National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee Request for Public Comments on the Potential Market Impact of the Proposed Amendment to Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Materials Plan and the Proposed Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Materials Plan, 49089-49092 [2019-20200]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 190912–0026]
RIN 0694–XC055
National Defense Stockpile Market
Impact Committee Request for Public
Comments on the Potential Market
Impact of the Proposed Amendment to
Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Materials Plan
and the Proposed Fiscal Year 2021
Annual Materials Plan
Bureau of Industry and
Security, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of inquiry; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The purpose of this notice is
to request public comments on the
potential market impact of a proposed
amendment to the Fiscal Year 2020
National Defense Stockpile Annual
Materials Plan (AMP) and the proposed
Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense
Stockpile AMP. Changes to the AMP are
discussed and decided by the National
Defense Stockpile Market Impact
Committee, co-chaired by the
Departments of Commerce and State.
The role of the Market Impact
Committee is to advise the National
Defense Stockpile Manager on the
projected domestic and foreign
economic effects of all acquisitions,
conversions, and disposals involving
the stockpile and related material
research and development projects.
Public comments are an important
element of the Committee’s market
impact review process.
DATES: To be considered, written
comments must be received by October
18, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this rule may
be submitted to the Federal rulemaking
portal (www.regulations.gov). The
regulations.gov ID for this rule is: BIS–
2019–0024. All relevant comments
SUMMARY:
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(including any personally identifying
information) will be made available for
public inspection and copying.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Parya Fenton, Office of Strategic
Industries and Economic Security,
Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S.
Department of Commerce, telephone:
(202) 482–8228, fax: (202) 482–5650
(Attn: Parya Fenton), email: MIC@
bis.doc.gov. All questions submitted
through email must include the phrase
‘‘Market Impact Committee Notice of
Inquiry’’ in the subject line.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under the authority of the Strategic
and Critical Materials Stock Piling
Revision Act of 1979, as amended (the
Stock Piling Act) (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.),
the Department of Defense’s Defense
Logistics Agency (DLA), as National
Defense Stockpile Manager, maintains a
stockpile of strategic and critical
materials to supply the military,
industrial, and essential civilian needs
of the United States for national
defense. Section 9(b)(2)(G)(ii) of the
Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C.
98h(b)(2)(H)(ii)) authorizes the National
Defense Stockpile Manager to fund
material research and development
projects to develop new materials for
the stockpile.
Section 3314 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993
(FY 1993 NDAA) (50 U.S.C. 98h–1)
formally established a Market Impact
Committee (the Committee) to ‘‘advise
the National Defense Stockpile Manager
on the projected domestic and foreign
economic effects of all acquisitions and
disposals of materials from the stockpile
. . .’’ The Committee must also balance
market impact concerns with the
statutory requirement to protect the U.S.
Government against avoidable loss.
The Committee is comprised of
representatives from the Departments of
Commerce, State, Agriculture, Defense,
Energy, Interior, the Treasury, and
Homeland Security, and is co-chaired
by the Departments of Commerce and
State. The FY 1993 NDAA directs the
Committee to consult with industry
representatives that produce, process, or
consume the materials stored in or of
interest to the National Defense
Stockpile Manager.
As the National Defense Stockpile
Manager, the DLA must produce an
Annual Materials Plan (AMP) proposing
the maximum quantity of each listed
material that may be acquired, disposed
of, upgraded, converted, recovered, or
sold by the DLA in a particular fiscal
year. In Attachment 1, the DLA lists the
quantities of three materials it wishes to
acquire for the National Defense
Stockpile that were not included in the
previously approved Fiscal Year (FY)
2020 AMP. Attachment 1 also lists three
materials the DLA is targeting for
disposals from the National Defense
Stockpile that were likewise not
included in the previously approved FY
2020 AMP. The quantities listed for
potential disposal in Attachment 1 are
not disposal or sales target quantities,
but rather a statement of the proposed
maximum disposal quantity of each
listed material that may be sold in a
particular fiscal year by the DLA as
noted. The quantity of each material
that will actually be offered for sale will
depend on the market for the material
at the time of the offering as well as on
the quantity of each material approved
for disposal by Congress. The DLA is
seeking this amendment to the FY 2020
AMP to respond to changing market and
other conditions that were not foreseen
when the AMP was first submitted.
