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3. American Battle Monuments 

Commission—Chairperson. 

4. Architectural and Transportation 

Barriers Compliance Board— 

Chairperson. 

5. Armed Forces Retirement Home— 

Chief Operating Officer. 

6. Barry Goldwater Scholarship and 

Excellence in Education Foundation— 

Chairperson. 

7. Chemical Safety and Hazard 

Investigation Board—Chairperson. 

8. Christopher Columbus Fellowship 

Foundation—Chairperson. 

9. Commission for the Preservation of 

America’s Heritage Abroad— 

Chairperson. 

10. Commission of Fine Arts— 

Chairperson. 

11. Commission on Civil Rights— 

Chairperson. 

12. Committee for Purchase from 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled—Chairperson. 

13. Court of Appeals for Veterans 

Claims—Chief Judge. 

14. Court Services and Offender 

Supervision Agency for DC—Director. 

15. Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety 

Board—Chairperson. 

16. Delta Regional Authority—Federal 

Co-Chairperson. 

17. Farm Credit System Insurance 

Corporation—Chairperson. 

18. Federal Financial Institutions 

Examination Council—Chairperson 

19. Federal Mediation and 

Conciliation Service—Director. 

20. Federal Mine Safety and Health 

Review Commission—Chairperson. 

21. Federal Retirement Thrift 

Investment Board—Executive Director. 

22. Harry S. Truman Scholarship 

Foundation—Chairperson. 

23. Institute of American Indian and 

Alaska Native Culture and Arts 

Development—Chairperson. 

24. Institute of Museum and Library 

Services—Director. 

25. Inter-American Foundation— 

Chairperson. 

26. James Madison Memorial 

Fellowship Foundation—Chairperson. 

27. Japan-U.S. Friendship 

Commission—Chairperson. 

28. Marine Mammal Commission— 

Chairperson. 

29. Merit Systems Protection Board— 

Chairperson. 

30. Millennium Challenge 

Corporation—Chief Executive Officer. 

31. Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 

Excellence in National Environmental 

Policy Foundation—Chairperson. 

32. National Capital Planning 

Commission—Chairperson. 

33. National Council on Disability— 

Chairperson. 

34. National Mediation Board— 

Chairperson. 

35. National Transportation Safety 

Board—Chairperson. 

36. National Veterans Business 

Development Corporation— 

Chairperson. 

37. Neighborhood Reinvestment 

Corporation—Chairperson. 

38. Nuclear Waste Technical Review 

Board—Chairperson. 

39. Occupational Safety and Health 

Review Commission—Chairperson. 

40. Office of the Federal Coordinator 

for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation 

Projects—Federal Coordinator. 

41. Office of Government Ethics— 

Director. 

42. Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian 

Relocation—Chairperson. 

43. Office of Special Counsel—Special 

Counsel. 

44. Overseas Private Investment 

Corporation—Board of Directors. 

45. Presidio Trust—Chairperson. 

46. Selective Service System— 

Director. 

47. Smithsonian Institution/John F. 

Kennedy Center for the Performing 

Arts—Chairperson. 

48. Smithsonian Institution/National 

Gallery of Art—President. 

49. Smithsonian Institution/Woodrow 

Wilson International Center for 

Scholars—Director. 

50. Trade and Development Agency— 

Director. 

51. U.S. Holocaust Memorial 

Museum—Chairperson. 

52. U.S. Interagency Council on 

Homelessness—Chairperson. 

53. U.S. Institute of Peace— 

Chairperson. 

54. Vietnam Education Foundation— 

Chairperson. 

