81_FR_90559 81 FR 90319 - Confidentiality Pledge Revision Notice

81 FR 90319 - Confidentiality Pledge Revision Notice

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 240 (December 14, 2016)

Page Range90319-90322
FR Document2016-30014

Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(e) and 13 U.S.C. Section 9, the U.S. Census Bureau is announcing revisions to the confidentiality pledge it provides to its respondents under Title 13, United States Code, Section 9. These revisions are required by the passage and implementation of provisions of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II, Subtitle B, Sec. 223), which permit and require the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide Federal civilian agencies' information technology systems with cybersecurity protection for their Internet traffic. More details on this announcement are presented in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Confidentiality Pledge Revision Notice

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of revision of the confidentiality pledge under Title 13 
United States Code, Section 9.

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SUMMARY: Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(e) and 13 U.S.C. Section 9, the U.S. 
Census Bureau is announcing revisions to the confidentiality pledge it 
provides to its respondents under Title 13, United States Code, Section 
9. These revisions are required by the passage and

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implementation of provisions of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement 
Act of 2015 (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II, Subtitle B, Sec. 223), 
which permit and require the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide 
Federal civilian agencies' information technology systems with 
cybersecurity protection for their Internet traffic. More details on 
this announcement are presented in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section below.

DATES: These revisions become effective upon publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register. In a separate companion Federal Register 
notice, the U.S. Census Bureau is seeking public comment on these 
confidentiality pledge revisions.

ADDRESSES: Questions about this notice should be addressed to Jennifer 
Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of 
Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230 (or via the Internet at [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Robin J. Bachman, Policy Coordination Office, 
Census Bureau, HQ-8H028, Washington, DC 20233; 301-763-6440 (or via 
email at [email protected]). Due to delays in the receipt of 
regular mail related to security screening, respondents are encouraged 
to use electronic communications.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal statistics provide key information 
that the Nation uses to measure its performance and make informed 
choices about budgets, employment, health, investments, taxes, and a 
host of other significant topics. The overwhelming majority of Federal 
surveys are conducted on a voluntary basis. Respondents, ranging from 
businesses to households to institutions, may choose whether or not to 
provide the requested information. Many of the most valuable Federal 
statistics come from surveys that ask for highly sensitive information 
such as proprietary business data from companies or particularly 
personal information or practices from individuals. Strong and trusted 
confidentiality and exclusively statistical use pledges under Title 13, 
U.S.C. and similar statistical confidentiality pledges are effective 
and necessary in honoring the trust that businesses, individuals, and 
institutions, by their responses, place in statistical agencies.
    Under the authority of Title 13, U.S.C. and similar statistical 
confidentiality protection statutes, many Federal statistical agencies 
make statutory pledges that the information respondents provide will be 
seen only by statistical agency personnel or their sworn agents, and 
will be used only for statistical purposes. Title 13, U.S.C. and 
similar statutes protect the confidentiality of information that 
agencies collect solely for statistical purposes and under a pledge of 
confidentiality. These acts protect such statistical information from 
administrative, law enforcement, taxation, regulatory, or any other 
non-statistical use and immunize the information submitted to 
statistical agencies from legal process. Moreover, many of these 
statutes carry criminal penalties of a Class E felony (fines up to 
$250,000, or up to five years in prison, or both) for conviction of a 
knowing and willful unauthorized disclosure of covered information.
    As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016 
signed on December 17, 2015, the Congress included the Federal 
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II, 
Subtitle B, Sec. 223). This Act, among other provisions, permits and 
requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide Federal civilian 
agencies' information technology systems with cybersecurity protection 
for their Internet traffic. The technology currently used to provide 
this protection against cyber malware is known as Einstein 3A; it 
electronically searches Internet traffic in and out of Federal civilian 
agencies in real time for malware signatures.
    When such a signature is found, the Internet packets that contain 
the malware signature are shunted aside for further inspection by 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel. Since it is possible 
that such packets entering or leaving a statistical agency's 
information technology system may contain a small portion of 
confidential statistical data, statistical agencies can no longer 
promise their respondents that their responses will be seen only by 
statistical agency personnel or their sworn agents. However, they can 
promise, in accordance with provisions of the Federal Cybersecurity 
Enhancement Act of 2015, that such monitoring can be used only to 
protect information and information systems from cybersecurity risks, 
thereby, in effect, providing stronger protection to the integrity of 
the respondents' submissions.
    Consequently, with the passage of the Federal Cybersecurity 
Enhancement Act of 2015, the Federal statistical community has an 
opportunity to welcome the further protection of its confidential data 
offered by DHS' Einstein 3A cybersecurity protection program. The DHS 
cybersecurity program's objective is to protect Federal civilian 
information systems from malicious malware attacks. The Federal 
statistical system's objective is to ensure that the DHS Secretary 
performs those essential duties in a manner that honors the 
Government's statutory promises to the public to protect their 
confidential data. Given that the Department of Homeland Security is 
not a Federal statistical agency, both DHS and the Federal statistical 
system have been successfully engaged in finding a way to balance both 
objectives and achieve these mutually reinforcing objectives.
    Accordingly, DHS and Federal statistical agencies, in cooperation 
with their parent departments, have developed a Memorandum of Agreement 
for the installation of Einstein 3A cybersecurity protection technology 
to monitor their Internet traffic and have incorporated an associated 
Addendum on Highly Sensitive Agency Information that provides 
additional protection and enhanced security handling of confidential 
statistical data.
    However, many current Title 13, U.S.C. and similar statistical 
confidentiality pledges promise that respondents' data will be seen 
only by statistical agency personnel or their sworn agents. Since it is 
possible that DHS personnel could see some portion of those 
confidential data in the course of examining the suspicious Internet 
packets identified by Einstein 3A sensors, statistical agencies need to 
revise their confidentiality pledges to reflect this process change. 
Therefore, the U.S. Census Bureau is providing this notice to alert the 
public to the confidentiality pledge revisions in an efficient and 
coordinated fashion.
    The following is the revised statistical confidentiality pledge for 
the Census Bureau's data collections:

