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2The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. 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. 

3Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,800. See 

Regulations Governing Fees for Servs. Performed in 

Connection with Licensing & Related Servs.—2017 

Update, EP 542 (Sub-No. 25), slip op. App. C at 20 

(STB served July 28, 2017). 

United States Postal Service Zip Codes 

34233 and 34238. 

SGLR has certified that: (1) No local 

or overhead traffic has moved over the 

Line for more than 10 years; (2) because 

the Line is not a through route, there is 

no overhead traffic on the Line; (3) no 

formal complaint filed by a user of rail 

service on the Line (or by a state or local 

government entity acting on behalf of 

such user) regarding cessation of service 

over the Line either is pending with the 

Surface Transportation Board (Board) or 

with any U.S. District Court or has been 

decided in favor of complainant within 

the two-year period; and (4) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c) 

(environmental 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 Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 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 

December 6, 2017, unless stayed 

pending reconsideration. Petitions to 

stay that do not involve environmental 

issues,2 formal expressions of intent to 

file an OFA under 49 CFR 

1152.27(c)(2),3 and interim trail use/rail 

banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 

must be filed by November 16, 2017. 

Petitions to reopen or requests for 

public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by November 24, 

2017, with the Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, 

DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to Eric M. Hocky, 

Clark Hill, PLC, One Commerce Square, 

2005 Market Street, Suite 1000, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

SGLR has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report that 

addresses the effects, if any, of the 

abandonment on the environment and 

historic resources. OEA will issue an 

environmental assessment (EA) by 

November 9, 2017. Interested persons 

may obtain a copy of the EA by writing 

to OEA (Room 1100, Surface 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling OEA at (202) 

245–0305. Assistance for the hearing 

impaired is available through the 

Federal Information Relay Service at 

(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), SGLR 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 

SGLR’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by November 6, 2018, 

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 

WWW.STB.GOV. 

Decided: October 30, 2017. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Tammy Lowery, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23963 Filed 11–3–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

[Docket Number USTR–2017–0022] 

Applications for Inclusion on the 

Binational Panels Roster Under the 

North American Free Trade Agreement 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Invitation for applications. 

SUMMARY: The North American Free 

Trade Agreement (NAFTA) provides for 

the establishment of a roster of 

individuals to serve on binational 

panels convened to review final 

determinations in antidumping or 

countervailing duty (AD/CVD) 

proceedings and amendments to AD/ 

CVD statutes of a NAFTA Party. The 

United States annually renews its 

selections for the roster. The Office of 

the United States Trade Representative 

(USTR) invites applications from 

eligible individuals wishing to be 

included on the roster for the period 

April 1, 2018, through March 31, 2019. 

DATES: USTR must receive your 

application by November 17, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You should submit your 

application through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov, using docket 

number USTR–2017–0022. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

below. While USTR strongly prefers 

electronic submissions, you also may 

submit your application by fax, to 

Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–3640. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine Wang, Assistant General 

Counsel, Katherine_E_Wang@

ustr.eop.gov, (202) 395–6214. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Binational Panel AD/CVD Reviews 

Under the NAFTA 

Article 1904 of the NAFTA provides 

that a party involved in an AD/CVD 

proceeding may obtain review by a 

binational panel of a final AD/CVD 

determination of one NAFTA Party with 

respect to the products of another 

NAFTA Party. Binational panels decide 

whether AD/CVD determinations are in 

accordance with the domestic laws of 

the importing NAFTA Party using the 

standard of review that would have 

been applied by a domestic court of the 

importing NAFTA Party. A panel may 

uphold the AD/CVD determination, or 

may remand it to the national 

administering authority for action not 

inconsistent with the panel’s decision. 

Panel decisions may be reviewed in 

specific circumstances by a threemember extraordinary challenge 

committee, selected from a separate 

roster composed of 15 current or former 

judges. 

