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Participation in the proceeding. Only 

those persons who were interested 

parties to the original investigation (i.e., 

persons listed on the Commission 

Secretary’s service list) and were parties 

to the appeal may participate in the 

remand proceeding. Such persons need 

not make any additional appearance 

filings with the Commission to 

participate in the remand proceeding. 

Business proprietary information 

(‘‘BPI’’) referred to during the remand 

proceeding will be governed, as 

appropriate, by the administrative 

protective order issued in the original 

investigation. 

Written submissions. The Commission 

is reopening the record for the limited 

purpose of collecting data pertinent to 

its analysis called for under Bratsk 

Aluminum Smelter v. United States, 444 

F.3d 1369 and 1375 (Fed. Cir. 2006). In 

addition, the Commission will permit 

the parties to file comments pertaining 

to the inquiries that are the subject of 

the CIT’s remand instructions, but no 

new factual information may be 

submitted with these comments. 

Comments should be limited to no more 

than twenty (20) double-spaced and 

single-sided pages of textual material. 

The parties may not submit any new 

factual information and may not address 

any issue other than the inquiries that 

are the subject of the CIT’s remand 

instructions. Any such comments must 

be filed with the Commission no later 

than May 31, 2007. 

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 (Nov. 8, 2002). 

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. 

Parties are also advised to consult 

with the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure, part 201, subparts A 

through E (19 CFR part 201), and part 

207, subpart A (19 CFR part 207) for 

provisions of general applicability 

concerning written submissions to the 

Commission. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: May 1, 2007. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E7–8615 Filed 5–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. TA–2104–24] 

U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: 

Potential Economy-wide and Selected 

Sectoral Effects 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Institution of investigation and 

scheduling of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: Following receipt of a request 

from the United States Trade 

Representative (USTR) on April 1, 2007, 

the Commission instituted investigation 

No. TA–2104–24, U.S.-Korea Free Trade 

Agreement: Potential Economy-wide 

and Selected Sectoral Effects, under 

section 2104(f) of the Trade Act of 2002 

(19 U.S.C. 3804(f)), for the purpose of 

assessing the likely impact of the U.S. 

Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the 

Republic of Korea (Korea) on the United 

States economy as a whole and on 

specific industry sectors and the 

interests of U.S. consumers. 

DATES:

April 1, 2007: Receipt of request. 

May 24, 2007: Deadline for receipt of 

requests to appear at hearing. May 24, 2007: Deadline for filing prehearing briefs and statements. June 7, 2007, 9:30 a.m.: Public 

hearing. June 21, 2007: Deadline for filing 

post-hearing briefs and statements and 

all other written submissions. 

September 20, 2007: Anticipated date 

for transmitting report to USTR and the 

Congress. 

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, including requests to 

appear at the hearing, statements, and 

briefs, 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 http://edis.usitc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Project Leader Nannette Christ (202–

205–3263; nannette.christ@usitc.gov) or 

Deputy Project Leader Queena Fan 

(202–205–3055; queena.fan@usitc.gov). 

For information on legal aspects, contact 

William Gearhart of the Office of the 

General Counsel (202–205–3091; 

william.gearhart@usitc.gov). The media 

should contact Margaret O’Laughlin, 

Office of External Relations (202–205–

1819; margaret.olaughlin@usitc.gov). 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its Internet address (http:// 

www.usitc.gov). Hearing impaired 

individuals are advised that information 

on this matter can be obtained by 

contacting the TDD terminal on 202–

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the 

Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

requested by the USTR, the Commission 

will prepare a report as specified in 

section 2104(f)(2)–(3) of the Trade Act of 

2002 assessing the likely impact of the 

U.S. FTA with Korea on the U.S. 

economy as a whole and on specific 

industry sectors, including the impact 

the agreement will have on the gross 

domestic product, exports, and imports; 

aggregate employment and employment 

opportunities; the production, 

employment, and competitive position 

of industries likely to be significantly 

affected by the agreement; and the 

interests of U.S. consumers. In 

preparing its assessment, the 

Commission will review available 

economic assessments regarding the 

agreement, including literature 

concerning any substantially equivalent 

proposed agreement. The Commission 

will provide a description of the 

analyses used and conclusions drawn in 

such literature, and a discussion of areas 

of consensus and divergence between 

the Commission’s analyses and 

conclusions and other economic 

assessments reviewed. 

Section 2104(f)(2) requires that the 

Commission submit its report to the 

President and the Congress not later 

than 90 days after the President enters 

into the agreement, which he can do 90 

days after he notifies the Congress of his 

intent to do so. On April 1, 2007, the 

President notified the Congress of his 

intent to enter into a FTA with Korea. 

The USTR requested that the 

Commission provide the report as soon 

as possible after the FTA is signed. 

