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note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority 

No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and 

Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of 

August 28, 2000. 

Marie Therese Porter Royce, 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

[Docket Number USTR–2018–0028] 

Request for Comments and Notice of 

Public Hearing Concerning Russia’s 

Implementation of Its WTO 

Commitments 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Request for comments and 

notice of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: The interagency Trade Policy 

Staff Committee (TPSC) will convene a 

public hearing and seek public 

comment to assist the Office of the 

United States Trade Representative 

(USTR) in the preparation of its annual 

report to Congress on Russia’s 

implementation of its obligations as a 

Member of the World Trade 

Organization (WTO). 

DATES: 

September 25, 2018 at midnight EST: 

Deadline for submission of written 

comments and for filing requests to 

appear and a summary of expected 

testimony at the public hearing. 

October 4, 2018: The TPSC will 

convene a public hearing in Rooms 1 & 

2, 1724 F Street NW, Washington, DC 

20508 beginning at 9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers 

electronic submissions made through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments in 

section III below. The docket number is 

USTR–2018–0028. For alternatives to 

online submissions, please contact 

Yvonne Jamison at (202) 395–3475 

before transmitting a comment and in 

advance of the relevant deadline. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

procedural questions concerning written 

comments, contact Yvonne Jamison at 

(202) 395–3475. Direct all other 

questions to Betsy Hafner, Deputy 

Assistant United States Trade 

Representative for Russia and Eurasia, at 

(202) 395–9124. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Russia became a Member of the WTO 

on August 22, 2012, and on December 

21, 2012, following the termination of 

the application of the Jackson-Vanik 

amendment to Russia and the extension 

of permanent normal trade relations to 

the products of Russia, the United States 

and Russia both filed letters with the 

WTO withdrawing their notices of nonapplication and consenting to have the 

WTO Agreement apply between them. 

In accordance with Section 201(a) of the 

Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik 

Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of 

Law Accountability Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 

112–208), USTR is required to submit, 

by December 21st of each year, a report 

to Congress on the extent to which 

Russia is implementing the WTO 

Agreement, including the Agreement on 

the Application of Sanitary and 

Phytosanitary Measures and the 

Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of 

Intellectual Property Rights. The Report 

also must assess Russia’s progress on 

acceding to and implementing the 

Information Technology Agreement 

(ITA) and the Government Procurement 

Agreement (GPA). In addition, to the 

extent that USTR finds that Russia is not 

implementing fully any WTO agreement 

or is not making adequate progress in 

acceding to the ITA or the GPA, USTR 

must describe in the report the actions 

it plans to take to encourage Russia to 

improve its implementation and/or 

increase its accession efforts. In 

accordance with Section 201(a), and to 

assist it in preparing this year’s report, 

the TPSC is hereby soliciting public 

comment. 

The terms of Russia’s accession to the 

WTO are contained in the Marrakesh 

Agreement Establishing the World 

Trade Organization and the Protocol on 

the Accession of the Russian Federation 

to the WTO (including its annexes) 

(Protocol). The Report of the Working 

Party on the Accession of the Russian 

Federation (Working Party Report) 

provides detail and context to the 

commitments listed in the Protocol. You 

can find the Protocol and Working Party 

Report on USTR’s website at https://

ustr.gov/node/5887 or on the WTO 

website at http://docsonline.wto.org 

(document symbols: WT/ACC/RUS/70, 

WT/MIN(11)/2, WT/MIN(11)/24, WT/L/ 

839, WT/ACC/RUS/70/Add.1, WT/ 

MIN(11)/2/Add.1, WT/ACC/RUS/70/ 

Add.2, and WT/MIN(11)/2/Add.1). 

II. Public Comment and Hearing 

USTR invites written comments and/ 

or oral testimony of interested persons 

on Russia’s implementation of the 

commitments made in connection with 

its accession to the WTO, including, but 

not limited to, commitments in the 

following areas: 

a. Import regulation (e.g., tariffs, tariffrate quotas, quotas, import licenses). 

b. Export regulation. 

c. Subsidies. 

d. Standards and technical 

regulations. 

e. Sanitary and phytosanitary 

measures. 

f. Trade-related investment measures 

(including local content requirements). 

g. Taxes and charges levied on 

imports and exports. 

h. Other internal policies affecting 

trade. 

i. Intellectual property rights 

(including intellectual property rights 

enforcement). 

j. Services. 

k. Government procurement. 

l. Rule of law issues (e.g., 

transparency, judicial review, uniform 

administration of laws and regulations). 

m. Other WTO commitments. 

