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1For purposes of its investigation, the ITC 

considered certain passenger vehicle and light truck 

tires to consist of new pneumatic tires, of rubber, 

from China, of a kind used on motor cars (except 

racing cars) and on-the-highway light trucks, vans, 

and sport utility vehicles, provided for in 

subheadings 4011.10.10, 4011.10.50, 4011.20.10, 

and 4011.20.50 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

of the United States (hereafter ‘‘Chinese tires’’). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

202 of the William Wilberforce 

Trafficking Victims Protection 

Reauthorization Act of 2008 

(WWTVPRA), Public Law 110–457, 

mandated that the Secretary of State, in 

consultation with the Secretary of 

Homeland Security, the Attorney 

General, and the Secretary of Labor, 

develop an information pamphlet on 

legal rights and resources for aliens 

applying for employment- or educationbased nonimmigrant visas. Working 

closely with the Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS), the 

Department of Justice (DOJ), the 

Department of Labor (DOL), and the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), and in consultation 

with non-governmental organizations 

(NGOs) with expertise on the legal 

rights of workers and victims of severe 

forms of trafficking in persons, the 

Department of State has completed this 

pamphlet, which is posted online at 

http://Travel.State.gov/ and which will 

shortly be posted on the Web sites of 

U.S. embassies and consulates 

worldwide. The pamphlet, to be 

distributed to applicants applying for 

certain employment- or education-based 

nonimmigrant visa classifications, as 

provided in the WWTVPRA, notifies 

nonimmigrant workers in the United 

States of their rights and gives them 

resources in the event they fall victim to 

abuse or human trafficking. The 

pamphlet represents a major step in the 

Department’s efforts to combat human 

trafficking and labor rights violations. 

The Department of State has sent the 

pamphlet to its partners at DHS, DOJ, 

DOL, and HHS and would like to let all 

agencies, NGOs, foreign labor brokers, 

and other interested persons know that 

the information is now available and 

may be copied and provided to other 

parties. 

Dated: July 7, 2009. 

Janice L. Jacobs, 

Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–16805 Filed 7–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–06–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Notice of Proposed Measure and 

Opportunity for Public Comment 

Pursuant to Section 421 of the Trade 

Act of 1974: Certain Passenger Vehicle 

and Light Truck Tires From the 

People’s Republic of China 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed measure; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The United States 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

has determined, pursuant to section 

421(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as 

amended (the Trade Act) (19 U.S.C. 

2451(b)(1)), that certain passenger 

vehicle and light truck tires 1 from the 

People’s Republic of China (China) are 

being imported into the United States in 

such increased quantities or under such 

conditions as to cause market disruption 

to the domestic producers of like or 

directly competitive products. Pursuant 

to section 421(h)(1) of the Trade Act, the 

United States Trade Representative 

(USTR) is publishing notice of proposed 

restrictions with respect to imports of 

Chinese tires. USTR invites domestic 

producers, importers, exporters, and 

other interested parties to submit their 

views and evidence on the 

appropriateness of the proposed 

restrictions and whether they would be 

in the public interest. USTR also invites 

interested parties to participate in a 

public hearing (if one is requested). 

DATES: Requests for USTR to hold a 

public hearing are due by July 27, 2009. 

Written comments and requests to 

testify at any public hearing are also due 

by July 27, 2009. If USTR receives a 

request to hold a public hearing, the 

hearing will be held on August 7, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Requests and written 

comments should be submitted 

electronically via the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2009–0017. If you are unable to 

provide on-line submissions, please 

contact Sandy McKinzy, Legal 

Technician, at (202) 395–9483 to 

arrange for an alternative method of 

transmission. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

procedural questions concerning public 

comments and holding of a public 

hearing, contact Sandy McKinzy, Legal 

Technician, USTR, telephone (202) 395– 

9483. Other questions should be 

addressed to Terrence J. McCartin, 

Office of China Affairs, USTR, 

telephone (202) 395–3900, or Marı ́a L. 

