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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 201214–0339]
RIN 0694–XC069
Notice of Termination National
Security Investigation of Imports of
Mobile Cranes
Office of Technology
Evaluation, Bureau of Industry and
Security, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of termination of
investigation.
AGENCY:
In this notice, the Department
is announcing that on November 23,
2020, the Secretary of Commerce
terminated an investigation under
section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act
of 1962, as amended, which was
initiated on May 19, 2020, to determine
whether imports of mobile cranes
threatened to impair the national
security. Notice of the investigation and
a request for public comments was
published in the Federal Register on
SUMMARY:
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May 26, 2020. The investigation was
originally requested in an application
submitted by the Manitowoc Company,
Inc. (‘‘Manitowoc’’) on December 19,
2019.
The investigation was terminated
on November 23, 2020.
DATES:
Documents related to this
investigation are available through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov under docket
number BIS–2020–0009.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For questions regarding this notice,
contact Erika Maynard, Industrial
Studies Division, Office of Technology
Evaluation, Bureau of Industry and
Security, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 482–0194, Mobilecranes232@
bis.doc.gov. For more information about
the section 232 program, including the
regulations and the text of previous
investigations, please see
www.bis.doc.gov/232.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 23, 2020, the Secretary
of Commerce terminated an
investigation under section 232 of the
Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as
amended, which was initiated on May
19, 2020, to determine whether imports
of mobile cranes threatened to impair
the national security. Notice of the
investigation and a request for public
comments was published in the Federal
Register on May 26, 2020 (85 FR 31439).
The investigation was originally
requested in an application submitted
by the Manitowoc Company, Inc.
(‘‘Manitowoc’’) on December 19, 2019.
On September 8, 2020, the Bureau of
Industry and Security (BIS) received a
formal request from Manitowoc to
withdraw its application and terminate
the investigation. Manitowoc stated that
the current economic environment is
very different from when Manitowoc
submitted the application in December
2019, given the effects of the COVID–19
pandemic. The Secretary of Commerce
has evaluated the request to withdraw
and has determined that it is
appropriate to terminate the
investigation.
Matthew S. Borman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 201214-0339]
RIN 0694-XC069
Notice of Termination National Security Investigation of Imports
of Mobile Cranes
AGENCY: Office of Technology Evaluation, Bureau of Industry and
Security, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of termination of investigation.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Department is announcing that on November
23, 2020, the Secretary of Commerce terminated an investigation under
section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, which was
initiated on May 19, 2020, to determine whether imports of mobile
cranes threatened to impair the national security. Notice of the
investigation and a request for public comments was published in the
Federal Register on May 26, 2020. The investigation was originally
requested in an application submitted by the Manitowoc Company, Inc.
(``Manitowoc'') on December 19, 2019.
DATES: The investigation was terminated on November 23, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Documents related to this investigation are available
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov
under docket number BIS-2020-0009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For questions regarding this notice, contact Erika Maynard,
Industrial Studies Division, Office of Technology Evaluation, Bureau of
Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-0194,
[email protected]. For more information about the section 232
program, including the regulations and the text of previous
investigations, please see www.bis.doc.gov/232.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 23, 2020, the Secretary of Commerce terminated an
investigation under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as
amended, which was initiated on May 19, 2020, to determine whether
imports of mobile cranes threatened to impair the national security.
Notice of the investigation and a request for public comments was
published in the Federal Register on May 26, 2020 (85 FR 31439). The
investigation was originally requested in an application submitted by
the Manitowoc Company, Inc. (``Manitowoc'') on December 19, 2019.
On September 8, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
received a formal request from Manitowoc to withdraw its application
and terminate the investigation. Manitowoc stated that the current
economic environment is very different from when Manitowoc submitted
the application in December 2019, given the effects of the COVID-19
pandemic. The Secretary of Commerce has evaluated the request to
withdraw and has determined that it is appropriate to terminate the
investigation.
Matthew S. Borman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-27863 Filed 12-17-20; 8:45 am]
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