Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Determination Under Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and Reinstatement of Order, in Part, 36519-36521 [2016-13534]
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Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof
From the People’s Republic of China:
Notice of Court Decision Not in
Harmony With Final Determination
Under Section 129 of the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act and
Reinstatement of Order, in Part
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 11, 2016, the United
States Court of International Trade (‘‘the
Court’’) issued final judgment in
Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers’
Coalition v. United States, Court No.
13–00168,1 sustaining the Department
of Commerce’s (‘‘the Department’’)
voluntary final remand results
concerning the Implemented PRC
Section 129 Determination.2 In the Final
Section 129 Remand, the Department
determined that it was appropriate to
reinstate the partially revoked
antidumping duty order (‘‘the order’’)
on diamond sawblades and parts thereof
(‘‘diamond sawblades’’) from the
People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’)
with respect to Advanced Technology &
Materials Co., Ltd. (‘‘AT&M’’) 3 where
the basis for the Implemented PRC
Section 129 Determination was no
longer valid.4
Consistent with the decision of the
United States Court of Appeals for the
AGENCY:
1 See Diamond Sawblades Manufacturer’s
Coalition v. United States, Consol. Court No. 13–
00168, Slip Op. 16–48 (CIT May 11, 2016)
(‘‘DSMC’’).
2 See Final Results Of Redetermination Pursuant
To Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers’ Coalition v.
United States, Consol. Court No. 13–00168, Slip
Op. 15–92 (CIT August 20, 2015), dated December
1, 2015, (‘‘Final Section 129 Remand’’) available at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/remands/; Certain
Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People’s
Republic of China and Diamond Sawblades and
Parts Thereof From the People’s Republic of China:
Notice of Implementation of Determinations Under
Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
and Partial Revocation of the Antidumping Duty
Orders, 78 FR 18958 (March 28, 2013)
(‘‘Implemented PRC Section 129 Determination’’).
3 Collectively with Beijing Gang Yan Diamond
Product Company and Yichang HXF Circular Saw
Industrial Co., Ltd., a single entity. See
Implemented PRC Section 129 Determination, 78
FR 18958, 18959 at n. 10.
4 See Final Section 129 Remand.
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Federal Circuit (‘‘CAFC’’) in Timken Co.
v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir.
1990) (‘‘Timken’’), as clarified by
Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v.
United States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir.
2010) (‘‘Diamond Sawblades’’), the
Department is notifying the public that
the final judgment in this case is not in
harmony with the Department’s
implemented final determination in a
proceeding conducted under section
129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act (Section 129). Furthermore, the
Department is reinstating the order with
respect to AT&M.5
DATES: Effective Date: May 21, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Devine, AD/CVD Operations
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–0238.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
In the less-than-fair-value (‘‘LTFV’’)
investigation, the Department
determined that mandatory respondent
AT&M was eligible for a separate rate,
and calculated a separate estimated
weighted-average dumping margin for
it.6 Petitioner, the Diamond Sawblades
Manufacturers’ Coalition (‘‘DSMC’’),
challenged the Department’s separaterate determination in court.7
Concurrently, the PRC challenged the
Department’s use of its ‘‘zeroing’’
methodology in calculating dumping
margins in certain LTFV investigations
before the World Trade Organization’s
(‘‘WTO’’) Dispute Settlement Body.8
Effective March 22, 2013, in response to
the dispute settlement panel’s findings
and instructions by the United States
Trade Representative (‘‘USTR’’) to
implement the Department’s
determination under Section 129 of the
URAA, the Department recalculated
AT&M’s weighted-average dumping
margin from the LTFV investigation
without the use of zeroing.9 Removing
5 Who, was stated in the Implemented PRC
Section 129 Determination was, collectively with
Beijing Gang Yan Diamond Product Company and
Yichang HXF Circular Saw Industrial Co., Ltd., a
single entity.
6 See Implemented PRC Section 129
Determination at 29306.
7 See Advanced Technology & Materials Co. v.
United States, 938 F. Supp. 2d 1342 (CIT 2013).
8 See WTO Panel Report, United States—AntiDumping Measures on Certain Shrimp and
Diamond Sawblades from China, WT/DS422/R
(June 8, 2012).
