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Picturing Antiquity.’’ Notice is hereby 

given of the following determinations: I 

hereby determine that certain additional 

objects being imported from abroad 

pursuant to agreements with their 

foreign owners or custodians for 

temporary display in the aforesaid 

exhibition at The J. Paul Getty Museum 

at the Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades, 

California, and at possible additional 

exhibitions or venues yet to be 

determined, are of cultural significance, 

and, further, that their temporary 

exhibition or display within the United 

States as aforementioned is in the 

national interest. I have ordered that 

Public Notice of these determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chi 

D. Tran, Program Administrator, 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, 2200 C Street NW, (SA–5), Suite 

5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 

12047 of March 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, 

and Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 

of August 28, 2000. 

Matthew R. Lussenhop, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18447 Filed 8–26–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Request for Comments on Certain 

Products Exclusions Related to 

COVID–19: China’s Acts, Policies, and 

Practices Related to Technology 

Transfer, Intellectual Property, and 

Innovation 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative (USTR). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In prior notices, the U.S. 

Trade Representative modified the 

action in the Section 301 investigation 

of China’s acts, policies, and practices 

related to technology transfer, 

intellectual property, and innovation by 

excluding from additional duties certain 

medical-care products needed to 

address the COVID–19 pandemic. These 

exclusions are scheduled to expire on 

September 30, 2021. In light of 

developments in the production 

capacity of the United States in the 

subject products and continuing efforts 

in the battle against COVID–19, USTR is 

requesting public comments on whether 

to extend particular exclusions past 

September 30, 2021. 

DATES: 

August 27, 2021: The public docket 

on the web portal at https://

comments.USTR.gov will open for 

parties to submit comments. 

September 27, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. ET: 

To be assured of consideration, submit 

written comments on the public docket 

by this time. 

ADDRESSES: You must submit all 

comments through the online portal: 

https://comments.USTR.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Associate General Counsel Philip Butler 

or Assistant General Counsel Edward 

Marcus at (202) 395–5725. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

In the course of this investigation the 

U.S. Trade Representative has imposed 

additional duties on products of China 

in four tranches. See 83 FR 28719 (June 

20, 2018); 83 FR 40823 (August 16, 

2018); 83 FR 47974 (September 21, 

2018) as modified by 83 FR 49153 

(September 28, 2018); and 84 FR 43304 

(August 20, 2019) as modified by 84 FR 

69447 (December 18, 2019) and 85 FR 

3741 (January 22, 2020). 

For each tranche, the U.S. Trade 

Representative established a process by 

which U.S. stakeholders could request 

the exclusion of particular products 

subject to the action. The U.S. Trade 

Representative later established a 

process by which U.S. stakeholders 

could request the extension of particular 

exclusions. Additionally, on March 25, 

2020, the U.S. Trade Representative 

requested public comments on possible 

further modifications to remove Section 

301 duties from additional medical-care 

products to address the COVID–19 

pandemic. 85 FR 16987 (March 25, 

2020). 

On December 29, 2020, USTR 

announced the extension of 80 product 

exclusions on medical-care and/or 

COVID response products; further 

modifications, in the form of 19 product 

exclusions, to remove Section 301 

duties from additional medical-care 

and/or COVID response products; and 

that USTR might consider further 

extensions and/or modifications as 

appropriate. See 85 FR 85831 (the 

December 29 notice). On March 10, 

2021, USTR announced the extension of 

these 99 exclusions to September 30, 

2021; and that USTR might consider 

further extensions and/or modifications 

as appropriate. See 86 FR 13785. 

B. Request for Public Comments 

Subsequent to USTR’s announcement 

of the extension of the 99 exclusions for 

COVID–19 response products in March, 

the spread of COVID–19 in the United 

States initially declined, and domestic 

production of certain products covered 

by these exclusions increased. With the 

recent spread of the Delta variant, 

COVID–19 cases in the United States are 

increasing again. In light of these 

changing circumstances, including the 

ability of the United States to obtain 

certain products domestically or from 

other sources, USTR is requesting 

public comments on whether to extend 

particular exclusions for COVID–19 

products for up to six months. 

USTR will evaluate each exclusion on 

a case-by-case basis. The evaluation will 

examine whether it remains appropriate 

to exclude certain products from the 

additional Section 301 duties in light of 

recent developments including the 

spread of the Delta variant in the United 

States and increased domestic 

production of certain products, and 

taking account of the overall impact of 

these exclusions on the goal of obtaining 

the elimination of China’s acts, policies, 

and practices covered in this Section 

301 investigation. 

C. Procedures To Comment on 

Particular COVID–19 Exclusions 

The 99 COVID exclusions can be 

found in the four annexes (A, B, C, and 

D) of the December 29 notice. To submit 

a comment regarding any particular 

COVID–19 exclusion, a commenter first 

must register on the portal at https://

comments.USTR.gov. As noted above, 

the public docket on the portal will be 

open from August 27, 2021, to 

September 27, 2021. After registration, 

the commenter may submit a comment 

form to the public docket. Fields on the 

comment form marked with an asterisk 

(*) are required fields. Fields with a gray 

(BCI) notation are for business 

confidential information, which will not 

be publicly available. Fields with a 

green (Public) notation will be publicly 

available. Additionally, parties will be 

able to upload documents and indicate 

whether the documents are BCI or 

public. Commenters will be able to 

review the public version of their 

comments before they are posted. 

