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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Improving Customer
Experience (OMB Circular A–11,
Section 280 Implementation)
Department of Commerce.
Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of Commerce
(DOC) will have under OMB review the
following proposed Information
Collection Request ‘‘Improving
Customer Experience (OMB Circular A–
11, Section 280 Implementation)’’ for
approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA), on or after the
date of publication of this notice. We
invite the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. Public comments for
this proposed collection were
previously requested via the Federal
Register on June 1, 2020 (85 FR 33085)
during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days
for public comments.
Agency: Department of Commerce
(DOC).
Title: Improving Customer Experience
(OMB Circular A–11, Section 280
Implementation).
OMB Control Number: 0690–NEW.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
New collection.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
752,925.
Estimated Time per Response: Varied,
dependent upon the activity or the data
collection method used. The possible
response time to complete a
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questionnaire or survey may be 3
minutes or up to 2 hours to participate
in an interview or focus group.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 55,471.
Needs and Uses: A modern,
streamlined and responsive customer
experience means: Raising governmentwide customer experience to the average
of the private sector service industry;
developing indicators for high-impact
Federal programs to monitor progress
towards excellent customer experience
and mature digital services; and
providing the structure (including
increasing transparency) and resources
to ensure customer experience is a focal
point for agency leadership.
This proposed information collection
activity provides a means to garner
customer and stakeholder feedback in
an efficient, timely manner in
accordance with the Administration’s
commitment to improving customer
service delivery as discussed in Section
280 of OMB Circular A–11 at https://
www.performance.gov/cx/a11-280.pdf.
As discussed in OMB guidance,
agencies should identify their highestimpact customer journeys (using
customer volume, annual program cost,
and/or knowledge of customer priority
as weighting factors) and select
touchpoints/transactions within those
journeys to collect feedback.
These results will be used to improve
the delivery of Federal services and
programs. It will also provide
government-wide data on customer
experience that can be displayed on
www.performance.gov to help build
transparency and accountability of
Federal programs to the customers they
serve.
As a general matter, these information
collections will not result in any new
system of records containing privacy
information and will not ask questions
of a sensitive nature, such as sexual
behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs,
and other matters that are commonly
considered private.
DOC will only submit collections if
they meet the following criteria.
• The collections are voluntary.
• The collections are low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours or burden-hours per
respondent) and are low-cost for both
the respondents and the Federal
Government.
• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of
concern to other Federal agencies.
• Any collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future.
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• Personally Identifiable Information
(PII) is collected only to the extent
necessary and is not retained.
• Information gathered is intended to
be used for general service improvement
and program management purposes
• Upon agreement between OMB and
the agency all or a subset of information
may be released as part of A–11, Section
280 requirements only on
performance.gov. Summaries of
customer research and user testing
activities may be included in publicfacing customer journey maps or
summaries.
• Additional release of data must be
done coordinated with OMB.
These collections will allow for
ongoing, collaborative, and actionable
communications between the Agency,
its customers and stakeholders, and
OMB as it monitors agency compliance
on Section 280. These responses will
inform efforts to improve or maintain
the quality of service offered to the
public. If this information is not
collected, vital feedback from customers
and stakeholders on services will be
unavailable.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; State, Local, or Tribal
government.
Frequency: On Occasion; Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Average Number of Respondents per
Activity: 1 response per respondent per
activity.
Average Expected Annual Number of
Activities: Approximately five types of
customer experience activities such as
feedback surveys, focus groups, user
testing, and interviews.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval. Comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology;
and (e) estimates of capital or start-up
costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information.
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Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons
to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–351–849]
Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber
From Brazil: Amended Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2017–2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is amending the final
results of the administrative review of
the antidumping duty (AD) order on
emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber (ESB
rubber) from Brazil to correct two
ministerial errors.
DATES: Applicable August 5, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Drew Jackson, 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) 482–4406.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On June 29, 2020, Commerce
published its Final Results of the 2017–
2018 administrative review of the AD
order on ESB rubber from Brazil.1 On
June 30, 2020, ARLANXEO Brasil S.A.
(ARLANXEO Brasil), the sole
respondent in this administrative
review, timely submitted ministerial
error comments regarding Commerce’s
Final Results.2 On July 6, 2020, the
petitioner 3 filed timely ministerial error
rebuttal comments.4 Commerce is
amending its Final Results to correct
two ministerial errors raised by
ARLANXEO Brasil.
Legal Framework
A ministerial error, as defined in
section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act), includes ‘‘errors
in addition, subtraction, or other
arithmetic function, clerical errors
resulting from inaccurate copying,
duplication, or the like, and any other
type of unintentional error which the
administering authority considers
ministerial.’’ 5 With respect to final
results of administrative reviews, 19
CFR 351.224(e) provides that Commerce
‘‘will analyze any comments received
and, if appropriate, correct any
ministerial error by amending . . . the
final results of review. . . .’’
Ministerial Error
Commerce committed two errors
within the meaning of section 751(h) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f). First,
Commerce committed a clerical error
with respect to setting the window
period established by 19 CFR 351.414
for the matching of sales, which
impacted the matching of U.S. sales to
home-market sales by the month in
which the sale occurred. Specifically,
contrary to our intent, in the margin
calculation program we set the
beginning of the window period at
February 1, 2017 rather than November
1, 2016. Second, Commerce committed
a calculation error in analyzing the data
related to an alleged sample sale.
