Notice of Finding That Aluminum Extrusions and Profile Products and Derivatives Produced or Manufactured Wholly or in Part by Kingtom Aluminio S.R.L. With the Use of Convict, Forced or Indentured Labor Are Being, or Are Likely To Be, Imported Into the United States, 96265-96266 [2024-27686]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 233 / Wednesday, December 4, 2024 / Notices would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Fellowships: Neurodevelopment, Oxidative Stress, and Synaptic Plasticity Fellowship Study Section. Date: December 20, 2024. Time: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Address: National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. Meeting Format: Virtual Meeting. Contact Person: Robert C. Elliott, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5190, MSC 7846, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435– 3009, elliotro@csr.nih.gov. (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine; 93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, 93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National Institutes of Health, HHS) Dated: November 29, 2024. Victoria E. Townsend, Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. 2024–28391 Filed 12–3–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Customs and Border Protection [CBP Dec. 24–17] Notice of Finding That Aluminum Extrusions and Profile Products and Derivatives Produced or Manufactured Wholly or in Part by Kingtom Aluminio S.R.L. With the Use of Convict, Forced or Indentured Labor Are Being, or Are Likely To Be, Imported Into the United States U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: General notice of forced labor finding. AGENCY: This document notifies the public that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), with the approval of the Secretary of Homeland Security, has determined that aluminum extrusions and profile products and derivatives produced or manufactured wholly or in part by Kingtom Aluminio S.R.L. with the use of convict, forced or indentured labor, are being, or are likely to be, imported into the United States. DATES: This Finding applies to any merchandise described in Section II of this Notice that is imported on or after ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:36 Dec 03, 2024 Jkt 265001 December 4, 2024. It also applies to any merchandise described in Section II of this Notice that has already been imported and has not been released from CBP custody before December 4, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian M. Hoxie, Director, Forced Labor Division, Trade Remedy Law Enforcement Directorate, Office of Trade, (202) 841–3081 or forcedlabor@ cbp.dhs.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background Pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1307), ‘‘[a]ll goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor or/and forced labor or/and indentured labor under penal sanctions shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States, and the importation thereof is hereby prohibited.’’ Under this section, ‘‘forced labor’’ includes ‘‘all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily’’ and includes forced or indentured child labor. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations promulgated under the authority of 19 U.S.C. 1307 are found at sections 12.42 through 12.45 of title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (19 CFR 12.42–12.45). Among other things, these regulations allow any person outside of CBP to communicate a belief that a certain ‘‘class of merchandise . . . is being, or is likely to be, imported into the United States [in violation of 19 U.S.C. 1307].’’ 19 CFR 12.42(a), (b). Upon receiving such information, the Commissioner of CBP will initiate an investigation if warranted by the circumstances. 19 CFR 12.42(d). CBP also has the authority to self-initiate an investigation. 19 CFR 12.42(a). If the Commissioner of CBP finds that the information available ‘‘reasonably but not conclusively’’ demonstrates that such merchandise within the purview of 19 U.S.C. 1307 is being, or is likely to be, imported into the United States, the Commissioner of CBP will order port directors to seize and withhold the merchandise pending further instructions. 19 CFR 12.42(e). After issuance of such a withhold release order, the covered merchandise will be detained by CBP for an admissibility determination and will be excluded unless the importer demonstrates that the merchandise was not made using PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 96265 labor in violation of 19 U.S.C. 1307. 19 CFR 12.43–12.44. The importer may also export the merchandise. 19 CFR 12.44(a). These regulations also set forth the procedure for the Commissioner of CBP to issue a Finding when he determines that the merchandise is subject to the provisions of 19 U.S.C. 1307. Pursuant to 19 CFR 12.42(f), if the Commissioner of CBP finds that merchandise within the purview of 19 U.S.C. 1307 is being, or is likely to be, imported into the United States, the Commissioner will, with the approval of the Secretary of Homeland Security, publish a Finding to that effect in the Customs Bulletin and in the Federal Register.1 Under the authority of 19 CFR 12.44(b), CBP may seize and forfeit imported merchandise covered by a Finding. Through its investigation, CBP has determined that there is sufficient information to support a Finding that Kingtom Aluminio S.R.L. is using convict, forced, or indentured labor in a factory in the Dominican Republic to produce or manufacture in whole or in part aluminum extrusions and profile products and derivatives, and that such products are being, or are likely to be, imported into the United States. II. Finding A. General Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1307 and 19 CFR 12.42(f), it is hereby determined that certain articles described in section II.B. of this Notice, that are produced or manufactured in whole or in part with the use of convict, forced, or indentured labor by Kingtom Aluminio S.R.L., are being, or are likely to be, imported into the United States. Based upon this determination, the port director may seize the covered merchandise for violation of 19 U.S.C. 1307 and commence forfeiture proceedings pursuant to 19 CFR part 162, subpart E, unless the importer establishes by satisfactory evidence that the merchandise was not produced or manufactured in any part with the use of prohibited labor specified in this Finding. 19 CFR 12.42(g). 