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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Procedures for Participating in User
Testing of the New Commerce 232
Exclusion Process Portal
Bureau of Industry and
Security, Office of Technology
Evaluation, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice on procedures for
requesting participation in user testing
phase.
AGENCY:
The Department of Commerce
has developed an online portal that will
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replace the use of the Federal
rulemaking portal (https://
www.regulations.gov) for persons
submitting exclusion requests,
objections to exclusion requests,
rebuttals, and surrebuttals in connection
with duties or quotas imposed pursuant
to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion
Act of 1962, as amended (‘‘232’’). In
order to improve the 232 exclusion
process, the Department of Commerce
plans to transition to the new Commerce
232 portal sometime in late 2018 to
early 2019. This notice describes the
process for the public to submit requests
to participate in the public testing phase
of the new Commerce 232 portal, and
the procedures for attending the public
testing.
DATES: The public testing will be held
on December 6 and 7, 2018 at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, Room 6872A,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230. Each public
testing day will be broken into a
morning session from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
and an afternoon session from 1 p.m. to
4 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin Coyne, System & Application
Support Division, Bureau of Industry
and Security, U.S. Department of
Commerce, kevin.coyne@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.
For questions regarding the December
6 and 7 public testing, please contact
Commerce232portal@bis.doc.gov, (202)
482–5642, or (202) 482–4757.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Two components of the Department of
Commerce, the Bureau of Industry and
Security (BIS) and the International
Trade Administration (ITA), have
developed a new Commerce 232 portal
to facilitate parties’ ability to make 232
exclusion-related submissions, and the
Department of Commerce’s management
of the 232 exclusion process. The new
Commerce 232 portal will replace the
use of the Federal rulemaking portal
(https://www.regulations.gov) for parties
submitting exclusion requests,
objections to exclusions requests,
rebuttals, and surrebuttals under the 232
exclusion process. The new portal will
streamline the exclusion process for
external parties, including importers
and domestic manufacturers, by
replacing the data collection point with
web-based forms, which will enhance
data integrity and quality controls. In
addition, this new system will allow
parties to more easily view all exclusion
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request, objection, rebuttal, and
surrebuttal documents in one, webbased system. Finally, parties will be
able to track submission deadlines in
this same system. The new portal will
also allow for better collaboration
between government agencies
processing 232 exclusion requests.
The Department of Commerce plans
to transition to the new Commerce 232
portal sometime in late 2018 to early
2019, once testing is completed and any
final updates are made. This notice
describes the process for the public to
submit requests to participate in the
public testing phase of the new
Commerce 232 portal, and the
procedures for attending the public
testing.
Once the Commerce 232 portal is
ready to be implemented, the
Department of Commerce will publish a
rule making changes to the 232
exclusion process in Supplements No. 1
(for steel exclusion requests) and 2 (for
aluminum exclusion requests) to Part
705. The public will have an
opportunity to submit comments on the
new portal once the rule is published.
As much as possible, the Department of
Commerce seeks input from the public
on the new Commerce 232 portal prior
to it going live, and believes allowing
parties that will use the new portal to
test it and provide feedback to the
development team prior to
implementation will be beneficial to
both the Department and the public
users of the system.
Location for public testing. The public
testing will occur in Washington, DC.
See the ADDRESSES section for the
physical address. There will be no
remote testing available, so parties who
wish to participate must attend the
public testing in person.
Dates and times. The public testing
will occur on December 6 and 7, 2018.
Each public testing day will be broken
into a morning session from 9:00 a.m. to
12:00 p.m. and an afternoon session
from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Each party
will be allowed to test the system for
one hour and testing during each
window will be limited to three parties
at a time. For example, during the 10:00
a.m.–11:00 a.m. window, up to three
parties can test the system at the same
time.
Facilities and items to bring. The
public testing will be done on
government provided computers. Parties
selected to participate are encouraged to
bring examples of past exclusions,
objections to exclusions, rebuttals, or
surrebuttals they may have submitted or
intend to submit in the near future to
use in the testing environment.
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However, this is not required in order to
participate in the public testing.
Foreign persons are not eligible to
participate in the testing. People
selected to participate in the testing of
the Commerce 232 portal will be limited
to citizens of the United States, lawful
permanent residents of the United
States, or any other protected
individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C.
1324b(a)(3).
Costs to participate. There is no fee to
participate in the public testing and
participants will not be compensated for
their time. In addition, participants will
be responsible for all travel-related costs
to attend the public testing.
