Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 101 / Thursday, May 28, 2009 / Notices 25605 

part of the Government. The Bureau 

reserves the right to reduce, revise, or 

increase proposal budgets in accordance 

with the needs of the program and the 

availability of funds. In addition, it 

reserves the right to accept proposals in 

whole or in part and to make an award 

or awards in the best interest of the 

program. Awards made will be subject 

to periodic reporting and evaluation 

requirements per section VI.3 above. 

Dated: May 18, 2009. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–12416 Filed 5–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6641] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Dalou 

in England: Portraits of Womanhood, 

1871–1879’’ 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority 

No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as 

amended, and Delegation of Authority 

No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], 

I hereby determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Dalou in 

England: Portraits of Womanhood, 

1871–1879,’’ imported from abroad for 

temporary exhibition within the United 

States, are of cultural significance. The 

objects are imported pursuant to loan 

agreements with the foreign owners or 

custodians. I also determine that the 

exhibition or display of the exhibit 

objects at the Yale Center for British Art, 

New Haven, CT, from on or about June 

10, 2009, until on or about August 23, 

2009, and at possible additional 

exhibitions or venues yet to be 

determined, is in the national interest. 

Public Notice of these Determinations is 

ordered to be published in the Federal 

Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Julie 

Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: (202–453–8050). The 

address is U.S. Department of State, SA– 

44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, 

Washington, DC 20547–0001. 

Dated: May 22, 2009. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–12453 Filed 5–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Generalized System of Preferences 

(GSP): Notice Regarding the Initiation 

of the 2009 Annual GSP Product and 

Country Eligibility Practices Review 

and Deadlines for Filing Petitions 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice and solicitation for 

public petitions. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the Office of the United States Trade 

Representative (USTR) will receive 

petitions in 2009 to modify the list of 

products that are eligible for duty-free 

treatment under the GSP program and to 

modify the GSP status of certain GSP 

beneficiary developing countries 

because of country practices. This 

notice determines that the deadline for 

submission of country practice petitions 

for the 2009 Annual GSP Product and 

Country Eligibility Practices Review is 5 

p.m., Wednesday, June 24, 2009. This 

notice further determines that the 

deadline for submission of product 

petitions, other than those requesting 

competitive need limitation (CNL) 

waivers or section 503(c)(1)(E) 

determinations regarding products not 

produced in the United States on 

January 1, 1995, is 5 p.m., Wednesday, 

June 24, 2009. The deadline for 

submission of petitions requesting CNL 

waivers and 503(c)(1)(E) determinations 

regarding products not produced in the 

United States on January 1, 1995 is 5 

p.m., Tuesday, November 17, 2009. The 

lists of product petitions and country 

practice petitions accepted for review 

will be announced in the Federal 

Register at later dates. 

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. 

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. Public versions of the 

petitions submitted for the June 24, 

2009, deadline will be available in 

docket USTR–2009–0015 at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

I. 2009 Annual GSP Review 

The GSP regulations (15 CFR part 

2007) provide the timetable for 

conducting an annual review, unless 

otherwise specified by Federal Register 

notice. Notice is hereby given that, in 

order to be considered in the 2009 

Annual GSP Product and Country 

Practices Eligibility Review, all petitions 

to modify the list of articles eligible for 

duty-free treatment under GSP or to 

review the GSP status of any beneficiary 

developing country must be received by 

the GSP Subcommittee of the Trade 

Policy Staff Committee no later than 5 

p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. 

Petitions requesting CNL waivers and 

503(c)(1)(E) determinations regarding 

products not produced in the United 

States on January 1, 1995, must be 

received by the GSP Subcommittee of 

the Trade Policy Staff Committee no 

later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 

17, 2009, in order to be considered in 

the 2009 Annual Review. Petitions 

submitted after the respective deadlines 

will not be considered for review. 

GSP Product Review Petitions 

Interested parties, including foreign 

governments, may submit petitions to: 

(1) Designate additional articles as 

eligible for GSP benefits, including to 

designate articles as eligible for GSP 

benefits only for countries designated as 

least-developed beneficiary developing 

countries, or only for countries 

designated as beneficiary sub-Saharan 

African countries under the African 

Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA); 

(2) withdraw, suspend or limit the 

application of duty-free treatment 

accorded under the GSP with respect to 

any article, either for all beneficiary 

developing countries, least-developed 

beneficiary developing countries or 

beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries, or for any of these countries 

individually; (3) determine whether a 

like or directly competitive product was 

produced in the United States on 

January 1, 1995, for the purposes of 

section 503(c)(1)(E); (4) waive the 

‘‘competitive need limitations’’ for 

individual beneficiary developing 

countries with respect to specific GSPeligible articles (these limits do not 

apply to either least-developed 

beneficiary developing countries or 

AGOA beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries); and (5) otherwise modify 

GSP coverage. 

