The Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq. ) and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq. ) provide a comprehensive statutory framework to ensure that meat and meat products and poultry and poultry products prepared for commerce are safe, wholesome, and properly labeled. Statutory provisions requiring inspection of the processing of meat and meat products and poultry and poultry products do not apply to operations of types traditionally and usually conducted at retail stores and restaurants in regard to products offered for sale to consumers in normal retail quantities (21 U.S.C. 661(c)(2) and 454(c)(2)). FSIS' regulations (9 CFR 303.1(d) and 381.10(d)) elaborate on the conditions under which requirements for inspection do not apply to retail operations involving the preparation of meat and meat products and the processing of poultry and poultry products.

Under the aforementioned regulations, sales to hotels, restaurants, and similar institutions (other than household consumers) disqualify a retail store from exemption if the retail product sales of amenable products exceed either of two maximum limits: 25 percent of the dollar value of the total retail product sales or the calendar year retail dollar limitation set by the FSIS Administrator. The retail dollar limitation is adjusted automatically during the first quarter of the year if the Consumer Price Index (CPI), published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shows an increase or decrease of more than $500 in the price of the same volume of product for the previous year. FSIS publishes a notice of the adjusted retail dollar limitations in the Federal Register (see 9 CFR 303.1(d)(2)(iii)( b ) and 381.10(d)(2)(iii)( b )).

The CPI for 2024 reveals an annual average price increase for meat and meat products of 2.85 percent, an average annual price decrease for Siluriformes fish and fish products of 1.86 percent, and an annual average price increase for poultry and poultry products of 0.83 percent. 1 2 3 When rounded to the nearest $100 dollar, the retail dollar limitation for meat and meat products, including Siluriformes fish and fish products, increased by $2,700  4 and the retail dollar limitation for poultry and poultry products increased by $600. 5 In accordance with 9 CFR 303.1(d)(2)(iii)( b ) and 381.10(d)(2)(iii)( b ), because the retail dollar limitations for meat and meat products and poultry and poultry products increased by more than $500, FSIS is increasing the dollar limitation on sales to hotels, restaurants, and similar institutions to $103,600 for meat and meat products and to $74,800 for poultry and poultry products for calendar year 2025.

Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy development is important. Consequently, FSIS will announce this Federal Register publication on-line through the FSIS web page located at: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register.

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In accordance with Public Law 116-156, 1134 Stat. 700 (2020), the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys (CSSBMB) will hold its Second Quarter Business Meeting exploring CSSBMB business items, operations, and next steps. This business meeting is open to the public via livestream on the Commission on Civil Rights' YouTube Page at: www.youtube.com/usccr. ( Streaming information subject to change. )

Public participation is available for the event with view access, along with an audio option for listening. Computer assisted real-time transcription (CART) will be provided. The web link to access CART (in English) on March 11 is https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CSSBMB. Please note that CART is text-only translation that occurs in real time during the meeting and is not an exact transcript

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On December 13, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register the AD order on steel threaded rod from Thailand, and subsequently published AD orders for steel threaded rod from Taiwan on February 5, 2020, and from India on April 9, 2020. 1 On November 4, 2024, Commerce published the Initiation Notice of the first sunset reviews of the Orders, pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 2 On November 19, 2024, Commerce received notices of intent to participate in these reviews from Vulcan Threaded Products Inc. (the domestic interested party) within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). 3 The domestic interested party claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as a producer of the domestic like product in the United States. 4 On November 25, 2024 Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that it received notices of intent to participate from the domestic interested party. 5

On December 2, 2024, Commerce received adequate substantive responses from the domestic interested party. 6 We received no substantive responses from respondent interested parties. On December 26, 2024, Commerce notified the ITC that it did not receive substantive responses from any respondent interested parties. 7 As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted expedited (120-day) sunset reviews of the Orders.

The product covered by these Orders is steel threaded rod from India, Taiwan, and Thailand. For a full description of the scope, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 8

A complete discussion of all issues raised in these sunset reviews, including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping and the magnitude of the margins of dumping likely to prevail, is contained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 9 A list of topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is included as an appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be directly accessed at http://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1), and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce determines that revocation of the Orders would be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and that the magnitude of dumping likely to prevail would be margins up to 28.34 percent for India, up to 32.26 percent for Taiwan, and up to 20.83 percent for Thailand. 10

This notice serves as the only reminder to interested parties subject to an APO of their responsibility concerning the return/destruction or conversion to judicial protective order of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.

We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii).

On September 13, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the 2022-2023 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on silicon metal from Malaysia, and invited interested parties to comment. 1 Because no comments were submitted by interested parties, we have adopted the Preliminary Results as the final results of this review  2 and no decision memorandum accompanies this Federal Register notice. Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

The merchandise covered by this Order is all forms and sizes of silicon metal, including silicon metal powder. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Results. 3

Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period August 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023:

Although there is no change to the weighted-average dumping margin calculated in the Preliminary Results for PMB Silicon, Commerce updated its analysis for these final results to incorporate a revised database submitted by PMB Silicon after the Preliminary Results. 4 Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for these final results to parties in this proceeding within five days of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register , in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review. Where the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is either zero or de minimis ( i.e., less than 0.5 percent), we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. Accordingly, because PMB Silicon's weighted-average dumping margin is zero percent, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.

For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by PMB Silicon for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. 5

Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal Register . If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired ( i.e., within 90 days of publication).

The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for PMB Silicon will be the rates established in the final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers or exporters not covered in this administrative review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 12.27 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation. 6 These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.

This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to an APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5) and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

On October 28, 2024, Commerce published its Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register and invited interested parties to comment. 1

A summary of the events that occurred since Commerce published the Preliminary Determination, as well as a full discussion of the issues raised by parties for this final determination, may be found in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 2 The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

The products covered by this investigation are disposable aluminum containers from China. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I.

In accordance with the Preamble to Commerce's regulations, 3 the Initiation Notice set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage ( i.e., scope). 4 No interested party commented on the scope of the investigation as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. Therefore, we did not make any changes to the scope of this investigation from the scope published in the Preliminary Determination, as noted in Appendix I.

The subsidy programs under investigation, and the issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs that were submitted by parties in this investigation, are discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. For a list of the issues raised by interested parties and addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, see Appendix II.

Based on Henan Aluminium Corporation (Henan)'s withdrawal from the investigation, and our review and analysis of comments received by interested parties, we have made certain changes to the subsidy rate calculations. Specifically, given that there are no cooperative respondents following Henan's withdrawal from the investigation, we relied on facts available with adverse inferences (AFA), based on section 776 of the Tariff Act of 1920, as amended (the Act), to calculate the subsidy rate for both mandatory respondents, Henan and Zhejiang Acumen Technology Living Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Acumen).

