83 FR 32630 - Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) Public Meeting
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 135 (July 13, 2018)
International Trade Administration
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 135 (July 13, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-14994 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 135 (Friday, July 13, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 32630-32631] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-14994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) Public Meeting AGENCY: International Trade Administration, DOC. ACTION: Notice of an open meeting of a Federal Advisory Committee. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a meeting of the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC). DATES: The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 24, 2018 from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The deadline for members of the public to register or to submit written comments for dissemination prior to the meeting is 5:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 13, 2018. The deadline for members of the public to request auxiliary aids is 5:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 13, 2018. ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. The address to register and obtain call-in information; submit comments; or request auxiliary aids is: Ms. Amy Kreps, Office of Energy & Environmental Industries (OEEI), International Trade Administration, Room 28018, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230 or email: [email protected]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amy Kreps, Office of Energy & Environmental Industries (OEEI), International Trade Administration, Room 28018, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (Phone: 202-482-3835; Fax: 202-482-5665; email: [email protected]) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will take place on July 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT. The general meeting is open to the public and time will be permitted for public comment from 1:30-2:00 p.m. EDT. Members of the public seeking to attend the meeting are required to register in advance. Those interested in attending must provide notification by Friday, July 13, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. EDT, via the contact information provided above. This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to OEEI at (202) 482-3835 no less than one week prior to the meeting. Requests received after this date will be accepted, but it may not be possible to accommodate them. Written comments concerning ETTAC affairs are welcome any time before or after the meeting. To be considered during the meeting, written comments must be received by Friday, July 13, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. EDT to ensure transmission to the members before the meeting. Minutes will be available within 30 days of this meeting. [[Page 32631]] Topic to be considered: At this final meeting of the current (2016- 2018) ETTAC charter, interagency representatives of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee's Environmental Trade Working Group (TPCC ETWG) will respond to the recommendations that the ETTAC presented to the Secretary of Commerce's designee on May 15. The meeting will be co- chaired by senior officials from the International Trade Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The ETTAC's recommendations cover two primary themes: (1) Recommendations regarding how the U.S. Government can help level the playing field, address barriers and increase opportunities for U.S. environmental exporters through market development efforts, export financing, and trade policy engagements and negotiations; and recommendations aimed at improving the overall quality of services delivered by the U.S. Government to U.S. environmental exporters through enhancements to digital tools aimed at improving lead generation, lead dissemination, and metrics and tracking. The recommendations were developed by the ETTAC's three subcommittees: Trade Promotion and Export Market Development, Professional Services and Infrastructure Advancement, and Trade Policy and American Competitiveness. OEEI will make the final agenda available to the public at least one week prior to the meeting. Please email [email protected] or contact 202-482-3835 for a copy. Background: The ETTAC is mandated by Section 2313(c) of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 4728(c), to advise the Environmental Trade Working Group of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee, through the Secretary of Commerce, on the development and administration of programs to expand U.S. exports of environmental technologies, goods, services, and products. The ETTAC was originally chartered in May of 1994. It was most recently re-chartered until August 2018. Dated: July 9, 2018. Man Cho, Deputy Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Industries. [FR Doc. 2018-14994 Filed 7-12-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DR-P
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Commerce will determine, and CBP export-subsidy rate in the companion ACTION: Notice of an open meeting of a
shall assess, antidumping duties on all countervailing duty investigation. These Federal Advisory Committee.
appropriate entries of subject cash deposit requirements, when
merchandise in accordance with the imposed, shall remain in effect until SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the
final results of this review. further notice. schedule and proposed agenda of a
For DSM and Hyundai Steel, we meeting of the Environmental
calculated importer-specific assessment Notification to Importers Technologies Trade Advisory
rates on the basis of the ratio of the total This notice serves as a final reminder Committee (ETTAC).
amount of antidumping duties to importers of their responsibility DATES: The meeting is scheduled for
calculated for each importer’s examined under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a Tuesday, July 24, 2018 from 9:00 a.m.–
sales and the total entered value of the certificate regarding the reimbursement 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
sales in accordance with 19 CFR of antidumping duties prior to The deadline for members of the public
351.212(b)(1).3 For entries of subject liquidation of the relevant entries to register or to submit written
merchandise during the period of during this review period. Failure to comments for dissemination prior to the
review produced by DSM or Hyundai comply with this requirement could meeting is 5:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, July
Steel for which it did not know its result in the Secretary’s presumption 13, 2018. The deadline for members of
merchandise was destined for the that reimbursement of antidumping the public to request auxiliary aids is
United States, we will instruct CBP to duties occurred and the subsequent 5:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 13, 2018.
liquidate unreviewed entries at the all- assessment of double antidumping ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place
others rate if there is no rate for the duties. at the U.S. Department of Commerce,
intermediate company(ies) involved in 1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
the transaction. We intend to issue Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders Washington, DC 20230. The address to
liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days register and obtain call-in information;
after publication of the final results of This notice also serves as a reminder submit comments; or request auxiliary
these reviews. to parties subject to administrative aids is: Ms. Amy Kreps, Office of Energy
protective order (APO) of their & Environmental Industries (OEEI),
Cash Deposit Requirements responsibility concerning the International Trade Administration,
The following deposit requirements disposition of proprietary information Room 28018, 1401 Constitution Avenue
will be effective upon publication of disclosed under APO in accordance NW, Washington, DC 20230 or email:
this notice for all shipments of CTL with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely amy.kreps@trade.gov.