Article 1903 of the NAFTA provides 

that a NAFTA Party may refer an 

amendment to the AD/CVD statutes of 

another NAFTA Party to a binational 

panel for a declaratory opinion as to 

whether the amendment is inconsistent 

with the General Agreement on Tariffs 

and Trade (GATT), the GATT 

Antidumping or Subsidies Codes, 

successor agreements, or the object and 

purpose of the NAFTA with regard to 

the establishment of fair and predictable 

conditions for the liberalization of trade. 

If the panel finds that the amendment is 


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inconsistent, the two NAFTA Parties 

must consult and seek to achieve a 

mutually satisfactory solution. 

Roster and Composition of Binational 

Panels 

Annex 1901.2 of the NAFTA provides 

for the maintenance of a roster of at least 

75 individuals for service on Chapter 19 

binational panels, with each NAFTA 

Party selecting at least 25 individuals. A 

separate five-person panel is formed for 

each review of a final AD/CVD 

determination or statutory amendment. 

To form a panel, the two NAFTA Parties 

involved each appoint two panelists, 

normally by drawing upon individuals 

from the roster. If the Parties cannot 

agree upon the fifth panelist, one of the 

Parties, decided by lot, selects the fifth 

panelist from the roster. The majority of 

individuals on each panel must consist 

of lawyers in good standing, and the 

chair of the panel must be a lawyer. 

When there is a request to establish a 

panel, roster members from the two 

involved NAFTA Parties will complete 

a disclosure form that is used to identify 

possible conflicts of interest or 

appearances thereof. The disclosure 

form requests information regarding 

financial interests and affiliations, 

including information regarding the 

identity of clients of the roster member 

and, if applicable, clients of the roster 

member’s firm. 

Criteria for Eligibility for Inclusion on 

Roster 

Section 402 of the NAFTA 

Implementation Act (Pub. L. 103–182, 

as amended (19 U.S.C. 3432)) (Section 

402) provides that selections by the 

United States of individuals for 

inclusion on the Chapter 19 roster are to 

be based on the eligibility criteria set 

out in Annex 1901.2 of the NAFTA, and 

without regard to political affiliation. 

Annex 1901.2 provides that Chapter 19 

roster members must be citizens of a 

NAFTA Party, must be of good character 

and of high standing and repute, and are 

to be chosen strictly on the basis of their 

objectivity, reliability, sound judgment, 

and general familiarity with 

international trade law. Aside from 

judges, roster members may not be 

affiliated with any of the three NAFTA 

Parties. Section 402 also provides that, 

to the fullest extent practicable, judges 

and former judges who meet the 

eligibility requirements should be 

selected. 

Adherence to the NAFTA Code of 

Conduct for Binational Panelists 

The ‘‘Code of Conduct for Dispute 

Settlement Procedures Under Chapters 

19 and 20’’ (see https://www.nafta-secalena.org/Default.aspx?tabid=99&

language=en-US), which was 

established pursuant to Article 1909 of 

the NAFTA, provides that current and 

former Chapter 19 roster members 

‘‘shall avoid impropriety and the 

appearance of impropriety and shall 

observe high standards of conduct so 

that the integrity and impartiality of the 

dispute settlement process is 

preserved.’’ The Code of Conduct also 

provides that candidates to serve on 

chapter 19 panels, as well as those who 

are ultimately selected to serve as 

panelists, have an obligation to 

‘‘disclose any interest, relationship or 

matter that is likely to affect [their] 

impartiality or independence, or that 

might reasonably create an appearance 

of impropriety or an apprehension of 

bias.’’ Annex 1901.2 of the NAFTA 

provides that roster members may 

engage in other business while serving 

as panelists, subject to the Code of 

Conduct and provided that such 

business does not interfere with the 

performance of the panelist’s duties. In 

particular, Annex 1901.2 states that 

‘‘[w]hile acting as a panelist, a panelist 

may not appear as counsel before 

another panel.’’ 

Procedures for Selection of Roster 

Members 

Section 402 establishes procedures for 

the selection by USTR of the individuals 

chosen by the United States for 

inclusion on the Chapter 19 roster. The 

roster is renewed annually, and applies 

during the one-year period beginning 

April 1st of each calendar year. 

