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27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority 

No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as 

appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 

257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby 

determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Pleasure 

and Piety: The Art of Joachim 

Wtewael,’’ imported from abroad for 

temporary exhibition within the United 

States, are of cultural significance. The 

objects are imported pursuant to loan 

agreements with the foreign owners or 

custodians. I also determine that the 

exhibition or display of the exhibit 

objects at the National Gallery of Art, 

Washington, DC, from on or about June 

28, 2015, until on or about October 4, 

2015, at the Museum of Fine Arts, 

Houston, Houston, Texas, from on or 

about November 1, 2015, until on or 

about January 31, 2016, and at possible 

additional exhibitions or venues yet to 

be determined, is in the national 

interest. I have ordered that Public 

Notice of these Determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including lists of 

the exhibit objects, contact the Office of 

Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in 

the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. 

Department of State (telephone: 202– 

632–6471; email: section2459@

state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of State, L/PD, SA–5, Suite 

5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: March 10, 2015. 

Kelly Keiderling, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07078 Filed 3–26–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

[Dispute No. WT/DS489] 

WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding 

Regarding Certain Measures Providing 

Export-Contingent Subsidies to 

Enterprises in Several Industrial 

Sectors in China 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the United 

States Trade Representative (‘‘USTR’’) is 

providing notice that on February 11, 

2015, the United States requested 

consultations with the Government of 

the People’s Republic of China 

(‘‘China’’) under the Marrakesh 

Agreement Establishing the World Trade 

Organization (‘‘WTO Agreement’’) 

concerning certain measures providing 

export-contingent subsidies to 

enterprises in several industrial sectors 

in China. That request may be found at 

www.wto.org, contained in a document 

designated as WT/DS489/1. USTR 

invites written comments from the 

public concerning the issues raised in 

this dispute. 

DATES: Although USTR will accept any 

comments received during the course of 

the dispute settlement proceedings, 

comments should be submitted on or 

before April 15, 2015 to assure timely 

consideration by USTR. 

ADDRESSES: Public comments should be 

submitted electronically at 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2015–0004. If you are unable to 

provide submissions at 

www.regulations.gov, please contact 

Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–9483 to 

arrange for an alternative method of 

transmission. 

If (as explained below) the comment 

contains confidential information, then 

the comment should be submitted by 

fax only to Sandy McKinzy at (202) 

395–3640. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Arthur Tsao, Assistant General Counsel, 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative, (202) 395–3150. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USTR is 

providing notice that consultations have 

been requested pursuant to the WTO 

Understanding on Rules and Procedures 

Governing the Settlement of Disputes 

(‘‘DSU’’). If such consultations should 

fail to resolve the matter and a dispute 

settlement panel is established pursuant 

to the DSU, such a panel, which would 

hold its meetings in Geneva, 

Switzerland, would be expected to issue 

a report on its findings and 

recommendations pursuant to Article 12 

of the DSU. 

Major Issues Raised by the United 

States 

On February 11, 2015, the United 

States requested consultations with 

China concerning certain measures 

providing export-contingent subsidies to 

enterprises in several industrial sectors 

in China. It appears that China provides 

export-contingent subsidies through a 

program establishing ‘‘Foreign Trade 

Transformation and Upgrading 

Demonstration Bases’’ (‘‘Demonstration 

Bases’’) and ‘‘Common Service 

Platforms’’. Demonstration Bases are 

industrial clusters of enterprises in 

several Chinese industries, including 

the textiles, agriculture, medical 

products, light industry, special 

chemical engineering, new materials, 

and hardware and building materials 

industries. Common Service Platforms 

are service suppliers designated by 

China to provide services to enterprises 

in Demonstration Bases. China 

designates an industrial cluster of 

enterprises in a particular industry as a 

Demonstration Base and then provides 

export-contingent subsidies to the 

enterprises located in the Demonstration 

Base. These subsidies include the 

provision of discounted or free services 

through Common Service Platforms or 

the provision of cash grants. In addition, 

it appears that China provides certain 

other export-contingent subsidies to 

Chinese manufacturers, producers, and 

farmers. 

The Demonstration Base/Common 

Service Platform program and the export 

subsidies at issue are reflected in legal 

instruments that include, but are not 

limited to, the instruments set out in the 

consultations request. 

Because the Demonstration Base/

Common Service Platform program and 

the export subsidies at issue provide 

subsidies contingent upon export 

performance to enterprises located in 

China, the measures appear to be 

inconsistent with Article 3.1(a) of the 

SCM Agreement, and China appears to 

have acted inconsistently with Article 

3.2 of the SCM Agreement. 

Public Comment: Requirements for 

Submissions 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written comments concerning 

the issues raised in this dispute. Persons 

may submit public comments 

electronically to www.regulations.gov, 

docket number USTR–2015–0004. If you 

are unable to provide submissions by 

www.regulations.gov, please contact 

Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–9483 to 

arrange for an alternative method of 

transmission. 

To submit comments via 

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number USTR–2015–0004 on the 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 ‘‘Notice’’ under ‘‘Document 

Type’’ on the left side of the searchresults 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 ‘‘How to Use 

This Site’’ on the left side of the home 

page). 

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The www.regulations.gov Web site 

allows users to provide comments by 

filling in a ‘‘Type Comments’’ field, or 

by attaching a document using an 

‘‘Upload File’’ field. It is expected that 

most comments will be provided in an 

attached document. If a document is 

attached, it is sufficient to type ‘‘See 

attached’’ in the ‘‘Type Comments’’ 

field. 

