Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Interim Procedures for Considering Requests Under the Commercial Availability Provision of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (U.S.-Colombia TPA), 34830-34831 [2018-15691]
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Assessment Rates
XIII. Conclusion
Consistent with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2),
we intend to issue assessment
instructions to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) 15 days after the date
of publication of these final results of
review, to liquidate shipments of subject
merchandise produced and/or exported
by the companies listed above, entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after January 1,
2015, through December 31, 2015, at the
ad valorem rates listed above.
[FR Doc. 2018–15692 Filed 7–20–18; 8:45 am]
Cash Deposit Instructions
In accordance with section 751(a)(1)
of the Act, we intend to instruct CBP to
collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties in the amounts
shown for each of the respective
companies listed above. These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is
hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations of an APO is an
sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing these
final results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: July 12, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations,
performing the non-exclusive functions and
duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
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Memorandum
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Interim Procedures
for Considering Requests Under the
Commercial Availability Provision of
the United States—Colombia Trade
Promotion Agreement (U.S.-Colombia
TPA)
International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before September 21,
2018.
SUMMARY:
Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
internet at PRAcomments@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Laurie Mease, Office of
Textiles and Apparel, Telephone: 202–
482–2043, Email: Laurie.Mease@
trade.gov.
ADDRESSES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
I. Summary
II. Background
III. List of Interested Party Comments
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
VI. Non-Selected Companies Under Review
VII. Subsidies Valuation Information
VIII. Use of Facts Available and Adverse
Inferences
IX. Programs Determined to be
Countervailable
X. Program Determined to be Not
Countervailable During the POR
XI. Programs Determined to be Not Used or
Not To Confer a Measurable Benefit
During the POR
XII. Analysis of Comments
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Title II, Section 203(o) of the United
States-Colombia Trade Promotion
Agreement Implementation Act (the
‘‘Act’’) [Pub. L. 112–42] implements the
commercial availability provision
provided for in Article 3.3 of the United
States-Colombia Trade Promotion
Agreement (the ‘‘Agreement’’). The
Agreement entered into force on May
15, 2012. Subject to the rules of origin
in Annex 4.1 of the Agreement,
pursuant to the textile provisions of the
Agreement, fabric, yarn, and fiber
produced in Colombia or the United
States and traded between the two
countries are entitled to duty-free tariff
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treatment. Annex 3–B of the Agreement
also lists specific fabrics, yarns, and
fibers that the two countries agreed are
not available in commercial quantities
in a timely manner from producers in
Colombia or the United States. The
fabrics listed are commercially
unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers,
which are also entitled to duty-free
treatment despite not being produced in
Colombia or the United States.
The list of commercially unavailable
fabrics, yarns, and fibers may be
changed pursuant to the commercial
availability provision in Chapter 3,
Article 3.3, Paragraphs 5–7 of the
Agreement. Under this provision,
interested entities from Colombia or the
United States have the right to request
that a specific fabric, yarn, or fiber be
added to, or removed from, the list of
commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns,
and fibers in Annex 3–B of the
Agreement.
Chapter 3, Article 3.3, paragraph 7 of
the Agreement requires that the
President ‘‘promptly’’ publish
procedures for parties to exercise the
right to make these requests. Section
203(o)(4) of the Act authorizes the
President to establish procedures to
modify the list of fabrics, yarns, or fibers
not available in commercial quantities
in a timely manner in either the United
States or Colombia as set out in Annex
3–B of the Agreement. The President
delegated the responsibility for
publishing the procedures and
administering commercial availability
requests to the Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(‘‘CITA’’), which issues procedures and
acts on requests through the U.S.
Department of Commerce, Office of
Textiles and Apparel (‘‘OTEXA’’) (See
Proclamation No. 8818, 77 FR 29519,
May 18, 2012).
The intent of the U.S.-Colombia TPA
Commercial Availability Procedures is
to foster the use of U.S. and regional
products by implementing procedures
that allow products to be placed on or
removed from a product list, on a timely
basis, and in a manner that is consistent
with normal business practice. The
procedures are intended to facilitate the
transmission of requests; allow the
market to indicate the availability of the
supply of products that are the subject
of requests; make available promptly, to
interested entities and the public,
information regarding the requests for
products and offers received for those
products; ensure wide participation by
interested entities and parties; allow for
careful review and consideration of
information provided to substantiate
requests, responses and rebuttals; and
provide timely public dissemination of
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information used by CITA in making
commercial availability determinations.
CITA must collect certain information
about fabric, yarn, or fiber technical
specifications and the production
capabilities of Colombian and U.S.
textile producers to determine whether
certain fabrics, yarns, or fibers are
available in commercial quantities in a
timely manner in the United States or
Colombia, subject to Section 203(o) of
the Act.
II. Method of Collection
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0625–0272.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
16.
Estimated Time per Response: 8 hours
per Request, 2 hours per Response, and
1 hour per Rebuttal.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 89.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $5,340.
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IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
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Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Participants in a commercial
availability proceeding must submit
public versions of their Requests,
Responses or Rebuttals electronically
(via email) for posting on OTEXA’s
website. Confidential versions of those
submissions which contain business
confidential information must be
delivered in hard copy to the Office of
Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) at the
U.S. Department of Commerce.
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they also will become a matter of public
record.
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Permits; Foreign Fishing
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of application for permit;
request for comments.
AGENCY:
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transshipment of Atlantic herring
harvested by United States fishermen
and to be used solely in sardine
processing. Transshipment must occur
from within the boundaries of the State
of Maine or within the portion of the
EEZ east of the line 69 degrees 30
minutes west and within 12 nautical
miles from Maine’s seaward boundary.
