Large Residential Washers From Mexico; Institution of a Five-Year Review, 22455-22458 [2024-06741]
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and 10 of the ’108 patent, and whether
an industry in the United States exists
as required by subsection (a)(2) of
section 337;
(2) Pursuant to section 210.10(b)(1) of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10(b)(1), the
plain language description of the
accused products or category of accused
products, which defines the scope of the
investigation, is ‘‘aerosol fire
extinguishing generators and systems
containing a fire extinguishing
composition that produces a fire[ ]
extinguishing substance through hightemperature sublimation or
decomposition’’;
(3) For the purpose of the
investigation so instituted, the following
are hereby named as parties upon which
this notice of investigation shall be
served:
(a) The complainants are:
Nano Fire LLC, 30 Skyline Drive,
Plainview, NY 11803
Defender Safety Inc., 30 Skyline Drive,
Plainview, NY 11803
(b) The respondents are the following
entities alleged to be in violation of
section 337, and are the parties upon
which the complaint is to be served:
Halma Plc, Misbourne Court, Rectory
Way, Amersham, Bucks HP7 0DE, UK
Halma Holdings LLC, 535 Springfield
Avenue, Suite 110, Summit, NJ 07901
FirePro Systems, Ltd., 8 Faieas Street,
Agios Athanasios Industrial Area,
CY–4101, Limassol, Cyprus
Hochicki America Corporation, 7051
Village Drive, Buena Park, CA 90621
(c) The Office of Unfair Import
Investigations, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street SW, Suite
401, Washington, DC 20436; and
(4) For the investigation so instituted,
the Chief Administrative Law Judge,
U.S. International Trade Commission,
shall designate the presiding
Administrative Law Judge.
Responses to the complaint and the
notice of investigation must be
submitted by the named respondents in
accordance with section 210.13 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to
19 CFR 201.16(e) and 210.13(a), as
amended in 85 FR 15798 (March 19,
2020), such responses will be
considered by the Commission if
received not later than 20 days after the
date of service by the complainant of the
complaint and the notice of
investigation. Extensions of time for
submitting responses to the complaint
and the notice of investigation will not
be granted unless good cause therefor is
shown.
Failure of a respondent to file a timely
response to each allegation in the
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complaint and in this notice may be
deemed to constitute a waiver of the
right to appear and contest the
allegations of the complaint and this
notice, and to authorize the
administrative law judge and the
Commission, without further notice to
the respondent, to find the facts to be as
alleged in the complaint and this notice
and to enter an initial determination
and a final determination containing
such findings, and may result in the
issuance of an exclusion order or a cease
and desist order or both directed against
the respondent.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: March 26, 2024.
Katherine Hiner,
Supervisory Attorney.
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BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 731–TA–1200 (Second
Review)]
Large Residential Washers From
Mexico; Institution of a Five-Year
Review
United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Commission hereby gives
notice that it has instituted a review
pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the
Act’’), as amended, to determine
whether revocation of the antidumping
duty order on large residential washers
(‘‘LRWs’’) from Mexico would be likely
to lead to continuation or recurrence of
material injury. Pursuant to the Act,
interested parties are requested to
respond to this notice by submitting the
information specified below to the
Commission.
SUMMARY:
Instituted April 1, 2024. To be
assured of consideration, the deadline
for responses is May 1, 2024. Comments
on the adequacy of responses may be
filed with the Commission by June 7,
2024.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alejandro Orozco (202–205–3177),
Office of Investigations, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E
Street SW, Washington, DC 20436.
Hearing-impaired persons can obtain
information on this matter by contacting
the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–
205–1810. Persons with mobility
impairments who will need special
assistance in gaining access to the
Commission should contact the Office
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of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.
General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by
accessing its internet server (https://
www.usitc.gov). The public record for
this proceeding may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background.—On February 15, 2013,
the Department of Commerce
(‘‘Commerce’’) issued antidumping duty
orders covering LRWs from Korea and
Mexico and a countervailing duty order
covering LRWs from Korea (78 FR 11148
and 78 FR 11154, February 15, 2013).
Following the five-year reviews by
Commerce and the Commission,
effective February 15, 2018, Commerce
revoked the antidumping and
countervailing duty orders on imports of
LRWs from Korea (84 FR 19764, May 6,
2019). Commerce issued a continuation
of the antidumping duty order covering
LRWs from Mexico, effective May 6,
2019 (84 FR 19764). The Commission is
now conducting a second review
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)), to
determine whether revocation of the
order would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of material
injury to the domestic industry within
a reasonably foreseeable time.
