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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–570 and 731–
TA–1346 (Final)]
Aluminum Foil From China
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Determinations
On the basis of the record 1 developed
in the subject investigations, the United
States International Trade Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) determines, pursuant
to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’),
that an industry in the United States is
materially injured by reason of imports
of aluminum foil from China that have
been found by the U.S. Department of
Commerce (‘‘Commerce’’) to be sold in
the United States at less than fair value
(‘‘LTFV’’) and to be subsidized by the
government of China.2
Background
The Commission, pursuant to sections
705(b) and 735(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
1671d(b) and 19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)),
instituted these investigations effective
March 9, 2017, following receipt of a
petition filed with the Commission and
Commerce by The Aluminum
Association Trade Enforcement Working
Group and its individual members. The
final phase of the investigations was
scheduled by the Commission following
notification of preliminary
determinations by Commerce that
imports of aluminum foil from China
were subsidized within the meaning of
section 703(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
1671b(b)) and sold at LTFV within the
meaning of 733(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
1673b(b)). Notice of the scheduling of
the final phase of the Commission’s
investigations and of a public hearing to
be held in connection therewith was
given by posting copies of the notice in
the Office of the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission,
Washington, DC, and by publishing the
notice in the Federal Register on
November 22, 2017 (82 FR 55633). The
hearing was held in Washington, DC, on
February 8, 2018, and all persons who
requested the opportunity were
permitted to appear in person or by
counsel.
The Commission made these
determinations pursuant to sections
705(b) and 735(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
1671d(b) and 19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)). It
completed and filed its determinations
in these investigations on April 9, 2018.
The views of the Commission are
contained in USITC Publication 4771
1 The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19
CFR 207.2(f)).
2 83 FR 9274 and 83 FR 9282 (March 5, 2018).
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(April 2018), entitled Aluminum Foil
From China: Investigation Nos. 701–TA–
570 and 731–TA–1346 (Final).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: April 9, 2018.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, Reentry
Employment Opportunities Evaluation,
New Collection
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor
(DOL), as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, conducts a preclearance
consultation program to provide the
general public and federal agencies with
an opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents is properly
assessed. Currently, DOL is soliciting
comments concerning the collection of
data about the Reentry Employment
Opportunities (REO) Program. A copy of
the proposed Information Collection
Request (ICR) can be obtained by
contacting the office listed in the
addressee section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee’s section below on or before
June 12, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov;
Mail or Courier: Jessica Lohmann, Chief
Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–2312, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20210. Instructions: Please submit
one copy of your comments by only one
method. All submissions received must
include the agency name and OMB
Control Number identified above for
this information collection. Comments,
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including any personal information
provided, become a matter of public
record. They will also be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB
approval of the information collection
request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jessica Lohmann by email at
ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The information
collection activities described in this
notice will provide data for the Reentry
Employment Opportunities (REO)
program evaluation. As part of the REO
program, DOL awarded $73 million in
Reentry Project (RP) grants during 2017,
$31 million in Reentry Demonstration
Project grants during 2016, and $21
million in Training to Work grants
during 2015 and 2016. DOL also is
considering awarding grants during
2018. Although each grant program is
distinctive, the overarching aim of the
REO program is to improve employment
outcomes and workforce readiness for
people involved in the justice system by
way of employment services, case
management, and other supportive
services.
The REO program evaluation will
involve grantees that received grants
during 2016, 2017, and/or 2018. The
evaluation will involve an
implementation study and an impact
study. The implementation study will
address four main research questions:
(1) How were programs implemented
and what factors influenced
implementation?; (2) What are the
variations in the model, structure,
partnerships, and services of the REO
grants?; (3) How did implementation
vary by organization type (such as an
intermediary organization that operates
in more than one state or a communitybased organization) and target
population?; and (4) What key program
elements appear to be promising?
Research questions for the impact study
include: (1) What impact do grantees or
strategies implemented by grantees have
on participants’ outcomes, such as
employment and recidivism?; (2) Does
program effectiveness vary by grantee
characteristics, such as population
served and services offered?; and (3) To
what extent do impacts vary across
selected subpopulations, such as age
group and type of offense?
This Federal Register Notice provides
the opportunity to comment on the
following proposed REO evaluation data
collection instruments:
* Grantee survey. To obtain
information about the REO grantees’
approaches to project management,
recruitment and outreach, and service
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delivery, we will field an electronic
survey to up to 96 grantees. This survey
will include questions to lead to
insights about variations across grantees
and grant programs and contextualize
the data from the impact and
implementation studies.
* Impact feasibility site visit protocols.
The evaluation team will conduct up to
42 site visits with grantees and/or their
subgrantees to explore the feasibility of
their participating in the impact study;
the visits will average no more than one
day.
* Baseline information form (BIF). In
sites selected for the impact study,
applicants will complete a BIF before
random assignment. The BIF will take
about 10 minutes to complete and will
collect demographics; information about
education, work history and other
experiences; and contact information.