Furthermore, we revised the AFA rate, as the rate in the Preliminary Determination was, in part, based on calculations for some of Henan's self-reported programs. As we were unable to verify the information provided by Henan, we are determining rates for those programs based on AFA in the final determination. 5

Commerce is conducting this investigation in accordance with section 701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found to be countervailable, Commerce preliminarily determines that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an “authority” that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific. 6 For a full description of the methodology underlying our determination, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Commerce notes that, in making these findings, it relied on facts available, and, because it finds that certain respondents and the Government of China did not act to the best of their ability to respond to Commerce's requests for information, it drew an adverse inference where appropriate in selecting from among the facts otherwise available. 7 For further information, see the “Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences” section in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Zhejiang Acumen did not participate in the investigation and Henan withdrew its participation  8 following the Preliminary Determination. Therefore, we were unable to conduct verification of Zhejiang Acumen or Henan.

Commerce preliminarily determined, in accordance with sections 703(e)(1)(A) and (B) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.206, that critical circumstances existed with respect to imports of subject merchandise for Henan, Zhejiang Acumen, and all other producers and/or exporters. 9 For this final determination, in accordance with section 705(a)(2) of the Act, Commerce continues to find that critical circumstances exist with respect to imports of subject merchandise for Henan, Zhejiang Acumen, and all other producers and/or exporters. For a full description of the methodology and results of our critical circumstances analysis, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of the Act, Commerce may determine an all-others rate equal to the weighted-average countervailable subsidy rates established for exporters and/or producers individually examined when the rates for those exporters and/or producers were determined entirely under section 776 of the Act. In this investigation, Commerce determined the subsidy rate for each of the individually examined respondents based entirely on facts available under section 776 of the Act. Thus, this is the only rate available in this proceeding for deriving the all others rate. Consequently, pursuant to sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of the Act, Commerce established the all others rate by applying the countervailable subsidy rate assigned to the mandatory respondents.

Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated countervailable subsidy rates exist:

Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis performed in connection with this final determination within five days of its public announcement, or if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

As a result of our Preliminary Determination and pursuant to sections 703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, we instructed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise from China that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption. Because we preliminarily determined that critical circumstances existed with respect to Henan, Zhejiang Acumen, and all other producers and/or exporters, we instructed CBP to suspend such entries on or after July 30, 2024, which is 90 days prior to the date of the publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register . 10 In accordance with section 703(d) of the Act, we instructed CBP to discontinue the suspension of liquidation of all entries of subject merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse, on or after February 26, 2025, but to continue the suspension of liquidation of all entries of subject merchandise that were subject to suspension of liquidation between April 2, 2024, and February 25, 2024.

If the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issues a final affirmative injury determination, we will issue a countervailing duty order, reinstate the suspension of liquidation under section 706(a) of the Act, and require a cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties for entries of subject merchandise in the amounts indicated above. If the ITC determines that material injury, or threat of material injury, does not exist, this proceeding will be terminated, and all estimated duties deposited or securities posted as a result of the suspension of liquidation will be refunded or canceled.

In accordance with section 705(d) of the Act, we will notify the ITC of our final affirmative determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of paper plates from China. Because the final determination is affirmative, in accordance with section 705(b) of the Act, the ITC will make its final determination as to whether the domestic industry in the United States is materially injured, or threatened with whether imports of disposable aluminum containers from China are materially injuring, or threaten material injury to, the U.S. industry, material injury, by reason of imports of paper plates from China no later than 45 days after our final determination. In addition, we are making available to the ITC all non-privileged and nonproprietary information related to this investigation. We will allow the ITC access to all privileged and business proprietary information in our files, provided the ITC confirms that it will not disclose such information, either publicly or under an administrative protective order (APO), without the written consent of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

If the ITC determines that material injury or threat of material injury does not exist, this proceeding will be terminated and all cash deposits will be refunded. If the ITC determines that such injury does exist, Commerce will issue a CVD order directing CBP to assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, countervailing duties on all imports of the subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the effective date of the suspension of liquidation, as discussed above in the “Suspension of Liquidation” section.

In the event that the ITC issues a final negative injury determination, this notice will serve as the only reminder to parties subject to an APO of their responsibility concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.

This determination is issued and published in accordance with sections 705(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.210(c).

On December 30, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary determination in the LTFV investigation of disposable aluminum containers from China. 1 Commerce invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination.

For a complete description of the events that followed the Preliminary Determination, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 2 The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

The products covered by this investigation are disposable aluminum containers from China. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I.

In accordance with the Preamble to Commerce's regulations, 3 the Initiation Notice set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage ( i.e., scope). 4 No interested party commented on the scope of the investigation as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. Therefore, we did not make any changes to the scope of this investigation from the scope published in the Preliminary Determination, as noted in Appendix I.

All issues raised in case and rebuttal briefs are discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues raised in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached as Appendix II of this notice. Commerce has made no substantive changes from the Preliminary Determination. 5

In accordance with sections 735(a)(3)(B), and 776(a) and (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.206, as well as our analysis of comments received regarding our affirmative preliminary determination of critical circumstances, 6 Commerce continues to find that critical circumstances exist with respect to imports of disposable aluminum containers from China for the China-wide entity. For a full description of the methodology and results of Commerce's critical circumstances analysis, see the Preliminary Determination and the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 7

In this final determination, consistent with the Preliminary Determination, 8 Commerce continues to find that the use of facts otherwise available, with adverse inferences, is warranted in determining the dumping rate for the China-wide entity, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. There is no new information on the record that would cause us to reconsider our decision in the Preliminary Determination. Thus, we made no changes to our analysis or to the China-wide entity's dumping margin for the final determination. For a full description of the methodology underlying Commerce's final determination, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

We have granted a separate rate to certain separate rate respondents that we did not select for individual examination. 9 In calculating the rate for non-individually examined separate rate respondents in a non-market economy LTFV investigation, Commerce normally looks to section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, which pertains to the calculation of the all-others rate in a market economy LTFV investigation, for guidance. Pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, normally this rate shall be an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for those companies individually-examined, excluding any dumping margins that are zero, de minimis, or based entirely under section 776 of the Act.

Because each company selected for individual examination in this investigation subsequently notified Commerce of its withdrawal from participation, their estimated weighted-average dumping margins are based entirely under section 776 of the Act. In investigations where no estimated weighted-average dumping margins other than zero, de minimis, or those determined entirely under section 776 of the Act have been established for individually-examined entities, in accordance with section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act, Commerce typically calculates a simple average of the margins alleged in the petition and applies the results to the entities not individually examined but found eligible for a separate rate. 10 In this investigation, the simple average of the rates in the Petition is 193.90 percent. 11 See the table below in the “Final Determination” section of this notice.

