Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance, 18104-18105 [2017-07627]
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inventories estimates is released. Lastly,
high level sales and inventories
estimates from the MWTS are also
released as part of the Manufacturing
and Trade Inventories and Sales (MTIS)
report. The Advance Economic
Indicators Report is a new report first
released on July 28, 2016, and will be
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Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Frequency: Monthly.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
Sections 131 and 182.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
PRA Departmental Lead, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Notice of Petitions by Firms for
Determination of Eligibility To Apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance
Economic Development
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
AGENCY:
Notice and opportunity for
public comment.
ACTION:
Pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade
Act 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2341
et seq.), the Economic Development
Administration (EDA) has received
petitions for certification of eligibility to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
from the firms listed below.
Accordingly, EDA has initiated
investigations to determine whether
increased imports into the United States
of articles like or directly competitive
with those produced by each of these
firms contributed importantly to the
total or partial separation of the firm’s
workers, or threat thereof, and to a
decrease in sales or production of each
petitioning firm.
LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
[4/3/2017 through 4/10/2017]
Firm name
Firm address
Cortland Machine & Tool Company, Inc.
60–62 Grant Street; Post Office Box 27, Cortland, NY
13045.
50 W Rose Nye Way, Shelton,
WA 98584.
Sims Vibration Laboratory, Inc.
d/b/a Limbsaver.
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for
investigation
Any party having a substantial
interest in these proceedings may
request a public hearing on the matter.
A written request for a hearing must be
submitted to the Trade Adjustment
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Product(s)
4/3/2017
The firm manufactures CNC machined parts of steel, iron,
aluminum, cooper and plastics.
4/6/2017
The firm manufactures vibration dampening accessories for
firearms and archery as well as minor sales of vibration
dampening for home hardware and lawn and garden industries.
Assistance for Firms Division, Room
71030, Economic Development
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, no
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later than ten (10) calendar days
following publication of this notice.
Please follow the requirements set
forth in EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR
315.9 for procedures to request a public
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hearing. The Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance official number
and title for the program under which
these petitions are submitted is 11.313,
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.
Miriam Kearse,
Lead Program Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–23–2017]
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Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 203—Moses
Lake, Washington, Proposed Revision
to Production Authority, SGL
Automotive Carbon Fibers, LLC,
(Carbon Fiber), Moses Lake,
Washington
SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers, LLC
(SGLACF), operator of FTZ 203—Site 3,
submitted a notification that proposes a
revision to its existing production
authority at its facility located in Moses
Lake, Washington. The notification
conforming to the requirements of the
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR
400.22) was received on March 30,
2017.
SGLACF previously requested and
received FTZ Board approval for
authority to produce carbon fiber from
foreign-status polyacrylonitrile (PAN)
fiber for export only within Site 3 of
FTZ 203 (see FTZ Board Order 1889, 78
FR 16247, 3/14/2013). Under that
existing authority, SGLACF must export
all carbon fiber made from foreign-status
PAN fiber. In the current request,
SGLACF proposes to replace the exportonly limitation pertaining to carbon
fiber produced from foreign-status PAN
fiber with a requirement for the
company to admit all foreign-status
PAN fiber (duty rate 7.5%) in privileged
foreign (PF) status (19 CFR 146.41).
SGLACF’s notification indicates the
following: Production under FTZ
procedures with the proposed PF status
requirement for admission of foreignstatus PAN fiber could exempt the
company from customs duty payments
on foreign-status PAN fiber used in
export production. For SGLACF’s
domestic sales of carbon fiber, PF status
would not allow the company to elect
the carbon fiber duty rate (free) on the
value of foreign-status PAN fiber used to
produce the carbon fiber, thereby
precluding inverted tariff savings. In
addition, at the time of customs entry
for each shipment of carbon fiber to the
U.S. market, the company would apply
the PAN fiber duty rate (7.5%) on an
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estimated value of PAN fiber contained
in scrap resulting from the production
process (based on the actual percentage
of scrap from the preceding year’s
production). SGLACF’s scrap rate was
about 1% in 2016. The company is
seeking these changes to its FTZ
authority for ‘‘logistical recordkeeping
purposes.’’
