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with respect to IPR protection, 

enforcement, or market access for 

persons relying on intellectual property. 

Countries placed on the Priority Watch 

List are the focus of increased bilateral 

attention concerning the problem areas. 

An Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR) is a 

tool that USTR uses to encourage 

progress on IPR issues of concern. It 

provides an opportunity for heightened 

engagement with a trading partner to 

address and remedy such issues. 

Successful resolution of specific IPR 

issues of concern or lack of action on 

such issues can lead to a change in a 

trading partner’s identification on a 

Special 301 list outside of the typical 

period for the annual Special 301 

Report. USTR may conduct OCRs of 

other trading partners as circumstances 

warrant or as requested by the trading 

partner. 

In the 2017 Special 301 Report, which 

you can find on the USTR Web site at 

www.ustr.gov, USTR placed Colombia 

on the Watch List and announced that 

it would conduct an OCR of Colombia 

in order to monitor progress on issues 

relating to IPR protection and 

enforcement. The OCR of Colombia will 

include a focus on Colombia’s 

commitment to the intellectual property 

provisions of the United StatesColombia Trade Promotion Agreement 

and Colombia’s implementation of its 

National Development Plan. 

II. Public Comments 

USTR invites written comments 

concerning any act, policy, or practice 

that is relevant to the decision regarding 

whether USTR should identify 

Colombia under Section 182 of the 

Trade Act. Submissions may report 

positive or negative developments with 

respect to Colombia. USTR requests that 

interested parties provide specific 

references to laws, regulations, policy 

statements, executive, presidential or 

other orders, administrative, court or 

other determinations that should factor 

into the review. USTR also requests that 

submissions include data, loss 

estimates, and other information 

regarding the economic impact on the 

United States, U.S. industry, and the 

U.S. workforce caused by the denial of 

adequate and effective intellectual 

property protection. For comments that 

include quantitative loss claims, you 

should include the methodology used to 

calculate the estimated losses. 

Comments should be as detailed as 

possible and should provide all 

necessary information for assessing the 

effect of the acts, policies, and practices. 

In particular, where applicable, 

comments should address Colombia’s 

commitment to the intellectual property 

provisions of the United StatesColombia Trade Promotion Agreement 

and Colombia’s implementation of its 

National Development Plan 2014–2018. 

III. Submission Instructions 

All submissions must be in English 

and sent electronically via 

www.regulations.gov. To submit 

comments, locate the docket (folder) by 

entering the docket number USTR– 

2017–0019 in the ‘‘Enter Keyword or IP’’ 

window at the regulations.gov 

homepage 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 ‘‘Notice’’ under 

‘‘Document Type’’ on the left side of the 

search-results page, and click on the 

link entitled ‘‘Comment Now!’’ You 

should provide comments in an 

attached document, and name the file 

according to the following protocol, as 

appropriate: Commenter Name, or 

Organization_2017 Special 301 OCR 

Colombia. Please include the following 

information in the ‘‘Type Comment’’ 

field: ‘‘2017 Out-of-Cycle Review of 

Columbia.’’ USTR prefers submissions 

in Microsoft Word (.doc) or Adobe 

Acrobat (.pdf) format. If the submission 

is in another file format, please indicate 

the name of the software application in 

the ‘‘Type Comment’’ field. For further 

information on using the 

www.regulations.gov Web site, please 

select ‘‘How to Use Regulations.gov’’ on 

the bottom of any page. 

Please do not attach separate cover 

letters to electronic submissions; rather, 

include any information that might 

appear in a cover letter in the comments 

themselves. Similarly, to the extent 

possible, please include any exhibits, 

annexes, or other attachments in the 

same file as the comment itself, rather 

than submitting them as separate files. 

For any comment submitted 

electronically that contains business 

confidential information, the file name 

of the business confidential version 

should begin with the characters ‘‘BC’’. 

Any page containing business 

confidential information must be clearly 

marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ 

on the top of that page and the 

submission should clearly indicate, via 

brackets, highlighting, or other means, 

the specific information that is business 

confidential. A filer requesting business 

confidential treatment must certify that 

the information is business confidential 

and would not customarily be released 

to the public by the submitter. 

