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Issued: June 3, 2019.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2019–11903 Filed 6–5–19; 8:45 am]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
Notice of Receipt of Complaint;
Solicitation of Comments Relating to
the Public Interest
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission has received a complaint
entitled Certain Laparoscopic Surgical
Staplers, Reload Cartridges, and
Components Thereof, DN 3391; the
Commission is soliciting comments on
any public interest issues raised by the
complaint or complainant’s filing
pursuant to the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
R. Barton, Secretary to the Commission,
U.S. International Trade Commission,
500 E Street SW, Washington, DC
20436, telephone (202) 205–2000. The
public version of the complaint can be
accessed on the Commission’s
Electronic Document Information
System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov,
and will be available for inspection
during official business hours (8:45 a.m.
to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the
Secretary, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)
205–2000.
General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by
accessing its internet server at United
States International Trade Commission
(USITC) at https://www.usitc.gov. The
public record for this investigation may
be viewed on the Commission’s
Electronic Document Information
System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
Hearing-impaired persons are advised
that information on this matter can be
obtained by contacting the
Commission’s TDD terminal on (202)
205–1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission has received a complaint
and a submission pursuant to § 210.8(b)
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure filed on behalf of Ethicon
LLC; Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.; and
Ethicon US, LLC on May 30, 2019. The
complaint alleges violations of section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1337) in the importation into the United
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States, the sale for importation, and the
sale within the United States after
importation of certain laparoscopic
surgical staplers, reload cartridges, and
components thereof. The complaint
names as respondents: Intuitive Surgical
Inc. of Sunnyvale, CA; Intuitive Surgical
Operations, Inc. of Sunnyvale, CA;
Intuitive Surgical Holdings, LLC of
Sunnyvale, CA; and Intuitive Surgical
S.DE R.L. DE C.V. of Mexico. The
complainant requests that the
Commission issue a limited exclusion
order, cease and desist orders, and
impose a bond upon respondents’
alleged infringing articles during the 60day Presidential review period pursuant
to 19 U.S.C. 1337(j).
Proposed respondents, other
interested parties, and members of the
public are invited to file comments, not
to exceed five (5) pages in length,
inclusive of attachments, on any public
interest issues raised by the complaint
or § 210.8(b) filing. Comments should
address whether issuance of the relief
specifically requested by the
complainant in this investigation would
affect the public health and welfare in
the United States, competitive
conditions in the United States
economy, the production of like or
directly competitive articles in the
United States, or United States
consumers.
In particular, the Commission is
interested in comments that:
(i) Explain how the articles
potentially subject to the requested
remedial orders are used in the United
States;
(ii) identify any public health, safety,
or welfare concerns in the United States
relating to the requested remedial
orders;
(iii) identify like or directly
competitive articles that complainant,
its licensees, or third parties make in the
United States which could replace the
subject articles if they were to be
excluded;
(iv) indicate whether complainant,
complainant’s licensees, and/or third
party suppliers have the capacity to
replace the volume of articles
potentially subject to the requested
exclusion order and/or a cease and
desist order within a commercially
reasonable time; and
(v) explain how the requested
remedial orders would impact United
States consumers.
Written submissions on the public
interest must be filed no later than by
close of business, eight calendar days
after the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. There
will be further opportunities for
comment on the public interest after the
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issuance of any final initial
determination in this investigation. Any
written submissions on other issues
should be filed no later than by close of
business nine calendar days after the
date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register. Complainant may file
a reply to any written submission no
later than the date on which
complainant’s reply would be due
under § 210.8(c)(2) of the Commission’s
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR
210.8(c)(2)).
Persons filing written submissions
must file the original document
electronically on or before the deadlines
stated above and submit 8 true paper
copies to the Office of the Secretary by
noon the next day pursuant to § 210.4(f)
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (19 CFR 210.4(f)).
Submissions should refer to the docket
number (‘‘Docket No. 3391’’) in a
prominent place on the cover page and/
or the first page. (See Handbook for
Electronic Filing Procedures, Electronic
Filing Procedures 1). Persons with
questions regarding filing should
contact the Secretary (202–205–2000).
Any person desiring to submit a
document to the Commission in
confidence must request confidential
treatment. All such requests should be
directed to the Secretary to the
Commission and must include a full
statement of the reasons why the
Commission should grant such
treatment. See 19 CFR 201.6. Documents
for which confidential treatment by the
Commission is properly sought will be
treated accordingly. All such requests
should be directed to the Secretary to
the Commission and must include a full
statement of the reasons why the
Commission should grant such
treatment. See 19 CFR 201.6. Documents
for which confidential treatment by the
Commission is properly sought will be
treated accordingly. All information,
including confidential business
information and documents for which
confidential treatment is properly
sought, submitted to the Commission for
purposes of this Investigation may be
disclosed to and used: (i) By the
Commission, its employees and Offices,
and contract personnel (a) for
developing or maintaining the records
of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in
internal investigations, audits, reviews,
and evaluations relating to the
programs, personnel, and operations of
the Commission including under 5
U.S.C. Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S.
government employees and contract
1 Handbook for Electronic Filing Procedures:
https://www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_on_
filing_procedures.pdf.
