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comment periods set out in the July 

17th notice. 

DATES: To be assured of consideration, 

you must submit comments and 

responses in accordance with the 

following schedule: 

August 13, 2018: The due date for 

filing requests to appear and a summary 

of expected testimony at the public 

hearing and for filing pre-hearing 

submissions is extended from July 27 to 

August 13, 2018. 

September 6, 2018: The due date for 

submission of written comments is 

extended from August 17 to September 

6, 2018. 

August 20–23, 2018: The scheduled 

start date of the Section 301 hearing 

(August 20) has not changed. The 

Section 301 Committee may extend the 

length of the hearing depending on the 

number of additional interested persons 

who request to appear. The Section 301 

Committee will convene the public 

hearing in the main hearing room of the 

U.S. International Trade Commission, 

500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436 

beginning at 9:30 a.m. on August 20, 

2018. 

September 6, 2018: The due date for 

submission of post-hearing rebuttal 

comments is extended from August 30 

to September 6, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers 

electronic submissions made through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments in 

sections E and F of the July 17th notice. 

The docket number—USTR–2018– 

0026—has not changed. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about the ongoing 

investigation or proposed action, 

contact Arthur Tsao, Assistant General 

Counsel, or Justin Hoffmann, Director of 

Industrial Goods, at (202) 395–5725. For 

questions on customs classification of 

products, contact Traderemedy@

cbp.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

In the July 17th notice, the Trade 

Representative proposed modifying the 

action in this investigation by 

maintaining the original $34 billion 

action and the proposed $16 billion 

action, and by taking a further, 

supplemental action. In particular, the 

Trade Representative proposed a 

supplemental action of an additional 10 

percent ad valorem duty on products of 

China covered in a list of 6,031 tariff 

subheadings in the Annex to the July 

17th notice. 

On August 1, 2018, the Trade 

Representative announced that the 

President directed the Trade 

Representative to consider increasing 

the proposed level of the additional 

duty from 10 percent to 25 percent. This 

additional 25 percent duty would be 

applied to the proposed list of products 

in the Annex to the July 17th notice. 

The possible increase in the proposed 

rate of the additional duty is intended 

to provide the Administration with 

additional options to obtain the 

elimination of the acts, policies, and 

practices covered in the investigation. 

B. Request for Public Comments and 

Hearing Participation 

Subject to the modified due dates set 

out above, the procedures for 

submission of public comments and 

requests to participate in the public 

hearing set out in sections E and F of the 

July 17th notice continue to apply. 

Interested persons are invited to include 

comments in their written submissions 

and oral testimony on the possible 

imposition of a 25 percent additional 

duty. In the event an interested person 

already has provided written comments 

and wishes to provide further comments 

in light of the possible increase in the 

rate of additional duty, the submitter 

may file a supplemental comment. 

Robert E. Lighthizer, 

United States Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16919 Filed 8–3–18; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 3290–F8–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

FAA Approval of Noise Compatibility 

Program 14 CFR Part 150; Jackson 

Hole Airport, Jackson, WY 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings (Record of Approval) on the 

noise compatibility program submitted 

by the Jackson Hole Airport under the 

provisions of the Aviation Safety and 

Noise Abatement Act, (hereinafter 

referred to as ‘‘the Act’’) and 14 CFR 

part 150 (Part 150). On March 23, 2018, 

the FAA determined that the noise 

exposure maps submitted by the Jackson 

Hole Airport under Part 150 were in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. On August 1, 2018 the 

FAA approved the Jackson Hole Airport 

Noise Compatibility Program. Five of 

the 15 measures recommended in the 

noise compatibility plan was approved 

and ten measures were disapproved for 

the purposes of Part 150. Three of the 

approved recommendations were 

approved as a continuation of a measure 

approved in a prior ROA, one was 

approved as voluntary, and one was 

approved for the purposes of Part 150. 

The attachment to this ROA provides a 

summary of all of the recommendations 

in the three NCPs (1985, 2004 and 2018) 

for JAC along with FAA’s decision and 

the status of each. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s approval of the Jackson 

Hole Airport Noise Compatibility 

Program is August 1, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kandice Krull, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Denver Airports District 

Office, 26805 E 68th Ave., Suite 224, 

Denver, CO 80249, telephone 303–342– 

1261. Documents reflecting this FAA 

action may be reviewed at this same 

location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA has 

given its overall approval to the noise 

compatibility program for the Jackson 

Hole Airport, effective August 1, 2018. 

Under section 47504 of the Act, an 

airport operator who has previously 

submitted a noise exposure map may 

submit to the FAA a noise compatibility 

program which sets forth the measures 

taken or proposed by the airport 

operator for the reduction of existing 

non-compatible land uses and 

prevention of additional non-compatible 

land uses within the area covered by the 

noise exposure maps. The Act requires 

such programs to be developed in 

consultation with interested and 

affected parties including local 

communities, government agencies, 

airport users, and FAA personnel. 

