[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR310.4]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
 CHAPTER III--INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 310--OFFICIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT RECOGNITION OF AND PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS HELD IN THE UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 310.4  Action on application.

    (a) Upon receipt of an application, the Director will analyze the 
application and all accompanying exhibits to insure compliance with the 
provisions of Sec. 310.3 and report his findings with respect thereto to 
the Secretary.
    (b) If more than one applicant applies for Federal recognition for 
expositions to be held within three years or less of each other, the 
applications will be reviewed concurrently by the Director. The 
following standards will be considered in determining which if any of 
the competing applicants will be recommended for Federal recognition:
    (1) The order of receipt of the applications by the Director, 
complete with all exhibits required by Sec. 310.3.
    (2) The financial plans of the applications. Primary consideration 
will be given to those applications which do not require Federal 
financing for exposition development. This does not extend to funding 
for a Federal pavilion, if one is desired.
    (3) The relative merit of the applications in terms of their 
qualifications as tourism destination sites, both with respect to 
existing facilities and those facilities planned for the proposed 
exposition. If necessary, to assist in making this determination, the 
Director will appoint a panel of travel industry experts representing 
tour developers, the transportation, entertainment and hotel/motel 
industries for the purpose of studying the competing applications and 
reporting to the Director its views as to which proposed site best meets 
the above criteria. If such a panel is deemed necessary, the provisions 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (86 Stat. 770, 5 U.S.C. App. I) 
will be applicable.
    (c) In analyzing the applications, the Director may hold public 
hearings with the objective of clarifying issues that might be raised by 
the application. If desired, the Director may utilize the services of an 
examiner.
    (d) If the Director, in his discretion, decides to hold a public 
hearing, notice of such hearing shall be published in the Federal 
Register, and a copy of the notice shall be furnished to local 
newspapers. The notice shall state the subject to be considered and when 
and where the hearing will be held, specifically designating the date, 
hour, and place.
    (e) The following general procedure shall govern the conduct of 
public hearings: (1) Stenographic minutes of the proceedings shall be 
made; (2) the names and addresses of all parties present or represented 
at the hearing shall be recorded; and (3) the Director or Examiner shall 
read aloud for the record and for the benefit of the public such parts 
of the Act and of these regulations as bear on the application. He shall 
also read aloud for the record and for the benefit of the public such 
other important papers, or extracts therefrom, as may be necessary for a 
full understanding of the issues which require clarification. The 
Director or Examiner shall impress upon the parties in attendance at the 
public hearing, and shall specifically state at the commencement of the 
hearing, that the hearing is not adversary in nature and that the sole 
objective thereof is to clarify issues that might have been raised by 
the application.
    (f) Statements of interested parties may be presented orally at the 
hearing, or submitted in writing for the record.
    (g) Within six months after receipt of a fully completed application 
and/or the adjournment of the public hearing, the Director shall submit 
his report containing his findings on the application to the Secretary.

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