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300 Eighth Ave. W, Birmingham,
07000838.
New Pilgrim Baptist Church, (Civil Rights
Movement in Birmingham, Alabama 1933–
1979 MPS), 903 Sixth Ave. S, Birmingham,
07000837.
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Maricopa County
Chandler High School, 350 N. Arizona Ave.,
Chandler, 07000836.
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Christian Science Society Building, 641 Oak
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Volusia County
Turnbull Canal System, (Archeological
Resources of the 18th-Century Smyrnea
Settlement of Dr. Andrew Turnbull MPS),
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Costanzo Family House, 811 SW Broadway
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Linden Terrace, 191 Grove St., Rutland,
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Historic District, WV 85/2, Edmonds,
07000846.
[FR Doc. E7–14688 Filed 7–30–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–57–P
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 332–491]
China: Government Policies Affecting
U.S. Trade in Selected Sectors
AGENCY: United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Institution of Investigation and
Scheduling of Hearing.
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SUMMARY: Following receipt of a request
dated May 23, 2007 (received May 29,
2007) from the Committee on Ways and
Means of the U.S. House of
Representatives (Committee) for a series
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of three reports under section 332(g) of
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. (332(g))
on U.S.-China trade, the U.S.
International Trade Commission
(Commission) instituted investigation
No. 332–491, China: Government
Policies Affecting U.S. Trade in Selected
Sectors, for the purpose of preparing the
second report.
DATES:
October 16, 2007: Deadline for Filing
Request to Appear at the Public Hearing.
October 16, 2007: Deadline for Filing
Pre-Hearing Briefs and Statements.
October 30, 2007: Public Hearing.
November 13, 2007: Deadline for
Filing Post-Hearing Briefs and
Submissions.
February 1, 2008: Deadline for Filing
all Other Written Statements.
July 29, 2008: Transmittal of
Commission Report to the Committee on
Ways and Means.
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:
Project leaders Deborah McNay (202–
205–3425 or deborah.mcnay@usitc.gov)
or Joanne Guth (202–205–3264 or
joanne.guth@usitc.gov) for information
specific to this investigation (the second
report). 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: This notice announces
institution of an investigation relating to
preparation of the second in a series of
three reports, as further described
below. In its letter of May 23, 2007, the
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Committee noted that it had earlier, in
a letter dated September 21, 2006,
requested that the Commission prepare
three reports relating to U.S.-China
trade. In its May 23, 2007 letter, the
Committee requested that the
Commission augment the earlier request
by adding two more components to its
investigation to provide an in-depth
assessment of the causes of the U.S.-
China trade imbalance and whether and
to what extent China uses various forms
of government intervention to promote
investment, employment, and exports.
The Committee allotted additional time
to complete these requests, with the first
report to be delivered 7 months after
receipt of the May 23, 2007 letter, and
the second and third reports to be
delivered 14 and 24 months,
respectively, after receipt of the letter.
To prepare the first report, the
Commission instituted investigation No.
332–492, China: Description of Selected
Government Practices and Policies
Affecting Decision-Making in the
Economy, on June 21, 2007; the
Commission expects to submit its report
to the Committee in that investigation
by December 29, 2007. In its letter the
Committee also requested that the
Commission expand the scope of its
ongoing investigation No. 332–478,
U.S.-China Trade: Implications of U.S.-
Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment
Trends. The report in that investigation
will be the third in the series of three
reports, and the Committee has
extended the transmittal date to May 29,
2009. The Commission will issue a
notice amending the scope and
announcing the schedule for that
investigation at a later date.
As requested by the Committee in its
letter of May 23, 2007, the Commission
in its second report will build on the
report in its first China investigation
under the revised schedule
(Investigation No. 332–492) by
comprehensively cataloguing and where
possible, quantifying the government
policies and interventions described in
the first report in specific sectors. The
Commission will include case studies
on sectors where leading U.S. exports
have not penetrated the Chinese market,
and on sectors which are the primary
drivers of the U.S.-China trade deficit.
The report will also include case studies
on sectors where government policies
and interventions are prevalent,
including the semiconductor,
telecommunications, banking, textiles
and apparel, steel, automotive parts, and
aircraft sectors. Where applicable, the
case studies will describe how Chinese
policies and actions are exacerbating
existing global overcapacity in specific
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sectors. In addition, consistent with the
focus described above, this second
report will include the information
requested by the Committee for the
second report outlined in its letter of
September 21, 2006, with respect to the
macro-economic and other driving
factors behind the rapid growth in U.S.-
China trade. The Commission will
provide this consolidated second report
to the Committee by July 29, 2008.