In the Initiation Notice, 12 Commerce stated that it would calculate producer/exporter combination rates for the respondents that are eligible for a separate rate in this investigation. Policy Bulletin 05.1 describes this practice. 13 In this investigation, we calculated producer/exporter combination rates for respondents eligible for separate rates.

Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period, October 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024:

In accordance with 735(c)(4)(A) of the Act, because we continue to find that critical circumstances exist, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend liquidation of all entries of subject merchandise, as described in Appendix I of this notice, which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after October 1, 2024, which is 90 days before the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register . These suspension of liquidation instructions will remain in effect until further notice.

Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), upon the publication of this notice, we will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit for estimated antidumping duties for appropriate entries.

Commerce will instruct CBP to require the following cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties for all appropriate entries: (1) for the producer/exporter combinations listed in the table above, the applicable cash deposit rate is listed in the table for that combination; (2) for all combinations of Chinese producers/exporters of the merchandise under consideration that have not established eligibility for a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the cash deposit rate listed for the China-wide entity in the table above; and (3) for all third-country exporters of the merchandise under consideration that are not listed in the table above, the cash deposit rate is the cash deposit rate applicable to the Chinese producer/exporter combination or the China-wide entity that supplied that third-country exporter. These suspension of liquidation instructions will remain in effect until further notice.

Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations performed in connection with a final determination within five days of its public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because Commerce applied AFA to the mandatory respondents in this investigation in accordance with section 776 of the Act, and the applied AFA rate is based solely on the Petition, and the rate assigned to the separate rate companies was a simple average of the Petition rates, there are no calculations to disclose.

In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, Commerce will notify the ITC of its final affirmative determination of sales at LTFV. Because the final determination in this investigation is affirmative, in accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will make its final determination as to whether the domestic industry in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of aluminum containers from China no later than 45 days after our final determination. If the ITC determines that such injury does not exist, this proceeding will be terminated, and all cash deposits posted will be refunded. If the ITC determines that such injury does exist, Commerce will issue an antidumping duty order directing CBP to assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties on all imports of the subject merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after the effective date of the suspension of liquidation, as discussed in the “Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation” section.

In the event that the ITC issues a final negative injury determination, this notice will serve as the only reminder to parties subject to an APO of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation subject to sanction.

This determination is issued and published in accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.210(c).

On April 9, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register the CVD orders on carbon and alloy steel threaded rod from India and China. 1 On November 4, 2024, Commerce published the notice of initiation of the first sunset review of the Orders, pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 2 On November 19, 2024, Commerce received notices of intent to participate from Vulcan Threaded Products, inc., the domestic interested party, within the 15-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). 3 The domestic interested party claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as a producer of the domestic like product in the United States. 4 On December 2, 2024, Commerce received an adequate substantive response from the domestic interested party within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). 5 Commerce received no substantive response from the Governments of China or India or any respondent interested party.

On December 26, 2024, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade Commission that it did not receive an adequate substantive response from the Government of China or India or any respondent interested party. 6 As a result, Commerce conducted an expediated (120-day) sunset review of the Orders, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)(2) and (C)(2).

The merchandise covered by the Orders is carbon and alloy steel threaded rod from India and China. For a complete description of the scope of the Orders, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 7

A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review is contained in the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum. 8 A list of topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is included as an appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov . In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be directly accessed at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce determines that the revocation of the India Order would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the following net countervailable subsidy rates:

Pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce determines that the revocation of the China Order would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the following net countervailable rates:

This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to an APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.

We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii).

On December 23, 2019, Commerce published the Order on AWC from China. 1 On November 4, 2024, Commerce published the notice of initiation of the first sunset review of the Order, pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 2 On November 6, and November 13, 2024, Commerce received notices of intent to participate from the domestic interested parties, 3 within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). 4 The domestic interested parties claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as a U.S. producer engaged in the production of AWC in the United States. On November 18, and December 4, 2024, Commerce received an adequate substantive responses from the domestic interested parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). 5 Commerce received no substantive response from the Government of China (GOC) or any respondent interested party.

On December 26, 2024, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade Commission that it did not receive an adequate substantive response from the GOC or any respondent interested party. 6 As a result, Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the Order, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)(2) and (C)(2).

The merchandise covered by this Order is aluminum wire and cable from China. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 7

A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review, including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of subsidization and the countervailable subsidy rates likely to prevail if the Order were to be revoked, is contained in the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum. 8 A list of topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is included as an appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be directly accessed at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce determines that revocation of the Order would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the following net countervailable subsidy rates:

This notice serves as the only reminder to interested parties subject to an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the return/destruction or conversion to judicial protective order of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.

We are issuing and publishing these final results and notice in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2) and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii).

On February 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) received an antidumping duty (AD) petition concerning imports of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) from the People's Republic of China (China) filed in proper form on behalf of the Ad Hoc MDI Fair Trade Coalition (the petitioner). 1

Between February 14 and 26, 2025, Commerce requested supplemental information pertaining to certain aspects of the Petition in supplemental questionnaires. 2 Between February 20 and 28, 2025, the petitioner filed timely responses to these requests for additional information. 3

In accordance with section 732(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the petitioner alleges that imports of MDI from China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV) within the meaning of section 731 of the Act, and that imports of such products are materially injuring, or threatening material injury to, the MDI industry in the United States. Consistent with section 732(b)(1) of the Act, the Petition was accompanied by information reasonably available to the petitioner supporting its allegations.

Commerce finds that the petitioner filed the Petition on behalf of the domestic industry, because the petitioner is an interested party, as defined in section 771(9)(F) of the Act. 4 Commerce also finds that the petitioner demonstrated sufficient industry support for the initiation of the requested LTFV investigation. 5

Because the Petition was filed on February 12, 2025, and because China is a non-market economy (NME) country, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.204(b)(1), the period of investigation (POI) for the LTFV investigation is July 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.

The product covered by this investigation is MDI from China. For a full description of the scope of this investigation, see the appendix to this notice.

On February 14 and 26, 2025, Commerce requested information and clarification from the petitioner regarding the proposed scope to ensure that the scope language in the Petition is an accurate reflection of the products for which the domestic industry is seeking relief. 6 On February 20 and 28, 2025, the petitioner provided clarifications and revised the scope. 7 The description of merchandise covered by this investigation, as described in the appendix to this notice, reflects these clarifications.

