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Tuesday, November 6, 2009, or by 5 

p.m., Thursday, December 3, 2009 (post 

hearing briefs only) using http:// 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2009–0036. Instructions for 

submitting business confidential 

versions are provided below. Handdelivered 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. 

To make a submission using http:// 

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number USTR–2009–0036 on the home 

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

provide a search-results page listing all 

documents associated with this docket. 

Locate the reference to this notice by 

selecting ‘‘Notices’’ under ‘‘Document 

Type’’. In the results table below, click 

on the ‘‘Send a Comment’’ link that 

corresponds to this notice. Follow the 

instructions given on the screen to 

submit the comment. The http:// 

www.regulations.gov Web site offers the 

option of providing comments by filling 

in a ‘‘Type Comment’’ field or by 

attaching a document. While both 

options are acceptable, USTR prefers 

submissions in the form of an 

attachment. 

Comments 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. 

Any person or party making a 

submission is strongly advised to review 

the GSP regulations and GSP Guidebook 

(available at: http://www.ustr.gov/tradetopics/trade-development/preferenceprograms/generalized-systempreference-gsp/gsp-program-inf) 

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. 

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. 

If a comment contains business 

confidential information that the 

submitter wishes to protect from public 

disclosure, the confidential submission 

must be marked ‘‘BUSINESS 

CONFIDENTIAL’’ at the top and bottom 

of each page. The submitter must 

provide a written explanation of why 

the information should be protected in 

accordance with 15 CFR 2007.7(b). In 

addition, the submission must be 

accompanied by a non-confidential 

version that indicates, with asterisks, 

where confidential information was 

redacted or deleted. The top and bottom 

of each page of the non-confidential 

version must be marked either ‘‘PUBLIC 

VERSION’’ or ‘‘NON-CONFIDENTIAL’’. 

The file name of the public version 

should begin with the characters ‘‘P’’. 

The ‘‘P’’ should be followed by the 

name of the party (government, 

company, union, association, etc.) that 

is making the submission. 

Business confidential comments that 

are submitted without the required 

markings or that are not accompanied 

by a properly marked non-confidential 

version as set forth above may not be 

accepted or may be treated as public 

documents. A copy of the public version 

will be posted on Regulations.gov. 

Notice of Public Hearing 

A hearing will be held by the GSP 

Subcommittee of the TPSC on 

Thursday, November 19, 2009, for 

product petitions accepted for the 2009 

GSP Annual Review (i.e., for product 

petitions other than those requesting 

CNL waivers) beginning at 9:30 a.m. at 

the Office of the U.S. Trade 

Representative, Rooms 1 and 2, 1724 F 

St., NW., Washington, DC 20508. The 

hearing will be open to the public, and 

a transcript of the hearing will be made 

available for public inspection or can be 

purchased from the reporting company. 

No electronic media coverage will be 

allowed. 

All interested parties wishing to make 

an oral presentation at the hearing must 

submit, following the above 

‘‘Requirements for Submissions’’, the 

name, address, telephone number, 

facsimile number, and e-mail address (if 

available), of the witness(es) 

representing their organization to 

Marideth Sandler, Executive Director of 

the GSP Program by 5 p.m., Friday, 

November 6, 2009. Requests to present 

oral testimony in connection with the 

public hearing must be accompanied by 

a written brief or statement, in English, 

and also must be received by 5 p.m., 

Friday, November 6, 2009. Oral 

testimony before the GSP Subcommittee 

will be limited to five-minute 

presentations that summarize or 

supplement information contained in 

briefs or statements submitted for the 

record. Post-hearing briefs or statements 

will be accepted if they conform with 

the regulations cited above and are 

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

Thursday, December 3, 2009, following 

the ‘‘Requirements for Submissions’’ 

above. Parties not wishing to appear at 

the public hearing may submit prehearing briefs or statements, in English, 

by 5 p.m., November 6, 2009, and posthearing written briefs or statements, in 

English, by 5 p.m., December 3, 2009, 

also in accordance with the 

‘‘Requirements for Submissions’’ above. 

Receipt of Advice From the USITC 

With respect to petitions to add or 

remove articles from the ‘‘List of 

Product Petitions Accepted in the 2009 

GSP Annual Review,’’ and 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 

of such additions or removals on U.S. 

industries producing like or directly 

competitive articles and on consumers. 

