Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 107 / Friday, June 3, 2022 / Notices 33871 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Notice of Product Exclusion 

Extensions: 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. 

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. 

Exclusions for medical care products to 

address COVID–19 were published on 

December 29, 2020, and subsequently 

extended. In November 2021, the U.S. 

Trade Representative determined to 

extend 81 of the COVID–19 related 

product exclusions for an additional 6 

months. These exclusions are scheduled 

to expire on May 31, 2022. This notice 

announces the U.S. Trade 

Representative’s determination to 

further extend the 81 COVID exclusions 

for an additional 6 months. 

DATES: The extensions announced in 

this notice will extend the product 

exclusions through November 30, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions about this notice, 

contact Associate General Counsel 

Philip Butler or Assistant General 

Counsel Rachel Hasandras at (202) 395– 

5725. For specific questions on customs 

classification or implementation of the 

product exclusions, contact 

traderemedy@cbp.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

On December 29, 2020 (85 FR 85831), 

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. 

On March 10, 2021 (86 FR 13785), 

USTR extended These 99 exclusions 

until September 30, 2021. On August 

27, 2021 (86 FR 48280), USTR 

published a notice requesting public 

comments on whether any of these 

exclusions should be further extended 

for up to six months. To provide time 

for USTR to review the comments it 

received in response to the August 27 

notice, USTR announced interim 

extensions of these 99 exclusions 

through November 14, 2021 (86 FR 

54011), and then through November 30, 

2021. 

On November 16, 2021 (86 FR 63438), 

USTR announced the extension of 81 of 

the COVID exclusions for an additional 

6 months (until May 31, 2022) and that 

USTR might consider further extensions 

and/or modifications as appropriate. 

B. Determination To Extend COVID 

Exclusions 

In light of the continuing efforts to 

combat COVID–19, the U.S. Trade 

Representative has determined that a 6- 

month extension of the 81 COVID–19- 

related product exclusions is warranted. 

The U.S. Trade Representative’s 

decision to extend the 81 product 

exclusions takes into account public 

comments previously provided, and the 

advice of advisory committees and the 

interagency Section 301 Committee. 

As provided in the November 16 

notice, the exclusion extensions are 

available for any product that meets the 

description in the product exclusion. 

Further, the scope of each extended 

product exclusion is governed by the 

scope of the ten-digit Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

statistical reporting numbers and 

product descriptions in note 20(sss) to 

subchapter III of chapter 99 of the 

HTSUS. U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection will issue instructions on 

entry guidance and implementation. 

The U.S. Trade Representative may 

continue to consider further extensions 

and/or additional modifications as 

appropriate. 

Annex 

The U.S. Trade Representative has 

determined to extend all exclusions 

previously extended under heading 

9903.88.66 and U.S. notes 20(sss)(i), 

20(sss)(ii), 20(sss)(iii), and 20(sss)(iv) to 

subchapter III of chapter 99 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS). See 86 FR 

63438 (November 16, 2021). The 

extension is effective with respect to 

goods entered for consumption, or 

withdrawn from warehouse for 

consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. 

eastern daylight time on June 1, 2022, 

and before 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight 

time on November 30, 2022. Effective on 

June 1, 2022, the article description of 

heading 9903.88.66 of the HTSUS is 

modified by deleting ‘‘June 1, 2022,’’ 

and by inserting ‘‘December 1, 2022,’’ in 

lieu thereof. 

Greta Peisch, 

General Counsel, Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

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BILLING CODE 3290–F2–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Assessment and Draft 

General Conformity Determination for 

the Proposed Terminal Area Plan and 

Air Traffic Procedures at Chicago 

O’Hare International Airport 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces that 

the Draft Environmental Assessment 

(EA) and Draft General Conformity 

Determination for the Proposed 

Terminal Action Plan and Air Traffic 

Procedures for Chicago O’Hare 

International Airport, Chicago, Illinois 

is available for public review and 

comment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deb 

Bartell, Manager, Chicago Airports 

District Office (847) 294–7336. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft 

EA analyzes and discloses the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

the Proposed Terminal Area Plan and 

Air Traffic Procedures at Chicago 

O’Hare International Airport, pursuant 

to the National Environmental Policy 

Act. 

The FAA will host Public Workshops 

on the Draft document. An in-person 

Public Workshop on the Draft EA will 

be held at Monty’s Elegant Banquets at 

703 South York Road, Bensenville, IL 

60106 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. 

(Central Daylight Time) on July 12, 

2022. A virtual Public Workshop will be 

held via Zoom at 6:00 p.m. (Central 

Daylight Time) on July 14, 2022. 

Registration for the virtual meeting is 

available on the FAA website, found 

here: https://www.faa.gov/airports/ 

great_lakes/TAPandATEA/. 

Representatives of FAA and its 

consultants will provide information 

about the Draft EA. Spanish language 

translators will be available at the 

Public Workshops. If you need the 

assistance of a translator, other than 

Spanish, please call 312–374–1881 by 

July 5, 2022. 


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