As discussed in the Preamble to Commerce's regulations, we are setting aside a period for interested parties to raise issues regarding product coverage ( i.e., scope). 8 Commerce will consider all scope comments received from interested parties and, if necessary, will consult with interested parties prior to the issuance of the preliminary determination. If scope comments include factual information, 9 all such factual information should be limited to public information. To facilitate preparation of its questionnaires, Commerce requests that scope comments be submitted by 5 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on March 24, 2025, which is 20 calendar days from the signature date of this notice. Any rebuttal comments, which may include factual information, and should also be limited to public information, must be filed by 5 p.m. ET on April 3, 2025, which is 10 calendar days from the initial comment deadline.

Commerce requests that any factual information that parties consider relevant to the scope of this investigation be submitted during that period. However, if a party subsequently finds that additional factual information pertaining to the scope of the investigation may be relevant, the party must contact Commerce and request permission to submit the additional information.

All submissions to Commerce must be filed electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS), unless an exception applies. 10 An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by the time and date it is due.

Commerce is providing interested parties an opportunity to comment on the appropriate physical characteristics of MDI to be reported in response to Commerce's AD questionnaires. This information will be used to identify the key physical characteristics of the subject merchandise in order to report the relevant factors of production (FOP) accurately, as well as to develop appropriate product comparison criteria.

Interested parties may provide any information or comments that they feel are relevant to the development of an accurate list of physical characteristics. In order to consider the suggestions of interested parties in developing and issuing the AD questionnaires, all product characteristics comments must be filed by 5 p.m. ET on March 24, 2025, which is 20 calendar days from the signature date of this notice. Any rebuttal comments must be filed by 5 p.m. ET on April 3, 2025, which is 10 calendar days from the initial comment deadline. All comments and submissions to Commerce must be filed electronically using ACCESS, as explained above, on the record of the LTFV investigation.

Section 732(b)(1) of the Act requires that a petition be filed on behalf of the domestic industry. Section 732(c)(4)(A) of the Act provides that a petition meets this requirement if the domestic producers or workers who support the petition account for: (i) at least 25 percent of the total production of the domestic like product; and (ii) more than 50 percent of the production of the domestic like product produced by that portion of the industry expressing support for, or opposition to, the petition. Moreover, section 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act provides that, if the petition does not establish support of domestic producers or workers accounting for more than 50 percent of the total production of the domestic like product, Commerce shall: (i) poll the industry or rely on other information in order to determine if there is support for the petition, as required by subparagraph (A); or (ii) determine industry support using a statistically valid sampling method to poll the “industry.”

Section 771(4)(A) of the Act defines the “industry” as the producers as a whole of a domestic like product. Thus, to determine whether a petition has the requisite industry support, the statute directs Commerce to look to producers and workers who produce the domestic like product. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), which is responsible for determining whether “the domestic industry” has been injured, must also determine what constitutes a domestic like product in order to define the industry. While both Commerce and the ITC must apply the same statutory definition regarding the domestic like product, 11 they do so for different purposes and pursuant to a separate and distinct authority. In addition, Commerce's determination is subject to limitations of time and information. Although this may result in different definitions of the like product, such differences do not render the decision of either agency contrary to law. 12

Section 771(10) of the Act defines the domestic like product as “a product which is like, or in the absence of like, most similar in characteristics and uses with, the article subject to an investigation under this title.” Thus, the reference point from which the domestic like product analysis begins is “the article subject to an investigation” ( i.e., the class or kind of merchandise to be investigated, which normally will be the scope as defined in the petition).

With regard to the domestic like product, the petitioner does not offer a definition of the domestic like product distinct from the scope of the investigation. 13 Based on our analysis of the information submitted on the record, we have determined that MDI, as defined in the scope, constitutes a single domestic like product, and we have analyzed industry support in terms of that domestic like product. 14

In determining whether the petitioner has standing under section 732(c)(4)(A) of the Act, we considered the industry support data contained in the Petition with reference to the domestic like product as defined in the “Scope of the Investigation,” in the appendix to this notice. To establish industry support, the petitioner provided the 2024 production of the domestic like product for the supporters of the Petition and compared this to the estimated total production of the domestic like product for the entire domestic industry. 15 We relied on data provided by the petitioner for purposes of measuring industry support. 16

Our review of the data provided in the Petition, the First General Issues Supplement, and other information readily available to Commerce indicates that the petitioner has established industry support for the Petition. 17 First, the Petition established support from domestic producers (or workers) accounting for more than 50 percent of the total production of the domestic like product and, as such, Commerce is not required to take further action in order to evaluate industry support ( e.g., polling). 18 Second, the domestic producers (or workers) have met the statutory criteria for industry support under section 732(c)(4)(A)(i) of the Act because the domestic producers (or workers) who support the Petition account for at least 25 percent of the total production of the domestic like product. 19 Finally, the domestic producers (or workers) have met the statutory criteria for industry support under section 732(c)(4)(A)(ii) of the Act because the domestic producers (or workers) who support the Petition account for more than 50 percent of the production of the domestic like product produced by that portion of the industry expressing support for, or opposition to, the Petition. 20 Accordingly, Commerce determines that the Petition was filed on behalf of the domestic industry within the meaning of section 732(b)(1) of the Act. 21

The petitioner alleges that the U.S. industry producing the domestic like product is being materially injured, or is threatened with material injury, by reason of the imports of the subject merchandise sold at LTFV. In addition, the petitioner alleges that subject imports exceed the negligibility threshold provided for under section 771(24)(A) of the Act. 22

The petitioner contends that the industry's injured condition is illustrated by a significant and increasing volume of subject imports; increased subject market share; underselling and price depression and/or suppression; lost sales and revenues; declines in domestic producers' U.S. shipments, production, and capacity utilization; adverse impact on financial performance; and negative impact on the existing development and production efforts of the domestic industry. 23 We assessed the allegations and supporting evidence regarding material injury, threat of material injury, causation, as well as negligibility, and we have determined that these allegations are properly supported by adequate evidence, and meet the statutory requirements for initiation. 24

The following is a description of the allegations of sales at LTFV upon which Commerce based its decision to initiate an LTFV investigation of imports of MDI from China. The sources of data for the deductions and adjustments relating to U.S. price and normal value (NV) are discussed in greater detail in the China AD Initiation Checklist.

The petitioner based export price (EP) on the following: (1) the POI average unit value (AUV) derived from official import statistics for imports of MDI from China into the United States, (2) a transaction-specific AUV ( i.e. month- and port-specific AUV) derived from official import statistics and tied to ship manifest data, and (3) pricing information for MDI produced in China and offered for sale in the United States during the POI. 25 The petitioner made certain adjustments to U.S. price to calculate a net ex-factory U.S. price, where applicable. 26

Commerce considers China to be an NME country. 27 In accordance with section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, any determination that a foreign country is an NME country shall remain in effect until revoked by Commerce. Therefore, we continue to treat China as an NME country for purposes of the initiation of this LTFV investigation. Accordingly, we base NV on FOPs valued in a surrogate market economy country in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act.