Provisions concerning the conduct of
this proceeding may be found in the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure at 19 CFR part 201, subparts
A and B, and 19 CFR part 207, subparts
A and F. The Commission will assess
the adequacy of interested party
responses to this notice of institution to
determine whether to conduct a full
review or an expedited review. The
Commission’s determination in any
expedited review will be based on the
facts available, which may include
information provided in response to this
notice.
Definitions.—The following
definitions apply to this review:
(1) Subject Merchandise is the class or
kind of merchandise that is within the
scope of the five-year review, as defined
by Commerce.
(2) The Subject Country in this review
is Mexico.
(3) The Domestic Like Product is the
domestically produced product or
products which are like, or in the
absence of like, most similar in
characteristics and uses with, the
Subject Merchandise. In its original
determinations and its full first five-year
review determinations, the Commission
defined the Domestic Like Product as
LRWs described by the scope and top
load washers with a capacity of less
than 3.7 cubic feet.
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(4) The Domestic Industry is the U.S.
producers as a whole of the Domestic
Like Product, or those producers whose
collective output of the Domestic Like
Product constitutes a major proportion
of the total domestic production of the
product. In its original determinations
and its full first five-year review
determinations, the Commission
defined the Domestic Industry as all
domestic producers of washers.
(5) An Importer is any person or firm
engaged, either directly or through a
parent company or subsidiary, in
importing the Subject Merchandise into
the United States from a foreign
manufacturer or through its selling
agent.
Participation in the proceeding and
public service list.—Persons, including
industrial users of the Subject
Merchandise and, if the merchandise is
sold at the retail level, representative
consumer organizations, wishing to
participate in the proceeding as parties
must file an entry of appearance with
the Secretary to the Commission, as
provided in § 201.11(b)(4) of the
Commission’s rules, no later than 21
days after publication of this notice in
the Federal Register. The Secretary will
maintain a public service list containing
the names and addresses of all persons,
or their representatives, who are parties
to the proceeding.
Former Commission employees who
are seeking to appear in Commission
five-year reviews are advised that they
may appear in a review even if they
participated personally and
substantially in the corresponding
underlying original investigation or an
earlier review of the same underlying
investigation. The Commission’s
designated agency ethics official has
advised that a five-year review is not the
same particular matter as the underlying
original investigation, and a five-year
review is not the same particular matter
as an earlier review of the same
underlying investigation for purposes of
18 U.S.C. 207, the post-employment
statute for Federal employees, and
Commission rule 201.15(b) (19 CFR
201.15(b)), 79 FR 3246 (Jan. 17, 2014),
73 FR 24609 (May 5, 2008).
Consequently, former employees are not
required to seek Commission approval
to appear in a review under Commission
rule 19 CFR 201.15, even if the
corresponding underlying original
investigation or an earlier review of the
same underlying investigation was
pending when they were Commission
employees. For further ethics advice on
this matter, contact Charles Smith,
Office of the General Counsel, at 202–
205–3408.
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Limited disclosure of business
proprietary information (BPI) under an
administrative protective order (APO)
and APO service list.—Pursuant to
§ 207.7(a) of the Commission’s rules, the
Secretary will make BPI submitted in
this proceeding available to authorized
applicants under the APO issued in the
proceeding, provided that the
application is made no later than 21
days after publication of this notice in
the Federal Register. Authorized
applicants must represent interested
parties, as defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(9),
who are parties to the proceeding. A
separate service list will be maintained
by the Secretary for those parties
authorized to receive BPI under the
APO.
Certification.—Pursuant to § 207.3 of
the Commission’s rules, any person
submitting information to the
Commission in connection with this
proceeding must certify that the
information is accurate and complete to
the best of the submitter’s knowledge. In
making the certification, the submitter
will acknowledge that information
submitted in response to this request for
information and throughout this
proceeding or other proceeding 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.
Written submissions.—Pursuant to
§ 207.61 of the Commission’s rules, each
interested party response to this notice
must provide the information specified
below. The deadline for filing such
responses is 5:15 p.m. on May 1, 2024.
Pursuant to § 207.62(b) of the
Commission’s rules, eligible parties (as
specified in Commission rule
207.62(b)(1)) may also file comments
concerning the adequacy of responses to
the notice of institution and whether the
Commission should conduct an
expedited or full review. The deadline
for filing such comments is 5:15 p.m. on
June 7, 2024. All written submissions
must conform with the provisions of
§ 201.8 of the Commission’s rules; any
submissions that contain BPI must also
conform with the requirements of
§§ 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the
Commission’s rules. The Commission’s
Handbook on Filing Procedures,
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available on the Commission’s website
at https://www.usitc.gov/documents/
handbook_on_filing_procedures.pdf,
elaborates upon the Commission’s
procedures with respect to filings. Also,
in accordance with §§ 201.16(c) and
207.3 of the Commission’s rules, each
document filed by a party to the
proceeding must be served on all other
parties to the proceeding (as identified
by either the public or APO service list
as appropriate), and a certificate of
service must accompany the document
(if you are not a party to the proceeding
you do not need to serve your response).
