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Northeast Region, 200 Chestnut Street, 

3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106. 

Dennis R. Reidenbach, 

Regional Director, Northeast Region, National 

Park Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–9781 Filed 4–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 332–503] 

Earned Import Allowance Program: 

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the 

Program for Certain Apparel From the 

Dominican Republic 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Institution of investigation and 

scheduling of hearing. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 404(d) of 

the Dominican Republic-Central 

America-United States Free Trade 

Agreement Implementation Act (19 

U.S.C. 4112(d)), and pursuant to section 

332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 

U.S.C. 1332(g)), the U.S. International 

Trade Commission (Commission) has 

instituted investigation No. 332–503, 

Earned Import Allowance Program: 

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the 

Program for Certain Apparel from the 

Dominican Republic, for the purpose of 

submitting annual reports on the 

effectiveness of the program and 

recommendations for improvements. 

DATES: 

October 30, 2009: Deadline for filing 

requests to appear at the public 

hearing. 

November 3, 2009: Deadline for filing 

pre-hearing briefs and statements. 

November 18, 2009: Public hearing. 

November 30, 2009: Deadline for filing 

post-hearing briefs and statements. 

February 24, 2010: Deadline for all other 

written submissions. 

July 28, 2010: Transmittal of first report 

to House Committee on Ways and 

Means and Senate Committee on 

Finance. 

ADDRESSES: All Commission offices, 

including the Commission’s hearing 

rooms, are located in the United States 

International Trade Commission 

Building, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC. All written 

submissions, including requests to 

appear at the hearing, statements, and 

briefs, should be addressed to the 

Secretary, United States International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20436. The public 

record for this investigation may be 

viewed on the Commission’s electronic 

docket (EDIS) at http://www.usitc.gov/ 

secretary/edis.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Project Leader Laura Rodriguez (202– 

205–3499 or laura.rodriguez@usitc.gov) 

for information specific to this 

investigation. For information on the 

legal aspects of this investigation, 

contact William Gearhart of the 

Commission’s Office of the General 

Counsel (202–205–3091 or 

william.gearhart@usitc.gov). The media 

should contact Margaret O’Laughlin, 

Office of External Relations (202–205– 

1819 or margaret.olaughlin@usitc.gov). 

Hearing-impaired individuals may 

obtain information on this matter by 

contacting the Commission’s TDD 

terminal at 202–205–1810. General 

information concerning the Commission 

may also be obtained by accessing its 

Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov). 

Persons with mobility impairments who 

will need special assistance in gaining 

access to the Commission should 

contact the Office of the Secretary at 

202–205–2000. 

Background: Section 404 of the 

Dominican Republic-Central AmericaUnited States Free Trade Agreement 

Implementation Act (DR–CAFTA Act) 

requires the Secretary of Commerce to 

establish an Earned Import Allowance 

Program (EIAP) and directs the 

Commission to conduct annual reviews 

of the program for the purpose of 

evaluating its effectiveness and making 

recommendations for improvements. 

Section 404 of the DR–CAFTA Act was 

added by section 2 of Public Law 110– 

436, ‘‘An Act to extend the Andean 

Trade Preference Act, and for other 

purposes.’’ It authorizes certain apparel 

articles wholly assembled in an eligible 

country to enter the United States free 

of duty if accompanied by a certificate 

that shows evidence of the purchase of 

certain U.S. fabric. The term ‘‘eligible 

country’’ is defined to mean the 

Dominican Republic. More specifically, 

the program allows producers (in the 

Dominican Republic) that purchase a 

certain quantity of qualifying U.S. fabric 

for use in the production of certain 

bottoms of cotton in the Dominican 

Republic to receive a credit that can be 

used to ship a certain quantity of 

eligible apparel using third country 

fabrics from the Dominican Republic to 

the United States duty free. Section 

404(d) directs the Commission to 

conduct an annual review of the 

program for the purpose of evaluating 

the effectiveness of the program and 

making recommendations for 

improvements. The Commission is 

required to submit its reports to the 

House Committee on Ways and Means 

and the Senate Committee on Finance. 

The statute provides that the program 

will be in effect for the 10-year period 

beginning on the date on which the 

President certifies to the committees 

that sections A, B, C, and D of the 

Annex to Presidential Proclamation 

8213 (December 20, 2007) have taken 

effect. The Commission expects to 

submit its first report to the committees 

by July 28, 2010. 

The Commission has also instituted 

this investigation pursuant to section 

332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 to 

facilitate docketing of submissions and 

also to facilitate public access to 

Commission records through the 

Commission’s EDIS electronic records 

system. 

Public Hearing: A public hearing in 

connection with this investigation will 

be held at the U.S. International Trade 

Commission Building, 500 E Street, 

SW., Washington, DC beginning at 9:30 

a.m. on November 18, 2009. Requests to 

appear at the public hearing should be 

filed with the Secretary no later than 

5:15 p.m., October 30, 2009, in 

accordance with the requirements in the 

‘‘Submissions’’ section below. All prehearing briefs and statements should be 

filed not later than 5:15 p.m., November 

3, 2009; and all post-hearing briefs and 

statements responding to matters raised 

at the hearing should be filed not later 

than 5:15 p.m., November 30, 2009. If, 

as of the close of business on October 

30, 2009, no witnesses are scheduled to 

appear at the hearing, the hearing will 

be canceled. Any person interested in 

attending the hearing as an observer or 

non-participant may call the Secretary 

(202–205–2000) after October 30, 2009, 

to determine whether the hearing will 

be held. 

Submissions: All written submissions, 

including requests to appear at the 

hearing, statements, and briefs, should 

be addressed to the Secretary and must 

conform to the provisions of section 

201.8 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.8). 

