[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 9, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35329-35330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12439]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 332-574]
Renewable Electricity: Potential Economic Effects of Increased
Commitments in Massachusetts; Notice of a New Date for the Public
Hearing
AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice of a new date for the public hearing.
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SUMMARY: The Commission has changed the date of its public hearing for
Investigation No. 332-574: Renewable Electricity: Potential Economic
Effects of Increased Commitments in Massachusetts from May 7, 2020 to
July 29, 2020 due to COVID-19.
DATES:
July 1, 2020: Deadline for filing requests to appear at the public
hearing.
July 15, 2020: Deadline for filing pre-hearing briefs and
statements.
July 29, 2020: Public hearing.
August 7, 2020: Deadline for filing post-hearing briefs and
statements.
August 14, 2020: Deadline for filing all other written submissions.
January 25, 2021: Transmittal of Commission report to the
Committee.
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 https://www.usitc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Project Leader Diana Friedman (202-
205-3433 or [email protected]) or Deputy Project Leader Patricia
Mueller (202-205-2599 or [email protected]) for information
specific to this investigation. 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
[email protected]). The media should contact Margaret
O'Laughlin, Office of External Relations (202-205-1819 or
[email protected]). 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 (https://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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission published notice of
institution of the investigation in the Federal Register on February
19, 2020 (85 FR 9479, February 19, 2020). In that notice, the
Commission announced it would hold a public hearing on May 7, 2020, and
it also set dates by which
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requests to appear at the hearing, briefs, and other written
submissions should be filed. However, due to COVID-19, the Commission
postponed the hearing to a date to be determined (85 FR 21460, April
17, 2020). The Commission has rescheduled the public hearing as well as
deadlines for requests to appear at the hearing, briefs, and other
written submissions to the following dates. Please note the Secretary's
Office will accept only electronic filings at this time. Filings must
be made through the Commission's Electronic Document Information System
(EDIS, https://edis.usitc.gov). No in-person paper-based filings or
paper copies of any electronic filings will be accepted until further
notice. The scope of the investigation remains the same as published in
the Federal Register on February 19, 2020.
Public Hearing: A public hearing in connection with this
investigation will be held beginning at 9:30 a.m. on July 29, 2020.
Information about the place and form of the hearing, including about
how to participate in or view the hearing, will be posted on the
Commission's website at (https://usitc.gov/research_and_analysis/what_we_are_working_on.htm). Once on that web page, scroll down to the
entry for investigation No. 332-574, Renewable Electricity: Potential
Economic Effects of Increased Commitments in Massachusetts, and click
on the link to ``hearing instructions.'' Interested parties should
check the Commission's website periodically for updates.
Requests to appear at the public hearing should be filed with the
Secretary no later than 5:15 p.m., July 1, 2020 in accordance with the
requirements in the ``Submissions'' section below. All pre-hearing
briefs and statements should be filed no later than 5:15 p.m., July 15,
2020; and all post-hearing briefs and statements should be filed no
later than 5:15 p.m., August 7, 2020. In the event that, as of the
close of business on July 14, 2020, 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
should contact the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000 after July
15, 2020, 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 file written submissions
concerning this investigation. All written submissions should be
addressed to the Secretary, and should be received not later than 5:15
p.m., August 14, 2020. All written submissions must conform to the
provisions of section 201.8 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedure (19 CFR 201.8), as temporarily amended by 85 FR 15798 (March
19, 2020). Under that rule waiver, the Office of the Secretary will
accept only electronic filings at this time. Filings must be made
through the Commission's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS,
https://edis.usitc.gov). No in-person paper-based filings or paper
copies of any electronic filings will be accepted until further notice.
Persons with questions regarding electronic filing should contact the
Office of the Secretary, Docket Services Division (202-205-1802), or
consult the Commission's Handbook on Filing Procedures.
Confidential Business Information. Any submissions that contain
confidential business information must also conform to 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 is clearly identified by means of
brackets. All written submissions, except for confidential business
information, will be made available for inspection by interested
parties.
As requested by the Committee, the Commission will not include any
confidential business information in the report that it sends to the
Committee or makes available to the public. However, all information,
including confidential business information, submitted in this
investigation may be disclosed to and used: (i) By the Commission, its
employees and Offices, and contract personnel (a) for developing or
maintaining the records of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in
internal investigations, audits, reviews, and evaluations relating to
the programs, personnel, and operations of the Commission including
under 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. government employees and
contract personnel for cybersecurity purposes. The Commission will not
otherwise disclose any confidential business information in a manner
that would reveal the operations of the firm supplying the information.
Summaries of Written Submissions: The Commission intends to publish
summaries of the positions of interested persons in an appendix to the
report. Persons wishing to have a summary of their position included in
the report should include a summary with their written submission. The
summary may not exceed 500 words, should be in a format that can be
easily converted to MS Word, and should not include any confidential
business information. The summary will be published as provided if it
meets these requirements and is germane to the subject matter of the
investigation. The Commission will identify the name of the
organization furnishing the summary and will include a link to the
Commission's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS) where the
full written submission can be found.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: June 4, 2020.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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