President's Export Council; Subcommittee on Export Administration; Notice of Open Meeting, 30500-30501 [2012-12506]

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[FR Doc. 2012–12558 Filed 5–22–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:00 May 22, 2012 Jkt 226001 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 [Dockets 60, 61 and 62–2011] The comment periods for the applications for subzone authority at the Dow Corning Corporation facility in Midland, Michigan (76 FR 63282– 63283, 10/12/2011), at the Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation facility in Hemlock, Michigan (76 FR 63282, 10/ 12/2011) and at the Hemlock Semiconductor, L.L.C. facility in Clarksville, Tennessee (76 FR 63281– 63282, 10/12/2011) are being reopened. Additional information containing new factual information on which there has not been a chance for public comment was submitted on behalf of the companies cited above. The comment periods for the cases referenced above are being reopened to June 22, 2012, to allow interested parties time in which to comment. Rebuttal comments may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period, until June 7, 2012. 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The PECSEA provides advice on E:\FR\FM\23MYN1.SGM 23MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 23, 2012 / Notices matters pertinent to those portions of the Export Administration Act, as amended, that deal with United States policies of encouraging trade with all countries with which the United States has diplomatic or trading relations and of controlling trade for national security and foreign policy reasons. Agenda 1. Opening remarks by the Chairman and Vice Chairman. 2. Export Control Reform Update. 3. Presentation of Papers or Comments by the Public. 4. Working Group Updates. 5. Deemed Export Panel. The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 25 participants on a first come, first serve basis. To join the conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov, no later than, May 30, 2012. A limited number of seats will be available for the public session. Reservations are not accepted. To the extent time permits, members of the public may present oral statements to the PECSEA. Written statements may be submitted at any time before or after the meeting. However, to facilitate distribution of public presentation materials to PECSEA members, the PECSEA suggests that public presentation materials or comments be forwarded before the meeting to Ms. Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov. For more information, contact Yvette Springer on 202–482–2813. Dated: May 16, 2012. Kevin J. Wolf, Assistant Secretary for Export Administration. [FR Doc. 2012–12506 Filed 5–22–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–928] Uncovered Innerspring Units From the People’s Republic of China: Initiation of Anticircumvention Inquiry Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: In response to a request from Leggett & Platt Incorporated (‘‘Petitioner’’), the Department of Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) is initiating an anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether certain imports are circumventing the antidumping duty mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:00 May 22, 2012 Jkt 226001 order on uncovered innerspring units from the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’).1 DATES: Effective Date: May 23, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Pulongbarit or Steven Hampton, AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4031, or (202) 482–0116 respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On December 31, 2007, Petitioner filed a petition seeking imposition of antidumping duties on imports of uncovered innerspring units from, among other countries, the PRC.2 Following completion of an investigation by the Department and the U.S. International Trade Commission (‘‘the Commission’’), the Department imposed antidumping duties in the amounts of 234.51 percent on the mandatory respondent, Foshan Jingxin Steel & Wire Spring Co., Ltd., and 164.75 percent on seven companies that qualified for separate rates.3 In the second administrative review of the Order,4 Petitioner requested that the Department review Reztec Industries Sdn Bhd (‘‘Reztec’’).5 The Department initiated the review on March 31, 2011 6 and sent questionnaires to the named respondents, including Reztec. On May 19, 2011, in response to the Department’s questionnaire, Reztec submitted a no-shipment letter to the Department and certified that it did not export PRC-origin uncovered 1 See Uncovered Innerspring Units From the People’s Republic of China: Notice of Antidumping Duty Order, 74 FR 7661 (February 19, 2009) (‘‘Order’’). 2 The petition also included imports of uncovered innerspring units from South Africa and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. See Uncovered Innerspring Units From the People’s Republic of China, South Africa, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations, 73 FR 4817 (January 28, 2008). 3 Order, 74 FR at 7662. 4 The second administrative review covered the period of review (‘‘POR’’) February 1, 2010, through January 31, 2011. See Initiation of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Requests for Revocation in Part, and Deferral of Administrative Review, 76 FR 17825 (March 31, 2011). 5 See also Memorandum to the File from Steven Hampton, regarding Placing Supporting Documentation on the Record of the Anticircumvention Inquiry: Petitioner’s Request from Second Administrative Review of Uncovered Innerspring Units from the People’s Republic of China, dated April 13, 2012 at Attachment #1. 6 See Initiation of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Requests for Revocation in Part, and Deferral of Administrative Review, 76 FR 17825 (March 31, 2011). PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 30501 innerspring units to the United States during the POR.7 However, in its noshipment letter, Reztec stated that it, ‘‘does purchase some raw materials from China, some of which is {sic} used to produce innerspring units in Malaysia’’ and that ‘‘{t}hese Chinese raw materials are further processed in Malaysia and combined with other materials into finished innerspring units and mattresses, for sale within Malaysia and for export.’’ 8 On April 12, 2012, the Department determined that Reztec did not sell subject merchandise during the POR and rescinded the review with respect to Reztec.9 On February 29, 2012, pursuant to section 781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’), and section 351.225(h) of the Department’s regulations, Petitioner submitted a request for the Department to initiate an anticircumvention inquiry of Reztec to determine whether Reztec’s innerspring units completed and assembled in Malaysia from PRC-origin components constitute circumvention of the Order.10 In its request, Petitioner contends that Reztec, by its own admission in its noshipment letter, imports innerspring unit components from the PRC to Malaysia, further assembles these components into uncovered innerspring units, and exports the assembled innerspring units to the United States in the form of subject merchandise.11 Petitioner argues that Reztec’s operations constitute minor further assembly in a third country, i.e. Malaysia. On April 2, 2012, the Department extended the deadline to initiate a circumvention inquiry by 45 days, pursuant to section 351.302(b) of the Department’s regulations.12 Scope of the Order The merchandise subject to the order is uncovered innerspring units composed of a series of individual metal springs joined together in sizes corresponding to the sizes of adult 7 See also Memorandum to the File from Steven Hampton, regarding Placing Supporting Documentation on the Record of the Anticircumvention Inquiry: Reztec’s No Shipment Letter from the Second Administrative Review of Uncovered Innerspring Units from the People’s Republic of China, dated April 13, 2012 at Attachment #1 (‘‘No Shipment Letter’’). 8 See No Shipment Letter at 2. 9 See Uncovered Innerspring Units From the People’s Republic of China: Final Results and Final Rescission, in Part, of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR 21961, 21962 (April 12, 2012). 10 See Petitioner’s February 29, 2012 submission (‘‘Circumvention Request’’) at 3. 11 See id. at 2–3. 12 See Letter from Paul Walker, Acting Program Manager, to Leggett & Platt Incorporated April 2, 2012. 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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30500-30501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12506]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security