55. White House Commission on the 

National Moment of Remembrance— 

Chairperson. 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Generalized System of Preferences 

(GSP): Notice Regarding the 

Acceptance of Competitive Need 

Limitation Waiver and Further Review 

of Country Practice Petitions for the 

2008 Annual Review 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR) 

received petitions in connection with 

the 2008 GSP Annual Review to waive 

the competitive need limitations (CNLs) 

on imports of certain products that are 

eligible for duty-free treatment under 

the GSP program. This notice 

announces CNL waiver petitions that 

are accepted for further review and 

country practice petitions that continue 

to be under evaluation for acceptance in 

the 2008 GSP Annual Review. This 

notice also sets forth the schedule for 

comment and public hearings on the 

CNL waiver petitions, requesting 

participation in the hearings, submitting 

pre-hearing and post-hearing briefs, and 

commenting on the U.S. International 

Trade Commission (USITC) report on 

probable economic effects. The list of 

accepted petitions to waive CNLs and 

the list of country practice petitions that 

continue to be under review for 

acceptance in the 2008 GSP Annual 

Review are available at: http:// 

www.ustr.gov/Trade_Development/ 

Preference_Programs/GSP/ 

GSP_2008_Annual_Review/ 

Section_Index.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tameka Cooper, GSP Program, Office of 

the United States Trade Representative, 

1724 F Street, NW., Room F–214, 

Washington, DC 20508. The telephone 

number is (202) 395–6971, the fax 

number is (202) 395–2961, and the email address is 

Tameka_Cooper@ustr.eop.gov. 

DATES: The GSP regulations (15 CFR 

Part 2007) provide the schedule of dates 

for conducting an annual review unless 

otherwise specified in a Federal 

Register notice. The current schedule 

with respect to the review of CNL 

waiver petitions is set forth below. 

Notification of any other changes will be 

given in the Federal Register. 

February 13, 2009 Pre-hearing briefs 

and comments, requests to testify at 

the GSP Subcommittee Public 

Hearing, and hearing statements must 

be submitted by 5 p.m. 

February 26, 2009 GSP Subcommittee 

Public Hearing on all CNL waiver 

petitions accepted for the 2008 GSP 

Annual Review in Rooms 1 and 2, 

1724 F St., NW., Washington, DC 

20508, beginning at 9 a.m. 

March 12, 2009 Post-hearing briefs and 

comments must be submitted by 5 

p.m. 

May 2009 USITC scheduled to publish 

report on products for which CNL 

waivers have been requested in the 

2008 GSP Annual Review (cases 

2008–14 to 2008–19). Comments on 

the USITC report on these products 

are due 10 calendar days after USITC 

date of publication. 

June 30, 2009 Modifications to the list 

of articles eligible for duty-free 

treatment under the GSP resulting 

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from the 2008 Annual Review will be 

announced on or about June 30, 2009, 

in the Federal Register, and any 

changes will be effective as 

announced. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP 

program provides for the duty-free 

importation of eligible articles when 

imported from designated beneficiary 

developing countries. The GSP program 

is authorized by Title V of the Trade Act 

of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461, et seq.), as 

amended (the ‘‘1974 Act’’), and is 

implemented in accordance with 

Executive Order 11888 of November 24, 

1975, as modified by subsequent 

Executive Orders and Presidential 

Proclamations. 

In Federal Register notices dated May 

15, 2008, and October 16, 2008, USTR 

announced that the deadline for the 

filing of product petitions requesting 

waivers of ‘‘competitive need 

limitations’’ (CNLs) for the 2008 GSP 

Annual Review was November 13, 2008 

(73 FR 28174 and 73 FR 61444). The 

interagency GSP Subcommittee of the 

Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) 

has reviewed the CNL waiver petitions, 

and the TPSC has decided to accept for 

review the following petitions: 

(1) Amino-naphthols and aminophenol, their ethers, esters, except those 

with more than one kind of oxygen 

function; and salts thereof, nesoi from 

Brazil (HTS 2922.41.00); 

(2) Polyethylene terephthalate in 

primary forms (PET resin) from 

Indonesia (HTS 3907.60.00); 

(3) Full grain unsplit bovine (not 

buffalo) & equine leather, not whole, 

w/o hair on, nesoi from Argentina (HTS 

4107.91.80); 

(4) Ferrochromium containing by 

weight more than 4 percent of carbon 

from India (HTS 7202.41.00); 

(5) Calcium silicon ferroalloys from 

Argentina (HTS 7202.99.20); and 

(6) Copper, stranded wire, not 

electrically insulated, not fitted with 

fittings and not made up into articles 

from Turkey (HTS 7413.00.10). 

