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Administration, Processing And 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

A. Escobar, Office of Disaster 

Assistance, U.S. Small Business 

Administration, 409 3rd Street, SW., 

Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

Administrator’s EIDL declaration, 

applications for economic injury 

disaster loans may be filed at the 

address listed above or other locally 

announced locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Area: 

Guam. 

Contiguous Counties: 

None. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

Businesses and Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .................. 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations Without 

Credit Available Elsewhere ....... 3.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for economic injury is 125400. 

The Territory which received an EIDL 

Declaration # is Guam. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59002) 

April 27, 2011. 

Karen G. Mills, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2011–11143 Filed 5–5–11; 8:45 am] 

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

National Federal Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Hearing Region 

III Regulatory Fairness Board 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration (SBA). 

ACTION: Notice of open hearing of the 

Regional (Region III) Small Business 

Regulatory Fairness Board. 

SUMMARY: The SBA, Office of the 

National Ombudsman is issuing this 

notice to announce the location, date 

and time of the National Federal 

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness 

Hearing. This hearing is open to the 

public. 

DATES: The hearing will be held on 

Tuesday, May 24, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 

1 p.m. (EST). 

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be at the 

Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts 

Center—Smith Theatre, Howard 

Community College, 10901 Little 

Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD 

21044. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act (Pub. L. 104– 

121), Sec. 222 and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2, 

notice is hereby given that the U.S. 

Small Business Administration (SBA) 

Region III Regional Small Business 

Regulatory Fairness Board and the SBA 

Office of the National Ombudsman 

announces the hearing for Small 

Business Owners, Business 

Organizations, Trade Associations, 

Chambers of Commerce and related 

organizations serving small business 

concerns to report experiences regarding 

unfair or excessive Federal regulatory 

enforcement issues affecting their 

members. Free parking is available at 

the college. Anyone outside the 

Washington Metropolitan area planning 

to testify at the hearing, can use our tollfree teleconference number (ReadyTalk) 

by dialing (866) 740–1260 and the 

Access Code is 3212002#. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

hearing is open to the public; however, 

advance notice of attendance is 

requested. Anyone wishing to attend 

and/or make a presentation to Region III 

Regulatory Fairness Board must contact 

Jose ́ Me ́ndez by May 19, 2011, in 

writing, by fax or e-mail in order to be 

placed on the agenda. Jose ́ Me ́ndez, 

Case Management Specialist, SBA 

Headquarters, 409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 

7125, Washington, DC, phone (202) 

205–6178 and fax (202) 481–2707, 

e-mail: Jose.mendez@sba.gov. 

Additionally, if you need 

accommodations because of a disability 

or require additional information, please 

contact Jose ́ Me ́ndez. 

For more information on the Office of 

the National Ombudsman, see our Web 

site at http://www.sba.gov/ombudsman. 

Dated: April 29, 2011. 

Dan Jones, 

SBA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–11145 Filed 5–5–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 7403] 

U.S. Department of State Advisory 

Committee on Private International 

Law (ACPIL); Notice of Public Meeting 

of Its Study Group on the Hague 

Convention on Choice of Court 

Agreements 

The Office of the Assistant Legal 

Adviser for Private International Law, 

Department of State, hereby gives notice 

of a public meeting of the ACPIL Study 

Group on the Hague Convention on 

Choice of Court Agreements. The 

meeting will take place on June 15, 2011 

from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. EDT at the 

Department of State, Washington, DC. 

This is not a meeting of the full 

Advisory Committee. The Study Group 

will meet to discuss the draft Federal 

legislation that has been developed to 

implement the Convention. It is 

proposed that the Federal legislation 

would work in tandem with uniform 

State law, developed by the Uniform 

Law Commission, as may be enacted by 

individual States. Where a State did not 

enact the uniform State law, or in the 

event of any inconsistency between the 

Federal law and the uniform State law 

as enacted, the Federal law would 

apply. Prior to the Study Group 

meeting, we will send out the latest 

Federal and State drafts to all those who 

indicate that they intend to attend the 

meeting or participate by telephone or 

who otherwise express an interest in 

commenting on the draft Federal text. 

Time and Place: The meeting will 

take place on June 15th from 9 a.m. to 

2 p.m. EDT at the Office of the Assistant 

Legal Adviser for Private International 

Law, Department of State, Washington, 

DC. Participants should appear by 8:45 

a.m. at the C Street gate to Navy Hill, 

corner of C Street, NW., and 23rd Street, 

NW. 

Public Participation: This Study 

Group meeting is open to the public, 

subject to the capacity of the meeting 

room. Access to the meeting building is 

controlled; persons wishing to attend 

should contact Tricia Smeltzer or 

Niesha Toms of the Department of State 

Legal Adviser’s Office at 

SmeltzerTK@state.gov or 

TomsNN@state.gov and provide your 

name, affiliation, e-mail address, and 

mailing address. Data from the public is 

requested pursuant to Public Law 99– 

399 (Omnibus Act of 1986) as amended; 

Public Law 107–56 (USA PATRIOT 

ACT): and Executive Order 13356. The 

primary purpose for collecting is to 

validate the identity of individuals who 

enter Department facilities. Please see 

the Privacy Impact Assessment for 


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VACS–D at http://www.state.gov/ 

documents/organization/100305.pdf for 

additional information. Persons who 

cannot participate in the meeting but 

who wish to comment on the draft 

Federal implementing legislation are 

welcome to do so by e-mail to Keith 

Loken at lokenk@state.gov. A member of 

the public needing reasonable 

accommodation should advise the 

contact persons identified above not 

later than June 8th. Requests made after 

that date will be considered, but might 

not be able to be fulfilled. If you are 

unable to attend the public meeting in 

person and would like to participate by 

teleconferencing, please contact Tricia 

Smeltzer or Niesha Toms at 202–776– 

8420 to receive the conference call-in 

number and the relevant information. 