President's Export Council; Subcommittee on Export 
Administration; Notice of Open Meeting

    The President's Export Council Subcommittee on Export 
Administration (PECSEA) will meet on June 4, 2012, 10:00 a.m., at the 
U.S. Department of Commerce, Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 4830, 
14th Street between Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues NW., 
Washington, DC. The PECSEA provides advice on

[[Page 30501]]

matters pertinent to those portions of the Export Administration Act, 
as amended, that deal with United States policies of encouraging trade 
with all countries with which the United States has diplomatic or 
trading relations and of controlling trade for national security and 
foreign policy reasons.

Agenda

    1. Opening remarks by the Chairman and Vice Chairman.
    2. Export Control Reform Update.
    3. Presentation of Papers or Comments by the Public.
    4. Working Group Updates.
    5. Deemed Export Panel.
    The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 25 
participants on a first come, first serve basis. To join the 
conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Yvette Springer at 
Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov, no later than, May 30, 2012.
    A limited number of seats will be available for the public session. 
Reservations are not accepted. To the extent time permits, members of 
the public may present oral statements to the PECSEA. Written 
statements may be submitted at any time before or after the meeting. 
However, to facilitate distribution of public presentation materials to 
PECSEA members, the PECSEA suggests that public presentation materials 
or comments be forwarded before the meeting to Ms. Yvette Springer at 
Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov.
    For more information, contact Yvette Springer on 202-482-2813.

    Dated: May 16, 2012.
Kevin J. Wolf,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-12506 Filed 5-22-12; 8:45 am]
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