Please note the Secretary’s Office will
accept only electronic filings at this
time. Filings must be made through the
Commission’s Electronic Document
Information System (EDIS, https://
edis.usitc.gov). No in-person paperbased filings or paper copies of any
electronic filings will be accepted until
further notice.
No response to this request for
information is required if a currently
valid Office of Management and Budget
(‘‘OMB’’) number is not displayed; the
OMB number is 3117 0016/USITC No.
24–5–595, expiration date June 30,
2026. Public reporting burden for the
request is estimated to average 15 hours
per response. Please send comments
regarding the accuracy of this burden
estimate to the Office of Investigations,
U.S. International Trade Commission,
500 E Street SW, Washington, DC
20436.
Inability to provide requested
information.—Pursuant to § 207.61(c) of
the Commission’s rules, any interested
party that cannot furnish the
information requested by this notice in
the requested form and manner shall
notify the Commission at the earliest
possible time, provide a full explanation
of why it cannot provide the requested
information, and indicate alternative
forms in which it can provide
equivalent information. If an interested
party does not provide this notification
(or the Commission finds the
explanation provided in the notification
inadequate) and fails to provide a
complete response to this notice, the
Commission may take an adverse
inference against the party pursuant to
§ 776(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1677e(b))
in making its determination in the
review.
Information To Be Provided in
Response to This Notice of Institution:
As used below, the term ‘‘firm’’ includes
any related firms.
Those responding to this notice of
institution are encouraged, but not
required, to visit the USITC’s website at
https://usitc.gov/reports/response_noi_
worksheet, where one can download
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and complete the ‘‘NOI worksheet’’
Excel form for the subject proceeding, to
be included as attachment/exhibit 1 of
your overall response.
(1) The name and address of your firm
or entity (including World Wide Web
address) and name, telephone number,
fax number, and Email address of the
certifying official.
(2) A statement indicating whether
your firm/entity is an interested party
under 19 U.S.C. 1677(9) and if so, how,
including whether your firm/entity is a
U.S. producer of the Domestic Like
Product, a U.S. union or worker group,
a U.S. importer of the Subject
Merchandise, a foreign producer or
exporter of the Subject Merchandise, a
U.S. or foreign trade or business
association (a majority of whose
members are interested parties under
the statute), or another interested party
(including an explanation). If you are a
union/worker group or trade/business
association, identify the firms in which
your workers are employed or which are
members of your association.
(3) A statement indicating whether
your firm/entity is willing to participate
in this proceeding by providing
information requested by the
Commission.
(4) A statement of the likely effects of
the revocation of the antidumping duty
order on the Domestic Industry in
general and/or your firm/entity
specifically. In your response, please
discuss the various factors specified in
section 752(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
1675a(a)) including the likely volume of
subject imports, likely price effects of
subject imports, and likely impact of
imports of Subject Merchandise on the
Domestic Industry.
(5) A list of all known and currently
operating U.S. producers of the
Domestic Like Product. Identify any
known related parties and the nature of
the relationship as defined in section
771(4)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
1677(4)(B)).
(6) A list of all known and currently
operating U.S. importers of the Subject
Merchandise and producers of the
Subject Merchandise in the Subject
Country that currently export or have
exported Subject Merchandise to the
United States or other countries after
2017.
(7) A list of 3–5 leading purchasers in
the U.S. market for the Domestic Like
Product and the Subject Merchandise
(including street address, World Wide
Web address, and the name, telephone
number, fax number, and Email address
of a responsible official at each firm).
(8) A list of known sources of
information on national or regional
prices for the Domestic Like Product or
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the Subject Merchandise in the U.S. or
other markets.
(9) If you are a U.S. producer of the
Domestic Like Product, provide the
following information on your firm’s
operations on that product during
calendar year 2023, except as noted
(report quantity data in units of washers
and value data in U.S. dollars, f.o.b.
plant). If you are a union/worker group
or trade/business association, provide
the information, on an aggregate basis,
for the firms in which your workers are
employed/which are members of your
association.
