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Finish: (Piece) dyed; printed 

In addition, technical back must be heavily napped 

to produce a fabric thickness of not less than 4.5 

millimeters, including the napped pile. Additionally, a portion of the fabric is brushed on the technical face to produce a sueded hand and appearance and a portion is treated with a stain release 

finish. Finally, the following performance criteria 

must be satisfied: 

- Vertical and horizontal shrinkage must be less 

than 5% 

- Torque may not exceed 4% 

- All fabrics must have a Class 1 flammability rating 

- For optimum fabric integrity and stitch definition, 

this fabric must be knit on machines whose 

number of yarn feeds is a multiple of 3. 

Janet E. Heinzen, 

Acting Chairman, Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements. 

[FR Doc. E9–13183 Filed 6–4–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Determination under the Textile and 

Apparel Commercial Availability 

Provision of the Dominican RepublicCentral America-United States Free 

Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR 

Agreement) 

June 2, 2009. 

AGENCY: The Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements. 

ACTION: Determination to add a product 

in unrestricted quantities to Annex 3.25 

of the CAFTA-DR Agreement. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 5, 2009. 

SUMMARY: The Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA) has determined that certain 

cotton-polyester circular knit fleece 

fabric, as specified below, is not 

available in commercial quantities in a 

timely manner in the CAFTA-DR 

countries. The product will be added to 

the list in Annex 3.25 of the CAFTA-DR 

Agreement in unrestricted quantities. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maria Dybczak, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482-3651. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ONLINE: http://web.ita.doc.gov/tacgi/ 

CaftaReqTrack.nsf. Reference number: 

109.2009.04.24.Fabric.ST&RforGaran 

Mfg. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: The CAFTA-DR Agreement; 

Section 203(o)(4) of the Dominican RepublicCentral America-United States Free Trade 

Agreement Implementation Act (CAFTA-DR 

Implementation Act), Pub. Law 109-53; the 

Statement of Administrative Action (SAA), 

accompanying the CAFTA-DR 

Implementation Act; Presidential 

Proclamations 7987 (February 28, 2006) and 

7996 (March 31, 2006). 

BACKGROUND: 

The CAFTA-DR Agreement provides a 

list in Annex 3.25 for fabrics, yarns, and 

fibers that the Parties to the CAFTA-DR 

Agreement have determined are not 

available in commercial quantities in a 

timely manner in the territory of any 

Party. The CAFTA-DR Agreement 

provides that this list may be modified 

pursuant to Article 3.25(4)-(5), when the 

President of the United States 

determines that a fabric, yarn, or fiber is 

not available in commercial quantities 

in a timely manner in the territory of 

any Party. See Annex 3.25 of the 

CAFTA-DR Agreement; see also section 

203(o)(4)(C) of the CAFTA-DR Act. 

The CAFTA-DR Implementation Act 

requires the President to establish 

procedures governing the submission of 

a request and providing opportunity for 

interested entities to submit comments 

and supporting evidence before a 

commercial availability determination is 

made. In Presidential Proclamations 

7987 and 7996, the President delegated 

to CITA the authority under section 

203(o)(4) of CAFTA-DR Implementation 

Act for modifying the Annex 3.25 list. 

On September 15, 2008, CITA published 

modified procedures it would follow in 

considering requests to modify the 

Annex 3.25 list of products determined 

to be not commercially available in the 

territory of any Party to CAFTA-DR 

(Modifications to Procedures for 

Considering Requests Under the 

Commercial Availability Provision of 

the Dominican Republic-Central 

America-United States Free Trade 

Agreement, 73 FR 53200, September 15, 

2008) (’’procedures‘‘). 

On April 24, 2009, the Chairman of 

CITA received a Request for a 

Commercial Availability Determination 

(‘‘Request’’) from Sandler, Travis & 

Rosenberg, P.A., on behalf of Garan 

Manufacturing Corp., for certain cottonpolyester circular knit fleece fabric. On 

April 28, 2009, in accordance with 

CITA’s procedures, CITA notified 

interested parties of the Request, which 

was posted on the dedicated website for 

CAFTA-DR Commercial Availability 

proceedings. In its notifications, CITA 

advised that a Response with an Offer 

to Supply (‘‘Response’’) to the Request 

must be submitted by May 8, 2009, and 

any Rebuttal to a Response (‘‘Rebuttal’’) 

be submitted by May 14, 2009. On May 

8, 2009, Elasticos Centroamericanos y 

Textile S.A. de C.V. (‘‘Elcatex’’) 

submitted a Response. On May 14, 2009, 

Garan Manufacturing Corp. submitted 

its Rebuttal. 

In accordance with Section 203(o) of 

the CAFTA-DR Implementation Act, 

Article 3.25 of the CAFTA-DR, and 

Section 8(c)(4) of CITA’s procedures, 

should CITA determine that it has 

insufficient information to make a 

determination, CITA will extend its 

time period for consideration of the 

Request by an additional 14 U.S. 

business days. As the requestor and 

respondent disagreed on the 

respondent’s ability to supply the 

subject product, on May 20, 2009, the 

Chairman determined that there was 

insufficient information to recommend a 

determination, and therefore extended 

the deadline by an additional 14 U.S. 

business days. On May 27, 2009, Elcatex 

submitted a letter of withdrawal from 

the proceeding. As a result, there is no 

Response to the pending Request for 

CITA’s consideration. 

In accordance with section 

203(o)(4)(C) of the CAFTA-DR 

Implementation Act, and Section 8(c)(2) 

of CITA’s procedures, as no interested 

entity submitted a Response objecting to 

the Request and demonstrating its 

ability to supply the subject product, 

CITA has determined to add the 

specified fabric to the list in Annex 3.25 

of the CAFTA-DR Agreement. 