In Attachment 2, the DLA lists the
quantities and types of activity
(potential disposals, potential
acquisitions, potential conversions
(upgrade, rotation, reprocessing, etc.) or
potential recovery from government
sources) associated with each material
in its proposed FY 2021AMP. The
quantities listed in Attachment 2 are not
acquisition, disposal, upgrade,
conversion, recovery, reprocessing, or
sales target quantities, but rather a
statement of the proposed maximum
quantity of each listed material that may
be acquired, disposed of, upgraded,
converted, recovered, or sold in a
particular fiscal year by the DLA, as
noted. The quantity of each material
that will actually be acquired or offered
for sale will depend on the market for
the material at the time of the
acquisition or offering, as well as on the
quantity of each material approved for
acquisition, disposal, conversion
(upgrade, rotation, reprocessing, etc.), or
recovery by Congress.
The Committee is seeking public
comments on the potential market
impact associated with the proposed
amendment to the FY 2020 AMP and
proposed FY 2021 AMP as enumerated
in the Attachments. Public comments
are an important element of the
Committee’s market impact review
process.
Submission of Comments
The Committee requests that
interested parties provide written
comments, supporting data and
documentation, and any other relevant
information on the potential market
impact of the quantities associated with
the proposed amendment to the FY
2020 AMP and the proposed FY 2021
AMP. All comments must be submitted
to BIS as described in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice. Commenters
should indicate whether their comment
is related to the proposed amendment to
the FY 2020 AMP or the proposed FY
2021 AMP.
The Committee encourages interested
persons who wish to comment to do so
at the earliest possible time. The period
for submission of comments will close
on October 18, 2019. The Committee
will consider all comments received
before the close of the comment period.
Comments received after the end of the
comment period will be considered, if
possible, but their consideration cannot
be assured.
Anyone submitting business
confidential information should clearly
identify the business confidential
portion of the submission and also
provide a non-confidential submission
that can be placed in the public record.
The Committee will seek to protect such
information to the extent permitted by
law.
Dated: September 12, 2019.
Richard E. Ashooh,
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration.
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ATTACHMENT 1—PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO FISCAL YEAR 2020 ANNUAL MATERIALS PLAN
Material
Unit
Quantity
Proposed Acquisitions
Neodymium ..................................................................................................................
Rare Earth Magnet Block .............................................................................................
Praseodymium ..............................................................................................................
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ATTACHMENT 1—PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO FISCAL YEAR 2020 ANNUAL MATERIALS PLAN—Continued
Material
Unit
Quantity
Proposed Disposals
Cobalt ...........................................................................................................................
Quartz Crystals .............................................................................................................
Tin .................................................................................................................................
Lbs ............................................................
Lbs ............................................................
MT .............................................................
666,792
15,759
804
ATTACHMENT 2—PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2021 ANNUAL MATERIALS PLAN
Material
Unit
Quantity
Footnote
Potential Disposals
Beryllium Metal ..........................................................................................
Chromium, Ferro ........................................................................................
Chromium, Metal .......................................................................................
Germanium Scrap ......................................................................................
Manganese, Ferro .....................................................................................
Manganese, Metallurgical Grade ...............................................................
Aerospace Alloys .......................................................................................
Platinum .....................................................................................................
PGM—Iridium ............................................................................................
Quartz Crystals ..........................................................................................
Tantalum Carbide Powder .........................................................................
Tantalum Scrap .........................................................................................
Tin ..............................................................................................................
Titanium Based Alloys ...............................................................................
Tungsten Metal Powder .............................................................................
Tungsten Ores and Concentrates .............................................................
Zinc ............................................................................................................
ST ....................................................
ST ....................................................
ST ....................................................
kg .....................................................
ST ....................................................
SDT .................................................
Lbs ...................................................
Tr Oz ...............................................
