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Subsidy
rate
Company
POSCO; Daewoo International
Corporation .............................
All Others ....................................
*0.59
*0.59
Percent (de minimis).
Because we have preliminarily
determined that the CVD rates in this
investigation are de minimis, we will
not direct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection to suspend liquidation of
entries of subject merchandise.
Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department intends to disclose to
interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with this
preliminary determination within five
days of announcement of its public
announcement.6 Interested parties may
submit case and rebuttal briefs, as well
as request a hearing.7 For a schedule of
the deadlines for filing case briefs,
rebuttal briefs, and hearing requests, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
This determination is issued and
published pursuant to sections 703(f)
and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: March 18, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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Appendix 1
Scope of the Investigation
The merchandise subject to this
investigation consists of non-oriented
electrical steel (NOES), which includes coldrolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel products,
whether or not in coils, regardless of width,
having an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or
more, in which the core loss is substantially
equal in any direction of magnetization in the
plane of the material. The term ‘‘substantially
equal’’ in the prior sentence means that the
cross grain direction of core loss is no more
than 1.5 times the straight grain direction
(i.e., the rolling direction) of core loss. NOES
has a magnetic permeability that does not
exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested at a field of
800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oesteds) along
(i.e., parallel to) the rolling direction of the
sheet (i.e., B800 value). NOES contains by
weight at least 1.25 percent of silicon but less
than 3.5 percent of silicon, not more than
0.08 percent of carbon, and not more than 1.5
percent of aluminum.
NOES is subject to this investigation
whether it is fully processed (fully annealed
to develop final magnetic properties) or semiprocessed (finished to final thickness and
physical form but not fully annealed to
develop final magnetic properties); whether
or not it is coated (e.g., with enamel, varnish,
natural oxide surface, chemically treated or
phosphate surface, or other non-metallic
materials). Fully processed NOES is typically
6 See
7 See
19 CFR 351.224(b).
19 CFR 351.309(c)–(d), 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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made to the requirements of ASTM
specification A 677, Japanese Industrial
Standards (JIS) specification C 2552, and/or
International Electrotechnical Commission
(IEC) specification 60404–8–4. Semiprocessed NOES is typically made to the
requirements of ASTM specification A 683.
However, the scope of this investigation is
not limited to merchandise meeting the
specifications noted above.
NOES is sometimes referred to as coldrolled non-oriented electrical steel (CRNO),
non-grain oriented (NGO), non-oriented
(NO), or cold-rolled non-grain oriented
(CRNGO). These terms are interchangeable.
The subject merchandise is provided for in
subheadings 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000,
and 7226.19.9000 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
Subject merchandise may also be entered
under subheadings 7225.50.8085,
7225.99.0090, 7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050,
7226.92.8050, 7226.99.0180 of the HTSUS.
Although HTSUS subheadings are provided
for convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope is
dispositive.
Appendix 2
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Critical Circumstances
4. Scope Comments
5. Scope of the Investigation
6. Injury Test
7. Subsidies Valuation
8. Analysis of Programs
9. ITC Notification
10. Disclosure and Public Comment
11. Verification
12. Conclusion
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
International Framework for Nuclear
Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) Industry
Workshop on Developing Options and
Pathways for Disposal of Spent
Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Waste
ITA, DOC.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Event Description
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s
International Trade Administration
(ITA) is coordinating with the U.S.
Department of Energy to organize
participation by U.S. companies in the
International Framework for Nuclear
Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) Industry
Workshop on Developing Options and
Pathways for Disposal of Spent Nuclear
Fuel and High-Level Waste, to be held
May 5–6, 2014 in Bucharest, Romania.
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IFNEC is an international forum
consisting of 63 countries and three
international organizations, and is
sponsoring this workshop to facilitate a
more focused dialogue directed at
understanding the challenges of spent
fuel management facing countries that
are beginning to develop nuclear power.
ITA is seeking the participation of up to
10 U.S. companies or trade associations
in the civil nuclear sector in the IFNEC
Workshop. U.S. companies will have
the opportunity to participate in
interactive panel discussions and meet
with senior foreign government and
industry officials to discuss commercial
options for the long-term management
and disposal of spent fuel.