Whenever possible, BIFs will be
collected electronically through the
study’s web-based system for random
assignment. Data entry for each BIF will
take about 10 minutes to complete. The
• enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• minimize the burden of the
information collection on respondents,
including the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology (e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses).
III. Current Actions: At this time, DOL
is requesting clearance for the
implementation study grantee survey;
site visit protocol for the impact study
feasibility assessment; and BIF to be
entered into the random assignment
system.
Type of Review: New information
collection request.
Title: Reentry Employment
Opportunities Evaluation.
OMB Control Number: 1290–0NEW.
Affected Public: REO program staff,
evaluation participants, and partner
agencies.
system will then randomly assign
participants and monitor the integrity of
the random assignment process.
A future information collection
request will include the impact study’s
follow-up survey, as well as phone
interview protocols, site visit protocols,
and virtual focus group protocols for the
implementation study.
II. Desired Focus of Comments:
Currently, DOL is soliciting comments
concerning the above data collection for
the REO Evaluation. DOL is particularly
interested in comments that do the
following:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency related to
employer services, including whether
the information will have practical
utility;
• evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
ICR to survey and fieldwork
respondents, including the validity of
the study approach and assumptions
used;
ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS
Total number
of respondents
Type of instrument
Annual
number of
respondents a
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hour
per response
Annual
estimated
burden hours a
Grantee Survey b ..................................................................
Impact Feasibility Site Visit Protocols c ................................
Baseline Information Form d ................................................
192
325
3,780
64
108
1,260
1
1.68
1
0.17
1
0.17
11
182
210
Total ..............................................................................
4,327
1,442
........................
........................
621
a All
annual totals reflect a three year clearance and study data collection period.
number of respondents and average time per response for the grantee survey are based on an assumption that 96 grantees will take an
average of 20 minutes to respond (involving 1 respondent for 10 minutes and a second respondent for 10 minutes).
c Assumes each visit will, on average, involve individual or group interviews with approximately 13 respondents (2 site administrators, 5 frontline staff, and 6 partners per site). The team anticipates completing up to 42 visits in total, with some sites being visited once and some being
visited twice. The average burden time per response will be 1 hour, although some meetings will be shorter and some will be longer. To account
for the fact that a subset of sites will receive two visits, the number of responses per respondent is calculated as 1.68.
d The total number of respondents is 3,780 participants who will complete the BIF. This assumes the baseline information forms (BIF) will take
an average of 10 minutes for participants to complete.
e Study participants will respond to the BIF once. Each program staff will be responsible for data entering approximately 126 BIFs into the
RAS. The total burden represents the sum of the participant burden across participants and program staff (3,780 participants * 1 response * .17
of an hour = 643 burden hours) + (30 program staff * 126 responses to data enter * .17 of an hour = 643 burden hours) for a grand total, with
rounding,of 1,285 burden hours (which equates to approximately 428 annual burden hours per the three years of the study).
b The
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Comments submitted in response to
this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget approval of the information
collection request; they will also
become a matter of public record.
Dated: April 9, 2018.
Molly Irwin,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of
Labor.
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President and Congress for Fiscal Year
2018
Executive Office of the
President, Office of Management and
Budget.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the
OMB Final Sequestration Report to the
President and Congress for FY 2018.
AGENCY:
OMB is issuing its Final
Sequestration Report to the President
and Congress for FY 2018 to report on
compliance of enacted 2018
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discretionary appropriations legislation
with the discretionary caps. The report
includes adjustments to the 2018 and
2019 caps for changes in the Bipartisan
Budget Act of 2018 and it finds that
enacted appropriations are within those
discretionary caps for 2018. As a result,
a sequestration of discretionary budget
authority is not required in 2018. The
report also finds that enacted
supplemental appropriations for 2017
are within the 2017 caps.
DATES:
Release Date: April 6, 2018. Section
254 of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
requires the Office of Management and
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, Reentry Employment Opportunities Evaluation,
New Collection
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and
federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program
helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents is properly assessed. Currently,
DOL is soliciting comments concerning the collection of data about the
Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) Program. A copy of the proposed
Information Collection Request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
office listed in the addressee section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee's section below on or before June 12, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following
methods: Email: [email protected]; Mail or Courier: Jessica
Lohmann, Chief Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S. Department of Labor, Room
S-2312, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210. Instructions:
Please submit one copy of your comments by only one method. All
submissions received must include the agency name and OMB Control
Number identified above for this information collection. Comments,
including any personal information provided, become a matter of public
record. They will also be summarized and/or included in the request for
OMB approval of the information collection request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Lohmann by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The information collection activities described in
this notice will provide data for the Reentry Employment Opportunities
(REO) program evaluation. As part of the REO program, DOL awarded $73
million in Reentry Project (RP) grants during 2017, $31 million in
Reentry Demonstration Project grants during 2016, and $21 million in
Training to Work grants during 2015 and 2016. DOL also is considering
awarding grants during 2018. Although each grant program is
distinctive, the overarching aim of the REO program is to improve
employment outcomes and workforce readiness for people involved in the
justice system by way of employment services, case management, and
other supportive services.
