Notice of Charter Renewal of the U.S. Investment Advisory Council and Soliciting Nominations for Members, 29746-29747 [2018-13546]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Notice of Charter Renewal of the U.S.
Investment Advisory Council and
Soliciting Nominations for Members
International Trade
Administration, Global Markets, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On April 6, 2018, the
Department of Commerce Acting Chief
Financial Officer and Assistant
Secretary for Administration renewed
the charter for the United States
Investment Advisory Council (Council)
for a two-year period, ending April 5,
2020. The Council is a federal advisory
committee under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act.
DATES: All applications for immediate
consideration for appointment must be
received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight
Time (EDT) on Friday, July 27, 2018.
After that date, applications will be
accepted under this notice for a period
of up to two years from the deadline to
fill any vacancies that may arise.
ADDRESSES: Please submit applications
by email to IAC@trade.gov, attention:
Steven Meyers, SelectUSA, United
States Investment Advisory Council
Executive Secretariat, or by mail to
Steven Meyers, SelectUSA, United
States Investment Advisory Council,
Room 30032, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Meyers, Designated Federal
Officer, SelectUSA, Room 30032, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230, telephone: 202–482–2612
email: IAC@trade.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
United States Investment Advisory
Council (Council) was established by
the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary)
pursuant to duties imposed by 15 U.S.C.
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compliance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5
U.S.C. App.
The Council functions solely as an
advisory committee in accordance with
the provisions of FACA. In particular,
the Council advises the Secretary on
government policies and programs that
affect foreign direct investment (FDI),
identifies and recommends programs
and policies to help the United States
attract and retain FDI, and recommends
ways to support the United States in
remaining the world’s preeminent
destination for FDI. The Council acts as
a liaison among the stakeholders
represented by the membership and
provides a forum for the stakeholders on
current and emerging issues regarding
FDI.
The Council reports to the Secretary
of Commerce on its activities and
recommendations regarding FDI. In
creating its reports, the Council is to
survey and evaluate the investment and
investment-facilitating activities of
stakeholders, identify and examine
specific problems facing potential
foreign investors, and examine the
needs of stakeholders to inform the
Council’s efforts. The Council is to
recommend specific solutions to the
problems and needs that it identifies.
Each member is to be appointed for a
term of two years and serves at the
pleasure of the Secretary. The Secretary
may at his/her discretion reappoint any
member to an additional term or terms,
provided that the member proves to
work effectively on the Council and his/
her knowledge and advice is still
needed.
The Council consists of no more than
twenty members appointed by the
Secretary. Members are to represent
companies and organizations investing,
seeking to invest, seeking foreign
investors, or facilitating investment
across many sectors, including but not
limited to:
• U.S.-incorporated companies that
are majority-owned by foreign
companies or by a foreign individual or
individuals, or that generate significant
foreign direct investment (e.g., through
their supply chains);
• Companies or entities whose
business includes FDI-related activities
or the facilitation of FDI; and
• Economic development
organizations and other U.S.
governmental and non-governmental
organizations and associations whose
missions or activities include the
promotion or facilitation of FDI.
Members are selected based on their
ability to carry out the objectives of the
Council, in accordance with applicable
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Department of Commerce guidelines, in
a manner that ensures that the Council
is balanced in terms of points of view,
industry subsector, organization type,
geography of the source and the
destination of the FDI, and company
size. Members are to represent a broad
range of products and services and be
drawn from large, medium, and small
enterprises, private-sector organizations
involved in investment, and other
investment-related entities including
non-governmental organizations,
associations, and economic
development organizations.
In selecting members, priority may be
given to the selection of executives, i.e.,
Chief Executive Officer, Executive
Chairman, President, or an officer with
a comparable level of responsibility.
Members serve in a representative
capacity, representing the views and
interests of their sponsoring entity and
those of their particular sector (if
applicable). Members are not special
government employees and will receive
no compensation for their participation
in Council activities. Members will not
be reimbursed for travel expenses
related to Council activities.
Appointments to the Council shall be
made without regard to political
affiliation. All members must be a U.S.
national.
The Secretary designates a Chair and
Vice Chair from among the members.
The Council will meet a minimum of
two times a year, to the extent practical,
with additional meetings called at the
discretion of the Secretary or his/her
designee. Meetings will be held in
Washington, DC or elsewhere in the
United States, or by teleconference, as
feasible. Members are expected to attend
a majority of Council meetings.
To be considered for membership,
submit the following information by
5:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 27, 2018
to the email address listed in the
ADDRESSES section:
1. Name and title of the individual
requesting consideration.
2. A sponsor letter from the applicant
on the sponsoring entity’s letterhead
containing a brief statement of why the
applicant should be considered for
membership on the Council. This
sponsor letter should also address the
applicant’s experience and leadership
related to foreign direct investment.
3. The applicant’s personal resume
and short bio (less than 300 words).
4. An affirmative statement that the
applicant meets all eligibility criteria,
including an affirmative statement that
the applicant is not required to register
as a foreign agent under the Foreign
Agents Registration Act of 1938, as
amended.