    The U.S. Census Bureau is required by law to protect your 
information. The Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release 
your responses in a way that could identify you. Per the Federal 
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are protected from 
cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that transmit 
your data.

    The following listing includes Census Bureau information 
collections which are confidential under 13 U.S.C. Section 9, as well 
as information collections that the Census Bureau conducts on behalf of 
other agencies which are confidential under 13 U.S.C. Section 9 and for 
which

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the confidentiality pledges will also be revised.

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         OMB No.                  Title of information collection
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0607-0008................  Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and
                            Orders Survey.
0607-0013................  Annual Retail Trade Report.
0607-0049................  Current Population Survey (CPS) Basic
                            Demographics.
0607-0104................  Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MARTS).
0607-0110................  Survey of Housing Starts, Sales, and
                            Completions.
0607-0117................  U.S. Census-Age Search.
0607-0151................  The Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) &
                            Boundary Validation Program (BVP).
0607-0153................  Construction Progress Reporting Surveys.
0607-0175................  Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity
                            Utilization.
0607-0179................  Housing Vacancy Survey (HVS).
0607-0189................  Business and Professional Classification
                            Report.
0607-0190................  Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey.
0607-0195................  Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS).
0607-0354................  Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the
                            Current Population Survey.
0607-0368................  Special Census Program.
0607-0422................  Service Annual Survey.
0607-0432................  Quarterly Financial Report (QFR).
0607-0444................  2014-2016 Company Organization Survey.
0607-0449................  Annual Survey of Manufactures.
0607-0464................  October School Enrollment Supplement to the
                            Current Population Survey.
0607-0466................  Current Population Survey, Voting and
                            Registration Supplement.
0607-0561................  Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders Survey.
0607-0610................  Current Population Survey June Fertility
                            Supplement.
0607-0717................  Monthly Retail Trade Survey.
0607-0725................  Generic Clearance for Questionnaire
                            Pretesting Research.
0607-0757................  2017 New York City Housing and Vacancy
                            Survey.
0607-0782................  Annual Capital Expenditures Survey.
0607-0795................  Generic Clearance for Geographic Partnership
                            Programs.
0607-0809................  Generic Clearance for MAF and TIGER Update
                            Activities.
0607-0810................  The American Community Survey.
0607-0907................  Quarterly Services Survey.
0607-0909................  Information and Communication Technology
                            Survey.
0607-0912................  Business R&D and Innovation Survey.
0607-0921................  2017 Economic Census--Commodity Flow Survey
                            (CFS)--Advance Questionnaire.
0607-0932................  2017 Economic Census--Commodity Flow Survey.
0607-0936................  American Community Survey Methods Panel
                            Tests.
0607-0963................  2015 Management and Organizational Practices
                            Survey.
0607-0969................  Federal Statistical System Public Opinion
                            Survey.
0607-0971................  Generic Clearance for 2020 Census Tests to
                            Research the Use of Automation in Field Data
                            Collection Activities.
0607-0977................  2014 Survey of Income and Program
                            Participation (SIPP) Panel.
0607-0978................  Generic Clearance for Internet Nonprobability
                            Panel Pretesting.
0607-0983................  Comparing Health Insurance Measurement Error
                            (CHIME).
0607-0986................  Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs.
0607-0987................  The School District Review Program (SDRP).
0607-0988................  The Redistricting Data Program.
0607-0989................  2016 Census Test.
0607-0990................  National Survey of Children's Health.
0607-0991................  2017 Economic Census Industry Classification
                            Report.
0607-0992................  Address Canvassing Testing.
0607-XXXX................  2017 Census Test--currently submitted for
                            clearance.
0607-0760................  Economic Census Round 3 Focus Group
                            Discussion--currently submitted for
                            clearance.
0607-XXXX................  Collection of State Administrative Records
                            Data--currently submitted for clearance.
0607-XXXX................  2020 Census Local Update of Census Addresses
                            Operation (LUCA)--currently submitted for
                            clearance.
2528-0017................  2015 American Housing Survey.
1220-0175................  American Time Use Survey (ATUS).
1220-0050................  Consumer Expenditure Quarterly and Diary
                            Surveys (CEQ/CED).
1220-0100................  Current Population Survey (CPS)--Basic Labor
                            Force.
1121-0317................  Identify Theft Supplement to the NCVS.
1121-0111................  National Crime Victimization Survey 2015-
                            2018.
3145-0141................  National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG).
1018-0088................  National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and
                            Wildlife-Associated Recreation.
1121-0260................  2015 Police Public Contact Supplement.
1121-0184................  2017 School Crime Supplement to the NCVS.
1121-0302................  Supplemental Victimization Survey.
2528-0013................  Survey of Market Absorption (SOMA).
2528-0276................  Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS).
1905-0169................  Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey
                            (MECSA).
2528-0029................  Manufactured Housing Survey (MHS).
0935-0110................  Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).
1220-0187................  ATUS-Eating and Health Supplement.
0536-0043................  Food Security Supplement to the Current
                            Population Survey.