Section 201.8 requires that a signed 

original (or a copy so designated) and 

fourteen (14) copies of each document 

be filed. In the event that confidential 

treatment of a document is requested, at 

least four (4) additional copies must be 

filed, in which the confidential 

information must be deleted (see the 

following paragraph for further 

information regarding confidential 

business information). The 

Commission’s rules authorize filing 

submissions with the Secretary by 

facsimile or electronic means only to the 

extent permitted by section 201.8 of the 

rules (see Handbook for Electronic 


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1The HTS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes; the written 

description of the product under investigation is 

dispositive. 

Filing Procedures, http://www.usitc.gov/ 

secretary/fed_reg_notices/rules/ 

documents/ 

handbook_on_electronic_filing.pdf). 

Persons with questions regarding 

electronic filing should contact the 

Secretary (202–205–2000). Any 

submissions that contain confidential 

business information must also conform 

to the requirements of section 201.6 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (19 CFR 201.6). Section 201.6 

of the rules requires that the cover of the 

document and the individual pages be 

clearly marked as to whether they are 

the ‘‘confidential’’ or ‘‘non-confidential’’ 

version, and that the confidential 

business information is clearly 

identified by means of brackets. All 

written submissions, except for 

confidential business information, will 

be made available for inspection by 

interested parties. 

The Commission anticipates that the 

reports it sends to the committees in 

this investigation will be made available 

to the public in their entirety. 

Consequently, the reports that the 

Commission sends to the committees 

will not contain any confidential 

business information. Any confidential 

business information received by the 

Commission in this investigation and 

used in preparing its report will not be 

published in a manner that would 

reveal the operations of the firm 

supplying the information. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: April 23, 2009. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

William R. Bishop, 

Acting Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–9705 Filed 4–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. TA–421–7] 

Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light 

Truck Tires From China 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Institution and scheduling of a 

hearing. 

SUMMARY: Following receipt of a petition 

filed on April 20, 2009, on behalf of the 

United Steel, Paper and Forestry, 

Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied 

Industrial and Service Workers 

International Union, the Commission 

instituted investigation No. TA–421–7 

under section 421(b) of the Trade Act of 

1974 (19 U.S.C. 2451(b)) to determine 

whether new pneumatic tires, of rubber, 

from China, of a kind used on motor 

cars (except racing cars) and on-thehighway light trucks, vans, and sport 

utility vehicles, provided for in 

subheadings 4011.10.10, 4011.10.50, 

4011.20.10, and 4011.20.50 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTS), are being imported 

into the United States in such increased 

quantities or under such conditions as 

to cause or threaten to cause market 

disruption to the domestic producers of 

like or directly competitive products.1

DATES: Not later than seven days 

following the publication of this notice 

in the Federal Register: Deadline for 

filing entries of appearance. 

May 26, 2009: Deadline for filing 

request to appear at the public hearing. 

May 28, 2009: Deadline for filing 

prehearing briefs. 

June 2–3, 2009: Public hearing. 

June 8, 2009: Deadline for filing 

posthearing briefs. 

June 16, 2009: Deadline for submitting 

final comments on market disruption. 

June 19, 2009: Transmittal of 

Commission determination on market 

disruption to the President and the U.S. 

Trade Representative. 

June 24, 2009: Deadline for submitting 

final comments on remedy. 

July 9, 2009: Transmittal of 

Commission report to the President and 

the U.S. Trade Representative. 

ADDRESSES: All Commission offices, 

including the Commission’s hearing 

rooms, are located in the United States 

International Trade Commission 

Building, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC. All written 

submissions should be addressed to the 

Secretary, United States International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20436. The public 

record for this investigation may be 

viewed on the Commission’s electronic 

docket (EDIS) at http://www.usitc.gov/ 

secretary/edis.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nathanael Comly (202–205–3174), or 

Amy Sherman (202–205–3289), Office 

of Investigations, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the Office 

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its Internet server (http:// 

www.usitc.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Participation in the investigation and 

service list.—Persons wishing to 

participate in the investigation as 

parties must file an entry of appearance 

with the Secretary to the Commission, 

as provided in section 201.11 of the 

Commission’s rules, not later than seven 

days after publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. The Secretary will 

prepare a service list containing the 

names and addresses of all persons, or 

their representatives, who are parties to 

this investigation upon the expiration of 

the period for filing entries of 

appearance. 

Confidential business information 

(CBI).—Any submissions that contain 

confidential business information must 

also conform with the requirements of 

sections 201.6 and 206.8 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (19 CFR 201.6 and 206.8). 

Section 201.6 of the rules requires that 

the cover of the document and the 

individual pages be clearly marked as to 

whether they are the ‘‘confidential’’ or 

‘‘non-confidential’’ version, and that the 

confidential business information be 

clearly identified by means of brackets. 

All written submissions, except for 

confidential business information and 

except as provided for below, will be 

made available for inspection by 

interested parties. 

Limited disclosure of CBI.—Pursuant 

to section 206.47 of the Commission’s 

rules, the Secretary will make CBI 

gathered in this investigation available 

to authorized applicants under an 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

issued in the investigation, provided 

that the application is made not later 

than seven days after the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. A 

separate service list will be maintained 

by the Secretary for those parties 

authorized to receive CBI under the 

APO. In addition, the Commission may 

include CBI in the report it sends to the 

President and to the U.S. Trade 

Representative. 

Hearing.—The Commission has 

scheduled a hearing in connection with 

this investigation beginning at 9:30 a.m. 

on June 2, 2009, at the U.S. International 

Trade Commission Building. Subjects 

related to both market disruption or 

threat thereof and remedy may be 

addressed at the hearing. Requests to 

appear at the hearing should be filed in 

writing with the Secretary on or before 

May 26, 2009. All persons desiring to 

appear at the hearing and make oral 


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