The petitioner claims that Malaysia is an appropriate surrogate country for China because it is a market economy that is at a level of economic development comparable to that of China and is a significant producer of comparable merchandise. 28 The petitioner provided publicly available information from Malaysia to value all FOPs except labor. 29 Consistent with Commerce's recent practice in cases involving Malaysia as a surrogate country, 30 to value labor, the petitioner provided labor statistics from another surrogate country, Mexico. 31 Based on the information provided by the petitioner, we believe it is appropriate to use Malaysia as a surrogate country for China to value all FOPs except labor and to value labor using labor statistics from Mexico for initiation purposes.

Interested parties will have the opportunity to submit comments regarding surrogate country selection and, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3)(i), will be provided an opportunity to submit publicly available information to value FOPs within 30 days before the scheduled date of the preliminary determination.

Because information regarding the volume of inputs consumed by Chinese producers/exporters was not reasonably available, the petitioner used a U.S. producer's production experience and product-specific consumption rates as a surrogate to value Chinese manufacturers' FOPs. 32 Additionally, the petitioner calculated factory overhead, selling, general, and administrative expenses, and profit based on the experience of a Malaysian producer of comparable merchandise. 33

Based on the data provided by the petitioner, there is reason to believe that imports of MDI from China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at LTFV. Based on comparisons of EP to NV in accordance with sections 772 and 773 of the Act, the estimated dumping margins for MDI from China covered by this initiation range from 305.81 to 511.75 percent. 34

Based upon the examination of the Petition and supplemental responses, we find that they meet the requirements of section 732 of the Act. Therefore, we are initiating a LTFV investigation to determine whether imports of MDI are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at LTFV. In accordance with section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1), unless postponed, we will make our preliminary determination no later than 140 days after the date of this initiation.

In the Petition, the petitioner identified eight companies in China as producers and/or exporters of MDI. 35 Our standard practice for respondent selection in AD investigations involving NME countries is to select respondents based on quantity and value (Q&V) questionnaires in cases where Commerce has determined that the number of companies is large, and it cannot individually examine each company based upon its resources. Therefore, considering the number of producers and/or exporters identified in the Petition, Commerce will solicit Q&V information that can serve as a basis for selecting exporters for individual examination in the event that Commerce determines that the number is large and decides to limit the number of respondents individually examined pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Because there are eight Chinese producers and/or exporters identified in the Petition, Commerce has determined that it will issue Q&V questionnaires to each potential respondent for which there is complete address information on the record.

Commerce will post the Q&V questionnaires along with filing instructions on Commerce's website at https://www.trade.gov/ec-adcvd-case-announcements. Producers/exporters of MDI from China that do not receive Q&V questionnaires may still submit a response to the Q&V questionnaire and can obtain a copy of the Q&V questionnaire from Commerce's website. Responses to the Q&V questionnaire must be submitted by the relevant Chinese producers/exporters no later than 5 p.m. ET on March 18, 2025, which is two weeks from the signature date of this notice. All Q&V questionnaire responses must be filed electronically via ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully, in its entirety, by ACCESS no later than 5 p.m. ET on the deadline noted above.

Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under administrative protective order (APO) in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(b). As stated above, instructions for filing such applications may be found on Commerce's website at https://www.trade.gov/administrative-protective-orders.

In order to obtain separate rate status in an NME investigation, exporters and producers must submit a separate rate application. The specific requirements for submitting a separate rate application in an NME investigation are outlined in detail in the application itself, which is available on Commerce's website at https://access.trade.gov/Resources/nme/nme-sep-rate.html. Note that Commerce recently promulgated new regulations pertaining to separate rates, including the separate rate application deadline and eligibility for separate rate status, in 19 CFR 351.108. 36 Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.108(d)(1), the separate rate application will be due 21 days after publication of this initiation notice. 37 Exporters and producers must file a timely separate rate application if they want to be considered for individual examination. In addition, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.108(e), exporters and producers who submit a separate rate application and have been selected as mandatory respondents will be eligible for consideration for separate rate status only if they fully respond to all parts of Commerce's AD questionnaire and participate in the LTFV proceeding as mandatory respondents. 38 Commerce requires that companies from China submit a response both to the Q&V questionnaire and to the separate rate application by the respective deadlines to receive consideration for separate rate status. Companies not filing a timely Q&V questionnaire response will not receive separate rate consideration.

Commerce will calculate combination rates for certain respondents that are eligible for a separate rate in an NME investigation. The Separate Rates and Combination Rates Bulletin states:

In accordance with section 732(b)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.202(f), a copy of the public version of the Petition has been provided to the Government of China via ACCESS. To the extent practicable, we will attempt to provide a copy of the public version of the Petition to each exporter named in the Petition, as provided under 19 CFR 351.203(c)(2).

Commerce will notify the ITC of our initiation, as required by section 732(d) of the Act.

The ITC will preliminarily determine, within 45 days after the date on which the Petition was filed, whether there is a reasonable indication that imports of MDI from China are materially injuring, or threatening material injury to, a U.S. industry. 40 A negative ITC determination will result in the investigation being terminated. 41 Otherwise, this LTFV investigation will proceed according to statutory and regulatory time limits.

Factual information is defined in 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) as: (i) evidence submitted in response to questionnaires; (ii) evidence submitted in support of allegations; (iii) publicly available information to value factors under 19 CFR 351.408(c) or to measure the adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR 351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence placed on the record by Commerce; and (v) evidence other than factual information described in (i)-(iv). Section 351.301(b) of Commerce's regulations requires any party, when submitting factual information, to specify under which subsection of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) the information is being submitted  42 and, if the information is submitted to rebut, clarify, or correct factual information already on the record, to provide an explanation identifying the information already on the record that the factual information seeks to rebut, clarify, or correct. 43 Time limits for the submission of factual information are addressed in 19 CFR 351.301, which provides specific time limits based on the type of factual information being submitted. Interested parties should review the regulations prior to submitting factual information in this investigation.

Section 351.301(c) of Commerce's regulations states that during a proceeding, Commerce may issue to any person questionnaires, which includes both initial and supplemental questionnaires. For all investigations initiated after January 15, 2025, the following time limits apply:

(i) Initial questionnaire responses are due 30 days from the date of receipt of such questionnaire. The time limit for response to individual sections of the questionnaire, if Commerce requests a separate response to such sections, may be less than the 30 days allotted for response to the full questionnaire. In general, the date of receipt will be considered to be seven days from the date on which the initial questionnaire was transmitted.

(ii) Supplemental questionnaire responses are due on the date specified by Commerce.

