[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 149 (Friday, August 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 51771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16624]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

RIN 0694-XC098


Notice of Report Publication From the Titanium Sponge Working 
Group

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of publication of a report.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), with this notice, 
is informing the public that the interagency Titanium Sponge Working 
Group (TSWG) report and recommendations have been published on the BIS 
website: https://www.bis.doc.gov/232. On February 27, 2020, the 
President directed the establishment of the interagency TSWG to address 
the United States' severe reliance on imported sources of titanium 
sponge. The TSWG, co-led by the Secretaries of Commerce and Defense as 
designated by the President's memorandum, began meeting in July 2020 
and completed its report and recommendations in 2022. The final report 
and recommendations were posted on the BIS website in July 2023. As 
directed by the President's memorandum establishing the TSWG, the 
report discusses and recommends measures to ensure access to titanium 
sponge in the United States for use for national defense and critical 
industries in an emergency.

DATES: The report was finalized in 2022. The report was posted on the 
BIS website in July 2023.

ADDRESSES: The full report, including the appendices to the report, are 
available online at https://bis.doc.gov/232.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about this 
report contact the TSWG team at [email protected]. For more information 
about the Office of Technology Evaluation and the Section 232 
Investigations, please visit: http://www.bis.doc.gov/232.

Thea D. Rozman Kendler,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-16624 Filed 8-3-23; 8:45 am]
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