(a) Production (quantity) and, if
known, an estimate of the percentage of
total U.S. production of the Domestic
Like Product accounted for by your
firm’s(s’) production;
(b) Capacity (quantity) of your firm to
produce the Domestic Like Product (that
is, the level of production that your
establishment(s) could reasonably have
expected to attain during the year,
assuming normal operating conditions
(using equipment and machinery in
place and ready to operate), normal
operating levels (hours per week/weeks
per year), time for downtime,
maintenance, repair, and cleanup, and a
typical or representative product mix);
(c) the quantity and value of U.S.
commercial shipments of the Domestic
Like Product produced in your U.S.
plant(s);
(d) the quantity and value of U.S.
internal consumption/company
transfers of the Domestic Like Product
produced in your U.S. plant(s); and
(e) the value of (i) net sales, (ii) cost
of goods sold (COGS), (iii) gross profit,
(iv) selling, general and administrative
(SG&A) expenses, and (v) operating
income of the Domestic Like Product
produced in your U.S. plant(s) (include
both U.S. and export commercial sales,
internal consumption, and company
transfers) for your most recently
completed fiscal year (identify the date
on which your fiscal year ends).
(10) If you are a U.S. importer or a
trade/business association of U.S.
importers of the Subject Merchandise
from the Subject Country, provide the
following information on your firm’s(s’)
operations on that product during
calendar year 2023 (report quantity data
in units of washers and value data in
U.S. dollars). If you are a trade/business
association, provide the information, on
an aggregate basis, for the firms which
are members of your association.
(a) The quantity and value (landed,
duty-paid but not including
antidumping duties) of U.S. imports
and, if known, an estimate of the
percentage of total U.S. imports of
Subject Merchandise from the Subject
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Country accounted for by your firm’s(s’)
imports;
(b) the quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S.
port, including antidumping duties) of
U.S. commercial shipments of Subject
Merchandise imported from the Subject
Country; and
(c) the quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S.
port, including antidumping duties) of
U.S. internal consumption/company
transfers of Subject Merchandise
imported from the Subject Country.
(11) If you are a producer, an exporter,
or a trade/business association of
producers or exporters of the Subject
Merchandise in the Subject Country,
provide the following information on
your firm’s(s’) operations on that
product during calendar year 2023
(report quantity data in units of washers
and value data in U.S. dollars, landed
and duty-paid at the U.S. port but not
including antidumping duties). If you
are a trade/business association, provide
the information, on an aggregate basis,
for the firms which are members of your
association.
(a) Production (quantity) and, if
known, an estimate of the percentage of
total production of Subject Merchandise
in the Subject Country accounted for by
your firm’s(s’) production;
(b) Capacity (quantity) of your firm(s)
to produce the Subject Merchandise in
the Subject Country (that is, the level of
production that your establishment(s)
could reasonably have expected to
attain during the year, assuming normal
operating conditions (using equipment
and machinery in place and ready to
operate), normal operating levels (hours
per week/weeks per year), time for
downtime, maintenance, repair, and
cleanup, and a typical or representative
product mix); and
(c) the quantity and value of your
firm’s(s’) exports to the United States of
Subject Merchandise and, if known, an
estimate of the percentage of total
exports to the United States of Subject
Merchandise from the Subject Country
accounted for by your firm’s(s’) exports.
(12) Identify significant changes, if
any, in the supply and demand
conditions or business cycle for the
Domestic Like Product that have
occurred in the United States or in the
market for the Subject Merchandise in
the Subject Country after 2017, and
significant changes, if any, that are
likely to occur within a reasonably
foreseeable time. Supply conditions to
consider include technology;
production methods; development
efforts; ability to increase production
(including the shift of production
facilities used for other products and the
use, cost, or availability of major inputs
into production); and factors related to
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the ability to shift supply among
different national markets (including
barriers to importation in foreign
markets or changes in market demand
abroad). Demand conditions to consider
include end uses and applications; the
existence and availability of substitute
products; and the level of competition
among the Domestic Like Product
produced in the United States, Subject
Merchandise produced in the Subject
Country, and such merchandise from
other countries.
(13) (OPTIONAL) A statement of
whether you agree with the above
definitions of the Domestic Like Product
and Domestic Industry; if you disagree
with either or both of these definitions,
please explain why and provide
alternative definitions.
Authority: This proceeding is being
conducted under authority of title VII of
the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is
published pursuant to § 207.61 of the
Commission’s rules.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: March 26, 2024.
Katherine Hiner,
Supervisory Attorney.
[FR Doc. 2024–06741 Filed 3–29–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Meeting of the Compact Council for the
National Crime Prevention and Privacy
Compact
Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice.
