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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

[Docket Number USTR–2018–0031] 

Generalized System of Preferences 

(GSP): Notice Regarding the Initiation 

of Country Practice Review of Turkey 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearing and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR) is 

announcing the initiation of a country 

practice review of the eligibility of 

Turkey for benefits under the GSP 

program. This review will focus on 

whether Turkey is meeting the GSP 

eligibility criterion that requires a GSP 

beneficiary country to assure the United 

States that it will provide equitable and 

reasonable access to its market. This 

notice includes the schedule for 

submission of public comments and a 

public hearing. 

DATES: 

September 12, 2018 at midnight EDT: 

Deadline for submission of comments, 

pre-hearing briefs, and requests to 

appear at the September 26, 2018 public 

hearing. 

September 26, 2018: The GSP 

Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff 

Committee (TPSC) will convene a 

public hearing on the GSP country 

practice review of Turkey in Rooms 1 

and 2, 1724 F Street NW, Washington 

DC 20508, beginning at 10:00 a.m. 

October 17, 2018 at midnight EDT: 

Deadline for submission of post-hearing 

briefs. 

ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers 

electronic submissions made through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. The submission 

instructions are in section D below. The 

docket number is USTR–2018–0031. For 

alternatives to on-line submissions, 

please contact Lauren Gamache at 202– 

395–2974 or gsp@ustr.eop.gov before 

transmitting a comment and in advance 

of the relevant deadline. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Lauren Gamache at 202–395– 

2974 or gsp@ustr.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

The GSP program provides for the 

duty-free importation of designated 

articles when imported from designated 

beneficiary developing countries. The 

GSP program is authorized by Title V of 

the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 

U.S.C. 2461–2467), and is implemented 

in accordance with Executive Order 

11888 of November 24, 1975, as 

modified by subsequent Executive 

Orders and Presidential Proclamations. 

B. Initiation of a Country Practice 

Review of Turkey 

USTR will lead a review of the 

eligibility of Turkey for benefits under 

the GSP program, and the GSP 

Subcommittee of the TPSC invites 

public comments regarding this review. 

The country practice review of Turkey 

will focus on whether Turkey is meeting 

the GSP eligibility criterion that requires 

a GSP beneficiary country to assure the 

United States that it will provide 

equitable and reasonable access to its 

market (19 U.S.C. 2462(c)(4)). Turkey 

recently has implemented a wide array 

of trade barriers that create serious 

negative effects on U.S. commerce, 

including imposing additional duties 

only on U.S. products, and in some 

instances, imposing additional duties 

that exceed the rates set out by Turkey 

in its World Trade Organization 

schedule of concessions. 

C. Notice of Public Hearing 

The GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC 

will hold a hearing on September 26, 

2018, beginning at 10:00 a.m., to receive 

information regarding the country 

practice review of Turkey. The hearing 

will be held in Rooms 1 and 2, 1724 F 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20508, and 

will be open to the public and to the 

press. A transcript of the hearing will be 

available on www.regulations.gov 

within approximately two weeks after 

the date of the hearing. All interested 

parties wishing to make an oral 

presentation at the hearing must submit, 

following the Requirements for 

Submissions below, the name, address, 

telephone number, and email address, if 

available, of the witness(es) representing 

their organization no later than 

midnight on September 12, 2018. 

Requests to present oral testimony 

must be accompanied by a written brief 

or summary statement, in English. The 

GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC will 

limit oral testimony to five-minute 

presentations that summarize or 

supplement information contained in 

briefs or statements submitted for the 

record. The GSP Subcommittee of the 

TPSC will accept post-hearing briefs or 

statements if they conform to the 

requirements set out below and are 

submitted in English, no later than 

midnight on October 17, 2018. 

Parties not wishing to appear at the 

public hearing may submit pre-hearing 

and post-hearing briefs or comments by 

these deadlines. In order to be assured 

of consideration, you must submit all 

post-hearing briefs or statements by the 

October 17, 2018 deadline via 

www.regulations.gov using docket 

number USTR–2018–0031. 

D. Requirements for Submissions 

Submissions in response to this 

notice, including requests to testify, 

written comments, and pre-hearing and 

post-hearing briefs, must be submitted 

by the applicable deadlines set forth in 

this notice. All submissions must be 

made in English and submitted 

electronically via http://

www.regulations.gov, using docket 

number USTR–2018–0031. 

To submit comments via 

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number USTR–2018–0031 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. USTR will not accept handdelivered submissions. 

The www.regulations.gov website 

allows users to submit comments by 

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

attaching a document using an ‘‘upload 

file’’ field. USTR prefers that you submit 

comments in an attached document. At 

the beginning of the submission, or on 

the first page (if an attachment) please 

identify the submission as follows: (1) 

‘‘Turkey Country Practice Review’’; (2) 

the subject matter; and (3) whether the 

document is a ‘‘Written Comment,’’ 

‘‘Notice of Intent to Testify,’’ ‘‘Prehearing brief,’’ or a ‘‘Post-hearing brief.’’ 

Submissions should not exceed thirty 

single-spaced, standard letter-size pages 

in twelve-point type, including 

attachments. 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. 

USTR prefers submissions in 

Microsoft Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat 

(.pdf). If you use 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 

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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 that we will 

place in the docket for public 

inspection. 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. 

As noted, USTR strongly urges that 

you file submissions through 

www.regulations.gov. You must make 

any alternative arrangements with 

Lauren Gamache at 202–395–2974 or 

gsp@ustr.eop.gov before transmitting a 

comment and in advance of the relevant 

deadline. Documents not submitted in 

accordance with these instructions may 

not be considered in this review. 

USTR will post submissions in the 

docket for public inspection, except 

business confidential information. You 

can view submissions on the https://

www.regulations.gov website by 

entering docket number USTR–2018– 

0031 in the search field on the home 

page. General information concerning 

USTR is available at www.ustr.gov. 

Erland Herfindahl, 

Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative 

for the Generalized System of Preferences, 

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17712 Filed 8–15–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3290–F8–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2018–67] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; The Boeing 

Company 

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, 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 5, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2013–0015 

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 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Harrison, AIR–673, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 2200 South 

216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198, 

phone 206–231–3368, email 

Michael.Harrison@faa.gov; or Alphonso 

Pendergrass, ARM–200, Office of 

Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591, 

phone 202–267–4713, email 

Alphonso.Pendergrass@faa.gov. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Des Moines, Washington, on 

August 10, 2018. 

Victor Wicklund, 

Manager, Transport Standards Branch. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2013–0015. 

Petitioner: The Boeing Company. 

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 

§ 25.813(e). 

Description of Relief Sought: The 

Boeing Company requests another 

amendment to Exemption No. 10879 to 

add the Model 787–10 airplane, increase 

the maximum number of mini-suites 

allowed, and change the conditions of 

the exemption regarding evacuation 

analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17642 Filed 8–15–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2018–66] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; The Boeing 

Company 

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, 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 5, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2017–0259 

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 


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