Specifically, Commerce made an
arithmetical error, and as a result,
incorrectly concluded that the sale was
1 See Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from
Brazil: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2017–2018, 85 FR 38847
(June 29, 2020) (Final Results).
2 See ARLANXEO Brasil’s Letter, ‘‘Emulsion
Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Brazil: Ministerial
Error Comments on the Final Results Margin
Calculation for ARLANXEO,’’ dated June 30, 2020.
3 The petitioner is Lion Elastomers, LLC.
4 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Antidumping Review of
Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber (E–SBR) from
Brazil: Reply to ARLANXEO’s Ministerial Error
Comments,’’ dated July 6, 2020.
5 See 19 CFR 351.224(f).
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made for consideration such that it
should be included in the margin
calculation. As clerical and arithmetic
errors, these constitute ministerial errors
within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.224(f). Accordingly, Commerce
determines that, in accordance with
section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.224(f), it made ministerial errors in
the Final Results. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.224(e), Commerce is amending the
Final Results to reflect the correction of
these ministerial errors in the
calculation of the final weighted-average
dumping margin assigned to
ARLANXEO Brasil, which changes from
21.22 percent to 18.38 percent.6
Amended Final Results of the Review
As a result of correcting these
ministerial errors described above,
Commerce determines that, for the
period of review (POR) February 24,
2017 through August 31, 2018, the
following weighted-average dumping
margin exists:
Producer and/or exporter
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
ARLANXEO Brasil S.A ...............
18.38
Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculation
performed for these amended final
results in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
Antidumping Duty Assessment
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
Commerce has determined, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protections (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise in accordance with the
amended final results of this review. We
will calculate importer-specific
assessment rates on the basis of the ratio
of the total amount of antidumping
duties calculated for each importer’s
examined sales and the total entered
value of the sales in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(b)(1).
Commerce’s ‘‘automatic assessment’’
will apply to entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced
by companies included in these
amended final results of review for
which the reviewed companies did not
know that the merchandise they sold to
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Ministerial Error
Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2017–
2018 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Brazil,’’
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Agency Information Collection Activities; Improving Customer
Experience (OMB Circular A-11, Section 280 Implementation)
AGENCY: Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (DOC) will have under OMB review
the following proposed Information Collection Request ``Improving
Customer Experience (OMB Circular A-11, Section 280 Implementation)''
for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), on or after the
date of publication of this notice. We invite the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our
information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting
burden. Public comments for this proposed collection were previously
requested via the Federal Register on June 1, 2020 (85 FR 33085) during
a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days
for public comments.
Agency: Department of Commerce (DOC).
Title: Improving Customer Experience (OMB Circular A-11, Section
280 Implementation).
OMB Control Number: 0690-NEW.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission. New collection.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 752,925.
Estimated Time per Response: Varied, dependent upon the activity or
the data collection method used. The possible response time to complete
a questionnaire or survey may be 3 minutes or up to 2 hours to
participate in an interview or focus group.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 55,471.
Needs and Uses: A modern, streamlined and responsive customer
experience means: Raising government-wide customer experience to the
average of the private sector service industry; developing indicators
for high-impact Federal programs to monitor progress towards excellent
customer experience and mature digital services; and providing the
structure (including increasing transparency) and resources to ensure
customer experience is a focal point for agency leadership.
This proposed information collection activity provides a means to
garner customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner
in accordance with the Administration's commitment to improving
customer service delivery as discussed in Section 280 of OMB Circular
A-11 at https://www.performance.gov/cx/a11-280.pdf. As discussed in OMB
guidance, agencies should identify their highest-impact customer
journeys (using customer volume, annual program cost, and/or knowledge
of customer priority as weighting factors) and select touchpoints/
transactions within those journeys to collect feedback.
These results will be used to improve the delivery of Federal
services and programs. It will also provide government-wide data on
customer experience that can be displayed on www.performance.gov to
help build transparency and accountability of Federal programs to the
customers they serve.
As a general matter, these information collections will not result
in any new system of records containing privacy information and will
not ask questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior and
attitudes, religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly
considered private.
DOC will only submit collections if they meet the following
criteria.
The collections are voluntary.
The collections are low-burden for respondents (based on
considerations of total burden hours or burden-hours per respondent)
and are low-cost for both the respondents and the Federal Government.
The collections are non-controversial and do not raise
issues of concern to other Federal agencies.
Any collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions
from respondents who have experience with the program or may have
experience with the program in the near future.
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is collected
only to the extent necessary and is not retained.
Information gathered is intended to be used for general
service improvement and program management purposes
Upon agreement between OMB and the agency all or a subset
of information may be released as part of A-11, Section 280
requirements only on performance.gov. Summaries of customer research
and user testing activities may be included in public-facing customer
journey maps or summaries.
Additional release of data must be done coordinated with
OMB.
These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative, and
actionable communications between the Agency, its customers and
stakeholders, and OMB as it monitors agency compliance on Section 280.
These responses will inform efforts to improve or maintain the quality
of service offered to the public. If this information is not collected,
vital feedback from customers and stakeholders on services will be
unavailable.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; State, Local, or Tribal
government.
Frequency: On Occasion; Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary. Average Number of Respondents
per Activity: 1 response per respondent per
activity.
Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: Approximately five
types of customer experience activities such as feedback surveys, focus
groups, user testing, and interviews.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval. Comments are invited
on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e)
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
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Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide
information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able
to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, to
complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or
otherwise disclose the information.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the collection.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
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