Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Five-Year Records Retention Requirement for Export Transactions and Boycott Actions, 50833-50834 [2023-16374]
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Notices
Federal Register
Vol. 88, No. 147
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–47–2023]
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Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 183,
Notification of Proposed Production
Activity; Flextronics America, LLC;
(Automatic Data Processing
Machines); Austin, Texas
Flextronics America, LLC submitted a
notification of proposed production
activity to the FTZ Board (the Board) for
its facility in Austin, Texas within
Subzone 183C. The notification
conforming to the requirements of the
Board’s regulations (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on July 28, 2023.
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ
production activity would be limited to
the specific foreign-status material(s)/
component(s) and specific finished
product(s) described in the submitted
notification (summarized below) and
subsequently authorized by the Board.
The benefits that may stem from
conducting production activity under
FTZ procedures are explained in the
background section of the Board’s
website—accessible via www.trade.gov/
ftz. The proposed finished product(s)
and material(s)/component(s) would be
added to the production authority that
the Board previously approved for the
operation, as reflected on the Board’s
website.
The proposed finished products
include: mass data storage units; various
boards (logic; midplane; backplane);
riser cards; structural frames and
structural enclosures for mass data
storage units; internal component
support units; network switches;
network adapters; network switch
chassis; firewalls; IoT network security
appliances; and, centralized network
and firewall management appliances
(duty rates are duty-free).
The proposed foreign-status materials
and components include: clay
desiccants; plastic components (labels;
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packaging; dust covers; insulators; bags
for packaging); die cut polyurethane
foams; pallet strap protectors;
electrostatic discharge antistatic bags;
cord organizers; kraft tape; pack boxes
(cardboard; corrugated cardboard);
paper components (labels; noncorrugated boxes; printed labels);
printed instruction sheets; stainless
steel metal components (screws; bolts;
socket screws; hex screws; nuts;
standoffs; washers; brackets; structural
frames and structural enclosures for
mass data storage units; contacts); steel
components (springs; buttons); cooling
fans for multiple disk drive storage
units; various drives (hard disk; serial
advanced technology attachment
(SATA) solid state; flash storage); dual
controller base arrays; dual in-line
memory modules; various boards (logic
(finished; unfinished); midplane;
backplane; bare); riser cards; internal
component support units; transformers;
power supply units; power inductors;
ferrite beads and bead filters; switches
(network; push button); optical
transceivers; adapters (fabric; ethernet);
network interface cards; network switch
chassis; loudspeakers for automatic data
processing machines; software;
capacitors (tantalum; aluminum
electrolytic; multilayer ceramic chip;
polymer); supercapacitors; flat chip
resistors; fuses; resettable fuses;
switches; connectors (printed circuit
board; jumper wire); ethernet jacks; pin
guides; Zener diodes; diodes;
transistors; transistor chips; lightemitting diodes; mounted piezoelectric
crystal oscillators; integrated circuits
(microprocessor; dynamic random
access memory (DRAM); static random
access memory (SRAM); electrically
erasable programmable read-only
memory (EEPROM); flash memory;
power management; programable logic;
clock; switch; multiplexer;
microprocessor); firewall or network
security appliance components (printed
circuit boards; chassis assemblies); and,
cables (coaxial; ethernet; passive SFP+;
power) (duty rate ranges from duty-free
to 8.5%). The request indicates that
certain materials/components are
subject to duties under section 301 of
the Trade Act of 1974 (section 301),
depending on the country of origin. The
applicable section 301 decisions require
subject merchandise to be admitted to
FTZs in privileged foreign status (19
CFR 146.41).
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Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the Board’s Executive
Secretary and sent to: ftz@trade.gov. The
closing period for their receipt is
September 11, 2023.
A copy of the notification will be
available for public inspection in the
‘‘Online FTZ Information System’’
section of the Board’s website.
For further information, contact
Juanita Chen at juanita.chen@trade.gov.
Dated: July 28, 2023.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Executive Secretary.
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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; Five-Year Records Retention
Requirement for Export Transactions
and Boycott Actions
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 April 5,
2023, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: Bureau of Industry and
Security, Commerce Department.
Title: Five-Year Records Retention
Requirement for Export Transactions
and Boycott Actions.
OMB Control Number: 0694–0096.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of a
current information collection.
Number of Respondents: 100,000.
Average Hours per Response: 1 to 60
seconds.
Burden Hours: 258.
