9724 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 33 / Friday, February 17, 2012 / Notices 

Executive Service members: Lois E. 

Quam, Chairperson, Executive Director 

for the Global Health Initiative, Office of 

the Secretary, Department of State; 

Frank A. Rose, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control, 

Verification and Compliance, 

Department of State; Sharon L. 

Waxman, Senior Advisor, Office of the 

Under Secretary for Civilian Security, 

Democracy, and Human Rights, 

Department of State. 

Dated: February 13, 2012. 

Steven A. Browning, 

Acting Director General of the Foreign Service 

and Director of Human Resources, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3788 Filed 2–16–12; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Request for Petitions To Modify the 

Rules of Origin Under the Dominican 

Republic—Central America—United 

States Free Trade Agreement 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice of opportunity to file 

petitions requesting changes to the nontextile and non-apparel products rules 

of origin under the Dominican 

Republic—Central America—United 

States Free Trade Agreement (‘‘the 

Agreement’’ or ‘‘CAFTA–DR’’). 

SUMMARY: This notice solicits proposals 

on appropriate changes that USTR 

should consider for modifying the 

CAFTA–DR’s rules of origin under 

Article 4.14 of the Agreement. 

DATES: Public comments are due at 

USTR by close of business, April 17, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submissions via on-line: 

http://www.regulations.gov. For 

alternatives to on-line submissions 

please contact Kent Shigetomi at (202) 

395–9459. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent 

Shigetomi, Director for Mexico, NAFTA, 

and the Caribbean, at (202) 395–9459. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 23, 2012, the CAFTA–DR Free 

Trade Commission (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘the 

Commission’’), the plurilateral 

ministerial-level body responsible for 

supervising the implementation of the 

CAFTA–DR, agreed to consider 

modifying the rules of origin established 

in the Agreement, particularly in light of 

more recent free trade agreements. The 

CAFTA–DR requires each government 

to provide preferential tariff treatment to 

goods that meet the Agreement’s origin 

rules. In the United States, those rules 

are implemented through the 

Dominican Republic—Central 

America—United States Free Trade 

Agreement Implementation Act (Public 

Law 109–53, 119 Stat. 462) (19 U.S.C. 

4011(a) (‘‘the Act’’)). Under the Act, 

goods imported into the United States 

qualify for preferential treatment if they 

meet the requirements of the general 

CAFTA–DR rules of origin set out in 

section 203 of the Act and the CAFTA– 

DR product-specific rules set out in the 

Harmonized Tariff System. The 

Agreement allows the Parties to amend 

the Agreement’s origin rules as they 

deem appropriate. Section 203(o)(3) of 

the Act authorizes the President to 

proclaim modifications to the CAFTA– 

DR product-specific origin rules set 

forth in the HTS, subject to the 

consultation and layover provisions of 

section 104 of the Act. 

Additional Information: The United 

States and the other CAFTA–DR Parties 

have not yet decided whether to make 

changes to the Agreement’s rules of 

origin and, if such changes were made, 

what the scope or extent of such 

changes should be. The United States 

and the other CAFTA–DR Parties expect 

to take into account several factors in 

considering whether to make such 

changes, including: (1) The extent that 

any such changes may reduce 

transaction and manufacturing costs or 

increase trade among the Parties; (2) the 

feasibility of devising, implementing, 

and monitoring new rules of origin; and 

(3) the level and breadth of interest that 

manufacturers, processors, traders, and 

consumers in the Parties express for 

making particular changes. The Parties 

expect to make only those changes that 

are broadly supported by stakeholders 

in all countries. 

Requirements for Comments/ 

Proposals: Submitters should indicate 

whether they have discussed their 

proposals with representatives of the 

relevant sector in the other Parties and, 

if such discussions have taken place, the 

result of those discussions. Submissions 

should indicate if representatives of the 

relevant sector in the other Parties do 

not support the proposal. USTR 

encourages interested parties to 

consider submitting proposals jointly 

with interested parties in the other 

Parties. 

Scope and Coverage of Proposals: 

USTR encourages interested parties to 

review the broadest appropriate range of 

items and to submit proposals that 

reflect a consensus reached after such a 

broad-based review. A single proposal 

can thus include requests covering 

multiple tariff headings. Proposals 

should cover entire 8-digit tariff 

subheadings, and may also be submitted 

at the 6, 4, or 2 digit level where the 

intent is to cover all subsidiary tariff 

lines. 

Requirements for Submissions: 

Persons submitting written comments 

must do so in English and must identify 

(on the first page of the submission) 

‘‘CAFTA–DR Rules of Origin.’’ In order 

to be assured of consideration, 

comments should be submitted by noon, 

[60 days after publication]. 

In order to ensure the timely receipt 

and consideration of comments, USTR 

strongly encourages commenters to 

make on-line submissions, using the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site. 

Comments should be submitted under 

the following docket: USTR–2012–0002. 

To find the docket, enter the docket 

number in the ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID’’ 

window at the http:// 

www.regulations.gov 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 by selecting 

‘‘Notices’’ under ‘‘Document Type’’ on 

the search-results page, and click on the 

link entitled ‘‘Submit a Comment.’’ (For 

further information on using the 

www.regulations.gov Web site, please 

consult the resources provided on the 

Web site by clicking on the ‘‘Help’’ tab.) 

