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antidumping and countervailing duty 

investigations within 45 days, or in this 

case by September 15, 2008. The 

Commission’s views are due at 

Commerce within five business days 

thereafter, or by Monday, September 22, 

2008. 

For further information concerning 

the conduct of this investigation and 

rules of general application, consult the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, part 201, subparts A through 

E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, 

subparts A and B (19 CFR part 207). 

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 31, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joanna Lo (202–205–1888), 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). The public record for 

this investigation may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at http://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background.—These investigations 

are being instituted in response to a 

petition filed on July 31, 2008, by 

Nashville Wire Products Inc., Nashville, 

TN, SSW Holding Company, Inc., 

Elizabethtown, KY, the United Steel, 

Paper and Forestry, Rubber, 

Manufacturing, Energy, AlliedIndustrial and Service Workers 

International Union, and the 

International Association of Machinists 

and Aerospace Workers, District Loge 6, 

Clinton, IA. 

Participation in the investigation and 

public service list.—Persons (other than 

petitioners) wishing to participate in 

these investigations as parties must file 

an entry of appearance with the 

Secretary to the Commission, as 

provided in sections 201.11 and 207.10 

of the Commission’s rules, not later than 

seven days after publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. 

Industrial users and (if the merchandise 

under investigation is sold at the retail 

level) representative consumer 

organizations have the right to appear as 

parties in Commission countervailing 

duty and antidumping investigations. 

The Secretary will prepare a public 

service list containing the names and 

addresses of all persons, or their 

representatives, who are parties to these 

investigations upon the expiration of the 

period for filing entries of appearance. 

Limited disclosure of business 

proprietary information (BPI) under an 

administrative protective order (APO) 

and BPI service list.—Pursuant to 

section 207.7(a) of the Commission’s 

rules, the Secretary will make BPI 

gathered in these investigations 

available to authorized applicants 

representing interested parties (as 

defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(9)) who are 

parties to the investigations under the 

APO issued in the investigations, 

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 BPI under 

the APO. 

Conference.—The Commission’s 

Director of Operations has scheduled a 

conference in connection with these 

investigations for 9:30 a.m. on August 

21, 2008, at the U.S. International Trade 

Commission Building, 500 E Street, 

SW., Washington, DC. Parties wishing to 

participate in the conference should 

contact Joanna Lo (202–205–1888) not 

later than August 18, 2008, to arrange 

for their appearance. Parties in support 

of the imposition of countervailing or 

antidumping duties in these 

investigations and parties in opposition 

to the imposition of such duties will 

each be collectively allocated one hour 

within which to make an oral 

presentation at the conference. A 

nonparty who has testimony that may 

aid the Commission’s deliberations may 

request permission to present a short 

statement at the conference. 

Written submissions.—As provided in 

sections 201.8 and 207.15 of the 

Commission’s rules, any person may 

submit to the Commission on or before 

August 26, 2008, a written brief 

containing information and arguments 

pertinent to the subject matter of these 

investigations. Parties may file written 

testimony in connection with their 

presentation at the conference no later 

than three days before the conference. If 

briefs or written testimony contain BPI, 

they must conform with the 

requirements of sections 201.6, 207.3, 

and 207.7 of the Commission’s rules. 

The Commission’s rules do not 

authorize filing of submissions with the 

Secretary by facsimile or electronic 

means, except to the extent permitted by 

section 201.8 of the Commission’s rules, 

as amended, 67 FR 68036 (November 8, 

2002). Even where electronic filing of a 

document is permitted, certain 

documents must also be filed in paper 

form, as specified in II(C) of the 

Commission’s Handbook on Electronic 

Filing Procedures, 67 FR 68168, 68173 

(November 8, 2002). 

In accordance with sections 201.16(c) 

and 207.3 of the rules, each document 

filed by a party to these investigations 

must be served on all other parties to 

the investigations (as identified by 

either the public or BPI service list), and 

a certificate of service must be timely 

filed. The Secretary will not accept a 

document for filing without a certificate 

of service. 

Authority: These investigations are being 

conducted under authority of title VII of the 

Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 

pursuant to section 207.12 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: August 1, 2008 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E8–18118 Filed 8–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 332–477] 

Sub-Saharan Africa: Effects of 

Infrastructure Conditions on Export 

Competitiveness, Third Annual Report 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Scheduling of third annual 

report and public hearing; change in 

focus and title of third report; and 

indication of sub-Saharan African 

industries that may be covered. 

SUMMARY: In response to a supplemental 

letter dated June 30, 2008, from the 

United States Trade Representative 

(USTR) covering the third report in this 

series, the Commission has changed the 

focus and title of its third report and 

will examine the effect that conditions 

of key infrastructure sectors have on the 

export competitiveness of select subSaharan African (SSA) industries. This 

notice announces the scheduling of the 

third and final report in this series, the 

SSA industries that may be covered, and 

the scheduling of a public hearing. This 

series of reports was originally 

requested in a letter from the USTR 

dated July 26, 2006. In response, the 

Commission instituted investigation No. 

