83 FR 45880 - National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee Request for Public Comments on the Potential Market Impact of the Proposed Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Materials Plan
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 176 (September 11, 2018)
Bureau of Industry and Security
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 176 (September 11, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 45880-45882] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-19617] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Industry and Security [Docket No. 170802716-7716-01] National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee Request for Public Comments on the Potential Market Impact of the Proposed Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Materials Plan AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce. ACTION: Notice of inquiry; request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to advise the public that the National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee, co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and State, is seeking public comments on the potential market impact of the proposed Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Stockpile Annual Materials Plan. The role of the Market Impact Committee is to advise the National Defense Stockpile Manager on the projected domestic and foreign economic effects of all acquisitions, conversions, and disposals involving the stockpile and related material research and development projects. Public comments are an important element of the Committee's market impact review process. DATES: To be considered, written comments must be received by October 11, 2018. ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this notice to Eric Longnecker, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Room 3876, Washington, DC 20230, fax: (202) 482-5650 (Attn: Eric Longnecker), email: [email protected]; and Matthew McManus, Deputy Director, Office of Policy Analysis and Public Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Energy Resources, 2201 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20520, fax: (202) 647-7431 (Attn: Matthew McManus), email: [email protected]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Parya Fenton, Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, telephone: (202) 482-8228, fax: (202) 482-5650 (Attn: Parya Fenton), email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Under the authority of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Revision Act of 1979, as amended (the Stock Piling Act) (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.), the Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), as National Defense Stockpile Manager, maintains a stockpile of strategic and critical materials to supply the military, industrial, and essential civilian needs of the United States for national defense. Section 9(b)(2)(G)(ii) of the Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h(b)(2)(H)(ii)) authorizes the National Defense Stockpile Manager to fund material research and development projects to develop new materials for the stockpile. Section 3314 of the Fiscal Year (FY) 1993 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (50 U.S.C. 98h-1) formally established a Market Impact Committee (the Committee) to ``advise the National Defense Stockpile Manager on the projected domestic and foreign economic effects of all acquisitions and disposals of materials from the stockpile. . . .'' The Committee must also balance market impact concerns with the statutory requirement to protect the U.S. Government against avoidable loss. The Committee is comprised of representatives from the Departments of Commerce, State, Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior, the Treasury, and Homeland Security, and is co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and State. The FY 1993 NDAA directs the Committee to consult with industry representatives that produce, process, or consume the materials stored in or of interest to the National Defense Stockpile Manager. As the National Defense Stockpile Manager, the DLA must produce an Annual Materials Plan proposing the maximum quantity of each listed material that may be acquired, disposed of, upgraded, converted, recovered, or sold by the DLA in a particular fiscal year. In Attachment 1, the DLA lists the quantities and types of activity (potential disposals, potential acquisitions, potential conversions (upgrade, rotation, reprocessing, etc.) or potential recovery from government sources) associated with each material in its proposed FY 2020 Annual Materials Plan (``AMP''). The quantities listed in Attachment 1 are not acquisition, disposal, upgrade, conversion, recovery, reprocessing, or sales target quantities, but rather a statement of the proposed maximum quantity of each listed material that may be acquired, disposed of, upgraded, converted, recovered, or sold in a particular fiscal year by the DLA, as noted. The quantity of each material that will actually be acquired or offered for sale will depend on the market for the material at the time of the acquisition or offering, as well as on the quantity of each material approved for acquisition, disposal, conversion (upgrade, rotation, reprocessing, etc.), or recovery by Congress. The Committee is seeking public comments on the potential market impact associated with the proposed FY 2020 AMP as enumerated in Attachment 1. Public comments are an important element of the Committee's market impact review process. Submission of Comments The Committee requests that interested parties provide written comments, supporting data and documentation, and any other relevant information on the potential market impact of the quantities associated with the proposed FY 2020 AMP. All comments must be submitted to the addresses indicated in this notice. All comments submitted through email must include the phrase ``Market Impact [[Page 45881]] Committee Notice of Inquiry'' in the subject line. The Committee encourages interested persons who wish to comment to do so at the earliest possible time. The period for submission of comments will close on October 11, 2018. The Committee will consider all comments received before the close of the comment period. Comments received after the end of the comment period will be considered, if possible, but their consideration cannot be assured. All comments submitted in response to this notice will be made a matter of public record and will be available for public inspection and copying. Anyone submitting business confidential information should clearly identify the business confidential portion of the submission and also provide a non-confidential submission that can be placed in the public record. The Committee will seek to protect such information to