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 October 30, 2007. Requests to appear
at the public hearing should be filed
with the Secretary, no later than 5:15
p.m., October 16, 2007, in accordance
with the requirements in the
‘‘Submissions’’ section below. All pre-
hearing briefs and statements should be
filed not later than 5:15 p.m., October
16, 2007; and all post-hearing briefs and
statements should be filed not later than
5:15 p.m., November 13, 2007. In the
event that, as of the close of business on
October 16, 2007, no witnesses are
scheduled to appear at the hearing, the
hearing will be canceled. Any person
interested in attending the hearing as an
observer or nonparticipant may call the
Secretary to the Commission (202–205–
2000) after October 16, 2007, for
information concerning whether the
hearing will be held.
Written Submissions: In lieu of or in
addition to participating in the hearing,
interested parties are invited to submit
written statements concerning this
investigation. All written submissions
should be addressed to the Secretary,
and should be received not later than
5:15 p.m., February 1, 2008. 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
§ 201.8 of the rules (see Handbook for
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Electronic Filing Procedures, http://
www.usitc.gov/secretary/
fed_reg_notices/rules/documents/
handbook_on_electronic_filing.pdf).
Persons with questions regarding
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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 ‘‘non-confidential’’
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 for inspection by
interested parties.
In its request letter, the Committee
stated that it intends to make the
Commission’s reports available to the
public in their entirety, and asked that
the Commission not include any
confidential business information or
national security classified information
in the reports that the Commission
sends to the Committee. Any
confidential business information
received by the Commission in this
investigation and used in preparing this
report will not be published in a manner
that would reveal the operations of the
firm supplying the information.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: July 25, 2007.
William R. Bishop,
Acting Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. E7–14687 Filed 7–30–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 337–TA–564]
In the Matter of Certain Voltage
Regulators, Components Thereof and
Products Containing Same; Notice of
Commission Determination To Review
Portions of a Final Initial Determination
of Violation of Section 337; Schedule
for Filing Written Submissions on the
Issues Under Review and on Remedy,
the Public Interest, and Bonding
AGENCY: U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission has determined to review
portions of the final Initial
Determination (‘‘ID’’) issued by the
presiding Administrative Law Judge
(‘‘ALJ’’).
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric
Frahm, Office of the General Counsel,
U.S. International Trade Commission,
500 E Street, SW., Washington, DC
20436, telephone (202) 205–3107.
Copies of non-confidential documents
filed in connection with this
investigation are or will be available for
inspection during official business
hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the
Office of the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436,
telephone (202) 205–2000. General
information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its
Internet server at http://www.usitc.gov.
The public record for this investigation
may be viewed on the Commission’s
electronic docket (EDIS) at http://
edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired
persons are advised that information on
this matter can be obtained by
contacting the Commission’s TDD
terminal on (202) 205–1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
investigation was instituted on March
22, 2006, based on a complaint filed by
Linear Technology Corporation
(‘‘Linear’’) of Milpitas, California. The
complaint, as supplemented, alleged
violations of section 337 of the Tariff
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1337) in the
importation into the United States, the
sale for importation, and the sale within
the United States after importation of
certain voltage regulators, components
thereof and products containing the
same, by reason of infringement of
claims 1–14 and 23–35 of United States
Patent No. 6,411,531 (‘‘the ‘531 patent’’)
and claims 1–19, 31, 34, and 35 of
United States Patent No. 6,580,258 (‘‘the
‘258 patent’’). The complaint named
Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc.
(‘‘AATI’’) of Sunnyvale, California as
the sole respondent. Only claims 4, 9,
and 26 of the ‘531 patent and claims 2,
3, 34, and 35 of the ‘258 patent remain
in the investigation.
On May 22, 2007, the ALJ issued his
final ID finding no violation of section
337. Specifically, he found that none of
AATI’s accused products directly
infringe the asserted claims of the ‘258
patent, and that one accused product
directly infringes claims 4 and 26 of the
‘531 patent. He found that no indirect
infringement had occurred in
connection with any of the asserted
claims of either patent. As to validity,
the ALJ determined that claim 35 of the
‘258 patent and claims 4, 9, and 26 of
the ‘531 patent are invalid due to
anticipation, rejecting other arguments
of invalidity, unenforceability, and
estoppel. The ALJ also determined that
a domestic industry exists with regard
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