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Harrisburg, Pa. 17110–1788, or 

submitted electronically through http:// 

www.srbc.net/pubinfo/

publicparticipation.htm. Comments 

mailed or electronically submitted must 

be received by the Commission on or 

before November 17, 2014, to be 

considered. 

Authority: Pub. L. 91–575, 84 Stat. 1509 

et seq., 18 CFR Parts 806, 807, and 808. 

Dated: October 3, 2014. 

Stephanie L. Richardson, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

[Docket No. USTR–2014–0020] 

2014 Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review 

of India 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice of Request for Public 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: In the 2014 Special 301 

Report, the Office of the United States 

Trade Representative (USTR) 

announced that, in order to assess 

progress on engagement with the 

Government of India on intellectual 

property rights (IPR) issues, an Out-ofCycle Review (OCR) would be 

conducted for India. USTR requests 

written submissions from the public 

concerning information, views, acts, 

policies, or practices relevant to 

evaluating the Government of India’s 

engagement on IPR issues of concern, in 

particular those identified in the 2014 

Special 301 Report. The 2014 Special 

301 Report is available at www.ustr.gov. 

Deadlines: 

Friday, October 31, 2014—Deadline 

for the public, except foreign 

governments, to submit written 

comments. 

Friday, November 7, 2014—Deadline 

for foreign governments to submit 

written comments. 

ADDRESSES: All written comments 

should be filed electronically via 

www.regulations.gov, Docket Number 

USTR–2014–0020, and be consistent 

with the requirements set forth below. 

Please specify ‘‘2014 Special 301 Out-ofCycle Review of India’’ in the ‘‘Type 

Comment’’ field. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Wilson, Director for Intellectual 

Property and Innovation, Office of the 

United States Trade Representative, at 

Special301@ustr.eop.gov. Information 

on the Special 301 Review is available 

at www.ustr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

Section 182 of the Trade Act requires 

USTR to identify countries that deny 

adequate and effective protection of IPR 

or deny fair and equitable market access 

to U.S. persons who rely on intellectual 

property protection. The provisions of 

Section 182 are commonly referred to as 

the ‘‘Special 301’’ provisions of the 

Trade Act. 

Those countries that have the most 

onerous or egregious acts, policies, or 

practices and whose acts, policies, or 

practices have the greatest adverse 

impact (actual or potential) on relevant 

U.S. products are to be identified as 

Priority Foreign Countries. In addition, 

USTR has created a ‘‘Priority Watch 

List’’ and a ‘‘Watch List’’ under Special 

301 provisions. Placement of a trading 

partner on the Priority Watch List or 

Watch List indicates that particular 

problems exist in that country with 

respect to IPR protection, enforcement, 

or market access for persons relying on 

intellectual property. 

In the 2014 Special 301 Report, USTR 

placed India on the Priority Watch List 

and noted that it would conduct an OCR 

of India focusing in particular on 

assessing progress made in establishing 

and building effective, meaningful, and 

constructive engagement with the 

Government of India on IPR issues of 

concern. An OCR is a tool that USTR 

uses to encourage progress on IPR issues 

of concern and can provide an 

opportunity for heightened engagement 

with a trading partner to address and 

remedy such issues. 

2. Written Comments 

a. Requirements for Written Comments 

To facilitate the review, written 

comments should be as detailed as 

possible and provide information and 

views relevant to assessing the quality 

of the Government of India’s 

engagement on IPR issues of concern, in 

particular those issues identified in the 

2014 Special 301 Report, including 

ideas on how the U.S. and Indian 

governments can enhance bilateral 

engagement, recommendations 

regarding the focus of such engagement, 

as well as the quality of engagement 

interested parties have experienced with 

the Government of India on IPR issues. 

Comments should focus on the time 

period since issuance of the 2014 

Special 301 Report in April. To the 

extent relevant, USTR requests that 

comments include specific references to 

laws, regulations, policy statements, or 

other measures that should factor in the 

review and describe engagement 

interested parties have had with the 

Government of India on IPR issues of 

concern. 

b. Instructions for Submitting Comments 

Comments must be in English. To 

ensure the timely receipt and 

consideration of comments, USTR 

strongly encourages commenters to 

submit comments electronically, using 

the www.regulations.gov Web site. To 

submit comments via 

www.regulations.gov, enter Docket 

Number USTR–2014–0020 on the home 

page and click ‘‘Search.’’ The site will 

provide a search-results page listing all 

documents associated with this docket. 

Find the reference to this notice and 

click on the link entitled ‘‘Comment 

Now!.’’ For further information on using 

the www.regulations.gov Web site, 

please consult the resources provided 

on the site by clicking on ‘‘How to use 

Regulations.gov’’ at the bottom of the 

home page under ‘‘Help.’’ 

The www.regulations.gov Web site 

allows users to provide comments by 

filling in a ‘‘Type Comment’’ field, or by 

attaching a document using an ‘‘Upload 

File’’ field. USTR prefers that comments 

be provided in an attached document. If 

a document is attached, please type 

‘‘2014 Out-of-Cycle Review of India’’ in 

the ‘‘Type Comment’’ field. USTR 

prefers submissions in Microsoft Word 

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

the submission is in another file format, 

please indicate the name of the software 

application in the ‘‘Type Comment’’ 

field. File names should reflect the 

name of the person or entity submitting 

the comments. Please do not attach 

separate cover letters to electronic 

submissions; rather, include any 

information that might appear in a cover 

letter in the comments themselves. 

Similarly, to the extent possible, please 

include any exhibits, annexes, or other 

attachments in the same file as the 

comment itself, rather than submitting 

them as separate files. 

