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as amended for the review, discussion, 

and evaluation of individual grant 

applications conducted by the National 

Institute of Environmental Health 

Sciences, including consideration of 

personnel qualifications and 

performance, and the competence of 

individual investigators, the disclosure 

of which would constitute a clearly 

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privacy. 

Name of Committee: Board of Scientific 

Counselors, National Institute of 

Environmental Health Sciences ESBSC 

December 1–33, 2024 Meeting. 

Date: December 1–3, 2024. 

Closed: December 01, 2024, 7:00 p.m. to 

8:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate discussion 

of BSC Reviews. 

Address: NIEHS, Building 101, Rodbell 

Auditorium, 111 TW Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (Hybrid 

Meeting). 

Open: December 02, 2024, 8:30 a.m. to 

10:00 a.m. 

Agenda: Meeting Overview and Q & A 

Session. 

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Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (Hybrid 

Meeting). 

Open: December 02, 2024, 10:15 a.m. to 

11:55 a.m. 

Agenda: Q & A Session. 

Address: NIEHS, Building 101, Rodbell 

Auditorium, 111 TW Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (Hybrid 

Meeting). 

Closed: December 02, 2024, 11:55 a.m. to 

1:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate working 

Lunch. 

Address: NIEHS, Building 101, Rodbell 

Auditorium, 111 TW Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (Hybrid 

Meeting). 

Closed: December 02, 2024, 1:00 p.m. to 

1:45 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate 1:1 

Sessions with Investigators. 

Address: NIEHS, Building 101, Rodbell 

Auditorium 111 TW Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (Hybrid 

Meeting). 

Open: December 02, 2024, 1:45 p.m. to 3:25 

p.m. 

Agenda: Q & A Session. 

Address: NIEHS, Building 101, Rodbell 

Auditorium, 111 TW Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (Hybrid 

Meeting). 

Closed: December 02, 2024, 3:40 p.m. to 

4:10 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate 1:1 

Sessions with Investigators. 

Address: NIEHS, Building 101, Rodbell 

Auditorium, 111 TW Alexander Drive, 

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Meeting). 

Open: December 03, 2024, 8:30 a.m. to 9:20 

a.m. 

Agenda: Q & A Sessions. 

Address: NIEHS, Building 101, Rodbell 

Auditorium, 111 TW Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (Hybrid 

Meeting). 

Closed: December 03, 2024, 9:20 a.m. to 

9:35 a.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate 1:1 

Session with Investigator. 

Address: NIEHS, Building 101, Rodbell 

Auditorium, 111 TW Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (Hybrid 

Meeting). 

Closed: December 03, 2024, 9:50 a.m. to 

10:40 a.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate 1:1 

Session with Core Managers. 

Address: NIEHS, Building 101, Rodbell 

Auditorium, 111 TW Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (Hybrid 

Meeting). 

Open: December 03, 2024, 10:40 a.m. to 

11:30 a.m. 

Agenda: Comparative Medicine Branch 

Summary. 

Address: NIEHS, Building 101, Rodbell 

Auditorium, 111 TW Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (Hybrid 

Meeting). 

Closed: December 03, 2024, 11:30 a.m. to 

12:30 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate working 

Lunch. 

Address: NIEHS, Building 101, Rodbell 

Auditorium, 111 TW Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (Hybrid 

Meeting). 

Open: December 03, 2024, 12:30 p.m. to 

2:00 p.m. 

Agenda: Poster Session. 

Address: NIEHS, Building 101, Rodbell 

Auditorium, 111 TW Alexander Drive 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (Hybrid 

Meeting). 

Closed: December 03, 2024, 2:00 p.m. to 

3:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate closed 

Meeting with Fellows, Staff Scientists, 

Biologists, and Chemists. 

Address: NIEHS, Building 101, Rodbell 

Auditorium, 111 TW Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (Hybrid 

Meeting). 

Closed: December 03, 2024, 3:15 p.m. to 

4:30 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate BSC 

Discussion. 

Address: NIEHS, Building 101, Rodbell 

Auditorium, 111 TW Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (Hybrid 

Meeting). 

Closed: December 03, 2024, 4:30 p.m. to 

5:30 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate debriefing 

to NIEHS/DIR Leadership. 

Address: NIEHS, Building 101, Rodbell 

Auditorium, 111 TW Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (Hybrid 

Meeting). 

Contact Person: Darryl C. Zeldin, MD. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

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National Institutes of Health 

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National 

Institute of Child Health & Human 

Development; Notice of Closed 

Meeting 

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Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

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following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

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invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: Eunice Kennedy 

Shriver National Institute of Child Health and 

Human Development Special Emphasis 

Panel; Population Sciences Study Section/ 

Member Conflict. 

Date: November 22, 2024. 

Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Address: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National 

Institute of Child Health and Human 

Development, 6710 Rockledge Drive, 

Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Meeting Format: Virtual Meeting. 

Contact Person: Jagpreet Singh Nanda, 

Ph.D., Scientific Review Branch, Eunice 

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Health and Human Development, National 

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4454, jagpreet.nanda@nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

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93.929, Center for Medical Rehabilitation 

Research; 93.209, Contraception and 

Infertility Loan Repayment Program, National 

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Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Notice of Issuance of Final 

Determination Concerning Surgical 

Towels 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: Notice of final determination. 