the extent permitted by law. The Office of Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, displays public comments on the BIS Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) website at https://efoia.bis.doc.gov/. This office does not maintain a separate public inspection facility. If you have technical difficulties accessing this website, please call BIS's Office of Administration at (202) 482-1900 for assistance. Dated: September 5, 2018. Richard Ashooh, Assistant Secretary for Export Administration. Attachment 1 Proposed Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Materials Plan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Material Unit Quantity Footnote ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Potential Disposals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beryllium Metal............................. ST 8 ............... Chromium, Ferro............................. ST 23,500 ............... Chromium, Metal............................. ST 200 ............... Germanium Scrap............................. kg 3,000 ............... Manganese, Ferro............................ ST 50,000 ............... Manganese, Metallurgical Grade.............. SDT 322,025 ............... Nickel Based Alloys......................... Lbs 600,000 ............... Platinum.................................... Tr Oz 8,380 ............... PGM--Iridium................................ Tr Oz 489 ............... Tantalum Carbide Powder..................... Lb Ta 3,777 ............... Tantalum Scrap.............................. Lbs 190 ............... Titanium Based Alloys....................... Lbs 150,000 ............... Tungsten Metal Powder....................... LB W 275,738 ............... Tungsten Ores and Concentrates.............. LB W 3,000,000 ............... Zinc........................................ ST 7,993 ............... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Potential Acquisitions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Antimony.................................... MT 1,100 ............... Boron Carbide............................... MT 1,000 ............... High Modulus High Strength Carbon Fibers.... MT 72 ............... Carbon Fibers............................... m\2\ 5,000 ............... Cerium...................................... MT 900 ............... CZT (Cadmium Zinc Tellurium substrates)..... cm\2\ 32,000 ............... Electrolytic Manganese Metal................ MT 5,000 ............... Lanthanum................................... MT 4,100 ............... Potassium Nitrate........................... Lbs 100,000 ............... Rare Earth Magnet Feedstock................. MT 100 ............... Rayon....................................... MT 600 ............... RDX/HMX/IMX/TNT............................. Lbs 7,000,000 ............... Silicon Carbide Fibers...................... Lbs 875 ............... TATB (Triamino-Trinitrobenzene)............. Lbs 48,000 ............... Tantalum.................................... Lb Ta 33,990 ............... Tin......................................... MT 40 ............... Tungsten Rhenium Metal...................... kg 5,000 ............... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Potential Conversions (Upgrade, rotation, reprocessing, etc.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beryllium Metal............................. ST 8 ............... CZT (Cadmium Zinc Tellurium substrates)..... cm\2\ 32,000 ............... High Modulus High Strength Carbon Fibers.... MT 72 ............... Dysprosium.................................. MT 0.5 ............... Europium.................................... MT 35 ............... Germanium (Scrap)........................... kg 5,000 ............... Iridium Catalyst............................ Lbs 50 ............... Lithium Ion Materials....................... MT 25 ............... Rare Earths Elements........................ MT 12 ............... Silicon Carbide Fibers...................... Lbs 875 ............... Tin......................................... MT 804 ............... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Potential Recovery from Government Sources ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bearing Steel............................... MT 50 ............... [[Page 45882]] E-Waste..................................... MT 50 (\1\) Gadolinium Oxide............................ MT 4 ............... Germanium (Scrap)........................... kg 5,000 ............... Iridium Catalyst (Scrap).................... Lbs 50 ............... Lithium Ion Materials....................... MT 25 ............... Magnesium Metal............................. MT 25 ............... Rhenium Metal............................... kg 500 ............... Super Alloys................................ Lbs 1,500,000 ............... Tantalum.................................... MT 10 ............... Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Rods (Scrap)........ kg 250 ............... Zirconia Oxide.............................. MT 4 ............... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Footnote Key: \1\ Strategic and Critical Materials collected from E-Waste (Strategic Materials collected from electronics waste). 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production approvals are not being Manager on the projected domestic and with the statutory requirement to
sought at this time. Such requests would foreign economic effects of all protect the U.S. Government against
be made to the FTZ Board on a case-by- acquisitions, conversions, and disposals avoidable loss.
case basis. involving the stockpile and related The Committee is comprised of
In accordance with the FTZ Board’s material research and development representatives from the Departments of
regulations, Camille Evans of the FTZ projects. Public comments are an Commerce, State, Agriculture, Defense,
Staff is designated examiner to evaluate important element of the Committee’s Energy, Interior, the Treasury, and
and analyze the facts and information market impact review process. Homeland Security, and is co-chaired
presented in the application and case DATES: To be considered, written by the Departments of Commerce and
record and to report findings and comments must be received by October State. The FY 1993 NDAA directs the
recommendations to the FTZ Board. 11, 2018. Committee to consult with industry
Public comment is invited from ADDRESSES: Address all comments representatives that produce, process, or
interested parties. Submissions shall be concerning this notice to Eric consume the materials stored in or of
addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive Longnecker, U.S. Department of interest to the National Defense
Secretary at the address below. The Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Stockpile Manager.
