DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEAgency Notice | |
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) maintains, as part of its Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the Commerce Control List (CCL), which identifies certain items subject to Department of Commerce jurisdiction. This final rule revises the CCL, as well as corresponding parts of the EAR, to implement changes to the Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies (WA List) that were decided upon by governments participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies (Wassenaar Arrangement, or WA) at the December 2019 WA Plenary meeting. The Wassenaar Arrangement advocates implementation of effective export controls on strategic items with the objective of improving regional and international security and stability. This rule harmonizes the CCL with the decisions reached at the 2019 Plenary meeting by revising Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs) controlled for national security reasons in each category of the CCL. This rule also makes associated changes to the EAR as well as corrections. This rule also makes changes to various provisions related to Category 5–Part 2 of the CCL in the EAR, including provisions on License Exception Encryption commodities, software, and technology (ENC). These changes, which include the elimination of report | |
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Agency Notice | |
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain steel nails from Malaysia were not sold at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019. DATES: Applicable March 29, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Preston Cox or John Drury, 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) 482-5041 or (202) 482-0195, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On November 23, 2020, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of the 2018-2019 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel nails from Malaysia.\1\ We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. This review covers two mandatory respondents: Inmax and Region.\2\ The producers/exporters not selected for individual examination are listed in the “Final Results of the Administrative Review” section of this notice. For a complete description of the events that followed the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\ Commerce conducted this | |
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYAgency Notice | |
SUMMARY: On February 24, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive order directing several Federal agency actions to secure and strengthen America’s supply chains. One of these directions is for the Secretary of Energy to submit, within 100 days, a report to the President identifying risks in the high-capacity batteries, including electric- vehicle batteries, supply chain and policy recommendations to address these risks. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or Department) invites public comment on its Request for Information (RFI) number DE-FOA- 0002502 regarding the Risks in the High-Capacity Batteries, including Electric Vehicle Batteries Supply Chain. DATES: Responses to the RFI must be received by April 14, 2021. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to [email protected]. Include “High-Capacity Batteries Supply Chain RFI” in the subject line of the email. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. Only electronic responses will be accepted. The complete RFI document is located at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions may be addressed to [email protected] or to Samuel Gillard at 202-287-5849. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background | |
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITYAgency Notice | |
SUMMARY: This document notifies the public that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), with the approval of the Secretary of Homeland Security, has determined that certain disposable gloves, have been mined, produced, or manufactured in Malaysia by Top Glove Corporation Bhd with the use of convict, forced or indentured labor, and are being, or are likely to be, imported into the United States. DATES: This Finding applies to any merchandise described in Section II of this Notice that is imported on or after March 29, 2021. It also applies to merchandise which has already been imported and has not been released from CBP custody before March 29, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Juan M. Estrella, Chief, Operations Branch, Forced Labor Division, Trade Remedy Law Enforcement Directorate, Office of Trade, (202) 325-6087 or [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background Pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1307), “[a]ll goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor or/and forced labor or/and indentured labor under penal | |
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCYAgency Notice | |
SUMMARY: On June 11, 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NOPR”) to amend the test procedure for room air conditioners (“room ACs”). That proposed rulemaking serves as the basis for the final rule. Specifically, this final rule adopts the following updates to the test procedure for room ACs at appendix F: Incorporate by reference current versions of applicable industry standards; establish test provisions to measure energy use of variable-speed room ACs during a representative average use cycle; update definitions to define key terms and support provisions for testing variable-speed room ACs; and incorporate specifications and minor corrections to improve the test procedure repeatability, reproducibility, and overall readability. This final rule does not modify the test procedures for single-speed room ACs and does not affect the measured energy use for these models. The provisions established to measure energy use of variable-speed room ACs will improve the representativeness of the measured energy use of these models. DATES: Effective date: The effective date of this rule is April 28, 2021. Compliance date: The final rule changes will be mandatory for product testing starting September 27, 2021. Incorporation by reference: The incorporation by reference of certain publica | |
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