Additional information regarding 

these petitions is provided in the ‘‘List 

of CNL Waiver Petitions Accepted in the 

2008 GSP Annual Review’’ posted on 

the USTR Web site. Included in the list 

regarding each petition that has been 

accepted for review are: The case 

number; the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheading number; a brief description 

of the product (see the HTSUS for an 

authoritative description available on 

the USITC Web site (http:// 

www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/)); and the 

petitioner. Acceptance of a petition for 

review does not indicate any opinion 

with respect to the disposition on the 

merits of the petition. Acceptance 

indicates only that the listed petitions 

have been found eligible for review by 

the TPSC and that such review will take 

place. 

Notice of Public Hearing 

The GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC 

will hold a hearing on February 26, 

2009, for CNL waiver product petitions 

accepted for the 2008 GSP Annual 

Review, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Office 

of the U.S. Trade Representative, Rooms 

1 and 2, 1724 F Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20508. The hearing will 

be open to the public, and a transcript 

of the hearing will be available for 

public inspection or can be purchased 

from the reporting company. No 

electronic media coverage will be 

allowed. 

Submission of Requests To Testify at 

the Public Hearing and Hearing 

Statements 

All interested parties wishing to 

testify at the hearing must submit, by 5 

p.m., February 13, 2009, a ‘‘Notice of 

Intent to Testify’’ and ‘‘Hearing 

Statement’’ to http:// 

www.regulations.gov (following the 

procedures indicated in ‘‘Requirements 

for Submissions’’), the witness’’ or 

witnesses’ name, address, telephone 

number, fax number, e-mail address, 

pertinent Case Number and eight-digit 

HTSUS subheading number. Oral 

testimony before the GSP Subcommittee 

will be limited to one, five-minute 

presentation in English. If those 

testifying intend to submit a longer 

‘‘Hearing Statement’’ for the record, it 

must be in English and accompany the 

‘‘Notice of Intent to Testify’’ to be 

submitted by 5 p.m. on February 13, 

2009. 

Opportunities for Public Comment and 

Inspection of Comments 

In addition to holding a public 

hearing, the GSP Subcommittee of the 

TPSC invites briefs and comments in 

support of or in opposition to any CNL 

waiver petition that has been accepted 

for the 2008 GSP Annual Review. 

Parties not wishing to appear at the 

public hearing but wishing to submit 

pre-hearing briefs or statements, in 

English, must do so by 5 p.m., February 

13, 2009. Post-hearing briefs or 

statements will be accepted if they 

conform with the ‘‘Requirements for 

Submissions’’ cited above and are 

submitted, in English, by 5 p.m., March 

12, 2009. 

In accordance with sections 

503(d)(1)(A) of the 1974 Act and the 

authority delegated by the President, 

pursuant to section 332(g) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, the U.S. Trade 

Representative has requested that the 

USITC provide its advice on the 

probable economic effect on U.S. 

industries producing like or directly 

competitive articles and on consumers 

of the waiver of the CNL for the 

specified GSP beneficiary countries, 

with respect to the articles that are 

specified in the ‘‘List of CNL Waiver 

Submissions Accepted in the 2008 GSP 

Annual Review.’’ Comments by 

interested persons on the USITC Report 

prepared as part of the product review 

should be submitted by 5 p.m., 10 

calendar days after the date of USITC 

publication of its report. These 

submissions are to be submitted using 

http://www.regulations.gov in 

accordance with ‘‘Requirements for 

Submissions.’’ 

Submissions should comply with 15 

CFR Part 2007, except as modified 

below. All submissions should identify 

the subject article(s) in terms of the case 

number and eight digit HTSUS 

subheading number, if applicable, as 

shown in the ‘‘List of CNL Waiver 

Petitions Accepted in the 2008 GSP 

Annual Review’’ available at: http:// 

www.ustr.gov/Trade_Development/ 

Preference_Programs/GSP/ 

GSP_2008_Annual_Review/ 

Section_Index.html. 

