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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Competitive Enhancement
Needs Assessment Survey Program
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, 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 were previously requested
via the Federal Register on March 23,
2021, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: Bureau of Industry and
Security, Department of Commerce.
Title: Competitive Enhancement
Needs Assessment Survey Program.
OMB Control Number: 0694–0083.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Extension of a current information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 2,400.
Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.
Burden Hours: 2,400.
Needs and Uses: The Defense
Production Act of 1950, as amended,
and Executive Order 12919, authorizes
the Secretary of Commerce to assess the
capabilities of the defense industrial
base to support the national defense.
They also develop policy alternatives to
improve the international
competitiveness of specific domestic
industries and their abilities to meet
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defense program needs. The information
collected from voluntary surveys will be
used to assist small- and medium-sized
firms in defense transition and in
gaining access to advanced technologies
and manufacturing processes available
from Federal Laboratories. The goal is to
improve regions of the country
adversely affected by cutbacks in
defense spending and military base
closures.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Pub. L. 81–774 Sec
2151, DPA 1950, E.O. 12919.
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.
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
or the OMB Control Number 0694–0083.
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–570–909]
Certain Steel Nails From the People’s
Republic of China: Notice of Court
Decision Not in Harmony With Final
Scope Ruling and Notice of Amended
Final Scope Ruling Pursuant to Court
Decision
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On July 12, 2021, the U.S.
Court of International Trade (CIT)
issued its final judgment in Fastenal
Company Purchasing v. United States,
Court No. 17–00269, sustaining the
Department of Commerce (Commerce)’s
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remand redetermination pertaining to a
scope ruling in which Commerce found
Fastenal Company Purchasing’s
(Fastenal’s) zinc and nylon anchors to
be outside the scope of the antidumping
duty (AD) order on certain steel nails
(nails) from the People’s Republic of
China (China). Commerce is notifying
the public that the CIT’s final judgment
is not in harmony with Commerce’s
scope ruling, and that Commerce is
amending the scope ruling to find that
zinc and nylon anchors are not covered
by the order.
DATES:
Applicable July 22, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kelsie Hohenberger, AD/CVD
Operations, Office V, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–2517.
Background
On October 13, 2017, Commerce
found Fastenal’s zinc and nylon
anchors, which consist of a zinc, steel,
or nylon body component and a steel
pin component, to be within the scope
of the AD order on nails from China.1
Fastenal appealed Commerce’s Final
Scope Ruling. On June 11, 2018, the CIT
stayed the case pending a final and
conclusive determination from the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
(CAFC) in OMG.2 In light of the CAFC’s
decision, Commerce requested that the
CIT remand this matter for further
consideration. On November 12, 2020,
the CIT remanded the Final Scope
Ruling to Commerce.3
In its final remand redetermination,
issued in February 2021, Commerce
found Fastenal’s zinc and nylon anchors
to be outside the scope of the AD order
1 See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Orders on Certain Steel Nails
from the People’s Republic of China: Final Scope
Ruling on Fastenal Company Purchasing’s
Anchors,’’ dated October 13, 2017 (Final Scope
Ruling).
2 See OMG, Inc. v. United States, 972 F.3d 1358
(Fed. Cir. 2020) (OMG).
3 See Fastenal Company Purchasing v. United
States, Court No. 17–00269, ECF No. 41 (CIT
November 12, 2020).
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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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Competitive Enhancement Needs Assessment Survey Program
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, 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 were previously requested via the
Federal Register on March 23, 2021, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce.
Title: Competitive Enhancement Needs Assessment Survey Program.
OMB Control Number: 0694-0083.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission. Extension of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 2,400.
Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.
Burden Hours: 2,400.
Needs and Uses: The Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and
Executive Order 12919, authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to assess
the capabilities of the defense industrial base to support the national
defense. They also develop policy alternatives to improve the
international competitiveness of specific domestic industries and their
abilities to meet defense program needs. The information collected from
voluntary surveys will be used to assist small- and medium-sized firms
in defense transition and in gaining access to advanced technologies
and manufacturing processes available from Federal Laboratories. The
goal is to improve regions of the country adversely affected by
cutbacks in defense spending and military base closures.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Pub. L. 81-774 Sec 2151, DPA 1950, E.O. 12919.
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.
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 or the OMB
Control Number 0694-0083.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-15561 Filed 7-21-21; 8:45 am]
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