[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 114 (Friday, June 12, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35899-35900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12759]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

RIN 0694-XC062


Extension of Deadline for Public Comments for Section 232 
National Security Investigation of Imports of Laminations for Stacked 
Cores for Incorporation Into Transformers, Stacked Cores for 
Incorporation Into Transformers, Wound Cores for Incorporation Into 
Transformers, Electrical Transformers, and Transformer Regulators

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Technology 
Evaluation, U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTIONS: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On May 19, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) 
published the Notice of Request for Public Comments on Section 232 
National Security Investigation of Imports of Laminations for Stacked 
Cores for Incorporation into Transformers, Stacked Cores for 
Incorporation into Transformers, Wound Cores for Incorporation into 
Transformers, Electrical Transformers, and Transformer Regulators. 
Today's notice extends the deadline for written comments to July 3, 
2020 and for rebuttal comments to July 24, 2020.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published May 19, 2020 
at 85 FR 29926, is extended until July 3, 2020. The due date for 
rebuttal comments is July 24, 2020. Rebuttal comments may only address 
issues raised in comments filed on or before July 3, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submissions: All written comments on the notice must be 
addressed to Section 232 Electrical Steel Investigation and filed 
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. To 
submit comments via http://www.regulations.gov, enter docket number 
BIS-2020-0015 on the home page and click ``search.'' The site will 
provide a search results page listing all documents associated with 
this docket. Find a reference to this notice and click on the link 
entitled ``Comment Now!'' (For further information on using http://www.regulations.gov, please consult the resources provided on the 
website by clicking on ``How to Use This Site.'')

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Industrial Studies Division, Bureau of 
Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce (202) 482-4952, 
[email protected]. For more information about the section 232 
program, including the regulations and the text of previous 
investigations, please see www.bis.doc.gov/232.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 19, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) 
published the Notice of Request for Public Comments on Section 232 
National Security Investigation of Imports of Laminations for Stacked 
Cores for Incorporation into Transformers, Stacked Cores for 
Incorporation Into Transformers, Wound Cores for Incorporation Into 
Transformers, Electrical Transformers, and Transformer Regulators (85 
FR 29926). The May 19 notice specified that on May 11, 2020, based on 
inquiries and requests from interested parties in the United States, 
including multiple Members of Congress, a domestic Grain-Oriented 
Electrical Steel (GOES) manufacturer, and producers of Power and 
Distribution Transformers, the Secretary of Commerce had initiated an 
investigation to determine the effects on the national security of 
imports of Laminations for Stacked Cores for Incorporation into 
Transformers, Stacked Cores for Incorporation Into Transformers, Wound 
Cores for Incorporation Into Transformers, Electrical Transformers, and 
Transformer Regulators. This investigation was initiated under section 
232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862). 
See the May 19 notice for additional details on the investigation and 
the request for public comments.

Extension of Comment Period Deadline

    The May 19 notice included a comment period deadline of June 9, 
2020 and a rebuttal comment deadline of June 19, 2020. The Department 
received two requests from the public to extend the comment period 
deadline, both from trade associations. The Department of Commerce has 
determined at this time that it is warranted to extend the comment 
period by twenty-four calendar days and the rebuttal comment period by 
an additional twenty-one days after the comment period ends. Today's 
notice specifies that comments may be submitted at any time but must be 
received by July 3, 2020, to be considered in the drafting of the final 
report. The due date for rebuttal comments is July 24, 2020, to be 
considered in the drafting of the final report. Rebuttal comments may 
only address issues raised in comments filed on or before July 3, 2020.
    Today's notice extends the comment period by twenty-four days and 
the rebuttal comment period by an additional twenty-one days after the 
end of the comment period to allow for additional time for the public 
to submit comments to be considered in the drafting of the final report 
on the investigation of imports of Laminations for Stacked Cores for 
Incorporation into Transformers, Stacked Cores for Incorporation Into 
Transformers, Wound Cores for Incorporation Into

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Transformers, Electrical Transformers, and Transformer Regulators.

Richard E. Ashooh,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-12759 Filed 6-9-20; 4:15 pm]
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