Department of Commerce October 11, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that a respondent selected for individual examination, Bioparques de Occidente, S.A. de C.V. (Bioparques), complied with the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico (2019 Agreement), for the period of review (POR) September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2023. Commerce also preliminarily determines that another respondent selected for individual examination, Agricola Globalmex, S.A. de C.V. (Globalmex), complied with certain requirements of the 2019 Agreement during the POR. Additionally, Commerce preliminarily determines that the 2019 Agreement functioned as intended and continued to meet the statutory requirements under sections 734(c) and (d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) during the POR. Commerce requires additional information from two respondents, Globalmex and NatureSweet Invernaderos S. de R.L. de C.V./ NatureSweet Comercializadora, S. de R.L. de C.V. (collectively, NatureSweet). We intend to examine the additional requested information in a post-preliminary determination.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain lined paper products (lined paper) from India are not being sold in the United States at below normal value during the period of review (POR), September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2023. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding this administrative review with respect to certain companies. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

NOAA announces the request for written public comments on the draft National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy (National Strategy) in accordance with the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (CRCA), as reauthorized and amended by the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. NOAA administers the Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), which is implemented in the coastal areas and marine waters of Florida, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the U.S. Pacific Remote Island Area, and targeted international regions, including the wider Caribbean, the Coral Triangle, the South Pacific, and Micronesia. The reauthorized CRCA directs NOAA to develop the National Strategy within two years of enactment. The National Strategy will replace the existing CRCP Strategic Plan (2018). The intended effect of this notice is to initiate a period of public review and comment on the National Strategy.