25606 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 101 / Thursday, May 28, 2009 / Notices 

As specified in 15 CFR 2007.1, all 

product petitions must include a 

detailed description of the product and 

the 8-digit subheading of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) under which the 

product is classified. 

Further, product petitions requesting 

CNL waivers for GSP-eligible articles 

from beneficiary developing countries 

that exceed the CNLs in 2009 as well as 

503(c)(1)(E) determinations regarding 

whether a like or directly competitive 

product was produced in the United 

States on January 1, 1995, must be filed 

in the 2009 Annual Review. In order to 

allow petitioners an opportunity to 

review additional 2009 U.S. import 

statistics, these petitions may be filed 

after Wednesday, June 24, 2009, but 

must be received on or before the 

Tuesday, November 17, 2009, deadline 

described above in order to be 

considered in the 2009 Annual Review. 

Copies will be made available for public 

inspection at http:// 

www.regulations.gov after the November 

17, 2009, deadline. 

Country Practices Eligibility Review 

Petitions 

Any person may submit petitions to 

review the designation of any 

beneficiary developing country, 

including any least-developed 

beneficiary developing country, with 

respect to any of the designation criteria 

listed in sections 502(b) or 502(c) of the 

Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(b) and (c)). 

Petitions to review the designation of 

beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries are considered in the Annual 

Review of the AGOA, a separate 

administrative process not governed by 

the GSP regulations. 

II. Requirements for Submissions 

All submissions for the GSP Product 

and Country Practices Eligibility Review 

must conform to the GSP regulations set 

forth at 15 CFR part 2007, except as 

modified below. These regulations are 

reprinted in the ‘‘U.S. Generalized 

System of Preferences Guidebook’’ 

(‘‘GSP Guidebook’’), available at: 

http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Trade_

Development/Preference_Programs/

GSP/asset_upload_file666_8359.pdf. 

Any person or party making a 

submission is strongly advised to review 

the GSP regulations. A model petition 

format is available from the GSP 

Subcommittee and is included in the 

GSP Guidebook. Petitioners are 

requested to use this model petition 

format so as to ensure that all 

information requirements are met. 

Submissions in response to this notice, 

with the exception of business 

confidential submissions, must be 

submitted electronically using http:// 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2009–0015. Hand-delivered 

submissions will not be accepted. 

Submissions must be submitted in 

English to the Chairman of the GSP 

Subcommittee, Trade Policy Staff 

Committee, by the applicable deadlines 

set forth in this notice. Submissions that 

do not provide the information required 

by sections 2007.0 and 2007.1 of the 

GSP regulations will not be accepted for 

review, except upon a detailed showing 

in the submission that the petitioner 

made a good faith effort to obtain the 

information required. 

To ensure their most timely and 

expeditious receipt and consideration, 

petitions provided in response to this 

notice, with the exception of business 

confidential submissions, must be 

submitted online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. To make a 

submission using http:// 

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number USTR–2009–0015 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. Submissions 

must be in English, with the total 

submission not to exceed 30 singlespaced 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. 

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. 

When attaching a document, type (1) 

The eight-digit HTSUS subheading 

number, and (2) ‘‘See attached’’ in the 

‘‘General Comments’’ field on the online 

submission form, and indicate on the 

attachment whether the document is a 

‘‘Country Practice Review Petition’’ or 

‘‘Product Review Petition for [HTSUS 

Subheading Number], [Product Name], 

and, if pertinent, [Country].’’ 

Submissions must include at the 

beginning of the submission, or on the 

first page (if an attachment), the 

following text (in bold and underlined): 

(1) ‘‘2009 GSP Annual Review’’; and (2) 

for product petitions, the eight-digit 

HTSUS subheading number in which 

the product is classified; for country 

practice petitions, the name of the 

country. Furthermore, interested parties 

submitting petitions that request action 

with respect to specific products should 

also list at the beginning of the 

submission, or on the first page (if an 

attachment) the following information: 

(1) The requested action; and (2) if 

applicable, the beneficiary developing 

country. 

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 

delays in a submission due to technical 

difficulties, nor is it able to provide any 

technical assistance for the Web site. 

