Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act, 46049-46050 [2019-18889]
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imports of Subject Merchandise on the
Domestic Industry.
(5) A list of all known and currently
operating U.S. producers of the
Domestic Like Product. Identify any
known related parties and the nature of
the relationship as defined in section
771(4)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
1677(4)(B)).
(6) A list of all known and currently
operating U.S. importers of the Subject
Merchandise and producers of the
Subject Merchandise in the Subject
Country that currently export or have
exported Subject Merchandise to the
United States or other countries after
2013.
(7) A list of 3–5 leading purchasers in
the U.S. market for the Domestic Like
Product and the Subject Merchandise
(including street address, World Wide
Web address, and the name, telephone
number, fax number, and Email address
of a responsible official at each firm).
(8) A list of known sources of
information on national or regional
prices for the Domestic Like Product or
the Subject Merchandise in the U.S. or
other markets.
(9) If you are a U.S. producer of the
Domestic Like Product, provide the
following information on your firm’s
operations on that product during
calendar year 2018, except as noted
(report quantity data in short tons and
value data in U.S. dollars, f.o.b. plant).
If you are a union/worker group or
trade/business association, provide the
information, on an aggregate basis, for
the firms in which your workers are
employed/which are members of your
association.
(a) Production (quantity) and, if
known, an estimate of the percentage of
total U.S. production of the Domestic
Like Product accounted for by your
firm’s(s’) production;
(b) Capacity (quantity) of your firm to
produce the Domestic Like Product (that
is, the level of production that your
establishment(s) could reasonably have
expected to attain during the year,
assuming normal operating conditions
(using equipment and machinery in
place and ready to operate), normal
operating levels (hours per week/weeks
per year), time for downtime,
maintenance, repair, and cleanup, and a
typical or representative product mix);
(c) the quantity and value of U.S.
commercial shipments of the Domestic
Like Product produced in your U.S.
plant(s);
(d) the quantity and value of U.S.
internal consumption/company
transfers of the Domestic Like Product
produced in your U.S. plant(s); and
(e) the value of (i) net sales, (ii) cost
of goods sold (COGS), (iii) gross profit,
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(iv) selling, general and administrative
(SG&A) expenses, and (v) operating
income of the Domestic Like Product
produced in your U.S. plant(s) (include
both U.S. and export commercial sales,
internal consumption, and company
transfers) for your most recently
completed fiscal year (identify the date
on which your fiscal year ends).
(10) If you are a U.S. importer or a
trade/business association of U.S.
importers of the Subject Merchandise
from the Subject Country, provide the
following information on your firm’s(s’)
operations on that product during
calendar year 2018 (report quantity data
in short tons and value data in U.S.
dollars). If you are a trade/business
association, provide the information, on
an aggregate basis, for the firms which
are members of your association.
(a) The quantity and value (landed,
duty-paid but not including
antidumping duties) of U.S. imports
and, if known, an estimate of the
percentage of total U.S. imports of
Subject Merchandise from the Subject
Country accounted for by your firm’s(s’)
imports;
(b) the quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S.
port, including antidumping duties) of
U.S. commercial shipments of Subject
Merchandise imported from the Subject
Country; and
(c) the quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S.
port, including antidumping duties) of
U.S. internal consumption/company
transfers of Subject Merchandise
imported from the Subject Country.
(11) If you are a producer, an exporter,
or a trade/business association of
producers or exporters of the Subject
Merchandise in the Subject Country,
provide the following information on
your firm’s(s’) operations on that
product during calendar year 2018
(report quantity data in short tons and
value data in U.S. dollars, landed and
duty-paid at the U.S. port but not
including antidumping duties). If you
are a trade/business association, provide
the information, on an aggregate basis,
for the firms which are members of your
association.