Event Setting
The IFNEC Workshop will bring
together IFNEC policy makers, nuclear
industry representatives, energy
planning agencies and international
organizations to consider current
options for countries’ management of
the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle
and potential options for commerciallybased regional or multinational spent
fuel disposal services.
IFNEC Background
IFNEC is led by an Executive
Committee, which is made up of
ministerial-level officials or their
designees from Participant Countries
that meet annually to set the IFNEC
agenda for the coming year. Observer
Countries and International
Organizations are welcome and
encouraged to attend the ministerial.
IFNEC has two working groups, the
Reliable Nuclear Fuels Working Group
(RNFWG) and the Infrastructure
Development Working Group (IDWG),
that focus on modes for reliable fuel
supply and infrastructure development
respectively. In 2012, the RNFWG was
directed by the Executive Committee to
hold a workshop on commercially-based
approaches to used fuel management.
Event Scenario
Workshop format
The IFNEC Workshop will provide a
setting in which representatives of
governments and the global nuclear
industry will address issues involving
potential commercial options for the
long-term management and disposal of
spent fuel through presentations and
interactive panel discussions.
The Workshop goals are to:
• Clarify industry interest in the
development of final waste options and
discuss what is needed to incentivize
industry involvement;
• Discuss the need for final waste
management capabilities and the role of
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social contract issues in the
development of disposal options;
• Explore what factors are needed to
develop disposal options;
Event Dates and Draft Agenda*
Monday, May 5
9:00–9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks
9:15–12:00 p.m. Session 1: Waste
Management Capabilities and the
Role of Social Contract Issues. This
session will provide newcomer
countries’ perspectives on key
disposal issues, disposal options,
waste management capabilities for
disposal, and lessons learned
regarding public interactions, siting
facilities, and political and social
issues associated with interim and
final disposal.
12:00–1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30–3:00 p.m. Moderated and
interactive Panel Discussion on
Session 1
3:00–3:30 p.m. Break
3:30–5:00 p.m. Session 2: Prerequisites
for the Development of a
Commercial Disposal Services
Market. This session will seek to
define the necessary frameworks
required for a commercial disposal
service market in the following
areas: waste management, waste
inventory, interim storage, public
acceptance, laws and standards,
stabilities and reversibility,
respective responsibilities, multigeneration stakes, and unlimited
liability.
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Tuesday, May 6
9:00–9:30 a.m. Session 3: RNFSWG
Activities Addressing Disposal
Options. The RNFSWG will provide
an update on what has been done
to date to address the need for
disposal options and identify the
issues associated with their
potential development. Items to be
discussed include: CFS Discussion
Paper, Current Practices Paper,
work on examples of international
agreements needed, identification
of issues that will need to be
addressed, alternative approaches
to disposal options.
9:30–12:00 p.m. Session 4: Industry
Interest in the Development of Final
Waste Options. This session will
give industry the opportunity to
provide their feedback and
reactions to the RNFSWG’s concept
of a Commercial Disposal Services
Market. U.S. industry participants
will have the means to actively
participate and influence the
direction in which the RNFSWG
proceeds.
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12:00–1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30–3:00 p.m. Wrap-up Discussion.
This discussion is designed for
additional reactions to the previous
sessions and the identification of
possible future activities for the
RNFSWG to consider in supporting
the development of final waste
management capabilities and
options .
* Following the Conclusion of the
Workshop the RNFSWG Meeting will
convene.
3:30–5:00 p.m. RNFSWG Meeting of
Members—Separate Agenda
Event Goals
U.S. civil nuclear industry
representatives have in the past found
IFNEC meetings and workshops to be
ideal opportunities to network with
senior U.S. and foreign government
representatives interested in the
potential of nuclear power. Workshop
participants will benefit from the
expertise that the U.S. civil nuclear
industry has amassed in this sector and
may potentially learn how to better
partner with U.S. industry on future
nuclear power projects, thus facilitating
increased U.S. exports.
Organizers and participants will
engage in a dialogue on ways to develop
national capabilities for long-term waste
management and the benefits of
potentially developing viable regional or
international disposal options,
particularly for countries with small
reactor fleets. This workshop will also
enable participants to share experiences
regarding existing national disposal
programs and to discuss specific aspects
related to international waste disposal
cooperation. In addition, the workshop
will seek to identify the role of industry
and government in developing such
options and prerequisites for the
development of a market for such
services.