The subject product has been added 

to the list in Annex 3.25 of the CAFTADR Agreement in unrestricted 

quantities. A revised list has been 

posted on the dedicated website for 

CAFTA-DR Commercial Availability 

proceedings. 

Specifications: Certain Cotton-Polyester Circular 

Knit Fleece Fabric 

HTSUS: 6001.21 

Fiber Content: 67-73% cotton / 27-33% polyester 

Average Yarn Number: 

Face yarn - 100% combed cotton; 47/1 to 58/1 

metric (28/1 to 34/1) 

Tie yarn - 100% filament polyester, 110-125 

metric/ 36 filaments; (72-82 denier / 36 filaments) 

Fleece yarn - 57-63% combed cotton/37-43% polyester; 12/1 to 24/1 metric (7/1 to 14/1) 

Gauge: 20 

Weight: 271 to 300 grams per square meter (8.0 to 

8.85 ounces per square yard) 

Width: 152 to 183 centimeters (60 to 72 inches) 

Finish: (Piece) dyed; printed 

In addition, technical back must be heavily napped 

to produce a fabric thickness of not less than 4.5 

millimeters, including the napped pile. Additionally, a portion of the fabric is brushed on the technical face to produce a sueded hand and appearance and a portion is treated with a stain release 

finish. Finally, the following performance criteria 

must be satisfied: 

- Vertical and horizontal shrinkage must be less 

than 5% 

- Torque may not exceed 4% 

- All fabrics must have a Class 1 flammability rating 

- For optimum fabric integrity and stitch definition, 

this fabric must be knit on machines whose 

number of yarn feeds is a multiple of 3. 


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27012 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 107 / Friday, June 5, 2009 / Notices 

Janet E. Heinzen, 

Acting Chairman, Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements. 

[FR Doc. E9–13168 Filed 6–4–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; 2009–2011 

Company Organization Survey 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before August 4, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Cynthia M. WrennYorker, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 

8K319, Washington, DC 20233–6100 (or 

by e-mail at Cynthia.M.WrennYorker@census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Census Bureau conducts the 

annual Company Organization Survey 

(COS) to update and maintain a central, 

multipurpose Business Register (BR). In 

particular, the COS supplies critical 

information on the composition, 

organizational structure, and operating 

characteristics of multi-location 

companies. 

The BR serves two fundamental 

purposes: 

—First, and most important, it provides 

sampling populations and 

enumeration lists for the Census 

Bureau’s economic surveys and 

censuses, and it serves as an integral 

part of the statistical foundation 

underlying those programs. Essential 

for this purpose is the BR’s ability to 

identify all known United States 

business establishments and their 

parent companies. Further, the BR 

must accurately record basic business 

attributes needed to control sampling 

and enumeration. These attributes 

include industrial and geographic 

classifications, and name and address 

information. 

—Second, it provides establishment 

data that serve as the basis for the 

annual County Business Patterns 

(CBP) statistical series. The CBP 

reports present data on number of 

establishments, first quarter payroll, 

annual payroll, and mid-March 

employment summarized by industry 

and employment size class for the 

United States, the District of 

Columbia, Puerto Rico, counties, and 

county-equivalents. No other annual 

or more frequent series of industry 

statistics provides comparable detail, 

particularly for small geographic 

areas. 

II. Method of Collection 

The Census Bureau will conduct the 

2009–2011 COS in a similar manner as 

the 2008 COS. These collections will 

direct inquiries to approximately 43,000 

multi-establishment companies, which 

operate over 1.2 million establishments. 

This panel will be drawn from the BR 

universe of nearly 200,000 multiestablishment companies, which 

operate 1.6 million establishments. 

Additionally, the panel will include 

approximately 5,000 large singleestablishment companies that may have 

added locations during the year. 

The mailing list for the 2009–2011 

COS will include a certainty 

component, consisting of all multiestablishment companies with 250 or 

more employees, and those multiestablishment companies with 

administrative record values that 

indicate organizational changes. A noncertainty component will be drawn from 

the remaining multi-establishment 

companies based on employment size. 

The mailing list also will include 

entities that are most likely to have 

added establishments at other locations. 

The primary collection medium for 

the COS is a paper questionnaire; 

however, many enterprises will submit 

automated/electronic COS reports. For 

2009–2011, electronic reporting will be 

available to all COS respondents. 

Companies will receive and return 

responses by secure Internet 

transmission. Companies that cannot 

use the Internet will receive a CD–ROM 

containing their electronic data. All 

respondents will be allowed to mail the 

data via diskette or CD–ROM or submit 

their response data via the Internet. COS 

data is identical for all of the operating 

modes. 

The instrument will include inquiries 

on ownership or control by domestic or 

foreign parents, ownership of foreign 

affiliates, and leased employment. 

Further, the instrument will list an 

inventory of establishments belonging to 

the company and its subsidiaries, and 

request updates to these inventories, 

including additions, deletions, and 

changes to information on EIN, name 

and address, and industrial 

classification, end-of-year operating 

status, mid-March employment, first 

quarter payroll, and annual payroll. 

Additionally, the Census Bureau will 

ask certain questions in the 2009–2011 

COS in order to enhance content. We 

will include questions on leased 

employees working in the company, 

questions on research and development 

activities performed by the company, 

and questions on new or significantly 

improved methods of manufacturing, 

producing, delivering or distributing 

goods or services within the company. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0444. 

Form Number: NC–99001 and NC– 

99007 (for single-location companies). 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Businesses and notfor-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

48,000 enterprises. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1.59 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 127,517. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$3,643,161. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 of U.S.C. 

Sections 182, 195, 224, and 225. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 


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