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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 32 / Tuesday, February 18, 2014 / Notices
Dated: February 11, 2014.
Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014–03384 Filed 2–14–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Materials Processing Equipment
Technical Advisory Committee; Notice
of Partially Closed Meeting
The Materials Processing Equipment
Technical Advisory Committee
(MPETAC) will meet on March 11, 2014,
9:00 a.m., Room 3884, in the Herbert C.
Hoover Building, 14th Street between
Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues
NW., Washington, DC. The Committee
advises the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Export Administration
with respect to technical questions that
affect the level of export controls
applicable to materials processing
equipment and related technology.
The Assistant Secretary for
Administration, with the concurrence of
the delegate of the General Counsel,
formally determined on February 20,
2013, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 § 10(d)), that
the portion of the meeting dealing with
matters the premature disclosure of
which would be likely to frustrate
significantly implementation of a
proposed agency action as described in
5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) shall be exempt
from the provisions relating to public
meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2
§§ 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The remaining
portions of the meeting will be open to
the public.
For more information, call Yvette
Springer at (202) 482–2813.
Dated: February 11, 2014.
Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
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Open Session
International Trade Administration
1. Opening remarks and
introductions.
2. Presentation of papers and
comments by the Public.
3. Discussions on results from last,
and proposals for next Wassenaar
meeting.
4. Report on proposed and recently
issued changes to the Export
Administration Regulations.
5. Other business.
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Steel Threaded Rod from India:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination
of Critical Circumstances for the
Countervailing Duty Investigation
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6. Discussion of matters determined to
be exempt from the provisions relating
to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C.
app. 2 §§ 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3).
The open session will be accessible
via teleconference to 20 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 March 4, 2014.
A limited number of seats will be
available for the public session.
Reservations are not accepted. To the
extent that time permits, members of the
public may present oral statements to
the Committee. The public may submit
written statements at any time before or
after the meeting. However, to facilitate
the distribution of public presentation
materials to the Committee members,
the Committee suggests that presenters
forward the public presentation
materials prior to the meeting to Ms.
Springer via email.
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Enforcement and Compliance,
formerly Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) has preliminarily
determined that critical circumstances
exist with respect to imports of subject
merchandise in the countervailing duty
(‘‘CVD’’) investigation of steel threaded
rod from India, with the exception of
imports from Mangal Steel Enterprises
Limited (‘‘Mangal Steel’’).
DATES: Effective Date: February 18,
2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Medley, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room
4416, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: 202–482–4987.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Closed Session
Period of Investigation
The period for which we are
measuring subsidies, or the period of
investigation (‘‘POI’’), is calendar year
2012.
Scope of Investigation
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Agenda
Manufacturing Inc.; and Vulcan
Threaded Products Inc. (collectively,
‘‘Petitioners’’).1 This investigation was
initiated on July 17, 2013.2 The
affirmative Preliminary Determination
was published on December 19, 2013.3
On January 10, 2014, Petitioners
alleged that critical circumstances exist
with respect to imports of steel threaded
rod from India and submitted U.S.
Census Bureau import data in support of
their allegation. On January 17, 2014,
the Department requested from Mangal
Steel monthly shipment data of subject
merchandise to the United States for the
period February 2013 through
November 2013. On January 22, 2014,
Mangal Steel submitted the requested
data.
Case History
On June 27, 2013, the Department
received a CVD Petition concerning
imports of steel threaded rod from India
filed in proper form by All America
Threaded Products Inc.; Bay Standard
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The merchandise covered by this
investigation is steel threaded rod. Steel
threaded rod is certain threaded rod,
bar, or studs, of carbon quality steel,
having a solid, circular cross section, of
any diameter, in any straight length, that
have been forged, turned, cold-drawn,
cold-rolled, machine straightened, or
otherwise cold-finished, and into which
threaded grooves have been applied. In
addition, the steel threaded rod, bar, or
studs subject to this investigation are
non-headed and threaded along greater
than 25 percent of their total length. A
variety of finishes or coatings, such as
plain oil finish as a temporary rust
protectant, zinc coating (i.e., galvanized,
whether by electroplating or hotdipping), paint, and other similar
finishes and coatings, may be applied to
the merchandise.4
1 See submission by Petitioners titled ‘‘Petitions
for the Imposition of Antidumping Duties on Steel
Threaded Rod from Thailand and Antidumping and
Countervailing Duties on Steel Threaded Rod from
India,’’ and dated June 27, 2013 (‘‘Petition’’). A
public version of the Petition and all other public
documents and public versions for this
investigation are available on the public file in the
Central Records Unit, Room 7046 of the main
Department of Commerce building.
2 See Steel Threaded Rod From India: Initiation
of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 78 FR 44532
(July 24, 2013), and accompanying Initiation
Checklist.
3 See Steel Threaded Rod from India: Preliminary
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and
Alignment of Final Determination with Final
Antidumping Determination, 78 FR 76815
(December 19, 2013) (‘‘Preliminary
Determination’’).
4 For a complete description of the scope of the
investigation, see Appendix 1 to the Preliminary
Determination.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee;
Notice of Partially Closed Meeting
The Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee
(MPETAC) will meet on March 11, 2014, 9:00 a.m., Room 3884, in the
Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street between Pennsylvania and
Constitution Avenues NW., Washington, DC. The Committee advises the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration with
respect to technical questions that affect the level of export controls
applicable to materials processing equipment and related technology.
Agenda
Open Session
1. Opening remarks and introductions.
2. Presentation of papers and comments by the Public.
3. Discussions on results from last, and proposals for next
Wassenaar meeting.
4. Report on proposed and recently issued changes to the Export
Administration Regulations.
5. Other business.
Closed Session
6. Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the
provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2
Sec. Sec. 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3).
The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 20
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 March 4, 2014.
A limited number of seats will be available for the public session.
Reservations are not accepted. To the extent that time permits, members
of the public may present oral statements to the Committee. The public
may submit written statements at any time before or after the meeting.
However, to facilitate the distribution of public presentation
materials to the Committee members, the Committee suggests that
presenters forward the public presentation materials prior to the
meeting to Ms. Springer via email.
The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on February
20, 2013, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 Sec. 10(d)), that the portion of the
meeting dealing with matters the premature disclosure of which would be
likely to frustrate significantly implementation of a proposed agency
action as described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) shall be exempt from the
provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2
Sec. Sec. 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The remaining portions of the meeting
will be open to the public.
For more information, call Yvette Springer at (202) 482-2813.
Dated: February 11, 2014.
Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
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