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C. Request for Public Comments 

In accordance with Section 307(a)(2) 

of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2417(a)(2)), 

USTR invites comments from interested 

persons with respect to the proposed 

modifications. To be assured of 

consideration, you must submit written 

comments by October 22, 2024. With 

respect to USTR’s proposed tariff 

increases on the five subheadings listed 

in Section B, interested persons are 

invited to comment on: 

• The extent to which the proposed 

modification would enhance the 

effectiveness of the tariff actions in 

obtaining the elimination of or in 

counteracting China’s acts, policies, and 

practices related to technology transfer, 

intellectual property and innovation. 

• The likely effects of the proposed 

modification on the U.S. economy, 

including consumers. 

D. Procedures for Written Submissions 

You must submit written comments 

using the appropriate docket on the 

portal at https://comments.ustr.gov/. To 

submit written comments, use the 

docket on the portal entitled Request for 

Comments: Proposed Modifications to 

the Section 301 Actions, docket number 

USTR–2024–0016. You do not need to 

establish an account to submit 

comments. The first screen of the docket 

allows you to enter identification and 

contact information. Third party 

organizations such as law firms, trade 

associations, or customs brokers, should 

identify the full legal name of the 

organization they represent, and 

identify the primary point of contact for 

the submission. Information fields are 

optional; however, your comment may 

not be considered if insufficient 

information is provided. 

Fields with a gray Business 

Confidential Information (BCI) notation 

are for BCI that will not be made 

publicly available. Fields with a green 

(Public) notation will be viewable by the 

public. 

After entering the identification and 

contact information, you can complete 

the remainder of the comment, or any 

portion of it by clicking ‘Next.’ You may 

upload documents at the end of the 

form and indicate whether USTR should 

treat the documents as business 

confidential or public information. 

Clearly mark any page containing BCI 

as ‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’ on the 

top of that page and clearly indicate, via 

brackets, highlighting, or other means, 

the specific information that is BCI. If 

you request business confidential 

treatment, you must certify in writing 

that the information would not 

customarily be released to the public. 

Parties uploading attachments 

containing BCI also must submit a 

public version of their comments. If 

these procedures are not sufficient to 

protect BCI or otherwise protect 

business interests, please contact the 

USTR Section 301 support line at 

202.395.5725 to discuss whether 

alternative arrangements are possible. 

USTR will post attachments uploaded to 

the docket for public inspection, except 

for properly designated BCI. You can 

view submissions on USTR’s electronic 

portal at https://comments.ustr.gov. 

Juan Millan, 

Acting General Counsel, Office of the United 

States Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21773 Filed 9–23–24; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Notice With Respect To List of 

Countries Denying Fair Market 

Opportunities for Government-Funded 

Airport Construction Projects 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Trade 

Representative has determined not to 

list any countries as denying fair market 

opportunities for U.S. products, 

suppliers, or bidders in foreign 

government-funded airport construction 

projects. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate 

Psillos, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade 

Representative for WTO and 

Multilateral Affairs, Kathryn.W.Psillos@

ustr.eop.gov or 202.395.9581, or Edward 

Marcus, Assistant General Counsel, 

Edward.D.Marcus@ustr.eop.gov or 

202.395.0448. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

533 of the Airport and Airway 

Improvement Act of 1982, as amended 

by section 115 of the Airport and 

Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion 

Act of 1987, Public Law 100–223 

(codified at 49 U.S.C. 50104), requires 

the U.S. Trade Representative to decide 

whether any foreign country has denied 

fair market opportunities to U.S. 

products, suppliers, or bidders in 

connection with airport construction 

projects of $500,000 or more that are 

funded in whole or in part by the 

government of such country. The Office 

of the United States Trade 

Representative has not received any 

complaints or other information 

indicating that U.S. products, suppliers, 

or bidders are being denied fair market 

opportunities in such airport 

construction projects. As a consequence, 

the U.S. Trade Representative has 

decided not to list any countries as 

denying fair market opportunities for 

U.S. products, suppliers, or bidders in 

foreign government-funded airport 

construction projects. 

Jamila Thompson, 

Chief of Staff, Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21772 Filed 9–23–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Cancellation of 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the West Virginia International Yeager 

Airport, Charleston, West Virginia 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of cancellation of 

preparation of environmental impact 

statement. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces that it 

has discontinued preparation of an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the proposed Airfield, Safety, and 

Terminal Improvement Project at West 

Virginia International Yeager Airport 

(CRW) in Charleston, West Virginia. The 

FAA’s discontinued preparation of the 

EIS is based on the need for additional 

planning studies to support the 

proposed development following 

changes to operations at CRW. The FAA 

originally placed the EIS on pause on 

March 27, 2024 and is now cancelling 

the EIS due to the additional time 

needed to conduct the necessary 

studies. 

DATES: The effective date for 

cancellation of the EIS at West Virginia 

International Yeager Airport is 

September 18, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Andrew Brooks, Environmental Program 

Manager, Eastern Regional Office, AEA– 

610, Federal Aviation Administration, 1 

Aviation Plaza, Jamaica, NY 11434. 

Telephone: 718–553–2511. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to 

prepare an EIS for CRW in the Federal 

Register on September 29, 2022 (Notice 

of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement, Initiate Section 106 

Consultation, and Request for Scoping 

Comments, 87 FR 59158–60, September 

29, 2022). Two in-person public scoping 

meetings were held on November 2 and 


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3, 2022, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton 

Charleston Hotel in Charleston, West 

Virginia and a third public scoping 

meeting was held virtually on Zoom on 

November 7, 2022. A governmental 

agency scoping meeting was also held at 

the Embassy Suites by Hilton Charleston 

Hotel on November 3, 2022. In response 

to requests received during scoping, the 

FAA extended the end of the public 

comment period from November 17, 

2022, to November 29, 2022, via a notice 

published in the Federal Register 

(Notice of Extension to Public Comment 

Period—Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Initiate Section 106 Consultation, and 

Request for Scoping Comments for the 

Proposed Airfield, Safety, and Terminal 

Improvement Project at West Virginia 

International Yeager Airport, 

Charleston, Kanawha County, West 

Virginia, 87 FR 68225–6, November 14, 

2022). 

