Department of Commerce April 12, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Italy, Malaysia, and the Philippines would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of these AD orders.

This action implements measures for the Northeast multispecies common pool fishery and other measures under Regional Administrator authority for the 2023 fishing year. This action is necessary to ensure that the Northeast multispecies common pool fishery may achieve the optimum yield for the relevant stocks, while controlling catch to help prevent in-season closures or quota overages. These measures include possession and trip limits, the allocation of zero trips into the Closed Area II Yellowtail Flounder/Haddock Special Access Program for common pool vessels to target yellowtail flounder, and the closure of the Regular B Days-at-Sea Program.

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.

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.

As a result of determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) that termination of the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation (Agreement) and the suspended investigation on uranium from the Russian Federation (Russia) would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, and by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that termination of the suspended investigation would likely lead to material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing this notice of continuation of the Agreement.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Cellpage Ventures Private Limited (Cellpage) made sales of certain lined paper products from India at prices below normal value, and Navneet Education Ltd. (Navneet) did not, during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2020, through August 31, 2021.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that imports of light-walled rectangular pipe and tube (LWRPT), completed in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) using hot-rolled steel (HRS) produced in the People's Republic of China (China), are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on LWRPT from China.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that imports of certain welded carbon steel standard pipes and tubes (pipe and tube), completed in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) using hot-rolled steel (HRS) produced in India, are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) order on pipe and tube from India.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that imports of certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe (CWP), completed in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) using hot-rolled steel (HRS) produced in the Republic of Korea (Korea), are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) order on CWP from Korea.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that imports of aluminum sheet produced from aluminum alloy 4017 (4017 aluminum sheet) from the People's Republic of China (China) are circumventing the antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet (CAAS) from China.

The Secretary of Commerce, through the Office of Trade and Economic Analysis (``OTEA''), issued an amended Export Trade Certificate of Review (``Certificate'') to Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc., on March 27, 2023.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) seeks public comments on areas related to the study of the patent pro bono programs identified in the Unleashing American Innovators Act of 2022. This study builds upon the work the USPTO has conducted for over a decade and has scaled during the Biden Administration, to bring more people in America into the innovation ecosystem to create more jobs, foster economic prosperity, and solve world problems. The USPTO is announcing two public listening sessions on June 5 and 7, 2023, titled ``Inventor Listening Session for Patent Pro Bono Programs'' and ``Patent Practitioner Listening Session for Patent Pro Bono Program,'' respectively, to provide further opportunity for the public to provide input on these subject areas.