81_FR_14888 81 FR 14835 - United States Investment Advisory Council

81 FR 14835 - United States Investment Advisory Council

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 53 (March 18, 2016)

Page Range14835-14836
FR Document2016-06231

The Department of Commerce, having determined that it is in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the Department by law, and with the concurrence of the General Services Administration, announces establishment of The United States Investment Advisory Council. This advisory committee will provide advice on strategies to attract foreign direct investment to the United States. The establishment of this federal advisory committee is necessary to provide input to the Secretary of Commerce on the development and implementation of strategies and programs to attract and retain foreign investment in the United States and to help support the United States remaining the world's preeminent destination for foreign direct investment.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 53 (Friday, March 18, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06231]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


United States Investment Advisory Council

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of establishment of the United States Investment 
Advisory Council.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, having determined that it is in 
the public interest in connection with the performance of duties 
imposed on the Department by law, and with the concurrence of the 
General Services Administration, announces establishment of The United 
States Investment Advisory Council. This advisory committee will 
provide advice on strategies to attract foreign direct investment to 
the United States. The establishment of this federal advisory committee 
is necessary to provide input to the Secretary of Commerce on the 
development and implementation of strategies and programs to attract 
and

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retain foreign investment in the United States and to help support the 
United States remaining the world's preeminent destination for foreign 
direct investment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Advisory Committees and 
Industry Outreach, United States Investment Advisory Committee 
Executive Secretariat, Room 4043, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, telephone 202-482-4501, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Investment Advisory 
Council (Advisory Council) is established in accordance with the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 
App., to advise the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) on matters 
relating to the promotion and retention of foreign direct investment in 
the United States (FDI). The Department of Commerce affirms that the 
creation of this Advisory Council is necessary and in the public 
interest.

    Dated: March 15, 2016.
Li Zhou,
Deputy Director, Office of Advisory Committees & Industry Outreach.
[FR Doc. 2016-06231 Filed 3-16-16; 11:15 am]
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                                                      Dated: March 11, 2016.                                lead to a continuation or recurrence of                   Continuation of the Order
                                                    Andrew McGilvray,                                       dumping and material injury to an                            As a result of the determinations by
                                                    Executive Secretary.                                    industry in the United States, the                        the Department and the ITC that
                                                    [FR Doc. 2016–06177 Filed 3–17–16; 8:45 am]             Department is publishing a notice of                      revocation of the antidumping duty
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                                                                                                            continuation of the antidumping duty                      order would likely lead to a
                                                                                                            order.                                                    continuation or recurrence of dumping
                                                                                                            DATES: Effective Date: March 18, 2016.                    and material injury to an industry in the
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                          United States, pursuant to section
                                                                                                            Omar Qureshi, AD/CVD Operations,                          751(d)(2) of the Act, the Department
                                                    Foreign-Trade Zones Board                               Enforcement and Compliance,                               hereby orders the continuation of the
                                                    [B–78–2015]                                             International Trade Administration,                       antidumping duty order on potassium
                                                                                                            U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th                         permanganate from the PRC. U.S.
                                                    Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 45—                            Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,                       Customs and Border Protection will
                                                    Portland, Oregon; Authorization of                      Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)                    continue to collect antidumping duty
                                                    Production Activity; Lam Research                       482–5307.                                                 cash deposits at the rates in effect at the
                                                    Corporation; Subzone 45H                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                time of entry for all imports of subject
                                                    (Semiconductor Production                                                                                         merchandise. The effective date of the
                                                    Equipment, Subassemblies and                            Background                                                continuation of the order will be the
                                                    Related Parts); Tualatin and Sherwood,                     On September 1, 2015, the                              date of publication in the Federal
                                                    Oregon                                                  Department published a notice of                          Register of this notice of continuation.
                                                                                                            initiation of the sunset review of the                    Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act,
                                                      On November 6, 2015, the Port of                      antidumping duty order on potassium                       the Department intends to initiate the
                                                    Portland, grantee of FTZ 45, submitted                  permanganate from the PRC, pursuant to                    next five-year review of the order not
                                                    a notification of proposed production                   section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930,                 later than 30 days prior to the fifth
                                                    activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of                  as amended (‘‘the Act’’).1 As a result of                 anniversary of the effective date of
                                                    Lam Research Corporation, within                        its review, the Department determined                     continuation.
                                                    Subzone 45H at sites in Tualatin and                    that revocation of the antidumping duty                      This five-year (‘‘sunset’’) review and
                                                    Sherwood, Oregon.                                       order on potassium permanganate from                      this notice are in accordance with
                                                      The notification was processed in                     the PRC would likely lead to a                            section 751(c) of the Act and published
                                                    accordance with the regulations of the                  continuation or recurrence of dumping                     pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the Act.
                                                    FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including                  and, therefore, notified the ITC of the                     Dated: March 14, 2016.
                                                    notice in the Federal Register inviting                 magnitude of the margins likely to
                                                    public comment (80 FR 72412,                                                                                      Paul Piquado,
                                                                                                            prevail should the order be revoked.2                     Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
                                                    November 19, 2015). The FTZ Board has                   On February 8, 2016, the ITC published                    Compliance.
                                                    determined that no further review of the                notice of its determination, pursuant to
                                                    activity is warranted at this time. The                                                                           [FR Doc. 2016–06172 Filed 3–17–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                            section 751(c) of the Act, that revocation
                                                    production activity described in the                    of the antidumping duty order on
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                                                    notification is authorized, subject to the              potassium permanganate from the PRC
                                                    FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations,                    would likely lead to a continuation or
                                                    including Section 400.14.                                                                                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                                                                            recurrence of material injury to an
                                                      Dated: March 8, 2016.                                 industry in the United States within a                    International Trade Administration
                                                    Elizabeth Whiteman,                                     reasonably foreseeable time.3
                                                    Acting Executive Secretary.                                                                                       United States Investment Advisory
                                                                                                            Scope of the Order                                        Council
                                                    [FR Doc. 2016–06176 Filed 3–17–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                               Imports covered by this order are
                                                    BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                  shipments of potassium permanganate,                      AGENCY:  International Trade
                                                                                                            an inorganic chemical produced in free-                   Administration, U.S. Department of
                                                                                                            flowing, technical, and pharmaceutical                    Commerce.
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  grades. Potassium permanganate is                         ACTION: Notice of establishment of the
                                                                                                            currently classifiable under item                         United States Investment Advisory
                                                    International Trade Administration                                                                                Council.
                                                                                                            2841.61.00 of the Harmonized Tariff
                                                    [A–570–001]                                             Schedule of the United States
                                                                                                                                                                      SUMMARY:   The Department of
                                                                                                            (‘‘HTSUS’’). Although the HTSUS item
                                                    Potassium Permanganate From the                                                                                   Commerce, having determined that it is
                                                                                                            number is provided for convenience and
                                                    People’s Republic of China:                                                                                       in the public interest in connection with
                                                                                                            customs purposes, the written
                                                    Continuation of Antidumping Duty                                                                                  the performance of duties imposed on
                                                                                                            description of the merchandise remains
                                                    Order                                                                                                             the Department by law, and with the
                                                                                                            dispositive.
                                                                                                                                                                      concurrence of the General Services
                                                    AGENCY:    Enforcement and Compliance,                    1 See Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 80
                                                                                                                                                                      Administration, announces
                                                    International Trade Administration,                     FR 52743 (September 1, 2015).                             establishment of The United States
                                                    Department of Commerce.                                                                                           Investment Advisory Council. This
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                                                                                                              2 See Potassium Permanganate from the People’s