Under Section 402, an interagency 

committee chaired by USTR prepares a 

preliminary list of candidates eligible 

for inclusion on the Chapter 19 roster. 

After consultation with the Senate 

Committee on Finance and the House 

Committee on Ways and Means, the 

United States Trade Representative 

selects the final list of individuals 

chosen by the United States for 

inclusion on the Chapter 19 roster. 

Remuneration 

Roster members selected for service 

on a Chapter 19 binational panel will be 

remunerated at the rate of 800 Canadian 

dollars per day. 

Applications 

Eligible individuals who wish to be 

included on the Chapter 19 roster for 

the period April 1, 2018, through March 

31, 2019, are invited to submit 

applications. In order to be assured of 

consideration, USTR must receive your 

application November 17, 2017. 

Applications may be submitted 

electronically to www.regulations.gov, 

using docket number USTR–2017–0022, 

or by fax to Sandy McKinzy at 202–395– 

3640. 

In order to ensure the timely receipt 

and consideration of applications, USTR 

strongly encourages applicants to make 

on-line submissions, using the 

www.regulations.gov Web site. To 

submit an application via 

regulations.gov, enter docket number 

USTR–2017–0022 on the home page and 

click ‘‘search.’’ 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 search-results page, 

and click on the link entitled ‘‘Comment 

Now!.’’ For further information on using 

the www.regulations.gov Web site, 

please consult the resources provided 

on the Web site by clicking on the ‘‘How 

to Use Regulations.gov’’ on the bottom 

of the page. 

The www.regulations.gov Web site 

allows users to provide comments by 

filling in a ‘‘Type Comment’’ field, or by 

attaching a document using an ‘‘Upload 

File’’ field. USTR prefers that 

applications be provided in an attached 

document. If a document is attached, 

please type ‘‘Application for Inclusion 

on NAFTA Chapter 19 Roster’’ in the 

‘‘Upload File’’ field. USTR prefers 

submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc) or 

Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). If the submission 

is in an application other than those 

two, please indicate the name of the 

application in the ‘‘Type Comment’’ 

field. 

Applications must be typewritten, 

and should be headed ‘‘Application for 

Inclusion on NAFTA Chapter 19 

Roster.’’ Applications should include 

the following information, and each 

section of the application should be 

numbered as indicated: 

1. Name of the applicant. 

2. Business address, telephone 

number, fax number, and email address. 

3. Citizenship(s). 

4. Current employment, including 

title, description of responsibility, and 

name and address of employer. 

5. Relevant education and 

professional training. 

6. Spanish language fluency, written 

and spoken. 

7. Post-education employment 

history, including the dates and 

addresses of each prior position and a 

summary of responsibilities. 

8. Relevant professional affiliations 

and certifications, including, if any, 

current bar memberships in good 

standing. 

9. A list and copies of publications, 

testimony, and speeches, if any, 

concerning AD/CVD law. Judges or 


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former judges should list relevant 

judicial decisions. Only one copy of 

publications, testimony, speeches, and 

decisions need be submitted. 

10. Summary of any current and past 

employment by, or consulting or other 

work for, the Governments of the United 

States, Canada, or Mexico. 

11. The names and nationalities of all 

foreign principals for whom the 

applicant is currently or has previously 

been registered pursuant to the Foreign 

Agents Registration Act, 22 U.S.C. 611 

et seq., and the dates of all registration 

periods. 

12. List of proceedings brought under 

U.S., Canadian, or Mexican AD/CVD 

law regarding imports of U.S., Canadian, 

or Mexican products in which the 

applicant advised or represented (for 

example, as consultant or attorney) any 

U.S., Canadian, or Mexican party to 

such proceeding and, for each such 

proceeding listed, the name and country 

of incorporation of such party. 

13. A short statement of qualifications 

and availability for service on Chapter 

19 panels, including information 

relevant to the applicant’s familiarity 

with international trade law and 

willingness and ability to make time 

commitments necessary for service on 

panels. 

