FR Alert – Covering:12/04/2018

Todays Federal Register

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Agency Notice
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 62560-62561] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-26316] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C-570-094] Refillable Stainless Steel Kegs From the People’s Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Applicable December 4, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas Czajkowski or Robert Brown, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1395 or (202) 482- 3702, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On October 10, 2018, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of refillable stainless steel kegs (kegs) from the People’s Republic of China.\1\ The preliminary determination is currently due no later than December 14, 2018. ————————————————————————— \1\ See Refillable Stainles
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Agency Notice
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2018)] [Notices] [Page 62561] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-26318] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-489-815] Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From Turkey: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018 AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube (LWRPT) from Turkey for the period of review (POR) May 1, 2017, through April 30, 2018. DATES: Applicable December 4, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Hill, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3518. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On May 1, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on LWRPT from Turkey for the POR May 1, 2017, through April 30, 2018.\1\ On May 31, 2018, in
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Agency Notice
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2018)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 62498-62501] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-26305] ======================================================================= ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Defense Acquisition Regulations System 48 CFR Parts 212, 225, and 252 [Docket DARS-2018-0028] RIN 0750-AJ71 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Sunset of Provision Relating to the Procurement of Certain Goods (DFARS Case 2018-D007) AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense (DoD). ACTION: Final rule. ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 that repeals the Fiscal Year 2015 restrictions on the source of photovoltaic devices in contracts awarded by DoD that result in DoD ownership of photovoltaic devices by means other than DoD purchase of the photovoltaic devices as end products. DATES: Effective December 5, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amy G. Williams, telephone 571- 372-6106. SUPPLEMENTARY I
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Agency Notice
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 62672-62673] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-26216] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Foreign Assets Control Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions. AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Notice. ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List based on OFAC’s determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for applicable date(s). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Associate Director for Global Targeting, tel.: 202-622-2420; Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202-622- 4855; Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490; or the
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Agency Notice
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2018)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 62464-62466] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-26284] ———————————————————————– ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA-R01-OAR-2017-0344; FRL-9986-82-Region 1] Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; Infrastructure State Implementation Plan Requirements for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule. ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving two State Implementation Plan (SIP) submissions from New Hampshire that address the infrastructure SIP requirements, including the interstate transport requirements, of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) for the 2012 fine particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The approval does not address CAA section 110(a)(2)(K) (regarding air quality modeling and data), which EPA will address in a later rulemaking. The infrastructure SIP requirements are designed to ensure that the structural components of each state’s air quality management program are adequate to meet the state’s responsibilities with respect to this NAAQS under the CAA, inc
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

Agency Notice
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 62603-62604] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-26274] ———————————————————————– INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation No. 337-TA-1073] Certain Thermoplastic-Encapsulated Electric Motors, Components Thereof, and Products and Vehicles Containing Same II; Notice of Request for Statements on the Public Interest AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission. ACTION: Notice. ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the presiding administrative law judge has issued a final initial determination on a section 337 violation and a recommended determination on remedy, the public interest, and bonding in the above-captioned investigation. The Commission is soliciting comments on public interest issues raised by the recommended relief, should the Commission find a violation. This notice is soliciting public interest comments from the public only. Parties are to file public interest submissions pursuant to Commission rules. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lucy Grace D. Noyola, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436, telephone 202
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Agency Notice
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2018)] [Notices] [Page 62603] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-26324] ======================================================================= ———————————————————————– INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation Nos. 731-TA-1392-1393 (Final)] Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Resin From China and India; Determination On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject investigations, the United States International Trade Commission (“Commission”) determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (“the Act”), that an industry in the United States is not materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin from China and India that have been found by the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) to be sold in the United States at less than fair value (“LTFV”).\2\ \3\ \4\ ————————————————————————— \1\ The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)). \2\ 83 FR 48590 and 83 FR 48594 (September 26, 2018). \3\ Whether the establishment of an industry in the United States is materially retarded is
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