Participation Requirements
Organizations interested in
participating in the Workshop must
complete and submit an application
package for consideration by the ITA.
Applicants will be evaluated based on
their ability to meet the selection
criteria outlined below. Up to 10
organizations will be selected to
participate in the IFNEC Workshop from
the applicant pool of U.S. companies
and trade associations. Only companies
or trade associations representing
companies that are already doing
business internationally may apply.
Applications will be reviewed on a
rolling basis in the order that they are
received.
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Fees and Expenses
After an organization has been
selected to participate, the IFNEC
Steering Group Chair will send out a
formal invitation. There is NO
participation fee associated with
participating in the IFNEC Workshop;
however, participants will be
responsible for personal expenses
associated with lodging, most meals,
incidentals, local ground transportation,
air transportation from the United States
to the event location, and return to the
United States.
Conditions for Participation
Applicants must submit to ITA’s staff
(see Contact) a completed mission
application signed by a company
official, together with supplemental
application materials addressing how
their organization satisfies the selection
criteria listed below by March 28, 2014.
If the ITA receives an incomplete
application, it may be rejected or ITA
may request additional information.
In question 11 of the trade event
application, each applicant is asked to
certify that the products and services it
intends to export through the event are
either manufactured or produced in the
United States, or, if not, are marketed
under the name of a U.S. firm and have
U.S. content representing at least 51
percent of the value of the finished good
or service. For purposes of this event,
meeting the 51 percent content
requirement is not a prerequisite for
mission participation and applicant
responses to question 11 will serve as
supplemental information the ITA is
reviewing applications.
In the case of a trade association, the
applicant must certify that as part of its
event participation, it will represent the
interests of its members.
Selection Criteria for Participation
Selection will be based on the
following criteria:
• The applicant’s experience
producing technology or providing
services to civil nuclear energy projects
or, in the case of a trade association, the
experience of its members;
• The global breadth of the
applicant’s experience with civil
nuclear energy projects;
• The extent and depth of the
applicant’s activities in the global civil
nuclear energy industry;
• The applicant’s company or, in the
case of a trade association, the
association’s members’ potential for, or
interest in, doing business with IFNEC
member countries;
• The applicant’s ability to identify
and discuss policy issues relevant to
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U.S. competitiveness in the nuclear
energy sector, with special emphasis on
financing; and
• Consistency of the applicant’s
company or trade association’s goals
and objectives with the stated scope of
the IFNEC Workshop.
Referrals from political organizations
and any documents containing
references to partisan political activities
(including political contributions) will
be removed from an applicant’s
submission and not considered during
the selection process.
Selected applicants will be asked to
sign a Participation Agreement with the
Department of Commerce which
includes the following mandatory
certifications (applicants that cannot
attest to these certifications cannot
participate):
• Certify that the products and
services that it intends to highlight as
examples at the workshop would be in
compliance with U.S. export controls
and regulations;
• Certify that it has identified to the
Department of Commerce for its
evaluation any business pending before
the Department that may present the
appearance of a conflict of interest;
• Certify that it has identified any
pending litigation (including any
administrative proceedings) to which it
is a party that involves the Department
of Commerce; and
• Certify that it and its affiliates (1)
have not and will not engage in the
bribery of foreign officials in connection
with a company’s/participant’s
involvement in this mission, and (2)
maintain and enforce a policy that
prohibits the bribery of foreign officials.
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Timeframe for Recruitment and
Participation
Recruitment for participating in the
IFNEC Industry Workshop on
Developing Options and Pathways for
Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and
High-Level Waste as a representative of
the U.S. nuclear industry will be
conducted in an open and public
manner, including publication in the
Federal Register, posting on the
Commerce Department trade mission
calendar, notices to industry trade
associations and other multiplier
groups. Recruitment will begin
immediately and conclude no later than
March 28, 2014. The ITA will review
applications and make selection
decisions on a rolling basis beginning
March 28, 2014. Applications received
after March 28, 2014 will be considered
only if space and scheduling permit.
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Contact
Jonathan Chesebro, Senior Nuclear
Trade Specialist, Industry & Analysis—
Office of Energy and Environmental
Industries, U.S. Department of
Commerce, International Trade
Administration, Phone: (202) 482–1297,
Email: jonathan.chesebro@trade.gov.