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personnel,2 solely for cybersecurity
purposes. All nonconfidential written
submissions will be available for public
inspection at the Office of the Secretary
and on EDIS.3
This action is taken under the
authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337),
and of §§ 201.10 and 210.8(c) of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (19 CFR 201.10, 210.8(c)).
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
By order of the Commission.
Issued: May 31, 2019.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
The Commission hereby gives
notice of the scheduling of an expedited
review pursuant to the Tariff Act of
1930 (‘‘the Act’’) to determine whether
revocation of the antidumping duty
order on steel nails from China would
be likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of material injury within a
reasonably foreseeable time.
DATES: April 12, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lawrence Jones-(202)-205–3358, Office
of Investigations, U.S. International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain
information on this matter by contacting
the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–
205–1810. Persons with mobility
impairments who will need special
assistance in gaining access to the
Commission should contact the Office
of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.
General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by
accessing its internet server (https://
www.usitc.gov). The public record for
this review may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background.—On April 12, 2019, the
Commission determined that the
domestic interested party group
response to its notice of institution (83
FR 62342, December 3, 2018) of the
subject five-year review was adequate
and that the respondent interested party
group response was inadequate. The
Commission did not find any other
circumstances that would warrant
conducting a full review.1 Accordingly,
the Commission determined that it
would conduct an expedited review
pursuant to section 751(c) (3) of the
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)
(3)).
For further information concerning
the conduct of this review and rules of
general application, consult the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
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Sunshine Act Meetings
United
States International Trade Commission.
AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:
June 11, 2019 at 11:00
a.m.
Room 101, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436, Telephone:
(202) 205–2000.
PLACE:
STATUS:
Open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
1. Agendas for future meetings: None.
2. Minutes.
3. Ratification List.
4. Vote on Inv. Nos. 701–TA–606 and
731–TA–1416 (Final) (Quartz
Surface Products from China). The
Commission is currently scheduled
to complete and file its
determinations and views of the
Commission by June 27, 2019.
5. Outstanding action jackets: None.
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In accordance with Commission
policy, subject matter listed above, not
disposed of at the scheduled meeting,
may be carried over to the agenda of the
following meeting.
By order of the Commission:
Issued: June 4, 2019.
William Bishop,
Supervisory Hearings and Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019–12034 Filed 6–4–19; 4:15 pm]
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contract personnel will sign appropriate
nondisclosure agreements.
3 Electronic Document Information System
(EDIS): https://edis.usitc.gov.
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Steel Nails From China; Scheduling of
an Expedited Five-Year Review
United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
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TIME AND DATE:
[Investigation No. 731–TA–1114 (Second
Review)]
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1 A record of the Commissioners’ votes, the
Commission’s statement on adequacy, and any
individual Commissioner’s statements will be
available from the Office of the Secretary and at the
Commission’s website.
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Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B
(19 CFR part 201), and part 207,
subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part
207).
Staff report.—A staff report
containing information concerning the
subject matter of the review will be
placed in the nonpublic record on June
5, 2019, and made available to persons
on the Administrative Protective Order
service list for this review. A public
version will be issued thereafter,
pursuant to section 207.62(d) (4) of the
Commission’s rules.
Written submissions.—As provided in
section 207.62(d) of the Commission’s
rules, interested parties that are parties
to the review and that have provided
individually adequate responses to the
notice of institution,2 and any party
other than an interested party to the
review may file written comments with
the Secretary on what determination the
Commission should reach in the review.
Comments are due on or before June 11,
2019 and may not contain new factual
information. Any person that is neither
a party to the five-year review nor an
interested party may submit a brief
written statement (which shall not
contain any new factual information)
pertinent to the review by June 11, 2019.
However, should the Department of
Commerce (‘‘Commerce’’) extend the
time limit for its completion of the final
results of its review, the deadline for
comments (which may not contain new
factual information) on Commerce’s
final results is three business days after
the issuance of Commerce’s results. If
comments contain business proprietary
information (BPI), they must conform
with the requirements of sections 201.6,
207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission’s
rules. The Commission’s rules with
respect to filing were revised effective
July 25, 2014. See 79 FR 35920 (June 25,
2014), and the revised Commission
Handbook on E-filing, available from the
Commission’s website at https://
www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_
on_filing_procedures.pdf.
In accordance with sections 201.16(c)
and 207.3 of the rules, each document
filed by a party to the review must be
served on all other parties to the review
(as identified by either the public or BPI
service list), and a certificate of service
must be timely filed. The Secretary will
not accept a document for filing without
a certificate of service.
Determination.—The Commission has
determined that this review are
extraordinarily complicated and
2 The Commission has found the responses
submitted by Mid-Continent to be individually
adequate. Comments from other interested parties
will not be accepted (see 19 CFR 207.62(d) (2)).
