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19 U.S.C. 1337(d)(1). A similar
provision applies to cease and desist
orders. 19 U.S.C. 1337(f)(1).
The Commission is soliciting
submissions on public interest issues
raised by the recommended relief
should the Commission find a violation,
specifically: A limited exclusion order
directed to certain light-emitting diode
products, fixtures, and components
thereof imported, sold for importation,
and/or sold after importation by
respondent RAB Lighting Inc. (‘‘RAB’’)
of Northvale, New Jersey; and a cease
and desist order directed to RAB. Parties
are to file public interest submissions
pursuant to 19 CFR 210.50(a)(4).
The Commission is interested in
further development of the record on
the public interest in this investigation.
Accordingly, members of the public are
invited to file submissions of no more
than five (5) pages, inclusive of
attachments, concerning the public
interest in light of the ALJ’s
Recommended Determination on
Remedy and Bonding issued in this
investigation on August 17, 2021.
Comments should address whether
issuance of the recommended remedial
orders in this investigation, should the
Commission find a violation, would
affect the public health and welfare in
the United States, competitive
conditions in the United States
economy, the production of like or
directly competitive articles in the
United States, or United States
consumers.
In particular, the Commission is
interested in comments that:
(i) Explain how the articles
potentially subject to the recommended
remedial orders are used in the United
States;
(ii) identify any public health, safety,
or welfare concerns in the United States
relating to the recommended orders;
(iii) identify like or directly
competitive articles that complainant,
its licensees, or third parties make in the
United States which could replace the
subject articles if they were to be
excluded;
(iv) indicate whether complainant,
complainant’s licensees, and/or thirdparty suppliers have the capacity to
replace the volume of articles
potentially subject to the recommended
orders within a commercially
reasonable time; and
(v) explain how the recommended
orders would impact consumers in the
United States.
Written submissions must be filed no
later than by the close of business on
September 16, 2021.
Persons filing written submissions
must file the original document
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electronically on or before the deadlines
stated above. The Commission’s paper
filing requirements in 19 CFR 210.4(f)
are currently waived. 85 FR 15798
(March 19, 2020). Submissions should
refer to the investigation number (‘‘Inv.
No. 337–TA–1213’’) in a prominent
place on the cover page and/or the first
page. (See Handbook for Electronic
Filing Procedures, https://
www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_
on_filing_procedures.pdf.). Persons with
questions regarding filing should
contact the Secretary (202–205–2000).
Any person desiring to submit a
document to the Commission in
confidence must request confidential
treatment by marking each document
with a header indicating that the
document contains confidential
information. This marking will be
deemed to satisfy the request procedure
set forth in Rules 201.6(b) and
210.5(e)(2) (19 CFR 201.6(b) &
210.5(e)(2)). Documents for which
confidential treatment by the
Commission is properly sought will be
treated accordingly. A redacted nonconfidential version of the document
must also be filed simultaneously with
any confidential filing. All information,
including confidential business
information and documents for which
confidential treatment is properly
sought, submitted to the Commission for
purposes of this investigation may be
disclosed to and used: (i) By the
Commission, its employees and Offices,
and contract personnel (a) for
developing or maintaining the records
of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in
internal investigations, audits, reviews,
and evaluations relating to the
programs, personnel, and operations of
the Commission including under 5
U.S.C. Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S.
government employees and contract
personnel, solely for cybersecurity
purposes. All contract personnel will
sign appropriate nondisclosure
agreements. All nonconfidential written
submissions will be available for public
inspection on EDIS.
This action is taken under the
authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337),
and in Part 210 of the Commission’s
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR
part 210).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: August 18, 2021.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 332–586]
Foreign Censorship Part 2: Trade and
Economic Effects on U.S. Businesses;
Submission of Questionnaire and
Information Collection Plan for Office
of Management and Budget Review
United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission of request
for approval of a questionnaire and
information collection to the Office of
Management and Budget.
AGENCY:
The information requested by
the questionnaire is for use by the
Commission in connection with
investigation no. 332–586, Foreign
Censorship Part 2: Trade and Economic
Effects on U.S. Businesses.