Dated: March 18, 2014.
Edward A. O’Malley,
Director, Office of Energy and Environmental
Industries.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
International Framework for Nuclear
Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) Small
Modular Reactor Workshop
International Trade
Administration, DOC.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Event Description
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s
International Trade Administration
(ITA) is coordinating with the U.S.
Department of Energy—the lead U.S.
agency for the International Framework
for Nuclear Energy Cooperation
(IFNEC)—to organize the participation
of U.S. civil nuclear organizations in an
IFNEC Small Modular Reactor (SMR)
Workshop, to be held on June 11–12,
2014 near the Dead Sea in Jordan.
IFNEC is an international forum
consisting of 63 countries ranging from
those with emerging and existing
nuclear power programs to those in the
process of phasing out nuclear power
programs. The goal of this SMR
Workshop is to gain a better
understanding, from a national energy
planning authority and Nuclear Energy
Program Implementation Organization
(NEPIO) perspective, of the near-term
SMR commercial deployment process;
and how SMRs could be deployed in
markets represented by IFNEC members,
including countries seeking to use
nuclear energy for the first time and
those with limited infrastructure and
resources, such as countries with small
electricity grids and insufficient capital
to finance the deployment of medium
and large-sized reactors. ITA is seeking
the participation of approximately 15
U.S. companies or trade associations in
the civil nuclear sector. The Workshop’s
scenario-based and interactive dialogue
will provide an opportunity for member
country policymakers and other
participants to benefit from the
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viewpoints of the U.S. civil nuclear
industry and for U.S. industry to learn
more about the policies, regulatory
landscape, and energy plans of
participating IFNEC countries.
Event Setting
The Workshop will bring together
IFNEC member country representatives
and key stakeholders involved in the
development and deployment of SMRs.
The Workshop will take an enterprisewide approach by convening a broad
spectrum of stakeholders who would
play key roles in successfully deploying
an SMR (e.g. vendors, utilities,
commercial banks, export credit
agencies, insurers, nuclear safety and
security regulators, market regulators,
insurers, rating agencies, transportation,
energy planning authorities/NEPIOs) in
order to identify SMR deployment
options and approaches. An important
Workshop goal will be to understand
the critical factors for key stakeholder
groups—what they can and cannot do—
in order to discuss specific deployment
options.
IFNEC Background
IFNEC is led by an Executive
Committee, composed of ministeriallevel officials or their designees from
Participant Countries and three
International Organizations (the
International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA), Generation IV International
Forum (GIF) and Euratom) that meet
annually to set the agenda for the
coming year. Observer Countries and
International Organizations are welcome
and encouraged to attend. This
workshop was proposed and approved
at the October 2013 meeting of the
IFNEC Executive Committee in Abu
Dhabi, UAE.
Event Scenario
The IFNEC SMR Workshop will
provide a dynamic forum in which
experts representing a broad spectrum
of key stakeholders will engage in
moderated hypothetical scenario-based
exercises to address the benefits and
challenges related to the deployment of
SMRs. This Workshop’s focus will be on
reactors with a nominal output of 300
MWe (or less) based on a modular
fabrication processes and ready for
commercialization within the next 15
years. Following the scenario exercises,
key experts will lead focused
participatory dialogues among groups of
Workshop attendees to further address
specific issues and responses to the
scenario-based exercises.
The interactions in the breakout
groups will help Workshop attendees
gain a better understanding of how the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC)
Industry Workshop on Developing Options and Pathways for Disposal of
Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Waste
AGENCY: ITA, DOC.
ACTION: Notice.
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Event Description
The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade
Administration (ITA) is coordinating with the U.S. Department of Energy
to organize participation by U.S. companies in the International
Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) Industry Workshop on
Developing Options and Pathways for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and
High-Level Waste, to be held May 5-6, 2014 in Bucharest, Romania. IFNEC
is an international forum consisting of 63 countries and three
international organizations, and is sponsoring this workshop to
facilitate a more focused dialogue directed at understanding the
challenges of spent fuel management facing countries that are beginning
to develop nuclear power. ITA is seeking the participation of up to 10
U.S. companies or trade associations in the civil nuclear sector in the
IFNEC Workshop. U.S. companies will have the opportunity to participate
in interactive panel discussions and meet with senior foreign
government and industry officials to discuss commercial options for the
long-term management and disposal of spent fuel.