(iii) A notification by an interested party, under section 782(c)(1) of the Act, of difficulties in submitting information in response to a questionnaire issued by Commerce is to be submitted in writing within 14 days after the date of the questionnaire or, if the questionnaire is due in 14 days or less, within the time specified by Commerce.

(iv) A respondent interested party may request in writing that Commerce conduct a questionnaire presentation. Commerce may conduct a questionnaire presentation if Commerce notifies the government of the affected country and that government does not object.

(v) Factual information submitted to rebut, clarify, or correct questionnaire responses. Within 14 days after an initial questionnaire response and within 10 days after a supplemental questionnaire response has been filed with Commerce, an interested party other than the original submitter is permitted one opportunity to submit factual information to rebut, clarify, or correct factual information contained in the questionnaire response. Within seven days of the filing of such rebuttal, clarification, or correction to a questionnaire response, the original submitter of the questionnaire response is permitted one opportunity to submit factual information to rebut, clarify, or correct factual information submitted in the interested party's rebuttal, clarification or correction. Commerce will reject any untimely filed rebuttal, clarification, or correction submission and provide, to the extent practicable, written notice stating the reasons for rejection. If insufficient time remains before the due date for the final determination or final results of review, Commerce may specify shorter deadlines under this section.

Parties may request an extension of time limits before the expiration of a time limit established under 19 CFR 351.301, or as otherwise specified by Commerce. In general, an extension request will be considered untimely if it is filed after the expiration of the time limit established under 19 CFR 351.301, or as otherwise specified by Commerce. 44 For submissions that are due from multiple parties simultaneously, an extension request will be considered untimely if it is filed after 10 a.m. ET on the due date. Under certain circumstances, Commerce may elect to specify a different time limit by which extension requests will be considered untimely for submissions which are due from multiple parties simultaneously. In such a case, we will inform parties in a letter or memorandum of the deadline (including a specified time) by which extension requests must be filed to be considered timely. An extension request must be made in a separate, standalone submission; under limited circumstances we will grant untimely filed requests for the extension of time limits, where we determine, based on 19 CFR 351.302, that extraordinary circumstances exist. Parties should review Commerce's regulations concerning the extension of time limits and the Time Limits Final Rule prior to submitting factual information in this investigation. 45

Any party submitting factual information in an AD or CVD proceeding must certify to the accuracy and completeness of that information. 46 Parties must use the certification formats provided in 19 CFR 351.303(g). 47 Commerce intends to reject factual submissions if the submitting party does not comply with the applicable certification requirements.

Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Parties wishing to participate in this investigation should ensure that they meet the requirements of 19 CFR 351.103(d) ( e.g., by filing the required letter of appearance). Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f). 48

This notice is issued and published pursuant to sections 732(c)(2) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.203(c).

On November 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of overhead door counterbalance torsion springs (overhead door springs) from China and India. 1 Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later than April 7, 2025.

Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in a LTFV investigation within 140 days after the date on which Commerce initiated the investigation. However, section 733(c)(1)(A)(b)(1) of the Act permits Commerce to postpone the preliminary determination until no later than 190 days after the date on which Commerce initiated the investigation if: (A) the petitioner makes a timely request for a postponement; or (B) Commerce concludes that the parties concerned are cooperating, that the investigation is extraordinarily complicated, and that additional time is necessary to make a preliminary determination. Under 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner must submit a request for postponement 25 days or more before the scheduled date of the preliminary determination and must state the reasons for the request. Commerce will grant the request unless it finds compelling reasons to deny the request.

On March 4, 2025, the petitioners  2 submitted a timely request that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV investigations. 3 The petitioners requested postponement to provide Commerce with additional time to review and analyze questionnaire responses and accurately determine antidumping duty margins. 4

For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling reasons to deny the request, Commerce, in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, is postponing the deadline for the preliminary determinations by 50 days ( i.e., 190 days after the date on which these investigations were initiated). As a result, Commerce will issue its preliminary determinations no later than May 27, 2025. In accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final determinations of these investigations will continue to be 75 days after the date of the preliminary determinations, unless postponed at a later date.

This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

On July 21, 2014, Commerce published the Orders in the Federal Register . 1 On November 4, 2024, Commerce published the initiation of the second sunset reviews of the Orders, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 2 On November 15, 2024, Commerce received notices of intent to participate in the sunset reviews from Bristol Metals, LLC., Felker Brothers Corporation, and Primus Pipe and Tube Inc. (collectively, Domestic Interested Parties) within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). 3 The Domestic Interested Parties claimed interested party status pursuant to section 771(9)(C) of the Act as manufacturers in the United States of a domestic like product. 4 On December 4, 2024, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i), the Domestic Interested Parties filed timely and adequate substantive responses. 5 Commerce did not receive a substantive response from any respondent interested party.

On December 26, 2024, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade Commission that it did not receive substantive responses from any respondent interested parties. 6 As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted expedited (120-day) sunset reviews of the Orders.

The product covered by these Orders is circular welded austenitic stainless steel pressure pipe not greater than 14 inches in outside diameter from Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. For a full description of the scope of the Orders, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 7

A complete discussion of all issues raised in these sunset reviews is contained in the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum. 8 A list of topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is included as an appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be directly accessed at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce determines that revocation of the Orders would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and that the magnitude of the dumping margins likely to prevail would be weighted-average dumping margins up to 167.11 percent for Malaysia, 24.01 percent for Thailand, and 16.25 percent for Vietnam. 9

This notice serves as the only reminder to interested parties subject to an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the return/destruction or conversion to judicial protective order of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.

We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2) and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii).

On December 23, 2019, Commerce published the AD order on aluminum wire and cable from China in the Federal Register . 1 On November 4, 2024, Commerce published the notice of initiation of the first sunset review of the Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 2 Commerce received notices of intent to participate from Encore Wire Corporation (Encore) and Southwire Company, LLC (Southwire) (collectively, the domestic interested parties) on November 6 and 13, 2024, respectively, within the 15-day period specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). 3 The domestic interested parties claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as producers of the domestic like product in the United States. On November 25, 2024, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that it received notices of intent to participate from the domestic interested parties. 4

On November 18 and December 4, 2024, the domestic interested parties filed adequate substantive responses within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). 5 Commerce did not receive a substantive response from any respondent interested party. On December 26, 2024, Commerce notified the ITC that it did not receive an adequate substantive response from respondent interested parties. 6 As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the Order.

The product covered by this Order is aluminum wire and cable from China. For a full description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 7

A complete discussion of all issues raised in these sunset reviews, including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping and the magnitude of the margins of dumping likely to prevail, is contained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 8 A list of topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is included as an appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be directly accessed at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce determines that revocation of the Order would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and that the magnitude of the dumping margins likely to prevail would be weighted-average dumping margins up to 63.47 percent. 9

This notice serves as the only reminder to interested parties subject to an APO of their responsibility concerning the return/destruction or conversion to judicial protective order of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.