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive
Secretary at the address below. The
closing period for their receipt is May
30, 2017.
A copy of the notification will be
available for public inspection at the
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
21013, U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the
‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ
Board’s Web site, which is accessible
via www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Diane
Finver at Diane.Finver@trade.gov or
(202) 482–1367.
Dated: April 11, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–580–870]
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods
from the Republic of Korea: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2014–2015
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On October 14, 2016, the
Department of Commerce (the
Department) published the preliminary
results of the administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on certain
oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from
the Republic of Korea (Korea). The
period of review (POR) is July 18, 2014,
through August 31, 2015. Based on our
analysis of the comments received, we
have made certain changes to the
margin calculations, and, therefore, the
final results differ from the preliminary
results. The final weighted-average
dumping margins are listed below in the
section ‘‘Final Results of Review.’’
Further, we continue to find that certain
companies had no reviewable
shipments of subject merchandise
during the POR.
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Effective April 17, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deborah Scott or Victoria Cho, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–2657 or (202) 482–5075,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 14, 2016, the Department
published the Preliminary Results of
this administrative review.1 For the
events that occurred since the
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.2 These final
results cover 50 companies.3 The
Department conducted this review in
accordance with section 751(a) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order
is certain OCTG, which are hollow steel
products of circular cross-section,
including oil well casing and tubing, of
iron (other than cast iron) or steel (both
carbon and alloy), whether seamless or
welded, regardless of end finish (e.g.,
whether or not plain end, threaded, or
threaded and coupled) whether or not
conforming to American Petroleum
Institute (API) or non-API
specifications, whether finished
(including limited service OCTG
products) or unfinished (including
green tubes and limited service OCTG
products), whether or not thread
protectors are attached. The scope of the
order also covers OCTG coupling stock.
For a complete description of the scope
1 See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the
Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014–
2015, 81 FR 71074 (October 14, 2016) (Preliminary
Results), and accompanying Memorandum from
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations
to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary
for Enforcement and Compliance, ‘‘Decision
Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain
Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of
Korea,’’ dated October 5, 2016 (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
2 See Memorandum from James Maeder, Senior
Director, Office I, Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting
Assistant Secretary, for Enforcement and
Compliance, ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for
the Final Results of the 2014–2015 Administrative
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain
Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of
Korea’’ (Issues and Decision Memorandum), dated
concurrently with this notice and incorporated
herein by reference.
3 The 50 companies consist of two mandatory
respondents, six companies for which we made a
final determination of no shipments, and 42
companies not individually examined.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To
Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
AGENCY: Economic Development Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice and opportunity for public comment.
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Pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade Act 1974, as amended (19
U.S.C. 2341 et seq.), the Economic Development Administration (EDA) has
received petitions for certification of eligibility to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance from the firms listed below. Accordingly, EDA has
initiated investigations to determine whether increased imports into
the United States of articles like or directly competitive with those
produced by each of these firms contributed importantly to the total or
partial separation of the firm's workers, or threat thereof, and to a
decrease in sales or production of each petitioning firm.
List of Petitions Received by EDA for Certification Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
[4/3/2017 through 4/10/2017]
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Date accepted
Firm name Firm address for Product(s)
investigation
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Cortland Machine & Tool Company, Inc.. 60-62 Grant Street; Post 4/3/2017 The firm manufactures CNC
Office Box 27, Cortland, machined parts of steel,
NY 13045. iron, aluminum, cooper and
plastics.
Sims Vibration Laboratory, Inc. d/b/a 50 W Rose Nye Way, 4/6/2017 The firm manufactures
Limbsaver. Shelton, WA 98584. vibration dampening
accessories for firearms and
archery as well as minor
sales of vibration dampening
for home hardware and lawn
and garden industries.
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Any party having a substantial interest in these proceedings may
request a public hearing on the matter. A written request for a hearing
must be submitted to the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms
Division, Room 71030, Economic Development Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, no later than ten (10)
calendar days following publication of this notice.
Please follow the requirements set forth in EDA's regulations at 13
CFR 315.9 for procedures to request a public
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hearing. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance official number and
title for the program under which these petitions are submitted is
11.313, Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.
Miriam Kearse,
Lead Program Analyst.
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