[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58821-58822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20913]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 731-TA-1578-1579 (Final)]


Lemon Juice From Brazil and South Africa; Revised Schedule for 
the Subject Investigations

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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DATES: September 22, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stamen Borisson (202-205-3125), 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 
investigations may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket 
(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 28, 2022, the Commission established 
a schedule for the conduct of the final phase of the subject 
investigations (87 FR 51701, August 23, 2022) as a result of 
affirmative preliminary determinations by the Department of Commerce 
(``Commerce'') regarding imports of lemon juice from Brazil and South 
Africa. Commerce had extended the date for its final determination with 
respect to Brazil but not for South Africa. Subsequently, Commerce 
extended the date for its final determination in the investigation of 
South Africa from October 11, 2022, to December 19, 2022 (87 FR 56631, 
September 15, 2022). The Commission, therefore, is revising its 
schedule to conform with Commerce's new schedule. The Commission also 
gives notice that the hearing in connection with the final phase of 
these investigations will not be held on October 11 but instead will be 
held in-person at the U.S. International Trade Commission Building 
beginning at 9:30 a.m. on December 15, 2022.
    The Commission's revised dates in the schedule are as follows: the 
prehearing staff report will be placed in the nonpublic record on 
November 30, 2022; the deadline for filing prehearing briefs is 
December 7, 2022; requests to appear at the hearing must be filed with 
the Secretary to the Commission not later than December 9, 2022; the 
prehearing conference will be held at the U.S. International Trade 
Commission Building on December 9, 2022, if deemed necessary; the 
hearing will be held at the U.S. International Trade Commission 
Building at 9:30 a.m. on December 15, 2022; the deadline for filing 
posthearing briefs is December 22, 2022; the Commission will make its 
final release of information on January 13, 2023; and final party 
comments are due on January 18, 2023.
    Hearing.--The Commission will hold an in-person hearing in 
connection with the final phase of these investigations at the U.S. 
International Trade Commission Building beginning at 9:30 a.m. on 
December 15, 2022. Requests to appear at the hearing should be filed in 
writing with the Secretary to the Commission on or before December 9, 
2022. Any requests to appear as a witness via videoconference must be 
included with your request to appear. Requests to appear via 
videoconference must include a statement explaining why the witness 
cannot appear in person; the Chairman, or other person designated to 
conduct the investigations, may in their discretion for good cause 
shown, grant such a request. Requests to appear as remote witness due 
to illness or a positive COVID-19 test result may be submitted by 3 
p.m. the business day prior to the hearing. Further information about 
participation in the hearing will be posted on the Commission's website 
at https://www.usitc.gov/calendarpad/calendar.html.
    A nonparty who has testimony that may aid the Commission's 
deliberations may request permission to present a short statement at 
the hearing. All parties and nonparties desiring to appear at the 
hearing and make oral presentations should attend a prehearing 
conference to be held at 9:30 a.m. on December 9, 2022, if deemed 
necessary. Parties shall file and serve written testimony and 
presentation slides in connection with their presentation at the 
hearing by no later than 4:00 p.m. on December 14, 2022. Oral testimony 
and written materials to be submitted with respect for the public 
hearing are governed by sections 201.6(b)(2), 201.13(f), and 207.24 of 
the Commission's rules. Parties must submit any request to present a 
portion of their hearing testimony in camera no later than 7 business 
days prior to the date of the hearing.
    Written submissions.--Each party who is an interested party shall 
submit a prehearing brief to the Commission.

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Prehearing briefs must conform with the provisions of Sec.  207.23 of 
the Commission's rules; the deadline for filing is December 7, 2022. 
Parties shall also file written testimony in connection with their 
presentation at the hearing, and posthearing briefs, which must conform 
with the provisions of section 207.25 of the Commission's rules. The 
deadline for filing posthearing briefs is December 22, 2022. In 
addition, any person who has not entered an appearance as a party to 
the investigations may submit a written statement of information 
pertinent to the subject of the investigations, including statements of 
support or opposition to the petitions, on or before December 22, 2022. 
On January 13, 2023, the Commission will make available to parties all 
information on which they have not had an opportunity to comment. 
Parties may submit final comments on this information on or before 
January 18, 2023, but such final comments must not contain new factual 
information and must otherwise comply with Sec.  207.30 of the 
Commission's rules. All written submissions must conform with the 
provisions of Sec.  201.8 of the Commission's rules; any submissions 
that contain BPI must also conform with the requirements of Sec. Sec.  
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.
    Additional written submissions to the Commission, including 
requests pursuant to Sec.  201.12 of the Commission's rules, shall not 
be accepted unless good cause is shown for accepting such submissions, 
or unless the submission is pursuant to a specific request by a 
Commissioner or Commission staff.
    In accordance with Sec. Sec.  201.16(c) and 207.3 of the 
Commission's rules, each document filed by a party to the 
investigations must be served on all other parties to the 
investigations (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.
    For further information concerning this proceeding see the 
Commission's notice cited above and the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure, part 201, subparts A through E (19 CFR part 201), and 
part 207, subparts A and C (19 CFR part 207).
    Authority: These investigations are being conducted under authority 
of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 
pursuant to Sec.  207.21 of the Commission's rules.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: September 22, 2022.
Katherine Hiner,
Acting Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-20913 Filed 9-27-22; 8:45 am]
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