Dated: April 28, 2011. 

Keith Loken, 

Assistant Legal Adviser, Office of Private 

International Law, Office of the Legal Adviser, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–11120 Filed 5–5–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 7399] 

Overseas Security Advisory Council 

(OSAC) Meeting Notice 

Closed Meeting 

The Department of State announces a 

meeting of the U.S. State Department— 

Overseas Security Advisory Council on 

June 7 and 8. Pursuant to Section 10(d) 

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(5 U.S.C. Appendix), 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(4), and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(7)(E), it 

has been determined that the meeting 

will be closed to the public. The 

meeting will focus on an examination of 

corporate security policies and 

procedures and will involve extensive 

discussion of trade secrets and 

proprietary commercial information that 

is privileged and confidential, and will 

discuss law enforcement investigative 

techniques and procedures. The agenda 

will include updated committee reports, 

a global threat overview, and other 

matters relating to private sector 

security policies and protective 

programs and the protection of U.S. 

business information overseas. 

For more information, contact Marsha 

Thurman, Overseas Security Advisory 

Council, U.S. Department of State, 

Washington, DC 20522–2008, phone: 

571–345–2214. 

Dated: April 20, 2011. 

Jeffrey W. Culver, 

Director of the Diplomatic Security Service, 

U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–11123 Filed 5–5–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–24–P 

OFFICE OF THE TRADE 

REPRESENTATIVE 

Request for Comments on Possible 

Negotiations in the World Trade 

Organization To Expand the 

Information Technology Agreement, 

Including Its Product Coverage 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The interagency Trade Policy 

Staff Committee (TPSC) is requesting 

comments from the public on whether 

the United States should undertake 

negotiations to expand the Information 

Technology Agreement (ITA) and, if so: 

(1) Which additional information and 

communications technology (ICT) 

products the United States should seek 

to include and provide duty-free 

treatment under the ITA, including both 

products that existed when the ITA was 

concluded in 1996 but that were not 

covered under the agreement as well as 

products that have been developed 

since then; and (2) which U.S. trading 

partners that are significant producers 

or consumers of ICT products that are 

not currently participants in the ITA the 

United States should seek to have join 

the ITA. The TPSC will consider public 

comments in formulating U.S. positions 

and objectives regarding possible 

negotiations to expand the ITA. 

DATES: Public comments are due by 

noon, June 13, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Pietan (Director for Industrial 

Trade Policy) or Mary Thornton 

(Director for Tariff Affairs), Office of 

Small Business, Market Access, and 

Industrial Competitiveness, Office of the 

United States Trade Representative 

(USTR), 600 17th St., NW., Washington, 

DC 20508, telephone (202) 395–5656, 

Fax (202) 395–9674. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any 

amendments to the ITA resulting from 

negotiations to expand the agreement 

will be subject to approval by its current 

participants. 

Background Information 

In December 1996, United States and 

36 other countries and separate customs 

territories reached agreement to 

eliminate tariffs on a wide range of ICT 

products. The resulting agreement, the 

Ministerial Declaration on Trade in 

Information Technology Products (also 

termed the Information Technology 

Agreement, or ITA) was implemented 

under the auspices of the World Trade 

Organization (WTO). The number of 

ITA participants has since grown to 73, 

reflecting a significant increase in 

participation by developing countries, 

and currently representing 

approximately 97 percent of world trade 

in ITA products. However, many 

countries still remain outside of the 

agreement. Current participants include: 

Albania; Australia; Bahrain; Canada; 

China; Chinese Taipei; Costa Rica; 

Croatia; Dominican Republic; Egypt; El 

Salvador; European Union (on behalf of 

its 27 Member States); Georgia; 

Guatemala; Honduras; Hong Kong; 

Iceland; India; Indonesia; Israel; Japan; 

Jordan; Korea; Kuwait; Kyrgyz Republic; 

Macao; Malaysia; Mauritius; Moldova; 

Morocco; New Zealand; Nicaragua; 

Norway; Oman; Panama; Peru; 

Philippines; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; 

Switzerland and Liechtenstein; 

Thailand; Turkey; Ukraine; United Arab 

Emirates; United States; and Vietnam. 

Any WTO Member or any State or 

separate customs territory in the process 

of acceding to the WTO may become a 

participant in the ITA. 

The ITA requires participants to 

eliminate import duties on covered 

products. The elimination of duties 

under the agreement has helped to 

generate substantial growth in ICT trade. 

Industry sources estimate that global 

trade in products currently covered 

under the ITA grew from $1.2 trillion in 

1996 to $4.0 trillion in 2008. 

The ITA currently covers computers 

and computer equipment, 

semiconductors and integrated circuits, 

computer software products, 

telecommunications equipment, 

semiconductor manufacturing 

equipment, and computer-based 

analytical instruments. The list of 

covered products has not been 

expanded since the ITA was concluded 

in 1996. Detailed information on the 

ITA, including the text of the agreement 

and its annexes specifying the products 

the agreement covers, can be found 

online at: http://www.wto.org/english/ 

tratop_e/inftec_e/inftec_e.htm. 

Comments From the Public 

The TPSC, led by USTR, is 

considering a proposal by industry 

stakeholders to expand the scope of the 

ITA significantly to provide duty-free 

treatment for a broader range of 

products and encourage wider 

participation in the agreement. 


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