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Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Data Collection Plan for the Customer Satisfaction Evaluation of Child Welfare Information Gateway, 14443-14444 2010-6469 Commerce Commerce Department See Industry and Security Bureau See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commodity Commodity Futures Trading Commission NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 14429 2010-6715 2010-6713 2010-6714 Consumer Consumer Product Safety Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act; Consumer Product Conformity Assessment Body Registration Form, 14429-14431 2010-6551 Education Education Department NOTICES Funding Opportunity: U.S.-Russia Program; Improving Research and Educational Activities in Higher Education, 14431-14435 2010-6657 Energy Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission PROPOSED RULES Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps:
Public Meeting and Availability of the Preliminary Technical Support Document, 14368-14372 2010-6595 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 14435-14436 2010-6596 2010-6598 EPA Environmental Protection Agency RULES Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans: Michigan; PSD Regulations, 14352-14356 2010-6486 PROPOSED RULES Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans: Michigan; PSD Regulations, 14401 2010-6475 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NOx Budget Trading Program to Reduce the Regional Transport of Ozone, 14438-14440 2010-6619 Executive Office of the President See Management and Budget Office See Science and Technology Policy Office See Trade Representative, Office of United States FAA Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness Directives: Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model ERJ 170 and Model ERJ 190 Airplanes, 14333-14335 2010-6518 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness Directives:
Pratt & Whitney
(PW)Model PW2037, PW2037(M), and PW2040 Turbofan Engines, 14377-14379 2010-6583 Pratt & Whitney
(PW)PW4000 Series Turbofan Engines, 14375-14377 2010-6581 Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
(RRD)Models Tay 620-15, Tay 650-15, and Tay 651-54 Turbofan Engines, 14379-14381 2010-6584 Amendments of Class E Airspace: Mount Airy, NC, 14381-14382 2010-6650 Proposed Amendment of Class D and E Airspace: Yuma, AZ, 14382-14383 2010-6655 Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace: Lucin, UT, 14383-14385 2010-6656 Revocations of Class D and E Airspace: Panama City, FL, 14385-14386 2010-6665 NOTICES Meetings: RTCA Special Committee 186; Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B), 14482-14483 2010-6667 RTCA Special Committee 223; Airport Surface Wireless Communications, 14483 2010-6668 Petitions for Exemptions: Summary of Petition Received, 14483-14484 2010-6552 Waiver of Aeronautical Land Use Assurance: James M. Cox Dayton International Airport, Dayton, OH, 14488-14489 2010-6556 FCC Federal Communications Commission RULES FM Table of Allotments: Stonewall, TX, 14359 2010-6385 PROPOSED RULES Amendment of Certain of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure and Rules of Commission Organization, 14401-14409 2010-6502 Amendment of Certain of the Commission's Ex Parte Rules and Other Procedural Rules, 14409-14417 2010-6494 FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation RULES Transitional Safe Harbor Protection: Treatment by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as Conservator or Receiver of Financial Assets Transferred, et al.; Correction, 14330-14331 2010-6555 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency RULES Suspension of Community Eligibility, 14356-14359 2010-6632 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission RULES Orders on Rehearings and Clarifications: Market-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of Electric Energy, Capacity and Ancillary Services by Public Utilities, 14342-14352 2010-6480 PROPOSED RULES Interpretation of Transmission Planning Reliability Standard, 14386-14390 2010-6565 NOTICES Filings: Ameren Corp.; Illinois Power Co.; Central Illinois Light Co.; Central Illinois Public Service Co., etc., 14436-14437 2010-6572 Intents to File License Applications, Filings of Pre-Application Documents, etc.: North Eastern Wisconsin Hydro Inc. (N.E.W. Hydro), 14437 2010-6569 Meetings: Platte Pipe Line Co.; Technical Conference, 14437-14438 2010-6571 Petitions for Declaratory Orders: PPL Montana, LLC, 14438 2010-6570 Federal Highway Federal Highway Administration NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Houma Thibodaux to LA 3127 Connection; Terrebone, Lafourche, Assumption, St. James Parish, et al., 14481-14482 2010-6536 Federal Railroad Federal Railroad Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 14481 2010-6660 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 14440-14441 2010-6582 Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies, 14441 2010-6607 Food Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Determination: DIDREX (Benzphetamine Hydrochloride) Tablets, 25 Milligrams, Were Not Withdrawn From Sale for Reasons of Safety or Effectiveness, 14444-14445 2010-6593 Guidance for Industry: Submitting a Report for Multiple Facilities to Reportable Food Electronic Portal, et al., 14445-14446 2010-6578 Public Workshops: FDA Clinical Trial Requirements, Regulations, Compliance, and Good Clinical Practices, 14448-14449 2010-6579 Food Food Safety and Inspection Service PROPOSED RULES Notification, Documentation, and Recordkeeping Requirements for Inspected Establishments, 14361-14368 2010-6629 NOTICES Codex Alimentarius Commission: Codex Committee on Food Labeling, 14418-14419 2010-6559 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Camp Tatiyee Land Exchange on the Lakeside Ranger District of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, et al., 14419-14421 2010-6589 Meetings: Wrangell-Petersburg Resource Advisory Committee; Correction, 14422 2010-6459 GSA General Services Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Tangible Personal Property Report; Standard Form SF-428, 14441-14442 2010-6608 Federal Travel Regulation (FTR): Maximum Per Diem Rates for the States of Kansas, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, and Texas, 14443 2010-6612 Relocation Allowances-Relocation Income Tax Allowance