ACTION: Meeting notice.
AGENCY:
The purpose of this notice is
to announce a meeting of the National
Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact
Council (Council) created by the
National Crime Prevention and Privacy
Compact Act of 1998 (Compact).
DATES: The Council will meet in open
session from 8:30 a.m. (CDT) until 5:30
p.m. (CDT) on May 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place
at the Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker
Hotel, 333 South 13th Street, Lincoln,
Nebraska 68508.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Inquiries may be addressed to Ms.
Chasity S. Anderson, FBI Compact
Officer, Biometric Technology Center,
1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg,
West Virginia 26306, telephone 304–
625–2803.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Thus far,
the Federal Government and 35 states
are parties to the Compact which
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governs the exchange of criminal history
records for licensing, employment,
immigration and naturalization matters,
and similar noncriminal justice
purposes. The Compact also provides a
legal framework for the establishment of
a cooperative federal-state system to
exchange such records.
The United States Attorney General
appointed 15 persons from state and
federal agencies to serve on the Council.
The Council will prescribe system rules
and procedures for the effective and
proper operation of the Interstate
Identification Index system for
noncriminal justice purposes.
Matters for discussion are expected to
include:
(1) Council’s Strategic Plan Update
(2) Modernization of the CJIS Security
Policy
(3) Reuse of Noncriminal Justice
Fingerprints for Noncriminal Justice
Purposes
The meeting will be conducted with
a blended participation option. The
meeting will be open to the public on
a first-come, first-serve basis. Virtual
participation options are available. To
register for participation, individuals
must provide their name, city, state,
phone, email address and agency/
organization to compactoffice@fbi.gov
by April 13, 2024. Individuals
registering for participation must note
their preference of in-person or virtual
participation. Information regarding
virtual participation will be provided
prior to the meeting to registered
individuals attending virtually.
Any member of the public wishing to
file a written statement with the Council
or wishing to address this session of the
Council should notify the FBI Compact
Officer, Ms. Chasity S. Anderson at
compactoffice@fbi.gov, at least 7 days
prior to the start of the session. The
notification should contain the
individual’s name and corporate
designation, consumer affiliation, or
government designation, along with a
short statement describing the topic to
be addressed and the time needed for
the presentation. Individuals will
ordinarily be allowed up to 15 minutes
to present a topic. The Compact Officer
will compile all requests and submit to
the Compact Council for consideration.
Individuals requiring special
accommodations should contact Ms.
Anderson at compactoffice@fbi.gov by
no later than April 24, 2024. Please note
all personal registration information
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may be made publicly available through
a Freedom of Information Act request.
Chasity S. Anderson,
FBI Compact Officer, Criminal Justice
Information Services Division, Federal Bureau
of Investigation.
[FR Doc. 2024–06848 Filed 3–29–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410–02–P
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
National Endowment for the
Humanities
Call for Proposals To Establish a
Partnership in the State of Iowa
National Endowment for the
Humanities; National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The National Endowment for
the Humanities (NEH) requests
proposals from interested nonprofit
organizations and institutions of higher
education to partner with NEH as the
designated state humanities council in
Iowa. Specifically, NEH is interested in
partnering with a nonprofit organization
or institution of higher education that
has the skills and capacity to plan and
administer humanities subawards and
programs and provide humanities
resources that are accessible to the
people of the State of Iowa.
DATES: All proposals must be received
by July 31, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit proposals
electronically, with the subject line,
‘‘Opportunity to Enter into a Partnership
with the National Endowment for the
Humanities as the Designated
Humanities Council in the State of
Iowa,’’ by email at the following
address: fedstatecfp@neh.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Kenton, Director, Office of
Federal/State Partnership, 400 Seventh
Street SW, Washington, DC 20024.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 63 (Monday, April 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22455-22458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06741]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 731-TA-1200 (Second Review)]
Large Residential Washers From Mexico; Institution of a Five-Year
Review
AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted a
review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the Act''), as amended, to
determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on large
residential washers (``LRWs'') from Mexico would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of material injury. Pursuant to the Act,
interested parties are requested to respond to this notice by
submitting the information specified below to the Commission.