ADDRESSES: All Commission offices are
located in the U.S. International Trade
Commission Building, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC. Due to the COVID–19
pandemic, the Commission’s building is
currently closed to the public. Once the
building reopens, persons with mobility
impairments who will need special
assistance in gaining access to the
Commission should contact the Office
of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
project leaders for this investigation are
Ricky Ubee, Shova KC, and George
Serletis. The Commission is currently
unable to accept paper correspondence
for this investigation. Please direct all
questions and comments about this
investigation electronically to the
project leaders via email at
foreign.censorship@usitc.gov or by
phone at 202–780–1638.
Comments about the proposal should
be provided to the Office of
Management and Budget, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
through the Information Collection
Review Dashboard at https://
www.reginfo.gov. All comments should
be specific, indicating which part of the
questionnaire is objectionable,
describing the concern in detail, and
including specific suggested revisions or
language changes. Copies of any
comments should be provided
electronically to the Commission’s
survey team via an email to
foreign.censorship@usitc.gov.
The public record for this
investigation may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov. General
information concerning the Commission
may be obtained by accessing its
internet address (https://www.usitc.gov).
SUMMARY:
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Hearing-impaired individuals are
advised that information on this matter
can be obtained by contacting the TDD
terminal on 202–205–1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
information requested by the
questionnaire is for use by the
Commission in connection with
Investigation No. 332–586, Foreign
Censorship Part 2: Trade and Economic
Effects on U.S. Businesses, instituted
under the authority of section 332(g) of
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1332(g)). This investigation and report
were requested by the Committee on
Finance (Committee) of the U.S. Senate
in a letter dated April 7, 2021 (revised
from a request received January 4,
2021). This investigation was initiated
on May 6, 2021, and notice was
published on May 12, 2021 (86 FR
26064). The Committee’s request
includes a component that requires the
use of survey data to provide an analysis
of the trade and economic effects of
foreign censorship policies and
practices on affected businesses in the
United States and their global
operations. This questionnaire is
therefore necessary to analyze foreign
censorships impacts on (1) employment,
(2) direct costs to businesses (e.g.,
compliance and entry costs), (3)
foregone revenue and sales, (4) selfcensorship, and (5) other effects the
Commission considers relevant to
respond to the Committee’s request. The
Commission is scheduled to deliver its
report to the Committee by July 5, 2022.
The Commission intends to submit
the following draft information
collection plan to OMB:
(1) Number of forms submitted: 1.
(2) Title of form: Foreign Censorship
Questionnaire.
(3) Type of request: New.
(4) Frequency of use: Industry
questionnaire, single data gathering,
scheduled for 2021.
(5) Description of respondents: U.S.
businesses operating in China.
(6) Estimated number of questionnaire
requests to be mailed: 3,790.
(7) Estimated total number of hours to
complete the questionnaire per
respondent: 15 hours.
(8) Information obtained from the
questionnaire that qualifies as
confidential business information will
be so treated by the Commission and not
disclosed in a manner that would reveal
the individual operations of a business.
Copies of the draft questionnaire and
other supplementary documents may be
downloaded from the USITC website at
https://www.usitc.gov/
foreigncensorship.
By order of the Commission.
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Issued: August 18, 2021.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National
Cooperative Research and Production
Act of 1993—The Open Group, L.L.C.
Notice is hereby given that, on August
2, 2021, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the
National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301
et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), The Open Group,
L.L.C. (‘‘TOG’’) has filed written
notifications simultaneously with the
Attorney General and the Federal Trade
Commission disclosing changes in its
membership. The notifications were
filed for the purpose of extending the
Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of
antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages
under specified circumstances.
