Change in Comment Deadline for Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Aluminum, 25597-25598 [2017-11557]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 105 / Friday, June 2, 2017 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [B–37–2017] nlaroche on DSK30NT082PROD with NOTICES Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 114—Peoria, Illinois; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Bell Sports, Inc.; Subzone 114F; (Sports Equipment); Rantoul, Illinois Bell Sports, Inc. (Bell Sports) submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in Rantoul, Illinois, within Subzone 114F. The notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on May 15, 2017. Bell Sports already has authority to produce certain sports equipment within Subzone 114F. The current request would add foreign status materials/components to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be limited to the specific foreign-status materials/components described in the submitted notification (as described below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board. Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Bell Sports from customs duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used in export production. On its domestic sales, Bell Sports would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to bicycle, motorcycle, football and baseball helmets; bicycle baby seats; bicycle car carrier racks; and, collectible football helmets (duty rates range from free to 10%) for the foreignstatus materials/components noted below. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment. The materials/components sourced from abroad include polypropylene webbing for bike helmets, stainless steel pins, aluminum screws, LED lights for bike helmets, and knee and elbow pad sets (duty rates range from 2.5% to 6.2%). The request indicates that the polypropylene webbing for bike helmets (classified under HTSUS 5806.32) will be admitted to the subzone in privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41), thereby precluding inverted tariff savings on this item. 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 July 12, 2017. A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Executive Secretary, VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:31 Jun 01, 2017 Jkt 241001 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: May 26, 2017. Elizabeth Whiteman, Acting Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017–11417 Filed 6–1–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Industry and Security Change in Comment Deadline for Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Aluminum Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Technology Evaluation, U.S. Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice on change in comment period for previously published notice of request for public comments and public hearing. AGENCY: On May 9, 2017, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), published the Notice of Request for Public Comments and Public Hearing on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Aluminum. The May 9 notice specified that the Secretary of Commerce initiated an investigation to determine the effects on the national security of imports of aluminum. This investigation has been initiated under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended. (See the May 9 notice for additional details on the investigation and the request for public comments.) The May 9 notice also announced that the Department of Commerce will hold a public hearing on the investigation on June 22, 2017 in Washington, DC (See the May 9 notice for additional details on the public hearing.) The deadline for the written comments was June 29, 2017. Today’s notice moves the deadline for all written submissions up by six calendar days. Commenters now are encouraged to submit their comments by June 20, 2017, but all written submissions must be received by no later than June 23, 2017 to be considered in the drafting of the final report. SUMMARY: Comments are encouraged to be submitted by June 20, but comments DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 25597 must be received no later than June 23, 2017. ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Brad Botwin, Director, Industrial Studies, Office of Technology Evaluation, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Room 1093, Washington, DC 20230 or by email to Aluminum232@bis.doc.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad Botwin, Director, Industrial Studies, Office of Technology Evaluation, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce (202) 482– 4060, brad.botwin@bis.doc.gov. For more information about the section 232 program, including the regulations and the text of previous investigations, see www.bis.doc.gov/232. Submit public comments to Aluminum232@bis.doc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On May 9, 2017 (82 FR 21509), the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published the Notice of Request for Public Comments and Public Hearing on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Aluminum. The May 9 notice specified that on April 26, 2017, the Secretary of Commerce (‘‘Secretary’’) initiated an investigation under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862), to determine the effects on the national security of imports of aluminum. (See the May 9 notice for additional details on the investigation and the request for public comments.) The May 9 notice also announced that the Department of Commerce will hold a public hearing on the investigation on June 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. (See the May 9 notice for additional details on the public hearing.) Change in Comment Period Deadline The May 9 notice included a comment period deadline of June 29, 2017 and required that written statements related to the public hearing also be submitted by June 29, 2017. The Department of Commerce has determined at this time that it is warranted to shorten the written submission period by six calendar days. Today’s notice specifies that commenters are encouraged to submit their comments by June 20, 2017, but all written submissions must now be received by no later than June 23, 2017 to be considered in the drafting of the final report. Submit public comments to Aluminum232@bis.doc.gov. Receiving comments by June 20, 2017 will assist the Commerce Department in E:\FR\FM\02JNN1.SGM 02JNN1 25598 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 105 / Friday, June 2, 2017 / Notices preparing for the public hearing on the investigation scheduled for June 22, 2017. Moving the deadline for all written submissions to June 23, 2017 will enable the Commerce Department to more expeditiously finalize the report, taking account of the timesensitive nature of the national security implications related to this section 232 investigation of aluminum, and of the President’s direction to move quickly on this important matter. The Commerce Department has included one additional day after the hearing concludes to allow people who attend or view remotely the hearing to submit any additional comments they may have in response to testimony during the hearing. Dated: May 31, 2017. Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce. [FR Doc. 2017–11557 Filed 5–31–17; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 3510–33–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE excluded from the Antidumping Duty Order. Correction Because the Department calculated a weighted-average antidumping duty margin of zero percent for BKT in the Final Determination,2 which was unchanged in the Amended Final Determination,3 BKT is partially excluded from the Antidumping Duty Order. Therefore, we are correcting the Antidumping Duty Order to specify that merchandise produced and exported by BKT is excluded from the Order. This exclusion does not apply to merchandise produced by BKT and exported by any other company or merchandise produced by any other company and exported by BKT. Resellers of merchandise produced by BKT, are also not entitled to this exclusion. The sections explaining the suspension of liquidation and listing the weighted-average antidumping duty margins and cash deposit rates should have appeared as follows: Background On March 6, 2017, the Department of Commerce (Department) published the Antidumping Duty Order on certain new pneumatic off-the-road tires from India.1 In the Antidumping Duty Order, the Department inadvertently omitted a statement to explain that Balkrishna Industries Limited (BKT) is partially Antidumping Duty Order In accordance with sections 735(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the International Trade Commission (ITC) notified the Department of its final determination that the industry in the United States producing off road tires is materially injured by reason of the lessthan-fair value imports of off road tires from India.4 Therefore, in accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the Act, we are publishing this antidumping duty order. As a result of the ITC’s final determination, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further instruction by the Department, antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise, for all relevant entries of off-road tires from India, which specifically excludes merchandise exported and produced by BKT. Antidumping duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of off road tires from India entered, or 1 See Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from India: Antidumping Duty Order, 82 FR 12553 (March 6, 2017) (Antidumping Duty Order). 2 See Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From India: Final Negative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Determination of Critical Circumstances, 82 FR 4848, 4849 (January 17, 2017) (‘‘Final Determination’’). 3 See Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from India and Sri Lanka: Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination for India and Countervailing Duty Orders, 82 FR 9056, 9058 (February 2, 2017) (Amended Final Determination). 4 See Letter to Ronald Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, from Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission, regarding off the road tires from the India and Sri Lanka (February 23, 2017). See also Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from India and Sri Lanka, Investigation Nos. 701–TA– International Trade Administration [A–533–869] Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From India: Notice of Correction to Antidumping Duty Order Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lilit Astvatsatrian or Trisha Tran, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–6412 or (202) 482–4852, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: nlaroche on DSK30NT082PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:31 Jun 01, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after February 2, 2017, the date of publication of the Amended Final Determination.5 Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation, in Part In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department will instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on all relevant entries of off road tires from India. These instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further notice. We will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margins indicated below. Accordingly, effective on the date of publication of the ITC’s final affirmative injury determinations, CBP will require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-average antidumping duty margins listed below.6 The all-others rate applies to all producers or exporters not specifically listed. For the purposes of determining cash deposit rates, the estimated weighted-average dumping margins for imports of subject merchandise from India have been adjusted for export subsidies found in the amended final determination of the companion countervailing duty investigation of this merchandise (i.e., 4.72 percent).7 Because the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for BKT’s producer and exporter combination is zero, the Department is directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection not to suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise where BKT acted as both the producer and exporter. Entries of subject merchandise exported to the United States by any other producer and exporter combination are not entitled to this exclusion from suspension of liquidation and are subject to the cash deposit rate for the all-others entity. Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins The estimated weighted-average antidumping duty margin percentages are as follows: 552–553 and 731–TA–1308 (Final), USITC Publication 4669 (February 2017). 5 See Amended Final Determination, 82 FR at 9056. 6 See Section 736(a)(3) of the Act. 7 See Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from India and Sri Lanka: Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination for India and Countervailing Duty Orders, 82 FR 12556 (March 6, 2017). E:\FR\FM\02JNN1.SGM 02JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 105 (Friday, June 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25597-25598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11557]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security