Event Setting
The IFNEC Workshop will bring together IFNEC policy makers, nuclear
industry representatives, energy planning agencies and international
organizations to consider current options for countries' management of
the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle and potential options for
commercially-based regional or multinational spent fuel disposal
services.
IFNEC Background
IFNEC is led by an Executive Committee, which is made up of
ministerial-level officials or their designees from Participant
Countries that meet annually to set the IFNEC agenda for the coming
year. Observer Countries and International Organizations are welcome
and encouraged to attend the ministerial. IFNEC has two working groups,
the Reliable Nuclear Fuels Working Group (RNFWG) and the Infrastructure
Development Working Group (IDWG), that focus on modes for reliable fuel
supply and infrastructure development respectively. In 2012, the RNFWG
was directed by the Executive Committee to hold a workshop on
commercially-based approaches to used fuel management.
Event Scenario
Workshop format
The IFNEC Workshop will provide a setting in which representatives
of governments and the global nuclear industry will address issues
involving potential commercial options for the long-term management and
disposal of spent fuel through presentations and interactive panel
discussions.
The Workshop goals are to:
Clarify industry interest in the development of final
waste options and discuss what is needed to incentivize industry
involvement;
Discuss the need for final waste management capabilities
and the role of
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social contract issues in the development of disposal options;
Explore what factors are needed to develop disposal
options;
Event Dates and Draft Agenda*
Monday, May 5
9:00-9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks
9:15-12:00 p.m. Session 1: Waste Management Capabilities and the Role
of Social Contract Issues. This session will provide newcomer
countries' perspectives on key disposal issues, disposal options, waste
management capabilities for disposal, and lessons learned regarding
public interactions, siting facilities, and political and social issues
associated with interim and final disposal.
12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30-3:00 p.m. Moderated and interactive Panel Discussion on Session 1
3:00-3:30 p.m. Break
3:30-5:00 p.m. Session 2: Prerequisites for the Development of a
Commercial Disposal Services Market. This session will seek to define
the necessary frameworks required for a commercial disposal service
market in the following areas: waste management, waste inventory,
interim storage, public acceptance, laws and standards, stabilities and
reversibility, respective responsibilities, multi-generation stakes,
and unlimited liability.
Tuesday, May 6
9:00-9:30 a.m. Session 3: RNFSWG Activities Addressing Disposal
Options. The RNFSWG will provide an update on what has been done to
date to address the need for disposal options and identify the issues
associated with their potential development. Items to be discussed
include: CFS Discussion Paper, Current Practices Paper, work on
examples of international agreements needed, identification of issues
that will need to be addressed, alternative approaches to disposal
options.
9:30-12:00 p.m. Session 4: Industry Interest in the Development of
Final Waste Options. This session will give industry the opportunity to
provide their feedback and reactions to the RNFSWG's concept of a
Commercial Disposal Services Market. U.S. industry participants will
have the means to actively participate and influence the direction in
which the RNFSWG proceeds.
12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30-3:00 p.m. Wrap-up Discussion. This discussion is designed for
additional reactions to the previous sessions and the identification of
possible future activities for the RNFSWG to consider in supporting the
development of final waste management capabilities and options .
* Following the Conclusion of the Workshop the RNFSWG Meeting will
convene.
3:30-5:00 p.m. RNFSWG Meeting of Members--Separate Agenda
Event Goals
U.S. civil nuclear industry representatives have in the past found
IFNEC meetings and workshops to be ideal opportunities to network with
senior U.S. and foreign government representatives interested in the
potential of nuclear power. Workshop participants will benefit from the
expertise that the U.S. civil nuclear industry has amassed in this
sector and may potentially learn how to better partner with U.S.
industry on future nuclear power projects, thus facilitating increased
U.S. exports.
Organizers and participants will engage in a dialogue on ways to
develop national capabilities for long-term waste management and the
benefits of potentially developing viable regional or international
disposal options, particularly for countries with small reactor fleets.
This workshop will also enable participants to share experiences
regarding existing national disposal programs and to discuss specific
aspects related to international waste disposal cooperation. In
addition, the workshop will seek to identify the role of industry and
government in developing such options and prerequisites for the
development of a market for such services.