9 See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the
People’s Republic of China and Diamond
Sawblades and Parts Thereof From the People’s
Republic of China: Notice of Implementation of
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the zeroing methodology resulted in
AT&M receiving a calculated dumping
margin of zero.10 Consequently, the
Department partially revoked the order
with respect to AT&M. The DSMC
challenged this determination before the
Court. Additionally, in the ongoing
litigation relating to the Department’s
separate-rate determination in the LTFV
investigation, the Department
reconsidered AT&M’s separate rate
eligibility and determined that AT&M
had not rebutted the presumption of
state control, and thus, was not eligible
for a separate rate.11 The rate applicable
to the PRC-wide entity in the LTFV
investigation was based on information
in the petition and did not involve
zeroing.12 On October 11, 2013, the
Court sustained the Department’s
redetermination that AT&M failed to
rebut the presumption of state control,
and therefore, was not eligible for a
separate rate.13 On October 24, 2014, the
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
(‘‘CAFC’’) affirmed the Court’s
decision.14
In light of AT&M’s ineligibility for a
separate rate in the LTFV investigation,
and the inapplicability of the separaterate applied to AT&M in the LTFV
investigation which served as the basis
of the Department’s Implemented PRC
Section 129 determination, in the
litigation concerning the Implemented
PRC Section 129 determination, the
United States moved for a voluntary
remand to reconsider its partial
revocation of the dumping order. The
Court granted the United States’
motion.15
Determinations Under Section 129 of the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act and Partial Revocation of
the Antidumping Duty Orders, 78 FR 18958, 18960
(March 28, 2013).
10 Id.
11 See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant
to Remand Order Diamond Sawblades and Parts
Thereof from the People’s Republic of China,
Advanced Tech. & Material Co. v. United States,
CIT Ct. No. 09–511 (May 6, 2013) (‘‘Advanced Tech.
Remand’’) available at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/remands/12-147.pdf.
12 See Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final
Determination, and Preliminary Partial
Determination of Critical Circumstances: Diamond
Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the People’s
Republic of China, 70 FR 77121, 77129 (December
29, 2005) unchanged in Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Partial
Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances: Diamond Sawblades and Parts
Thereof from the People’s Republic of China, 71 FR
29303 (May 22, 2006).
13 See Advanced Technology & Materials Co. v.
United States, 938 F. Supp. 2d 1342 (CIT 2013).
14 See Advanced Technology & Materials Co. v.
United States, 581 Fed. Appx. 900 (CAFC 2014)
(Rule 36).
15 See Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers
Coalition v. United States, Court No. 13–00168, Slip
op. 15–92 (August 20, 2015).
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On December 1, 2015, the Department
issued the final results of
redetermination in this section 129
remand and filed this remand with the
Court.16 On May 11, 2016, the Court
entered judgment sustaining the remand
results.17
Timken Notice
In its decision in Timken, 893 F.2d at
341, as clarified by Diamond Sawblades,
the CAFC held that, pursuant to section
516A(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (‘‘the Act’’), the Department
must publish a notice of a court
decision that is not ‘‘in harmony’’ with
a Department determination and must
suspend liquidation of entries pending
a ‘‘conclusive’’ court decision. The
Court’s May 11, 2016, judgment
sustaining the Final Section 129
Remand constitutes a final decision of
the Court that is not in harmony with
the Department’s Implemented PRC
Section 129 Determination.18 This
notice is published in fulfillment of the
publication requirement of Timken.
Reinstatement of the Order
In the Final Section 129 Remand,
sustained by the Court,19 the
Department determined that
reinstatement of the order with regard to
AT&M was appropriate.20 Accordingly,
consistent with the Final Section 129
Remand and the decision by the Court
sustaining that redetermination, the
Department hereby reinstates the order
as it applies to AT&M. Consistent with
the Department’s stated intention in the
Final Section 129 Remand, this
reinstatement of the order with regard to
AT&M is effective as of March 22, 2013,
which was the effective date of the
partial revocation.21
Cash Deposit Requirements
The Department will instruct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection to
require cash deposits at 82.05 percent,
the current rate established for the PRCwide entity.22 Pursuant to the Court’s
finding that the Department should have
issued those instructions upon filing the
redetermination with the Court, those
instructions will be effective as of
December 1, 2015, the date the remand
16 See
Final Section 129 Remand.
Final Sustained Remand.
18 See DSMC.
19 See DSMC at 5–6.
20 See Final Section 129 Remand; see also DSMC.
21 See Final Section 129 Remand, at 6.
22 See Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof
from the People’s Republic of China; Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012–
2013, 80 FR 32344, 32345 (June 8, 2015).
17 See
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redetermination was filed with the
Court.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 516A(e) and
777(i)(1) of the Act and section
129(c)(2)(A) of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act.
Dated: June 1, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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This information will help create better
rip current products used by the
National Weather Service (NWS) to
protect lives and prevent injury from rip
currents.