Tr Oz ...............................................
Lbs ...................................................
Lb Ta ...............................................
Lbs ...................................................
MT ...................................................
Lbs ...................................................
LB W ................................................
LB W ................................................
ST ....................................................
8
24,000
500
3,000
50,000
322,025
1,500,000
8,380
489
15,759
3,777
190
4,034
600,000
275,741
3,000,000
7,993
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1,100
1,000
72
5,000
500
20
5,000
1,300
600
70
100
600
7,000,000
50
875
33,990
5,000
600
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32,000
72
35
5,000
50
25
12
875
804
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50
50
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Potential Acquisitions
Antimony ....................................................................................................
Boron Carbide ............................................................................................
High Modulus High Strength Carbon Fibers .............................................
Carbon Fibers ............................................................................................
Cerium .......................................................................................................
Dysprosium ................................................................................................
Electrolytic Manganese Metal ....................................................................
Lanthanum .................................................................................................
Neodymium ................................................................................................
Praseodymium ...........................................................................................
Rare Earth Magnet Block ..........................................................................
Rayon .........................................................................................................
RDX/HMX/IMX/TNT ...................................................................................
Samarium Cobalt Alloy ..............................................................................
Silicon Carbide Fibers ...............................................................................
Tantalum ....................................................................................................
Tungsten Rhenium Metal ..........................................................................
Yttrium ........................................................................................................
MT ...................................................
MT ...................................................
MT ...................................................
Lbs ...................................................
MT ...................................................
MT ...................................................
MT ...................................................
MT ...................................................
MT ...................................................
MT ...................................................
MT ...................................................
MT ...................................................
Lbs ...................................................
MT ...................................................
Lbs ...................................................
Lb Ta ...............................................
kg .....................................................
MT ...................................................
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Potential Conversions (Upgrade, Rotation, Reprocessing, etc.)
Beryllium Metal ..........................................................................................
CZT (Cadmium Zinc Tellurium substrates) ...............................................
High Modulus High Strength Carbon Fibers .............................................
Europium ....................................................................................................
Germanium (Scrap) ...................................................................................
Iridium Catalyst ..........................................................................................
Lithium Ion Materials .................................................................................
Rare Earths Elements ...............................................................................
Silicon Carbide Fibers ...............................................................................
Tin ..............................................................................................................
ST ....................................................
cm2 ..................................................
MT ...................................................
MT ...................................................
kg .....................................................
Lbs ...................................................
MT ...................................................
MT ...................................................
Lbs ...................................................
MT ...................................................
Potential Recovery From Government sources
Bearing Steel .............................................................................................
E-Waste .....................................................................................................
Gadolinium Oxide ......................................................................................
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ATTACHMENT 2—PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2021 ANNUAL MATERIALS PLAN—Continued
Material
Unit
Quantity
Germanium (Scrap) ...................................................................................
Iridium Catalyst (Scrap) .............................................................................
Lithium Ion Materials .................................................................................
Magnesium Metal ......................................................................................
Rhenium Metal ...........................................................................................
Aerospace Alloys .......................................................................................
Tantalum ....................................................................................................
Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Rods (Scrap) ....................................................
Zirconia Oxide ............................................................................................
kg .....................................................
Lbs ...................................................
MT ...................................................
MT ...................................................
kg .....................................................
Lbs ...................................................
MT ...................................................
kg .....................................................
MT ...................................................
5,000
50
25
25
500
1,500,000
10
250
4
Footnote
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Footnote Key:
1 Strategic and Critical Materials collected from E-Waste (Strategic Materials collected from electronics waste).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–979]
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
Whether or Not Assembled Into
Modules, 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: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is rescinding, in part, the
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on crystalline
silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or
not assembled into modules from the
People’s Republic of China (China) for
the period of review (POR) December 1,
2017, through November 30, 2018.
DATES: Applicable September 18, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Pedersen, AD/CVD Operations, Office
IV, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482–2769.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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Background
On December 7, 2012, the Department
of Commerce (Commerce) published in
the Federal Register the antidumping
duty order on crystalline silicon
photovoltaic cells, whether or not
assembled into modules, from China.1
On December 3, 2018, Commerce
1 See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from the
People’s Republic of China: Amended Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
and Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 73018
(December 7, 2012) (Order).