closing period for their receipt is Security, Office of Strategic Industries As the National Defense Stockpile
November 13, 2018. Rebuttal comments and Economic Security, 1401 Manager, the DLA must produce an
in response to material submitted Constitution Avenue NW, Room 3876, Annual Materials Plan proposing the
during the foregoing period may be Washington, DC 20230, fax: (202) 482– maximum quantity of each listed
submitted during the subsequent 15-day 5650 (Attn: Eric Longnecker), email: material that may be acquired, disposed
period to November 26, 2018. MIC@bis.doc.gov; and Matthew of, upgraded, converted, recovered, or
A copy of the application will be McManus, Deputy Director, Office of sold by the DLA in a particular fiscal
available for public inspection at the Policy Analysis and Public Diplomacy, year. In Attachment 1, the DLA lists the
Office of the Executive Secretary, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of quantities and types of activity
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room Energy Resources, 2201 C Street NW, (potential disposals, potential
21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20520, fax: (202) 647– acquisitions, potential conversions
1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 7431 (Attn: Matthew McManus), email: (upgrade, rotation, reprocessing, etc.) or
Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the potential recovery from government
McManusMT@state.gov.
‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ sources) associated with each material
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Board’s website, which is accessible via in its proposed FY 2020 Annual
Parya Fenton, Office of Strategic Materials Plan (‘‘AMP’’). The quantities
www.trade.gov/ftz. Industries and Economic Security, listed in Attachment 1 are not
For further information, contact Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. acquisition, disposal, upgrade,
Camille Evans at Camille.Evans@ Department of Commerce, telephone: conversion, recovery, reprocessing, or
trade.gov or (202) 482–2350. (202) 482–8228, fax: (202) 482–5650 sales target quantities, but rather a
Dated: September 5, 2018. (Attn: Parya Fenton), email: MIC@ statement of the proposed maximum
Andrew McGilvray, bis.doc.gov. quantity of each listed material that may
Executive Secretary. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: be acquired, disposed of, upgraded,
[FR Doc. 2018–19701 Filed 9–10–18; 8:45 am] converted, recovered, or sold in a
Background
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P particular fiscal year by the DLA, as
Under the authority of the Strategic noted. The quantity of each material
and Critical Materials Stock Piling that will actually be acquired or offered
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Revision Act of 1979, as amended (the for sale will depend on the market for
Stock Piling Act) (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.), the material at the time of the
Bureau of Industry and Security the Department of Defense’s Defense acquisition or offering, as well as on the
Logistics Agency (DLA), as National quantity of each material approved for
[Docket No. 170802716–7716–01]
Defense Stockpile Manager, maintains a acquisition, disposal, conversion
National Defense Stockpile Market stockpile of strategic and critical (upgrade, rotation, reprocessing, etc.), or
Impact Committee Request for Public materials to supply the military, recovery by Congress.
Comments on the Potential Market industrial, and essential civilian needs The Committee is seeking public
Impact of the Proposed Fiscal Year of the United States for national comments on the potential market
2020 Annual Materials Plan defense. Section 9(b)(2)(G)(ii) of the impact associated with the proposed FY
Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 2020 AMP as enumerated in Attachment
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 98h(b)(2)(H)(ii)) authorizes the National 1. Public comments are an important
Security, Commerce. Defense Stockpile Manager to fund element of the Committee’s market
ACTION: Notice of inquiry; request for material research and development impact review process.
comments. projects to develop new materials for
the stockpile. Submission of Comments
SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is Section 3314 of the Fiscal Year (FY) The Committee requests that
to advise the public that the National 1993 National Defense Authorization interested parties provide written
Defense Stockpile Market Impact Act (NDAA) (50 U.S.C. 98h–1) formally comments, supporting data and
Committee, co-chaired by the established a Market Impact Committee documentation, and any other relevant
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Departments of Commerce and State, is (the Committee) to ‘‘advise the National information on the potential market
seeking public comments on the Defense Stockpile Manager on the impact of the quantities associated with
potential market impact of the proposed projected domestic and foreign the proposed FY 2020 AMP. All
Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense economic effects of all acquisitions and comments must be submitted to the
Stockpile Annual Materials Plan. The disposals of materials from the addresses indicated in this notice. All
role of the Market Impact Committee is stockpile. . . .’’ The Committee must comments submitted through email
to advise the National Defense Stockpile also balance market impact concerns must include the phrase ‘‘Market Impact
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PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2020 ANNUAL MATERIALS PLAN—Continued
Material Unit Quantity Footnote
E-Waste ....................................................................................................................................... MT 50 ( 1)
Gadolinium Oxide ........................................................................................................................ MT 4 ........................