(RITA)Tables, 14442-14443 2010-6610 Health Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Children and Families Administration See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Decision to Evaluate a Petition to Designate a Class of Employees: Revere Copper and Brass in Detroit, Michigan, to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort, 14443 2010-6636 Health Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages, 14447 2010-6587 Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry, 14446-14447 2010-6585 Council on Graduate Medical Education, 14447-14448 2010-6586 Homeland Homeland Security Department See Federal Emergency Management Agency See U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services NOTICES Meetings: National Infrastructure Advisory Council, 14454-14455 2010-6633 Housing Housing and Urban Development Department PROPOSED RULES Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2008: Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Meeting; Correction, 14390-14391 2010-6609 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: HUD Initiative for the Removal of Regulatory Barriers, 14456-14457 2010-6614 Request Voucher for Grant Payment and Line of Credit Control System Voice Response System Access Authorization, 14455-14456 2010-6611 Industry Industry and Security Bureau RULES Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations to Enhance U.S. Homeland Security: Addition of Three Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs) and License Review Policy, 14335-14342 2010-6588 NOTICES Meetings: Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee, 14426 2010-6605 Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee, 14426-14427 2010-6604 Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Advisory Committee, 14426 2010-6602 Interior Interior Department See Land Management Bureau See National Park Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Take Pride in America Program, 14457-14458 2010-6390 International International Trade Administration NOTICES Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip from Taiwan, 14423 2010-6637 Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Mexico, 14422-14423 2010-6639 Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the First New Shipper Review: Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of China, 14423-14424 2010-6640 International International Trade Commission NOTICES Investigations: Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from China and India, 14468-14469 2010-6618 Certain Random Access Memory Semiconductors and Products Containing Same, Including Memory Modules, 14467-14468 2010-6617 Wooden Bedroom Furniture From China, 14469-14470 2010-6622 Terminations of Enforcement Proceedings: Certain Liquid Crystal Display Devices and Products Containing Same, 14470 2010-6620 Terminations of Investigations: Certain Liquid Crystal Display Modules and Products Containing Same, etc., 14470-14471 2010-6621 Labor Labor Department See Occupational Safety and Health Administration Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 14458-14459 2010-6627 Management Management and Budget Office RULES Financial Assistance Awards: Requirements for Implementing Sections 1512, etc. of 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 14323-14330 2010-6548 Maritime Maritime Administration NOTICES Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws, 14485-14488 2010-6603 2010-6616 2010-6626 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOTICES Meetings: NASA Advisory Council; Science Committee, 14472-14473 2010-6591 National Credit National Credit Union Administration PROPOSED RULES Fixed Assets, Member Business Loans, and Regulatory Flexibility Program, 14372-14375 2010-6391 National Economic Council NOTICES Commercialization of University Research Request for Information, 14476-14478 2010-6606 National Highway National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NOTICES Receipt of Petition: Decision that Nonconforming 1991 Porsche 911 Series Passenger Cars are Eligible for Importation, 14484-14485 2010-6567 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska: Pollock in Statistical Area 630 in Gulf of Alaska; Modification of Closure, 14359-14360 2010-6631 NOTICES Issuance of Permit Amendment: Marine Mammals, 14424 2010-6644 Issuance of Permit: Marine Mammals, 2010-6646 14424-14425 2010-6647 Meetings: Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, 14425 2010-6645 Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 14427-14428 2010-6648 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 14428-14429 2010-6625 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Grand Teton National Park, Moose, WY, 14460-14461 2010-6562 2010-6563 Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH, 14459-14460 2010-6573 Inventory Completion: Central Washington University, Department of Anthropology, Ellensburg, WA, etc., 14462 2010-6575 Pierce College District, Lakewood, WA, and Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, etc., 14467 2010-6577 Riverside Metropolitan Museum, Riverside, CA, 14465-14467 2010-6561 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC and U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Hovenweep National Monument, Blanding, UT, 14463-14464 2010-6566 U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Hovenweep National Monument, Blanding, UT, 14464-14465 2010-6564 University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History/Oregon State Museum of Anthropology, Eugene, OR, 14461-14462 2010-6574 University of Washington, Department of Anthropology, Seattle, WA, 14463 2010-6576 Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Palisades