Each airport noise compatibility 

program developed in accordance with 

the Part 150 regulations is a local 

program, not a Federal program. The 

FAA does not substitute its judgment for 

that of the airport proprietor with 

respect to which measures should be 

recommended for action. The FAA’s 

approval or disapproval of Part 150 

program recommendations is measured 

according to the standards expressed in 

Part 150 and the Act and is limited to 

the following determinations: 

a. The noise compatibility program 

was developed in accordance with the 

provisions and procedures of Part 150; 

b. Program measures are reasonably 

consistent with achieving the goals of 

reducing existing non-compatible land 

uses around the airport and preventing 

the introduction of additional noncompatible land uses; 

c. Program measures would not create 

an undue burden on interstate or foreign 


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commerce, unjustly discriminate against 

types or classes of aeronautical uses, 

violate the terms of airport grant 

agreements, or intrude into areas 

preempted by the Federal Government; 

and 

d. Program measures relating to the 

use of flight procedures can be 

implemented within the period covered 

by the program without derogating 

safety, adversely affecting the efficient 

use and management of the navigable 

airspace and air traffic control systems, 

or adversely affecting other powers and 

responsibilities of the Administrator 

prescribed by law. 

Specific limitations with respect to 

FAA’s approval of an airport noise 

compatibility program are delineated in 

Part 150, section 150.5. Approval is not 

a determination concerning the 

acceptability of land uses under Federal, 

state, or local law. Approval does not by 

itself constitute an FAA implementing 

action. A request for Federal action or 

approval to implement specific noise 

compatibility measures may be 

required, and an FAA decision on the 

request may require an environmental 

review of the proposed action. Approval 

does not constitute a commitment by 

the FAA to financially assist in the 

implementation of the program nor a 

determination that all measures covered 

by the program are eligible for grant-inaid funding from the FAA. Where 

federal funding is sought, requests for 

project grants must be submitted to the 

FAA Denver Airports District Office in 

Denver, CO. The Jackson Hole Airport 

submitted to the FAA on March 21, 

2018 the noise exposure maps, 

descriptions, and other documentation 

produced during the noise compatibility 

planning study for the Jackson Hole 

Airport conducted in 2013–2018. The 

Jackson Hole Airport noise exposure 

maps were determined by FAA to be in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements on March 23, 2018. Notice 

of this determination was published in 

the Federal Register on April 5, 2018 

(FR Volume 83, No. 66, pages 14713– 

14714). 

Comments received during the noise 

compatibility planning public process 

were addressed in the final noise 

compatibility program submitted to 

FAA. No comments were received 

during the 60-day public comment 

period for the Jackson Hole Airport 

Noise Compatibility Program that ended 

May 22, 2018. 

The Jackson Hole Airport study 

contains a proposed noise compatibility 

program comprised of actions designed 

for phased implementation by airport 

management and adjacent jurisdictions. 

It was requested that the FAA evaluate 

and approve this material as a noise 

compatibility program as described in 

section 47504 of the Act. The FAA 

began its review of the program on 

March 23, 2018, and was required by a 

provision of the Act to approve or 

disapprove the program within 180 days 

(other than the use of new or modified 

flight procedures for noise control). 

Failure to approve or disapprove such 

program within the 180-day period shall 

be deemed to be an approval of such 

program. 

The submitted program contained six 

(6) noise abatement recommendations, 

two (2) land use management 

recommendations and seven (7) 

program management recommendations 

for FAA action. The FAA completed its 

review and determined that the 

procedural and substantive 

requirements of the Act and Part 150 

have been satisfied. The overall program 

therefore, was approved by the FAA on 

August 1, 2018. 

Approval was granted for five of the 

15 measures and ten measures were 

disapproved for the purposes of Part 

150. Three of the approved 

recommendations were approved as a 

continuation of a measure approved in 

a prior ROA, one was approved as 

voluntary, and one was approved for the 

purposes of Part 150. The attachment to 

this ROA provides a summary of all of 

the recommendations in the three NCPs 

for JAC along with FAA’s decision and 

the status of each. 

These determinations are set forth in 

detail in a Record of Approval signed by 

the Airports Division Manager, 

Northwest Mountain Region on August 

1, 2018. The Record of Approval, as 

well as other evaluation materials and 

the documents comprising the submittal 

are available for review at the FAA 

office listed above and at the Jackson 

Hole Airport, 1250 E Airport Road, 

Jackson, WY 83001. The Record of 

Approval also will be available on-line 

at http://www.faa.gov/airports/ 

environmental/airport_noise/part_150/ 

states/. 

Issued in Renton, Washington on August 1, 

2018. 

Randall S. Fiertz, 

Manager, Airports Division, Northwest 

Mountain Region. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16870 Filed 8–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2018–63] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of Federal 

Aviation Regulations. The purpose of 

this notice is to improve the public’s 

awareness of, and participation in, this 

aspect of the FAA’s regulatory activities. 

Neither publication of this notice nor 

the inclusion or omission of information 

in the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of the petition or its final 

disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number 

involved and must be received on or 

before August 27, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2018–0725 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at 202–493–2251. 

Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 

public to better inform its rulemaking 

process. DOT posts these comments, 

without edit, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

http://www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/ 

privacy. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or go to the Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 


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