DATES: Instituted April 1, 2024. To be assured of consideration, the
deadline for responses is May 1, 2024. Comments on the adequacy of
responses may be filed with the Commission by June 7, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alejandro Orozco (202-205-3177),
Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E
Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain
information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal
on 202-205-1810. 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. General information
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its
internet server (https://www.usitc.gov). The public record for this
proceeding may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background.--On February 15, 2013, the Department of Commerce
(``Commerce'') issued antidumping duty orders covering LRWs from Korea
and Mexico and a countervailing duty order covering LRWs from Korea (78
FR 11148 and 78 FR 11154, February 15, 2013). Following the five-year
reviews by Commerce and the Commission, effective February 15, 2018,
Commerce revoked the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on
imports of LRWs from Korea (84 FR 19764, May 6, 2019). Commerce issued
a continuation of the antidumping duty order covering LRWs from Mexico,
effective May 6, 2019 (84 FR 19764). The Commission is now conducting a
second review pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, as amended (19
U.S.C. 1675(c)), to determine whether revocation of the order would be
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to the
domestic industry within a reasonably foreseeable time. Provisions
concerning the conduct of this proceeding may be found in the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure at 19 CFR part 201,
subparts A and B, and 19 CFR part 207, subparts A and F. The Commission
will assess the adequacy of interested party responses to this notice
of institution to determine whether to conduct a full review or an
expedited review. The Commission's determination in any expedited
review will be based on the facts available, which may include
information provided in response to this notice.
Definitions.--The following definitions apply to this review:
(1) Subject Merchandise is the class or kind of merchandise that is
within the scope of the five-year review, as defined by Commerce.
(2) The Subject Country in this review is Mexico.
(3) The Domestic Like Product is the domestically produced product
or products which are like, or in the absence of like, most similar in
characteristics and uses with, the Subject Merchandise. In its original
determinations and its full first five-year review determinations, the
Commission defined the Domestic Like Product as LRWs described by the
scope and top load washers with a capacity of less than 3.7 cubic feet.
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(4) The Domestic Industry is the U.S. producers as a whole of the
Domestic Like Product, or those producers whose collective output of
the Domestic Like Product constitutes a major proportion of the total
domestic production of the product. In its original determinations and
its full first five-year review determinations, the Commission defined
the Domestic Industry as all domestic producers of washers.
(5) An Importer is any person or firm engaged, either directly or
through a parent company or subsidiary, in importing the Subject
Merchandise into the United States from a foreign manufacturer or
through its selling agent.
Participation in the proceeding and public service list.--Persons,
including industrial users of the Subject Merchandise and, if the
merchandise is sold at the retail level, representative consumer
organizations, wishing to participate in the proceeding as parties must
file an entry of appearance with the Secretary to the Commission, as
provided in Sec. 201.11(b)(4) of the Commission's rules, no later than
21 days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register. The
Secretary will maintain a public service list containing the names and
addresses of all persons, or their representatives, who are parties to
the proceeding.
Former Commission employees who are seeking to appear in Commission
five-year reviews are advised that they may appear in a review even if
they participated personally and substantially in the corresponding
underlying original investigation or an earlier review of the same
underlying investigation. The Commission's designated agency ethics
official has advised that a five-year review is not the same particular
matter as the underlying original investigation, and a five-year review
is not the same particular matter as an earlier review of the same
underlying investigation for purposes of 18 U.S.C. 207, the post-
employment statute for Federal employees, and Commission rule 201.15(b)
(19 CFR 201.15(b)), 79 FR 3246 (Jan. 17, 2014), 73 FR 24609 (May 5,
2008). Consequently, former employees are not required to seek
Commission approval to appear in a review under Commission rule 19 CFR
201.15, even if the corresponding underlying original investigation or
an earlier review of the same underlying investigation was pending when
they were Commission employees. For further ethics advice on this
matter, contact Charles Smith, Office of the General Counsel, at 202-
205-3408.
Limited disclosure of business proprietary information (BPI) under
an administrative protective order (APO) and APO service list.--
Pursuant to Sec. 207.7(a) of the Commission's rules, the Secretary
will make BPI submitted in this proceeding available to authorized
applicants under the APO issued in the proceeding, provided that the
application is made no later than 21 days after publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. Authorized applicants must represent
interested parties, as defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(9), who are parties to
the proceeding. A separate service list will be maintained by the
Secretary for those parties authorized to receive BPI under the APO.
Certification.--Pursuant to Sec. 207.3 of the Commission's rules,
any person submitting information to the Commission in connection with
this proceeding must certify that the information is accurate and
complete to the best of the submitter's knowledge. In making the
certification, the submitter will acknowledge that information
submitted in response to this request for information and throughout
this proceeding or other proceeding 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.