II. Method of Collection
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Groups
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Requests for additional information or
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nicole.kurkowski@noaa.gov.
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This is a request for a new collection
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OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx.
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Type of Review: Regular submission
(request for a new information
collection).
Affected Public: Members of the
public.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
500 for the survey and 80 for the focus
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Estimated Time per Response: 30
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or other forms of information
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Comments submitted in response to
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included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: June 2, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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Marine Mammals; File No. 18769
The primary data collection vehicles
will be an internet-based, public survey
and face to face focus groups. The focus
groups will target lifeguards and
decision makers. Telephone and
personal interviews may be employed to
supplement and verify survey
responses.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-900]
Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of
China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Determination
Under Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and Reinstatement
of Order, in Part
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 11, 2016, the United States Court of International
Trade (``the Court'') issued final judgment in Diamond Sawblades
Manufacturers' Coalition v. United States, Court No. 13-00168,\1\
sustaining the Department of Commerce's (``the Department'') voluntary
final remand results concerning the Implemented PRC Section 129
Determination.\2\ In the Final Section 129 Remand, the Department
determined that it was appropriate to reinstate the partially revoked
antidumping duty order (``the order'') on diamond sawblades and parts
thereof (``diamond sawblades'') from the People's Republic of China
(``PRC'') with respect to Advanced Technology & Materials Co., Ltd.
(``AT&M'') \3\ where the basis for the Implemented PRC Section 129
Determination was no longer valid.\4\
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\1\ See Diamond Sawblades Manufacturer's Coalition v. United
States, Consol. Court No. 13-00168, Slip Op. 16-48 (CIT May 11,
2016) (``DSMC'').
\2\ See Final Results Of Redetermination Pursuant To Diamond
Sawblades Manufacturers' Coalition v. United States, Consol. Court
No. 13-00168, Slip Op. 15-92 (CIT August 20, 2015), dated December
1, 2015, (``Final Section 129 Remand'') available at https://enforcement.trade.gov/remands/; Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from
the People's Republic of China and Diamond Sawblades and Parts
Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Notice of
Implementation of Determinations Under Section 129 of the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act and Partial Revocation of the Antidumping Duty
Orders, 78 FR 18958 (March 28, 2013) (``Implemented PRC Section 129
Determination'').
\3\ Collectively with Beijing Gang Yan Diamond Product Company
and Yichang HXF Circular Saw Industrial Co., Ltd., a single entity.
See Implemented PRC Section 129 Determination, 78 FR 18958, 18959 at
n. 10.
\4\ See Final Section 129 Remand.
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Consistent with the decision of the United States Court of Appeals
for the
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Federal Circuit (``CAFC'') in Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337
(Fed. Cir. 1990) (``Timken''), as clarified by Diamond Sawblades Mfrs.
Coalition v. United States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (``Diamond
Sawblades''), the Department is notifying the public that the final
judgment in this case is not in harmony with the Department's
implemented final determination in a proceeding conducted under section
129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (Section 129). Furthermore, the
Department is reinstating the order with respect to AT&M.\5\
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\5\ Who, was stated in the Implemented PRC Section 129
Determination was, collectively with Beijing Gang Yan Diamond
Product Company and Yichang HXF Circular Saw Industrial Co., Ltd., a
single entity.
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DATES: Effective Date: May 21, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Devine, AD/CVD Operations
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0238.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In the less-than-fair-value (``LTFV'') investigation, the
Department determined that mandatory respondent AT&M was eligible for a
separate rate, and calculated a separate estimated weighted-average
dumping margin for it.\6\ Petitioner, the Diamond Sawblades
Manufacturers' Coalition (``DSMC''), challenged the Department's
separate-rate determination in court.\7\ Concurrently, the PRC
challenged the Department's use of its ``zeroing'' methodology in
calculating dumping margins in certain LTFV investigations before the
World Trade Organization's (``WTO'') Dispute Settlement Body.\8\
Effective March 22, 2013, in response to the dispute settlement panel's
findings and instructions by the United States Trade Representative
(``USTR'') to implement the Department's determination under Section
129 of the URAA, the Department recalculated AT&M's weighted-average
dumping margin from the LTFV investigation without the use of
zeroing.\9\ Removing the zeroing methodology resulted in AT&M receiving
a calculated dumping margin of zero.\10\ Consequently, the Department
partially revoked the order with respect to AT&M. The DSMC challenged
this determination before the Court. Additionally, in the ongoing
litigation relating to the Department's separate-rate determination in
the LTFV investigation, the Department reconsidered AT&M's separate
rate eligibility and determined that AT&M had not rebutted the
presumption of state control, and thus, was not eligible for a separate
rate.\11\ The rate applicable to the PRC-wide entity in the LTFV
investigation was based on information in the petition and did not
involve zeroing.\12\ On October 11, 2013, the Court sustained the
Department's redetermination that AT&M failed to rebut the presumption
of state control, and therefore, was not eligible for a separate
rate.\13\ On October 24, 2014, the Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit (``CAFC'') affirmed the Court's decision.\14\
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\6\ See Implemented PRC Section 129 Determination at 29306.
