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Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including using
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
to OMB for approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Obtaining a Copy of the Information
Collection: A copy of the information
collection and related instructions may
be obtained free of charge by contacting
Laura Givens as directed above.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
Done at Washington, DC, this day of July
27, 2023.
Dionne Toombs,
Associate Director for Programs, National
Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Direct Investment Surveys:
BE–15, Annual Survey of Foreign
Direct Investment in the United States
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
The Chemical Safety and
Hazard Investigation Board (CSB)
published a document in the Federal
Register of July 28, 2023, concerning
dates for CSB’s public meetings for
FY2024. The document contained an
incorrect date.
STATUS: Open to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Hillary Cohen, Communications
Manager, at public@csb.gov or (202)
446–8094. Further information about
these public meetings can be found on
the CSB website at: www.csb.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Correction
In the Federal Register of July 28,
2023, in FR Doc. 2023–16148, on page
48788, in the second column, correct
the ‘‘Matters to be Considered’’ Caption
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The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before October 10,
2023.
SUMMARY:
AGENCY:
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Bureau of Economic Analysis,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
Sunshine Act Meetings; Correction
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Dated: August 7, 2023.
Tamara Qureshi,
Assistant General Counsel, Chemical Safety
and Hazard Investigation Board.
AGENCY:
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The
Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board (CSB) will convene
public meetings on October 26, 2023;
January 25, 2024; April 25, 2024; and,
July 25, 2024, at 2 p.m. ET. These
meetings serve to fulfill the CSB’s
requirement to hold a minimum of four
public meetings for Fiscal Year 2024
pursuant to 40 CFR 1600.5(c). The
Board will review the CSB’s progress in
meeting its mission and as appropriate
highlight safety products newly released
through investigations and safety
recommendations.
Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Kirsten Brew, Chief, Multinational
Operations Branch (BE–69), Bureau of
Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of
Commerce, by email to Kirsten.Brew@
bea.gov and PRAcomments@doc.gov.
Please reference OMB Control Number
0608–0034 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Kirsten
Brew, Chief, Multinational Operations
Branch (BE–69), Bureau of Economic
Analysis, U.S. Department of
Commerce; via phone at (301) 278–
9152; or via email at Kirsten.Brew@
bea.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Annual Survey of Foreign Direct
Investment in the United States (BE–15)
obtains sample data on the financial
structure and operations of foreignowned U.S. business enterprises. The
data are needed to provide reliable,
useful, and timely measures of foreign
direct investment in the United States to
assess its impact on the U.S. economy.
The sample data are used to derive
universe estimates in nonbenchmark
years from similar data reported in the
BE–12 benchmark survey, which is
conducted every five years. The data
collected include balance sheets;
income statements; property, plant, and
equipment; employment and employee
compensation; merchandise trade; sales
of goods and services; taxes; and
research and development activity for
the U.S. operations. In addition to these
national data, several data items are
collected by state, including
employment and property, plant, and
equipment.
The survey, as proposed, incorporates
the following change that was made to
the 2022 BE–12, Benchmark Survey of
Foreign Direct Investment in the United
States:
(a) The expensed petroleum and
mining expenditures item will be
removed from the BE–15A form. The
item is not a good fit conceptually as a
component of property, plant, and
equipment (capital) expenditures.
II. Method of Collection
BEA contacts potential respondents
by mail in March of each year;
responses covering a reporting
company’s fiscal year ending during the
previous calendar year are due by May
31 (or by June 30 for respondents that
file using BEA’s eFile system). Reports
are required from each U.S. business
enterprise in which a foreign person has
at least 10 percent of the voting stock in
an incorporated business enterprise, or
an equivalent interest in an
unincorporated business enterprise, and
that meets the additional conditions
detailed in the BE–15 forms and
instructions. Entities required to report
will be contacted individually by BEA.
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Entities not contacted by BEA have no
reporting responsibilities.
BEA offers electronic filing through
its eFile system for use in reporting on
the BE–15 annual survey forms. In
addition, BEA posts its survey forms
and reporting instructions on its website
(www.bea.gov/fdi). These may be
downloaded, completed, printed, and
submitted via fax or mail.
Potential respondents of the BE–15
are selected from those U.S. business
enterprises that were required to report
on the 2022 BE–12, Benchmark Survey
of Foreign Direct Investment in the
United States, along with those U.S.
business enterprises that subsequently
entered the direct investment universe.
The BE–15 is a sample survey; universe
estimates are developed from the
reported sample data.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0608–0034.
Form Number: BE–15.
Type of Review: Revision.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
6,550 annually, of which approximately
3,350 file A forms, 1,700 file B forms,
1,000 file C forms, and 500 file Claim for
Exemption forms.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 159,038 hours. Total annual
burden is calculated by multiplying the
estimated number of submissions of
each form by the average hourly burden
per form, which is 44.75 hours for the
A form, 3.75 hours for the B form, 2.25
hours for the C form, and 1 hour for the
Claim for Exemption form.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 24.3
hours per respondent (159,038 hours/
6,550 respondents) is the average but
may vary considerably among
respondents because of differences in
company size and complexity.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: International
Investment and Trade in Services
Survey Act (Pub. L. 94–472, 22 U.S.C.
3101–3108, as amended).
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IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department of Commerce/
Bureau of Economic Analysis 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)
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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
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary of Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–475–841]
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From
Italy: Final Results of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review; 2020–
2021
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) determines that
countervailable subsidies were provided
to Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A (LMA),
a producer and exporter of forged steel
fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks) from
Italy during the period of review (POR),
May 26, 2020, through December 31,
2021.
DATES: Applicable August 9, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicholas Czajkowski, AD/CVD
Operations, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–1395.
AGENCY:
Background
On February 7, 2023, Commerce
published the preliminary results of this
administrative review in the Federal
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Register.1 This review covers one
mandatory respondent, LMA. From May
8 through May 16, 2023, we conducted
verification of LMA and the
Government of Italy’s (GOI)
questionnaire responses. On June 9,
2023, we released the verification
reports,2 and, on June 12, 2023, we
invited parties to comment on the
Preliminary Results.3 On June 21, 2023,
LMA and the GOI submitted timelyfiled case briefs.4 On June 29, 2023,
LMA and the petitioners 5 submitted
timely-filed rebuttal briefs.6 On June 5,
2023, Commerce extended the deadline
for issuing the final results until August
3, 2023.7 For a complete description of
the events that occurred since the
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.8
Scope of the Order 9
The products covered by the Order
are fluid end blocks. A full description
of the scope of the Order is contained
in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised by the interested
parties in their case and rebuttal briefs
are addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum. A list of these issues is
provided in the appendix to this notice.
The Issues and Decision Memorandum
1 See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review, and Intent To Rescind
Administrative Review in Part; 2020–2021, 88 FR
7944 (February 7, 2022) (Preliminary Results), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum
(PDM).
2 See Memoranda, ‘‘Verification of the
Questionnaire Responses of Lucchini Mame Forge
S.p.A.,’’ dated June 9, 2023, and ‘‘Verification of the
Questionnaire Responses of the Government of
Italy,’’ dated June 9, 2023.
3 See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Briefing Schedule,’’
dated June 12, 2023.
4 See LMA’s Letter, ‘‘Lucchini’s Case Brief,’’ dated
June 21, 2023; see also GOI’s Letter, ‘‘Case Brief for
Government of Italy,’’ dated June 21, 2023.
5 The petitioners are Ellwood City Forge
Company, Ellwood Quality Steels Company,
Ellwood National Steel Company, and A. Finkl &
Sons.
6 See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘FEB Fair Trade
Coalition’s Administrative Rebuttal Brief,’’ dated
June 28, 2023.
7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Final Results of the Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review 2020,’’ dated June 5, 2023.
8 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results of the
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy; 2020–
2021,’’ concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
9 See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the
People’s Republic of China, the Federal Republic of
Germany, India, and Italy: Countervailing Duty
Orders, and Amended Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination for the People’s
Republic of China, 86 FR 7535 (January 29, 2021)
(Order).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Direct Investment Surveys: BE-15, Annual Survey of Foreign
Direct Investment in the United States
AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites 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. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment
preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before October 10,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Kirsten Brew, Chief, Multinational Operations Branch (BE-69), Bureau of
Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce, by email to
[email protected] and [email protected]. Please reference OMB
Control Number 0608-0034 in the subject line of your comments. Do not
submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Kirsten Brew, Chief, Multinational Operations Branch (BE-69), Bureau
of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce; via phone at (301)
278-9152; or via email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States
(BE-15) obtains sample data on the financial structure and operations
of foreign-owned U.S. business enterprises. The data are needed to
provide reliable, useful, and timely measures of foreign direct
investment in the United States to assess its impact on the U.S.
economy. The sample data are used to derive universe estimates in
nonbenchmark years from similar data reported in the BE-12 benchmark
survey, which is conducted every five years. The data collected include
balance sheets; income statements; property, plant, and equipment;
employment and employee compensation; merchandise trade; sales of goods
and services; taxes; and research and development activity for the U.S.
operations. In addition to these national data, several data items are
collected by state, including employment and property, plant, and
equipment.
The survey, as proposed, incorporates the following change that was
made to the 2022 BE-12, Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment
in the United States:
(a) The expensed petroleum and mining expenditures item will be
removed from the BE-15A form. The item is not a good fit conceptually
as a component of property, plant, and equipment (capital)
expenditures.
II. Method of Collection
BEA contacts potential respondents by mail in March of each year;
responses covering a reporting company's fiscal year ending during the
previous calendar year are due by May 31 (or by June 30 for respondents
that file using BEA's eFile system). Reports are required from each
U.S. business enterprise in which a foreign person has at least 10
percent of the voting stock in an incorporated business enterprise, or
an equivalent interest in an unincorporated business enterprise, and
that meets the additional conditions detailed in the BE-15 forms and
instructions. Entities required to report will be contacted
individually by BEA.
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Entities not contacted by BEA have no reporting responsibilities.
BEA offers electronic filing through its eFile system for use in
reporting on the BE-15 annual survey forms. In addition, BEA posts its
survey forms and reporting instructions on its website (www.bea.gov/fdi). These may be downloaded, completed, printed, and submitted via
fax or mail.
Potential respondents of the BE-15 are selected from those U.S.
business enterprises that were required to report on the 2022 BE-12,
Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States,
along with those U.S. business enterprises that subsequently entered
the direct investment universe. The BE-15 is a sample survey; universe
estimates are developed from the reported sample data.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0608-0034.
Form Number: BE-15.
Type of Review: Revision.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,550 annually, of which
approximately 3,350 file A forms, 1,700 file B forms, 1,000 file C
forms, and 500 file Claim for Exemption forms.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 159,038 hours. Total annual
burden is calculated by multiplying the estimated number of submissions
of each form by the average hourly burden per form, which is 44.75
hours for the A form, 3.75 hours for the B form, 2.25 hours for the C
form, and 1 hour for the Claim for Exemption form.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 24.3 hours per respondent (159,038
hours/6,550 respondents) is the average but may vary considerably among
respondents because of differences in company size and complexity.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: International Investment and Trade in Services
Survey Act (Pub. L. 94-472, 22 U.S.C. 3101-3108, as amended).
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department of
Commerce/Bureau of Economic Analysis 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 collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available
at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold your
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary of
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
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