Written submissions.--Pursuant to Sec. 207.61 of the Commission's
rules, each interested party response to this notice must provide the
information specified below. The deadline for filing such responses is
5:15 p.m. on May 1, 2024. Pursuant to Sec. 207.62(b) of the
Commission's rules, eligible parties (as specified in Commission rule
207.62(b)(1)) may also file comments concerning the adequacy of
responses to the notice of institution and whether the Commission
should conduct an expedited or full review. The deadline for filing
such comments is 5:15 p.m. on June 7, 2024. All written submissions
must conform with the provisions of Sec. 201.8 of the Commission's
rules; any submissions that contain BPI must also conform with the
requirements of Sec. Sec. 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission's
rules. The Commission's Handbook on Filing Procedures, available on the
Commission's website at https://www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_on_filing_procedures.pdf, elaborates upon the Commission's
procedures with respect to filings. Also, in accordance with Sec. Sec.
201.16(c) and 207.3 of the Commission's rules, each document filed by a
party to the proceeding must be served on all other parties to the
proceeding (as identified by either the public or APO service list as
appropriate), and a certificate of service must accompany the document
(if you are not a party to the proceeding you do not need to serve your
response).
Please note the Secretary's Office will accept only electronic
filings at this time. Filings must be made through the Commission's
Electronic Document Information System (EDIS, https://edis.usitc.gov).
No in-person paper-based filings or paper copies of any electronic
filings will be accepted until further notice.
No response to this request for information is required if a
currently valid Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') number is not
displayed; the OMB number is 3117 0016/USITC No. 24-5-595, expiration
date June 30, 2026. Public reporting burden for the request is
estimated to average 15 hours per response. Please send comments
regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate to the Office of
Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436.
Inability to provide requested information.--Pursuant to Sec.
207.61(c) of the Commission's rules, any interested party that cannot
furnish the information requested by this notice in the requested form
and manner shall notify the Commission at the earliest possible time,
provide a full explanation of why it cannot provide the requested
information, and indicate alternative forms in which it can provide
equivalent information. If an interested party does not provide this
notification (or the Commission finds the explanation provided in the
notification inadequate) and fails to provide a complete response to
this notice, the Commission may take an adverse inference against the
party pursuant to Sec. 776(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1677e(b)) in
making its determination in the review.
Information To Be Provided in Response to This Notice of
Institution: As used below, the term ``firm'' includes any related
firms.
Those responding to this notice of institution are encouraged, but
not required, to visit the USITC's website at https://usitc.gov/reports/response_noi_worksheet, where one can download
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and complete the ``NOI worksheet'' Excel form for the subject
proceeding, to be included as attachment/exhibit 1 of your overall
response.
(1) The name and address of your firm or entity (including World
Wide Web address) and name, telephone number, fax number, and Email
address of the certifying official.
(2) A statement indicating whether your firm/entity is an
interested party under 19 U.S.C. 1677(9) and if so, how, including
whether your firm/entity is a U.S. producer of the Domestic Like
Product, a U.S. union or worker group, a U.S. importer of the Subject
Merchandise, a foreign producer or exporter of the Subject Merchandise,
a U.S. or foreign trade or business association (a majority of whose
members are interested parties under the statute), or another
interested party (including an explanation). If you are a union/worker
group or trade/business association, identify the firms in which your
workers are employed or which are members of your association.
(3) A statement indicating whether your firm/entity is willing to
participate in this proceeding by providing information requested by
the Commission.
(4) A statement of the likely effects of the revocation of the
antidumping duty order on the Domestic Industry in general and/or your
firm/entity specifically. In your response, please discuss the various
factors specified in section 752(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675a(a))
including the likely volume of subject imports, likely price effects of
subject imports, and likely impact of imports of Subject Merchandise on
the Domestic Industry.
(5) A list of all known and currently operating U.S. producers of
the Domestic Like Product. Identify any known related parties and the
nature of the relationship as defined in section 771(4)(B) of the Act
(19 U.S.C. 1677(4)(B)).
(6) A list of all known and currently operating U.S. importers of
the Subject Merchandise and producers of the Subject Merchandise in the
Subject Country that currently export or have exported Subject
Merchandise to the United States or other countries after 2017.
(7) A list of 3-5 leading purchasers in the U.S. market for the
Domestic Like Product and the Subject Merchandise (including street
address, World Wide Web address, and the name, telephone number, fax
number, and Email address of a responsible official at each firm).
(8) A list of known sources of information on national or regional
prices for the Domestic Like Product or the Subject Merchandise in the
U.S. or other markets.
(9) If you are a U.S. producer of the Domestic Like Product,
provide the following information on your firm's operations on that
product during calendar year 2023, except as noted (report quantity
data in units of washers and value data in U.S. dollars, f.o.b. plant).