Comments by interested persons on the 

USITC Report prepared as part of the 

product review other than those 

requesting CNL waivers should be 

submitted by 5 p.m., 10 calendar days 

after the date of USITC publication of 

the public version of its report. 

Marideth J. Sandler, 

Executive Director, Generalized System of 

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

Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. E9–25459 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W0–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–6 (Sub-No. 469X)] 

BNSF Railway Company— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Pierce 

County, WA 

BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) filed 

a notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 

1152 subpart F—Exempt Abandonments 

to abandon a 1.56-mile line of railroad 

between milepost 0.59, and milepost 

2.15, in Tacoma, Pierce County, WA. 

The line traverses United States Postal 

Service Zip Code 98402. 

BNSF has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has been handled to or from any 

customer over the rail line for at least 2 

years; (2) all overhead traffic has been 

rerouted; (3) no formal complaint filed 

by a user of rail service on the line (or 

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1The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Section of 

Environmental Analysis (SEA) in its independent 

investigation) cannot be made before the 

exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any 

request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible 

so that the Board may take appropriate action before 

the exemption’s effective date. 

2Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which currently is set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

acting on behalf of such user) regarding 

cessation of service over the line either 

is pending with the Board or with any 

U.S. District Court or has been decided 

in favor of complainant within the 2- 

year period; and (4) the requirements at 

49 CFR 1105.7 (environmental report), 

49 CFR 1105.8 (historic report), 49 CFR 

1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR 

1105.12 (newspaper publication), and 

49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to 

governmental agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line R. Co.— 

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 

(1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received, this 

exemption will be effective on 

November 21, 2009, unless stayed 

pending reconsideration. Petitions to 

stay that do not involve environmental 

issues,1 formal expressions of intent to 

file an OFA under 49 CFR 

1152.27(c)(2),2 and trail use/rail banking 

requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be 

filed by November 2, 2009. Petitions to 

reopen or requests for public use 

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 

be filed by November 12, 2009, with: 

Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to BNSF’s 

representative: Kristy Clark, General 

Attorney, BNSF Railway Company, 

2500 Lou Menk Drive, AOB–3, Fort 

Worth, TX 76131. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

BNSF has filed environmental and 

historic reports which address the 

effects, if any, of the abandonment on 

the environment and historic resources. 

SEA will issue an environmental 

assessment (EA) by October 27, 2009. 

Interested persons may obtain a copy of 

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 1100, 

Surface Transportation Board, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by 

calling SEA, at (202) 245–0305. 

Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. Comments on 

environmental and historic preservation 

matters must be filed within 15 days 

after the EA becomes available to the 

public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), BNSF shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the line. If 

consummation has not been effected by 

BNSF’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by October 22, 2010, and 

there are no legal or regulatory barriers 

to consummation, the authority to 

abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: October 19, 2009. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Kulunie L. Cannon, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–25432 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; 

Notice of Application for Special 

Permits 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: List of applications for special 

permits. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

procedures governing the application 

for, and the processing of, special 

permits from the Department of 

Transportations Hazardous Material 

Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, Subpart 

B), notice is hereby given that the Office 

of Hazardous Materials Safety has 

received the application described 

herein. Each mode of transportation for 

which a particular special permit is 

requested is indicated by a number in 

the ‘‘Nature of Application’’ portion of 

the table below as follows: 1—Motor 

vehicle, 2—Rail freight, 3—Cargo vessel, 

4—Cargo aircraft only, 5—Passengercarrying aircraft. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 23, 2009. 

ADDRESS COMMENTS TO: Record Center, 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590. 

Comments should refer to the 

application number and be submitted in 

triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of 

comments is desired, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard showing 

the special permit number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the applications are available 

for inspection in the Records Center, 

East Building, PHH–30, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue Southeast, Washington 

DC or at http://regulations.gov. 

This notice of receipt of applications 

for special permit is published in 

accordance with Part 107 of the Federal 

hazardous materials transportation law 

(49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR 1.53(b)). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 7, 

2009. 

Delmer F. Billings, 

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, 

Special Permits and Approvals. 

NEW SPECIAL PERMITS

Application No. Docket No. Applicant Regulations(s) affected Nature of special permits thereof 

14910–N ......... .................... Drug & Laboratory Disposal, 

Inc., Plainwell, MI.

49 CFR 178.503 ..................... To authorize the transportation in commerce 

of UN 1H2 plastic drums that are intended 

to be non-reusable as the outer packaging 

for lab packs. (modes 1, 2, 3) 


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