Germanium (Scrap) ..................................................................................................................... kg 5,000 ........................
Iridium Catalyst (Scrap) ............................................................................................................... Lbs 50 ........................
Lithium Ion Materials ................................................................................................................... MT 25 ........................
Magnesium Metal ........................................................................................................................ MT 25 ........................
Rhenium Metal ............................................................................................................................ kg 500 ........................
Super Alloys ................................................................................................................................ Lbs 1,500,000 ........................
Tantalum ...................................................................................................................................... MT 10 ........................
Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Rods (Scrap) ..................................................................................... kg 250 ........................
Zirconia Oxide ............................................................................................................................. MT 4 ........................
Footnote Key:
1 Strategic and Critical Materials collected from E-Waste (Strategic Materials collected from electronics waste).
[FR Doc. 2018–19617 Filed 9–10–18; 8:45 am] as practicable, the Secretary of submitted to the U.S. Department of
BILLING CODE 3510–33–P Commerce shall issue procedures for Commerce by email. All exclusion
requests for exclusions described in requests under clause 2 must be in
clause 2 to allow for exclusion requests electronic form, but may be submitted at
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE for countries subject to quantitative any time. However, exclusion requests
limitations. The U.S. Department of requested under clause 2 if granted will
Bureau of Industry and Security Commerce will create an exclusion only be valid till March 31, 2019. All
process for clause 2 by posting the submissions for exclusion requests are
Proposed Information Collection; newly created form on the Commerce entirely voluntary.
Comment Request; Procedures for website. Requesters will complete this
Submitting Requests for Expedited form and send the form, the required III. Data
Relief From Quantitative Limits— certification, and any needed OMB Control Number: 0694–0140.
Existing Contract: Section 232 National attachments to the U.S. Department of Form Number(s): N/A.
Security Investigations of Steel Commerce at the email address Type of Review: Regular submission.
Imports steel232-exp@bis.doc.gov. The posting Affected Public: Private Sector.
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and of this exclusion procedure on the Estimated Number of Respondents:
Security, Commerce. Commerce website will fulfill the 1,717.
Presidential directive included in the Estimated Time per Response: 10
ACTION: Notice.
most recent Proclamation, as well as the hours.
SUMMARY: The Department of earlier Proclamations that directed the Estimated Total Annual Burden
Commerce, as part of its continuing Secretary of Commerce to create an Hours: 17,170.
effort to reduce paperwork and exclusion process to ensure users of Estimated Total Annual Cost to
respondent burden, invites the general steel in the United States would Public: $0. (This is not the cost of
public and other Federal agencies to continue to have access to the steel that respondents’ time, but the indirect costs
take this opportunity to comment on they may need. respondents may incur for such things
proposed and/or continuing information ‘‘The Secretary shall, on an expedited as purchases of specialized software or
collections, as required by the basis, grant relief from the quantitative hardware needed to report, or
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. limitation set forth in Proclamation expenditures for accounting or records
DATES: To ensure consideration, written 9740 and Proclamation 9759 and their maintenance services required
comments must be submitted on or accompanying annexes for any steel specifically by the collection.)
before November 13, 2018. article where (i) the party requesting Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
relief entered into a written contract for Legal Authority: Section 232 of the
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
production and shipment of such steel Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C.
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 1862).
article before March 8, 2018; (ii) such
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
contract specifies the quantity of such IV. Request for Comments
Department of Commerce, 1401
steel article that is to be produced and
Constitution Avenue NW, Room 6616, Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
shipped to the United States consistent
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the the proposed collection of information
with a schedule contained in such
internet at docpra@doc.gov.) is necessary for the proper performance
contract; (iii) such steel article is to be
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: of the functions of the agency, including
used to construct a facility in the United
Requests for additional information or States and such steel article cannot be whether the information shall have
copies of the information collection procured from a supplier in the United practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
instrument and instructions should be States to meet the delivery schedule and agency’s estimate of the burden
directed to Mark Crace, BIS ICB Liaison, specifications contained in such (including hours and cost) of the
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(202) 482–8093 or at mark.crace@ contract.’’ proposed collection of information; (c)
bis.doc.gov. ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
II. Method of Collection clarity of the information to be
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Exclusion requests described in the collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
I. Abstract procedures posted on the Commerce burden of the collection of information
In the Proclamation of August 29, website for clause 2 exclusion from the on respondents, including through the
President Trump directed that as soon Proclamation of August 29 will be use of automated collection techniques
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| Contact | Parya Fenton, Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, telephone: (202) 482-8228, fax: (202) 482-5650 (Attn: Parya Fenton), email: [email protected] | |
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