Nuclear Plant, 14473-14474 2010-6634 STP Nuclear Operating Co.; Combined Licenses for Units 3 and 4 at South Texas Project Site, 14474-14475 2010-6642 Occupational Occupational Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health, 14471-14472 2010-6597 Office of Management and Budget See Management and Budget Office Office of United States Trade Representative See Trade Representative, Office of United States Postal Postal Regulatory Commission NOTICES New Postal Product, 14475-14476 2010-6643 Science Science and Technology Policy Office NOTICES Commercialization of University Research Request for Information, 14476-14478 2010-6606 SEC Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 14478 2010-6711 Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: Options Clearing Corp.; Correction, 14478 C1--2010--5914 SBA Small Business Administration RULES Disaster Assistance Loan Program, 14331-14333 2010-6430 State State Department NOTICES Executive Order 11423, as Amended: Presidential Permit for the Nogales-Mariposa International Border Crossing on the U.S.-Mexico Border, 14478-14479 2010-6638 Waiver of Restriction on Assistance to the Central Government of Algeria, 14479 2010-6641 Trade Trade Representative, Office of United States NOTICES Reallocation of Unused Fiscal Year 2010 Tariff-rate Quota Volume for Raw Cane Sugar, 14479 2010-6599 Request for Comments Concerning an Environmental Review of the Proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement, 14479-14481 2010-6653 Transportation Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Highway Administration See Federal Railroad Administration See Maritime Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration U.S. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: E-Verify Data Collection Survey, 14455 2010-6554 Veterans Veterans Affairs Department PROPOSED RULES Diseases Associated With Exposure to Certain Herbicide Agents: (Hairy Cell Leukemia and other Chronic B Cell Leukemias, Parkinsons Disease and Ischemic Heart Disease), 14391-14401 2010-6549 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this page for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, reminders, and notice of recently enacted public laws. To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents LISTSERV electronic mailing list, go to http://listserv.access.gpo.gov and select Online mailing list archives, FEDREGTOC-L, Join or leave the list (or change settings); then follow the instructions. 75 57 Thursday, March 25, 2010 Rules and Regulations OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 2 CFR Part 176 Requirements for Implementing Sections 1512, 1605, and 1606 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for Financial Assistance Awards AGENCY: Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget (OMB). ACTION: Amendments of interim final guidance. SUMMARY: The Office of Federal Financial Management
(OFFM)is amending certain sections of the interim final guidance at 2 CFR part 176 that pertain to international agreements. These amendments reflect changes with respect to U.S. international obligations since the publication of the interim final guidance. Public comments received in response to the initial publication of the interim final guidance will be addressed when the guidance is finalized. DATES: The effective date of the amendments to 2 CFR part 176 (the interim final guidance) is March 25, 2010. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marguerite Pridgen, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget, e-mail: *Marguerite_E._Pridgen@omb.eop.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Federal Financial Management
(OFFM)is amending four areas of the interim final guidance at 2 CFR part 176 that deal with international agreements. First, it makes a technical correction to section 176.90(a). Second, it changes the threshold that applies to international agreements from $7,430,000 to 7,804,000, based on a determination made by the United States Trade Representative (74 FR 68907, Dec. 29, 2009). Third, it adds Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) as a Party to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement. Fourth, it adds the Agreement between Canada and the United States of America on Government Procurement, which was signed on February 12, 2010 and enters into force on February 16, 2010, to the list of international agreements in section 176.90(b). Consequential amendments are also made to the *Appendix to Subpart B of Part 176—U.S. States, Other Sub-Federal Entities, and Other Entities Subject to U.S. Obligations under International Agreements.* The amended Appendix will be posted on the Web site of the Office of the United States Trade Representative at: *http://www.ustr.gov/trade-topics/government-procurement.* Any subsequent revisions of the Appendix will be made by the Office of the United States Trade Representative and posted on its Web site. Debra Bond, Deputy Controller. For the reasons set forth above, the Office of Management and Budget amends 2 CFR part 176 in Subtitle A, Chapter I, as set forth below: PART 176—AWARD TERMS FOR ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS THAT INCLUDE FUNDS UNDER THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009, PUBLIC LAW 111-5 1. The authority citation for part 176 continues to read as follows: Authority: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5; Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, (Pub. L. 109-282), as amended. Subpart B—Buy American Requirement Under Section 1605 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 2. In § 176.90, revise the section heading, the introductory text, paragraphs (a),
(b)introductory text, (b)(1), and (b)(3), and add paragraph (b)(4), to read as follows: § 176.90 Acquisitions covered under international agreements. Section 1605(d) of the Recovery Act provides that the Buy American requirement in section 1605 shall be applied in a manner consistent with U.S. obligations under international agreements.