SUMMARY: This document provides 

notice that U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) has issued a final 

determination concerning the country of 

origin of certain surgical towels. Based 

upon the facts presented, CBP has 

concluded in the final determination 

that the country of origin of the surgical 

towels in question is Bangladesh for 

purposes of U.S. Government 

procurement. 

DATES: The final determination was 

issued on October 7, 2024. A copy of the 

final determination is attached. Any 

party-at-interest, as defined in 19 CFR 

177.22(d), may seek judicial review of 

this final determination no later than 

November 14, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marie Durane ́, Food, Textiles and 

Marking Branch, Regulations and 

Rulings, Office of Trade, at 

marie.durane@cbp.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that on October 7, 2024, 

CBP issued a final determination 

concerning the country of origin of 

certain surgical towels for purposes of 

Title III of the Trade Agreements Act of 

1979. This final determination, HQ 

H339826, was issued at the request of 

Global Resources International, under 

procedures set forth at 19 CFR part 177, 

subpart B, which implements title III of 

the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 2511–18). In the 

final determination, CBP has concluded 

that, based upon the facts presented, the 

country of origin of the surgical towels 

is Bangladesh for purposes of U.S. 

Government procurement. 

Section 177.29, CBP Regulations (19 

CFR 177.29), provides that notice of 

final determinations shall be published 

in the Federal Register within 60 days 

of the date the final determination is 

issued. Section 177.30, CBP Regulations 

(19 CFR 177.30), provides that any 

party-at-interest, as defined in 19 CFR 

177.22(d), may seek judicial review of a 

final determination within 30 days of 

publication of such determination in the 

Federal Register. 

Alice A. Kipel, 

Executive Director, Regulations and Rulings, 

Office of Trade. 

HQ H339826 

October 7, 2024 

OT:RR:CTF:FTM H339826 MJD 

CATEGORY: Origin 

Ms. Lisa Murrin, LCB 

Senior Consultant, U.S. Trade Advisory 

Services 

Expeditors Tradewin, LLC 

795 Jubilee Drive 

Peabody, MA 01960 

RE: U.S. Government Procurement; Title III, 

Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 

2511); Subpart B, Part 177, CBP 

Regulations; Country of Origin of Surgical 

Towels 

Dear Ms. Murrin: 

This is in response to your request, dated 

April 12, 2024, on behalf of your client, 

Global Resources International (‘‘GRI’’), for a 

final determination concerning the country of 

origin of surgical towels, pursuant to Title III 

of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 

(‘‘TAA’’), as amended (19 U.S.C. 2511 et 

seq.), and subpart B of Part 177, U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) Regulations 

(19 CFR 177.21, et seq.). Your request, 

submitted as an electronic ruling request, 

was forwarded to this office from the 

National Commodity Specialist Division. GRI 

is a party-at-interest within the meaning of 19 

CFR 177.22(d)(1) and 177.23(a) and is 

therefore entitled to request this final 

determination. 

Facts 

The subject merchandise consists of blue 

surgical towels made from 100 percent cotton 

huckaback weave fabric. The imported 

towels, measuring either 17 x 24 or 17 x 27 

inches, may or may not be sterilized, but are 

autoclaved. The towels are used during 

surgery for the absorption of fluids. The 

cotton fabric used to make the towels is from 

Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, the fabric is 

woven and dyed blue. Then the fabric is 

shipped to Vietnam in rolls, where it is cut 

to size, sewn, autoclaved, packaged, and 

shipped to the United States. The surgical 

towels are classified under subheading 

6307.90.89, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States (‘‘HTSUS’’). 

Issue 

What is the country of origin of the surgical 

towels for purposes of U.S. Government 

procurement? 

Law and Analysis 

CBP issues country of origin advisory 

rulings and final determinations as to 

whether an article is or would be a product 

of a designated country or instrumentality for 

the purposes of granting waivers of certain 

‘‘Buy American’’ restrictions in U.S. law or 

practice for products offered for sale to the 

U.S. Government, pursuant to subpart B of 

Part 177, 19 CFR 177.21–177.31, which 

implements Title III of the TAA, as amended 

(19 U.S.C. 2511–2518). 

CBP’s authority to issue advisory rulings 

and final determinations is set forth in 19 

U.S.C. 2515(b)(1), which states: 

For the purposes of this subchapter, the 

Secretary of the Treasury shall provide for 

the prompt issuance of advisory rulings and 

final determinations on whether, under 

section 2518(4)(B) of this title, an article is 

or would be a product of a foreign country 

or instrumentality designated pursuant to 

section 2511(b) of this title. 

Emphasis added. 

The Secretary of the Treasury’s authority 

mentioned above, along with other customs 

revenue functions, are delegated to CBP in 

the Appendix to 19 CFR part 0—Treasury 

Department Order No. 100–16, 68 FR 28322 

(May 23, 2003). 

The rule of origin set forth under 19 U.S.C. 

2518(4)(B) states: 

An article is a product of a country or 

instrumentality only if (i) it is wholly the 

growth, product, or manufacture of that 

country or instrumentality, or (ii) in the case 

of an article which consists in whole or in 

part of materials from another country or 

instrumentality, it has been substantially 

transformed into a new and different article 

of commerce with a name, character, or use 

distinct from that of the article or articles 

from which it was so transformed. 

See also 19 CFR 177.22(a). 

In rendering advisory rulings and final 

determinations for purposes of U.S. 

Government procurement, CBP applies the 


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