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1220-0153................  Contingent Worker Supplement to the Current
                            Population Survey--(Currently in Federal
                            Register Notice Stage--has not been fully
                            approved).
1220-0102................  Veterans Supplement to the Current Population
                            Survey.
0970-0416................  Child Support Supplement to the Current
                            Population Survey.
3064-0167................  National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked
                            Households.
1220-0102................  Volunteers Supplement.
1220-0104................  Displaced Workers Supplement.
3135-0136................  Survey of Public Participation in the Arts.
0660-0221................  Computer and Internet Use.
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                                                implementation of provisions of the                     statistical agencies make statutory                   welcome the further protection of its
                                                Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act                   pledges that the information                          confidential data offered by DHS’
                                                of 2015 (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II,               respondents provide will be seen only                 Einstein 3A cybersecurity protection
                                                Subtitle B, Sec. 223), which permit and                 by statistical agency personnel or their              program. The DHS cybersecurity
                                                require the Secretary of Homeland                       sworn agents, and will be used only for               program’s objective is to protect Federal
                                                Security to provide Federal civilian                    statistical purposes. Title 13, U.S.C. and            civilian information systems from
                                                agencies’ information technology                        similar statutes protect the                          malicious malware attacks. The Federal
                                                systems with cybersecurity protection                   confidentiality of information that                   statistical system’s objective is to ensure
                                                for their Internet traffic. More details on             agencies collect solely for statistical               that the DHS Secretary performs those
                                                this announcement are presented in the                  purposes and under a pledge of                        essential duties in a manner that honors
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section                       confidentiality. These acts protect such              the Government’s statutory promises to
                                                below.                                                  statistical information from                          the public to protect their confidential
                                                DATES: These revisions become effective                 administrative, law enforcement,                      data. Given that the Department of
                                                upon publication of this notice in the                  taxation, regulatory, or any other non-               Homeland Security is not a Federal
                                                Federal Register. In a separate                         statistical use and immunize the                      statistical agency, both DHS and the
                                                companion Federal Register notice, the                  information submitted to statistical                  Federal statistical system have been
                                                U.S. Census Bureau is seeking public                    agencies from legal process. Moreover,                successfully engaged in finding a way to
                                                comment on these confidentiality                        many of these statutes carry criminal                 balance both objectives and achieve
                                                pledge revisions.                                       penalties of a Class E felony (fines up to            these mutually reinforcing objectives.
                                                                                                        $250,000, or up to five years in prison,                 Accordingly, DHS and Federal
                                                ADDRESSES: Questions about this notice
                                                                                                        or both) for conviction of a knowing and              statistical agencies, in cooperation with
                                                should be addressed to Jennifer Jessup,
                                                                                                        willful unauthorized disclosure of                    their parent departments, have
                                                Departmental Paperwork Clearance
                                                                                                        covered information.                                  developed a Memorandum of
                                                Officer, Department of Commerce, Room
                                                                                                           As part of the Consolidated                        Agreement for the installation of
                                                6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue
                                                                                                        Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016               Einstein 3A cybersecurity protection
                                                NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
                                                                                                        signed on December 17, 2015, the                      technology to monitor their Internet
                                                Internet at jjessup@doc.gov).
                                                                                                        Congress included the Federal                         traffic and have incorporated an
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015
                                                Requests for additional information                                                                           associated Addendum on Highly
                                                                                                        (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II, Subtitle            Sensitive Agency Information that
                                                should be directed to Robin J. Bachman,                 B, Sec. 223). This Act, among other
                                                Policy Coordination Office, Census                                                                            provides additional protection and
                                                                                                        provisions, permits and requires the                  enhanced security handling of