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5. Information regarding the
ownership and control of the sponsoring
entity, including the stock holdings as
appropriate.
6. The sponsoring entity’s size, place
of incorporation, product or service line,
major markets in which the entity
operates, and the entity’s export or
import experience.
7. A profile of the entity’s foreign
direct investment activities, including
investment activities, investment plans,
investment-facilitation activities, or
other foreign direct investment
activities.
8. Brief statement describing how the
applicant will contribute to the work of
the Council based on his or her unique
experience and perspective (not to
exceed 100 words).
9. All relevant contact information,
including mailing address, fax, email,
phone number, and support staff
information where relevant.
Anthony Diaz,
Program Analyst, Global Markets,
International Trade Administration.
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Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes
From the People’s Republic of China:
Notice of Partial Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2017–2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On April 16, 2018, the
Department of Commerce (Commerce)
published a notice of initiation of an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on small
diameter graphite electrodes from the
People’s Republic of China (China).
Based on the timely withdrawal of the
requests for review of certain
companies, we are now rescinding this
administrative review for the period
February 1, 2017, through January 31,
2018, with respect to 191 companies.
DATES: Applicable June 26, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dennis McClure or John Anwesen, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VIII,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–5973 or
(202) 482–0131, respectively.
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Background
On February 26, 2009, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on small
diameter graphite electrodes from
China.1 On February 1, 2018, Commerce
published a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on small
diameter graphite electrodes from China
for the period of review February 1,
2017, through January 31, 2018.2
On February 28, 2018, Tokai Carbon
GE LLC (the petitioner) 3 requested an
administrative review of the order for
192 producers and/or exporters of the
subject merchandise, including Fushun
Jinly Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd.4 In
addition, on February 28, 2018,
producer and exporter Fushun Jinly
Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd.
requested a review of itself.5 On April
16, 2018, in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an
administrative review of the order on
small diameter graphite electrodes from
China with respect to 193 companies.6
On May 4, 2018, the petitioner
withdrew its administrative review
request for 191 out of the 192 companies
for which it requested a review.7 See the
Initiation Notice for the full list of
companies for which Commerce
initiated a review.
1 See Antidumping Duty Order: Small Diameter
Graphite Electrodes from the People’s Republic of
China, 74 FR 8775 (February 26, 2009).
2 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review, 83 FR 4639
(February 1, 2018).
3 Formerly, SGL Carbon LLC and Superior
Graphite Co.
4 See the petitioner’s submission, ‘‘Small
Diameter Graphite Electrodes from the People’s
Republic of China—Request for Initiation of
Antidumping Administrative Review,’’ dated
February 28, 2018. The petitioner’s review request
included Fushun Jinli Petrochemical Carbon Co.,
Ltd. (emphasis added).
5 See Fushun Jinly Petrochemical Carbon Co.,
Ltd.’s, ‘‘Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes from
the People’s Republic of China: Request for an
Administrative Review,’’ dated February 28, 2018.
For purposes of this review, we are treating Fushun
Jinli Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd. and Fushun
Jinly Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd. as the same
respondent company.
6 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR
16298 (April 16, 2018) (Initiation Notice).
7 See the petitioner’s submission, ‘‘Small
Diameter Graphite Electrodes from the People’s
Republic of China—Petitioner’s Withdrawal of
Certain Requests for Review,’’ dated May 4, 2018.
The petitioner withdrew its review request with
respect to all companies except for Fushun Jinli
Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd.
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Partial Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in
part, if the party that requested the
review withdraws its request within 90
days of the publication of the notice of
initiation of the requested review. In
this case, the petitioner timely withdrew
its review request, in part, by the 90-day
deadline, and no other party requested
an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order for the
companies for which the petitioner
withdrew its review request. Therefore,
we are rescinding the administrative
review of the antidumping duty order
on small diameter graphite electrodes
from China for the period February 1,
2017, through January 31, 2018, with
respect to the 191 companies for which
all review requests were withdrawn.
The review will continue only with
respect to the remaining company
Fushun Jinly Petrochemical Carbon Co.,
Ltd, aka Fushun Jinli Petrochemical
Carbon Co., Ltd.8
Assessment
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries. For the companies for which
this review is rescinded, antidumping
duties shall be assessed on the subject
merchandise at rates equal to the cash
deposit of estimated antidumping duties
required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends
to issue appropriate assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this review period. Failure to
comply with this requirement could
8 In a prior administrative review of electrodes
from China, we found that Fushun Jinly
Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd. is the same entity
as Fushun Jinli Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd. See,
e.g., Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes from the
People’s Republic of China: Final Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR
40854, 40856 n.3 (July 11, 2012). Consistent with
this determination, and in the absence thus far of
contrary evidence, we are treating these companies
as the same entity. See also Memorandum,
‘‘Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Small
Diameter Graphite Electrodes form the People’s
Republic of China—Respondent Selection,’’ dated
May 15, 2018.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Notice of Charter Renewal of the U.S. Investment Advisory Council
and Soliciting Nominations for Members
AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Global Markets, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On April 6, 2018, the Department of Commerce Acting Chief
Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration renewed
the charter for the United States Investment Advisory Council (Council)
for a two-year period, ending April 5, 2020. The Council is a federal
advisory committee under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
DATES: All applications for immediate consideration for appointment
must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Friday,
July 27, 2018. After that date, applications will be accepted under
this notice for a period of up to two years from the deadline to fill
any vacancies that may arise.
