83_FR_34967 83 FR 34826 - Notice of Partially Closed Meeting: Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee

83 FR 34826 - Notice of Partially Closed Meeting: Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 141 (July 23, 2018)

Page Range34826-34826
FR Document2018-15675

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 141 (Monday, July 23, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 141 (Monday, July 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 34826]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15675]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security


Notice of Partially Closed Meeting: Materials Processing 
Equipment Technical Advisory Committee

    The Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee 
(MPETAC) will meet on August 7, 2018, 9:00 a.m., Room 3884, in the 
Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street between Pennsylvania and 
Constitution Avenues, NW, Washington, DC. The Committee advises the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration with 
respect to technical questions that affect the level of export controls 
applicable to materials processing equipment and related technology.

Agenda

Open Session

    1. Opening remarks and introductions.
    2. Discussions on results from last, and proposals from last 
Wassenaar meeting.
    3. Report on proposed and recently issued changes to the Export 
Administration Regulations.
    4. TAC Membership.
    5. Proposed Cyber Rule circulated 6/12/18.
    6. TAC Meeting Attendance.
    7. Coordinate TAC Project--Draft Announcement.
    8. Industry 4.0 and New Technologies.

Closed Session

    9. Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the 
provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 
Sec. Sec.  10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3).
    The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 20 
participants on a first come, first serve basis. To join the 
conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Joanna Lewis at 
[email protected], no later than July 31, 2018.
    A limited number of seats will be available for the public session. 
Reservations are not accepted. To the extent that time permits, members 
of the public may present oral statements to the Committee. The public 
may submit written statements at any time before or after the meeting. 
However, to facilitate the distribution of public presentation 
materials to the Committee members, the Committee suggests that 
presenters forward the public presentation materials prior to the 
meeting to Ms. Lewis via email.
    The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of 
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on February 
13, 2018, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 Sec.  10(d)), that the portion of the 
meeting dealing with matters the premature disclosure of which would be 
likely to frustrate significantly implementation of a proposed agency 
action as described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) shall be exempt from the 
provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 
Sec. Sec.  10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The remaining portions of the meeting 
will be open to the public. For more information, call Joanna Lewis at 
(202) 482-6440.