                                                    SUMMARY: As a result of the                             Republic of China: Final Results of Expedited             advisory committee will provide advice
                                                                                                            Fourth Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty
                                                    determinations by the Department of                     Order, 81 FR 741 (January 7, 2016) and
                                                                                                                                                                      on strategies to attract foreign direct
                                                    Commerce (the ‘‘Department’’) and the                   accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.              investment to the United States. The
                                                    International Trade Commission (the                       3 See Potassium Permanganate from the People’s          establishment of this federal advisory
                                                    ‘‘ITC’’) that revocation of the                         Republic of China: Determination, 81 FR 6538              committee is necessary to provide input
                                                    antidumping duty order on potassium                     (February 8, 2016); see also Potassium                    to the Secretary of Commerce on the
                                                                                                            Permanganate from the People’s Republic of China:
                                                    permanganate from the People’s                          Investigation No. 731–TA–125, USITC Publication           development and implementation of
                                                    Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) would likely                4590 (February, 2016).                                    strategies and programs to attract and


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                                                    retain foreign investment in the United                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        Dated: March 14, 2016.
                                                    States and to help support the United                   Carrie Simmons, Deputy Director, Gulf                 Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
                                                    States remaining the world’s preeminent                 of Mexico Fishery Management Council;                 Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
                                                    destination for foreign direct                          carrie.simmons@gulfcouncil.org,                       Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
                                                    investment.                                             telephone: (813) 348–1630.                            [FR Doc. 2016–06081 Filed 3–17–16; 8:45 am]
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
                                                    Office of Advisory Committees and                         Follow the link below to register for
                                                    Industry Outreach, United States                        the Reef Fish AP webinar: https://
                                                    Investment Advisory Committee                                                                                 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                                                                            attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/
                                                    Executive Secretariat, Room 4043, 1401                  6974732592762970369. After                            National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                                    Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,                    registering, you will receive a                       Administration
                                                    DC 20230, telephone 202–482–4501,                       confirmation email containing
                                                    email: IAC@trade.gov.                                   information about joining the webinar.                Submission for OMB Review;
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                                                                                Comment Request
                                                                                                            Agenda
                                                    United States Investment Advisory
                                                    Council (Advisory Council) is                             The Chairman will start the meeting                    The Department of Commerce will
                                                    established in accordance with the                      with introductions and adoption of                    submit to the Office of Management and
                                                    provisions of the Federal Advisory                      agenda. The AP will discuss the                       Budget (OMB) for clearance the
                                                    Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C.                     Framework Action to Modify Red                        following proposal for collection of
                                                    App., to advise the Secretary of                        Grouper Annual Catch Limits and make                  information under the provisions of the
                                                    Commerce (Secretary) on matters                         recommendations to the Council.                       Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
                                                    relating to the promotion and retention                                                                       Chapter 35).
                                                    of foreign direct investment in the                     —Meeting Adjourns—                                       Agency: National Oceanic and
                                                    United States (FDI). The Department of                     The Agenda is subject to change, and               Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
                                                    Commerce affirms that the creation of                   the latest version along with other                      Title: Groundfish Tagging Program.
                                                    this Advisory Council is necessary and                  meeting materials will be posted on the                  OMB Control Number: 0648–0276.
                                                    in the public interest.                                 Council’s file server. To access the file                Form Number(s): None.
                                                                                                                                                                     Type of Request: Regular (extension of
                                                      Dated: March 15, 2016.                                server, the URL is https://
                                                                                                                                                                  a currently approved information
                                                    Li Zhou,                                                public.gulfcouncil.org:5001/webman/
                                                                                                                                                                  collection).
                                                    Deputy Director, Office of Advisory                     index.cgi, or go to the Council’s Web
                                                                                                                                                                     Number of Respondents: 440.
                                                    Committees & Industry Outreach.                         site and click on the FTP link in the
                                                                                                                                                                     Average Hours per Response: Return