                                                Bureau, HQ–8H028, Washington, DC                        Secretary of Homeland Security to
                                                20233; 301–763–6440 (or via email at                                                                          confidential statistical data.
                                                                                                        provide Federal civilian agencies’
                                                pco.policy.office@census.gov). Due to                   information technology systems with                      However, many current Title 13,
                                                delays in the receipt of regular mail                   cybersecurity protection for their                    U.S.C. and similar statistical
                                                related to security screening,                          Internet traffic. The technology                      confidentiality pledges promise that
                                                respondents are encouraged to use                       currently used to provide this protection             respondents’ data will be seen only by
                                                electronic communications.                              against cyber malware is known as                     statistical agency personnel or their
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal                      Einstein 3A; it electronically searches               sworn agents. Since it is possible that
                                                statistics provide key information that                 Internet traffic in and out of Federal                DHS personnel could see some portion
                                                the Nation uses to measure its                          civilian agencies in real time for                    of those confidential data in the course
                                                performance and make informed                           malware signatures.                                   of examining the suspicious Internet
                                                choices about budgets, employment,                         When such a signature is found, the                packets identified by Einstein 3A
                                                health, investments, taxes, and a host of               Internet packets that contain the                     sensors, statistical agencies need to
                                                other significant topics. The                           malware signature are shunted aside for               revise their confidentiality pledges to
                                                overwhelming majority of Federal                        further inspection by Department of                   reflect this process change. Therefore,
                                                surveys are conducted on a voluntary                    Homeland Security (DHS) personnel.                    the U.S. Census Bureau is providing this
                                                basis. Respondents, ranging from                        Since it is possible that such packets                notice to alert the public to the
                                                businesses to households to institutions,               entering or leaving a statistical agency’s            confidentiality pledge revisions in an
                                                may choose whether or not to provide                    information technology system may                     efficient and coordinated fashion.
                                                the requested information. Many of the                  contain a small portion of confidential                  The following is the revised statistical
                                                most valuable Federal statistics come                   statistical data, statistical agencies can            confidentiality pledge for the Census
                                                from surveys that ask for highly                        no longer promise their respondents                   Bureau’s data collections:
                                                sensitive information such as                           that their responses will be seen only by               The U.S. Census Bureau is required by law
                                                proprietary business data from                          statistical agency personnel or their                 to protect your information. The Census
                                                companies or particularly personal                      sworn agents. However, they can                       Bureau is not permitted to publicly release
                                                information or practices from                           promise, in accordance with provisions                your responses in a way that could identify
                                                individuals. Strong and trusted                         of the Federal Cybersecurity                          you. Per the Federal Cybersecurity
                                                confidentiality and exclusively                         Enhancement Act of 2015, that such                    Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are
                                                statistical use pledges under Title 13,                 monitoring can be used only to protect                protected from cybersecurity risks through
                                                                                                                                                              screening of the systems that transmit your
                                                U.S.C. and similar statistical                          information and information systems
                                                                                                                                                              data.
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                                                confidentiality pledges are effective and               from cybersecurity risks, thereby, in
                                                necessary in honoring the trust that                    effect, providing stronger protection to                 The following listing includes Census
                                                businesses, individuals, and                            the integrity of the respondents’                     Bureau information collections which
                                                institutions, by their responses, place in              submissions.                                          are confidential under 13 U.S.C. Section
                                                statistical agencies.                                      Consequently, with the passage of the              9, as well as information collections that
                                                   Under the authority of Title 13, U.S.C.              Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act                 the Census Bureau conducts on behalf
                                                and similar statistical confidentiality                 of 2015, the Federal statistical                      of other agencies which are confidential
                                                protection statutes, many Federal                       community has an opportunity to                       under 13 U.S.C. Section 9 and for which