Joanna Lewis,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-15675 Filed 7-20-18; 8:45 am]
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34826 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 141 / Monday, July 23, 2018 / Notices admitted by ZTE and set forth in the referenced above and compliance with Agenda Proposed Charging Letter attached to the escrow requirements relating to the Open Session and incorporated in the March 2017 $400,000,000 suspended portion of the Settlement Agreement and the March civil penalty. 1. Opening remarks and 23, 2017 Order.1 introductions. On March 6, 2018, ZTE notified BIS ZTE has made full and timely 2. Discussions on results from last, that it had made false statements in payment of the $1,000,000,000 and has and proposals from last Wassenaar letters it sent to BIS on November 30, complied with the escrow requirements meeting. 2016 and July 20, 2017, respectively, relating to the $400,000,000 suspended 3. Report on proposed and recently regarding the discipline of 39 employees portion of the civil penalty. Therefore, issued changes to the Export involved in the violations that led to BIS is hereby terminating the April 15, Administration Regulations. proposed charges settled through the 2018 Order, and BIS will remove ZTE 4. TAC Membership. March 2017 Settlement Agreement. from the Denied Persons List. 5. Proposed Cyber Rule circulated After providing notice to ZTE and an This Order does not modify any 6/12/18. opportunity to respond pursuant to the provision of the Superseding Order or 6. TAC Meeting Attendance. Regulations, I issued an order on April 7. Coordinate TAC Project—Draft the Superseding Settlement Agreement. 15, 2018 (the ‘‘April 15, 2018 Order’’), Announcement. Under the terms of the Superseding activating the suspended denial of 8. Industry 4.0 and New Settlement Agreement and Superseding Technologies. export privileges set forth in the March Order, if ZTE does not fully and timely 2017 Settlement Agreement and the comply with all other probationary Closed Session March 23, 2017 Order. See 83 FR 17,644 conditions set forth in the Superseding 9. Discussion of matters determined to (April 23, 2018). On June 8, 2018, I issued a Settlement Agreement and Superseding be exempt from the provisions relating Superseding Order approving a Order during the ten-year probationary to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. superseding settlement agreement period, the $400,000,000 suspended app. 2 §§ 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). between BIS and ZTE (the ‘‘Superseding portion of the BIS civil penalty may The open session will be accessible Settlement Agreement’’), whereby the immediately become due and owing in via teleconference to 20 participants on parties agreed to additional and full or in part, at BIS’s discretion, and a first come, first serve basis. To join the enhanced settlement terms and the suspended denial order may be conference, submit inquiries to Ms. conditions, including, inter alia, the full modified or revoked by BIS and a denial Joanna Lewis at Joanna.Lewis@ and timely payment by ZTE of order including a ten-year denial period bis.doc.gov, no later than July 31, 2018. $1,000,000,000 to the Department of activated against ZTE from the date that A limited number of seats will be Commerce within 60 days of the date of it is determined that ZTE has failed to available for the public session. the Superseding Order, and the full and comply. Reservations are not accepted. To the timely placement of $400,000,000, extent that time permits, members of the This Order is effective immediately public may present oral statements to within 90 days of the date of the and shall be served on ZTE and shall be Superseding Order, in an escrow the Committee. The public may submit published in the Federal Register. written statements at any time before or account with a bank located and headquartered in the United States to be Issued this day of July 13, 2018. after the meeting. However, to facilitate selected by ZTE and approved by BIS. Richard R. Majauskas, the distribution of public presentation The $400,000,000 escrow amount is the materials to the Committee members, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for suspended portion of the the Committee suggests that presenters Export Enforcement. $1,761,000,000 civil penalty imposed forward the public presentation [FR Doc. 2018–15633 Filed 7–20–18; 8:45 am] pursuant to the Superseding Settlement materials prior to the meeting to Ms. BILLING CODE P Lewis via email. Agreement and the Superseding Order.2 The Superseding Order also provided, The Assistant Secretary for as agreed to by the parties, that BIS Administration, with the concurrence of DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE the delegate of the General Counsel, would terminate the denial of export privileges set forth in the April 15, 2018 formally determined on February 13, Bureau of Industry and Security 2018, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Order and remove ZTE from the Denied Persons List upon ZTE’s full and timely Notice of Partially Closed Meeting: Federal Advisory Committee Act, as payment of the $1,000,000,000 amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 § 10(d)), that Materials Processing Equipment the portion of the meeting dealing with Technical Advisory Committee 1 The Regulations are currently codified in the matters the premature disclosure of Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730– The Materials Processing Equipment which would be likely to frustrate 774 (2018) (available at https://www.govinfo.gov/ Technical Advisory Committee significantly implementation of a app/collection/CFR). The Regulations issued under proposed agency action as described in the authority of the Export Administration Act of (MPETAC) will meet on August 7, 2018, 1979, as amended. 50 U.S.C. 4601–4623 (Supp. III 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) shall be exempt 9:00 a.m., Room 3884, in the Herbert C. 2015). Since August 21, 2001, the Act has been in from the provisions relating to public Hoover Building, 14th Street between lapse and the President, through Executive Order meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 13222 of August 17, 2001 (3 CFR, 2001 Comp. 783 Pennsylvania and Constitution §§ 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The remaining (2002)), which has been extended by successive Avenues, NW, Washington, DC. The portions of the meeting will be open to amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 Presidential Notices, the most recent being that of Committee advises the Office of the August 16, 2017 (82 FR 39,005 (Aug. 15, 2017)), has the public. For more information, call continued the Regulations in effect under the Assistant Secretary for Export Joanna Lewis at (202) 482–6440. International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 Administration with respect to technical U.S.C. 1701, et seq.) (2012). questions that affect the level of export Joanna Lewis, 2 ZTE satisfied $361,000,000 of this civil penalty controls applicable to materials Committee Liaison Officer. amount through the payment made by ZTE on or about May 19, 2017, following issuance of the processing equipment and related [FR Doc. 2018–15675 Filed 7–20–18; 8:45 am] March 23, 2017 Order. technology. BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:59 Jul 20, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\23JYN1.SGM 23JYN1


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