332–477 and delivered its first and 

second reports on April 3, 2007, and 

April 3, 2008, respectively, under the 

investigation title Sub-Saharan Africa: 

Factors Affecting Trade Patterns of 

Selected Industries. 

October 1, 2008: Deadline for filing 

requests to appear at the public hearing. 


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October 7, 2008: Deadline for filing 

pre-hearing briefs and statements. 

October 28, 2008: Public hearing. 

November 4, 2008: Deadline for filing 

post-hearing briefs and statements. 

April 3, 2009: Transmittal of 

Commission report to USTR. 

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: 

Co-project leaders Erland Herfindahl 

(202–205–2374 or 

erland.herfindahl@usitc.gov) or 

Alan Treat (202–205–3426 or 

alan.treat@usitc.gov) for information 

specific to this report. 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: As indicated above, this 

notice concerns the final of three annual 

reports that the USTR requested the 

Commission provide concerning factors 

affecting trade patterns of selected 

industries in SSA countries. In the 

initial request letter of July 26, 2006, the 

USTR described the type of information 

that the Commission should provide in 

its reports with respect to each industry 

and identified the industries and 

products produced to be covered in the 

first annual report. The letter indicated 

that USTR would provide additional 

lists of industries and products 

produced for each of the second and 

third annual reports. The letter asked 

that the Commission deliver its three 

reports by April 3, 2007, April 3, 2008, 

and April 3, 2009, respectively. The 

Commission published notice of 

institution of this investigation in the 

Federal Register on August 29, 2006 (71 

FR 51212), and delivered its first and 

second reports to USTR on April 3, 2007 

and April 3, 2008, respectively. 

On June 30, 2008, the Commission 

received a supplemental letter from the 

USTR requesting that the Commission 

provide, in its third report, an analysis 

of the effect that conditions in key 

infrastructure sectors have on the export 

competitiveness of select SSA 

industries, particularly but not limited 

to, industries considered in the previous 

two reports. The USTR asked that the 

Commission’s analysis include a brief 

overview of the effect of infrastructure 

conditions generally, and a more indepth analysis of the effect of conditions 

in infrastructure sectors (land transport, 

maritime transport, and electricity) that 

were identified by the Commission in 

the previous two reports as having a 

significant effect on the export 

competitiveness of many SSA 

industries. To address the effect of 

conditions in these infrastructure 

sectors on the export competitiveness of 

SSA industries, the Commission’s report 

may include analysis with respect to the 

following industries: (1) In the 

agriculture sector, coffee, shea butter, 

and tropical fruits (e.g., bananas and 

pineapples); (2) in the mining and 

manufacturing sector, natural rubber 

and downstream products thereof, 

textiles and apparel, and leather; and (3) 

in the services sector, tourism services. 

Public Hearing: A public hearing in 

connection with this investigation will 

be held beginning at 9:30 a.m. on 

October 28, 2008, at the United States 

International Trade Commission 

Building, 500 E Street, SW., Washington 

DC. Requests to appear at the hearing 

should be filed with the Secretary no 

later than 5:15 p.m., October 1, 2008, in 

accordance with the requirements in the 

‘‘Written Submissions’’ section below. 

In the event that, as of the close of 

business on October 1, 2008, 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 nonparticipant 

may call the Secretary to the 

Commission (202–205–2000) after 

October 1, 2008, for information 

concerning whether the hearing will be 

held. 

Written Submissions: In lieu of or in 

addition to participating in the hearing, 

interested parties are invited to submit 

written statements or briefs concerning 

this investigation. All written 

submissions, including requests to 

appear at the hearing, statements, and 

briefs, should be addressed to the 

Secretary. Any pre-hearing statements 

or briefs should be filed not later than 

5:15 p.m., October 7, 2008; and posthearing statements and briefs and all 

other written submissions should be 

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

4, 2008. All written submissions must 

conform with the provisions of section 

201.8 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.8). 

Section 201.8 of the rules requires that 

a signed original (or a copy designated 

as an original) and fourteen (14) copies 

of each document be filed. In the event 

that confidential treatment of the 

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 

do not authorize filing submissions with 

the Secretary by facsimile or electronic 

means, except to the extent permitted by 

section 201.8 of the rules (see Handbook 

for Electronic 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 at 202–205–2000). Any 

submissions that contain confidential 

business information must also conform 

with 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 ‘‘nonconfidential’’ version, and that the 

confidential business information be 

clearly identified by means of brackets. 

All written submissions, except for 

confidential business information, will 

be made available in the Office of the 

Secretary to the Commission for 

inspection by interested parties. 