Specifically, Agora Insights Ltd,
Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND; Calsep
A/S, Kongens Lyngby, DENMARK;
CodeMettle, LLC, Atlanta, GA;
Computer Modelling Group Ltd.,
Calgary, CANADA; Cynosure, Inc.,
Wichita, KS; Deakin University,
Geelong, AUSTRALIA; EAC Business
Technology LLC, Sao Bernardo do
Campo, BRAZIL; Expro Group, Reading,
UNITED KINGDOM; Faculdades
Cato´licas, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL; FullStack Architecture International, LLC,
Boca Raton, FL; G42 Cloud Technology
L.L.C., Al Reem Island, UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES, Galp Explorac
¸a˜o e
Produc¸a˜o Petrolı´fera S.A., Lisboa,
PORTUGAL; Geopost Consultoria em
Geologia e Geofı´sica Ltda, Rio de
Janeiro, BRAZIL; Geoprovider AS,
Stavanger, NORWAY; GeoSynergy Pty
Ltd, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA; Hochschule
fu¨r Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur
Leipzig, Leipzig, GERMANY;
Huber+Suhner Astrolab, Warren, NJ;
IesBrazil Technology & Innovation, Rio
de Janeiro, BRAZIL; Instituto de
Informatica da Universidade Federal do
Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto
Alegre, BRAZIL; Intelie, Inc., Houston,
TX; Intellicess, Inc., Austin, TX; LLC
IBS Soft, Moscow, RUSSIAN
FEDERATION; LogicGate, Inc., Chicago,
IL; Modulo Security Solutions, Rio de
Janeiro, BRAZIL; NIS j.s.c. Novi Sad,
Novi Sad, SERBIA; Parasoft
Corporation, Monrovia, CA; Prediktor
AS, Fredrikstad, NORWAY; Red Rock
Technologies, Inc., Tempe, AZ; ResFrac
Corporation, Palo Alto, CA; Rock Flow
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Dynamics, Singapore, SINGAPORE;
ScioTeq LLC, Duluth, GA; Singularity
Technologies, Inc., Freehold, NJ;
Snowflake Inc., San Mateo, CA;
Stimline AS, Kristiansaand S,
NORWAY; Strategic Communications,
LLC, Louisville, KY; Tektronix, Inc.,
Beaverton, OR; The HDF Group,
Champaign, IL; Tomahawk Robotics,
Inc., Melbourne, FL; United Electronic
Industries, Inc., Norwood, MA;
VadaTech Incorporated, Henderson, NV;
VMTC-Vincenzo Marchese Training &
Consulting, London, UNITED
KINGDOM; and Worley Group Inc.,
Houston, TX, have been added as
parties to this venture.
Also, ALC Group, Kenmore,
AUSTRALIA; BP Oil International
Limited, Poplar, UNITED KINGDOM;
Brain4ce Education Solutions Pvt. Ltd,
Bangalore, INDIA; Bremer Institut far
Produktion un Logistik GmbH (BIBA);
Bremen, GERMANY; BusCorp Inc.,
Calgary, CANADA; CAST Navigation,
LLC, Tewksbury, MA; CentraleSupe´lec,
Chaˆtenay-Malabry, FRANCE; Chengdu
GKHB Information Technology Co.,
Ltd., Chengdu, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA; CMC Electronics Aurora Inc.,
Sugar Grove, IL; Curtis & Associates
Ltd., Port St. Mary, UNITED KINGDOM;
Doccmott Enterprise Solutions (Pty) Ltd,
Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA; ECIS
Consultants Limited, Oxford, UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES; GamingWorks BV,
Bodegraven, THE NETHERLANDS;
itSMF International, Copenhagen,
DENMARK; Kepner-Tregoe, Inc.,
Princeton, NJ; Logic Solutions Group
LLC,Houston, TX; Mentoris Group
S.A.C., San Borja, PERU; OPENextech
(Hangzhou) Co., Ltd, Hangzhou,
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA;
Organizacion Educativa Certifica, S.C,
Iztacalco, MEXICO; PCI Systems, Inc.,
Cupertino, CA; and State Bank of India,
Navi Mumbai, INDIA, have withdrawn
as parties to this venture.