ADDRESSES: Please submit applications by email to [email protected],
attention: Steven Meyers, SelectUSA, United States Investment Advisory
Council Executive Secretariat, or by mail to Steven Meyers, SelectUSA,
United States Investment Advisory Council, Room 30032, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Meyers, Designated Federal
Officer, SelectUSA, Room 30032, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: 202-482-2612 email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Investment Advisory
Council (Council) was established by the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary) pursuant to duties imposed by 15 U.S.C. 1512 upon the
Department and in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. App.
The Council functions solely as an advisory committee in accordance
with the provisions of FACA. In particular, the Council advises the
Secretary on government policies and programs that affect foreign
direct investment (FDI), identifies and recommends programs and
policies to help the United States attract and retain FDI, and
recommends ways to support the United States in remaining the world's
preeminent destination for FDI. The Council acts as a liaison among the
stakeholders represented by the membership and provides a forum for the
stakeholders on current and emerging issues regarding FDI.
The Council reports to the Secretary of Commerce on its activities
and recommendations regarding FDI. In creating its reports, the Council
is to survey and evaluate the investment and investment-facilitating
activities of stakeholders, identify and examine specific problems
facing potential foreign investors, and examine the needs of
stakeholders to inform the Council's efforts. The Council is to
recommend specific solutions to the problems and needs that it
identifies.
Each member is to be appointed for a term of two years and serves
at the pleasure of the Secretary. The Secretary may at his/her
discretion reappoint any member to an additional term or terms,
provided that the member proves to work effectively on the Council and
his/her knowledge and advice is still needed.
The Council consists of no more than twenty members appointed by
the Secretary. Members are to represent companies and organizations
investing, seeking to invest, seeking foreign investors, or
facilitating investment across many sectors, including but not limited
to:
U.S.-incorporated companies that are majority-owned by
foreign companies or by a foreign individual or individuals, or that
generate significant foreign direct investment (e.g., through their
supply chains);
Companies or entities whose business includes FDI-related
activities or the facilitation of FDI; and
Economic development organizations and other U.S.
governmental and non-governmental organizations and associations whose
missions or activities include the promotion or facilitation of FDI.
Members are selected based on their ability to carry out the
objectives of the Council, in accordance with applicable Department of
Commerce guidelines, in a manner that ensures that the Council is
balanced in terms of points of view, industry subsector, organization
type, geography of the source and the destination of the FDI, and
company size. Members are to represent a broad range of products and
services and be drawn from large, medium, and small enterprises,
private-sector organizations involved in investment, and other
investment-related entities including non-governmental organizations,
associations, and economic development organizations.
In selecting members, priority may be given to the selection of
executives, i.e., Chief Executive Officer, Executive Chairman,
President, or an officer with a comparable level of responsibility.
Members serve in a representative capacity, representing the views and
interests of their sponsoring entity and those of their particular
sector (if applicable). Members are not special government employees
and will receive no compensation for their participation in Council
activities. Members will not be reimbursed for travel expenses related
to Council activities. Appointments to the Council shall be made
without regard to political affiliation. All members must be a U.S.
national.
The Secretary designates a Chair and Vice Chair from among the
members. The Council will meet a minimum of two times a year, to the
extent practical, with additional meetings called at the discretion of
the Secretary or his/her designee. Meetings will be held in Washington,
DC or elsewhere in the United States, or by teleconference, as
feasible. Members are expected to attend a majority of Council
meetings.
To be considered for membership, submit the following information
by 5:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 27, 2018 to the email address listed
in the ADDRESSES section:
1. Name and title of the individual requesting consideration.
2. A sponsor letter from the applicant on the sponsoring entity's
letterhead containing a brief statement of why the applicant should be
considered for membership on the Council. This sponsor letter should
also address the applicant's experience and leadership related to
foreign direct investment.
3. The applicant's personal resume and short bio (less than 300
words).
4. An affirmative statement that the applicant meets all
eligibility criteria, including an affirmative statement that the
applicant is not required to register as a foreign agent under the
Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended.
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5. Information regarding the ownership and control of the
sponsoring entity, including the stock holdings as appropriate.
6. The sponsoring entity's size, place of incorporation, product or
service line, major markets in which the entity operates, and the
entity's export or import experience.
7. A profile of the entity's foreign direct investment activities,
including investment activities, investment plans, investment-
facilitation activities, or other foreign direct investment activities.
8. Brief statement describing how the applicant will contribute to
the work of the Council based on his or her unique experience and
perspective (not to exceed 100 words).
9. All relevant contact information, including mailing address,
fax, email, phone number, and support staff information where relevant.
Anthony Diaz,
Program Analyst, Global Markets, International Trade Administration.
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