(a)The Buy American requirement set out in § 176.70 shall not be applied where the iron, steel, or manufactured goods used in the project are from a Party to an international agreement, listed in paragraph
(b)of this section, and the recipient is required under an international agreement, described in the appendix to this subpart, to treat the goods and services of that Party the same as domestic goods and services. As of January 1, 2010, this obligation shall only apply to projects with an estimated value of $7,804,000 or more and projects that are not specifically excluded from the application of those agreements.
(b)The international agreements that obligate recipients that are covered under an international agreement to treat the goods and services of a Party the same as domestic goods and services and the respective Parties to the agreements are:
(1)The World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom);
(3)United States-European Communities Exchange of Letters (May 15, 1995): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom; and
(4)Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America on Government Procurement. 3. In § 176.160, revise the definition of “Designated country” in paragraph (a), and paragraph (b)(1)(ii), to read as follows: § 176.160 Award term—Required Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods (covered under International Agreements)—Section 1605 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
(a)* * * *Designated country* —
(1)A World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement country (Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom;
(2)A Free Trade Agreement
(FTA)country (Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, or Singapore);
(3)A United States-European Communities Exchange of Letters (May 15, 1995) country: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom; or
(4)An Agreement between Canada and the United States of America on Government Procurement country (Canada).
(b)* * *
(1)* * *
(ii)Section 1605(d), which requires application of the Buy American requirement in a manner consistent with U.S. obligations under international agreements. The restrictions of section 1605 of the Recovery Act do not apply to designated country iron, steel, and/or manufactured goods. The Buy American requirement in section 1605 shall not be applied where the iron, steel or manufactured goods used in the project are from a Party to an international agreement that obligates the recipient to treat the goods and services of that Party the same as domestic goods and services. As of January 1, 2010, this obligation shall only apply to projects with an estimated value of $7,804,000 or more. 4. Revise Appendix to Subpart B to read as follows: Appendix to Subpart B of 2 CFR part 176—U.S. States, Other Sub-Federal Entities, and Other Entities Subject to U.S. Obligations Under International Agreements (as of February 16, 2010) States Entities covered Exclusions Relevant international agreements Arizona Executive branch agencies —WTO GPA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Arkansas Executive branch agencies, including universities but excluding the Office of Fish and Game Construction services —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Peru TPA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. California Executive branch agencies —WTO GPA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Colorado Executive branch agencies —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Peru TPA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Connecticut —Department of Administrative Services —Department of Transportation. —Department of Public Works. —Constituent Units of Higher Education —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Delaware —Administrative Services (Central Procurement Agency). —State Universities. —State Colleges. Construction-grade steel (including requirements on subcontracts); motor vehicles; coal —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA (except Honduras). —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Florida Executive branch agencies Construction-grade steel (including requirements on subcontracts); motor vehicles; coal —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Peru TPA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Georgia —Department of Administrative Services Beef; compost; mulch —U.S.-Australia FTA. —Georgia Technology Authority Hawaii Department of Accounting and General Services Software developed in the State; construction —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA (except Honduras). —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Idaho Central Procurement Agency (including all colleges and universities subject to central purchasing oversight) —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA (except Honduras). —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Illinois —Department of Central Management Services Construction-grade steel (including requirements on subcontracts); motor vehicles; coal —WTO GPA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Peru TPA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. —U.S.-EC. Exchange of Letters (applies to EC Member States for procurement not covered by WTO GPA and only where the State considers out-of-State suppliers). Iowa —Department of General Services —Department of Transportation. —Board of Regents' Institutions (universities) Construction-grade steel (including requirements on subcontracts); motor vehicles; coal —WTO GPA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Kansas Executive branch agencies Construction services; automobiles; aircraft —WTO GPA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Kentucky Division of Purchases, Finance and Administration Cabinet Construction projects —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Louisiana Executive branch agencies —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Maine —Department of Administrative and Financial Services —Bureau of General Services (covering State government agencies and school construction) — Department of Transportation. Construction-grade steel (including requirements on subcontracts); motor vehicles; coal —WTO GPA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Maryland —Office of the Treasury —Department of the Environment. —Department of General Services. —Department of Housing and Community Development. —Department of Human Resources. —Department of Licensing and Regulation. —Department of Natural Resources. —Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. —Department of Personnel. —Department of Transportation. Construction-grade steel (including requirements on subcontracts); motor vehicles; coal —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Massachusetts —Executive Office for Administration and Finance —WTO GPA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —Executive Office of Communities and Development —U.S.