Public Hearing: A public hearing in 

connection with the investigation is 

scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. on June 

7, 2007, at the U.S. International Trade 

Commission Building, 500 E Street, 

SW., Washington, DC. All persons shall 

have the right to appear, by counsel or 


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in person, to present information and to 

be heard. Requests to appear at the 

public hearing should be filed with the 

Secretary no later than 5:15 p.m., May 

24, 2007. Any pre-hearing briefs or 

statements should be filed no later than 

5:15 p.m., May 24, 2007, and any posthearing briefs or statements should be 

filed no later than 5:15 p.m., June 21, 

2007; all such briefs and statements 

must be submitted in accordance with 

the requirements below under ‘‘written 

submissions.’’ In the event that, as of the 

close of business on May 24, 2007, no 

witnesses are scheduled to appear at the 

hearing, the hearing will be canceled. 

Any person interested in attending the 

hearing as an observer or nonparticipant 

may call the Secretary to the 

Commission (202–205–2000) after May 

24, 2007 for information concerning 

whether the hearing will be held. 

Written Submissions: In lieu of or in 

addition to participating in the hearing, 

interested parties are invited to submit 

written statements concerning the 

matters to be addressed by the 

Commission in its report on this 

investigation. Submissions should be 

addressed to the Secretary. To be 

assured of consideration by the 

Commission, written statements related 

to the Commission’s report should be 

submitted to the Commission at the 

earliest practical date and should be 

received no later than 5:15 p.m., June 

21, 2007. 

All written submissions must conform 

with the provisions of section 201.8 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (19 CFR 201.8). Section 201.8 

of the rules requires that a signed 

original (or copy designated as an 

original) and fourteen (14) copies of 

each document be filed. In the event 

that confidential treatment of the 

document is requested, at least four (4) 

additional copies must be filed, in 

which the confidential business 

information must be deleted (see the 

following paragraph for further 

information regarding confidential 

business information). The 

Commission’s rules do not authorize 

filing submissions with the Secretary by 

facsimile or electronic means, except to 

the extent permitted by section 201.8 of 

the rules (see Handbook for Electronic 

Filing Procedures, http://www.usitc.gov/ 

secretary/fed_reg_notices/rules/ 

documents/ 

handbook_on_electronic_filing.pdf). 

Persons with questions regarding 

electronic filing should contact the 

Secretary (202–205–2000 or 

edis@usitc.gov). 

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 

‘‘confidential’’ or ‘‘nonconfidential’’

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 in the Office of the 

Secretary to the Commission for 

inspection by interested parties. 

The Commission intends to prepare 

only a public report in this 

investigation. The report that the 

Commission sends to the President and 

the Congress and makes available to the 

public will not contain confidential 

business information. Any confidential 

business information received by the 

Commission in this investigation and 

used in preparing the report will not be 

published in a manner that would 

reveal the operations of the firm 

supplying the information. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: April 30, 2007. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E7–8622 Filed 5–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[ USITC SE–07–007] 

Government in the Sunshine Act 

Meeting Notice 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United 

States International Trade Commission. 

TIME AND DATE: May 11, 2007 at 11 a.m. 

PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, Telephone: 

(202) 205–2000. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Agenda for future meetings: none. 

2. Minutes. 

3. Ratification list. 

4. Inv. Nos. 731–TA–1111–1113 

(Preliminary) (Glycine from India, 

Japan, and Korea)—briefing and vote. 

(The Commission is currently scheduled 

to transmit its determination to the 

Secretary of Commerce on or before May 

14, 2007; Commissioners’ opinions are 

currently scheduled to be transmitted to 

the Secretary of Commerce on or before 

May 21, 2007.) 

5. Outstanding action jackets: none. 

In accordance with Commission 

policy, subject matter listed above, not 

disposed of at the scheduled meeting, 

may be carried over to the agenda of the 

following meeting. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: April 30, 2007. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E7–8625 Filed 5–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—AAF Association, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on March 

21, 2007, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), AAF Association, 

Inc. has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership. The notifications were 

filed for the purpose of extending the 

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, Disk Stream, Inc., 

Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA; Microsoft 

Corporation, Redmond, WA; and 

Virorum Consulting LLP, Brighton, East 

Sussex, UNITED KINGDOM have 

withdrawn as parties to this venture. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and AAF 

Association, Inc. intends to file 

additional written notifications 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On March 28, 2000, AAF Association 

Inc. filed its original notification 

pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act. The 

Department of Justice published a notice 

in the Federal Register pursuant to 

Section 6(b) of the Act on June 29, 2000 

(65 FR 40127). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on December 21, 2006. 

A notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on January 25, 2007 (72 FR 3414). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–2227 Filed 5–4–07; 8:45 am] 

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