Paga ́n, Office of General Counsel, USTR, 

telephone (202) 395–7305. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. The ITC Investigation and Section 

421 

Following receipt of a petition filed 

on April 20, 2009, by the United Steel, 

Paper and Forestry, Rubber, 

Manufacturing, Energy, Allied 

Industrial and Service Workers 

International Union (‘‘USW’’), the ITC 

instituted investigation No. TA–421–7, 

under section 421 of the Trade Act (19 

U.S.C. 2451) to determine whether 

Chinese tires are being imported into 

the United States in such increased 

quantities or under such conditions as 

to cause or threaten to cause market 

disruption to the domestic producers of 

like or directly competitive products. 

The ITC made an affirmative market 

disruption determination on June 18, 

2009, and transmitted a report on its 

determination, as well as its remedy 

proposals, to USTR on July 9, 2009. The 

views of the ITC, including its remedy 

proposals, and the ITC staff report, are 

available on the ITC’s Web site (http:// 

www.usitc.gov) and are contained in 

USITC Publication 4085 (July 2009), 

entitled ‘‘Certain Passenger Vehicle and 

Light Truck Tires from China.’’ A copy 

of that publication can be obtained from 

the ITC after July 30, 2009, by e-mailing 

pubrequest@usitc.gov, calling (202) 

205–2000, or writing to the Office of the 

Secretary, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20436. Requests may 

also be faxed to (202) 205–2104. 

Following an affirmative 

determination by the ITC, and pursuant 

to Section 421(h) of the Trade Act, 

USTR is required to make a 

recommendation to the President 

concerning what action, if any, the 

President should take to remedy the 

market disruption. Within 15 days after 

receiving USTR’s recommendation, the 

President is required to provide import 

relief unless the President determines 

that providing such relief is not in the 

national economic interest of the United 

States or, in extraordinary cases, that 

taking action would cause serious harm 

to the national security of the United 

States. (Section 421(k).) Before making a 

recommendation, USTR is required to 

publish notice of any measures it may 

propose and provide an opportunity to 

comment. 

2. Proposed Measure and Opportunity 

for Comment 

The ITC recommended that the 

President impose an additional duty for 

three years on imports of Chinese tires 

as follows: 55 percent ad valorem in the 

first year, 45 percent ad valorem in the 

second year, and 35 percent ad valorem 

in the third year. The ITC further 

recommended that, if applications are 


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filed, the President direct the 

Department of Commerce and the 

Department of Labor to provide 

expedited consideration of trade 

adjustment assistance for workers and/ 

or firms affected by imports of Chinese 

tires. USTR proposes this remedy for 

further consideration by domestic 

producers, importers, exporters, and 

other interested parties, and invites any 

of these parties to submit their views 

and evidence on the appropriateness of 

the proposed remedy and whether it 

would be in the public interest. In 

addition, USTR invites comments on 

other possible actions, including: 

imposing an additional duty on imports 

of Chinese tires at a rate, and/or for a 

period, different from the ITC 

recommendation; imposing a tariff-rate 

quota on imports of Chinese tires; 

imposing a quota on imports of Chinese 

tires; an import monitoring mechanism; 

or no import relief (pursuant to a 

determination under Section 421(k) of 

the Trade Act regarding the national 

economic interest or national security). 

In commenting on other possible 

actions, interested parties are requested 

to address the appropriateness of any 

other proposed action and how it would 

be in the public interest, and address: (i) 

The short- and long-term effects the 

proposed action is likely to have on the 

domestic passenger vehicle and light 

truck tires industry, other domestic 

industries, and downstream consumers, 

and (ii) the short- and long-term effects 

that not taking the proposed action is 

likely to have on the domestic passenger 

vehicle and light truck tires industry, its 

workers, and on other domestic 

industries or communities. 

