DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Agency Notice

[Presidential Documents] [Pages 81755-81773] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2020-27892] [[Page 81753]] Vol. 85 Wednesday, No. 242 December 16, 2020 Part VI The President

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that LNSK Greenhouse Agro Products LLP (LNSK Greenhouse Agro) is the successor in interest to Green House Agro Products (Greenhouse Agro) in the context of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from India. DATES: Applicable December 16, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Simons, AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6172. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On October 7, 2020, in response to a request by LNSK Greenhouse Agro,\1\ Commerce published a notice of initiation of changed circumstances review to consider whether LNSK Greenhouse Agro is the successor in interest to Greenhouse Agro.\2\ On October 6, 2020, we issued a supplemental questionnaire to LNSK Greenhouse Agro, to which we received a response on October 20, 2020.\3\ —————————————————————————

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that sales of large residential washers (LRW) from Mexico were made at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review, February 1, 2018 through January 31, 2019. DATES: Applicable December 16, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Miller, AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3906. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background This review covers one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise, Electrolux Home Products Corp. N.V. and Electrolux Home Products de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (collectively, Electrolux). On February 27, 2020, Commerce published the Preliminary Results.\1\ On April 6, 2020, we received case briefs on behalf of Electrolux and Haier U.S. Appliance Solutions dba GE Appliances (GE).\2\ On April 13, 2020, we received rebuttal briefs on behalf of Electrolux, Whirlpool Corporation (Whirlpool), and GE.\3\ —————————————————————————

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SUMMARY: On December 7, 2020, a NAFTA Binational Panel issued its Final Decision in the matter of Ammonium Sulphate from the United States of America (Determination on Remand). The Binational Panel remanded the Secretaria de Economia’s (Economia) Determination on Remand [[Page 81452]] and ordered Economia to issue a redetermination within 90 days. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vidya Desai, Acting United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Room 2061, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482-5438. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 1904 of Chapter 19 of NAFTA provides a dispute settlement mechanism involving trade remedy determinations issued by the Government of the United States, the Government of Canada, and the Government of Mexico. Following a Request for Panel Review, a Binational Panel is composed to provide judicial review of the trade remedy determination being challenged and then issue a binding Panel Decision. The NAFTA Binational Panel Decision is available publicly at https://can-mex-usa-sec.org/secretariat/report-rapport-reporte.aspx?lang=eng. There are established NAFTA Rules of Procedure for Article 1904 Binational Panel Reviews and the NAFTA Panel Decision has been notified in accordance with Rule 70. For the complete Rules, please see https://can-mex-usa-sec.org/secretariat/agreement-accord-acuer

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Agency Notice

SUMMARY: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (“EPCA”), prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including residential clothes washers and consumer clothes dryers. In this final rule, the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE” or “the Department”) establishes separate product classes for top-loading consumer clothes washers and consumer clothes dryers that offer cycle times for a normal cycle of less than 30 minutes, and for front-loading [[Page 81360]] residential clothes washers that offer cycle times for a normal cycle of less than 45 minutes. DOE’s decision to establish these new product classes is based on the comments received in response to the proposed rule as well as testing and evaluation conducted by the Department. This rulemaking sets out the basis for the new product classes. DOE intends to determine the specific energy and water consumption limits for the new product classes in separate rulemakings in accordance with the requirements of the Department’s Process Rule. DATES: The effective date of this rule is January 15, 2021. ADDRESSES: Docket: The docket for this activity, which includes Federal Register notices, comments, and other supporting documents/materials, is available for review at http://www.regulations.gov. All docu

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SUMMARY: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (“EPCA”), prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including fluorescent lamp ballasts (“FLBs”). EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) to periodically determine whether more-stringent standards would be technologically feasible and cost effective, and would result in significant energy savings. In this final determination, DOE has determined that energy conservation standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts do not need to be amended. DATES: The effective date of this final determination is December 16, 2020. ADDRESSES: The docket for this rulemaking, which includes Federal Register notices, public meeting attendee lists and transcripts, comments, and other supporting documents/materials, is available for review at https://www.regulations.gov. All documents in the docket are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index. However, not all documents listed in the index may be publicly available, such as information that is exempt from public disclosure. The docket web page can be found at https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EERE-2015-BT-STD-0006. The docket web page contains instructions on how to access all documents, including public comments, in the docket. For fu

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

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[Notices] [Pages 81486-81487] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2020-27592] ======================================================================= ———————————————————————– INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation Nos. 701-TA-506 and 508 and 731-TA-1238-1243 (Review)] Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan Determination On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject five-year reviews, the United States International Trade Commission (“Commission”) [[Page 81487]]

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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the final phase of antidumping and countervailing duty investigation Nos. 701-TA-653 and 731-TA-1527 (Final) pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (“the Act”) to determine whether an industry in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the establishment of an industry in the United States is materially retarded, by reason of imports of standard steel welded wire mesh from Mexico, provided for in subheadings 7314.20.00 and 7314.39.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, preliminarily determined by the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) to be subsidized. A determination from Commerce with respect to sales at less-than-fair-value is pending. DATES: December 3, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Duffy ((202) 708-2579), Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain information on this matter by contacting the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its internet server (https:

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