[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 246 (Friday, December 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 78995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28006]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 731-TA-461 (Fifth Review)]


Gray Portland Cement and Cement Clinker From Japan; Scheduling of 
an Expedited Five-Year Review

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of an 
expedited review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the Act'') to 
determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on gray 
portland cement and cement clinker from Japan would be likely to lead 
to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably 
foreseeable time.

DATES: September 6, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nitin Joshi (202-708-1669), 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 this review may be 
viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background.--On September 6, 2022, the Commission determined that 
the domestic interested party group response to its notice of 
institution (87 FR 33210, June 1, 2022) of the subject five-year review 
was adequate and that the respondent interested party group response 
was inadequate. The Commission did not find any other circumstances 
that would warrant conducting a full review.\1\ Accordingly, the 
Commission determined that it would conduct an expedited review 
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, the Commission's 
statement on adequacy, and any individual Commissioner's statements 
will be available from the Office of the Secretary and at the 
Commission's website.
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    For further information concerning the conduct of this review 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).
    Staff report.--A staff report containing information concerning the 
subject matter of the review has been placed in the nonpublic record, 
and will be made available to persons on the Administrative Protective 
Order service list for this review on December 21, 2022. A public 
version will be issued thereafter, pursuant to Sec.  207.62(d)(4) of 
the Commission's rules.
    Written submissions.--As provided in Sec.  207.62(d) of the 
Commission's rules, interested parties that are parties to the review 
and that have provided individually adequate responses to the notice of 
institution,\2\ and any party other than an interested party to the 
review may file written comments with the Secretary on what 
determination the Commission should reach in the review. Comments are 
due on or before January 3, 2023 and may not contain new factual 
information. Any person that is neither a party to the five-year review 
nor an interested party may submit a brief written statement (which 
shall not contain any new factual information) pertinent to the review 
by January 3, 2023. However, should the Department of Commerce 
(``Commerce'') extend the time limit for its completion of the final 
results of its review, 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 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.
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    \2\ The Commission has found the joint response submitted on 
behalf of the Committee for Fairly Traded Japanese Cement, an ad hoc 
association of two domestic producers of gray portland cement and 
clinker (Cemex, Inc. and National Cement Company of California, 
Inc.), as well as two labor unions representing workers producing 
cement in California: the United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, 
Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers 
International Union and the International Union of Operating 
Engineers, to be individually adequate. Comments from other 
interested parties will not be accepted (see 19 CFR 207.62(d)(2)).
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    In accordance with Sec. Sec.  201.16(c) and 207.3 of the rules, 
each document filed by a party to the review must be served on all 
other parties to the review (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 this review is 
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: This review is being conducted under authority of title 
VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published pursuant to 
Sec.  207.62 of the Commission's rules.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: December 20, 2022.
Katherine Hiner,
Acting Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-28006 Filed 12-22-22; 8:45 am]
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