                                                    [FR Doc. 2016–06231 Filed 3–16–16; 11:15 am]            lower left of the Council Web site
                                                                                                                                                                  of a regular tag, 5 minutes; return of an
                                                                                                            (http://www.gulfcouncil.org). The
                                                    BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P                                                                                        internal archival tag, 20 minutes.
                                                                                                            username and password are both
                                                                                                                                                                     Burden Hours: 89.
                                                                                                            ‘‘gulfguest’’. Click on the ‘‘Library
                                                                                                                                                                     Needs and Uses: This request is for
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  Folder’’, then scroll down to ‘‘Reef Fish
                                                                                                                                                                  extension of a currently approved
                                                                                                            AP 04–2016’’.
                                                                                                                                                                  information collection.
                                                    National Oceanic and Atmospheric                           The meeting will be webcast over the                  The groundfish tagging program
                                                    Administration                                          Internet. A link to the webcast will be               provides scientists with information
                                                                                                            available on the Council’s Web site,                  necessary for effective conservation,
                                                    RIN 0648–XE514
                                                                                                            http://www.gulfcouncil.org.                           management, and scientific
                                                    Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management                          Although other non-emergency issues                understanding of the groundfish fishery
                                                    Council; Public Meeting                                 not on the agenda may come before the                 off Alaska and the Northwest Pacific.
                                                                                                            Advisory Panel for discussion, in                     The program area includes the Pacific
                                                    AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                      accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens                  Ocean off Alaska (the Gulf of Alaska, the
                                                    Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and                    Fishery Conservation and Management                   Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area,
                                                    Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                      Act, those issues may not be the subject              and the Alexander Archipelago of
                                                    Commerce.                                               of formal action during this meeting.                 Southeast Alaska), California, Oregon,
                                                    ACTION: Notice of a public meeting via                  Actions of the Advisory Panel will be                 and Washington. Fish movement
                                                    webinar.                                                restricted to those issues specifically               information from recovered tags is used
                                                                                                            identified in the agenda and any issues               in population dynamics models for
                                                    SUMMARY:  The Gulf of Mexico Fishery                    arising after publication of this notice              stock assessment. There are two general
                                                    Management Council will hold a                          that require emergency action under                   categories of tags. Simple plastic tags
                                                    meeting of its Reef Fish Advisory Panel                 Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens                (spaghetti tags) are external tags
                                                    (AP) via webinar.                                       Fishery Conservation and Management                   approximately two inches long, printed
                                                    DATES: The meeting will convene on                      Act, provided the public has been                     with code numbers. When a tag is
                                                    Friday, April 1, 2016; starting at 10:30                notified of the Council’s intent to take              returned, the tag number is correlated
                                                    a.m. EDT and ending no later than 12:30                 action to address the emergency.                      with databases of released, tagged fish to
                                                    p.m. EDT.                                                                                                     determine the net movement and
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                                                                                                            Special Accommodations
                                                    ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place                                                                        growth rate of the tagged fish. Archival
                                                    via webinar at: https://                                  This meeting is physically accessible               tags are microchips with sensors
                                                    attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/                      to people with disabilities. Requests for             encased in plastic cylinders that record
                                                    6974732592762970369.                                    sign language interpretation or other                 the depth, temperature or other data,
                                                      Council address: Gulf of Mexico                       auxiliary aids should be directed to                  which can be downloaded electronically
                                                    Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.                     Kathy Pereira at the Gulf Council office              from the recovered tags. The groundfish
                                                    Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL                      (see ADDRESSES), at least 5 working days              tagging and tag recovery program is part
                                                    33607; telephone: (813) 348–1630.                       prior to the meeting.                                 of the fishery resource assessment and


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of establishment of the United States Investment Advisory Council.
ContactOffice of Advisory Committees and Industry Outreach, United States Investment Advisory Committee Executive Secretariat, Room 4043, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone 202-482-4501, email: [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 14835 

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