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published a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the
Order.2 Commerce received multiple
timely requests for an administrative
review of the Order. On March 14, 2019,
in accordance with section 751(a) of
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
Commerce published in the Federal
Register a notice of the initiation of an
administrative review of the Order.3 The
administrative review was initiated with
respect to 54 companies or groups of
companies, and covers the period from
December 1, 2017, through November
30, 2018. Requesting parties have
subsequently timely withdrawn all
review requests for 14 companies or
groups of companies for which
Commerce initiated a review, as
discussed below.
Rescission of Review, in Part
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. All
requesting parties withdrew their
respective requests for an administrative
review of the 14 companies or groups of
companies listed in the Appendix
within 90 days of the date of publication
of Initiation Notice. Accordingly,
Commerce is rescinding this review
with respect to these companies, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).4
2 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
To Request Administrative Review, 83 FR 62293
(December 3, 2018).
3 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR
9297 (March 14, 2019) (Initiation Notice).
4 See Appendix. As stated in Change in Practice
in NME Reviews, Commerce will no longer consider
the non-market economy (NME) entity as an
exporter conditionally subject to administrative
reviews. See Antidumping Proceedings:
Announcement of Change in Department Practice
for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the
Nonmarket Economy Entity in NME Antidumping
Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
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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
result in Commerce’s presumption that
reimbursement of the antidumping
duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping
duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the return or destruction
of APO materials, or conversion to
judicial protective order, is hereby
The China-wide entity is not subject to this
administrative review because no interested party
requested a review of the entity. See Initiation
Notice.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 190912-0026]
RIN 0694-XC055
National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee Request for
Public Comments on the Potential Market Impact of the Proposed
Amendment to Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Materials Plan and the Proposed
Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Materials Plan
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of inquiry; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to request public comments on
the potential market impact of a proposed amendment to the Fiscal Year
2020 National Defense Stockpile Annual Materials Plan (AMP) and the
proposed Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Stockpile AMP. Changes to
the AMP are discussed and decided by the National Defense Stockpile
Market Impact Committee, co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and
State. The role of the Market Impact Committee is to advise the
National Defense Stockpile Manager on the projected domestic and
foreign economic effects of all acquisitions, conversions, and
disposals involving the stockpile and related material research and
development projects. Public comments are an important element of the
Committee's market impact review process.
DATES: To be considered, written comments must be received by October
18, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this rule may be submitted to the Federal
rulemaking portal (www.regulations.gov). The regulations.gov ID for
this rule is: BIS-2019-0024. All relevant comments
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(including any personally identifying information) will be made
available for public inspection and copying.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Parya Fenton, Office of Strategic
Industries and Economic Security, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S.
Department of Commerce, telephone: (202) 482-8228, fax: (202) 482-5650
(Attn: Parya Fenton), email: [email protected]. All questions submitted
through email must include the phrase ``Market Impact Committee Notice
of Inquiry'' in the subject line.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under the authority of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock
Piling Revision Act of 1979, as amended (the Stock Piling Act) (50
U.S.C. 98 et seq.), the Department of Defense's Defense Logistics
Agency (DLA), as National Defense Stockpile Manager, maintains a
stockpile of strategic and critical materials to supply the military,
industrial, and essential civilian needs of the United States for
national defense. Section 9(b)(2)(G)(ii) of the Stock Piling Act (50
U.S.C. 98h(b)(2)(H)(ii)) authorizes the National Defense Stockpile
Manager to fund material research and development projects to develop
new materials for the stockpile.
Section 3314 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1993 (FY 1993 NDAA) (50 U.S.C. 98h-1) formally established a
Market Impact Committee (the Committee) to ``advise the National
Defense Stockpile Manager on the projected domestic and foreign
economic effects of all acquisitions and disposals of materials from
the stockpile . . .'' The Committee must also balance market impact
concerns with the statutory requirement to protect the U.S. Government
against avoidable loss.