Set out below is a summary of the 

information to be entered on the 

exclusion comment form. 


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• Contact information, including the 

full legal name of the organization 

making the comment, whether the 

commenter is a third party (e.g., law 

firm, trade association, or customs 

broker) submitting on behalf of an 

organization or industry, and the name 

of the third party organization, if 

applicable. 

• The annex (annexes A, B, C, or D) 

of the December 29 notice (85 FR 85831) 

with the exclusion you are commenting 

on, the specific exclusion (number for 

the exclusion on which you are 

commenting as provided in the annex of 

the December 29 notice). 

• Whether you support or oppose 

extending the exclusion beyond 

September 30, 2021. 

• Rationale for supporting or 

opposing an extension. 

Commenters also may provide any 

other information or data that they 

consider relevant. 

D. Submission Instructions 

To be assured of consideration, you 

must submit your comment when the 

public docket on the portal is open— 

from August 27, 2021, to September 27, 

2021. Parties seeking to comment on 

two or more exclusions must submit a 

separate comment for each exclusion. 

By submitting a comment, the 

commenter certifies that the information 

provided is complete and correct to the 

best of their knowledge. 

Greta M. Peisch, 

General Counsel, Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18521 Filed 8–26–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3290–F1–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No.: FAA–2021–0710; Notice No. 

21–01] 

Noise Certification Standards: 

Matternet Model M2 Aircraft 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM), rule of particular applicability. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) proposes noise 

certification standards that would apply 

only to the Matternet model M2 

quadcopter unmanned aircraft because 

there are currently no generally 

applicable noise certification standards 

for this aircraft. 

DATES: Send comments on or before 

September 27, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2021–0710 

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 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

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 

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: For 

technical questions concerning this 

action, contact Hua (Bill) He, Federal 

Aviation Administration, Office of 

Environment and Energy, 800 

Independence Ave. SW, Room 900 

West, Washington, DC 20591; telephone 

(202) 267–3565; email hua.he@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Authority for This Rulemaking 

The FAA’s authority to issue rules on 

aviation safety is found in Title 49 of the 

United States Code. Subtitle I, section 

106 describes the authority of the FAA 

Administrator. Subtitle VII, Aviation 

Programs, describes in more detail the 

scope of the agency’s authority. 

This rulemaking is issued under the 

authority described in subtitle VII, 

chapter 447, section 44715. Section 

44715(a)(3) states that an original type 

certificate for an aircraft may be issued 

only after the Administrator of the FAA 

prescribes noise standards and 

regulations under that section that apply 

to the aircraft. This regulation is within 

the scope of that authority. 

II. Need for This Rulemaking 

Section 44704 of Title 49 of the 

United States Code requires that the 

FAA issue a type certificate to an 

applicant that presents a qualified 

design. Section 44715(a)(3) requires the 

FAA to prescribe noise standards for an 

aircraft before a type certificate may be 

issued. 

The current noise standards are 

contained in 14 CFR part 36. Within 

part 36, aircraft are distinguished by 

type, including jet airplanes, large 

turboprop airplanes, small airplanes, 

helicopters, and tiltrotors. When the 

FAA began issuing type certificates for 

unmanned aircraft (UA) several years 

ago, it used the noise standards for the 

type of manned aircraft that was most 

like the UA seeking type certification 

and that were compatible with the type 

classification. In the first two 

certifications, the FAA applied the 

small airplane standards under subpart 

F and appendix G. The small helicopter 

standards of subpart H and appendix J 

might also be found as applicable based 

on the design of an aircraft presented for 

certification. 

The increase of low-altitude UA 

operations, and the increased demand 

for commercial operation using them, 

has caused the FAA to re-evaluate 

whether the requirements for certain 

categories of aircraft (e.g., helicopters, 

tilt-rotors, small propeller-driven fixed 

wing) described in part 36 remain 

appropriate for the noise certification of 

particular UA designs like the Matternet 

M2. The FAA has recently begun to 

consider not only the means of 

propulsion and flight, but the amount 

and type of noise generated by UA, 

which in many cases are small in size, 

electrically (battery) powered, and may 

include distributed propulsion features 

or vertical takeoff and landing 

capabilities. As a result, it is possible 

that these aircraft generate less noise 

than was contemplated when part 36 

was promulgated. 

A significant consideration is the 

expected operating environment for UA. 

Manned airplanes and helicopters 

normally operate from airports or 

helipads that include property that 

serves as a primary buffer from the 

general population. The methods of 

testing and determining proper noise 

limits used these proximities to the 

population as their bases, with testing 

done at large airport test locations and 

at altitudes representative of takeoff and 

landing. The UA addressed in this 

proposal, however, is an aircraft that is 

intended to operate in closer proximity 


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