Additionally, the submitter should type 

‘‘Business Confidential 2017 Special 

301 OCR Colombia’’ in the ‘‘Comment’’ 

field. 

Filers of comments containing 

business confidential information also 

must submit a public version of their 

comments. The file name of the public 

version should begin with the character 

‘‘P’’. The non-business confidential 

version will be placed in the docket at 

www.regulations.gov and be available 

for public inspection. 

As noted, USTR strongly urges 

submitters to file comments through 

www.regulations.gov. You must make 

any alternative arrangements in advance 

of the relevant deadline and before 

transmitting a comment by contacting 

USTR at Special301@ustr.eop.gov. 

We will post comments in the docket 

for public inspection, except business 

confidential information. You can view 

comments on the https://

www.regulations.gov Web site by 

entering docket number USTR–2017– 

0019 in the search field on the home 

page. 

Elizabeth Kendall, 

Acting Assistant U.S. Trade Representative 

for Innovation and Intellectual Property, 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2017–0109; Notice No. 

2017–07] 

Hazardous Materials: Emergency 

Waiver No. 1 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of emergency waiver 

order. 

SUMMARY: The Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration is 

issuing an emergency waiver order to 

persons conducting operations under 

the direction of Environmental 

Protection Agency Region 6 within the 

Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey 

disaster and emergency areas of Texas 

and Louisiana. This Waiver Order is 

effective September 1, 2017, and shall 

remain in effect for 30 days from the 

date of issuance. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adam Horsley, Deputy Assistant Chief 

Counsel for Hazardous Materials Safety, 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, telephone: (202) 366– 

4400. 


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. 5103(c), the Acting Administrator 

for the Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), hereby declares that an 

emergency exists that warrants issuance 

of a Waiver of the Hazardous Materials 

Regulations (HMR, 49 CFR parts 171– 

180) to persons conducting operations 

under the direction of Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 (1445 

Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202) within 

the Hurricane and Tropical Storm 

Harvey disaster and emergency areas of 

Texas and Louisiana. The Waiver is 

granted to support EPA in taking 

appropriate actions to prepare for, 

respond to, and recover from a threat to 

public health, welfare, or the 

environment caused by actual or 

potential oil and hazardous materials 

incidents resulting from Hurricane and 

Tropical Storm Harvey. 

On August 25, 2017, the President 

issued a Major Disaster Declaration for 

Hurricane Harvey for affected counties 

in Texas (DR–4332); and an Emergency 

Declaration for Tropical Storm Harvey 

for affected counties in Louisiana (EM– 

3382) on August 28, 2017. This Waiver 

Order covers all counties identified in 

both declarations, as amended. Pursuant 

to 49 U.S.C. 5103(c), PHMSA has 

authority delegated by the Secretary (49 

CFR 1.97(b)(3)) to waive compliance 

with any part of the HMR provided that 

the grant of the waiver is: (1) In the 

public interest; (2) not inconsistent with 

the safety of transporting hazardous 

materials; and (3) necessary to facilitate 

the safe movement of hazardous 

materials into, from, and within an area 

of a major disaster or emergency that 

has been declared under the Robert T. 

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 

Given the continuing impacts caused 

by Hurricane and Tropical Storm 

Harvey, PHMSA’s Acting Administrator 

has determined that regulatory relief is 

in the public interest and necessary to 

ensure the safe transportation in 

commerce of hazardous materials while 

EPA executes its recovery and cleanup 

efforts in Texas and Louisiana. 