plate from Korea entered, or withdrawn written notification of the return or
from warehouse, for consumption on or FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
destruction of APO materials or
after the date of publication, as provided Amy Kreps, Office of Energy &
conversion to judicial protective order is
by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) Environmental Industries (OEEI),
hereby requested. Failure to comply
The cash deposit rate for the companies International Trade Administration,
with the regulations and the terms of an
listed above will be equal to the Room 28018, 1401 Constitution Avenue,
APO is a violation subject to sanction.
weighted-average dumping margins This notice is published in NW, Washington, DC 20230 (Phone:
established in the final results of this accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 202–482–3835; Fax: 202–482–5665;
administrative review; (2) for 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR email: amy.kreps@trade.gov)
merchandise exported by producers or 351.221(b)(5). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
exporters not covered in this review but meeting will take place on July 24 from
Dated: July 9, 2018.
covered in a prior completed segment of 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT. The general
Gary Taverman, meeting is open to the public and time
the proceeding, the cash deposit rate
will continue to be the company- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping will be permitted for public comment
and Countervailing Duty Operations, from 1:30–2:00 p.m. EDT. Members of
specific rate published for the most performing the non-exclusive duties and
recent period; (3) if the exporter is not functions of the Assistant Secretary for
the public seeking to attend the meeting
a firm covered in this review, a prior Enforcement and Compliance. are required to register in advance.
review, or the original investigation but Those interested in attending must
the producer has been covered in a prior Appendix provide notification by Friday, July 13,
complete segment of this proceeding, List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 2018 at 5:00 p.m. EDT, via the contact
the cash deposit rate will be the rate Decision Memorandum information provided above. This
established for the most recent period Summary meeting is physically accessible to
for the producer of the merchandise; (4) Background people with disabilities. Requests for
the cash deposit rate for all other Scope of the Order sign language interpretation or other
manufacturers or exporters will Discussion of the Issue auxiliary aids should be directed to
continue to be 0.98 percent,4 the all- Comment: Home Market Date of Sale OEEI at (202) 482–3835 no less than one
others rate determined in the less-than- [FR Doc. 2018–15018 Filed 7–12–18; 8:45 am] week prior to the meeting. Requests
fair-value investigation, adjusted for the BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P received after this date will be accepted,
but it may not be possible to
3 In these final results, Commerce applied the accommodate them.
assessment rate calculation method adopted in DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Written comments concerning ETTAC
Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the affairs are welcome any time before or
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Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and International Trade Administration
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty after the meeting. To be considered
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 during the meeting, written comments
Environmental Technologies Trade
(February 14, 2012). must be received by Friday, July 13,
4 See, e.g., Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Advisory Committee (ETTAC) Public
2018 at 5:00 p.m. EDT to ensure
Steel Plate Products from the Republic of Korea: Meeting
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
transmission to the members before the
Review and New Shipper Review; 2014–2015, 81 FR AGENCY:International Trade meeting. Minutes will be available
62712, 62714 (September 12, 2016). Administration, DOC. within 30 days of this meeting.
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Topic to be considered: At this final DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE labor costs by including line items such
meeting of the current (2016–2018) as ‘‘Salary & Bonus,’’ ‘‘Welfare,’’ and
ETTAC charter, interagency International Trade Administration ‘‘Social Security and Compensation’’ as
representatives of the Trade Promotion [A–570–909] selling, general, and administrative
Coordinating Committee’s (SG&A) expenses in the surrogate
Environmental Trade Working Group Certain Steel Nails From the People’s financial ratios; 2 and (2) the presence of
(TPCC ETWG) will respond to the Republic of China: Notice of Court a transcription error in Stanley’s post-
recommendations that the ETTAC Decision Not in Harmony With the verification factors of production (FOP)
presented to the Secretary of Final Results of Administrative Review database.3
and Notice of Amended Final Results On December 21, 2017, Commerce
Commerce’s designee on May 15. The
of Antidumping Duty Administrative filed the AR5 Remand Redetermination
meeting will be co-chaired by senior with the Court.4 Under respectful
officials from the International Trade Review
protest, Commerce recalculated the
Administration and the U.S. AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, surrogate financial ratios by
Environmental Protection Agency. The International Trade Administration, reclassifying certain labor-related line
ETTAC’s recommendations cover two Department of Commerce. items from the selling, general, and
primary themes: (1) Recommendations SUMMARY: On June 19, 2018, the United administrative expenses numerator, to
regarding how the U.S. Government can States Court of International Trade the materials, labor, and energy
help level the playing field, address (Court) issued its final judgment in denominator of the financial ratios.5