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Notice of Receipt of Complaint; Solicitation of Comments Relating
to the Public Interest
AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade
Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Laparoscopic
Surgical Staplers, Reload Cartridges, and Components Thereof, DN 3391;
the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues
raised by the complaint or complainant's filing pursuant to the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa R. Barton, Secretary to the
Commission, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 205-2000. The public version of
the complaint can be accessed on the Commission's Electronic Document
Information System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov, and will be
available for inspection during official business hours (8:45 a.m. to
5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 205-
2000.
General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained
by accessing its internet server at United States International Trade
Commission (USITC) at https://www.usitc.gov. The public record for this
investigation may be viewed on the Commission's Electronic Document
Information System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired
persons are advised that information on this matter can be obtained by
contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on (202) 205-1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has received a complaint and
a submission pursuant to Sec. 210.8(b) of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure filed on behalf of Ethicon LLC; Ethicon Endo-
Surgery, Inc.; and Ethicon US, LLC on May 30, 2019. The complaint
alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1337) in the importation into the United States, the sale for
importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of
certain laparoscopic surgical staplers, reload cartridges, and
components thereof. The complaint names as respondents: Intuitive
Surgical Inc. of Sunnyvale, CA; Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. of
Sunnyvale, CA; Intuitive Surgical Holdings, LLC of Sunnyvale, CA; and
Intuitive Surgical S.DE R.L. DE C.V. of Mexico. The complainant
requests that the Commission issue a limited exclusion order, cease and
desist orders, and impose a bond upon respondents' alleged infringing
articles during the 60-day Presidential review period pursuant to 19
U.S.C. 1337(j).
Proposed respondents, other interested parties, and members of the
public are invited to file comments, not to exceed five (5) pages in
length, inclusive of attachments, on any public interest issues raised
by the complaint or Sec. 210.8(b) filing. Comments should address
whether issuance of the relief specifically requested by the
complainant in this investigation would affect the public health and
welfare in the United States, competitive conditions in the United
States economy, the production of like or directly competitive articles
in the United States, or United States consumers.
In particular, the Commission is interested in comments that:
(i) Explain how the articles potentially subject to the requested
remedial orders are used in the United States;
(ii) identify any public health, safety, or welfare concerns in the
United States relating to the requested remedial orders;
(iii) identify like or directly competitive articles that
complainant, its licensees, or third parties make in the United States
which could replace the subject articles if they were to be excluded;
(iv) indicate whether complainant, complainant's licensees, and/or
third party suppliers have the capacity to replace the volume of
articles potentially subject to the requested exclusion order and/or a
cease and desist order within a commercially reasonable time; and
(v) explain how the requested remedial orders would impact United
States consumers.
Written submissions on the public interest must be filed no later
than by close of business, eight calendar days after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. There will be
further opportunities for comment on the public interest after the
issuance of any final initial determination in this investigation. Any
written submissions on other issues should be filed no later than by
close of business nine calendar days after the date of publication of
this notice in the Federal Register. Complainant may file a reply to
any written submission no later than the date on which complainant's
reply would be due under Sec. 210.8(c)(2) of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 210.8(c)(2)).
Persons filing written submissions must file the original document
electronically on or before the deadlines stated above and submit 8
true paper copies to the Office of the Secretary by noon the next day
pursuant to Sec. 210.4(f) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedure (19 CFR 210.4(f)). Submissions should refer to the docket
number (``Docket No. 3391'') in a prominent place on the cover page
and/or the first page. (See Handbook for Electronic Filing Procedures,
Electronic Filing Procedures \1\). Persons with questions regarding
filing should contact the Secretary (202-205-2000).
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Any person desiring to submit a document to the Commission in
confidence must request confidential treatment. All such requests
should be directed to the Secretary to the Commission and must include
a full statement of the reasons why the Commission should grant such
treatment. See 19 CFR 201.6. Documents for which confidential treatment
by the Commission is properly sought will be treated accordingly. All
such requests should be directed to the Secretary to the Commission and
must include a full statement of the reasons why the Commission should
grant such treatment. See 19 CFR 201.6. Documents for which
confidential treatment by the Commission is properly sought will be
treated accordingly. All information, including confidential business
information and documents for which confidential treatment is properly
sought, submitted to the Commission for purposes of this Investigation
may be disclosed to and used: (i) By the Commission, its employees and
Offices, and contract personnel (a) for developing or maintaining the
records of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in internal
investigations, audits, reviews, and evaluations relating to the
programs, personnel, and operations of the Commission including under 5
U.S.C. Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. government employees and contract
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This action is taken under the authority of section 337 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and of Sec. Sec.
201.10 and 210.8(c) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure
(19 CFR 201.10, 210.8(c)).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: May 31, 2019.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2019-11794 Filed 6-5-19; 8:45 am]
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