1 Although the regulation states that the Secretary of the Treasury must approve the issuance of a Finding, the Secretary of the Treasury delegated this authority to the Secretary of Homeland Security in Treasury Order No. 100–16, 68 FR 28322 (May 23, 2003). Under Delegation Order 7010.3, Section II.A.3, the Secretary of Homeland Security delegated the authority to issue a Finding to the Commissioner of CBP, with the approval of the Secretary of Homeland Security. The Commissioner of CBP, in turn, delegated the authority to make a Finding regarding prohibited goods under 19 U.S.C. 1307 to the Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade. E:\FR\FM\04DEN1.SGM 04DEN1 96266 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 233 / Wednesday, December 4, 2024 / Notices B. Articles and Entities Covered by This Finding This Finding covers aluminum extrusions and profile products and derivatives produced or manufactured wholly or in part with aluminum and articles thereof classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 7604.21.0010, 7604.29.1010, 7604.29.3060, 7604.29.5050, 7604.29.5090, 7608.20.0090, 7610.90.0080 and any other relevant subheadings under Chapter 76, which are produced or manufactured wholly or in part by Kingtom Aluminio S.R.L. The Secretary of Homeland Security has reviewed and approved this Finding. Rose M. Brophy, Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade. [FR Doc. 2024–27686 Filed 12–3–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9111–14–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [BLM_AK_FRN_MO4500183286; AA–10495] Alaska Native Claims Selection Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance. AGENCY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hereby provides constructive notice that it will issue an appealable decision approving conveyance of the surface and subsurface estates in certain lands to Sealaska Corporation, an Alaska Native regional corporation, pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA), as amended. DATES: Any party claiming a property interest in the lands affected by the decision may appeal the decision in accordance with the requirements of 43 CFR part 4 within the time limits set out in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. SUMMARY: You may obtain a copy of the decision from the Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK 99513–7504. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dina L. Torres, BLM Alaska State Office, 907– 271–5699, or dtorres@blm.gov. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point of contact in the United States. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that the BLM will issue an appealable decision to Sealaska Corporation. The decision approves conveyance of the surface and subsurface estates in certain lands pursuant to ANCSA (43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.), as amended. The lands are located on Baranof Island, Alaska, within T. 57 S., R. 64 E., Copper River Meridian, Alaska, and aggregate 10.54 acres. The decision addresses public access easements, if any, to be reserved to the United States pursuant to sec. 17(b) of ANCSA (43 U.S.C. 1616(b)), in the lands described above. The BLM will also publish notice of the decision once a week for four consecutive weeks in the ‘‘Juneau Empire’’ newspaper. Any party claiming a property interest in the lands affected by the decision may appeal the decision in accordance with the requirements of 43 CFR part 4 within the following time limits: 1. Unknown parties, parties unable to be located after reasonable efforts have been expended to locate, parties who fail or refuse to sign their return receipt, and parties who receive a copy of the decision by regular mail which is not certified, return receipt requested, shall have until January 3, 2025 to file an appeal. 2. Parties receiving service of the decision by certified mail shall have 30 days from the date of receipt to file an appeal. Parties who do not file an appeal in accordance with the requirements of 43 CFR part 4 shall be deemed to have waived their rights. Notices of appeal transmitted by facsimile will not be accepted as timely filed. Dina L. Torres, Management and Program Analyst, Division of Lands and Cadastral. [FR Doc. 2024–28373 Filed 12–3–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4331–10–P ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 ADDRESSES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:36 Dec 03, 2024 Jkt 265001 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation Nos. 701–TA–608 and 731– TA–1420 (Review)] Steel Racks From China; Scheduling of Expedited Five-Year Reviews United States International Trade Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of expedited reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on steel racks from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. DATES: November 4, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Stebbins (202) 205–2039, Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired 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 November 4, 2024, the Commission determined that the domestic interested party group response to its notice of institution (89 FR 62779, August 1, 2024) of the subject five-year reviews was adequate and that the respondent interested party group response was inadequate. The Commission did not find any other circumstances that would warrant conducting full reviews.1 Accordingly, the Commission determined that it would conduct expedited reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(3) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(3)). For further information concerning the conduct of these reviews and rules of general application, consult the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 207). Staff report.—A staff report containing information concerning the subject matter of the reviews has been placed in the nonpublic record, and will be made available to persons on the Administrative Protective Order service list for these reviews on January 28, 2025. A public version will be issued SUMMARY: 1 A record of the Commissioners’ votes, the Commission’s statement on adequacy, and any individual Commissioner’s statements will be available from the Office of the Secretary and at the Commission’s website. E:\FR\FM\04DEN1.SGM 04DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 96265-96266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27686]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