A person requesting that information 

contained in a comment submitted by 

that person be treated as confidential 

business information must certify that 

such information is business 

confidential and would not customarily 

be released to the public by the 

submitter. In the document, confidential 

business information must clearly be 

designated as such; the submission must 

be marked ‘‘BUSINESS 

CONFIDENTIAL’’ on the cover page and 

each succeeding page, and the 

submission should clearly indicate, via 

brackets, highlighting, or other means, 

the specific information that is business 

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confidential. Additionally, the submitter 

should type ‘‘Business Confidential 

2014 Out-of-Cycle Review of India’’ in 

the ‘‘Type Comment’’ field. Anyone 

submitting a comment containing 

business confidential information must 

also submit, as a separate submission, a 

non-business confidential version of the 

submission, indicating where the 

business confidential information has 

been redacted. The filenames of both 

documents should reflect their status— 

‘‘BC’’ for the business confidential 

version and ‘‘P’’ for the public version. 

The non-business confidential version 

will be placed in the docket at 

www.regulations.gov and be available 

for public inspection. 

As noted, USTR strongly urges 

commenters to submit comments 

through www.regulations.gov. Any 

alternative arrangements must be made 

in advance of transmitting a comment 

and in advance of the relevant deadline 

by contacting USTR at Special301@

ustr.eop.gov. 

3. Inspection of Comments 

Comments received will be placed in 

the docket and open to public 

inspection pursuant to 15 CFR 2006.13, 

except business confidential 

information exempt from public 

inspection in accordance with 15 CFR 

2006.15. Comments may be viewed free 

of charge by visiting 

www.regulations.gov and entering 

Docket Number USTR–2014–0020 in the 

‘‘Search’’ field on the home page. 

Susan F. Wilson, 

Director for Intellectual Property and 

Innovation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2012–0087] 

Advisory Committee for Aviation 

Consumer Protection 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of sixth meeting of 

advisory committee. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

sixth meeting of the Advisory 

Committee for Aviation Consumer 

Protection. 

DATES: The sixth meeting of the 

advisory committee is scheduled for 

October 29, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 

p.m., Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Media Center (located on the lobby 

level of the West Building) at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT) 

headquarters, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE., Washington, DC. Attendance is 

open to the public up to the room’s 

capacity of 100 attendees. Since space is 

limited and access to the DOT 

headquarters building is controlled for 

security purposes, any member of the 

general public who plans to attend this 

meeting must notify the Department 

contact identified below no later than 

October 22, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

register to attend the meeting, please 

contact Amy Przybyla, Research 

Analyst, Centra Technology, Inc., 

przybylaa@centratechnology.com; 703– 

894–6910. For other information please 

contact Kathleen Blank Riether, Senior 

Attorney, Office of Aviation 

Enforcement and Proceedings, 

kathleen.blankriether@dot.gov; U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 

20590; 202–366–9342 (phone), 202– 

366–5944 (fax). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

24, 2012, the Secretary, as mandated by 

Section 411 of the FAA Modernization 

and Reform Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112– 

95, 126 Stat. 11 (2012)), established the 

Advisory Committee on Aviation 

Consumer Protection. The committee’s 

charter, drafted in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, 

sets forth policies for the operation of 

the advisory committee and is available 

on the Department’s Web site at 

http://www.facadatabase.gov/

committee/charters.aspx?cid=

2448&aid=47. 

The sixth meeting of the committee is 

scheduled for Wednesday, October 29, 

2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time in the Media Center at the 

DOT headquarters, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. At 

the meeting, the three issues that will be 

discussed are: (1) The impact of airline 

mergers and consolidations on 

consumers and the aviation industry; (2) 

regulating the use of mobile wireless 

devices for voice calls on aircraft by 

DOT; and (3) the impact of governmentimposed taxes and fees on consumers 

and the aviation industry. Additionally, 

the DOT’s Office of Aviation 

Enforcement and Proceedings 

(Enforcement Office) will provide an 

update on the implementation status of 

the committee’s recommendations to the 

Secretary as well as an update regarding 

its rulemaking and enforcement 

activities. 

As announced in the notices of 

previous meetings of the committee, the 

meeting will be open to the public, and, 

time permitting, comments by members 

of the public are invited. Attendance 

will necessarily be limited by the size of 

the meeting room (maximum 100 

attendees). If interest exceeds capacity, 

DOT has the capability to stream the 

event live on the Internet. Since space 

is limited and access to the DOT 

headquarters building is controlled for 

security purposes, we ask that any 

member of the general public who plans 

to attend the sixth meeting notify the 

Department contact noted above no later 

than October 22, 2014. 

Members of the public may present 

written comments at any time. The 

docket number referenced above (DOT– 

OST–2012–0087, available at https://

www.regulations.gov) has been 

established for committee documents 

including any written comments that 

may be filed. At the discretion of the 

Chairperson and time permitting, after 

completion of the planned agenda, 

individual members of the public may 

provide oral comments. Any oral 

comments presented must be limited to 

the objectives of the committee and will 

be limited to five (5) minutes per 

person. Individual members of the 

public who wish to present oral 

comments must notify the Department 

contact noted above via email that they 

wish to attend and present oral 

comments at no later than October 22, 

2014. 

Persons with a disability who plan to 

attend the meeting and require special 

accommodations, such as an interpreter 

for the hearing impaired, should notify 

the Department contact noted above no 

later than October 22, 2014. Persons 

attending with a service animal should 

also advise us of that fact so that it can 

be taken into account in connection 

with space and possible allergy issues. 

Notice of this meeting is being 

provided in accordance with the FACA 

and the General Services 

Administration regulations covering 

management of Federal advisory 

committees. (41 CFR Part 102–3.) 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 6, 

2014. 

Blane A. Workie, 

Acting Assistant General Counsel for Aviation 

Enforcement & Proceedings, U.S. Department 

of Transportation. 

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