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Republic of Niger 

Federal Republic of Nigeria 

Republic of Rwanda 

Sao Tome & Principe 

Republic of Senegal 

Republic of Seychelles 

Republic of Sierra Leone 

Republic of South Africa 

United Republic of Tanzania 

Republic of Togo 

Republic of Uganda 

Republic of Zambia 

The following sub-Saharan African 

countries were not designated as 

beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries in 2015: 

Central African Republic 

Democratic Republic of Congo 

The Gambia 

Republic of Equatorial Guinea 

State of Eritrea 

Somalia 

Republic of South Sudan 

Republic of Sudan 

Kingdom of Swaziland 

Republic of Zimbabwe 

Notice of Public Hearing 

In addition to written comments from 

the public on the matters listed above, 

the Subcommittee of the TPSC will 

convene a public hearing at 9:30 a.m. on 

Thursday, September 10, 2015, to 

receive testimony related to sub-Saharan 

African countries’ eligibility for AGOA’s 

benefits. Requests to present oral 

testimony at the hearing and pre-hearing 

briefs, statements, or comments must be 

received by September 3, 2015. 

The hearing will be held at 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 

made available on www.regulations.gov 

within approximately two weeks of the 

hearing. 

All interested parties wishing to 

present oral testimony at the hearing 

must submit, following the 

‘‘Requirements for Submissions’’ set out 

below, the name, address, telephone 

number, and email address, if available, 

of the witness(es) representing their 

organization by 5 p.m., Thursday, 

September 3, 2015. The intent to testify 

notification must be made in the ‘‘Type 

Comment’’ field under docket number 

USTR–2015–0011 on the 

regulations.gov Web site and should 

include the name, address, and 

telephone number of the person 

presenting the testimony. A summary of 

the testimony should be attached by 

using the ‘‘Upload File’’ field. The name 

of the file should also include who will 

be presenting the testimony. Remarks at 

the hearing should be limited to no 

more than five minutes to allow for 

possible questions from the TPSC. 

All documents should be submitted in 

accordance with the instructions below. 

Requirements for Submissions 

Persons submitting a notification of 

intent to testify and/or written 

comments must do so electronically by 

5:00 p.m., Thursday, September 3, 2015, 

using www.regulations.gov, docket 

number USTR–2015–0011. Instructions 

for submitting business confidential 

versions are provided below. Handdelivered submissions will not be 

accepted. All written materials must be 

submitted in English to the Chairman of 

the AGOA Implementation 

Subcommittee of the TPSC. 

Business Confidential Submissions 

An interested party requesting that 

information contained in a submission 

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. 

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. 

Additionally, ‘‘Business Confidential’’ 

must be included in the ‘‘Type 

Comment’’ field. For any submission 

containing business confidential 

information, a non-confidential version 

must be submitted separately (i.e., not as 

part of the same submission with the 

confidential version), indicating where 

confidential information has been 

redacted. The non-confidential version 

will be placed in the docket and open 

to public inspection. 

Public Viewing of Review Submissions 

Submissions in response to this 

notice, except for information granted 

‘‘business confidential’’ status under 15 

CFR 2003.6, will be available for public 

viewing pursuant to 15 CFR 2007.6 at 

www.regulations.gov upon completion 

of processing. Such submissions may be 

viewed by entering the country-specific 

docket number in the search field at 

www.regulations.gov. 

Edward Gresser, 

Acting Chair, Trade Policy Staff Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2015–20142 Filed 8–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3290–F5–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. 2015–49] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; Lockheed Martin 

Corporation 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of Title 14 

of the Code of Federal 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 3, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2015–3257 

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 


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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: 

Thuy H. Cooper (202) 267–4715 Office 

of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 7, 

2015. 

Lirio Liu, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2015–3257. 

Petitioner: Lockheed Martin 

Corporation. 

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 91.121. 

Description of Relief Sought: The 

petitioner seeks an exemption to operate 

its small unmanned aircraft system less 

than 1,000 feet above ground level. 

[FR Doc. 2015–20168 Filed 8–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[Docket No. FTA–2015–0010] 

Notice of Buy America Waiver for a 

Variable Refrigerant Flow HVAC 

System 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Buy America waiver. 

SUMMARY: In response to the City of 

Kansas City, Missouri’s request for a 

Buy America waiver for a Variable 

Refrigerant Flow (VRF) HVAC system, 

the Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA) hereby waives its Buy America 

requirements for the VRF HVAC system 

to be installed at the Vehicle 

Maintenance Facility (VMF) associated 

with the Kansas City Downtown 

Streetcar Project. This waiver is limited 

to a single procurement for the VRF 

HVAC system for the VMF, an FTAfunded project. 

