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Beginning in 2020, in an effort to
reduce burden, BERD began rotating
select content off the survey in
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related to detail of R&D performed by
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on assets. Cognitive testing on these
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questions pose no substantive impact on
burden (the data requested are all
readily available in most companies’
books) and would provide context on
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The 2021–2023 BERD will continue to
collect the following types of
information:
• R&D expense based on accepted
accounting standards.
• Worldwide R&D of domestic
companies.
• Business segment detail.
• R&D-related capital expenditures.
• Detailed data about the R&D
workforce.
• R&D strategy and data on the
potential impact of R&D on the market.
• R&D directed to application areas of
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• Data measuring intellectual
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Science Board report Science and
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the annual Business Enterprise Research
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II. Method of Collection
BERD will follow a primarily
electronic collection strategy. The form
will be available on the website to assist
respondents with gathering the required
data prior to reporting online. Paper
forms will also be sent to respondents
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The online survey automatically skips
questions that do not apply [based on
previous responses] and checks for
common errors. Links to detailed
question-by-question instructions will
be embedded in the electronic
instrument. Excel spreadsheets are
available to facilitate the electronic
collection of information from various
areas of the companies. Respondents
have the capability to download the
spreadsheets from the Census Bureau’s
website. A consolidator spreadsheet is
also available to assist companies that
need to gather information from
business units and then compile the
information into one company report.
The due date will be six weeks after
mail out.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–0912.
Form Number(s): BRD–1.
Type of Review: Regular submission,
Request for a Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Affected Public: For-profit businesses
with at least 10 paid employees.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
47,500.
Estimated Time per Response: 2
Hours and 37 Minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 124,450.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0. (This is not the cost of
respondents’ time, but the indirect costs
respondents may incur for such things
as purchases of specialized software or
hardware needed to report, or
expenditures for accounting or records
maintenance services required
specifically by the collection.)
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
Sections 8(b), 131 and 182; Title 42,
U.S.C. Sections 1861–76 (National
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amended).
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We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
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Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–48–2021]
Foreign-Trade Zone 145—Shreveport,
Louisiana, Application for
Reorganization Under Alternative Site
Framework
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by
the Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port
Commission, grantee of FTZ 145,
requesting authority to reorganize the
zone under the alternative site
framework (ASF) adopted by the FTZ
Board (15 CFR 400.2(c)). The ASF is an
option for grantees for the establishment
or reorganization of zones and can
permit significantly greater flexibility in
the designation of new subzones or
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‘‘usage-driven’’ FTZ sites for operators/
users located within a grantee’s ‘‘service
area’’ in the context of the FTZ Board’s
standard 2,000-acre activation limit for
a zone. The application was submitted
pursuant to the Foreign-Trade Zones
Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u),
and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR
part 400). It was formally docketed on
June 22, 2021.
FTZ 145 was approved by the FTZ
Board on January 7, 1988 (Board Order
370, 53 FR 1503, January 20, 1988) and
expanded on March 25, 1996 (Board
Order 809, 61 FR 15217, April 5, 1996).
The current zone includes the following
sites: Site 1 (262 acres)—Shreveport
Industrial Park, 2929 Baird Road,
Shreveport; and, Site 2 (2,000 acres)—
Port of Shreveport-Bossier Terminal
Complex, 6000 Doug Attaway
Boulevard, Shreveport.
The grantee’s proposed service area
under the ASF would be Caddo and
Bossier Parishes, Louisiana, as
described in the application. If
approved, the grantee would be able to
serve sites throughout the service area
based on companies’ needs for FTZ
designation. The application indicates
that the proposed service area is within
and adjacent to the Shreveport Customs
and Border Protection port of entry.
The applicant is requesting authority
to reorganize its existing zone to include
both of the existing sites as ‘‘magnet’’
sites. The ASF allows for the possible
exemption of one magnet site from the
‘‘sunset’’ time limits that generally
apply to sites under the ASF, and the
applicant proposes that Site 2 be so
exempted. No subzones/usage-driven
sites are being requested at this time.
The application would have no impact
on FTZ 145’s previously authorized
subzones.
In accordance with the FTZ Board’s
regulations, Camille Evans of the FTZ
Staff is designated examiner to evaluate
and analyze the facts and information
presented in the application and case
record and to report findings and
recommendations to the FTZ Board.
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive
Secretary and sent to: ftz@trade.gov. The
closing period for their receipt is August
27, 2021. Rebuttal comments in
response to material submitted during
the foregoing period may be submitted
during the subsequent 15-day period to
September 13, 2021.
A copy of the application will be
available for public inspection in the
‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ
Board’s website, which is accessible via
www.trade.gov/ftz.
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For further information, contact
Camille Evans at Camille.Evans@
trade.gov.