USTR will inform parties that have 

submitted comments and/or requested 

to testify at any public hearing if a 

hearing is to be held. In addition, 

information on any public hearing may 

be obtained by contacting Sandy 

McKinzy, Legal Technician, at (202) 

395–9483. If a public hearing is 

requested, it will be held on August 7, 

2009, at 9:30 a.m. in Rooms 1 and 2, 

1724 F Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

Requests to testify must include the 

following information: (1) Name, 

address, telephone number, fax number, 

and firm or affiliation of the person 

wishing to testify; and (2) a brief 

summary of the comments to be 

presented. 

3. Requirements for Submissions 

To submit requests or comments via 

http://www.regulations.gov, enter 

docket number USTR–2009–0017 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.’’ (For further information 

on using the http://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 http://www.regulations.gov Web 

site provides the option of making 

submissions by filling in a ‘‘General 

Comments’’ field, or by attaching a 

document. We expect that most 

submissions will be provided in an 

attached document. If a document is 

attached, it is sufficient to type ‘‘See 

attached’’ followed by (as appropriate) 

‘‘Written Comments’’, ‘‘Request for 

Public Hearing’’, or ‘‘Request to Testify’’ 

in the ‘‘General Comments’’ field. 

Submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc) 

or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) are preferred. If 

you use an application other than those, 

please identify the application in your 

submission. For any document 

submitted electronically containing 

business confidential information, the 

file name of the business confidential 

version should begin with the characters 

‘‘BC’’, and the file name of the public 

version should begin with the character 

‘‘P’’. The ‘‘P’’ or ‘‘BC’’ should be 

followed by the name of the submitter. 

If you submit comments that contain no 

business confidential information, the 

file name should begin with the 

character ‘‘P’’, followed by the name of 

the submitter. Submissions should not 

attach a separate cover letter; rather, 

information that might appear in a cover 

letter should be included in the 

submission itself. To the extent 

possible, any attachments to the 

submission should be included in the 

same file as the submission itself, and 

not as separate files. 

We strongly urge submitters to use 

electronic filing. If on-line submission is 

impossible, please contact Sandy 

McKinzy at (202) 395–9483 to arrange 

for an alternative method of 

transmission. 

Eric G. Altbach, 

Deputy Assistant United States Trade 

Representative for China Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E9–16824 Filed 7–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W9–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Applications for Certificates 

of Public Convenience and Necessity 

and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed 

Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q) 

During the Week Ending July 4, 2009 

The following Applications for 

Certificates of Public Convenience and 

Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier 

Permits were filed under Subpart B 

(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department 

of Transportation’s Procedural 

Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et 

seq.). The due date for Answers, 

Conforming Applications, or Motions to 

Modify Scope are set forth below for 

each application. Following the Answer 

period DOT may process the application 

by expedited procedures. Such 

procedures may consist of the adoption 

of a show-cause order, a tentative order, 

or in appropriate cases a final order 

without further proceedings. 

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2009– 

0152. 

Date Filed: June 30, 2009. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motions To Modify 

Scope: July 21, 2009. 

Description: Application of MJet 

GmbH requesting a foreign air carrier 

permit to the full extent authorized by 

the Air Transport Agreement between 

the United States and the European 

Community and the Member States of 

the European Community to enable it to 

engage in: (i) Foreign charter air 

transportation of persons and property 

from any point or points behind any 

Member State of the European Union 

via any point or points in any Member 

State and via intermediate points to any 

point or points in the United States and 

beyond; (ii) foreign charter air 

transportation of persons and property 

between any point or points in the 

United States and any point or points in 

any member of the European Common 

Aviation Area; (iii) other charters; and 

(iv) transportation authorized by any 

additional route rights made available to 

European Community carriers in the 

future. MJet further requests exemption 

authority to the extent necessary to 

enable it to provide the services 

described above pending issuance of a 

foreign air carrier permit and such 

additional or other relief. 

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2009– 

0153. 

Date Filed: June 30, 2009. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motions To Modify 

Scope: July 21, 2009. 


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