We are issuing and publishing these final results and notice in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii).

On September 16, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register the AD and CVD orders on steel racks from China. 1 On August 1, 2024, the ITC instituted, 2 and Commerce initiated, 3 the first sunset review of the Orders, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). As a result of its reviews, Commerce determined that revocation of the Orders would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and countervailable subsidies, and therefore, notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins of dumping and subsidy rates likely to prevail should the Orders be revoked. 4

On March 5, 2025, the ITC published its determination, pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, that revocation of the Orders would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. 5

The merchandise covered by these Orders is steel racks and parts thereof, assembled, to any extent, or unassembled, including but not limited to, vertical components ( e.g., uprights, posts, or columns), horizontal or diagonal components ( e.g., arms or beams), braces, frames, locking devices ( e.g., end plates and beam connectors), and accessories (including, but not limited to, rails, skid channels, skid rails, drum/coil beds, fork clearance bars, pallet supports, row spacers, and wall ties).

Subject steel racks and parts thereof are made of steel, including, but not limited to, cold and/or hot-formed steel, regardless of the type of steel used to produce the components and may, or may not, include locking tabs, slots, or bolted, clamped, or welded connections. Subject steel racks have the following physical characteristics:

(1) Each steel vertical and horizontal load bearing member ( e.g., arms, beams, posts, and columns) is composed of steel that is at least 0.044 inches thick;

(2) Each steel vertical and horizontal load bearing member ( e.g., arms, beams, posts, and columns) is composed of steel that has a yield strength equal to or greater than 36,000 pounds per square inch;

(3) The width of each steel vertical load bearing member ( e.g., posts and columns) exceeds two inches; and

(4) The overall depth of each steel roll-formed horizontal load bearing member ( e.g., beams) exceeds two inches.

In the case of steel horizontal load bearing members other than roll-formed ( e.g., structural beams, Z-beams, or cantilever arms), only the criteria in subparagraphs (1) and (2) apply to these horizontal load bearing members. The depth limitation in subparagraph (4) does not apply to steel horizontal load bearing members that are not roll-formed.

Steel rack components can be assembled into structures of various dimensions and configurations by welding, bolting, clipping, or with the use of devices such as clips, end plates, and beam connectors, including, but not limited to the following configurations: (1) Racks with upright frames perpendicular to the aisles that are independently adjustable, with positive-locking beams parallel to the aisle spanning the upright frames with braces; and (2) cantilever racks with vertical components parallel to the aisle and cantilever beams or arms connected to the vertical components perpendicular to the aisle. Steel racks may be referred to as pallet racks, storage racks, stacker racks, retail racks, pick modules, selective racks, or cantilever racks and may incorporate moving components and be referred to as pallet-flow racks, carton-flow racks, push-back racks, movable-shelf racks, drive-in racks, and drive-through racks. While steel racks may be made to ANSI MH16.l or ANSI MH16.3 standards, all steel racks and parts thereof meeting the description set out herein are covered by the scope of these Orders, whether or not produced according to a particular standard.

The scope includes all steel racks and parts thereof meeting the description above, regardless of

(1) other dimensions, weight, or load rating;

(2) vertical components or frame type (including structural, roll-form, or other);

(3) horizontal support or beam/brace type (including but not limited to structural, roll-form, slotted, unslotted, Z-beam, C-beam, L-beam, step beam, and cantilever beam);

(4) number of supports;

(5) number of levels;

(6) surface coating, if any (including but not limited to paint, epoxy, powder coating, zinc, or other metallic coatings);

(7) rack shape (including but not limited to rectangular, square, corner, and cantilever);

(8) the method by which the vertical and horizontal supports connect (including but not limited to locking tabs or slots, bolting, clamping, and welding); and

(9) whether or not the steel rack has moving components (including but not limited to rails, wheels, rollers, tracks, channels, carts, and conveyors).

Subject merchandise includes merchandise matching the above description that has been finished or packaged in a third country. Finishing includes, but is not limited to, coating, painting, or assembly, including attaching the merchandise to another product, or any other finishing or assembly operation that would not remove the merchandise from the scope of these Orders if performed in the country of manufacture of the steel racks and parts thereof. Packaging includes packaging the merchandise with or without another product or any other packaging operation that would not remove the merchandise from the scope of these Orders if performed in the country of manufacture of the steel racks and parts thereof.

Steel racks and parts thereof are included in the scope of these Orders whether or not imported attached to, or included with, other parts or accessories such as wire decking, nuts, and bolts. If steel racks and parts thereof are imported attached to, or included with, such non-subject merchandise, only the steel racks and parts thereof are included in the scope.

The scope of these Orders does not cover: (1) decks, i.e., shelving that sits on or fits into the horizontal supports to provide the horizontal storage surface of the steel racks; (2) wire shelving units, i.e., units made from wire that incorporate both a wire deck and wire horizontal supports (taking the place of the horizontal beams and braces) into a single piece with tubular collars that slide over the posts and onto plastic sleeves snapped on the posts to create a finished unit; (3) pins, nuts, bolts, washers, and clips used as connecting devices; and (4) non-steel components.

Specifically excluded from the scope of these Orders are any products covered by Commerce's existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on boltless steel shelving units prepackaged for sale from the People's Republic of China. 6

Also excluded from the scope of these Orders are bulk-packed parts or components of boltless steel shelving units that were specifically excluded from the scope of the Boltless Steel Shelving Orders because such bulk-packed parts or components do not contain the steel vertical supports ( i.e., uprights and posts) and steel horizontal supports ( i.e., beams, braces) packaged together for assembly into a completed boltless steel shelving unit.

Such excluded components of boltless steel shelving are defined as:

(1) Boltless horizontal supports (beams, braces) that have each of the following characteristics: (a) A length of 95 inches or less, (b) made from steel that has a thickness of 0.068 inches or less, and (c) a weight capacity that does not exceed 2,500 lbs. per pair of beams for beams that are 78″ or shorter, a weight capacity that does not exceed 2,200 lbs. per pair of beams for beams that are over 78″ long but not longer than 90″, and/or a weight capacity that does not exceed 1,800 lbs. per pair of beams for beams that are longer than 90″;

(2) shelf supports that mate with the aforementioned horizontal supports; and

(3) boltless vertical supports (upright welded frames and posts) that have each of the following characteristics: (a) A length of 95 inches or less, (b) with no face that exceeds 2.90 inches wide, and (c) made from steel that has a thickness of 0.065 inches or less.