USTR must receive your written 

comments no later than September 25, 

2018 at midnight EST. 

The TPSC will convene a public 

hearing on Thursday, October 4, 2018, 

in Rooms 1 & 2, 1724 F Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20508. Persons wishing 

to testify at the hearing must provide 

written notification of their intention no 

later than September 25, 2018 at 

midnight EST. The intent to testify 

notification must be made in the ‘‘Type 

Comment’’ field under docket number 

USTR–2018–0028 on the 

www.regulations.gov website and 

should include the name, address, and 

telephone number of the person 

presenting the testimony. You should 

attach a summary of the testimony by 

using the ‘‘Upload File’’ field. The name 

of the file also should include who will 

be presenting the testimony. Remarks at 

the hearing will be limited to no more 

than five minutes to allow for possible 

questions from the TPSC. 

III. Requirements for Submissions 

Persons submitting a notification of 

intent to testify and/or written 

comments must do so in English and 

must identify (on the first page of the 

submission) ‘‘Russia’s WTO 

Implementation of its WTO 

Commitments.’’ The deadline for 

submission is September 25, 2018 at 

midnight EST. In order to ensure the 

timely receipt and consideration of 

comments, USTR strongly encourages 

commenters to make on-line 

submissions, using the 

www.regulations.gov website. To submit 

comments via www.regulations.gov, 

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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 and click on the link entitled 

‘‘comment now!’’ For further 

information on using the 

www.regulations.gov website, please 

consult the resources provided on the 

website by clicking on ‘‘How to Use 

Regulations.gov’’ on the bottom of the 

home page. 

The www.regulations.gov website 

allows users to provide comments by 

filling in a ‘‘type comment’’ field, or by 

attaching a document using an ‘‘upload 

file’’ field. USTR prefers that you 

provide comments in an attached 

document. If a document is attached, it 

is sufficient to type ‘‘see attached’’ in 

the ‘‘type comment’’ field. USTR prefers 

submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc) or 

Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). If the submission 

is in an application other than those 

two, please indicate the name of the 

application in the ‘‘type comment’’ 

field. 

Filers submitting comments 

containing no business confidential 

information should name their file using 

the name of the person or entity 

submitting the comments. For any 

comments submitted electronically 

containing business confidential 

information, the file name of the 

business confidential version should 

begin with the characters ‘‘BC’’. Any 

page containing business confidential 

information must be clearly marked 

‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ on the 

top of that page. Filers of submissions 

containing business confidential 

information also must submit a public 

version of their comments. The file 

name of the public version should begin 

with the character ‘‘P’’. The ‘‘BC’’ and 

‘‘P’’ should be followed by the name of 

the person or entity submitting the 

comments. Please do not attach separate 

cover letters to electronic submissions; 

rather, include any information that 

might appear in a cover letter in the 

comments themselves. Similarly, to the 

extent possible, please include any 

exhibits, annexes, or other attachments 

in the same file as the submission itself, 

not as separate files. 

As noted, USTR strongly urges that 

you file submissions through 

www.regulations.gov. You must make 

any alternative arrangements with 

Yvonne Jamison at (202) 395–3475 

before transmitting a comment and in 

advance of the relevant deadline. 

We will post comments in the docket 

for public inspection, except business 

confidential information. You can view 

comments on the https://

www.regulations.gov website by 

entering docket number USTR–2018– 

0028 in the search field on the home 

page. General information concerning 

USTR is available at www.ustr.gov. 

Edward Gresser, 

Chair of the Trade Policy Staff Committee, 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17379 Filed 8–13–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3290–F8–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. 2018–61] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; Embry-Riddle 

Aeronautical University 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

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, the 

FAA’s exemption process. 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 and 

must be received on or before 

September 4, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2018–0618 

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, 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 20590– 

0001, 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 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590–0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brent Hart, (202) 267–4034, Office of 

Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 25, 

2018. 

Dale Bouffiou, 

Deputy Executive Director, Office of 

Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2018–0618 

Petitioner: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical 

University 

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 

141.63(a)(5)(i) and (ii) 

Description of Relief Sought: The 

petitioner seeks relief from 14 CFR 

141.63(a)(5)(i) and (ii) for the purpose of 

seeking a one-time approval to establish 

examining authority privileges to new 

courses, based on existing courses in 

which examining authority is currently 

approved, for Air Agency certificate 

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BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Dealer’s 

Aircraft Registration Certificate 

Application 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 


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