83_FR_23349 83 FR 23252 - Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance

83 FR 23252 - Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 97 (May 18, 2018)

Page Range23252-23253
FR Document2018-10616

The Economic Development Administration (EDA) has received petitions for certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance from the firms listed below. Accordingly, EDA has initiated investigations to determine whether increased imports into the United States of articles like or directly competitive with those produced by each of the firms contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of the firms' workers, or threat thereof, and to a decrease in sales or production of each petitioning firm.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economic Development Administration


Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To 
Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance

AGENCY: Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice and opportunity for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Economic Development Administration (EDA) has received 
petitions for certification of eligibility to apply for Trade 
Adjustment Assistance from the firms listed below. Accordingly, EDA has 
initiated investigations to determine whether increased imports into 
the United States of articles like or directly competitive with those 
produced by each of the firms contributed importantly to the total or 
partial separation of the firms' workers, or threat thereof, and to a 
decrease in sales or production of each petitioning firm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

   List of Petitions Received by EDA for Certification of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
                                         [05/07/2018 through 05/13/2018]
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                                                                    Date accepted
               Firm name                       Firm address              for                 Product(s)
                                                                    investigation
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St. Paul Stamp Works, Inc.............  87 Empire Drive, Saint           5/9/2018  The firm manufactures hand-
                                         Paul, MN 55103.                            operated date, sealing, and
                                                                                    numbering stamps, including
                                                                                    devices for embossing.
Goodwin-Bradley Pattern Company, Inc..  216 Oxford Street,               5/9/2018  The firm manufactures foundry
                                         Providence, RI 02905.                      patterns for metal casting,
                                                                                    molds for rubber products,
                                                                                    and related tooling.
Metal Guru, Inc. d/b/a Vicious Cycles.  205 South Ohioville Road,       5/10/2018  The firm manufactures
                                         New Paltz, NY 12561.                       bicycles, bicycle frames,
                                                                                    and bicycle components.

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Hus Furniture, Inc....................  20 Cards Mill Road,             5/11/2018  The firm manufactures
                                         Columbia, CT 06237.                        residential furniture of
                                                                                    solid wood, including dinner
                                                                                    tables, coffee tables, and
                                                                                    chairs.
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    Any party having a substantial interest in these proceedings may 
request a public hearing on the matter. A written request for a hearing 
must be submitted to the Trade Adjustment Assistance Division, Room 
71030, Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, no later than ten (10) calendar days 
following publication of this notice. These petitions are received 
pursuant to section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
    Please follow the requirements set forth in EDA's regulations at 13 
CFR 315.9 for procedures to request a public hearing. The Catalog of 
Federal Domestic Assistance official number and title for the program 
under which these petitions are submitted is 11.313, Trade Adjustment 
Assistance for Firms.

