Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 7-Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Authorization of Production Activity; Patheon Puerto Rico, Inc. (Pharmaceutical Products) Manatí, Puerto Rico, 500-501 [2020-29271]

Download as PDF 500 Notices Federal Register Vol. 86, No. 3 Wednesday, January 6, 2021 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Notice of Withdrawal; Reporting Process for Complaint of Employment Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation Against the Department of Commerce Office of the Secretary, Office of Civil Rights, Commerce. AGENCY: ACTION: Notice; withdrawal. On Thursday, October 1, 2020, the Department of Commerce (DOC) published a notice entitled, ‘‘Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Reporting Process for Complaint of Employment Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation Against the Department of Commerce.’’ That notice invited public comments on the proposed, and continuing information collection request for OMB Control Number 0694– 0024, Form Number: CD–545. Through the publication of this document, we are withdrawing the request for approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to collect this information collection. SUMMARY: The request for public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB published on October 1, 2020 and ended November 30, 2020. DATES: In a notice published in the Federal Register on October 1, 2020 (85 FR 61923), the Department of Commerce proposed to extend the information collection for the Form CD–545. However, we are withdrawing the request for this collection approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and instead, we are discontinuing the Form CD–545. jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:08 Jan 05, 2021 Jkt 253001 Background Executive Order (E.O.) 13087, issued on May 28, 1998, amended E.O. 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, to include sexual orientation as a prohibited basis of discrimination in Federal employment. Consistent with this E.O., Department Administrative Order (DAO) 215–11, Complaint Process for Sexual Orientation Discrimination, was established in 1999 to provide Department of Commerce employees and applicants for employment with a Department-wide and uniform complaint process by which to seek redress for claims of sexual orientation discrimination. Form CD–545 has been used in connection with the Department of Commerce’s Complaint Process for Sexual Orientation Discrimination. At the time DAO 215–11 was established and many years thereafter, Department employees and applicants were unable to pursue sexual orientation discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, and thus could not utilize the process afforded to Federal employees and applicants outlined in Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 1614. However, the Supreme Court, in Bostock v. Clayton County, 140 S. Ct. 1731 (2020), recently interpreted the prohibition against sex-based discrimination contained in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, to include sexual orientation discrimination in Federal employment. As such, Department employees and applicants are now able to pursue sexual orientation discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, and may utilize the process afforded to Federal employees and applicants outlined in 29 CFR part 1614. In response to the request for public comment, comments were received from Lisa Schnall, Senior Attorney Advisor, Office of Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on November 30, 2020, concerning Form CD–545 (Complaint of Employment Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation Against the Department of Commerce). In her comments, Ms. Schnall cited the Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County holding that the prohibition of sex discrimination in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 as amended, prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation, and recommended that the Department of Commerce withdraw Form CD–545, commenting that withdrawing the form would streamline and enhance the efficiency of the complaint process by ensuring that complaints of protected employment discrimination are reported on an existing form currently in use at the Department of Commerce. Since the matter of sexual orientation being a form of prohibited sex discrimination has now been decided with finality, we agree that withdrawing Form CD–545 would streamline and enhance the efficiency of the process for raising claims of sexual orientation and are therefore requesting the form’s discontinuation. Paul Redpath, Chief, Program Implementation Division, Office of Civil Rights, Department of Commerce, approved the publication of this Notice in the Federal Register. Dated: December 31, 2020. Sheleen Dumas, Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Commerce Department. [FR Doc. 2020–29254 Filed 1–5–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–BP–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [B–57–2020] Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 7— Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Authorization of Production Activity; Patheon Puerto Rico, Inc. (Pharmaceutical Products) Manatı´, Puerto Rico On September 2, 2020, Patheon Puerto Rico, Inc. (Patheon), submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility within Subzone 7L, in Manatı´, Puerto Rico. The notification was processed in accordance with the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including notice in the Federal Register inviting public comment (85 FR 56577—56578). On December 31, 2020, the applicant was notified of the FTZ Board’s decision that no further review of the activity is warranted at this time. The production activity described in the notification was authorized, subject to the FTZ Act E:\FR\FM\06JAN1.SGM 06JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 3 / Wednesday, January 6, 2021 / Notices and the FTZ Board’s regulations, including Section 400.14. Dated: December 31, 2020. Elizabeth Whiteman, Acting Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2020–29271 Filed 1–5–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–580–908] Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that passenger vehicle and light truck tires (passenger tires) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation is April 1, 2019, through March 31, 2020. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination. DATES: Applicable January 6, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elfi Blum or Jun Jack Zhao, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0197 or (202) 482–1396, respectively. AGENCY: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES This preliminary determination is made in accordance with section 733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Commerce published the notice of initiation of this investigation on June 29, 2020.1 On October 16, 2020, Commerce postponed the preliminary determination of this investigation by 50 days, to December 29, 2020, pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e).2 For a complete 1 See Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of LessThan-Fair-Value Investigations, 85 FR 38854 (June 29, 2020) (Initiation Notice). 2 See Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair- VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:08 Jan 05, 2021 Jkt 253001 description of the events that followed the initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix II to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance’s Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https:// access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content. Scope of the Investigation The products covered by this investigation are passenger tires from Korea. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I. Scope Comments In accordance with the preamble to Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation Notice set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).5 Certain interested parties commented on the scope of the investigation as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. For a summary of the product coverage comments on the record of this investigation, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, see the Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum.6 As discussed in the Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum, Commerce is preliminarily modifying the scope language as it appeared in the Initiation Value Investigations, 85 FR 65791 (October 16, 2020); see also Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Petitioner’s Request for Extension of Preliminary Determination,’’ dated October 1, 2020. 3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the Republic of Korea,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 4 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 5 See Initiation Notice, 85 FR at 38855. 6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Scope Comments Decision Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with this preliminary determination (Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 501 Notice. See the revised scope in Appendix I to this notice. The deadline to submit scope case briefs is established in the Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum. There will be no further opportunity for comments on scope-related issues.7 Methodology Commerce is conducting this investigation in accordance with section 731 of the Act. Commerce has calculated export price and constructed export price in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value (NV) is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. Furthermore, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, Commerce has preliminarily relied on partial facts otherwise available, with adverse inferences, for Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd (Hankook).8 For a full description of the methodology underlying the preliminary determination, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. All-Others Rate Sections 733(d)(1)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that in the preliminary determination Commerce shall determine an estimated all-others rate for all exporters and producers not individually examined. This rate shall be an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding rates that are zero, de minimis, or determined entirely under section 776 of the Act. In this investigation, Commerce calculated estimated weighted-average dumping margins for Hankook and Nexen that are not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available. Commerce calculated the all-others’ rate using an average of the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins calculated for the examined respondents weighted by each company’s publicly-ranged total 7 Case briefs and rebuttal briefs submitted in response to this preliminary LTFV determination should not include scope-related issues. See Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum and the ‘‘Public Comment’’ section of this notice. 8 In its section A questionnaire response, Hankook stated that in March 1999, the name Hankook Tire Mfg. Co., Ltd. was changed to Hankook Tire Co., Ltd. In May 2019, the name of Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. was changed to Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd. Hankook Tire America Corp. and Hankook Tire Manufacturing Tennessee, LP, are directly and indirectly wholly-owned subsidiaries of Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd. See Hankook’s Letter, ‘‘Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the Republic of Korea (A–580– 908): Initial Section A Questionnaire Response,’’ dated September 14, 2020. E:\FR\FM\06JAN1.SGM 06JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 2021)]
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[FR Doc No: 2020-29271]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-57-2020]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 7--Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Authorization 
of Production Activity; Patheon Puerto Rico, Inc. (Pharmaceutical 
Products) Manat[iacute], Puerto Rico

    On September 2, 2020, Patheon Puerto Rico, Inc. (Patheon), 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board for its facility within Subzone 7L, in Manat[iacute], Puerto 
Rico.
    The notification was processed in accordance with the regulations 
of the FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including notice in the Federal 
Register inviting public comment (85 FR 56577--56578). On December 31, 
2020, the applicant was notified of the FTZ Board's decision that no 
further review of the activity is warranted at this time. The 
production activity described in the notification was authorized, 
subject to the FTZ Act

[[Page 501]]

and the FTZ Board's regulations, including Section 400.14.

    Dated: December 31, 2020.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-29271 Filed 1-5-21; 8:45 am]
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