(a) Production (quantity) and, if
known, an estimate of the percentage of
total production of Subject Merchandise
in the Subject Country accounted for by
your firm’s(s’) production;
(b) Capacity (quantity) of your firm(s)
to produce the Subject Merchandise in
the Subject Country (that is, the level of
production that your establishment(s)
could reasonably have expected to
attain during the year, assuming normal
operating conditions (using equipment
and machinery in place and ready to
operate), normal operating levels (hours
per week/weeks per year), time for
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downtime, maintenance, repair, and
cleanup, and a typical or representative
product mix); and
(c) the quantity and value of your
firm’s(s’) exports to the United States of
Subject Merchandise and, if known, an
estimate of the percentage of total
exports to the United States of Subject
Merchandise from the Subject Country
accounted for by your firm’s(s’) exports.
(12) Identify significant changes, if
any, in the supply and demand
conditions or business cycle for the
Domestic Like Product that have
occurred in the United States or in the
market for the Subject Merchandise in
the Subject Country after 2013, and
significant changes, if any, that are
likely to occur within a reasonably
foreseeable time. Supply conditions to
consider include technology;
production methods; development
efforts; ability to increase production
(including the shift of production
facilities used for other products and the
use, cost, or availability of major inputs
into production); and factors related to
the ability to shift supply among
different national markets (including
barriers to importation in foreign
markets or changes in market demand
abroad). Demand conditions to consider
include end uses and applications; the
existence and availability of substitute
products; and the level of competition
among the Domestic Like Product
produced in the United States, Subject
Merchandise produced in the Subject
Country, and such merchandise from
other countries.
(13) (OPTIONAL) A statement of
whether you agree with the above
definitions of the Domestic Like Product
and Domestic Industry; if you disagree
with either or both of these definitions,
please explain why and provide
alternative definitions.
Authority: This proceeding is being
conducted under authority of title VII of the
Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published
pursuant to section 207.61 of the
Commission’s rules.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: August 26, 2019.
William Bishop,
Supervisory Hearings and Information
Officer.
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BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Water
Act
On August 27, 2019, the Department
of Justice lodged a proposed Consent
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Decree with the United States District
Court for the Southern of Texas in the
lawsuit entitled United States and State
of Texas v. City of Houston, Texas, Civil
Action No. 4:18–cv–03368.
The United States and the State of
Texas filed a joint Complaint against the
City, pursuant to Section 309(b) and (d)
of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.
1319(b) and (d) and provisions of the
Texas Water Code. The Complaint
seeks, inter alia, injunctive relief to
address and eliminate illegal discharges,
namely sanitary sewer overflows,
occurring from the City’s wastewater
collection and transmission system and
(b) discharges of pollutants from
wastewater treatment plants that exceed
effluent limits established in stateissued permits. Under the proposed
Consent Decree, the City will implement
comprehensive injunctive relief
measures to eliminate both SSOs and
effluent violations, as well as measures
to prevent such violations. The City will
pay a civil penalty of $4.4 million,
which amount will be shared equally by
the United States and the State.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
Consent Decree. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to
United States and State of Texas v. City
of Houston, Texas, D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–
1–1–08687/1. All comments must be
submitted no later than thirty (30) days
after the publication date of this notice.
Comments may be submitted either by
email or by mail:
To submit
comments:
Send them to:
By email .......
pubcomment-ees.enrd@
usdoj.gov.
Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O.
Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611.
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During the public comment period,
the Consent Decree may be examined
and downloaded at this Justice
Department website: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
We will provide a paper copy of the
Consent Decree upon written request
and payment of reproduction costs.
Please mail your request and payment
to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ—
ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611.
Please enclose a check or money order
for $39.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury. For a paper copy
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without the exhibits and signature
pages, the cost is $20.50.
Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2019–18889 Filed 8–30–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security
Administration
198th Meeting of the Advisory Council
on Employee Welfare and Pension
Benefit Plans; Notice of
Teleconference Meeting
Pursuant to the authority contained in
Section 512 of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29
U.S.C. 1142, the 198th meeting of the
Advisory Council on Employee Welfare
and Pension Benefit Plans (also known
as the ERISA Advisory Council) will be
held as a teleconference on September
25, 2019.
