system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Logistics Agency 

proposes to alter a system of records 

notice in its existing inventory of 

records systems subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended. 

DATES: This proposed action will be 

effective without further notice on April 

25, 2007 unless comments are received 

which result in a contrary 

determination. 


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