If you are a union/worker group or trade/business association, provide
the information, on an aggregate basis, for the firms in which your
workers are employed/which are members of your association.
(a) Production (quantity) and, if known, an estimate of the
percentage of total U.S. production of the Domestic Like Product
accounted for by your firm's(s') production;
(b) Capacity (quantity) of your firm to produce the Domestic Like
Product (that is, the level of production that your establishment(s)
could reasonably have expected to attain during the year, assuming
normal operating conditions (using equipment and machinery in place and
ready to operate), normal operating levels (hours per week/weeks per
year), time for downtime, maintenance, repair, and cleanup, and a
typical or representative product mix);
(c) the quantity and value of U.S. commercial shipments of the
Domestic Like Product produced in your U.S. plant(s);
(d) the quantity and value of U.S. internal consumption/company
transfers of the Domestic Like Product produced in your U.S. plant(s);
and
(e) the value of (i) net sales, (ii) cost of goods sold (COGS),
(iii) gross profit, (iv) selling, general and administrative (SG&A)
expenses, and (v) operating income of the Domestic Like Product
produced in your U.S. plant(s) (include both U.S. and export commercial
sales, internal consumption, and company transfers) for your most
recently completed fiscal year (identify the date on which your fiscal
year ends).
(10) If you are a U.S. importer or a trade/business association of
U.S. importers of the Subject Merchandise from the Subject Country,
provide the following information on your firm's(s') operations on that
product during calendar year 2023 (report quantity data in units of
washers and value data in U.S. dollars). If you are a trade/business
association, provide the information, on an aggregate basis, for the
firms which are members of your association.
(a) The quantity and value (landed, duty-paid but not including
antidumping duties) of U.S. imports and, if known, an estimate of the
percentage of total U.S. imports of Subject Merchandise from the
Subject Country accounted for by your firm's(s') imports;
(b) the quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S. port, including antidumping
duties) of U.S. commercial shipments of Subject Merchandise imported
from the Subject Country; and
(c) the quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S. port, including antidumping
duties) of U.S. internal consumption/company transfers of Subject
Merchandise imported from the Subject Country.
(11) If you are a producer, an exporter, or a trade/business
association of producers or exporters of the Subject Merchandise in the
Subject Country, provide the following information on your firm's(s')
operations on that product during calendar year 2023 (report quantity
data in units of washers and value data in U.S. dollars, landed and
duty-paid at the U.S. port but not including antidumping duties). If
you are a trade/business association, provide the information, on an
aggregate basis, for the firms which are members of your association.
(a) Production (quantity) and, if known, an estimate of the
percentage of total production of Subject Merchandise in the Subject
Country accounted for by your firm's(s') production;
(b) Capacity (quantity) of your firm(s) to produce the Subject
Merchandise in the Subject Country (that is, the level of production
that your establishment(s) could reasonably have expected to attain
during the year, assuming normal operating conditions (using equipment
and machinery in place and ready to operate), normal operating levels
(hours per week/weeks per year), time for downtime, maintenance,
repair, and cleanup, and a typical or representative product mix); and
(c) the quantity and value of your firm's(s') exports to the United
States of Subject Merchandise and, if known, an estimate of the
percentage of total exports to the United States of Subject Merchandise
from the Subject Country accounted for by your firm's(s') exports.
(12) Identify significant changes, if any, in the supply and demand
conditions or business cycle for the Domestic Like Product that have
occurred in the United States or in the market for the Subject
Merchandise in the Subject Country after 2017, and significant changes,
if any, that are likely to occur within a reasonably foreseeable time.
Supply conditions to consider include technology; production methods;
development efforts; ability to increase production (including the
shift of production facilities used for other products and the use,
cost, or availability of major inputs into production); and factors
related to
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the ability to shift supply among different national markets (including
barriers to importation in foreign markets or changes in market demand
abroad). Demand conditions to consider include end uses and
applications; the existence and availability of substitute products;
and the level of competition among the Domestic Like Product produced
in the United States, Subject Merchandise produced in the Subject
Country, and such merchandise from other countries.
(13) (OPTIONAL) A statement of whether you agree with the above
definitions of the Domestic Like Product and Domestic Industry; if you
disagree with either or both of these definitions, please explain why
and provide alternative definitions.
Authority: This proceeding is being conducted under authority of
title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published pursuant
to Sec. 207.61 of the Commission's rules.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: March 26, 2024.
Katherine Hiner,
Supervisory Attorney.
[FR Doc. 2024-06741 Filed 3-29-24; 8:45 am]
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