\7\ See Advanced Technology & Materials Co. v. United States,
938 F. Supp. 2d 1342 (CIT 2013).
\8\ See WTO Panel Report, United States--Anti-Dumping Measures
on Certain Shrimp and Diamond Sawblades from China, WT/DS422/R (June
8, 2012).
\9\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People's
Republic of China and Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof From the
People's Republic of China: Notice of Implementation of
Determinations Under Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
and Partial Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Orders, 78 FR 18958,
18960 (March 28, 2013).
\10\ Id.
\11\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Remand
Order Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the People's Republic
of China, Advanced Tech. & Material Co. v. United States, CIT Ct.
No. 09-511 (May 6, 2013) (``Advanced Tech. Remand'') available at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/remands/12-147.pdf.
\12\ See Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Preliminary Partial
Determination of Critical Circumstances: Diamond Sawblades and Parts
Thereof from the People's Republic of China, 70 FR 77121, 77129
(December 29, 2005) unchanged in Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value and Final Partial Affirmative Determination of
Critical Circumstances: Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the
People's Republic of China, 71 FR 29303 (May 22, 2006).
\13\ See Advanced Technology & Materials Co. v. United States,
938 F. Supp. 2d 1342 (CIT 2013).
\14\ See Advanced Technology & Materials Co. v. United States,
581 Fed. Appx. 900 (CAFC 2014) (Rule 36).
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In light of AT&M's ineligibility for a separate rate in the LTFV
investigation, and the inapplicability of the separate-rate applied to
AT&M in the LTFV investigation which served as the basis of the
Department's Implemented PRC Section 129 determination, in the
litigation concerning the Implemented PRC Section 129 determination,
the United States moved for a voluntary remand to reconsider its
partial revocation of the dumping order. The Court granted the United
States' motion.\15\
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\15\ See Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers Coalition v. United
States, Court No. 13-00168, Slip op. 15-92 (August 20, 2015).
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On December 1, 2015, the Department issued the final results of
redetermination in this section 129 remand and filed this remand with
the Court.\16\ On May 11, 2016, the Court entered judgment sustaining
the remand results.\17\
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\16\ See Final Section 129 Remand.
\17\ See Final Sustained Remand.
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Timken Notice
In its decision in Timken, 893 F.2d at 341, as clarified by Diamond
Sawblades, the CAFC held that, pursuant to section 516A(e) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), the Department must
publish a notice of a court decision that is not ``in harmony'' with a
Department determination and must suspend liquidation of entries
pending a ``conclusive'' court decision. The Court's May 11, 2016,
judgment sustaining the Final Section 129 Remand constitutes a final
decision of the Court that is not in harmony with the Department's
Implemented PRC Section 129 Determination.\18\ This notice is published
in fulfillment of the publication requirement of Timken.
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\18\ See DSMC.
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Reinstatement of the Order
In the Final Section 129 Remand, sustained by the Court,\19\ the
Department determined that reinstatement of the order with regard to
AT&M was appropriate.\20\ Accordingly, consistent with the Final
Section 129 Remand and the decision by the Court sustaining that
redetermination, the Department hereby reinstates the order as it
applies to AT&M. Consistent with the Department's stated intention in
the Final Section 129 Remand, this reinstatement of the order with
regard to AT&M is effective as of March 22, 2013, which was the
effective date of the partial revocation.\21\
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\19\ See DSMC at 5-6.
\20\ See Final Section 129 Remand; see also DSMC.
\21\ See Final Section 129 Remand, at 6.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to
require cash deposits at 82.05 percent, the current rate established
for the PRC-wide entity.\22\ Pursuant to the Court's finding that the
Department should have issued those instructions upon filing the
redetermination with the Court, those instructions will be effective as
of December 1, 2015, the date the remand
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redetermination was filed with the Court.
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\22\ See Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the People's
Republic of China; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2012-2013, 80 FR 32344, 32345 (June 8, 2015).
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
516A(e) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and section 129(c)(2)(A) of the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
Dated: June 1, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-13534 Filed 6-6-16; 8:45 am]
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