82 FR 2953 - U.S. Department of Commerce Advisory Council on Trade Enforcement and Compliance

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 6 (January 10, 2017)

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FR Document		2017-00254

The Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), having determined that it is in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the Department of Commerce by law, and with the concurrence of the General Services Administration, announces establishment of the U.S. Department of Commerce Advisory Council on Trade Enforcement and Compliance (ACTEC). The ACTEC shall advise the Secretary on laws and government policies that deal with trade enforcement; identify and recommend programs, policies, and actions to help the Department in its efforts to ensure that U.S. trading partners comply with their trade agreement commitments; and recommend ways that the Department's trade enforcement and compliance policies and programs can better support a strong trade and manufacturing agenda and enhance the commercial competitiveness of the United States. The ACTEC shall act as a liaison with the stakeholders represented by the membership, and shall provide a forum for stakeholder input regarding current and emerging issues in trade enforcement and compliance matters. The Department of Commerce will publish a notice in January soliciting nominations for membership on the ACTEC.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


U.S. Department of Commerce Advisory Council on Trade Enforcement 
and Compliance

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

ACTION: Notice of establishment of the U.S. Department of Commerce 
Advisory Council on Trade Enforcement and Compliance.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), having determined that 
it is in the public interest in connection with the performance of 
duties imposed on the Department of Commerce by law, and with the 
concurrence of the General Services Administration, announces 
establishment of the U.S. Department of Commerce Advisory Council on 
Trade Enforcement and Compliance (ACTEC). The ACTEC shall advise the 
Secretary on laws and government policies that deal with trade 
enforcement; identify

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and recommend programs, policies, and actions to help the Department in 
its efforts to ensure that U.S. trading partners comply with their 
trade agreement commitments; and recommend ways that the Department's 
trade enforcement and compliance policies and programs can better 
support a strong trade and manufacturing agenda and enhance the 
commercial competitiveness of the United States. The ACTEC shall act as 
a liaison with the stakeholders represented by the membership, and 
shall provide a forum for stakeholder input regarding current and 
emerging issues in trade enforcement and compliance matters. The 
Department of Commerce will publish a notice in January soliciting 
nominations for membership on the ACTEC.

DATES: Effective January 10, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meredith Rutherford, U.S. Department 
of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Room 3089, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: 202 482 6199; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background and Authority

    The ACTEC is established in accordance with the provisions of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App., to advise 
the Secretary on matters relating to relating to the Department's 
statutory missions to enforce U.S. trade remedy laws and seek foreign 
government compliance with trade agreements. The Department affirms 
that the creation of the ACTEC is necessary and in the public interest. 
The Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department 
of Commerce, shall serve as the Executive Director of the ACTEC. The 
Executive Director shall designate both the Designated Federal Officer 
(DFO) and a Secondary DFO from among the employees of the International 
Trade Administration's Enforcement and Compliance unit. The DFO serves 
as the ACTEC Executive Secretary.
    The ACTEC shall advise the Secretary on laws and government 
policies that deal with trade enforcement; identify and recommend 
programs, policies, and actions to help the Department in its efforts 
to ensure that U.S. trading partners comply with their trade agreement 
commitments; and recommend ways that the Department's enforcement and 
compliance activities can better support a strong trade and 
manufacturing agenda and advance the commercial competitiveness of U.S. 
firms and workers.
    The ACTEC shall act as a liaison with the stakeholders represented 
by the membership, and shall provide a forum for stakeholders on 
current and emerging issues concerning trade enforcement and compliance 
matters.
    The ACTEC shall report to the Secretary on its activities and 
recommendations regarding the Department's trade enforcement and 
compliance efforts. In creating its reports, the ACTEC should survey 
and evaluate the trade enforcement and compliance concerns of its 
stakeholders, should identify and examine specific trade problems that 
require attention, and should examine the needs in this area to inform 
the ACTEC's efforts. The ACTEC should recommend specific solutions to 
the problems and needs it identifies.