Participation Requirements
Organizations interested in participating in the Workshop must
complete and submit an application package for consideration by the
ITA. Applicants will be evaluated based on their ability to meet the
selection criteria outlined below. Up to 10 organizations will be
selected to participate in the IFNEC Workshop from the applicant pool
of U.S. companies and trade associations. Only companies or trade
associations representing companies that are already doing business
internationally may apply. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling
basis in the order that they are received.
Fees and Expenses
After an organization has been selected to participate, the IFNEC
Steering Group Chair will send out a formal invitation. There is NO
participation fee associated with participating in the IFNEC Workshop;
however, participants will be responsible for personal expenses
associated with lodging, most meals, incidentals, local ground
transportation, air transportation from the United States to the event
location, and return to the United States.
Conditions for Participation
Applicants must submit to ITA's staff (see Contact) a completed
mission application signed by a company official, together with
supplemental application materials addressing how their organization
satisfies the selection criteria listed below by March 28, 2014. If the
ITA receives an incomplete application, it may be rejected or ITA may
request additional information.
In question 11 of the trade event application, each applicant is
asked to certify that the products and services it intends to export
through the event are either manufactured or produced in the United
States, or, if not, are marketed under the name of a U.S. firm and have
U.S. content representing at least 51 percent of the value of the
finished good or service. For purposes of this event, meeting the 51
percent content requirement is not a prerequisite for mission
participation and applicant responses to question 11 will serve as
supplemental information the ITA is reviewing applications.
In the case of a trade association, the applicant must certify that
as part of its event participation, it will represent the interests of
its members.
Selection Criteria for Participation
Selection will be based on the following criteria:
The applicant's experience producing technology or
providing services to civil nuclear energy projects or, in the case of
a trade association, the experience of its members;
The global breadth of the applicant's experience with
civil nuclear energy projects;
The extent and depth of the applicant's activities in the
global civil nuclear energy industry;
The applicant's company or, in the case of a trade
association, the association's members' potential for, or interest in,
doing business with IFNEC member countries;
The applicant's ability to identify and discuss policy
issues relevant to
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U.S. competitiveness in the nuclear energy sector, with special
emphasis on financing; and
Consistency of the applicant's company or trade
association's goals and objectives with the stated scope of the IFNEC
Workshop.
Referrals from political organizations and any documents containing
references to partisan political activities (including political
contributions) will be removed from an applicant's submission and not
considered during the selection process.
Selected applicants will be asked to sign a Participation Agreement
with the Department of Commerce which includes the following mandatory
certifications (applicants that cannot attest to these certifications
cannot participate):
Certify that the products and services that it intends to
highlight as examples at the workshop would be in compliance with U.S.
export controls and regulations;
Certify that it has identified to the Department of
Commerce for its evaluation any business pending before the Department
that may present the appearance of a conflict of interest;
Certify that it has identified any pending litigation
(including any administrative proceedings) to which it is a party that
involves the Department of Commerce; and
Certify that it and its affiliates (1) have not and will
not engage in the bribery of foreign officials in connection with a
company's/participant's involvement in this mission, and (2) maintain
and enforce a policy that prohibits the bribery of foreign officials.
Timeframe for Recruitment and Participation
Recruitment for participating in the IFNEC Industry Workshop on
Developing Options and Pathways for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and
High-Level Waste as a representative of the U.S. nuclear industry will
be conducted in an open and public manner, including publication in the
Federal Register, posting on the Commerce Department trade mission
calendar, notices to industry trade associations and other multiplier
groups. Recruitment will begin immediately and conclude no later than
March 28, 2014. The ITA will review applications and make selection
decisions on a rolling basis beginning March 28, 2014. Applications
received after March 28, 2014 will be considered only if space and
scheduling permit.
Contact
Jonathan Chesebro, Senior Nuclear Trade Specialist, Industry &
Analysis--Office of Energy and Environmental Industries, U.S.
Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Phone:
(202) 482-1297, Email: jonathan.chesebro@trade.gov.
Dated: March 18, 2014.
Edward A. O'Malley,
Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Industries.
[FR Doc. 2014-06509 Filed 3-24-14; 8:45 am]
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