Limit on number of participants. The
public testing will be limited to thirtysix people because of the size
limitations of the testing room and to
provide sufficient opportunities for the
development team to interact with those
testing the Commerce 232 portal and
providing feedback. Organizations may
request more than one person from their
organization to attend the public testing,
but such requests will only be
accommodated if there is space
available.
Procedures To Request Participation in
the Public Testing
Email requesting approval. Parties
who wish to attend the public testing
must send an email to
Commerce232portal@bis.doc.gov to
request approval to participate. Anyone
wishing to attend this public testing
must submit the email request no later
than 5:00 p.m. (EST), November 29,
2018. The subject line of the email
should be ‘‘Request to attend public
testing of Commerce 232 portal.’’
Information to include in email
request: The following information must
be included in the text of the email: (1)
Full name of the person that wishes to
attend the public testing and a
telephone number and email for this
person; (2) name of the person’s
organization, or state ‘‘individual’’ if not
affiliated with an organization; (3) if
applicable, identify the number of
employees in the organization and the
type of organization, e.g., manufacturer
or distributor; (4) indicate whether the
organization or individual has
submitted any exclusions, objections to
exclusions, rebuttals, or surrebuttals
either for their own organization or on
behalf of another organization; (5) if
applicable, provide an estimate for the
number of each type of 232 submission,
including specifying whether the
submissions were for steel and/or
aluminum, (6) if applicable, identify any
special accommodations that may be
needed (see below under Special
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Accommodations); and (7) identify any
other factors that you believe make you
a good candidate to participate in the
public testing of the Commerce 232
portal.
Selection Process
The Department of Commerce will
accommodate as many parties as
possible, space permitting. If thirty-six
or fewer people submit requests to
participate, the Department will likely
approve all requesters, unless there is
some reason why a requester may not be
suitable. If more than thirty-six people
request to participate, the Department
will put greater weight on those that
have submitted 232 submissions and
will seek to have as representative a
sample of public testers as possible (e.g.,
small and mid-size enterprises, as well
as large organizations, and those from
the steel and aluminum industries). If
there are two equally situated
individuals or organizations, the
Department will generally use the date
of the request to determine the
organization or individual to be
approved, favoring the requester whose
request was submitted earlier.
Each person selected to participate in
the public testing will be notified by the
Department of Commerce no later than
5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on
Friday, November 30, 2018.
Procedures for Attending the Public
Testing
Visitor Access Requirement: For
participants attending the training,
please note that federal agencies can
only accept a state-issued driver’s
license or identification card for access
to federal facilities if such license or
identification card is issued by a state
that is compliant with the REAL ID Act
of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–13), or by a state
that has an extension for REAL ID
compliance. The main entrance of the
Department of Commerce is on 14th
Street, NW between Pennsylvania
Avenue and Constitution Avenue,
across from the Ronald Reagan Building.
Upon entering the building, please go
through security and check in at the
guard’s desk. BIS and ITA staff will
meet and escort visitors to the public
testing room. Admittance to the room
for the public testing will be available
beginning at 8:30 a.m. (EST) on
December 6 and 7, 2018 and the public
testing will start promptly at 9:00 a.m.
(EST) on December 6 and 7, 2018.
Acknowledgement for Participation in
Testing Environment: Because the
individuals and organizations selected
to participate in the public testing of the
Commerce 232 portal will be
participating in a testing environment,
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all selected participants on the first day
of the testing will be required to
acknowledge that their suggestions and
comments may not be incorporated into
the final version for technical or other
reasons.
Special Accommodations
This public testing is physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be received by the Department of
Commerce no later than November 29,
2018 and should be included in the
email requesting participation in the
public testing referenced above.
Dated: November 20, 2018.
Matthew S. Borman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Order Denying Export Privileges
In the Matter of: Gregory Allen Justice,
Inmate Number: 73792–112, FCI Safford, P.O.
Box 9000, Safford, AZ 85548.
On September 19, 2017, in the U.S.