II. Structure, Membership, and Operation

    The ACTEC shall consist of no more than twenty members appointed by 
the Secretary. Members shall represent U.S. entities involved in and 
significantly affected by imports and/or those that heavily export to, 
or operate in, countries with which the United States has trade 
agreements.
    All members must be U.S. Nationals and shall be selected based on 
their ability to carry out the objectives of the ACTEC, in accordance 
with applicable Department of Commerce guidelines, in a manner that 
ensures the ACTEC is balanced in terms of points of view, demographics, 
industry sector, geography of both production infrastructure and 
product inputs, and company size. Members shall also represent a broad 
range of products and services and shall be drawn from large, medium, 
and small enterprises, private sector organizations, and other 
entities, such as, non-governmental organizations, associations, and 
economic development organizations. Members shall serve in a 
representative capacity, representing the views and interests of their 
sponsoring entities and those of their particular industrial and 
regional sector (as applicable); they are, therefore, not Special 
Government Employees. Appointments to the ACTEC shall be made without 
regard to political affiliation.
    Members serve for a term of two years and will serve at the 
pleasure of the Secretary. The Secretary may at his/her discretion 
reappoint any member to an additional term or terms, provided that the 
member proves to work effectively on the ACTEC and his/her knowledge 
and advice are still needed.
    The Secretary shall designate the ACTEC chair and vice chair or 
vice chairs from among the members of the ACTEC. The Executive Director 
may establish subcommittees from among the ACTEC members, in order to 
perform specific functions within the jurisdiction of the ACTEC, 
subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 
the FACA implementing regulations, and applicable Department of 
Commerce guidance. Subcommittees must report back to the parent 
committee and do not provide advice or work product directly to the 
Secretary.

III. Compensation

    Members will not be compensated for their services or reimbursed 
for their travel expenses.