In the initial request letter (and 

reaffirmed in her letter of June 30, 

2008), the USTR stated that her office 

intends to make the Commission’s 

reports in this investigation available to 

the public in their entirety, and asked 

that the Commission not include any 

confidential business or national 

security information in its reports. 

Consequently, the reports that the 

Commission sends to the USTR will not 

contain any such information. Any 

confidential business information 

received by the Commission in this 

investigation and used in preparing its 

reports will not be published in a 

manner that would reveal the operations 

of the firm supplying the information. 


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Issued: July 31, 2008. 

By order of the Commission. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E8–18051 Filed 8–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Clean Water Act 

Notice is hereby given that on July 31, 

2008, a proposed Consent Decree (the 

‘‘Decree’’) in United States v. Bacardi 

Corporation, Civil Action No. 3:08–cv–

1825 was lodged with the United States 

District Court for the District of Puerto 

Rico. 

In a complaint, filed simultaneously 

with the Decree, the United States 

charged that Bacardi Corporation 

(‘‘Bacardi’’) violated the Clean Water 

Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., at its facility 

in Catan ̃ o, Puerto Rico (‘‘Facility’’) by 

discharging pollutants in excess of 

effluent limitations contained in its 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (‘‘NPDES’’) Permit 

No. PR0000591, by failing to report 

results of sampling conducted by 

Bacardi, including violations of effluent 

limitations, and by failing to conduct 

toxicity testing and report the results of 

such testing as required by NPDES 

Permit No. PR0000591. 

Pursuant to the Decree, Bacardi will 

implement a number of compliance 

measures, including enhanced 

monitoring of certain pollutants in the 

Facility’s effluent and developing and 

implementing a plan of action to 

address exceedances of the effluent 

limitations for bacterial pollutants. If 

Bacardi exceeds any effluent limitation 

prior to termination of the Decree, such 

exceedance may trigger a requirement to 

implement further compliance 

measures. 

Bacardi will pay a $550,000 civil 

monetary penalty to the United States 

pursuant to the Decree. Bacardi must 

also carry out a land preservation 

supplemental environmental project, 

the value of which is estimated at 

approximately $1,000,000. Specifically, 

Bacardi will transfer title to a parcel of 

land containing wetlands, located in the 

watershed of Cienega Las Cucharillas in 

Catan ̃ o, Puerto Rico, to a non-profit 

group, and require the attachment of 

deed restrictions, covenants and/or 

easements to ensure the land is 

perpetually maintained as a protected 

area. This land preservation project will 

assist in restoring the ecosystem, 

provide environmental and public 

health protection, and enable the 

ecological resources of Cienaga Las 

Cucharillas and nearby mangrove forest 

and wetland areas to be maintained and 

protected to ensure future 

environmental benefits. 

The Department of Justice will 

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days 

from the date of this publication, 

comments relating to the Decree. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and either e-mailed to 

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. Bacardi Corporation, D.J. Ref. 

90–5–1–1–08983. 

The Decree may be examined at the 

Office of the United States Attorney, 

Torre Chardo ́n, Room 1201, 350 

Chardo ́n Street, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

00918, and at U.S. EPA Region 2, Office 

of Regional Counsel, 290 Broadway, 

New York, New York 10007–1866. 

During the public comment period, the 

Decree may also be examined on the 

following Department of Justice Web 

site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

Decree may also be obtained by mail 

from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. 

Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 

Washington, DC 20044–7611 or by 

faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 

Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone 

confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In 

requesting a copy from the Consent 

Decree Library, please enclose a check 

in the amount of $14.25 (25 cents per 

page reproduction cost) payable to the 

U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, 

forward a check in that amount to the 

Consent Decree Library at the stated 

address. 

Ronald Gluck, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–18053 Filed 8–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review: 

Comment Request 

July 31, 2008. 

The Department of Labor (DOL) 

hereby announces the submission of the 

following public information collection 

requests (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35). 

A copy of each ICR, with applicable 

supporting documentation, including 

among other things a description of the 

likely respondents, proposed frequency 

of response, and estimated total burden, 

may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain or by contacting 

Darrin King on 202–693–4129 (this is 

not a toll-free number)/e-mail: 

king.darrin@dol.gov. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the 

Employment Standards Administration 

(ESA), Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503, Telephone: 202–395–7316/Fax: 

202–395–6974 (these are not toll-free 

numbers), e-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within 

30 days from the date of this publication 

in the Federal Register. In order to 

ensure the appropriate consideration, 

comments should reference the OMB 

Control Number (see below). 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g. , permitting electronic submission 

of responses. 

Agency: Employment Standards 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Title of Collection: FECA Medical 

Report Forms, Claim for Compensation. 

OMB Control Number: 1215–0103. 

Form Numbers: CA–7; CA–17; CA–16; 

CA–20; CA–1331; CA–1332; OWCP–5A; 

OWCP–5B; and OWCP–5C. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 294,540. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 30,493. 


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