Documents not submitted in accordance 

with these instructions may not be 

considered in this review. If unable to 

provide submissions as requested, 

please contact the GSP Program to 

arrange for an alternative method of 

transmission. 

Business Confidential Petitions 

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. 

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 

Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 101 / Thursday, May 28, 2009 / Notices 25607 

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. 

III. Public Viewing of Review 

Submissions 

Submissions in response to this 

notice, except for information granted 

‘‘business confidential’’ status under 15 

CFR 2003.6, will be available for public 

viewing pursuant to 15 CFR 2007.6 at 

http://www.regulations.gov upon 

completion of processing and no later 

than approximately two weeks after the 

relevant due date. Such submissions 

may be viewed by entering the docket 

number USTR–2009–0015 in the search 

field at: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Marideth Sandler, 

Executive Director, GSP Program, Chairman, 

GSP Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff 

Committee. 

[FR Doc. E9–12406 Filed 5–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W9–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2009–0112] 

Agency Information Collection (IC) 

Activities; Extension of a Currently 

Approved Collection: Training 

Certification for Entry-Level 

Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators 

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 

review and approval, and invites public 

comment. The FMCSA requests 

approval to extend an ICR entitled, 

‘‘Training Certification for Entry-Level 

Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators.’’ 

There is no change from the burden 

estimate approved by OMB on March 

11, 2008. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before July 27, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket Number 

FMCSA–2009–0112 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001 between 9 a.m. and 5 

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

except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251 

Each submission must include the 

Agency name and the docket number for 

this Notice. Note that DOT posts all 

comments received without change to 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information included in a 

comment. Please see the Privacy Act 

heading below. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time or to 

Room W12–140 on the ground level of 

the West Building, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, 20590– 

0001 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., e.t. 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. The FDMS is available 24 

hours each day, 365 days each year. If 

you want acknowledgement that we 

received your comments, please include 

a self-addressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting them 

on-line. 

Privacy Act: Anyone may search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or of the person signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19476). This information is also 

available at http://docketsinfo.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Thomas Yager, Chief, Driver and Carrier 

Operations Division, Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC, 20590–0001. Telephone: 202–366– 

4325. E-mail: MCPSD@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Commercial Motor 

Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (CMVSA) (49 

U.S.C. 31301 et seq.) established 

national minimum testing and licensing 

standards for operators of large trucks 

and buses. Congress sought to ensure 

that drivers of large trucks and buses 

possessed the knowledge and skills 

necessary to operate these vehicles. The 

CMVSA established the ‘‘Commercial 

Drivers License’’ (CDL) program and 

directed the Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), FMCSA’s 

predecessor agency, to establish 

minimum Federal standards that States 

must meet when licensing CMV drivers. 

The CMVSA applies to most operators 

of CMVs in interstate or intrastate 

commerce, including employees of 

Federal, State and local governments. 

Section 4007(a)(2) of the Intermodal 

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 

1991 (ISTEA) (Pub. L. 102–240, 

December 18, 1991) directed the FHWA 

to ‘‘commence a rulemaking proceeding 

on the need to require training of all 

entry-level drivers of CMVs.’’ On June 

21, 1993, the FHWA published in the 

Federal Register an advance notice of 

proposed rulemaking entitled, 

‘‘Commercial Motor Vehicles: Training 

for All Entry Level Drivers’’ (58 FR 

33874). The Agency also began a study 

of the effectiveness of the training of 

entry-level drivers by the private sector. 

The results of the study were published 

in 1997 under the title ‘‘Adequacy of 

Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver 

Training,’’ and are available in FMCSA 

Docket 1997–2199. The study found that 

the heavy truck, motor coach, and 

school bus segments of the industry 

were not providing adequate entry-level 

training. 

On August 15, 2003, FMCSA 

published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) entitled, 

‘‘Minimum Training Requirements for 

Entry-Level Commercial Motor Vehicle 

Operators’’ (68 FR 48863). The Agency 

proposed mandatory training for 

operators of CMVs in four areas: Driver 

qualifications, hours-of-service of 

drivers, driver wellness and whistleblower protection. Training in these 

topics was not required at that time, and 

the Agency believed that knowledge of 

these areas was crucial to CMV safety. 

On May 21, 2004, FMCSA published a 

final rule with the same title as the 

NPRM (69 FR 29384). The Agency 

mandated training for all CDL operators 

in the four subject areas, effective July 

20, 2004, despite litigation over the final 

rule in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 

D.C. Circuit. While the court ordered a 

remand so the Agency could review the 

matter, the court did not vacate the rule.