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                                                the confidentiality pledges will also be
                                                revised.

                                                    OMB No.                                                                  Title of information collection

                                                0607–0008 ........   Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Survey.
                                                0607–0013 ........   Annual Retail Trade Report.
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                                                1121–0302 ........   Supplemental Victimization Survey.
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                                                3135–0136    ........   Survey of Public Participation in the Arts.
                                                0660–0221    ........   Computer and Internet Use.



                                                Sheleen Dumas,                                           copper pipe and tube from the PRC.1 On                 Department published in the Federal
                                                PRA Departmental Lead, Office of the Chief               November 3, 2015, the Department                       Register a notice initiating an
                                                Information Officer.                                     published in the Federal Register a                    antidumping duty administrative review
                                                [FR Doc. 2016–30014 Filed 12–13–16; 8:45 am]             notice of opportunity to request an                    of copper pipe and tube from the PRC
                                                BILLING CODE 3510–07–P                                   administrative review of the                           for the period November 1, 2014,
                                                                                                         antidumping duty order on copper pipe                  through October 31, 2015, with respect
                                                                                                         and tube from the PRC for the period                   to these 16 companies.6
                                                DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                   November 1, 2014 through October 31,
                                                                                                         2015.2 On November 30, 2015, the                       Scope of the Order
                                                International Trade Administration                       Department received a request from
                                                                                                         Cerro Flow Products, LLC, Wieland                         The merchandise subject to the order
                                                [A–570–964]                                              Copper Products, LLC, Mueller Copper                   is seamless refined copper pipe and
                                                                                                         Tube Products Inc., and Mueller Copper                 tube. The product is currently classified
                                                Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and                         Tube Company, Inc. (collectively,                      under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
                                                Tube from the People’s Republic of                       ‘‘Petitioners’’) to conduct administrative             the United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) item
                                                China: Preliminary Results of                            reviews of the following companies: (1)                numbers 7411.10.1030 and
                                                Administrative Review; 2014–2015                         GD Group; (2) GD Holding; (3) GD                       7411.10.1090. Products subject to this
                                                                                                         Trading; (4) Zhejiang Hailiang Co., Ltd.;              order may also enter under HTSUS item
                                                AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,                     (5) Shanghai Hailiang Copper Co., Ltd.;                numbers 7407.10.1500, 7419.99.5050,
                                                International Trade Administration,                      (6) Zhejiang Jiahe Pipes Inc.; (7)                     8415.90.8065, and 8415.90.8085.
                                                Department of Commerce.                                  Sinochem Ningbo Ltd.; (8) Sinochem                     Although the HTSUS numbers are
                                                SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce                      Ningbo Import & Export Co., Ltd.; (9)                  provided for convenience and customs
                                                (the ‘‘Department’’) is conducting the                   Ningbo Jintian Copper Tube Co., Ltd.;                  purposes, the written description of the
                                                fifth administrative review of the                       (10) Zhejiang Naile Copper Co., Ltd.;                  scope of this order remains dispositive.7
                                                antidumping duty order on seamless                       (11) Guilin Lijia Metals Co., Ltd.; (12)
                                                refined copper pipe and tube from the                    Foshan Hua Hong Copper Tube Co.,                       Extension of Deadlines for Preliminary
                                                People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’),                    Ltd.; (13) Taicang City Jinxin Copper                  Results
                                                covering the period November 1, 2014                     Tube Co., Ltd.; (14) Hong Kong Hailiang
                                                through October 31, 2015. The                            Metal; (15) Hong Kong Hailiang Metal                     On July 12, 2016, the Department
                                                Department preliminarily finds that,                     Trading Limited; (16) China Hailiang                   extended the time period for issuing the
                                                during the period of review (‘‘POR’’),                   Metal Trading; and (17) Shanghai                       preliminary results of this review until
                                                the Hailiang Single Entity sold subject                  Hailiang Metal Trading Limited.3 Also,                 December 5, 2016.8
                                                merchandise in the United States at less                 on November 30, 2015, the Department
                                                than normal value. Additionally, the                     received a request from the Hailiang                   People’s Republic of China,’’ dated November 30,