Irette Patterson,
Program Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2018-10616 Filed 5-17-18; 8:45 am]
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                                               This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER                     INFORMATION.   All comments, including                  in advance for sign language
                                               contains documents other than rules or                   names and addresses when provided,                      interpreting, assistive listening devices,
                                               proposed rules that are applicable to the                are placed in the record and are                        or other reasonable accommodation. For
                                               public. Notices of hearings and investigations,          available for public inspection and                     access to the facility or proceedings,
                                               committee meetings, agency decisions and                 copying. The public may inspect                         please contact the person listed in the
                                               rulings, delegations of authority, filing of
                                                                                                        comments received at the Nez Perce-                     section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
                                               petitions and applications and agency
                                               statements of organization and functions are             Clearwater National Forests, Grangeville                CONTACT. All reasonable
                                               examples of documents appearing in this                  Office in Grangeville, Idaho. Please call               accommodation requests are managed
                                               section.                                                 ahead to facilitate entry into the                      on a case by case basis.
                                                                                                        building.                                                 Dated: May 8, 2018.
                                                                                                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa                   Christopher French,
                                               DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                                Canaday, RAC Assistant, by phone at                     Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest
                                                                                                        208–983–7004 or via email at                            System.
                                               Forest Service                                           lcanaday@fs.fed.us.                                     [FR Doc. 2018–10593 Filed 5–17–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                           Individuals who use
                                               North Central Idaho Resource                                                                                     BILLING CODE 3411–15–P
                                                                                                        telecommunication devices for the deaf
                                               Advisory Committee
                                                                                                        (TDD) may call the Federal Information
                                               AGENCY:   Forest Service, USDA.                          Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
                                               ACTION:   Notice of meeting.                             between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,                        DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                                                                        Eastern Standard Time, Monday
                                               SUMMARY:    The North Central Idaho                      through Friday.                                         Economic Development Administration
                                               Resource Advisory Committee (RAC)                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                               will meet in Grangeville, Idaho. The                     purpose of the meeting is to:                           Notice of Petitions by Firms for
                                               committee is authorized under the                           (1) Introduce RAC members;                           Determination of Eligibility To Apply
                                               Secure Rural Schools and Community                          (2) Elect Chairperson; and                           for Trade Adjustment Assistance
                                               Self-Determination Act (the Act) and                        (3) Discuss the monitoring of previous
                                                                                                        projects.                                               AGENCY:  Economic Development
                                               operates in compliance with the Federal
                                                                                                           The meeting is open to the public.                   Administration, U.S. Department of
                                               Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
                                                                                                        The agenda will include time for people                 Commerce.
                                               of the committee is to improve
                                               collaborative relationships and to                       to make oral statements of three minutes                ACTION: Notice and opportunity for
                                               provide advice and recommendations to                    or less. Individuals wishing to make an                 public comment.
                                               the Forest Service concerning projects                   oral statement should request in writing
                                                                                                        by June 15, 2018, to be scheduled on the                SUMMARY:    The Economic Development
                                               and funding consistent with Title II of                                                                          Administration (EDA) has received
                                               the Act. RAC information can be found                    agenda. Anyone who would like to
                                                                                                        bring related matters to the attention of               petitions for certification of eligibility to
                                               at the following website: https://                                                                               apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
                                               www.fs.usda.gov/main/                                    the committee may file written
                                                                                                        statements with the committee staff                     from the firms listed below.
                                               nezperceclearwater/workingtogether/                                                                              Accordingly, EDA has initiated
                                               advisorycommittees.                                      before or after the meeting. Written
                                                                                                        comments and requests for time to make                  investigations to determine whether
                                               DATES: The meeting will be held June                     oral comments must be sent to Lisa                      increased imports into the United States
                                               19, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. (PDT)                            Canaday, Nez Perce-Clearwater National                  of articles like or directly competitive
                                               ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at                   Forests, Grangeville Office, 104 Airport                with those produced by each of the
                                               the Nez Perce-Clearwater National                        Road, Grangeville, Idaho 83530; or by                   firms contributed importantly to the
                                               Forests, Grangeville Office, Main                        email to lcanaday@fs.fed.us, or via                     total or partial separation of the firms’
                                               Conference Room, 104 Airport Road,                       facsimile to 208–983–4098.                              workers, or threat thereof, and to a
                                               Grangeville, Idaho.                                         Meeting Accommodations: If you are                   decrease in sales or production of each
                                                 Written comments may be submitted                      a person requiring reasonable                           petitioning firm.
                                               as described under SUPPLEMENTARY                         accommodation, please make requests                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                                                       LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT
                                                                                                 ASSISTANCE
                                                                                                                 [05/07/2018 through 05/13/2018]

                                                                                                                                 Date
                                                          Firm name                               Firm address               accepted for                                  Product(s)
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                                                                                                                             investigation

                                               St. Paul Stamp Works, Inc ......      87 Empire Drive, Saint Paul,                    5/9/2018     The firm manufactures hand-operated date, sealing, and
                                                                                       MN 55103.                                                    numbering stamps, including devices for embossing.
                                               Goodwin-Bradley Pattern               216 Oxford Street, Provi-                       5/9/2018     The firm manufactures foundry patterns for metal casting,
                                                Company, Inc.                          dence, RI 02905.                                             molds for rubber products, and related tooling.
                                               Metal Guru, Inc. d/b/a Vicious        205 South Ohioville Road,                   5/10/2018        The firm manufactures bicycles, bicycle frames, and bicycle
                                                Cycles.                                New Paltz, NY 12561.                                         components.



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                                                        LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT
                                                                                             ASSISTANCE—Continued
                                                                                                                     [05/07/2018 through 05/13/2018]

                                                                                                                                     Date
                                                           Firm name                                  Firm address               accepted for                                 Product(s)
                                                                                                                                 investigation

                                               Hus Furniture, Inc ....................   20 Cards Mill Road, Columbia,               5/11/2018       The firm manufactures residential furniture of solid wood, in-
                                                                                           CT 06237.                                                   cluding dinner tables, coffee tables, and chairs.



