Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance, 40746 [2017-17616]

Download as PDF 40746 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 165 / Monday, August 28, 2017 / Notices above as seating capacity permits. Members of the public seeking to attend the meeting in person must register at https://bbgboardmeetingaugust2017. eventbrite.com by 12:00 p.m. (EDT) on August 29. For more information, please contact BBG Public Affairs at (202) 203– 4400 or by email at pubaff@bbg.gov. CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Persons interested in obtaining more information should contact Oanh Tran at (202) 203–4545. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Oanh Tran, Managing Director. SUMMARY: Economic Development Administration Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance Economic Development Administration, Commerce. AGENCY: Notice and opportunity for public comment. ACTION: Pursuant to section 251 of the Trade Act 1974, as amended, the Economic Development Administration (EDA) has received petitions for [FR Doc. 2017–18310 Filed 8–24–17; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 8610–01–P 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. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE [7/27/2017 through 8/14/2017] Firm name Wasatch Photonics, Inc ........... Electro-Hydraulic Automation, Inc. Firm address 1305 North 1000 West, Suite 120, Logan, UT 84321. 1620 Blairs Ferry Road NE., Cedar Rapids, IA 52402. 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 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. Irette Patterson, Program Analyst. [FR Doc. 2017–17616 Filed 8–25–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–WH–P 8/3/2017 8/7/2017 Product(s) The firm manufactures holographic gratings, spectroscopic instruments, and optical coherence tomography solutions. The firm manufactures hydraulic and pneumatic power units. The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and/or exporters of biodiesel from the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesia). The period of investigation is January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination. DATES: August 28, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Calvert or Joseph Traw, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3586 or (202) 482–6079, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: Biodiesel From the Republic of Indonesia: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination Background This preliminary determination is made in accordance with section 703(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The Department published the notice of initiation of this investigation on April 19, 2017.1 On June 5, 2017, the Department postponed the preliminary determination of this investigation until no later than August 20, 2017. However, because August 20, 2017, falls on a Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. 1 See Biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations, 82 FR 18423 (April 19, 2017) (Initiation Notice). DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES Date accepted for investigation [C–560–831] AGENCY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:45 Aug 25, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Sunday, the preliminary determination was postponed until August 21, 2017.2 A complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this investigation can be found in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix II to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance’s Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and is available to parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. A complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can also be accessed directly at https:// enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic versions of the 2 See Biodiesel From Argentina and Indonesia: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Countervailing Duty Investigations, 82 FR 25773 (June 5, 2017); see also Notice of Clarification: Application of ‘‘Next Business Day’’ Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). 3 See Department Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Affirmative Determination of the Countervailing Duty Investigation of Biodiesel from the Republic of Indonesia,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). E:\FR\FM\28AUN1.SGM 28AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2017)]
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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, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice and opportunity for public comment.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 251 of the Trade Act 1974, as amended, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    List of Petitions Received by EDA for Certification Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
                                          [7/27/2017 through 8/14/2017]
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                                                                    Date accepted
               Firm name                       Firm address              for                 Product(s)
                                                                    investigation
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Wasatch Photonics, Inc................  1305 North 1000 West,            8/3/2017  The firm manufactures
                                         Suite 120, Logan, UT                       holographic gratings,
                                         84321.                                     spectroscopic instruments,
                                                                                    and optical coherence
                                                                                    tomography solutions.
Electro-Hydraulic Automation, Inc.....  1620 Blairs Ferry Road           8/7/2017  The firm manufactures
                                         NE., Cedar Rapids, IA                      hydraulic and pneumatic
                                         52402.                                     power units.
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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 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.

Irette Patterson,
Program Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2017-17616 Filed 8-25-17; 8:45 am]
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