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Needs and Uses: This collection is
necessary under Sections 760 and
762.6(a) of the Export Administration
Regulations (EAR). The five-year
retention requirement corresponds with
the statute of limitations for violations
and is necessary to preserve potential
evidence for investigations. All parties
involved in the export, reexport,
transshipment or diversion of items
subject to the EAR and the U.S. party
involved in the export transaction
involving a reportable boycott request
are required to maintain records of these
activities for a period of five years. The
frequency depends upon how often each
entity is involved in an export
transaction or one involving a reportable
boycott request.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: 760 and 762.6(a) of
the Export Administration Regulations
(EAR).
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 0694–0096.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
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[C–533–825]
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film,
Sheet, and Strip From India:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review and Partial
Rescission of Administrative Review;
2021
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
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The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that countervailable
subsidies are being provided to certain
producers and exporters of polyethylene
terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET
film) from India during the period of
review (POR) January 1, 2021, through
December 31, 2021. We are rescinding
this review with respect to seven
companies. Interested parties are invited
to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Applicable August 2, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
McGowan, AD/CVD Operations, Office
I, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0461.
SUMMARY:
Background
On July 1, 2002, Commerce published
in the Federal Register the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on PET
film from India.1 On September 6, 2022,
Commerce published in the Federal
Register the notice of initiation of an
administrative review of the Order with
respect to eight companies.2 On October
27, 2022, Commerce selected SRF Ltd.
(SRF) as the sole mandatory
respondent.3 Between December 2 and
5, 2022, DuPont Teijin Films,
Mitsubishi Chemical America, Inc.—
Polyester Film Division, and SK
Microworks America, Inc. (collectively,
the petitioners), Polyplex Corporation
Ltd., and SRF withdrew their requests
for review regarding all companies,
except Jindal Poly Films Limited
(Jindal).4 Therefore, on December 9,
2022, we selected Jindal as the sole
mandatory respondent.5 On December
12, 2022, we reissued the initial
questionnaire to the Government of
India.6 Subsequently, Jindal failed to
1 See Countervailing Duty Order; Polyethylene
Terephthalate Film Sheet, and Strip (PET Film)
from India, 67 FR 44179 (July 1, 2002) (Order).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 87 FR
54463 (September 6, 2022).
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’
dated October 27, 2022.
4 See Polyplex’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of Request
for Review for Polyplex USA LLC,’’ dated December
2, 2022 (Polyplex Withdrawal Request); SRF’s
Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of Request for Countervailing
Duty Admin Review of SRF,’’ dated December 5,
2022 (SRF Withdrawal Request); and Petitioners’
Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of Request for Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated December 5,
2022 (Petitioners Withdrawal Request).
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Intent to Rescind Review,
in Part, and Company Subject to Individual
Examination,’’ dated December 9, 2022.
6 See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Countervailing Duty
Questionnaire,’’ dated December 12, 2022 (Initial
Questionnaire).
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provide a timely response to the
affiliated companies portion of section
III of the initial questionnaire by the
December 26, 2022 deadline.7 Pursuant
to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act),
Commerce extended the deadline for the
preliminary results of this
administrative review to July 28, 2023.8
For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.9 A list of topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as Appendix
I 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://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by this Order
are PET film from India. For a complete
description of the scope, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.10
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(l)(A)
of the Act. For each of the subsidy
programs found to be countervailable,
we preliminarily determine that there is
a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided
financial contribution that gives rise to
a benefit to the recipient, and that the
subsidy is specific.11 For a full
description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, including
our reliance on adverse facts available
pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of
the Act, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
7 Id.
8 See Memoranda, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results,’’ dated March 28, 2023; and
‘‘Second Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results,’’ dated May 17, 2023.
9 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review: Polyethylene Terephthalate
Film, Sheet, and Strip (PET film) from India,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
10 Id. at 3.
11 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
the Act regarding specificity.
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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; Five-Year Records Retention Requirement for Export
Transactions and Boycott Actions
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 April 5, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce Department.
Title: Five-Year Records Retention Requirement for Export
Transactions and Boycott Actions.
OMB Control Number: 0694-0096.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of a current information collection.
Number of Respondents: 100,000.
Average Hours per Response: 1 to 60 seconds.
Burden Hours: 258.
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Needs and Uses: This collection is necessary under Sections 760 and
762.6(a) of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The five-year
retention requirement corresponds with the statute of limitations for
violations and is necessary to preserve potential evidence for
investigations. All parties involved in the export, reexport,
transshipment or diversion of items subject to the EAR and the U.S.
party involved in the export transaction involving a reportable boycott
request are required to maintain records of these activities for a
period of five years. The frequency depends upon how often each entity
is involved in an export transaction or one involving a reportable
boycott request.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: 760 and 762.6(a) of the Export Administration
Regulations (EAR).
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 0694-0096.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-16374 Filed 8-1-23; 8:45 am]
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