In addition, Architecture Centre Ltd
has changed its name to Advised Skills
Ltd, London, UNITED KINGDOM;
COTSWORKS, LLC, to COTSWORKS,
Inc., Highland Heights, OH, and hpad,
LLC to hpad, Inc. Bel Aire, KS.
No other changes have been made in
either the membership or planned
activity of the group research project.
Membership in this group research
project remains open, and TOG intends
to file additional written notifications
disclosing all changes in membership.
On April 21, 1997, TOG filed its
original notification pursuant to Section
6(a) of the Act. The Department of
Justice published a notice in the Federal
Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the
Act on June 13, 1997 (62 FR 32371).
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 332-586]
Foreign Censorship Part 2: Trade and Economic Effects on U.S.
Businesses; Submission of Questionnaire and Information Collection Plan
for Office of Management and Budget Review
AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission of request for approval of a questionnaire
and information collection to the Office of Management and Budget.
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SUMMARY: The information requested by the questionnaire is for use by
the Commission in connection with investigation no. 332-586, Foreign
Censorship Part 2: Trade and Economic Effects on U.S. Businesses.
ADDRESSES: All Commission offices are located in the U.S. International
Trade Commission Building, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC. Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the Commission's building is currently closed to the
public. Once the building reopens, persons with mobility impairments
who will need special assistance in gaining access to the Commission
should contact the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The project leaders for this
investigation are Ricky Ubee, Shova KC, and George Serletis. The
Commission is currently unable to accept paper correspondence for this
investigation. Please direct all questions and comments about this
investigation electronically to the project leaders via email at
[email protected] or by phone at 202-780-1638.
Comments about the proposal should be provided to the Office of
Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
through the Information Collection Review Dashboard at https://www.reginfo.gov. All comments should be specific, indicating which part
of the questionnaire is objectionable, describing the concern in
detail, and including specific suggested revisions or language changes.
Copies of any comments should be provided electronically to the
Commission's survey team via an email to [email protected].
The public record for this investigation may be viewed on the
Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
General information concerning the Commission may be obtained by
accessing its internet address (https://www.usitc.gov).
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Hearing-impaired individuals are advised that information on this
matter can be obtained by contacting the TDD terminal on 202-205-1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information requested by the
questionnaire is for use by the Commission in connection with
Investigation No. 332-586, Foreign Censorship Part 2: Trade and
Economic Effects on U.S. Businesses, instituted under the authority of
section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)). This
investigation and report were requested by the Committee on Finance
(Committee) of the U.S. Senate in a letter dated April 7, 2021 (revised
from a request received January 4, 2021). This investigation was
initiated on May 6, 2021, and notice was published on May 12, 2021 (86
FR 26064). The Committee's request includes a component that requires
the use of survey data to provide an analysis of the trade and economic
effects of foreign censorship policies and practices on affected
businesses in the United States and their global operations. This
questionnaire is therefore necessary to analyze foreign censorships
impacts on (1) employment, (2) direct costs to businesses (e.g.,
compliance and entry costs), (3) foregone revenue and sales, (4) self-
censorship, and (5) other effects the Commission considers relevant to
respond to the Committee's request. The Commission is scheduled to
deliver its report to the Committee by July 5, 2022.
The Commission intends to submit the following draft information
collection plan to OMB:
(1) Number of forms submitted: 1.
(2) Title of form: Foreign Censorship Questionnaire.
(3) Type of request: New.
(4) Frequency of use: Industry questionnaire, single data
gathering, scheduled for 2021.
(5) Description of respondents: U.S. businesses operating in China.
(6) Estimated number of questionnaire requests to be mailed: 3,790.
(7) Estimated total number of hours to complete the questionnaire
per respondent: 15 hours.
(8) Information obtained from the questionnaire that qualifies as
confidential business information will be so treated by the Commission
and not disclosed in a manner that would reveal the individual
operations of a business.
Copies of the draft questionnaire and other supplementary documents
may be downloaded from the USITC website at https://www.usitc.gov/foreigncensorship.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: August 18, 2021.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2021-18131 Filed 8-20-21; 8:45 am]
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