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11. Has the government investigated, 

prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced 

organized crime groups that are 

involved in trafficking? 

12. Is the country a source of sex 

tourists and, if so, what are their 

destination countries? Is the country a 

destination for sex tourists and, if so, 

what are their source countries? 

13. Please provide observations 

regarding government efforts to address 

the issue of unlawful child soldiering. 

14. Does the government make a 

coordinated, proactive effort to identify 

victims? Is there any screening 

conducted before deportation to 

determine whether individuals were 

trafficked? 

15. What victim services are provided 

(legal, medical, food, shelter, 

interpretation, mental health care, 

health care, employment, training, etc.)? 

Who provides these services? If 

nongovernment organizations provide 

the services, does the government 

support their work either financially or 

otherwise? 

16. How could victim services be 

improved? 

17. Are services provided equally and 

adequately to victims of labor and sex 

trafficking? Men, women, and children? 

Citizen and noncitizen? Members of the 

LGBT community? 

18. Do service providers and law 

enforcement work together 

cooperatively, for instance, to share 

information about trafficking trends or 

to plan for services after a raid? What is 

the level of cooperation, 

communication, and trust between 

service providers and law enforcement? 

19. May victims file civil suits or seek 

legal action against their trafficker? Do 

victims avail themselves of those 

remedies? 

20. Does the government repatriate 

victims who wish to return home? Does 

the government assist with third 

country resettlement? Does the 

government engage in any analysis of 

whether victims may face retribution or 

hardship upon repatriation to their 

country of origin? Are victims awaiting 

repatriation or third country 

resettlement offered services? Are 

victims indeed repatriated or are they 

deported? 

21. Does the government 

inappropriately detain or imprison 

identified trafficking victims? 

22. Does the government punish 

trafficking victims for forgery of 

documents, illegal immigration, 

unauthorized employment, or 

participation in illegal activities 

directed by the trafficker? 

23. What efforts has the government 

made to prevent human trafficking? 

24. Has the government entered into 

effective bilateral, multilateral, or 

regional information-sharing and 

cooperation arrangements that have 

resulted in concrete and measureable 

outcomes? 

25. Does the country have effective 

policies or laws regulating foreign labor 

recruiters? 

26. Does the government undertake 

activities that could prevent or reduce 

vulnerability to trafficking, such as 

registering births of indigenous 

populations? 

27. Does the government provide 

financial support to NGOs working to 

promote public awareness or does the 

government implement such campaigns 

itself? Have public awareness 

campaigns proven to be effective? 

28. Please provide additional 

recommendations to improve the 

government’s anti-trafficking efforts. 

29. Please highlight effective 

strategies and practices that other 

governments could consider adopting. 

Dated: December 9, 2014. 

Kari Johnstone, 

Acting Director, Office to Monitor and Combat 

Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of 

State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29472 Filed 12–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–17–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Request for Comments on Israel’s and 

Turkey’s Participation in the 

Environmental Goods Agreement 

Negotiations 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: On March 21, 2014, the 

United States Trade Representative 

notified Congress of the 

Administration’s intention to enter into 

negotiations for a World Trade 

Organization (WTO) Environmental 

Goods Agreement (EGA) with an initial 

group of 13 trading partners. The United 

States Trade Representative has since 

notified Congress of the 

Administration’s intent to join a 

consensus among EGA participants to 

invite the Governments of Israel and 

Turkey to join the EGA negotiations. 

The Office of the U.S. Trade 

Representative, on behalf of the Trade 

Policy Staff Committee (TPSC), is 

seeking public comment regarding U.S. 

interests and priorities with respect to 

this initiative to invite Israel and Turkey 

to join the EGA negotiations. 

DATES: Written comments are due by 

midnight, January 12, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments from the public 

should be submitted electronically at 

www.regulations.gov. If you are unable 

to provide submissions at 

www.regulations.gov, please contact 

Yvonne Jamison, Trade Policy 

Coordination Assistant, at (202) 395– 

3475, to arrange for an alternative 

method of transmission. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

procedural questions concerning written 

comments, please contact Yvonne 

Jamison, Trade Policy Coordination 

Assistant, at the above number. All 

other questions regarding this notice 

should be directed to Bill McElnea, 

Director for Environment and Natural 

Resources, at (202) 395–7320. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 21, 2014, the United States 

Trade Representative notified Congress 

of the Administration’s intention to 

enter into the EGA negotiations. This 

notification states that the EGA 

negotiations ‘‘are open to all WTO 

Members that are prepared to eliminate 

tariffs on a set of environmental goods, 

building on the list of 54 goods 

endorsed by APEC Leaders as the 

starting point.’’ A copy of the 

notification is available at 

www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/

03212014-Letter-to-Congress.pdf. USTR 

solicited public comments on this 

initiative through a notification 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 28, 2014 (Document number: 

2014–06831). Comments received 

through that process may be reviewed at 

http://www.regulations.gov under 

docket number USTR–2014–0004. 