                                                 Any party having a substantial                             NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone                    parties to submit comments on the
                                               interest in these proceedings may                            (202) 482–0176 or (202) 482–1395,                      preliminary results. We received no
                                               request a public hearing on the matter.                      respectively.                                          comments.
                                               A written request for a hearing must be                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                             Final Results of Changed
                                               submitted to the Trade Adjustment
                                                                                                            Background                                             Circumstances Reviews, and
                                               Assistance Division, Room 71030,
                                                                                                                                                                   Revocation of the Orders, in Part
                                               Economic Development Administration,                            On March 16, 2018, Commerce
                                               U.S. Department of Commerce,                                 published the notice of initiation of the                 Because no party submitted
                                               Washington, DC 20230, no later than ten                      CCRs requested by DAK Americas, LLC;                   comments opposing Commerce’s
                                               (10) calendar days following publication                     Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, America;                  preliminary results, and the record
                                               of this notice. These petitions are                          Auriga Polymers; and Palmetto                          contains no other information or
                                               received pursuant to section 251 of the                      Synthetics LLC (i.e., the domestic                     evidence that calls into question the
                                               Trade Act of 1974, as amended.                               producers) pursuant to section 751(b)(1)               preliminary results, Commerce
                                                 Please follow the requirements set                         of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended                  determines, pursuant to section
                                               forth in EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR                         (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.216(b). The                   751(d)(1) of the Act, section 782(h) of
                                               315.9 for procedures to request a public                     domestic producers requested the                       the Act, and 19 CFR 351.222(g), that
                                               hearing. The Catalog of Federal                              revocation of the orders with respect to               there are changed circumstances that
                                               Domestic Assistance official number                          any low-melt PSF that may be covered                   warrant revocation of the Orders, in
                                               and title for the program under which                        by the Orders 1 to avoid any potential                 part. Specifically, because the producers
                                               these petitions are submitted is 11.313,                     overlap in coverage between the Orders                 accounting for substantially all of the
                                               Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.                       and the AD orders that may result from                 production of the domestic like product
                                                                                                            the pending less-than-fair-value                       to which the Orders pertain lack interest
                                               Irette Patterson,
                                                                                                            investigations of low-melt polyester                   in the relief provided by the Orders with
                                               Program Analyst.
                                                                                                            staple fiber from Korea and Taiwan.2                   respect to the following type of PSF, we
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–10616 Filed 5–17–18; 8:45 am]                     On April 19, 2018, Commerce                         are revoking the Orders, in part, by
                                               BILLING CODE 3510–WH–P                                       published the preliminary results of                   replacing the following language
                                                                                                            these CCRs, in which it found that                     currently in the scope of the Orders:
                                                                                                            producers accounting for substantially                 ‘‘{i}n addition, low-melt PSF is
                                               DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                       all of the production of the domestic                  excluded from these orders. Low-melt
                                                                                                            like product to which the Orders pertain               PSF is defined as a bi-component fiber
                                               International Trade Administration
                                                                                                            lack interest in the relief afforded by the            with an outer sheath that melts at a
                                               [A–580–839, A–583–833]                                       Orders with respect to certain low-melt                significantly lower temperature than its
                                                                                                            PSF.3 Commerce invited interested                      inner core,’’ with the following
                                               Polyester Staple Fiber From the                                                                                     language: ‘‘{i}n addition, low-melt PSF
                                               Republic of Korea and Taiwan: Final                            1 See Notice of Amended Final Determination of
                                                                                                                                                                   is excluded from these orders. Low-melt
                                               Results of Changed Circumstances                             Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Polyester
                                                                                                                                                                   PSF is defined as a bi-component
                                               Reviews, and Revocation of                                   Staple Fiber from the Republic of Korea and
                                                                                                            Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Polyester Staple      polyester fiber having a polyester fiber
                                               Antidumping Duty Orders, in Part                             Fiber from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, 65        component that melts at a lower
                                                                                                            FR 33807 (May 25, 2000) (Orders).                      temperature than the other polyester
                                               AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,                           2 See Polyester Staple Fiber from the Republic of
                                               International Trade Administration,                          Korea and Taiwan: Initiation of Changed
                                                                                                                                                                   fiber component.’’ The scope
                                               Department of Commerce.                                      Circumstances Reviews, and Consideration of            description below includes this
                                               SUMMARY: For the final results of these                      Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Orders in Part,     replacement language.
                                                                                                            83 FR 11678 (March 16, 2018) (Initiation Notice);
                                               changed circumstances reviews (CCRs),                        see also Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber from the      Scope of the Orders
                                               the Department of Commerce                                   Republic of Korea and Taiwan: Initiation of Less-
                                               (Commerce) is revoking, in part, the                         Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 82 FR 34277 (July         The product covered by the Orders is
                                               antidumping duty (AD) orders on                              24, 2017); Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber from the    certain polyester staple fiber (PSF). PSF
                                               polyester staple fiber (PSF) from the
                                                                                                            Republic of Korea: Preliminary Affirmative             is defined as synthetic staple fibers, not
                                                                                                            Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,        carded, combed or otherwise processed
                                               Republic of Korea (Korea) and Taiwan                         Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical
                                               with respect to certain low-melt PSF.                        Circumstances, in Part, Postponement of Final          for spinning, of polyesters measuring
                                                                                                                                                                   3.3 decitex (3 denier, inclusive) or more
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                                                                                                            Determination, and Extension of Provisional
                                               DATES: Applicable May 18, 2018.
                                                                                                            Measures, 83 FR 4906 (February 2, 2018); and Low       in diameter. This merchandise is cut to
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                             Melt Polyester Staple Fiber from Taiwan:               lengths varying from one inch (25 mm)
                                               Emily Halle or Nicholas Czajkowski,                          Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at
                                                                                                                                                                   to five inches (127 mm). The
                                               AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and                           Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final
                                                                                                            Determination, and Extension of Provisional
                                               Compliance, International Trade                              Measures, 83 FR 4903 (February 2, 2018).               Circumstances Reviews, and Intent To Revoke
                                               Administration, U.S. Department of                             3 See Polyester Staple Fiber from the Republic of    Antidumping Duty Orders in Part, 83 FR 17364
                                               Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue                           Korea and Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Changed       (April 19, 2018).



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ActionNotice and opportunity for public comment.
FR Citation83 FR 23252 

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