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A. Selection of Board Chair 

B. TVARS Board proposal—pension 

changes 

8. Governance Items 

A. Committee structure and 

assignments 

9. Report from President and CEO 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

For more information: Please call Jim 

Hopson, TVA Media Relations at (865) 

632–6000, Knoxville, Tennessee. 

Anyone who wishes to comment on any 

of the agenda in writing may send their 

comments to: TVA Board of Directors, 

Board Agenda Comments, 400 West 

Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, 

Tennessee 37902. 

Dated: August 11, 2021. 

David Fountain, 

Executive Vice President, General Counsel 

and Corporate Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17597 Filed 8–12–21; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 8120–08–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

[Docket Number USTR–2021–0014] 

Request for Comments and Notice of 

Public Hearing Concerning Russia’s 

Implementation of Its WTO 

Commitments 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Request for comments and 

notice of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: The interagency Trade Policy 

Staff Committee (TPSC) is seeking 

public comments to assist the Office of 

the United States Trade Representative 

(USTR) in the preparation of its annual 

report to Congress on Russia’s 

implementation of its obligations as a 

Member of the World Trade 

Organization (WTO). Due to COVID–19, 

the TPSC will foster public participation 

via written submissions rather than an 

in-person hearing. This notice includes 

the schedule for submission of 

comments and responses to questions 

from the TPSC for the Russia report. 

DATES: 

September 22, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. 

EDT: Deadline for submission of written 

comments for the 2021 Russia WTO 

Implementation Report. 

September 30, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. 

EDT: Deadline for the TPSC to pose 

questions on written comments. 

October 20, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. EDT: 

Deadline for submission of commenters’ 

responses to questions from the TPSC. 

ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers 

electronic submissions made through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov (REGS.GOV). 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments in section III below. The 

docket number is USTR–2021–0014. For 

alternatives to online submissions, 

please contact Spencer Smith at 

Spencer.L.Smith2@ustr.eop.gov or (202) 

395–2974 before transmitting a 

comment and in advance of the relevant 

deadline. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

procedural questions concerning written 

comments, contact Spencer Smith at 

Spencer.L.Smith2@ustr.eop.gov or (202) 

395–2974. Direct all other questions to 

Betsy Hafner, Deputy Assistant U.S. 

Trade Representative for Russia and 

Eurasia at Elizabeth_Hafner@

ustr.eop.gov or (202) 395–9124. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Russia became a Member of the WTO 

on August 22, 2012, and on December 

21, 2012, following the termination of 

the application of the Jackson-Vanik 

amendment to Russia and the extension 

of permanent normal trade relations to 

the products of Russia, the United States 

and Russia both filed letters with the 

WTO withdrawing their notices of nonapplication and consenting to have the 

WTO Agreement apply between them. 

In accordance with Section 201(a) of the 

Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik 

Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of 

Law Accountability Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 

112–208), USTR is required annually to 

submit a report to Congress on the 

extent to which Russia is implementing 

the WTO Agreement, including the 

Agreement on the Application of 

Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 

and the Agreement on Trade Related 

Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. 

The report also must assess Russia’s 

progress on acceding to and 

implementing the Information 

Technology Agreement (ITA) and the 

Government Procurement Agreement 

(GPA). In addition, to the extent that 

USTR finds that Russia is not 

implementing fully any WTO agreement 

or is not making adequate progress in 

acceding to the ITA or the GPA, USTR 

must describe in the report the actions 

it plans to take to encourage Russia to 

improve its implementation and/or 

increase its accession efforts. In 

accordance with Section 201(a), and to 

assist it in preparing this year’s report, 

the TPSC is soliciting public comments. 

The terms of Russia’s accession to the 

WTO are contained in the Marrakesh 

Agreement Establishing the World 

Trade Organization and the Protocol on 

the Accession of the Russian Federation 

to the WTO (including its annexes) 

(Protocol). The Report of the Working 

Party on the Accession of the Russian 

Federation (Working Party Report) 

provides detail and context to the 

commitments listed in the Protocol. You 

can find the Protocol and Working Party 

Report on USTR’s website at https://

ustr.gov/node/5887 or on the WTO 

website at http://docsonline.wto.org 

(document symbols: WT/ACC/RUS/70, 

WT/MIN(11)/2, WT/MIN(11)/24, WT/L/ 

839, WT/ACC/RUS/70/Add.1, WT/ 

MIN(11)/2/Add.1, WT/ACC/RUS/70/ 

Add.2, and WT/MIN(11)/2/Add.1.). 

II. Public Participation 

Due to COVID–19, the TPSC will 

foster public participation via written 

submissions rather than an in-person 

hearing on Russia’s implementation of 

its WTO commitments. USTR invites 

public comments on Russia’s 

implementation according to the 

schedule set out in the Dates section 

above. Written comments should 

address Russia’s implementation of the 

commitments made in connection with 

its accession to the WTO, including, but 

not limited to, commitments in the 

following areas: 

a. Import regulation (e.g., tariffs, tariffrate quotas, quotas, import licenses). 

b. Export regulation. 

c. Subsidies. 

d. Standards and technical 

regulations. 

e. Sanitary and phytosanitary 

measures. 

f. Trade-related investment measures 

(including local content requirements). 

g. Taxes and charges levied on 

imports and exports. 

h. Other internal policies affecting 

trade. 

i. Intellectual property rights 

(including intellectual property rights 

enforcement). 

j. Services. 

k. Government procurement. 

l. Rule of law issues (e.g., 

transparency, judicial review, uniform 

administration of laws and regulations). 

m. Other WTO commitments. 

The TPSC will review comments and 

may ask clarifying questions to 

commenters. The TPSC will post the 

questions on the public docket, other 

than questions that include properly 

designated business confidential 

information (BCI). USTR will send 

questions that include properly 

designated BCI to the relevant 

commenters by email, and will not post 

these questions on the public docket. 

Replies to questions that contain BCI 

must follow the procedures in section 

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III. Requirements for Submissions 

To ensure consideration, interested 

parties must submit comments and 

responses to TPSC questions 

electronically via REGS.GOV by the 

applicable deadlines in the DATES

section above. The docket number is 

USTR–2021–0014. All submissions 

must be in English. USTR will not 

accept hand-delivered submissions. 

To submit comments using 

REGS.GOV, enter docket number 

USTR–2021–0014 in the ‘search for’ 

field on the home page and click 

‘search.’ The site will provide a searchresults page listing all documents 

associated with this docket. Find a 

reference to this notice by selecting 

‘notice’ under ‘document type’ in the 

‘filter results by’ section on the left side 

of the screen and click on the link 

entitled ‘comment now. REGS.GOV 

offers the option of providing comments 

by filling in a ‘type comment’ field or 

by attaching a document using the 

‘upload file(s)’ field. USTR prefers that 

you provide submissions in an attached 

document and, in such cases, that you 

write ‘see attached’ in the ‘type 

comment’ field on the online 

submission form. In addition, USTR 

prefers submissions in Microsoft Word 

(.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). If the 

submission is in an application other 

than those two, please indicate the 

name of the application in the ‘type 

comment’ field. At the beginning of the 

submission, include the following text: 

(1) 2021 Russia WTO Implementation 

Report; (2) your organization’s name; 

and (3) whether the document is a 

comment or an answer to a TPSC 

question. Written comments should not 

exceed 30 single-spaced, standard lettersize pages in 12-point type, including 

attachments. Include any data 

attachments to the submission in the 

same file as the submission itself, and 

not as separate files. 

When you complete the submission 

procedure at REGS.GOV you will 

receive a tracking number confirming 

successful transmission. For further 

information on using REGS.GOV, please 

consult the resources provided on the 

website by clicking on ‘How to Use 

Regulations.gov’ on the bottom of the 

home page. USTR is not able to provide 

technical assistance for REGS.GOV. 

IV. Business Confidential Submissions 

An interested party requesting that 

USTR treat information contained in a 

submission as BCI must certify that the 

information is business confidential and 

would not customarily be released to 

the public by the submitter. You must 

clearly designate BCI by marking the 

submission ‘BUSINESS 

CONFIDENTIAL’ at the top and bottom 

of the cover page and on each 

succeeding page, and indicating, via 

brackets, the specific information that is 

BCI. Additionally, you must include 

‘business confidential’ in the ‘type 

comment’ field and add the designation 

BCI to the end of the file name for any 

attachments. For any submission 

containing BCI, you separately must 

submit a non-confidential version, i.e., 

not as part of the same submission with 

the BCI version, indicating where BCI 

has been redacted. USTR will post the 

non-confidential version in the docket 

for public inspection. 

V. Public Viewing of Review 

Submissions 

USTR will post comments in the 

docket for public inspection, except 

BCI. You can view comments at 

REGS.GOV by entering docket number 

USTR–2021–0014 in the search field on 

the home page. General information 

concerning USTR is available at 

www.ustr.gov. 

Edward Gresser, 

Chair of the Trade Policy Staff Committee, 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17477 Filed 8–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3290–F1–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2021–0180] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Report of 

Inspections Required by Airworthiness 

Directive, Part 39 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

invites public comments about our 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew an information 

collection. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on the following collection of 

information was published on March 

31, 2021. The collection involves the 

member of the public that may submit 

an Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOC) request to the FAA by using the 

ADD External website. The information 

to be collected will be used to support 

publicly disseminated information to 

the FAA and/or is necessary because 

this information supports the 

Department of Transpiration’s strategic 

goal to promote the public health and 

safety by working toward eliminating 

transportation-related deaths and 

injuries. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by September 15, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Romero by email at: 

Robert.A.Romero@faa.gov; phone: 817– 

222–5102. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0056. 

Title: Report of Inspections Required 

by Airworthiness Directives, Part 39. 

Form Numbers: There is no standard 

form to use for AMOC submission. 

However, the public may access the 

AMOC External website to submit an 

AMOC request to the FAA. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on March 31, 2021 (FRN citation 2021– 

06646). Alternative Methods of 

Compliance (AMOC) are submitted to 

the FAA by the general public. While 

anyone may submit an AMOC there is 

no standard form to use. From Order 

8110.103B Alternative Methods of 

Compliance (AMOC), Section 3–2: 

3–2. AMOC Proposal. 14 CFR 39.19 

states in part that ‘‘anyone may propose 

to FAA an alternative method of 

compliance or a change in the 

compliance time, if the proposal 

provides an acceptable level of safety.’’ 

a. Although a letter is preferred, 

AMOC proposals may be submitted by 


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