On July 8, 2014, the United States and 

13 other WTO members, accounting for 

86 percent of global trade in 

environmental goods, launched the EGA 

negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland. In 

addition to the United States, Australia, 

Canada, China, Costa Rica, the European 

Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, New 

Zealand, Norway, Singapore, 

Switzerland and Chinese Taipei are 

participating in the negotiations. The 

EGA aims to eliminate tariffs on a set of 

environmental technologies such as 

wind turbines, water treatment filters, 

and solar water heaters. WTO members 

apply tariffs as high as 35 percent on 

environmental goods. 

The Governments of Israel and Turkey 

notified EGA participants of their 

interests in joining these negotiations 

earlier this year. Following these 

notifications of interest, EGA 

participants agreed to begin any relevant 

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domestic procedures so as to allow 

Israel and Turkey to join the EGA 

negotiations. On October 20, 2014, the 

United States Trade Representative 

notified Congress of the 

Administration’s intent to join a 

consensus among EGA participants to 

invite the Government of Israel to join 

the EGA negotiations. With respect to 

the Government of Turkey, the United 

States Trade Representative sent a 

similar notification to Congress on 

November 20, 2014. 

The Chair of the TPSC invites 

interested persons to provide written 

comments that will assist USTR in 

assessing Israel’s and Turkey’s potential 

participation in the EGA negotiations. 

The TPSC Chair invites comments on all 

relevant matters, and, in particular, with 

regard to those environmental goods of 

which Israel and Turkey are significant 

producers and consumers, as well as 

current market conditions for 

environmental technologies in Israel 

and Turkey. 

USTR is observing the relevant 

procedures of the Bipartisan Trade 

Promotion Authority Act of 2002 (19 

U.S.C. 3804) with respect to notifying 

and consulting with Congress on the 

invitation of new members to these 

negotiations. 

Requirements for Submissions 

Persons submitting comments must 

do so in English and must identify (on 

the first page of the submission) 

‘‘Environmental Goods Agreement— 

New Participants: Israel and Turkey’’. In 

order to be assured of consideration, 

comments should be submitted by 11:59 

p.m., January 12, 2015. In order to 

ensure the timely receipt and 

consideration of comments, USTR 

strongly encourages commenters to 

make on-line submissions using the 

www.regulations.gov Web site. To 

submit comments via 

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number USTR–2014–0024 on the home 

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

provide a search-results page listing all 

documents associated with this docket. 

Find a 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 

Web site by clicking on ‘‘How to Use 

This Site’’ on the left side of the home 

page). 

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, it is sufficient 

to type ‘‘See attached’’ in the ‘‘Type 

Comment’’ field. 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. For any comments submitted 

electronically containing business 

confidential information, the file name 

of the business confidential version 

should begin with the characters ‘‘BC’’. 

Any page containing business 

confidential information must be clearly 

marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ 

on the top of that page. Filers of 

submissions containing business 

confidential information must also 

submit a public version of their 

comments. The file name of the public 

version should begin with the character 

‘‘P’’. The ‘‘BC’’ and ‘‘P’’ should be 

followed by the name of the person or 

entity submitting the comments or reply 

comments. Filers submitting comments 

containing no business confidential 

information should name their file using 

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 submission itself, not as 

separate files. 

As noted, USTR strongly urges 

submitters to file comments through 

www.regulations.gov, if at all possible. 

Any alternative arrangements must be 

made with Ms. Jamison in advance of 

transmitting a comment. Ms. Jamison 

should be contacted at (202) 395–3475. 

General information concerning USTR 

is available at www.ustr.gov. Comments 

will be placed in the docket and open 

to public inspection, except business 

confidential information. Comments 

may be viewed on the 

www.regulations.gov Web site by 

entering the relevant docket number in 

the search field on the home page. 

Douglas Bell, 

Chair, Trade Policy Staff Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29388 Filed 12–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3290–F5–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2014–0430] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Request for Comments; 

Revision of an Approved Information 

Collection: Medical Qualification 

Requirements 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

FMCSA announces its plan to submit 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for its 

review and approval and invites public 

comment. The FMCSA requests to 

revise an ICR entitled, ‘‘Medical 

Qualification Requirements,’’ due to 

updated information for several of the 

Information Collections (ICs) discussed. 

This ICR is needed to ensure that 

drivers, motor carriers and the States are 

complying with the medical 

qualification requirements of 

commercial motor vehicle (CMV) 

drivers. The information collected is 

used to determine and certify driver 

medical fitness and must be collected in 

order for our highways to be safe. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before February 17, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Docket 

Number FMCSA–2014–0430 using any 

of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Services; U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 20590– 

0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 

140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the Agency name and docket 

number. For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the exemption process, 

see the Public Participation heading 

below. Note that all comments received 

will be posted without change to 

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