District Court for the Central District of
California, Gregory Allen Justice
(‘‘Justice’’) was convicted of violating
Section 38 of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2778 (2012)) (‘‘AECA’’),
among other crimes. Justice was
convicted of violating Section 38 of the
AECA by knowingly and willfully
attempting to export, cause others to
export, and aid and abet the export to
Russia, for the intended benefit of the
Russian Government, of defense articles
designated on the United States
Munitions List (‘‘USML’’), without the
required U.S. Department of State
licenses. Justice, an engineer who
worked for a defense contractor,
knowingly and willfully sold and
provided USML-controlled technical
data relating to U.S. military satellite
programs to a person he believed to be
an agent of a Russian intelligence
service, but who was in fact an
undercover Federal Bureau of
Investigation employee. Justice was
sentenced to 60 months in prison, three
years of supervised release, and a $200
special assessment.
The Export Administration
Regulations (‘‘EAR’’ or ‘‘Regulations’’)
are administered and enforced by the
U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau
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of Industry and Security (‘‘BIS’’).1
Section 766.25 of the Regulations
provides, in pertinent part, that the
‘‘Director of [BIS’s] Office of Exporter
Services, in consultation with the
Director of [BIS’s] Office of Export
Enforcement, may deny the export
privileges of any person who has been
convicted of a violation of . . . section
38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2778).’’ 15 CFR 766.25(a). The
denial of export privileges under this
provision may be for a period of up to
10 years from the date of the conviction.
15 CFR 766.25(d).1 In addition,
pursuant to Section 750.8 of the
Regulations, BIS’s Office of Exporter
Services may revoke any BIS-issued
licenses in which the person had an
interest at the time of his/her
conviction.2
BIS has received notice of Justice’s
conviction for violating Section 38 of
the AECA, and has provided notice and
an opportunity for Justice to make a
written submission to BIS, as provided
in Section 766.25 of the Regulations.
BIS has not received a submission from
Justice.
Based upon my review and
consultations with BIS’s Office of
Export Enforcement, including its
Director, and the facts available to BIS,
I have decided to deny Justice’s export
privileges under the Regulations for a
period of 10 years from the date of
Justice’s conviction. I have also decided
to revoke all BIS-issued licenses in
which Justice had an interest at the time
of his conviction.
1 The Regulations are currently codified in the
Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730–
774 (2018). The Regulations originally issued under
the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended,
50 U.S.C. 4601–4623 (Supp. III 2015) (‘‘EAA’’),
which lapsed on August 21, 2001. The President,
through Executive Order 13,222 of August 17, 2001
(3 CFR, 2001 Comp. 783 (2002)), which has been
extended by successive Presidential Notices, the
most recent being that of August 8, 2018 (83 FR
39,871 (Aug. 13, 2018)), continued the Regulations
in full force and effect under the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701,
et seq. (2012) (‘‘IEEPA’’). On August 13, 2018, the
President signed into law the John S. McCain
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2019, which includes the Export Control Reform
Act of 2018, Title XVII, Subtitle B of Pub. L. No.
115–232, 132 Stat. 2208 (‘‘ECRA’’). While Section
1766 of ECRA repeals the provisions of the EAA
(except for three sections which are inapplicable
here), Section 1768 of ECRA provides, in pertinent
part, that all rules and regulations that were made
or issued under the EAA, including as continued
in effect pursuant to IEEPA, and were in effect as
of ECRA’s date of enactment (August 13, 2018),
shall continue in effect until modified, superseded,
set aside, or revoked through action undertaken
pursuant to the authority provided under ECRA.
1 See also Section 11(h) of the EAA, 50 U.S.C.
4610(h) (Supp. III 2015); Sections 1760(e) and 1768
of ECRA, Title XVII, Subtitle B of Pub. L. No. 115–
232, 132 Stat. 2208, 2225 and 2233 (Aug. 13, 2018);
and note 1, supra.
2 See note 2, supra.
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Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED:
First, from the date of this Order until
September 19, 2027, Gregory Allen
Justice, with a last known address of
Inmate Number: 73792–112, FCI
Safford, P.O. Box 9000, Safford, AZ
85548, and when acting for or on his
behalf, his successors, assigns,
employees, agents or representatives
(‘‘the Denied Person’’), may not, directly
or indirectly, participate in any way in
any transaction involving any
commodity, software or technology
(hereinafter collectively referred to as
‘‘item’’) exported or to be exported from
the United States that is subject to the
Regulations, including, but not limited
to:
A. Applying for, obtaining, or using
any license, license exception, or export
control document;
B. Carrying on negotiations
concerning, or ordering, buying,
receiving, using, selling, delivering,
storing, disposing of, forwarding,
transporting, financing, or otherwise
servicing in any way, any transaction
involving any item exported or to be
exported from the United States that is
subject to the Regulations, or engaging
in any other activity subject to the
Regulations; or
C. Benefitting in any way from any
transaction involving any item exported
or to be exported from the United States
that is subject to the Regulations, or
from any other activity subject to the
Regulations.