Change in Comment Deadline for Section 232 National Security 
Investigation of Imports of Aluminum

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Technology 
Evaluation, U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice on change in comment period for previously published 
notice of request for public comments and public hearing.

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SUMMARY: On May 9, 2017, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), 
published the Notice of Request for Public Comments and Public Hearing 
on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Aluminum. 
The May 9 notice specified that the Secretary of Commerce initiated an 
investigation to determine the effects on the national security of 
imports of aluminum. This investigation has been initiated under 
section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended. (See the 
May 9 notice for additional details on the investigation and the 
request for public comments.) The May 9 notice also announced that the 
Department of Commerce will hold a public hearing on the investigation 
on June 22, 2017 in Washington, DC (See the May 9 notice for additional 
details on the public hearing.) The deadline for the written comments 
was June 29, 2017. Today's notice moves the deadline for all written 
submissions up by six calendar days. Commenters now are encouraged to 
submit their comments by June 20, 2017, but all written submissions 
must be received by no later than June 23, 2017 to be considered in the 
drafting of the final report.

DATES: Comments are encouraged to be submitted by June 20, but comments 
must be received no later than June 23, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Brad Botwin, Director, Industrial 
Studies, Office of Technology Evaluation, Bureau of Industry and 
Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Room 1093, Washington, DC 20230 or by email to Aluminum232@bis.doc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad Botwin, Director, Industrial 
Studies, Office of Technology Evaluation, Bureau of Industry and 
Security, U.S. Department of Commerce (202) 482-4060, 
brad.botwin@bis.doc.gov. For more information about the section 232 
program, including the regulations and the text of previous 
investigations, see www.bis.doc.gov/232.
    Submit public comments to Aluminum232@bis.doc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 9, 2017 (82 FR 21509), the Bureau of Industry and Security 
(BIS) published the Notice of Request for Public Comments and Public 
Hearing on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of 
Aluminum. The May 9 notice specified that on April 26, 2017, the 
Secretary of Commerce (``Secretary'') initiated an investigation under 
section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 
1862), to determine the effects on the national security of imports of 
aluminum. (See the May 9 notice for additional details on the 
investigation and the request for public comments.)
    The May 9 notice also announced that the Department of Commerce 
will hold a public hearing on the investigation on June 22, 2017 in 
Washington, DC. (See the May 9 notice for additional details on the 
public hearing.)

Change in Comment Period Deadline

    The May 9 notice included a comment period deadline of June 29, 
2017 and required that written statements related to the public hearing 
also be submitted by June 29, 2017. The Department of Commerce has 
determined at this time that it is warranted to shorten the written 
submission period by six calendar days. Today's notice specifies that 
commenters are encouraged to submit their comments by June 20, 2017, 
but all written submissions must now be received by no later than June 
23, 2017 to be considered in the drafting of the final report. Submit 
public comments to Aluminum232@bis.doc.gov.
    Receiving comments by June 20, 2017 will assist the Commerce 
Department in

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preparing for the public hearing on the investigation scheduled for 
June 22, 2017. Moving the deadline for all written submissions to June 
23, 2017 will enable the Commerce Department to more expeditiously 
finalize the report, taking account of the time-sensitive nature of the 
national security implications related to this section 232 
investigation of aluminum, and of the President's direction to move 
quickly on this important matter. The Commerce Department has included 
one additional day after the hearing concludes to allow people who 
attend or view remotely the hearing to submit any additional comments 
they may have in response to testimony during the hearing.

    Dated: May 31, 2017.
Wilbur Ross,
Secretary of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2017-11557 Filed 5-31-17; 4:15 pm]
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