The Committee is comprised of representatives from the Departments
of Commerce, State, Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior, the
Treasury, and Homeland Security, and is co-chaired by the Departments
of Commerce and State. The FY 1993 NDAA directs the Committee to
consult with industry representatives that produce, process, or consume
the materials stored in or of interest to the National Defense
Stockpile Manager.
As the National Defense Stockpile Manager, the DLA must produce an
Annual Materials Plan (AMP) proposing the maximum quantity of each
listed material that may be acquired, disposed of, upgraded, converted,
recovered, or sold by the DLA in a particular fiscal year. In
Attachment 1, the DLA lists the quantities of three materials it wishes
to acquire for the National Defense Stockpile that were not included in
the previously approved Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 AMP. Attachment 1 also
lists three materials the DLA is targeting for disposals from the
National Defense Stockpile that were likewise not included in the
previously approved FY 2020 AMP. The quantities listed for potential
disposal in Attachment 1 are not disposal or sales target quantities,
but rather a statement of the proposed maximum disposal quantity of
each listed material that may be sold in a particular fiscal year by
the DLA as noted. The quantity of each material that will actually be
offered for sale will depend on the market for the material at the time
of the offering as well as on the quantity of each material approved
for disposal by Congress. The DLA is seeking this amendment to the FY
2020 AMP to respond to changing market and other conditions that were
not foreseen when the AMP was first submitted.
In Attachment 2, the DLA lists the quantities and types of activity
(potential disposals, potential acquisitions, potential conversions
(upgrade, rotation, reprocessing, etc.) or potential recovery from
government sources) associated with each material in its proposed FY
2021AMP. The quantities listed in Attachment 2 are not acquisition,
disposal, upgrade, conversion, recovery, reprocessing, or sales target
quantities, but rather a statement of the proposed maximum quantity of
each listed material that may be acquired, disposed of, upgraded,
converted, recovered, or sold in a particular fiscal year by the DLA,
as noted. The quantity of each material that will actually be acquired
or offered for sale will depend on the market for the material at the
time of the acquisition or offering, as well as on the quantity of each
material approved for acquisition, disposal, conversion (upgrade,
rotation, reprocessing, etc.), or recovery by Congress.
The Committee is seeking public comments on the potential market
impact associated with the proposed amendment to the FY 2020 AMP and
proposed FY 2021 AMP as enumerated in the Attachments. Public comments
are an important element of the Committee's market impact review
process.
Submission of Comments
The Committee requests that interested parties provide written
comments, supporting data and documentation, and any other relevant
information on the potential market impact of the quantities associated
with the proposed amendment to the FY 2020 AMP and the proposed FY 2021
AMP. All comments must be submitted to BIS as described in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice. Commenters should indicate whether
their comment is related to the proposed amendment to the FY 2020 AMP
or the proposed FY 2021 AMP.
The Committee encourages interested persons who wish to comment to
do so at the earliest possible time. The period for submission of
comments will close on October 18, 2019. The Committee will consider
all comments received before the close of the comment period. Comments
received after the end of the comment period will be considered, if
possible, but their consideration cannot be assured.
Anyone submitting business confidential information should clearly
identify the business confidential portion of the submission and also
provide a non-confidential submission that can be placed in the public
record. The Committee will seek to protect such information to the
extent permitted by law.
Dated: September 12, 2019.
Richard E. Ashooh,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
Attachment 1--Proposed Amendment to Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Materials
Plan
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Material Unit Quantity
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Proposed Acquisitions
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Neodymium......................... MT.................. 40
Rare Earth Magnet Block........... MT.................. 18.5
Praseodymium...................... MT.................. 14
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Proposed Disposals
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Cobalt............................ Lbs................. 666,792
Quartz Crystals................... Lbs................. 15,759
Tin............................... MT.................. 804
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Attachment 2--Proposed Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Materials Plan
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Material Unit Quantity Footnote
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Potential Disposals
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Beryllium Metal.............................. ST.............................. 8 ...............