barriers and increase opportunities for Xi’an Metals & Minerals Import & Additionally, under respectful protest,
U.S. environmental exporters through Export Co., Ltd. v. United States, Commerce corrected the transcription
market development efforts, export Consol. Court No. 15–00109, sustaining, error present in Stanley’s post-
financing, and trade policy engagements in part, and vacating, in part, the U.S. verification FOP database.6 As a result
and negotiations; and recommendations Department of Commerce’s (Commerce) of these modifications, there were
aimed at improving the overall quality final remand results in the fifth changes to the dumping margins
of services delivered by the U.S. administrative review of certain steel assigned to both Xi’an Metals and
Government to U.S. environmental nails from the People’s Republic of Stanley. The resulting antidumping
exporters through enhancements to China (China). Commerce is notifying margins for Xi’an Metals and Stanley
digital tools aimed at improving lead the public that the final judgment in this were 64.27 percent and 8.04 percent,
case is not in harmony with Commerce’s respectively.7
generation, lead dissemination, and On June 19, 2018, the Court sustained
metrics and tracking. The final results of the administrative
review, covering the period of review the AR5 Remand Redetermination with
recommendations were developed by respect to the correction of the
(POR) August 1, 2012, through July 31,
the ETTAC’s three subcommittees: transcription error in Stanley’s FOP
2013, and that Commerce is amending
Trade Promotion and Export Market database.8 In addition, the Court vacated
the final results with respect to the
Development, Professional Services and the remand order with respect to the
dumping margin assigned to The
Infrastructure Advancement, and Trade Stanley Works (Langfang) Fastening issue of the calculation of the surrogate
Policy and American Competitiveness. Systems Co., Ltd. (Stanley). The margin financial ratios, and reinstated this
OEEI will make the final agenda for Xi’an Metals & Minerals Import & aspect of Commerce’s Final Results.9 In
available to the public at least one week Export Co., Ltd. (Xi’an Metals) remains light of the Court’s Final Judgment, the
prior to the meeting. Please email unchanged as a result of the Court’s dumping margin for Xi’an Metals is
amy.kreps@trade.gov or contact 202– final judgment. unchanged from its dumping margin
482–3835 for a copy. assigned in the Final Results.
DATES: Applicable June 19, 2018.
Additionally, because the Court
Background: The ETTAC is mandated FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: reinstated the Final Results with respect
by Section 2313(c) of the Export Matthew Renkey, AD/CVD Operations to the calculation of the surrogate
Enhancement Act of 1988, as amended, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, financial ratios, for these amended final
15 U.S.C. 4728(c), to advise the International Trade Administration, results, we recalculated Stanley’s
Environmental Trade Working Group of U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 dumping margin to reflect only the
the Trade Promotion Coordinating Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, correction of the transcription error in
Committee, through the Secretary of DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2312. Stanley’s FOP database.10
Commerce, on the development and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
administration of programs to expand 2 See Xi’an Metals & Minerals Import & Export
Background Co., Ltd. v. United States, 256 F.Supp. 3d 1346,
U.S. exports of environmental
On April 8, 2015, Commerce issued 1356 (CIT September 6, 2017) (Remand Order).
technologies, goods, services, and 3 Id., at 1359.
products. The ETTAC was originally the Final Results, in which it 4 See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant
chartered in May of 1994. It was most determined weighted-average dumping to Court Remand, Consol. Court No. 15–00109, Slip
recently re-chartered until August 2018. margins of 13.19 percent for Stanley and Op. 17–120 (CIT 2017), dated December 21, 2017
72.52 percent Xi’an Metals.1 On (AR5 Remand Redetermination), available at http://
Dated: July 9, 2018. September 6, 2017, the Court remanded enforcement.trade.gov/remands/17-120.pdf.
5 Id., at 7–14.
Man Cho, to Commerce certain aspects of the Final 6 Id., at 15–16.
Results, ordering Commerce to
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Deputy Director, Office of Energy and 7 Id., at 19.
Environmental Industries. reconsider, in relevant part: (1) The 8 See Xi’an Metals & Minerals Import & Export
[FR Doc. 2018–14994 Filed 7–12–18; 8:45 am] potential double counting of certain Co., Ltd. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 15–
00109, Slip Op. 18–70 (CIT June 19, 2018) (Final
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1 See Certain Steel Nails from the People’s Judgment) at 3.
9 Id., at 2–3.
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review, 2012–2013, 80 FR 10 See ‘‘Amended Final Results for the Fifth
18816 (April 8, 2015) and accompanying Issues and Administrative Review of Certain Steel Nails from
Decision Memorandum (Final Results). Continued
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| Dates | The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 24, 2018 from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The deadline for members of the public to register or to submit written comments for dissemination prior to the meeting is 5:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 13, 2018. The deadline for members of the public to request auxiliary aids is 5:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 13, 2018. | |
| Contact | Ms. Amy Kreps, Office of Energy & Environmental Industries (OEEI), International Trade Administration, Room 28018, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (Phone: 202-482-3835; Fax: 202-482-5665; email: [email protected]) | |
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