Section 204(d)(3)(D) of the MagnusonStevens Act provides that an application
may not be approved until the Secretary
determines that no owner or operator of
a vessel of the United States which has
adequate capacity to perform the
transportation for which the application
is submitted has indicated an interest in
performing the transportation at fair and
reasonable rates. NMFS is publishing
this notice as part of its effort to make
such a determination with respect to the
application described below.
Summary of Application
NMFS publishes for public
review and comment information
regarding a permit application for
transshipment of Atlantic herring by
Canadian vessels, submitted under
provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). This
action is necessary for NMFS to make a
determination that the permit
application can be approved.
DATES: Written comments must be
received by August 6, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on this
action, identified by RIN 0648–XG351,
should be sent to Kent Laborde in the
NMFS Office for International Affairs
and Seafood Inspection at 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
or by email at kent.laborde@noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent
Laborde at (301) 427–8364 or by email
at kent.laborde@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
NMFS received an application
requesting authorization for four
Canadian transport vessels to receive
transfers of herring from United States
purse seine vessels, stop seines, and
weirs for the purpose of transporting the
herring to Canada for sardine
processing. The transshipment
operations will occur within the
boundaries of the State of Maine or
within the portion of the EEZ east of the
line 69° 30′ W longitude and within 12
nautical miles from Maine’s seaward
boundary.
Background
Section 204(d) of the MagnusonStevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1824(d))
authorizes the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary) to issue a transshipment
permit authorizing a vessel other than a
vessel of the United States to engage in
fishing consisting solely of transporting
fish or fish products at sea from a point
within the United States Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) or, with the
concurrence of a state, within the
boundaries of that state, to a point
outside the United States. In addition,
Public Law 104–297, section 105(e),
directs the Secretary to issue section
204(d) permits to up to 14 Canadian
transport vessels that are not equipped
for fish harvesting or processing, for the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
SUMMARY:
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Dated: July 17, 2018.
John Henderschedt,
Director, Office for International Affairs and
Seafood Inspection, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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RIN 0648–XG329
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council;
Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a meeting of its Citizen Science
Operations Committee to address
development of the Citizen Science
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Interim
Procedures for Considering Requests Under the Commercial Availability
Provision of the United States--Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement
(U.S.-Colombia TPA)
AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before September 21,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th
and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the internet
at [email protected]).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Laurie Mease, Office of Textiles and Apparel, Telephone:
202-482-2043, Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Title II, Section 203(o) of the United States-Colombia Trade
Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (the ``Act'') [Pub. L. 112-42]
implements the commercial availability provision provided for in
Article 3.3 of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement
(the ``Agreement''). The Agreement entered into force on May 15, 2012.
Subject to the rules of origin in Annex 4.1 of the Agreement, pursuant
to the textile provisions of the Agreement, fabric, yarn, and fiber
produced in Colombia or the United States and traded between the two
countries are entitled to duty-free tariff treatment. Annex 3-B of the
Agreement also lists specific fabrics, yarns, and fibers that the two
countries agreed are not available in commercial quantities in a timely
manner from producers in Colombia or the United States. The fabrics
listed are commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers, which
are also entitled to duty-free treatment despite not being produced in
Colombia or the United States.
The list of commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers may
be changed pursuant to the commercial availability provision in Chapter
3, Article 3.3, Paragraphs 5-7 of the Agreement. Under this provision,
interested entities from Colombia or the United States have the right
to request that a specific fabric, yarn, or fiber be added to, or
removed from, the list of commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns, and
fibers in Annex 3-B of the Agreement.
Chapter 3, Article 3.3, paragraph 7 of the Agreement requires that
the President ``promptly'' publish procedures for parties to exercise
the right to make these requests. Section 203(o)(4) of the Act
authorizes the President to establish procedures to modify the list of
fabrics, yarns, or fibers not available in commercial quantities in a
timely manner in either the United States or Colombia as set out in
Annex 3-B of the Agreement. The President delegated the responsibility
for publishing the procedures and administering commercial availability
requests to the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
(``CITA''), which issues procedures and acts on requests through the
U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel (``OTEXA'')
(See Proclamation No. 8818, 77 FR 29519, May 18, 2012).
The intent of the U.S.-Colombia TPA Commercial Availability
Procedures is to foster the use of U.S. and regional products by
implementing procedures that allow products to be placed on or removed
from a product list, on a timely basis, and in a manner that is
consistent with normal business practice. The procedures are intended
to facilitate the transmission of requests; allow the market to
indicate the availability of the supply of products that are the
subject of requests; make available promptly, to interested entities
and the public, information regarding the requests for products and
offers received for those products; ensure wide participation by
interested entities and parties; allow for careful review and
consideration of information provided to substantiate requests,
responses and rebuttals; and provide timely public dissemination of
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information used by CITA in making commercial availability
determinations.
CITA must collect certain information about fabric, yarn, or fiber
technical specifications and the production capabilities of Colombian
and U.S. textile producers to determine whether certain fabrics, yarns,
or fibers are available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in
the United States or Colombia, subject to Section 203(o) of the Act.
II. Method of Collection
Participants in a commercial availability proceeding must submit
public versions of their Requests, Responses or Rebuttals
electronically (via email) for posting on OTEXA's website. Confidential
versions of those submissions which contain business confidential
information must be delivered in hard copy to the Office of Textiles
and Apparel (OTEXA) at the U.S. Department of Commerce.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0625-0272.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 16.
Estimated Time per Response: 8 hours per Request, 2 hours per
Response, and 1 hour per Rebuttal.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 89.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $5,340.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-15691 Filed 7-20-18; 8:45 am]
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