14. On a separate page, the names, 

addresses, telephone and fax numbers of 

three individuals willing to provide 

information concerning the applicant’s 

qualifications for service, including the 

applicant’s character, reputation, 

reliability, judgment, and familiarity 

with international trade law. 

Current Roster Members and Prior 

Applicants 

Current members of the Chapter 19 

roster who remain interested in 

inclusion on the Chapter 19 roster only 

need to indicate that they are reapplying 

and submit updates (if any) to their 

applications on file. Current members 

do not need to resubmit their 

applications. Individuals who have 

previously applied but have not been 

selected must submit new applications 

to reapply. If an applicant, including a 

current or former roster member, has 

previously submitted materials referred 

to in item 9, such materials need not be 

resubmitted. 

Public Disclosure 

Applications are covered by a Privacy 

Act System of Records Notice and are 

not subject to public disclosure and will 

not be posted publicly on 

www.regulations.gov. They may be 

referred to other federal agencies and 

Congressional committees in the course 

of determining eligibility for the roster, 

and shared with foreign governments 

and the NAFTA Secretariat in the 

course of panel selection. 

False Statements 

Pursuant to section 402(c)(5) of the 

NAFTA Implementation Act, false 

statements by applicants regarding their 

personal or professional qualifications, 

or financial or other relevant interests 

that bear on the applicants’ suitability 

for placement on the Chapter 19 roster 

or for appointment to binational panels, 

are subject to criminal sanctions under 

18 U.S.C. 1001. 

Juan A. Milla ́n, 

Assistant United States Trade Representative 

for Monitoring and Enforcement, Office of 

the U.S. Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24027 Filed 11–3–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3290–F8–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Fifty Third RTCA SC–224 Standards for 

Airport Security Access Control 

Systems Plenary 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Fifty Third RTCA SC–224 

Standards for Airport Security Access 

Control Systems Plenary. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of Fifty 

Third RTCA SC–224 Standards for 

Airport Security Access Control 

Systems Plenary. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

December 12, 2017 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: 

RTCA Headquarters, 1150 18th Street 

NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karan Hofmann at khofmann@rtca.org 

or 202–330–0680, or The RTCA 

Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 

910, Washington, DC 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202) 

833–9434, or Web site at http://

www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of the Fifty Third 

RTCA SC–224 Standards for Airport 

Security Access Control Systems 

Plenary. The agenda will include the 

following: 

1. Welcome/Introductions/ 

Administrative Remarks 

2. Review/Approve Previous Meeting 

Summary 

3. Report on TSA Participation 

4. Report on Document Distribution 

Mechanisms. 

5. Report on the New Guidelines and 

other Safe Skies Reports 

6. Discussion on DO–230I Sections 

7. TOR Changes 

8. Action Items for Next Meeting 

9. Time and Place of Next Meeting 

10. Any Other Business 

11. Adjourn 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC on October 31, 

2017. 

Mohannad Dawoud, 

Management & Program Analyst, Partnership 

Contracts Branch, ANG–A17, NextGen, 

Procurement Services Division, Federal 

Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24030 Filed 11–3–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Thirty Sixth RTCA SC–213 Enhanced 

Flight Vision Systems/Synthetic Vision 

Systems (EFVS/SVS) Joint Plenary 

With EUROCAE Working Group 70 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Thirty Sixth RTCA SC–213 

Enhanced Flight Vision Systems/ 

Synthetic Vision Systems (EFVS/SVS) 

Joint Plenary with EUROCAE Working 

Group 70. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of the 

Thirty Sixth RTCA SC–213 Enhanced 

Flight Vision Systems/Synthetic Vision 

Systems (EFVS/SVS) Joint Plenary with 

EUROCAE Working Group 70. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

December 04, 2017, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: 

RTCA Headquarters, 1150 18th Street 

NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036 

and a webex will be hosted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Morrison at rmorrison@rtca.org 


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