The meeting will take place at the
U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20210 in C5515 Room 2. The
meeting will run from 10:00 a.m. to
approximately 4:00 p.m. The purpose of
the open meeting is to discuss reports/
recommendations for the Secretary of
Labor on the issues of: (1) Beyond Plan
Audit Compliance: Improving the
Financial Statement Audit Process and
(2) Permissive Transfers of Uncashed
Checks from ERISA Plans to State
Unclaimed Property Funds.
Descriptions of these topics are
available on the Advisory Council page
of the Employee Benefits Security
Administration website, at https://
www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/
about-us/erisa-advisory-council.
Organizations or members of the
public wishing to submit a written
statement may do so by submitting 20
copies on or before September 18, 2019,
to Larry Good, Executive Secretary,
ERISA Advisory Council, U.S.
Department of Labor, Suite N–5623, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20210. Statements also may be
submitted as email attachments in word
processing or pdf format transmitted to
good.larry@dol.gov. It is requested that
statements not be included in the body
of the email. Statements deemed
relevant by the Advisory Council and
received on or before September 18 will
be included in the record of the meeting
and made available through the EBSA
Public Disclosure Room. Do not include
any personally identifiable information
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(such as name, address, or other contact
information) or confidential business
information that you do not want
publicly disclosed.
Individuals or representatives of
organizations wishing to address the
Advisory Council should forward their
requests to the Executive Secretary or
telephone (202) 693–8668. Oral
presentations will be limited to 10
minutes, time permitting, but an
extended statement may be submitted
for the record. Individuals with
disabilities who need special
accommodations should contact the
Executive Secretary by September 18,
2019 at the address indicated.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of
August, 2019.
Preston Rutledge,
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019–18967 Filed 8–30–19; 8:45 am]
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice (19–048)]
Notice of Intent To Grant Partially
Exclusive Patent License
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of intent to grant
partially exclusive patent license.
AGENCY:
NASA hereby gives notice of
its intent to grant a partially exclusive
patent license in the United States to
practice the invention described and
claimed in U.S. Patent Number
7,381,186 B2, titled ‘‘Method and
Apparatus to Assess Compartment
Syndrome,’’ NASA Case Number LAR–
16854–1, to Aspire MedTech Inc. having
its principal place of business in Tampa
Bay, Florida. The fields of use may be
limited to devices to assess
compartment syndrome and/or similar
field(s) of use thereto. NASA has not yet
made a determination to grant the
requested license and may deny the
requested license even if no objections
are submitted within the comment
period.
DATES: The prospective partially
exclusive patent license may be granted
unless NASA receives written
objections, including evidence and
argument, no later than September 18,
2019 that establish that the grant of the
license would not be consistent with the
requirements regarding the licensing of
federally owned inventions as set forth
in the Bayh-Dohl Act and implementing
regulations. Competing applications
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean
Water Act
On August 27, 2019, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent
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Decree with the United States District Court for the Southern of Texas
in the lawsuit entitled United States and State of Texas v. City of
Houston, Texas, Civil Action No. 4:18-cv-03368.
The United States and the State of Texas filed a joint Complaint
against the City, pursuant to Section 309(b) and (d) of the Clean Water
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319(b) and (d) and provisions of the Texas Water Code.
The Complaint seeks, inter alia, injunctive relief to address and
eliminate illegal discharges, namely sanitary sewer overflows,
occurring from the City's wastewater collection and transmission system
and (b) discharges of pollutants from wastewater treatment plants that
exceed effluent limits established in state-issued permits. Under the
proposed Consent Decree, the City will implement comprehensive
injunctive relief measures to eliminate both SSOs and effluent
violations, as well as measures to prevent such violations. The City
will pay a civil penalty of $4.4 million, which amount will be shared
equally by the United States and the State.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
should refer to United States and State of Texas v. City of Houston,
Texas, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-08687/1. All comments must be submitted
no later than thirty (30) days after the publication date of this
notice. Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:
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To submit comments: Send them to:
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By email............................ [email protected].
By mail............................. Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of
the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library,
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
Please enclose a check or money order for $39.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper
copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $20.50.
Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-18889 Filed 8-30-19; 8:45 am]
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