Second, no person may, directly or
indirectly, do any of the following:
A. Export or reexport to or on behalf
of the Denied Person any item subject to
the Regulations;
B. Take any action that facilitates the
acquisition or attempted acquisition by
the Denied Person of the ownership,
possession, or control of any item
subject to the Regulations that has been
or will be exported from the United
States, including financing or other
support activities related to a
transaction whereby the Denied Person
acquires or attempts to acquire such
ownership, possession or control;
C. Take any action to acquire from or
to facilitate the acquisition or attempted
acquisition from the Denied Person of
any item subject to the Regulations that
has been exported from the United
States;
D. Obtain from the Denied Person in
the United States any item subject to the
Regulations with knowledge or reason
to know that the item will be, or is
intended to be, exported from the
United States; or
E. Engage in any transaction to service
any item subject to the Regulations that
has been or will be exported from the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Procedures for Participating in User Testing of the New Commerce
232 Exclusion Process Portal
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Technology
Evaluation, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice on procedures for requesting participation in user
testing phase.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has developed an online portal that
will replace the use of the Federal rulemaking portal (https://www.regulations.gov) for persons submitting exclusion requests,
objections to exclusion requests, rebuttals, and surrebuttals in
connection with duties or quotas imposed pursuant to Section 232 of the
Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (``232''). In order to improve
the 232 exclusion process, the Department of Commerce plans to
transition to the new Commerce 232 portal sometime in late 2018 to
early 2019. This notice describes the process for the public to submit
requests to participate in the public testing phase of the new Commerce
232 portal, and the procedures for attending the public testing.
DATES: The public testing will be held on December 6 and 7, 2018 at the
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 6872A, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230. Each public testing day will be broken into a
morning session from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and an afternoon session from 1
p.m. to 4 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Coyne, System & Application
Support Division, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of
Commerce, [email protected]. For more information about the
section 232 program, including the regulations and the text of previous
investigations, see www.bis.doc.gov/232.
For questions regarding the December 6 and 7 public testing, please
contact [email protected], (202) 482-5642, or (202) 482-
4757.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Two components of the Department of Commerce, the Bureau of
Industry and Security (BIS) and the International Trade Administration
(ITA), have developed a new Commerce 232 portal to facilitate parties'
ability to make 232 exclusion-related submissions, and the Department
of Commerce's management of the 232 exclusion process. The new Commerce
232 portal will replace the use of the Federal rulemaking portal
(https://www.regulations.gov) for parties submitting exclusion requests,
objections to exclusions requests, rebuttals, and surrebuttals under
the 232 exclusion process. The new portal will streamline the exclusion
process for external parties, including importers and domestic
manufacturers, by replacing the data collection point with web-based
forms, which will enhance data integrity and quality controls. In
addition, this new system will allow parties to more easily view all
exclusion
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request, objection, rebuttal, and surrebuttal documents in one, web-
based system. Finally, parties will be able to track submission
deadlines in this same system. The new portal will also allow for
better collaboration between government agencies processing 232
exclusion requests.
The Department of Commerce plans to transition to the new Commerce
232 portal sometime in late 2018 to early 2019, once testing is
completed and any final updates are made. This notice describes the
process for the public to submit requests to participate in the public
testing phase of the new Commerce 232 portal, and the procedures for
attending the public testing.
Once the Commerce 232 portal is ready to be implemented, the
Department of Commerce will publish a rule making changes to the 232
exclusion process in Supplements No. 1 (for steel exclusion requests)
and 2 (for aluminum exclusion requests) to Part 705. The public will
have an opportunity to submit comments on the new portal once the rule
is published. As much as possible, the Department of Commerce seeks
input from the public on the new Commerce 232 portal prior to it going
live, and believes allowing parties that will use the new portal to
test it and provide feedback to the development team prior to
implementation will be beneficial to both the Department and the public
users of the system.
Location for public testing. The public testing will occur in
Washington, DC. See the ADDRESSES section for the physical address.
There will be no remote testing available, so parties who wish to
participate must attend the public testing in person.