                                                Department preliminarily finds that the                  Group Companies 4 to conduct an                        2015.
                                                                                                                                                                   6 See Initiation of Antidumping and
                                                GD Single Entity did not sell subject                    administrative review of its sales for the
                                                                                                                                                                Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 81 FR
                                                merchandise in the United States at less                 POR.5 On January 7, 2016, the                          736 (January 7, 2016) (‘‘Initiation Notice’’).
                                                than normal value. Interested parties are                                                                          7 See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy
                                                                                                            1 See Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube
                                                invited to comment on these                                                                                     Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
                                                                                                         from Mexico and the People’s Republic of China:
                                                preliminary results.                                     Antidumping Duty Orders and Amended Final
                                                                                                                                                                Countervailing Duty Operations, from Gary
                                                                                                                                                                Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
                                                DATES: Effective December 14, 2016.                      Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
                                                                                                                                                                Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
                                                                                                         From Mexico, 75 FR 71070 (November 22, 2010).
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                            2 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
                                                                                                                                                                regarding, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the
                                                Drew Jackson or Stephen Bailey, AD/                                                                             Preliminary Results of the 2014–2015
                                                                                                         Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
                                                                                                                                                                Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
                                                CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement                   To Request Administrative Review, 80 FR 67706
                                                                                                                                                                Order on Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube
                                                & Compliance, International Trade                        (November 3, 2015).
                                                                                                            3 See Letter to the Department from Petitioners,    from the People’s Republic of China,’’ dated
                                                Administration, Department of                                                                                   concurrently with and hereby adopted by this
                                                                                                         ‘‘Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube from
                                                Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue                       China: Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated      notice (‘‘Preliminary Decision Memorandum’’), for
                                                NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:                    November 30, 2015.                                     a complete description of the scope of the order.
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                                                                                                                                                                   8 See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy
                                                482–4406, and 482–0193, respectively.                       4 Submissions in this proceeding were filed on

                                                                                                         behalf of Hong Kong Hailiang Metal Trading             Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                               Limited, Zhejiang Hailiang Co., Ltd. and Shanghai      Countervailing Duty Operations, through Abdelali
                                                                                                         Hailiang Copper Co., Ltd. (collectively, the           Elouaradia, Office Director, Antidumping and
                                                Background                                               ‘‘Hailiang Group Companies’’).                         Countervailing Duty Operations, Office 4, regarding,
                                                  On November 22, 2010, the                                 5 See Letter to the Department from the Hailiang    ‘‘Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube from the
                                                                                                         Group Companies, ‘‘Request for Administrative          People’s Republic of China: Extension of Deadline
                                                Department published in the Federal                      Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on                for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
                                                Register an antidumping duty order on                    Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube from the         Administrative Review,’’ dated July 12, 2016.



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