Chromium, Ferro.............................. ST.............................. 24,000 ...............
Chromium, Metal.............................. ST.............................. 500 ...............
Germanium Scrap.............................. kg.............................. 3,000 ...............
Manganese, Ferro............................. ST.............................. 50,000 ...............
Manganese, Metallurgical Grade............... SDT............................. 322,025 ...............
Aerospace Alloys............................. Lbs............................. 1,500,000 ...............
Platinum..................................... Tr Oz........................... 8,380 ...............
PGM--Iridium................................. Tr Oz........................... 489 ...............
Quartz Crystals.............................. Lbs............................. 15,759 ...............
Tantalum Carbide Powder...................... Lb Ta........................... 3,777 ...............
Tantalum Scrap............................... Lbs............................. 190 ...............
Tin.......................................... MT.............................. 4,034 ...............
Titanium Based Alloys........................ Lbs............................. 600,000 ...............
Tungsten Metal Powder........................ LB W............................ 275,741 ...............
Tungsten Ores and Concentrates............... LB W............................ 3,000,000 ...............
Zinc......................................... ST.............................. 7,993 ...............
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Potential Acquisitions
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Antimony..................................... MT.............................. 1,100 ...............
Boron Carbide................................ MT.............................. 1,000 ...............
High Modulus High Strength Carbon Fibers..... MT.............................. 72 ...............
Carbon Fibers................................ Lbs............................. 5,000 ...............
Cerium....................................... MT.............................. 500 ...............
Dysprosium................................... MT.............................. 20 ...............
Electrolytic Manganese Metal................. MT.............................. 5,000 ...............
Lanthanum.................................... MT.............................. 1,300 ...............
Neodymium.................................... MT.............................. 600 ...............
Praseodymium................................. MT.............................. 70 ...............
Rare Earth Magnet Block...................... MT.............................. 100 ...............
Rayon........................................ MT.............................. 600 ...............
RDX/HMX/IMX/TNT.............................. Lbs............................. 7,000,000 ...............
Samarium Cobalt Alloy........................ MT.............................. 50 ...............
Silicon Carbide Fibers....................... Lbs............................. 875 ...............
Tantalum..................................... Lb Ta........................... 33,990 ...............
Tungsten Rhenium Metal....................... kg.............................. 5,000 ...............
Yttrium...................................... MT.............................. 600 ...............
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Potential Conversions (Upgrade, Rotation, Reprocessing, etc.)
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Beryllium Metal.............................. ST.............................. 8 ...............
CZT (Cadmium Zinc Tellurium substrates)...... cm\2\........................... 32,000 ...............
High Modulus High Strength Carbon Fibers..... MT.............................. 72 ...............
Europium..................................... MT.............................. 35 ...............
Germanium (Scrap)............................ kg.............................. 5,000 ...............
Iridium Catalyst............................. Lbs............................. 50 ...............
Lithium Ion Materials........................ MT.............................. 25 ...............
Rare Earths Elements......................... MT.............................. 12 ...............
Silicon Carbide Fibers....................... Lbs............................. 875 ...............
Tin.......................................... MT.............................. 804 ...............
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Potential Recovery From Government sources
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Bearing Steel................................ MT.............................. 50 ...............
E-Waste...................................... MT.............................. 50 (\1\)
Gadolinium Oxide............................. MT.............................. 4 ...............
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Germanium (Scrap)............................ kg.............................. 5,000 ...............
Iridium Catalyst (Scrap)..................... Lbs............................. 50 ...............
Lithium Ion Materials........................ MT.............................. 25 ...............
Magnesium Metal.............................. MT.............................. 25 ...............
Rhenium Metal................................ kg.............................. 500 ...............
Aerospace Alloys............................. Lbs............................. 1,500,000 ...............
Tantalum..................................... MT.............................. 10 ...............
Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Rods (Scrap)......... kg.............................. 250 ...............
Zirconia Oxide............................... MT.............................. 4 ...............
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Footnote Key:
\1\ Strategic and Critical Materials collected from E-Waste (Strategic Materials collected from electronics
waste).
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