Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 9 / Wednesday, January 14, 2009 / Notices 2047 

Wednesday, January 28 

Open Session 

1. Welcome and Introduction 

2. HPC Clusters 

3. Laser Interferometry 

4. Industry Presentations, Telecomm 

5. LVS for 3A002 

6. Working Group Reports 

Thursday, January 29 

Closed Session 

7. Discussion of matters determined to 

be exempt from the provisions relating 

to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. 

app. 2 §§ 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). 

The open session will be accessible 

via teleconference to 20 participants on 

a first come, first serve basis. To join the 

conference, submit inquiries to Ms. 

Yvette Springer at 

Yspringer@bis.doc.gov, no later than 

January 23, 2009. 

A limited number of seats will be 

available for the public session. 

Reservations are not accepted. To the 

extent time permits, members of the 

public may present oral statements to 

the Committee. The public may submit 

written statements at any time before or 

after the meeting. However, to facilitate 

distribution of public presentation 

materials to Committee members, the 

Committee suggests that public 

presentation materials or comments be 

forwarded before the meeting to Ms. 

Springer. 

The Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the delegate of the General Counsel, 

formally determined on December 8, 

2008, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 § (10)(d)), that 

the portion of the meeting concerning 

trade secrets and commercial or 

financial information deemed privileged 

or confidential as described in 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(4) and the portion of the 

meeting concerning matters the 

disclosure of which would be likely to 

frustrate significantly implementation of 

an agency action as described in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) shall be exempt 

from the provisions relating to public 

meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 

§§ 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The remaining 

portions of the meeting will be open to 

the public. 

For more information, call Yvette 

Springer at (202) 482–2813. 

Dated: January 8, 2009. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–681 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Notice of Allocation of Tariff Rate 

Quotas (TRQ) on the Import of Certain 

Cotton Woven Fabrics for Calendar 

Year 2009 

AGENCY: Department of Commerce, 

International Trade Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of allocation of 2009 

cotton fabric tariff rate quota. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Department) has determined the 

allocation for Calendar Year 2009 of 

imports of certain cotton fabrics under 

tariff rate quotas established by Division 

B, Title IV of the Tax Relief and Health 

Care Act of 2006 (Public Law No. 109– 

432). The companies that are being 

provided an allocation are listed below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurie Mease, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482-3400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

BACKGROUND: 

On December 20, 2006, President 

Bush signed into law the Tax Relief and 

Health Care Act of 2006 (Public Law No. 

109-432) (‘‘the Act‘‘). Under Division C, 

Title IV, section 406(b)(1) of the Act, the 

Secretary of Commerce is required to 

allocate tariff rate quotas on the import 

of certain cotton woven fabrics through 

December 31, 2009. Section 406(b)(1) 

authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to 

issue licenses to eligible manufacturers 

under headings 9902.52.08 through 

9902.52.19 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTS), 

specifying the restrictions under each 

such license on the quantity of cotton 

woven fabrics that may be entered each 

year on behalf of the manufacturer. 

Section 406(a)(1) of the Act created an 

annual tariff rate quota providing for 

temporary reductions through December 

31, 2009 in the import duties of cotton 

woven fabrics suitable for making cotton 

shirts (new HTS headings 9902.52.08, 

9902.52.09, 9902.52.10, 9902.52.11, 

9902.52.12, 9902.52.13, 9902.52.14, 

9902.52.15, 9902.52.16, 9902.52.17, 

9902.52.18, and 9902.52.19). Section 

406(a)(2) provides that the reduction in 

duty is limited to 85 percent of the total 

square meter equivalents of all imported 

woven fabrics of cotton containing 85 

percent or more by weight cotton used 

by manufacturers in cutting and sewing 

men’s and boys’ cotton shirts in the 

United States and purchased by such 

manufacturers during calendar year 

2000. 

The Act requires that the tariff rate 

quotas be allocated to persons or entities 

who, during calendar year 2000, were 

manufacturers cutting and sewing men’s 

and boys’ cotton shirts in the United 

States from imported woven fabrics of 

cotton containing 85 percent or more by 

weight of cotton of the kind described 

in HTS 9902.52.08 through 9902.52.19 

purchased by such manufacturer during 

calendar year 2000. On July 10, 2008, 

the Department published a final rule 

establishing procedures for allocating 

the TRQ (73 FR 39585, 15 CFR 336). 

On September 25, 2008 the 

Department published a notice in the 

Federal Register (73 FR 55500) soliciting 

applications for an allocation of the 

2009 tariff rate quotas with a closing 

date of October 27, 2008. The 

Department received timely 

applications from 7 firms. All applicants 

were determined eligible for an 

allocation. Most applicants submitted 

data on a business confidential basis. As 

allocations to firms were determined on 

the basis of this data, the Department 

considers individual firm allocations to 

be business confidential. 

FIRMS THAT RECEIVED ALLOCATIONS: HTS HEADINGS 9902.52.08, 

9902.52.09, 9902.52.10, 9902.52.11, 

9902.52.12, 9902.52.13, 9902.52.14, 

9902.52.15, 9902.52.16, 9902.52.17, 

9902.52.18, AND 9902.52.19, WOVEN

FABRICS OF COTTON CONTAINING 85 

PERCENT OR MORE BY WEIGHT COTTON, 

USED BY MANUFACTURERS IN CUTTING

AND SEWING MEN’S AND BOYS’ COTTON

SHIRTS IN THE UNITED STATES. 

Amount allocated: 3,116,090 square meters. 

Companies Receiving Allocation: 

The Hancock Company, DBA Gitman & Company 

- Ashland, PA 

Individualized Shirt Company - Perth Amboy, NJ 

Kenneth Gordon/IAG, Inc. - Franklin, TN 

The Pickett Co., DBA Measure Up - Lafayette, 

TN 

Retail Brand Alliance - Enfield, CT 

Gambert Shirt - Newark, NJ 

Maus & Hoffman - Fort Lauderdale, FL 

Dated: January 7, 2009. 

Janet E. Heinzen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles 

and Apparel. 

[FR Doc. E9–627 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am] 

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