4974 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 17 / Wednesday, January 28, 2009 / Notices 

DATES: February 2, 2009, commencing at 

8:30 a.m. and adjourning February 3, 

2009, at Noon. 

Contact: Dr. David Applegate, U.S. 

Geological Survey, MS 905, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 

20192, (703) 648–6714, 

applegate@usgs.gov. 

Suzette Kimball, 

Associate Director for Geology. 

[FR Doc. E9–1782 Filed 1–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[ES–956–1420–BJ–TRST] Group No. 194, 

Minnesota 

Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey 

AGENCY: Bureau Of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plat of 

Survey; Minnesota. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) will file the plat of 

survey of the lands described below in 

the BLM-Eastern States, Springfield, 

Virginia, 30 calendar days from the date 

of publication in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management, 7450 

Boston Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia 

22153. Attn: Cadastral Survey. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

survey was requested by the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs. 

The lands we surveyed are: 

Fifth Principal Meridian, Minnesota 

T. 145 North, R. 37 West 

The plat of survey represents the 

dependent resurvey of a portion of the 

subdivisional lines and the dependent 

resurvey and survey of the subdivision of 

section 34 of Township 145 North, Range 37 

West, of the Fifth Principal Meridian, in the 

State of Minnesota, and was accepted January 

16, 2009. We will place a copy of the plat we 

described in the open files. It will be 

available to the public as a matter of 

information. 

If BLM receives a protest against this 

survey, as shown on the plat, prior to 

the date of the official filing, we will 

stay the filing pending our 

consideration of the protest. 

We will not officially file the plat 

until the day after we have accepted or 

dismissed all protests and they have 

become final, including decisions on 

appeals. 

Dated: January 21, 2009. 

Dominica Van Koten, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor. 

[FR Doc. E9–1795 Filed 1–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–GJ–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 332–506] 

Advice Concerning Possible 

Modifications to the U.S. Generalized 

System of Preferences, 2008 Review of 

Competitive Need Limit Waivers 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Institution of investigation and 

scheduling of hearing. 

SUMMARY: Following receipt of a request 

on January 12, 2009 from the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR) 

under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 

1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)), the U.S. 

International Trade Commission 

(Commission) instituted investigation 

No. 332–506, Advice Concerning 

Possible Modifications to the U.S. 

Generalized System of Preferences, 2008 

Review of Competitive Need Limit 

Waivers. 

DATES: February 4, 2009: Deadline for 

filing requests to appear at the public 

hearing. 

February 6, 2009: Deadline for filing 

pre-hearing briefs and statements. 

February 27, 2009: Public hearing. 

March 6, 2009: Deadline for filing 

post-hearing briefs and statements and 

other written submissions. 

April 13, 2009: Transmittal of report 

to the Office of the United States Trade 

Representative. 

ADDRESSES: All Commission offices, 

including the Commission’s hearing 

rooms, are located in the United States 

International Trade Commission 

Building, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC. All written 

submissions should be addressed to the 

Secretary, United States International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20436. The public 

record for this investigation may be 

viewed on the Commission’s electronic 

docket (EDIS) at http://www.usitc.gov/ 

secretary/edis.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information specific to this investigation 

may be obtained from Eric Land, Project 

Leader, Office of Industries (202–205– 

3349 or eric.land@usitc.gov) or Gail 

Burns, Deputy Project Leader, Office of 

Industries (202–205–2501 or 

gail.burns@usitc.gov). For information 

on the legal aspects of these 

investigations, contact William Gearhart 

of the Commission’s Office of the 

General Counsel (202–205–3091 or 

william.gearhart@usitc.gov). The media 

should contact Margaret O’Laughlin, 

Office of External Relations (202–205– 

1819 or margaret.olaughlin@usitc.gov). 

Hearing-impaired individuals may 

obtain information on this matter by 

contacting the Commission’s TDD 

terminal at 202–205–1810. General 

information concerning the Commission 

may also be obtained by accessing its 

Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov). 

Persons with mobility impairments who 

will need special assistance in gaining 

access to the Commission should 

contact the Office of the Secretary at 

202–205–2000. 

Background: As requested by the 

USTR, under the authority delegated by 

the President, pursuant to section 332(g) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, and in 

accordance with sections 503(d)(1)(A) of 

the Trade Act of 1974 (1974 Act) (19 

U.S.C. 2463(d)(1)(A)), the Commission 

will provide advice on whether any 

industry in the United States is likely to 

be adversely affected by a waiver of the 

competitive need limits specified in 

section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act for 

the following countries and articles 

provided for in the noted subheadings 

of the Harmonized Tariff System (HTS): 

Argentina for HTS subheading 

4107.91.80 and 7202.99.20; Brazil for 

HTS subheading 2922.41.00; India for 

HTS subheading 7202.41.00; Indonesia 

for HTS subheading 3907.60.00; and 

Turkey for HTS subheading 7413.00.10. 

As requested, the Commission will also 

provide advice in accordance with 

section 503(c)(2)(E) of the 1974 Act with 

respect to whether like or directly 

competitive products were being 

produced in the United States on 

January 1, 1995. In addition, as 

requested, the Commission will provide 

advice as to the probable economic 

effect on total U.S. imports, and on 

consumers, of the petitioned waivers. 

As requested by the USTR, the 

Commission will use the dollar value 

limit of $135,000,000 for purposes of 

section 503(c)(2)(A)(i)(I) of the 1974 Act. 

