FR Alert – Covering:09/04/2018
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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| [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 44821-44828] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-18766] ======================================================================= ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Industry and Security 15 CFR Part 744 [Docket No. 180718671-8671-01] RIN 0694-AH57 Addition of Certain Entities to the Entity List, Revision of Entries on the Entity List and Removal of Certain Entities From the Entity List AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce. ACTION: Final rule. ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: This final rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding fifteen entities under seventeen entries to the Entity List. These fifteen entities have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States and will be listed on the Entity List under the destinations of the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. This final rule also modifies two entries on the entity list: One entry under the destination of Hon | |
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| [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)] [Notices] [Page 44859] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-19099] [[Page 44859]] ======================================================================= ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [B-53-2018] Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 127–West Columbia, South Carolina; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Constantia Blythewood, LLC; (Flexible Packaging and Engineered Industrial Films); Blythewood, South Carolina The Richland-Lexington Airport District, Columbia Metropolitan Airport, grantee of FTZ 127, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of Constantia Blythewood, LLC (Constantia Blythewood), located in Blythewood, South Carolina. The notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on August 27, 2018. The Constantia Blythewood facility is located within Subzone 127E. The facility is used for the production of flexible packaging, engineered industrial films and related items for the food, beverage and personal care industries. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the specific foreign-status mat | |
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
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| [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 44894-44896] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-19162] [[Page 44894]] ======================================================================= ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Customs and Border Protection Notice of Issuance of Final Determination Concerning the Visionary Advanced 2 Dietary Supplement Tablets AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice of final determination. ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: This document provides notice that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) has issued a final determination concerning the country of origin of three Visionary Advanced 2 vitamin and mineral dietary supplement tablets. Based upon the facts presented, for purposes of U.S. Government procurement, CBP has concluded that the United States is the country of origin of the Advanced 2 vitamin and mineral dietary supplement tablets. DATES: The final determination was issued on August 27, 2018. A copy of the final determination is attached. Any party-at-interest, as defined in 19 CFR 177.22(d), may seek judicial review of this final | |
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| [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 45019-45023] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-19283] [[Page 45017]] Vol. 83 Tuesday, No. 171 September 4, 2018 Part II The President ———————————————————————– Proclamation 9776–Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States Proclamation 9777–Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 171 / Tuesday, September 4, 2018 / Presidential Documents ___________________________________________________________________ Title 3– The President [[Page 45019]] Proclamation 9776 of August 29, 2018 Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. On January 19, 2018, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) transmitted to me a report on his investigation into the effect of imports of aluminum articles on the national security of the United States under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, | |
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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| [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 44904-44905] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-19072] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Antitrust Division Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993–Countering Weapons of Mass Destuction Notice is hereby given that, on August 6, 2018, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (“CWMD”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Accenture Federal Services, Arlington, VA; Altamira Technologies Corp., McClean, VA; AppliedInfo Partners, Inc., Somerset, NJ; ASELL, LLC, Owings Mills, MD; Ashwin-Ushas Corporation, Holmdel, NJ; Avarint, LLC, Buffalo, NY; BioFire Defense, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT; Blackthorne Services Group, Hanover, MA; Blauer Manufacturing, Co., Boston, MA; Clear Scientific, LLC, Cam | |
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| [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)] [Notices] [Page 44904] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-19073] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Antitrust Division Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993–3D PDF Consortium, Inc. Notice is hereby given that, on August 15, 2018, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), 3D PDF Consortium, Inc. (“3D PDF”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Kamel Shaath (individual), Ottawa, CANADA; Owen Ambur (individual), Hilton Head, SC; and Rick Laxman (individual), Salt Lake City, UT, have been added as parties to this venture. No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned activity of the group research project. Membership in this group research project remains open, and 3D PDF intends to file additional written notificatio | |
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| [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 44903-44904] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-19069] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Antitrust Division Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993–Pistoia Alliance, Inc. Notice is hereby given that, on August 10, 2018, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Pistoia Alliance, Inc. has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Lifebit (Lifebit Biotech Limited), London, UNITED KINGDOM; Aigenpulse Ltd., London, UNITED KINGDOM; Fulcrum Direct Ltd., Cardiff, UNITED KINGDOM; Kalleid, Cambridge, MA; Riffyn, Inc., Oakland, CA; DeepMatter Limited, Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM; Phesi LLC, East Lyme, CT; Cambridge Semantics, Boston, MA; and Devendra Deshmukh [[Page 44904]] (individual), Shrewsbury, MA, have been added as parties to this venture | |
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
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| [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 44861-44862] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-19098] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C-549-838] Glycine From Thailand: Preliminary Negative Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary Negative Critical Circumstances Determination, and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are not being provided to producers and exporters of glycine from Thailand. The period of investigation is January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination. DATES: Applicable September 4, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Ayache, AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2623. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background This preliminary determination is made in ac | |
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| [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 44859-44861] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-19096] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C-533-884] Glycine From India: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of glycine from India. The period of investigation (POI) is January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination. DATES: Applicable September 4, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Davina Friedmann or Chelsey Simonovich, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0698 or (202) 482-1979, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background This preliminary determination is made in accordance with sec | |
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| [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 44863-44864] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-19097] [[Page 44863]] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C-570-081] Glycine From the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of glycine from the People’s Republic of China (China) for the period of investigation January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination. DATES: Applicable September 4, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yasmin Bordas or Tyler Weinhold, AD/ CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3813 or (202) 482-1121, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background This preliminary determination is made in accordance with section | |
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| [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 44898-44900] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-18848] ======================================================================= ———————————————————————– INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation Nos. 731-TA-929-931 (Third Review)] Silicomanganese From India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela; Institution of Five-Year Reviews AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission. ACTION: Notice. ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (“the Act”), as amended, to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty orders on silicomanganese from India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury. Pursuant to the Act, interested parties are requested to respond to this notice by submitting the information specified below to the Commission. DATES: Instituted September 4, 2018. To be assured of consideration, the deadline for responses is October 4, 2018. Comments on the adequacy of responses may be filed with the Commission by November 19, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION | |
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| [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 44900-44903] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-18861] ———————————————————————– INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation No. 731-TA-919 (Third Review)] Certain Welded Large Diameter Line Pipe From Japan; Institution of a Five-Year Review AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission. ACTION: Notice. ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted a review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (“the Act”), as amended, to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain welded large diameter line pipe from Japan would be likely to lead to continuation or [[Page 44901]] recurrence of material injury. Pursuant to the Act, interested parties are requested to respond to this notice by submitting the information specified below to the Commission. DATES: Instituted September 4, 2018. To be assured of consideration, the deadline for responses is October 4, 2018. Comments on the adequacy of responses may be filed with the Commission by November 19, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Messer (202-205-3193), Office of Investigations, U | |
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