-Singapore FTA. —Executive Office of Consumer Affairs —Executive Office of Economic Affairs —Executive Office of Education —Executive Office of Elder Affairs —Executive Office of Environmental Affairs —Executive Office of Health and Human Service —Executive Office of Labor —Executive Office of Public Safety —Executive Office of Transportation and Construction Michigan Department of Management and Budget Construction-grade steel (including requirements on subcontracts); motor vehicles; coal —WTO GPA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Minnesota Executive branch agencies —WTO GPA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration Services —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Peru TPA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Missouri —Office of Administration —WTO GPA. —Division of Purchasing and Materials Management —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Montana Executive branch agencies Goods —WTO GPA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Nebraska Central Procurement Agency —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. New Hampshire Central Procurement Agency Construction-grade steel (including requirements on subcontracts), motor vehicles; coal —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. New York —State agencies —State university system. —Public authorities and public benefit corporations, with the exception of those entities with multi-State mandates. Construction-grade steel (including requirements on subcontracts); motor vehicles; coal; transit cars, buses and related equipment —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Peru TPA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. North Dakota —U.S.-EC Exchange of Letters (applies to EC Member States and only where the State considers out-of-State suppliers). Oklahoma Department of Central Services and all State agencies and departments subject to the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act Construction services; construction-grade steel (including requirements on subcontracts); motor vehicles; coal —WTO GPA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Peru TPA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Oregon Department of Administrative Services —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA (except Honduras). —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Pennsylvania Executive branch agencies, including: —Governor's Office. —Department of the Auditor General. —Treasury Department. —Department of Agriculture. Construction-grade steel (including requirements on subcontracts); motor vehicles; coal —WTO GPA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. —Department of Banking —Pennsylvania Securities Commission —Department of Health —Department of Transportation —Insurance Department —Department of Aging —Department of Correction —Department of Labor and Industry —Department of Military Affairs —Office of Attorney General —Department of General Services —Department of Education —Public Utility Commission —Department of Revenue —Department of State —Pennsylvania State Police —Department of Public Welfare —Fish Commission —Game Commission —Department of Commerce —Board of Probation and Parole —Liquor Control Board —Milk Marketing Board —Lieutenant Governor's Office —Department of Community Affairs —Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission —Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency —State Civil Service Commission —Pennsylvania Public Television Network —Department of Environmental Resources —State Tax Equalization Board —Department of Public Welfare —State Employees' Retirement System —Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Board —Public School Employees' Retirement System —Pennsylvania Crime Commission —Executive Offices Rhode Island Executive branch agencies Boats, automobiles, buses and related equipment —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA (except Honduras). —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. South Dakota Central Procuring Agency (including universities and penal institutions) Beef —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Tennessee Executive branch agencies Services; construction —WTO GPA-U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Texas Texas Building and Procurement Commission —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Peru TPA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Utah Executive branch agencies —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA (except Honduras). —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Peru TPA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Vermont Executive branch agencies —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Washington Executive branch agencies, including: —General Administration. —Department of Transportation. —State Universities. Fuel; paper products; boats; ships; and vessels —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. West Virginia —U.S.