[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51377-51378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19898]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-462 and 731-TA-1156-1158 (Second Review) and 
731-TA-1043-1045 (Third Review)]


Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From China, Indonesia, Malaysia, 
Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam; Scheduling of Expedited Five-Year 
Reviews

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of 
expedited reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the Act'') to 
determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty orders on 
polyethylene retail carrier bags from China, Indonesia, Malaysia, 
Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam and the countervailing duty order on 
polyethylene retail carrier bags from Vietnam would be likely to lead 
to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably 
foreseeable time.

DATES: July 7, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Cummings (202-708-1666), 
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://www.usitc.gov). The public record for these 
reviews may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at 
https://edis.usitc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background.--On July 7, 2021, the Commission 
determined that the domestic interested party group response to its 
notice of institution (86 FR 17200, April 1, 2021) of the subject five-
year reviews was adequate and that

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the respondent interested party group response was inadequate. The 
Commission did not find any other circumstances that would warrant 
conducting full reviews.\1\ Accordingly, the Commission determined that 
it would conduct expedited reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(3) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(3)).
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    \1\ A record of the Commissioners' votes is available from the 
Office of the Secretary and at the Commission's website.
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    For further information concerning the conduct of these reviews and 
rules of general application, consult the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B (19 CFR part 201), 
and part 207, subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 207).
    Please note the Secretary's Office will accept only electronic 
filings at this time. Filings must be made through the Commission's 
Electronic Document Information System (EDIS, https://edis.usitc.gov). 
No in-person paper-based filings or paper copies of any electronic 
filings will be accepted until further notice.
    Staff report.--A staff report containing information concerning the 
subject matter of the reviews has been placed in the nonpublic record, 
and will be made available to persons on the Administrative Protective 
Order service list for these reviews on September 13, 2021. A public 
version will be issued thereafter, pursuant to section 207.62(d)(4) of 
the Commission's rules.
    Written submissions.--As provided in section 207.62(d) of the 
Commission's rules, interested parties that are parties to the reviews 
and that have provided individually adequate responses to the notice of 
institution,\2\ and any party other than an interested party to the 
reviews may file written comments with the Secretary on what 
determination the Commission should reach in the reviews. Comments are 
due on or before September 20, 2021 and may not contain new factual 
information. Any person that is neither a party to the five-year 
reviews nor an interested party may submit a brief written statement 
(which shall not contain any new factual information) pertinent to the 
reviews by September 20, 2021. However, should the Department of 
Commerce (``Commerce'') extend the time limit for its completion of the 
final results of its reviews, the deadline for comments (which may not 
contain new factual information) on Commerce's final results is three 
business days after the issuance of Commerce's results. If comments 
contain business proprietary information (BPI), they must conform with 
the requirements of sections 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the 
Commission's rules. The Commission's Handbook on Filing Procedures, 
available on the Commission's website at https://www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_on_filing_procedures.pdf, elaborates upon the 
Commission's procedures with respect to filings.
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    \2\ The Commission has found a joint response to its notice of 
institution filed by the Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags Committee 
on behalf of six domestic producers of polyethylene retail carrier 
bags (Hilex Poly Company, LLC; Superbag LLC; Unistar Plastics, LLC; 
Command Packaging; Command Packaging Texas; and Roplast Industries, 
Inc.) to be adequate. Comments from other interested parties will 
not be accepted (see 19 CFR 207.62(d)(2)).
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    In accordance with sections 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the rules, each 
document filed by a party to the reviews must be served on all other 
parties to the reviews (as identified by either the public or BPI 
service list), and a certificate of service must be timely filed. The 
Secretary will not accept a document for filing without a certificate 
of service.
    Determination.--The Commission has determined these reviews are 
extraordinarily complicated and therefore has determined to exercise 
its authority to extend the review period by up to 90 days pursuant to 
19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)(B).
    Authority: These reviews are being conducted under authority of 
title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published pursuant 
to section 207.62 of the Commission's rules.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: September 10, 2021.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2021-19898 Filed 9-14-21; 8:45 am]
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