Dates and times. The public testing will occur on December 6 and 7,
2018. Each public testing day will be broken into a morning session
from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and an afternoon session from 1:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m. Each party will be allowed to test the system for one hour
and testing during each window will be limited to three parties at a
time. For example, during the 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. window, up to three
parties can test the system at the same time.
Facilities and items to bring. The public testing will be done on
government provided computers. Parties selected to participate are
encouraged to bring examples of past exclusions, objections to
exclusions, rebuttals, or surrebuttals they may have submitted or
intend to submit in the near future to use in the testing environment.
However, this is not required in order to participate in the public
testing.
Foreign persons are not eligible to participate in the testing.
People selected to participate in the testing of the Commerce 232
portal will be limited to citizens of the United States, lawful
permanent residents of the United States, or any other protected
individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).
Costs to participate. There is no fee to participate in the public
testing and participants will not be compensated for their time. In
addition, participants will be responsible for all travel-related costs
to attend the public testing.
Limit on number of participants. The public testing will be limited
to thirty-six people because of the size limitations of the testing
room and to provide sufficient opportunities for the development team
to interact with those testing the Commerce 232 portal and providing
feedback. Organizations may request more than one person from their
organization to attend the public testing, but such requests will only
be accommodated if there is space available.
Procedures To Request Participation in the Public Testing
Email requesting approval. Parties who wish to attend the public
testing must send an email to [email protected] to request
approval to participate. Anyone wishing to attend this public testing
must submit the email request no later than 5:00 p.m. (EST), November
29, 2018. The subject line of the email should be ``Request to attend
public testing of Commerce 232 portal.''
Information to include in email request: The following information
must be included in the text of the email: (1) Full name of the person
that wishes to attend the public testing and a telephone number and
email for this person; (2) name of the person's organization, or state
``individual'' if not affiliated with an organization; (3) if
applicable, identify the number of employees in the organization and
the type of organization, e.g., manufacturer or distributor; (4)
indicate whether the organization or individual has submitted any
exclusions, objections to exclusions, rebuttals, or surrebuttals either
for their own organization or on behalf of another organization; (5) if
applicable, provide an estimate for the number of each type of 232
submission, including specifying whether the submissions were for steel
and/or aluminum, (6) if applicable, identify any special accommodations
that may be needed (see below under Special Accommodations); and (7)
identify any other factors that you believe make you a good candidate
to participate in the public testing of the Commerce 232 portal.
Selection Process
The Department of Commerce will accommodate as many parties as
possible, space permitting. If thirty-six or fewer people submit
requests to participate, the Department will likely approve all
requesters, unless there is some reason why a requester may not be
suitable. If more than thirty-six people request to participate, the
Department will put greater weight on those that have submitted 232
submissions and will seek to have as representative a sample of public
testers as possible (e.g., small and mid-size enterprises, as well as
large organizations, and those from the steel and aluminum industries).
If there are two equally situated individuals or organizations, the
Department will generally use the date of the request to determine the
organization or individual to be approved, favoring the requester whose
request was submitted earlier.
Each person selected to participate in the public testing will be
notified by the Department of Commerce no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time on Friday, November 30, 2018.
Procedures for Attending the Public Testing
Visitor Access Requirement: For participants attending the
training, please note that federal agencies can only accept a state-
issued driver's license or identification card for access to federal
facilities if such license or identification card is issued by a state
that is compliant with the REAL ID Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-13), or by
a state that has an extension for REAL ID compliance. The main entrance
of the Department of Commerce is on 14th Street, NW between
Pennsylvania Avenue and Constitution Avenue, across from the Ronald
Reagan Building. Upon entering the building, please go through security
and check in at the guard's desk. BIS and ITA staff will meet and
escort visitors to the public testing room. Admittance to the room for
the public testing will be available beginning at 8:30 a.m. (EST) on
December 6 and 7, 2018 and the public testing will start promptly at
9:00 a.m. (EST) on December 6 and 7, 2018.
Acknowledgement for Participation in Testing Environment: Because
the individuals and organizations selected to participate in the public
testing of the Commerce 232 portal will be participating in a testing
environment,
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all selected participants on the first day of the testing will be
required to acknowledge that their suggestions and comments may not be
incorporated into the final version for technical or other reasons.
Special Accommodations
This public testing is physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be received by the Department of Commerce no
later than November 29, 2018 and should be included in the email
requesting participation in the public testing referenced above.
Dated: November 20, 2018.
Matthew S. Borman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-25680 Filed 11-23-18; 8:45 am]
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