[CBP Dec. 24-17]


Notice of Finding That Aluminum Extrusions and Profile Products 
and Derivatives Produced or Manufactured Wholly or in Part by Kingtom 
Aluminio S.R.L. With the Use of Convict, Forced or Indentured Labor Are 
Being, or Are Likely To Be, Imported Into the United States

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: General notice of forced labor finding.

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SUMMARY: This document notifies the public that U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP), with the approval of the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, has determined that aluminum extrusions and profile products 
and derivatives produced or manufactured wholly or in part by Kingtom 
Aluminio S.R.L. with the use of convict, forced or indentured labor, 
are being, or are likely to be, imported into the United States.

DATES: This Finding applies to any merchandise described in Section II 
of this Notice that is imported on or after December 4, 2024. It also 
applies to any merchandise described in Section II of this Notice that 
has already been imported and has not been released from CBP custody 
before December 4, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian M. Hoxie, Director, Forced Labor 
Division, Trade Remedy Law Enforcement Directorate, Office of Trade, 
(202) 841-3081 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    Pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 
U.S.C. 1307), ``[a]ll goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, 
produced or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by 
convict labor or/and forced labor or/and indentured labor under penal 
sanctions shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the 
United States, and the importation thereof is hereby prohibited.'' 
Under this section, ``forced labor'' includes ``all work or service 
which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for 
its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself 
voluntarily'' and includes forced or indentured child labor.
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations promulgated 
under the authority of 19 U.S.C. 1307 are found at sections 12.42 
through 12.45 of title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (19 
CFR 12.42-12.45). Among other things, these regulations allow any 
person outside of CBP to communicate a belief that a certain ``class of 
merchandise . . . is being, or is likely to be, imported into the 
United States [in violation of 19 U.S.C. 1307].'' 19 CFR 12.42(a), (b). 
Upon receiving such information, the Commissioner of CBP will initiate 
an investigation if warranted by the circumstances. 19 CFR 12.42(d). 
CBP also has the authority to self-initiate an investigation. 19 CFR 
12.42(a).
    If the Commissioner of CBP finds that the information available 
``reasonably but not conclusively'' demonstrates that such merchandise 
within the purview of 19 U.S.C. 1307 is being, or is likely to be, 
imported into the United States, the Commissioner of CBP will order 
port directors to seize and withhold the merchandise pending further 
instructions. 19 CFR 12.42(e). After issuance of such a withhold 
release order, the covered merchandise will be detained by CBP for an 
admissibility determination and will be excluded unless the importer 
demonstrates that the merchandise was not made using labor in violation 
of 19 U.S.C. 1307. 19 CFR 12.43-12.44. The importer may also export the 
merchandise. 19 CFR 12.44(a).
    These regulations also set forth the procedure for the Commissioner 
of CBP to issue a Finding when he determines that the merchandise is 
subject to the provisions of 19 U.S.C. 1307. Pursuant to 19 CFR 
12.42(f), if the Commissioner of CBP finds that merchandise within the 
purview of 19 U.S.C. 1307 is being, or is likely to be, imported into 
the United States, the Commissioner will, with the approval of the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, publish a Finding to that effect in the 
Customs Bulletin and in the Federal Register.\1\ Under the authority of 
19 CFR 12.44(b), CBP may seize and forfeit imported merchandise covered 
by a Finding.
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    \1\ Although the regulation states that the Secretary of the 
Treasury must approve the issuance of a Finding, the Secretary of 
the Treasury delegated this authority to the Secretary of Homeland 
Security in Treasury Order No. 100-16, 68 FR 28322 (May 23, 2003). 
Under Delegation Order 7010.3, Section II.A.3, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security delegated the authority to issue a Finding to the 
Commissioner of CBP, with the approval of the Secretary of Homeland 
Security. The Commissioner of CBP, in turn, delegated the authority 
to make a Finding regarding prohibited goods under 19 U.S.C. 1307 to 
the Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade.
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    Through its investigation, CBP has determined that there is 
sufficient information to support a Finding that Kingtom Aluminio 
S.R.L. is using convict, forced, or indentured labor in a factory in 
the Dominican Republic to produce or manufacture in whole or in part 
aluminum extrusions and profile products and derivatives, and that such 
products are being, or are likely to be, imported into the United 
States.

II. Finding

A. General

    Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1307 and 19 CFR 12.42(f), it is hereby 
determined that certain articles described in section II.B. of this 
Notice, that are produced or manufactured in whole or in part with the 
use of convict, forced, or indentured labor by Kingtom Aluminio S.R.L., 
are being, or are likely to be, imported into the United States. Based 
upon this determination, the port director may seize the covered 
merchandise for violation of 19 U.S.C. 1307 and commence forfeiture 
proceedings pursuant to 19 CFR part 162, subpart E, unless the importer 
establishes by satisfactory evidence that the merchandise was not 
produced or manufactured in any part with the use of prohibited labor 
specified in this Finding. 19 CFR 12.42(g).

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B. Articles and Entities Covered by This Finding

    This Finding covers aluminum extrusions and profile products and 
derivatives produced or manufactured wholly or in part with aluminum 
and articles thereof classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS) subheadings 7604.21.0010, 7604.29.1010, 
7604.29.3060, 7604.29.5050, 7604.29.5090, 7608.20.0090, 7610.90.0080 
and any other relevant subheadings under Chapter 76, which are produced 
or manufactured wholly or in part by Kingtom Aluminio S.R.L. The 
Secretary of Homeland Security has reviewed and approved this Finding.

Rose M. Brophy,
Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade.
[FR Doc. 2024-27686 Filed 12-3-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9111-14-P
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