The http://www.regulations.gov Web 

site provides the option of making 

submissions by filling in a comments 

field, or by attaching a document. USTR 

prefers submissions to be provided in an 

attached document. If a document is 

attached, it is sufficient to type ‘‘See 

attached’’ in the ‘‘Type Comment’’ and 

attach a file in the ‘‘Upload File(s)’’ 

field. USTR also 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 ‘‘Comments’’ field. 

A person seeking to request that 

information contained in a submission 

from that person be treated as business 

confidential information must certify 

that such information is business 

confidential and would not customarily 

be released to the public by the 

submitter. For any comments submitted 

electronically containing business 

confidential information, the file name 

of the business confidential version 

should begin with the characters ‘‘BC.’’ 

Confidential business information must 

be clearly designated as such. The 

submission must be marked ‘‘BUSINESS 

CONFIDENTIAL’’ at the top and bottom 

of the cover page and each succeeding 

page, and the submission should 

indicate, via brackets, the specific 

information that is confidential. 

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Additionally, ‘‘BUSINESS 

CONFIDENTIAL’’ must be included in 

the ‘‘Type Comment’’ field. Filers of 

submissions containing business 

confidential information must also 

submit a public version of their 

comments indicating where confidential 

information has been redacted. The nonconfidential summary will be placed in 

the docket and open to 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 or reply 

comments. Filers submitting comments 

containing no business confidential 

information should name their file using 

the character ‘‘P,’’ 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. 

USTR strongly urges submitters to file 

comments through 

www.regulations.gov, if at all possible. 

Any alternative arrangements must be 

made with Kent Shigetomi in advance 

of transmitting a comment. Mr. 

Shigetomi should be contacted at (202) 

395–9459. General information 

concerning USTR is available at http:// 

www.ustr.gov. 

Inspection of Submissions: 

Submissions in response to this notice, 

except for information granted 

‘‘business confidential’’ status, will be 

available for public viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Such submissions 

may be viewed by entering the docket 

number USTR–2012–0002 in the search 

field at: http://www.regulations.gov. 

John M. Melle, 

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for the 

Americas. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3717 Filed 2–16–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W2–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping 

Requirements 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

regarding the passenger motor vehicle 

insurance companies and rental/leasing 

companies comply with 49 CFR Part 

544, Insurer Reporting Requirement, has 

been forwarded to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collections 

and their expected burden. The Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period was published on November 25, 

2011 (76 FR 72750). The agency 

received no comments. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 19, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 

days, to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention NHTSA Desk Officer. 

Comments are invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

A comment to OMB is most effective 

if OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Carlita Ballard at the National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration, Office of 

International Policy, Fuel Economy and 

Consumer Programs (NVS–131), 1200 

New Jersey Ave., SE., West Building, 

Room W43–439, NVS–131, Washington, 

DC 20590. Ms. Ballard’s telephone 

number is (202) 366–0846. Please 

identify the relevant collection of 

information by referring to its OMB 

Control Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Title: 49 CFR part 544; Insurer 

Reporting Requirement. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0547. 

Type of Request: Request for public 

comment on a previously approved 

collection of information. 

Abstract: This information collection 

supports the Department’s strategic goal 

of Economic Growth and Trade. The 

Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement 

Act of 1984, added Title VI to the Motor 

Vehicle and Information Cost Savings 

Act (recodified as Chapter 331 of Title 

49, United States Code) which 

mandated this information collection. 

The 1984 Theft Act was amended by the 

Anti Car Theft Act (ACTA) of 1992 (Pub. 

L. 102–519). NHTSA is authorized 

under 49 U.S.C. 33112, to collect this 

information. This information collection 

supports the agency’s economic growth 

and trade goal through rulemaking 

implementation developed to help 

reduce the cost of vehicle ownership by 

reducing the cost of comprehensive 

insurance coverage. 49 U.S.C. 33112 

requires certain passenger motor vehicle 

insurance companies and rental/leasing 

companies to provide information to 

NHTSA on comprehensive insurance 

premiums, theft and recoveries and 

actions taken to address motor vehicle 

theft. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

Based on prior years’ insurer 

compilation information, the agency 

estimates that the time to review and 

compile information for the reports will 

take approximately a total of 19,625 

burden hours (17,500 man-hours for 25 

insurance companies and 2,125 manhours for 5 rental and leasing 

companies). Claim Adjusters incur 

separate burden hours from the number 

of insurers. Claim adjuster’s duties are 

those of normal business practice and 

do not assist in preparing or compiling 

information for the reports. There has 

been a decrease in the number of 

companies required to report since the 

last reporting period, also, some 

companies have merged into one entity 

or have been exempted from the 

reporting requirements since the last 

reporting period. The agency has reestimated the burden hours to be 19,625 

total annual hours requested in lieu of 

63,238 as the current OMB inventory. 

This is a decrease of 43,613 hours. Most 

recent year insurer compilation 

information estimates reveal that it takes 

an average cost of $47.00 per hour for 

clerical and technical staff to prepare 

the annual reports. Therefore, the 

agency estimates the total cost 

associated with the burden hours is 

$922,375. 

The burden hour for rental and 

leasing companies is significantly less 

than that for insurance companies 

because rental and leasing companies 

comply with fewer reporting 

requirements than the insurance 

companies. The reporting burden is 

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