-EC Exchange of Letters (applies to EC Member States and only where the State considers out-of-State suppliers). Wisconsin Executive branch agencies, including: —Department of Administration. —State Correctional Institutions. —Department of Development. —Educational Communications Board. —Department of Employment Relations. —State Historical Society. —Department of Health and Social Services. —Insurance Commissioner. —Department of Justice. —Lottery Board. —Department of Natural Resources. —Administration for Public Instruction. —Racing Board. —Department of Revenue. —State Fair Park Board. —Department of Transportation. —State University System. —WTO GPA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Wyoming —Procurement Services Division —Wyoming Department of Transportation. —University of Wyoming. Construction-grade steel (including requirements on subcontracts); motor vehicles; coal —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Other sub-federal entities Entities covered Exclusions Relevant international agreements Puerto Rico —Department of State —Department of Justice. Construction services —DR-CAFTA. —U.S.-Peru TPA. —Department of the Treasury. —Department of Economic Development and Commerce —Department of Labor and Human Resources —Department of Natural and Environmental Resources —Department of Consumer Affairs —Department of Sports and Recreation Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Restrictions attached to Federal funds for airport projects; maintenance, repair and operating materials and supplies —WTO GPA (except Canada). —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Port of Baltimore Restrictions attached to Federal funds for airport projects —WTO GPA (except Canada). —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. New York Power Authority Restrictions attached to Federal funds for airport projects; conditions specified for the State of New York —WTO GPA (except Canada). —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Massachusetts Port Authority U.S.-EC Exchange of Letters (applies to EC Member States and only where the Port Authority considers out-of-State suppliers). Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, Nashville, and San Antonio U.S.-EC Exchange of Letters (only applies to EC Member States and where the city considers out-of-city suppliers). Other entities Entities covered Exclusions Relevant international agreements Rural Utilities Service (waiver of Buy American restriction on financing for all power generation projects) Any recipient —WTO GPA. —DR-CAFTA. —NAFTA. —U.S.-Australia FTA. —U.S.-Bahrain FTA. —U.S.-Chile FTA. —U.S.-Morocco FTA. —U.S.-Oman FTA. —U.S.-Peru TPA. —U.S.-Singapore FTA. Rural Utilities Service (waiver of Buy American restriction on financing for telecommunications projects) Any recipient —NAFTA. —U.S.-Israel FTA. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Services, *Water and Waste Disposal Programs* (exclusion of Canadian iron, steel and manufactured products from domestic purchasing restriction in Section 1605 of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) Any recipient U.S.-Canada Agreement. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service, *Community Facilities Program* (exclusion of Canadian iron, steel and manufactured products from domestic purchasing restriction in Section 1605 of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) Any recipient U.S.-Canada Agreement. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, *Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants* (exclusion of Canadian iron, steel and manufactured products from domestic purchasing restriction in Section 1605 of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) Any recipient U.S.-Canada Agreement. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, *State Energy Program* (exclusion of Canadian iron, steel and manufactured products from domestic purchasing restriction in Section 1605 of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(ARRA)Any recipient U.S.-Canada Agreement. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development, *Community Development Block Grants Recovery* (CDBG-R) (exclusion of Canadian iron, steel and manufactured products from domestic purchasing restriction in Section 1605 of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) Any recipient U.S.-Canada Agreement. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing, *Public Housing Capital Fund* (exclusion of Canadian iron, steel and manufactured products from domestic purchasing restriction in Section 1605 of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) Any recipient U.S.-Canada Agreement. U.S. Environmental Protection *Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds* Agency for projects funded by reallocated ARRA funds where the contracts are signed after February 17, 2010 (exclusion of Canadian iron, steel and manufactured products from domestic purchasing restriction in Section 1605 of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) Any recipient U.S.-Canada Agreement. *General Exceptions:* The following restrictions and exceptions are excluded from U.S. obligations under international agreements: 1. The restrictions attached to Federal funds to States for mass transit and highway projects. 2. Dredging. *The World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO GPA) Parties:* Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom. *The Free Trade Agreements and the respective Parties to the agreements are:*
(1)Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua;
(2)North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): Canada and Mexico;
(3)United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement (U.S.-Australia FTA);
(4)United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (U.S.-Bahrain FTA);
(5)United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement (U.S.-Chile FTA);
(6)United States-Israel Free Trade Agreement (U.S.-Israel FTA);
(7)United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (U.S.-Morocco FTA);
(8)United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement (U.S.-Oman FTA);
(9)United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (U.S.-Peru TPA); and
(10)United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (U.S.-Singapore FTA). *United States-European Communities Exchange of Letters (May 30, 1995) (U.S.-EC Exchange of Letters* ) applies to EC Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom. *Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America on Government Procurement (Feb. 10, 2010) (U.S.-Canada Agreement):* Applies only to Canada. [FR Doc. 2010-6548 Filed 3-24-10; 8:45 am]
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