The REO program evaluation will involve grantees that received
grants during 2016, 2017, and/or 2018. The evaluation will involve an
implementation study and an impact study. The implementation study will
address four main research questions: (1) How were programs implemented
and what factors influenced implementation?; (2) What are the
variations in the model, structure, partnerships, and services of the
REO grants?; (3) How did implementation vary by organization type (such
as an intermediary organization that operates in more than one state or
a community-based organization) and target population?; and (4) What
key program elements appear to be promising? Research questions for the
impact study include: (1) What impact do grantees or strategies
implemented by grantees have on participants' outcomes, such as
employment and recidivism?; (2) Does program effectiveness vary by
grantee characteristics, such as population served and services
offered?; and (3) To what extent do impacts vary across selected
subpopulations, such as age group and type of offense?
This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on
the following proposed REO evaluation data collection instruments:
* Grantee survey. To obtain information about the REO grantees'
approaches to project management, recruitment and outreach, and service
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delivery, we will field an electronic survey to up to 96 grantees. This
survey will include questions to lead to insights about variations
across grantees and grant programs and contextualize the data from the
impact and implementation studies.
* Impact feasibility site visit protocols. The evaluation team will
conduct up to 42 site visits with grantees and/or their subgrantees to
explore the feasibility of their participating in the impact study; the
visits will average no more than one day.
* Baseline information form (BIF). In sites selected for the impact
study, applicants will complete a BIF before random assignment. The BIF
will take about 10 minutes to complete and will collect demographics;
information about education, work history and other experiences; and
contact information. Whenever possible, BIFs will be collected
electronically through the study's web-based system for random
assignment. Data entry for each BIF will take about 10 minutes to
complete. The system will then randomly assign participants and monitor
the integrity of the random assignment process.
A future information collection request will include the impact
study's follow-up survey, as well as phone interview protocols, site
visit protocols, and virtual focus group protocols for the
implementation study.
II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, DOL is soliciting
comments concerning the above data collection for the REO Evaluation.
DOL is particularly interested in comments that do the following:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency
related to employer services, including whether the information will
have practical utility;
evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the ICR to survey and fieldwork respondents, including the
validity of the study approach and assumptions used;
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
minimize the burden of the information collection on
respondents, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology (e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses).
III. Current Actions: At this time, DOL is requesting clearance for
the implementation study grantee survey; site visit protocol for the
impact study feasibility assessment; and BIF to be entered into the
random assignment system.
Type of Review: New information collection request.
Title: Reentry Employment Opportunities Evaluation.
OMB Control Number: 1290-0NEW.
Affected Public: REO program staff, evaluation participants, and
partner agencies.
Estimated Burden Hours
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Annual
Total number Annual number Number of Average burden estimated
Type of instrument of respondents of respondents responses per hour per burden hours
\a\ respondent response \a\
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Grantee Survey \b\.............. 192 64 1 0.17 11
Impact Feasibility Site Visit 325 108 1.68 1 182
Protocols \c\..................
Baseline Information Form \d\... 3,780 1,260 1 0.17 210
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Total....................... 4,327 1,442 .............. .............. 621
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\a\ All annual totals reflect a three year clearance and study data collection period.
\b\ The number of respondents and average time per response for the grantee survey are based on an assumption
that 96 grantees will take an average of 20 minutes to respond (involving 1 respondent for 10 minutes and a
second respondent for 10 minutes).
\c\ Assumes each visit will, on average, involve individual or group interviews with approximately 13
respondents (2 site administrators, 5 frontline staff, and 6 partners per site). The team anticipates
completing up to 42 visits in total, with some sites being visited once and some being visited twice. The
average burden time per response will be 1 hour, although some meetings will be shorter and some will be
longer. To account for the fact that a subset of sites will receive two visits, the number of responses per
respondent is calculated as 1.68.
\d\ The total number of respondents is 3,780 participants who will complete the BIF. This assumes the baseline
information forms (BIF) will take an average of 10 minutes for participants to complete.
\e\ Study participants will respond to the BIF once. Each program staff will be responsible for data entering
approximately 126 BIFs into the RAS. The total burden represents the sum of the participant burden across
participants and program staff (3,780 participants * 1 response * .17 of an hour = 643 burden hours) + (30
program staff * 126 responses to data enter * .17 of an hour = 643 burden hours) for a grand total, with
rounding,of 1,285 burden hours (which equates to approximately 428 annual burden hours per the three years of
the study).
Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and
Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also
become a matter of public record.
Dated: April 9, 2018.
Molly Irwin,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor.
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