As requested by the USTR, the 

Commission will provide its advice by 

April 13, 2009. The USTR indicated that 

those sections of the Commission’s 

report and related working papers that 

contain the Commission’s advice will be 

classified as ‘‘confidential.’’ 

Public Hearing: A public hearing in 

connection with this investigation will 

be held at the U.S. International Trade 

Commission Building, 500 E Street, 

SW., Washington, DC, beginning at 9:30 

a.m. on February 27, 2009. Requests to 


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appear at the public hearing should be 

filed with the Secretary no later than 

5:15 p.m. February 4, 2009. Any prehearing briefs and other statements 

relating to the hearing should be filed 

with the Secretary not later than 5:15 

p.m. February 6, 2009, and all posthearing briefs and statements and any 

other written submissions should be 

filed with the Secretary not later than 

5:15 p.m. March 6, 2009. All requests to 

appear and pre- and post-hearing briefs 

and statements must be filed in 

accordance with the requirements in the 

‘‘Written Submissions’’ section below. 

In the event that, as of the close of 

business on February 4, 2009, no 

witnesses are scheduled to appear at the 

hearing, the hearing will be canceled. 

Persons interested in learning whether 

the hearing has been cancelled should 

call the Office of the Secretary after 

February 4, 2009, at 202–205–2000. 

Written Submissions: In lieu of or in 

addition to participating in the hearing, 

interested parties are invited to file 

written submissions concerning this 

investigation. All such submissions 

should be addressed to the Secretary 

and should be received not later than 

5:15 p.m. March 6, 2009 (see earlier 

dates for filing requests to appear and 

for filing pre-hearing briefs and 

statements). All written submissions 

must conform with the provisions of 

section 201.8 of the Commission’s Rules 

of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 

201.8). Section 201.8 requires that a 

signed original (or a copy so designated) 

and fourteen (14) copies of each 

document be filed. In the event that 

confidential treatment of a document is 

requested, at least four (4) additional 

copies must be filed in which the 

confidential information must be 

deleted (see the following paragraph for 

further information regarding 

confidential business information). The 

Commission’s rules authorize filing 

submissions with the Secretary by 

facsimile or electronic means only to the 

extent permitted by section 201.8 of the 

rules (see Handbook for Electronic 

Filing Procedures, http://www.usitc.gov/ 

secretary/fed_reg_notices/rules/ 

documents/ 

handbook_on_electronic_filing.pdf ). 

Persons with questions regarding 

electronic filing should contact the 

Secretary (202–205–2000). Any 

submissions that contain confidential 

business information must also conform 

with the requirements of section 201.6 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (19 CFR 201.6). Section 

201.6 of the rules requires that the cover 

of the document and the individual 

pages be clearly marked as to whether 

they are the ‘‘confidential’’ or ‘‘nonconfidential’’ version, and that the 

confidential business information be 

clearly identified by means of brackets. 

All written submissions, except for 

confidential business information, will 

be made available in the Office of the 

Secretary to the Commission for 

inspection by interested parties. The 

Commission may include some or all of 

the confidential business information 

submitted in the course of the 

investigation in the report it sends to the 

USTR. 

As requested by the USTR, the 

Commission will publish a public 

version of the report, which will 

exclude portions of the report that the 

USTR has classified as well as any 

business confidential information. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: January 23, 2009. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–1774 Filed 1–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Settlement 

Agreement 

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. 

Department of Justice proposes to enter 

into a settlement agreement with Shell 

Oil Company and Motiva Enterprises, 

LLP (collectively, ‘‘the Shell entities’’) 

regarding a portion of the Southeast 

Federal Center in Washington, DC. 

The United States alleges that the 

Shell entities are liable to the United 

States for damages and cleanup costs 

incurred in connection with benzene, 

toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene 

contamination found in and around soil 

and groundwater beneath a portion of 

the Southeast Federal Center. The 

United States alleges that the 

contamination originated from leaking 

underground storage tanks located at a 

former filling station adjacent to the 

contamination. Under the settlement 

agreement, the Shell entities will pay 

$2.1 million to the United States and 

will monitor groundwater in accordance 

with a plan previously approved by the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 

The Department of Justice will 

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days 

from the date of this publication, 

comments relating to the settlement 

agreement. Comments should be 

addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division, and either e-mailed 

to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. Motiva Enteriprises, LLP, D.J. 

Ref. 90–7–1–08569. 

The Settlement Agreement may be 

examined at the General Services 

Administration, National Capital 

Region, 7th and D Streets, SW., Suite 

7048, Washington, DC 20407. Visitors 

should make an appointment with 

Kathleen Ryan by calling (202) 708– 

5155. During the public comment 

period, the settlement agreement, may 

also be examined on the following 

Department of Justice Web site, http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

settlement agreement may also be 

obtained by mail from the Consent 

Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a 

request to Tonia Fleetwood 

(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. 

(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation 

number (202) 514–1547. In requesting a 

copy from the Consent Decree Library, 

please enclose a check in the amount of 

$23.50 (25 cents per page reproduction 

cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if 

by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that 

amount to the Consent Decree Library at 

the stated address. 

Robert Brook, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–1776 Filed 1–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 

and Explosives 

[OMB Number 1140–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comments Requested 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information 

Collection Under Review: Student and 

Supervisor Training Validation Surveys. 

The Department of Justice (DOJ), 

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 

and Explosives (ATF), will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The proposed information collection is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. Comments 

are encouraged and will be accepted for 

‘‘sixty days’’ until March 30, 2009. This 


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