Dated: June 23, 2021.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–13706 Filed 6–25–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–873]
Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing
of Carbon and Alloy Steel From India:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2019–
2020
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that sales of certain cold-drawn
mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy
steel (cold-drawn mechanical tubing)
from India were made at less than
normal value during the period of
review (POR) June 1, 2019, through May
31, 2020. We invite interested parties to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable June 28, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alexis Cherry or Samantha Kinney, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VIII,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0607 or
(202) 482–2285, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On June 11, 2018, Commerce
published the antidumping duty order
on cold-drawn mechanical tubing from
India.1 On August 6, 2020, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(i),
Commerce initiated an administrative
review of the Order, covering three
producers/exporters.2 On October 7,
2020, Pennar Industries Limited (a
mandatory respondent) withdrew its
request for administrative review of
1 See Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of
Carbon and Alloy Steel from the People’s Republic
of China, the Federal Republic of Germany, India,
Italy, the Republic of Korea, and Switzerland:
Antidumping Duty Orders; and Amended Final
Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value for
the People’s Republic of China and Switzerland, 83
FR 26962 (June 11, 2018) (Order).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR
47734 (August 6, 2020).
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itself.3 Based on this request, we
rescinded this review with respect to
Pennar Industries Limited, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).4
The administrative review remains
active with respect to the two remaining
companies for which a review was
initiated, i.e., Goodluck India Limited
(Goodluck) 5 and Tube Products of
India, Ltd., a unit of Tube Investments
of India Limited (collectively, TII). For
details regarding the events that
followed the initiation of this review,
see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.6
Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
Commerce determined that it was not
practicable to complete the preliminary
results of this review within 245 days
and extended the deadline for the
preliminary results of this review by 120
days, until June 30, 2021.7
Scope of the Order
The product covered by this Order is
cold-drawn mechanical tubing from
India. For a full description of the
scope, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a) of the
Act. For a full description of the
methodology underlying these
preliminary results, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. A list of topics
included in the Preliminary Decision
3 See Pennar Industries Limited, ‘‘Withdrawal of
Request for the Antidumping Duty of Pennar
Industries Limited,’’ October 7, 2020.
4 See Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of
Carbon and Alloy Steel from India: Partial
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2019–2020, 85 FR 68039 (October 27,
2020).
5 Commerce is only reviewing entries that were
produced, but not exported, by Goodluck, and/or
entries that were exported, but not produced, by
Goodluck. Pursuant to a Court of International
Trade decision, effective May 10, 2020, Commerce
excluded from the antidumping duty order certain
cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy
steel that was produced and exported by Goodluck.
See Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of
Carbon and Alloy Steel from India: Notice of Court
Decision Not in Harmony with Final Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value; Notice of
Amended Final Determination Pursuant to Court
Decision; and Notice of Revocation of Antidumping
Duty Order, in Part, 85 FR 31742 (May 27, 2020)
(Timken Notice).
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Cold-Drawn
Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from
India: Decision Memorandum for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments; 2018–2019,’’ dated concurrently with,
and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2019–2020,’’ dated
February 9, 2021.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-48-2021]
Foreign-Trade Zone 145--Shreveport, Louisiana, Application for
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board by the Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port Commission, grantee of FTZ
145, requesting authority to reorganize the zone under the alternative
site framework (ASF) adopted by the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.2(c)). The
ASF is an option for grantees for the establishment or reorganization
of zones and can permit significantly greater flexibility in the
designation of new subzones or
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``usage-driven'' FTZ sites for operators/users located within a
grantee's ``service area'' in the context of the FTZ Board's standard
2,000-acre activation limit for a zone. The application was submitted
pursuant to the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-
81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was
formally docketed on June 22, 2021.
FTZ 145 was approved by the FTZ Board on January 7, 1988 (Board
Order 370, 53 FR 1503, January 20, 1988) and expanded on March 25, 1996
(Board Order 809, 61 FR 15217, April 5, 1996). The current zone
includes the following sites: Site 1 (262 acres)--Shreveport Industrial
Park, 2929 Baird Road, Shreveport; and, Site 2 (2,000 acres)--Port of
Shreveport-Bossier Terminal Complex, 6000 Doug Attaway Boulevard,
Shreveport.
The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Caddo
and Bossier Parishes, Louisiana, as described in the application. If
approved, the grantee would be able to serve sites throughout the
service area based on companies' needs for FTZ designation. The
application indicates that the proposed service area is within and
adjacent to the Shreveport Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing
zone to include both of the existing sites as ``magnet'' sites. The ASF
allows for the possible exemption of one magnet site from the
``sunset'' time limits that generally apply to sites under the ASF, and
the applicant proposes that Site 2 be so exempted. No subzones/usage-
driven sites are being requested at this time. The application would
have no impact on FTZ 145's previously authorized subzones.
In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Camille Evans of
the FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts
and information presented in the application and case record and to
report findings and recommendations to the FTZ Board.
Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary and sent to:
[email protected]. The closing period for their receipt is August 27, 2021.
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period
to September 13, 2021.
A copy of the application will be available for public inspection
in the ``Reading Room'' section of the FTZ Board's website, which is
accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Camille Evans at
[email protected].
Dated: June 23, 2021.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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