Specifically, PHMSA’s Acting 

Administrator finds that issuing this 

Waiver Order will allow EPA to conduct 

its emergency support function under 

the National Response Framework to 

safely remove, transport, and dispose of 

hazardous materials. By execution of 

this Waiver Order, persons conducting 

operations under the direction of EPA 

Region 6 within the Hurricane/Tropical 

Storm Harvey disaster and emergency 

areas of Texas and Louisiana are 

authorized to offer and transport nonradioactive hazardous materials under 

alternative safety requirements imposed 

by EPA Region 6 when compliance with 

the HMR is not practicable. Under this 

Waiver Order, non-radioactive 

hazardous materials may be transported 

to staging areas within 50 miles of the 

point of origin. Further transportation of 

the hazardous materials from staging 

areas must in be full compliance with 

the HMR. 

This Waiver Order is effective 

September 1, 2017, and shall remain in 

effect for 30 days from the date of 

issuance. 

Drue Pearce, 

Acting Administrator, Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20357 Filed 9–22–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2017–0109; Notice No. 

2017–09] 

Hazardous Materials: Emergency 

Waiver No. 3 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of emergency waiver 

order. 

SUMMARY: The Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration is 

issuing an emergency waiver order to 

persons conducting operations under 

the direction of Environmental 

Protection Agency Region 4 or United 

States Coast Guard 7th District within 

the Hurricane Irma emergency area of 

Georgia. This Waiver Order is effective 

September 10, 2017, and shall remain in 

effect for 30 days from the date of 

issuance. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adam Horsley, Deputy Assistant Chief 

Counsel for Hazardous Materials Safety, 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, telephone: (202) 366– 

4400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

In accordance with the provisions of 

49 U.S.C. 5103(c), the Acting 

Administrator for the Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration (PHMSA), hereby 

declares that an emergency exists that 

warrants issuance of a Waiver of the 

Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR, 

49 CFR parts 171–180) to persons 

conducting operations under the 

direction of Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Region 4 (61 Forsyth 

Street SW., Atlanta, GA 30303) or 

United States Coast Guard (USCG) 7th 

District (Brickell Plaza Federal Building, 

909 SE 1st Avenue, Miami, FL 33131– 

3050) within the Hurricane Irma 

emergency area of Georgia. The Waiver 

is granted to support EPA and USCG in 

taking appropriate actions to prepare 

for, respond to, and recover from a 

threat to public health, welfare, or the 

environment caused by actual or 

potential oil and hazardous materials 

incidents resulting from Hurricane Irma. 

On September 8, 2017, the President 

issued an Emergency Declaration for 

Hurricane Irma for the counties of 

Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, 

Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Camden, 

Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, 

Coffee, Echols, Effingham, Emanuel, 

Evans, Glynn, Jenkins, Jeff Davis, 

Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Pierce, 

Screven, Tattnall, Toombs, Treutlen, 

Wayne, and Ware in Georgia (EM–3387). 

This Waiver Order covers all areas 

identified in the declaration, as 

amended. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5103(c), 

PHMSA has authority delegated by the 

Secretary (49 CFR 1.97(b)(3)) to waive 

compliance with any part of the HMR 

provided that the grant of the waiver is: 

(1) In the public interest; (2) not 

inconsistent with the safety of 

transporting hazardous materials; and 

(3) necessary to facilitate the safe 

movement of hazardous materials into, 

from, and within an area of a major 

disaster or emergency that has been 

declared under the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 

Given the continuing impacts caused 

by Hurricane Irma, PHMSA’s Acting 

Administrator has determined that 

regulatory relief is in the public interest 

and necessary to ensure the safe 

transportation in commerce of 

hazardous materials while EPA and 

USCG execute their recovery and 

cleanup efforts in Georgia. Specifically, 

PHMSA’s Acting Administrator finds 

that issuing this Waiver Order will 

allow EPA and USCG to conduct their 

emergency support function under the 

National Response Framework to safely 

remove, transport, and dispose of 

hazardous materials. By execution of 

this Waiver Order, persons conducting 

operations under the direction of EPA 

Region 4 or USCG 7th District within 

the Hurricane Irma emergency area of 

Georgia are authorized to offer and 

transport non-radioactive hazardous 

materials under alternative safety 

requirements imposed by EPA Region 4 

or USCG 7th District when compliance 

with the HMR is not practicable. Under 

this Waiver Order, non-radioactive 


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