In 2023, the Central West Virginia 

Regional Airport Authority (CWVRAA), 

the sponsor and operator of CRW, 

notified the FAA of forthcoming 

changes in air carrier service and 

associated operations. One carrier 

stopped service in March 2023 and a 

new carrier initiated service in May 

2023. The change in carriers resulted in 

different aircraft operating at CRW. 

Additionally, the new carrier provided 

different destinations from CRW and the 

CWVRAA was actively working to 

attract additional new carriers and 

markets during 2023. These changes in 

operation resulted in the re-examination 

of the project planning through the end 

of 2023 and early 2024 and CWVRAA 

identified a need to revisit the planning 

for the airfield components of the 

proposed project. Concurrently, 

CWVRAA decided to focus on the 

Terminal Development components of 

the proposed project and submitted a 

revised Terminal Design Concept for 

FAA review and approval. Given the 

changes in operations at CRW, the need 

for additional planning studies, and the 

focus on a revised Terminal 

Development concept, the FAA 

determined that the revised Terminal 

Development would have independent 

utility from the runway project. The 

revised Terminal Development would 

address an immediate Airport need that 

was mutually exclusive from the 

runway project and occurring at a 

different time than the runway 

components. Accordingly, the FAA 

announced that the EIS would be 

paused on the Federal Permitting 

Dashboard 

(www.permits.performance.gov) on 

March 27, 2024. 

The FAA conducted two public 

meetings on July 9, 2024 at the Embassy 

Suites by Hilton Charleston Hotel in 

Charleston, West Virginia to inform the 

public on the reason for the pause to the 

EIS, present the revised Terminal 

Design Concept, discuss CWVRAA’s 

change in approach to focus on the 

terminal, and present the results of 

environmental studies conducted on the 

EIS prior to the pause. The FAA 

accepted comments from the public on 

both the EIS pause and the revised 

Terminal Design Concept. The FAA 

completed environmental review of the 

revised Terminal Design Concept and 

issued a Categorical Exclusion on 

August 13, 2024. 

With the CWVRAA priority for the 

immediate future focused on the 

financing and construction of the airport 

terminal and marketing of new service, 

the necessary planning studies to 

support the originally proposed airfield 

development components of the EIS 

will take some time to complete. 

Accordingly, the FAA is terminating the 

EIS for the Airfield, Safety, and 

Terminal Improvement Project and 

withdrawing the NOI issued on 

September 29, 2022 as of the Effective 

Date of this Notice. 

Issued in Beaver, West Virginia, September 

18, 2024. 

Matthew Digiulian, 

Manager, Beckley Airport Field Office, 

Airports Division, Eastern Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Highway Projects in 

Texas 

AGENCY: Texas Department of 

Transportation (TxDOT), Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA), U.S. 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims 

for judicial review of actions by TxDOT 

and Federal agencies. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces actions 

taken by TxDOT and Federal agencies 

that are final. The environmental 

review, consultation, and other actions 

required by applicable Federal 

environmental laws for these projects 

are being, or have been, carried out by 

TxDOT pursuant to an assignment 

agreement executed by FHWA and 

TxDOT. The actions relate to various 

proposed highway projects in the State 

of Texas. These actions grant licenses, 

permits, and approvals for the projects. 

DATES: By this notice, TxDOT is 

advising the public of final agency 

actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A 

claim seeking judicial review of TxDOT 

and Federal agency actions on the 

highway projects will be barred unless 

the claim is filed on or before the 

deadline. For the projects listed below, 

the deadline is February 21, 2025. If the 

Federal law that authorizes judicial 

review of a claim provides a time period 

of less than 150 days for filing such a 

claim, then that shorter time period still 

applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Lee, Environmental Affairs 

Division, Texas Department of 

Transportation, 125 East 11th Street, 

Austin, Texas 78701; telephone: (512) 

416–2358; email: Patrick.Lee@txdot.gov. 

TxDOT’s normal business hours are 8:00 

a.m.–5:00 p.m. (central time), Monday 

through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

environmental review, consultation, and 

other actions required by applicable 

Federal environmental laws for these 

projects are being, or have been, carried 

out by TxDOT pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 

and a Memorandum of Understanding 

dated December 9, 2019, and executed 

by FHWA and TxDOT. 

Notice is hereby given that TxDOT 

and Federal agencies have taken final 

agency actions by issuing licenses, 

permits, and approvals for the highway 

projects in the State of Texas that are 

listed below. 

The actions by TxDOT and Federal 

agencies and the laws under which such 

actions were taken are described in the 

Categorical Exclusion (CE), 

Environmental Assessment (EA), or 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

issued in connection with the projects 

and in other key project documents. The 

CE, EA, or EIS and other key documents 

for the listed projects are available by 

contacting the local TxDOT office at the 

address or telephone number provided 

for each project below. 

This notice applies to all TxDOT and 

Federal agency decisions as of the 

issuance date of this notice and all laws 

under which such actions were taken, 

including but not limited to: 

1. General: National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321– 

4351]; Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 

U.S.C. 109]. 

2. Air: Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401– 

7671(q)]. 

3. Land: Section 4(f) of the 

Department of Transportation Act of 

1966 [49 U.S.C. 303]; Landscaping and 


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