    Dated: January 4, 2017.
Steven Presing,
Executive Director for Trade Agreements Policy and Negotiations.
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In accordance with 19 CFR in Department Practice for Respondent Antidumping or Countervailing Duty
351.213(b), an interested party as Selection in Antidumping Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended
defined by section 771(9) of the Act may Proceedings and Conditional Review of Investigation’’ for requests received by
request in writing that the Secretary the Nonmarket Economy Entity in NME the last day of January 2017. If the
conduct an administrative review. For Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR Department does not receive, by the last
both antidumping and countervailing 65963 (November 4, 2013), the day of January 2017, a request for
duty reviews, the interested party must Department clarified its practice with review of entries covered by an order,
specify the individual producers or regard to the conditional review of the finding, or suspended investigation
exporters covered by an antidumping non-market economy (NME) entity in listed in this notice and for the period
finding or an antidumping or administrative reviews of antidumping identified above, the Department will
countervailing duty order or suspension duty orders. The Department will no instruct CBP to assess antidumping or
agreement for which it is requesting a longer consider the NME entity as an countervailing duties on those entries at
review. In addition, a domestic exporter conditionally subject to a rate equal to the cash deposit of (or
interested party or an interested party administrative reviews. Accordingly, bond for) estimated antidumping or
described in section 771(9)(B) of the Act the NME entity will not be under review countervailing duties required on those
must state why it desires the Secretary unless the Department specifically entries at the time of entry, or
to review those particular producers or receives a request for, or self-initiates, a withdrawal from warehouse, for
exporters. If the interested party intends review of the NME entity.3 In consumption and to continue to collect
for the Secretary to review sales of administrative reviews of antidumping the cash deposit previously ordered.
merchandise by an exporter (or a duty orders on merchandise from NME For the first administrative review of
producer if that producer also exports countries where a review of the NME any order, there will be no assessment
merchandise from other suppliers) entity has not been initiated, but where of antidumping or countervailing duties
which was produced in more than one an individual exporter for which a on entries of subject merchandise
country of origin and each country of review was initiated does not qualify for entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
origin is subject to a separate order, then a separate rate, the Department will for consumption during the relevant
the interested party must state issue a final decision indicating that the provisional-measures ‘‘gap’’ period of
specifically, on an order-by-order basis, company in question is part of the NME the order, if such a gap period is
which exporter(s) the request is entity. However, in that situation, applicable to the period of review.
intended to cover. because no review of the NME entity This notice is not required by statute
Note that, for any party the was conducted, the NME entity’s entries but is published as a service to the
Department was unable to locate in were not subject to the review and the international trading community.
prior segments, the Department will not rate for the NME entity is not subject to Dated: January 3, 2017.
accept a request for an administrative change as a result of that review
review of that party absent new Gary Taverman,
(although the rate for the individual Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
information as to the party’s location. exporter may change as a function of the
Moreover, if the interested party who Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
finding that the exporter is part of the Operations.
files a request for review is unable to NME entity).
locate the producer or exporter for [FR Doc. 2017–00252 Filed 1–9–17; 8:45 am]
Following initiation of an
which it requested the review, the antidumping administrative review
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interested party must provide an when there is no review requested of the
explanation of the attempts it made to NME entity, the Department will
locate the producer or exporter at the DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
instruct CBP to liquidate entries for all
same time it files its request for review, exporters not named in the initiation International Trade Administration
in order for the Secretary to determine notice, including those that were
if the interested party’s attempts were suspended at the NME entity rate. U.S. Department of Commerce
reasonable, pursuant to 19 CFR All requests must be filed Advisory Council on Trade
351.303(f)(3)(ii). electronically in Enforcement and Enforcement and Compliance
As explained in Antidumping and Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: AGENCY: International Trade
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 Administration, U.S. Department of
Electronic Service System (‘‘ACCESS’’)
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003), and Non- Commerce.
on Enforcement and Compliance’s
Market Economy Antidumping ACCESS Web site at http:// ACTION: Notice of establishment of the
Proceedings: Assessment of access.trade.gov.4 Further, in U.S. Department of Commerce Advisory
Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(l)(i), Council on Trade Enforcement and
(October 24, 2011), the Department a copy of each request must be served Compliance.
clarified its practice with respect to the on the petitioner and each exporter or
collection of final antidumping duties SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce
producer specified in the request. (Secretary), having determined that it is
on imports of merchandise where The Department will publish in the
intermediate firms are involved. The in the public interest in connection with
Federal Register a notice of ‘‘Initiation
public should be aware of this the performance of duties imposed on
of Administrative Review of
clarification in determining whether to the Department of Commerce by law,
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request an administrative review of 3 In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), parties
and with the concurrence of the General
merchandise subject to antidumping should specify that they are requesting a review of Services Administration, announces
findings and orders.2 entries from exporters comprising the entity, and to establishment of the U.S. Department of
Further, as explained in Antidumping the extent possible, include the names of such Commerce Advisory Council on Trade
exporters in their request. Enforcement and Compliance (ACTEC).
Proceedings: Announcement of Change 4 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures;
The ACTEC shall advise the Secretary
2 See also the Enforcement and Compliance Web Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR on laws and government policies that
site at http://trade.gov/enforcement/. 39263 (July 6, 2011). deal with trade enforcement; identify