[2008 GSP Review, List of CNL Waiver 

Petitions Accepted in the 2008 GSP 

Annual Review] 

Requirements for Submissions 

Submissions of pre-hearing and posthearing briefs and comments provided 

in response to this notice, with the 

exception of business confidential 

submissions, must be submitted 

electronically using http:// 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2008–0045. Hand-delivered 

submissions will not be accepted. 

Submissions must be submitted in 

English by the applicable deadlines set 

forth in this notice. 

For additional information on using 

the www.regulations.gov Web site or for 

any technical assistance relating to a 

submission, 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. Each submitter will 

receive a submission tracking number 

upon completion of the submissions 

procedure at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. The tracking 

number will be the submitter’s 

confirmation that the submission was 

received into http:// 

www.regulations.gov. The confirmation 

should be kept for the submitter’s 

records. USTR is not responsible for any 

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1 15 U.S.C. 78k–1. 

2 17 CFR 242.608. 

3Each Participant executed the proposed 

amendment. The Participants are the American 

Stock Exchange LLC (n/k/a NYSE Alternext US 

LLC); Boston Stock Exchange, Inc. (n/k/a NASDAQ 

OMX BX, Inc.); Chicago Board Options Exchange, 

Incorporated; Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.; 

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., 

International Securities Exchange, LLC; The 

NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; National Stock 

Exchange, Inc.; New York Stock Exchange LLC 

(‘‘NYSE’’); NYSE Arca, Inc.; and Philadelphia Stock 

Exchange, Inc. (n/k/a NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc.). 

4See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 10787 

(May 10, 1974), 39 FR 17799 (order approving CTA 

Plan); 15009 (July 28, 1978), 43 FR 34851 (August 

7, 1978) (order temporarily approving CQ Plan); and 

Continued 

delays in a submission due to technical 

difficulties, nor is it able to provide any 

technical assistance for the Web site. 

To make a submission using http:// 

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number USTR–2008–0045 on the home 

page and click ‘‘go.’’ The site will 

provide a search-results page listing all 

documents associated with this docket. 

Find a reference to this notice by 

selecting ‘‘Notice’’ under ‘‘Document 

Type’’ on the left side of the searchresults page, and click on the link 

entitled ‘‘Send a Comment or 

Submission.’’ The http:// 

www.regulations.gov Web site offers the 

option of providing comments by filling 

in a ‘‘General Comments’’ field or by 

attaching a document. Given the 

detailed nature of the information 

sought by the GSP Subcommittee, it is 

expected that most comments and 

submissions will be provided in an 

attached document. If a document is 

attached, (1) type the eight-digit HTSUS 

subheading number; as appropriate; (2) 

indicate whether the attachment is 

‘‘Written Comments,’’ ‘‘Notice of Intent 

to Testify,’’ ‘‘Pre-hearing brief,’’ ‘‘Posthearing brief,’’ or ‘‘Comments on USITC 

Advice; and (3) type in ‘‘See attached’’ 

in the ‘‘General Comments’’ field. 

Submissions must be in English, with 

the total submission not to exceed 30 

single-spaced standard letter-size pages 

in 12-point type, including attachments. 

Any data attachments to the submission 

should be included in the same file as 

the submission itself, and not as 

separate files. 

Submissions must include, on the 

first page (if an attachment) or at the 

beginning of the submission, the 

following text (in bold and underlined): 

(1) 2008 GSP Annual Review; (2) the 

Case Number; (3) the eight-digit HTSUS 

subheading number; and (4) as 

appropriate, ‘‘Written Comments,’’ 

‘‘Notice of Intent to Testify,’’ ‘‘Prehearing brief,’’ ‘‘Post-hearing brief,’’ or 

‘‘Comments on USITC Advice’’. The 

case number and eight-digit HTSUS 

subheading number (for example, Case 

2008–19, 7413.00.10) are found on the 

‘‘List of CNL Waiver Petitions Accepted 

in the 2008 GSP Annual Review’’ on the 

USTR Web site. 

Submissions will be placed in the 

docket and open to public inspection 

pursuant to 15 CFR § 2007.6. 

Submissions may be viewed on the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site by 

entering the docket number USTR– 

2008–0045 in the search field at: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Business Confidential Submissions 

Persons wishing to submit business 

confidential information must submit 

that information by electronic mail to 

FR0807@ustr.eop.gov. Business 

confidential submissions will not be 

accepted at http://www.regulations.gov; 

however, public or non-confidential 

submissions that accompany business 

confidential submissions should be 

submitted at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. For any document 

containing business confidential 

information submitted as a file attached 

to an e-mail transmission, the file name 

of the business confidential version 

should begin with the characters ‘‘BC.’’ 

The ‘‘BC’’ should be followed by the 

name of the party (government, 

company, union, association, etc.) that 

is making the submission. 

Persons wishing to submit business 

confidential submissions must also 

follow each of these steps: (1) Provide 

a written explanation of why the 

information should be protected in 

accordance with 15 CFR 2007.7(b), 

which must be submitted along with the 

business confidential version of the 

submission; (2) clearly mark the 

business confidential submission 

‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ at the top 

and bottom of each page of the 

submission; (3) indicate using brackets 

what information in the document is 

confidential; and (4) submit a nonconfidential version of the submission, 

marked ‘‘Public’’ at the top and bottom 

of each page, that also indicates, using 

asterisks, where business confidential 

information was redacted or deleted 

from the applicable sentences to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Business 

confidential submissions that are 

submitted without the required 

markings or are not accompanied by a 

properly marked non-confidential 

version, as set forth above, might not be 

accepted or may be considered public 

documents. The non-confidential 

summary will be placed in the docket 

and open to public inspection. 

Public versions of all documents 

relating to this review will be made 

available for public viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov upon completion 

of processing and no later than 

approximately two weeks after the 

relevant due date. 

Petitions for Review Regarding Country 

Practices 

Pursuant to 15 CFR 2007.0(b), the GSP 

Subcommittee of the TPSC has 

continued the evaluation of the country 

practice petitions for Iraq and Sri Lanka 

that were submitted for inclusion in the 

2008 GSP Annual Review (see ‘‘List of 

Petitions Accepted in the 2008 GSP 

Annual Review’’ posted on the USTR 

Web site). This decision was announced 

in a Federal Register notice dated 

September 12, 2008, 73 FR 53054, and 

indicated that the decision on whether 

to accept the new country practice 

petitions for Iraq and Sri Lanka for 

review in the 2008 GSP Annual Review 

was planned for January 2009. The 

decision regarding whether to accept 

these new country practice petitions in 

December 2008, including a petition 

submitted in December 2008 requesting 

a country practices review with respect 

to the Republic of the Philippines, is 

now expected to be announced no later 

than March 15, 2009. A Federal Register 

notice will be published announcing the 

decision on whether to accept the 

petitions. 

Marideth Sandler, 

Executive Director, Generalized System of 

Preferences (GSP) Program, Office of the U.S. 

Trade Representative. 

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COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–59230; File No. SR–CTA/ 

CQ–2008–05] 

Consolidated Tape Association; Notice 

of Filing of the Thirteenth Substantive 

Amendment to the Second 

Restatement of the Consolidated Tape 

Association Plan and Ninth 

Substantive Amendment to the 

Restated Consolidated Quotation Plan 

January 12, 2009. 

Pursuant to Section 11A of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 608 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on December 

15, 2008, the Consolidated Tape 

Association (‘‘CTA’’) Plan and 

Consolidated Quotation (‘‘CQ’’) Plan 

participants (‘‘Participants’’) 3 filed with 

the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) a proposal 

to amend the CTA and CQ Plans 

(collectively, the ‘‘Plans’’).4 The 

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