DATES: This waiver is effective 

immediately. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard L. Wong, FTA AttorneyAdvisor, at (202) 366–4011 or 

richard.wong@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this notice is to announce 

that FTA has granted a Buy America 

non-availability waiver for Kansas City’s 

procurement of a VRF HVAC system for 

the VMF. 

With certain exceptions, FTA’s Buy 

America requirements prevent FTA 

from obligating an amount that may be 

appropriated to carry out its program for 

a project unless ‘‘the steel, iron, and 

manufactured goods used in the project 

are produced in the United States.’’ 49 

U.S.C. 5323(j)(1). A manufactured 

product is considered produced in the 

United States if: (1) All of the 

manufacturing processes for the product 

take place in the United States; and (2) 

all of the components of the product are 

of U.S. origin. A component is 

considered of U.S. origin if it is 

manufactured in the United States, 

regardless of the origin of its 

subcomponents. 49 CFR 661.5(d). If, 

however, FTA determines that ‘‘the 

steel, iron, and goods produced in the 

United States are not produced in a 

sufficient and reasonably available 

amount or are not of a satisfactory 

quality,’’ then FTA may issue a nonavailability waiver. 49 U.S.C. 

5323(j)(2)(B); 49 CFR 661.7(c). 

Kansas City requested a nonavailability waiver for a VRF HVAC 

system that will be installed into the 

VMF. The VMF is being built to the U.S. 

Green Building Council’s Leadership in 

Energy and Environmental Design 

(LEED) standards and will incorporate a 

number of sustainable and energy 

efficient elements. One of those 

elements is a VRF HVAC system that, 

among other things, is space saving, has 

invertor technology, efficiency, and a 

non-ozone depleting refrigerant that 

domestic manufacturers of HVAC 

systems do not provide. According to 

Kansas City, its contractor was directed 

to evaluate the substitution of a Buy 

America-compliant Variable Air Volume 

(VAV) system, but the contractor 

advised it that the VAV system would 

endanger the project’s LEED Gold 

certification because of the difference in 

efficiency between the VAV and VRF 

HVAC systems. In addition, the 

substitution of a VAV system would 

require significant changes to the 

project, such as the alteration of alreadyerected structural elements that were 

designed to accommodate a VRF system 

and additional design changes and plan 

reviews by the City of Kansas City. 

Kansas City points to two recent nonavailability waivers FTA issued to San 

Bernardino Associated Governments (79 

FR 61129, October 9, 2014) and Rock 

Island County Metropolitan Mass 

Transit District (79 FR 34653, June 17, 

2014), as well as to a blanket nonavailability waiver issued by the U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE) in 2010 for 

VRF HVAC systems procured with 

American Reinvestment and Recovery 

Act funding (75 FR 35447, June 22, 

2010). According to Kansas City, the 

U.S. DOE’s determination of nonavailability and FTA’s recent SANBAG 

and Rock Island waivers, as well as 

Kansas City’s contractor’s research, 

indicate that this product is not 

manufactured domestically. Finally, 

FTA, in collaboration with the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology’s 

Hollings Manufacturing Extension 

Partnership, conducted a nationwide 

search to determine if any company 

currently manufactures a compatible 

VRF system that complies with BuyAmerica. The search revealed that no 

company currently can provide a BuyAmerica compliant VRF system that 

meets Kansas City’s specifications. 

On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, and in 

accordance with 49 U.S.C. 5323(j)(3)(A), 

FTA published a notice in the Federal 

Register requesting public comment on, 

among other topics, the merits of Kansas 

City’s waiver request and potential 

effects of granting the waiver. The 

public comment period closed on 

August 5, 2015. No comments were 

received. 

Based on Kansas City’s assertions that 

it is unable to procure a U.S.- 

manufactured VRF HVAC system, 

which is critical to obtaining LEED Gold 

certification, and the fact that no public 

comments were received, FTA hereby 

waives its Buy America requirement for 

manufactured products under 49 CFR 

661.5(d) for the VRF HVAC system. This 

waiver is limited to a single 

procurement for the VRF HVAC system 

for Kansas City’s VMF project. 

Dana Nifosi, 

Acting Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2015–19967 Filed 8–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Pilot Program for Expedited Project 

Delivery 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice: Extension of application 

deadline 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 20008 of 

the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 

21st Century Act (MAP–21), Public Law 

112–141, FTA published a Notice for 

Expressions of Interest (EI) for proposals 

for the Pilot Program for Expedited 

Project Delivery on July 7, 2015. Due to 

a technical issue with the electronic 

mail address that has been resolved, 

FTA is extending the application 


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