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and recommend programs, policies, and The ACTEC shall act as a liaison with chairs from among the members of the
actions to help the Department in its the stakeholders represented by the ACTEC. The Executive Director may
efforts to ensure that U.S. trading membership, and shall provide a forum establish subcommittees from among
partners comply with their trade for stakeholders on current and the ACTEC members, in order to
agreement commitments; and emerging issues concerning trade perform specific functions within the
recommend ways that the Department’s enforcement and compliance matters. jurisdiction of the ACTEC, subject to the
trade enforcement and compliance The ACTEC shall report to the provisions of the Federal Advisory
policies and programs can better Secretary on its activities and Committee Act (FACA), the FACA
support a strong trade and recommendations regarding the implementing regulations, and
manufacturing agenda and enhance the Department’s trade enforcement and applicable Department of Commerce
commercial competitiveness of the compliance efforts. In creating its guidance. Subcommittees must report
United States. The ACTEC shall act as reports, the ACTEC should survey and back to the parent committee and do not
a liaison with the stakeholders evaluate the trade enforcement and provide advice or work product directly
represented by the membership, and compliance concerns of its stakeholders, to the Secretary.
shall provide a forum for stakeholder should identify and examine specific
trade problems that require attention, III. Compensation
input regarding current and emerging
issues in trade enforcement and and should examine the needs in this Members will not be compensated for
compliance matters. The Department of area to inform the ACTEC’s efforts. The their services or reimbursed for their
Commerce will publish a notice in ACTEC should recommend specific travel expenses.
January soliciting nominations for solutions to the problems and needs it Dated: January 4, 2017.
membership on the ACTEC. identifies. Steven Presing,
DATES: Effective January 10, 2017. II. Structure, Membership, and Executive Director for Trade Agreements
Operation Policy and Negotiations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
[FR Doc. 2017–00254 Filed 1–9–17; 8:45 am]
Meredith Rutherford, U.S. Department The ACTEC shall consist of no more
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of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue than twenty members appointed by the
NW., Room 3089, Washington, DC Secretary. Members shall represent U.S.
20230; telephone: 202 482 6199; email: entities involved in and significantly
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
meredith.rutherford@trade.gov. affected by imports and/or those that
heavily export to, or operate in, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
countries with which the United States Administration
I. Background and Authority has trade agreements.
All members must be U.S. Nationals RIN 0648–XE909
The ACTEC is established in and shall be selected based on their
accordance with the provisions of the ability to carry out the objectives of the Taking of Threatened or Endangered
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as ACTEC, in accordance with applicable Marine Mammals Incidental to
amended, 5 U.S.C. App., to advise the Department of Commerce guidelines, in Commercial Fishing Operations;
Secretary on matters relating to relating a manner that ensures the ACTEC is Proposed Issuance of Permit
to the Department’s statutory missions balanced in terms of points of view, AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
to enforce U.S. trade remedy laws and demographics, industry sector, Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
seek foreign government compliance geography of both production Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
with trade agreements. The Department infrastructure and product inputs, and Commerce.
affirms that the creation of the ACTEC company size. Members shall also ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
is necessary and in the public interest. represent a broad range of products and
The Assistant Secretary for Enforcement services and shall be drawn from large, SUMMARY: We, the National Marine
and Compliance, U.S. Department of medium, and small enterprises, private Fisheries Service (NMFS), are proposing
Commerce, shall serve as the Executive sector organizations, and other entities, to issue a permit for a period of three
Director of the ACTEC. The Executive such as, non-governmental years to authorize the incidental, but not
Director shall designate both the organizations, associations, and intentional, take of two stocks of marine
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) and a economic development organizations. mammals listed as threatened or
Secondary DFO from among the Members shall serve in a representative endangered under the Endangered
employees of the International Trade capacity, representing the views and Species Act (ESA), under the Marine
Administration’s Enforcement and interests of their sponsoring entities and Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), by the
Compliance unit. The DFO serves as the those of their particular industrial and California (CA) thresher shark/
ACTEC Executive Secretary. regional sector (as applicable); they are, swordfish drift gillnet fishery (>14 inch
The ACTEC shall advise the Secretary therefore, not Special Government mesh) and the Washington (WA)/
on laws and government policies that Employees. Appointments to the Oregon (OR)/CA sablefish pot fishery. In
deal with trade enforcement; identify ACTEC shall be made without regard to accordance with the MMPA, NMFS
and recommend programs, policies, and political affiliation. issues this permit provided that it can
actions to help the Department in its Members serve for a term of two years make the determination that: The
efforts to ensure that U.S. trading and will serve at the pleasure of the incidental take will have a negligible
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partners comply with their trade Secretary. The Secretary may at his/her impact on the affected stocks; a recovery
agreement commitments; and discretion reappoint any member to an plan for all affected stocks of threatened
recommend ways that the Department’s additional term or terms, provided that or endangered marine mammals has
enforcement and compliance activities the member proves to work effectively been developed or is being developed;
can better support a strong trade and on the ACTEC and his/her knowledge and as required by the MMPA, a take
manufacturing agenda and advance the and advice are still needed. reduction plan and monitoring program
commercial competitiveness of U.S. The Secretary shall designate the have been implemented, and vessels in
firms and workers. ACTEC chair and vice chair or vice the CA thresher shark/swordfish drift

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of establishment of the U.S. Department of Commerce Advisory Council on Trade Enforcement and Compliance.
Dates		Effective January 10, 2017.
Contact		Meredith Rutherford, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Room 3089, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202 482 6199; email: [email protected]
FR Citation		82 FR 2953

82 FR 2953 - U.S. Department of Commerce Advisory Council on Trade Enforcement and Compliance

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEInternational Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 6 (January 10, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration