Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting-Hybrid, 59502-59503 [2023-18628]

Download as PDF 59502 Notices Federal Register Vol. 88, No. 166 Tuesday, August 29, 2023 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. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS Notice of Public Briefing of the West Virginia Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. ACTION: Notice of public briefing. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, that the West Virginia Advisory Committee (Committee) to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a public briefing via Zoom. 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Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments; the comments must be emailed within 30 days following the scheduled meeting. Written comments may be emailed to Ivy Davis at ero@usccr.gov. Persons who desire additional information may contact the Regional Programs Coordination Unit at 1–202–809–9618. Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Regional Programs Coordination Unit Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Records of the meetings will be available via www.facadatabase.gov under the Commission on Civil Rights, West Virginia Advisory Committee link. Persons interested in the work of this Committee are directed to the Commission’s website, www.usccr.gov, or may contact the Regional Programs Coordination Unit at svillanueva@ uscccr.gov. Agenda I. Welcome and Roll Call II. Welcome III. Panel Briefing—WV Department of Education (WVDE) Officials —Michele L. Blatt, Superintendent, WVDE—Invited —Names of Other Officials & Staff to be Provided IV. Public Comments V. Closing Remarks VI. Adjourn Dated: August 24, 2023. David Mussatt, Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. [FR Doc. 2023–18620 Filed 8–28–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6335–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Industry and Security Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting—Hybrid The Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC) will meet September 12, 2023, 9:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 3884, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC (enter through Main Entrance on 14th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues). The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on implementation of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and provides for continuing review to update the EAR as needed. Agenda Public Session 1. Opening remarks by the Chairman 2. Opening remarks by the Bureau of Industry and Security 3. Presentations of Papers by the Public 4. Regulations Update 5. Automated Export System Update 6. Working Group Reports Closed Session 7. Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the open meeting and public participation requirements found in sections 1009(a)(1) and 1009(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. 1001–1014). The exemption is authorized by section 1009(d) of the FACA, which permits the closure of advisory committee meetings, or portions thereof, if the head of the agency to which the advisory committee reports determines such meetings may be closed to the public in accordance with subsection (c) of the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)). In this case, the applicable provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) are subsection 552b(c)(4), which permits closure to protect trade secrets and commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential, and subsection 552b(c)(9)(B), which permits closure to protect information that would be likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed agency action were it to be disclosed E:\FR\FM\29AUN1.SGM 29AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 166 / Tuesday, August 29, 2023 / Notices prematurely. The closed session of the meeting will involve committee discussions and guidance regarding U.S. Government strategies and policies. The open session will be accessible via teleconference. To join the conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@ bis.doc.gov, no later than September 5, 2023. A limited number of seats will be available for the public session. Reservations are not accepted. To the extent time permits, members of the public may present oral statements to the Committee. The public may submit written statements at any time before or after the meeting. However, to facilitate distribution of public presentation materials to Committee members, the Committee suggests that presenters forward the public presentation materials prior to the meeting to Ms. Springer. The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on April 24, 2023, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009(d) of the FACA, that the portion of the meeting dealing with pre-decisional changes to the Commerce Control List and the U.S. export control policies shall be exempt from the provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(1) and 1009(a)(3). The remaining portions of the meeting will be open to the public. For more information, contact Ms. Springer via email. [FR Doc. 2023–18628 Filed 8–28–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–552–008] Gas Powered Pressure Washers From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain gas-powered pressure washers (pressure washers) from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:03 Aug 28, 2023 Jkt 259001 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On June 15, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary determination in the LTFV investigation of pressure washers from Vietnam.1 Commerce invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination. For a complete description of the events that followed the Preliminary Determination, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.2 The Issues and 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/ FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. Scope of the Investigation The products covered by this investigation are gas powered pressure washers from Vietnam. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I. Yvette Springer, Committee Liaison Officer. AGENCY: (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is April 1, 2022, through September 30, 2022. DATES: Applicable August 29, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel LaCivita or Matthew Palmer, AD/ CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4243 or (202) 482–1678, respectively. Analysis of Comments Received All issues raised in case and rebuttal briefs are discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues raised in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to Appendix II of this notice. 1 See Gas Powered Pressure Washers from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Preliminary Determination of Critical Circumstances, 88 FR 39221 (June 15, 2023) (Preliminary Determination), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstance in the Investigation of Gas Powered Pressure Washers from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 59503 Scope Comments During the course of this investigation and the concurrent LTFV and countervailing duty investigations of pressure washers from the People’s Republic of China, Commerce received scope comments from interested parties. Commerce issued a Preliminary Scope Memorandum to address these comments and set aside a period of time for parties to address scope issues in scope-specific case and rebuttal briefs.3 We received comments from interested parties on the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, which we address in the Final Scope Memorandum.4 We did not make any changes to the scope of these investigations from the scope published in the Preliminary Determination, as noted in Appendix I. Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances In accordance with sections 735(a)(3)(B) and 776(a) and (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.206, as well as our analysis of comments received regarding our affirmative preliminary determination of critical circumstances,5 Commerce continues to find that critical circumstances exist with respect to imports of pressure washers from Vietnam for the VietnamWide Entity. For a full description of the methodology and results of Commerce’s critical circumstances analysis, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. Vietnam-Wide Entity and Use of Adverse Facts Available (AFA) In this final determination, consistent with the Preliminary Determination,6 we relied solely on the application of AFA for the Vietnam-wide entity, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. Further, because we continue to find that all exporters of pressure washers from Vietnam are part of the Vietnam-wide entity, no companies are eligible for a separate rate. There is no new information on the record that would cause us to reconsider our decision in the Preliminary Determination. Thus, we made no changes to our analysis or to the Vietnam-wide entity’s dumping margin for the final determination. For a full description of the methodology 3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,’’ dated June 8, 2023. 4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Final Scope Decision Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with this notice. 5 See MWE Investments’ Letter, ‘‘Case Brief,’’ dated July 20, 2023 (MWE Investments’ Case Brief); see also Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Rebuttal Brief,’’ dated July 27, 2023 (Petitioner’s Rebuttal Brief). 6 See Preliminary Determination PDM at 4–9. E:\FR\FM\29AUN1.SGM 29AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59502-59503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18628]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security


Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee; Notice 
of Partially Closed Meeting--Hybrid

    The Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC) 
will meet September 12, 2023, 9:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, in the 
Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 3884, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC (enter through Main Entrance on 14th Street between 
Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues). The Committee advises the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on 
implementation of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and 
provides for continuing review to update the EAR as needed.

Agenda

Public Session

1. Opening remarks by the Chairman
2. Opening remarks by the Bureau of Industry and Security
3. Presentations of Papers by the Public
4. Regulations Update
5. Automated Export System Update
6. Working Group Reports

Closed Session

7. Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the open meeting 
and public participation requirements found in sections 1009(a)(1) and 
1009(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. 1001-
1014). The exemption is authorized by section 1009(d) of the FACA, 
which permits the closure of advisory committee meetings, or portions 
thereof, if the head of the agency to which the advisory committee 
reports determines such meetings may be closed to the public in 
accordance with subsection (c) of the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 
U.S.C. 552b(c)). In this case, the applicable provisions of 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c) are subsection 552b(c)(4), which permits closure to protect 
trade secrets and commercial or financial information that is 
privileged or confidential, and subsection 552b(c)(9)(B), which permits 
closure to protect information that would be likely to significantly 
frustrate implementation of a proposed agency action were it to be 
disclosed

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prematurely. The closed session of the meeting will involve committee 
discussions and guidance regarding U.S. Government strategies and 
policies.

    The open session will be accessible via teleconference. To join the 
conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Yvette Springer at 
[email protected], no later than September 5, 2023. A limited 
number of seats will be available for the public session. Reservations 
are not accepted. To the extent time permits, members of the public may 
present oral statements to the Committee. The public may submit written 
statements at any time before or after the meeting. However, to 
facilitate distribution of public presentation materials to Committee 
members, the Committee suggests that presenters forward the public 
presentation materials prior to the meeting to Ms. Springer.
    The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of 
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on April 24, 
2023, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009(d) of the FACA, that the portion of the 
meeting dealing with pre-decisional changes to the Commerce Control 
List and the U.S. export control policies shall be exempt from the 
provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(1) and 
1009(a)(3). The remaining portions of the meeting will be open to the 
public.
    For more information, contact Ms. Springer via email.

Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-18628 Filed 8-28-23; 8:45 am]
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