FR Alert – Covering:08/21/2018

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Agency Notice
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 42260-42261] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-17786] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C-533-870] Certain Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From India: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017 AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain pneumatic off-the-road tires (OTR tires) from India for the period June 20, 2016, through December 31, 2017. DATES: Applicable August 21, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene H. Calvert, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3586. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On March 5, 2018, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the CVD order on OTR tires from India for the period of review (POR) June 20, 2016, through December 31, 2017.\1\ Commerce received ti
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Agency Notice
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 42259-42260] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-17909] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-533-883, A-588-878, and A-549-837] Glycine From India, Japan, and Thailand: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Applicable August 21, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edythe Artman at (202) 482-3931 (India); Madeline Heeren at (202) 482-9179 (Japan); Brian Smith at (202) 482-1766 (Thailand), AD/CVD Operations, [[Page 42260]] Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On April 17, 2018, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of glycine from India, Japan, and Thailand.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later than September 4, 2018. ————————————————————————— \1\ See Glycine from India,
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Agency Notice
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 42310-42311] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-17966] ======================================================================= ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Customs and Border Protection [1651-0109] Agency Information Collection Activities: Guam–CNMI Visa Waiver Information AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for comments; revision and extension of an existing collection of information. ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The information collection is published in the Federal Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted (no later than September 20, 2018) to be assured of consideration. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on this proposed i
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

Agency Notice
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 42254-42256] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-17784] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-570-928] Uncovered Innerspring Units From the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty Order AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that imports of uncovered innerspring units (innersprings) into the United States exported from Macau, which were assembled or completed in Macau by the Macao Commercial Group using materials sourced from the People’s Republic of China (China), are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) order on innersprings from China. DATES: Applicable August 21, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Renkey AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2312. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On December 31, 2007, Leggett and Platt, Incorporated (
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Agency Notice
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 42317-42318] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-17950] ———————————————————————– INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation No. 337-TA-1128] Certain Lithography Machines and Systems and Components Thereof (I); Institution of Investigation AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission. ACTION: Notice. ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on July 20, 2018, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH of Germany. Supplements to the complaint were filed on July 20 and 26, 2018. An amended complaint was filed on August 9, 2018. The amended complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain lithography machines and systems and components thereof by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,902,407 (“the ‘407 patent”) and U.S. Patent No. 9,280,058 (“the ‘058 patent”). The amended complaint further alleges that an industry in
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Agency Notice
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 42316-42317] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-17951] ======================================================================= ———————————————————————– INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation No. 337-TA-1129] Certain Lithography Machines and Systems and Components Thereof (II); Institution of Investigation AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission. ACTION: Notice. ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on July 20, 2018, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH of Germany. Supplements to the complaint were filed on July 26 and August 7 and 9, 2018. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of [[Page 42317]] certain lithography machines and systems and components thereof by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,929,115 (“the ‘115 patent”); U.S. Patent No. 8,441,613 (“the ‘613 patent”); and U.S. Patent No
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