A person requesting that information, 

contained in a comment that he 

submitted, be treated as confidential 

business 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 and the submission must be 

marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ 

at the top and bottom of the cover page 

and each succeeding page. Any 

comment containing business 

confidential information must be 

submitted by fax to Sandy McKinzy at 

(202) 395–3640. A non-confidential 

summary of the confidential 

information must be submitted at 

www.regulations.gov. The nonconfidential summary will be placed in 

the docket and will be open to public 

inspection. 

USTR may determine that information 

or advice contained in a comment 

submitted, other than business 

confidential information, is confidential 

in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of 

the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 

§ 2155(g)(2)). If the submitter believes 

that information or advice may qualify 

as such, the submitter— 

(1) Must clearly so designate the 

information or advice; 

(2) Must clearly mark the material as 

‘‘SUBMITTED IN CONFIDENCE’’ at the 

top and bottom of the cover page and 

each succeeding page; and 

(3) Must provide a non-confidential 

summary of the information or advice. 

Any comment containing confidential 

information must be submitted by fax. A 

non-confidential summary of the 

confidential information must be 

submitted at www.regulations.gov. The 

non-confidential summary will be 

placed in the docket and will be open 

to public inspection. 

Pursuant to section 127(e) of the 

Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 

U.S.C. 3537(e)), USTR will maintain a 

docket on this dispute settlement 

proceeding, docket number USTR– 

2015–0004, accessible to the public at 

www.regulations.gov. The public file 

will include non-confidential comments 

received by USTR from the public 

regarding the dispute. If a dispute 

settlement panel is convened, or in the 

event of an appeal from such a panel, 

the following documents will be made 

available to the public at www.ustr.gov: 

The United States’ submissions, any 

non-confidential submissions received 

from other participants in the dispute, 

and any non-confidential summaries of 

submissions received from other 

participants in the dispute. In the event 

that a dispute settlement panel is 

convened, or in the event of an appeal 

from such a panel, the report of the 

panel, and, if applicable, the report of 

the Appellate Body, will also be 

available on the Web site of the World 

Trade Organization at www.wto.org. 

Comments open to public inspection 

may be viewed at www.regulations.gov. 

Annelies Winborne, 

Deputy Assistant United States Trade 

Representative for Monitoring and 

Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07011 Filed 3–26–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3290–F5–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Exposure Map: Alexandria 

International Airport, Alexandria, 

Louisiana 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the England 

Economic and Industrial Development 

District for Alexandria International 

Airport under the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. 47503 et. seq (Aviation Safety 

and Noise Abatement Act) and 14 CFR 

part 150 are in compliance with 

applicable requirements. 

DATES: Effective: The effective date of 

the FAA’s determination on the noise 

exposure maps is March 20, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

DOT/FAA Southwest Region, Tim 

Tandy, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, Louisiana/New Mexico 

Airports District Office, ASW–640D, 

2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, 

Texas 76137. Telephone (817) 222– 

5644. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA finds 

that the noise exposure maps submitted 

for Alexandria International Airport are 

in compliance with applicable 

requirements of Part 150, effective 

March 20, 2015. Under 49 U.S.C. 47503 

of the Aviation Safety and Noise 

Abatement Act (hereinafter referred to 

as ‘‘the Act’’), an airport operator may 

submit to the FAA noise exposure maps 

which meet applicable regulations and 

which depict non-compatible land uses 

as of the date of submission of such 

maps, a description of projected aircraft 

operations, and the ways in which such 

operations will affect such maps. The 

Act requires such maps to be developed 

in consultation with interested and 

affected parties in the local community, 

government agencies, and persons using 

the airport. An airport operator who has 

submitted noise exposure maps that are 

found by FAA to be in compliance with 

the requirements of Federal Aviation 

Regulations (FAR) Part 150, 

promulgated pursuant to the Act, may 

submit a noise compatibility program 

for FAA approval which sets forth the 

measures the operator has taken or 

proposes to take to reduce existing noncompatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the noise exposure maps and 

accompanying documentation 

submitted by the England Economic and 

Industrial Development District. The 

documentation that constitutes the 

‘‘noise exposure maps’’ as defined in 

section 150.7 of Part 150 includes: 

Figure 3.3, 2013 Existing Conditions 

North Flow Flight Tracks; Figure 3.4, 

2013 Existing Conditions South Flow 

Flight Tracks; Figure 4.1, 2013 Existing 

Condition Noise Exposure Map; Figure 

5.1, 2019 Future Condition North Flow 

Flight Tracks; Figure 5.2, 2019 Future 

Condition South Flow Flight Tracks; 

Figure 6.1, 2019 Future Condition Noise 

Exposure Map; Figure J.1., Existing & 

Future North Flow Flight Tracks; Figure 

J.2, Existing & Future South Flow Flight 

Tracks; Figure J.3, 2013 Existing 

Condition Noise Exposure Map; 2019 

Future Condition Noise Exposure Map; 

Table 3.1, Historical Annual Operations 

from ATADS; Table 3.2, Historical 

Annual Operations from TFMSC; Table 

3.3, Total Operations from NOP; Table 

3.4, Total Number of Operations for 

2013; Table 3.5, Calculated Scaling 

Factor by Operational Category; Table 

3.6, 2013 Runway and Helipad 

Utilization Rate; Table 4.1, 2013 

Existing Condition Noise Exposure 

Estimates; Table 5.1, Total Number of 

Operations for 2019; Table 5.2, 2019 

Runway and Helipad Utilization Rate; 

Table 6.1, 2019 Future Condition Noise 

Exposure Estimates. The FAA has 

determined that these noise exposure 

maps and accompanying documentation 

are in compliance with applicable 

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