Excluded from the scope of these Orders are: (1) Wall-mounted shelving and racks, defined as shelving and racks that suspend all of the load from the wall, and do not stand on, or transfer load to, the floor; (2) ceiling-mounted shelving and racks, defined as shelving and racks that suspend all of the load from the ceiling and do not stand on, or transfer load to, the floor; and (3) wall/ceiling mounted shelving and racks, defined as shelving and racks that suspend the load from the ceiling and the wall and do not stand on, or transfer load to, the floor. The addition of a wall or ceiling bracket or other device to attach otherwise subject merchandise to a wall or ceiling does not meet the terms of this exclusion.

Also excluded from the scope of these Orders is scaffolding that complies with ANSI/ASSE A10.8—2011—Scaffolding Safety Requirements, CAN/CSA S269.2-M87 (Reaffirmed 2003)—Access Scaffolding for Construction Purposes, and/or Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations at 29 CFR part 1926 subpart L—Scaffolds.

Also excluded from the scope of these Orders are tubular racks such as garment racks and drying racks, i.e., racks in which the load bearing vertical and horizontal steel members consist solely of: (1) round tubes that are no more than two inches in diameter; (2) round rods that are no more than two inches in diameter; (3) other tubular shapes that have both an overall height of no more than two inches and an overall width of no more than two inches; and/or (4) wire.

Also excluded from the scope of these Orders are portable tier racks. Portable tier racks must meet each of the following criteria to qualify for this exclusion:

(1) They are freestanding, portable assemblies with a fully welded base and four freely inserted and easily removable corner posts;

(2) They are assembled without the use of bolts, braces, anchors, brackets, clips, attachments, or connectors;

(3) One assembly may be stacked on top of another without applying any additional load to the product being stored on each assembly, but individual portable tier racks are not securely attached to one another to provide interaction or interdependence; and

(4) The assemblies have no mechanism ( e.g., a welded foot plate with bolt holes) for anchoring the assembly to the ground.

Also excluded from the scope of these Orders are accessories that are independently bolted to the floor and not attached to the rack system itself, i.e., column protectors, corner guards, bollards, and end row and end of aisle protectors.

Merchandise covered by these Orders is currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under the following subheadings: 7326.90.8688, 9403.20.0081, and 9403.90.8041. Subject merchandise may also enter under subheadings 7308.90.3000, 7308.90.6000, 7308.90.9590, and 9403.20.0090. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes only. The written description of the scope is dispositive.

As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that revocation of the Orders would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping, countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act, Commerce hereby orders the continuation of the Orders. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect AD and CVD cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry for all imports of subject merchandise.

The effective date of the continuation of the Orders will be March 5, 2025. 7 Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c)(2), Commerce intends to initiate the next five-year reviews of the Orders no later than 30 days prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of the last determination by the ITC.

This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to an APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.

These five-year sunset reviews and this notice are in accordance with section 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act and this notice is published pursuant to section 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).

The Enforcement Committee will review the Council's Small sablefish release analysis, the Maximum Retainable Amount (MRA) adjustments analysis, and other business including the Enforcement Committee Terms of Reference. The Small sablefish release analysis evaluates a proposed management measure to allow sablefish IFQ/CDQ harvesters using fixed gear in the BSAI and GOA to carefully release small sablefish. The MRA adjustment analysis evaluates proposed management measures to revise the MRA regulations to clarify and/or revise (1) the definition of a fishing trip, (2) calculations for MRAs, and (3) applications of MRAs.

The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3085 prior to the meeting, along with meeting materials.

You can attend the meeting online using a computer, tablet, or smart phone; or by phone only. Connection information will be posted online at: https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3085 . For technical support, please contact our administrative staff, email: npfmc.admin@noaa.gov .

Public comment letters will be accepted and should be submitted electronically to https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3085 .

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

The meeting will begin with the Coral Committee receiving a presentation and update on Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: Restoration Blueprint Final Management Plan, review Draft Memorandum of Agreement between the Gulf and South Atlantic Councils, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Florida Wildlife Commission (FWC), and Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

The Data Collection Committee will review the Loss of Southeast Region Headboat Survey dockside sampling update and Advisory Panel (AP) comments and hold a discussion for Southeast For-hire Integrated Electronic Reporting (SEFHIER), receive a presentation on Cost Analysis for SEFHIER Economic Data Collection, receive meeting summary from the Ad Hoc Charter For-hire Data Collection AP meeting and review draft For-Hire Electronic Reporting Amendment.

The Gulf SEDAR Committee will receive the SEDAR Steering Committee Summary Report from February 2025, and discuss the Gulf of Mexico SEDAR Schedule.

The Shrimp Committee will discuss the Biological Review of the Texas Closure, review FINAL ACTION: Shrimp Framework Action: Modification of the Vessel Position Data Collection Program for the Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery and Shrimp AP Recommendations. The Shrimp Committee will review 2023 Gulf Shrimp Fishery Effort, discuss potential expiration of Moratorium for Federal Gulf Shrimp Permits and any remaining items from the March 2025 Shrimp AP meeting.

At approximately 4:15 p.m. until 5 p.m., the Council will convene the Full Council in a Closed Session to review Preliminary Selection of Spiny Lobster Advisory Panel Members; and selection of 2024 Law Enforcement Officer or Team of the Year.

The Council will receive a Litigation Update. Following, the Reef Fish Committee will review Reef Fish and Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Landings update, review Draft: Reef Fish Amendment 58B: Modifications to Deep-water Grouper Management Measures and Final Report: Recreational Initiative Outcomes and Recommendations. Following lunch, the Reef Fish Committee will receive a summary from the February 2025 Gulf and South Atlantic Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSC) Report and Recommendations on SEDAR 79 Mutton Snapper Stock Assessment, SEDAR 96 Yellowtail Snapper Stock Assessment, and the recommendations from the Standing Gulf SSC on SEDAR 88 Red Grouper Stock Assessment, and summary from the Reef Fish AP discussions and recommendations. The committee will review Draft Framework: Other Shallow-water Grouper Catch Limits and receive a presentation on 20-Fathom Recreational Seasonal Closure for Shallow-water Grouper.

Immediately following the Reef Fish Committee there will be an on-site and virtual Public Comment Session on Recreational Initiative Outcomes.

The Reef Fish Committee will reconvene to review FINAL ACTION: Framework Action: Modifications to Lane Snapper Minimum Size Limits and receive a presentation on Greater Amberjack Flowchart to Identify Decision Points for Regional Management. The committee will them review Return 'Em Right Science including a Programmatic Overview, SSC Review and Recommendations, receive a Communications Update, and discuss the expiration of the Descend Act.

The Council will reconvene at approximately 1:30 p.m., CDT with a Call to Order, Announcements and Introductions, Adoption of Agenda and Approval of Minutes. The Council will receive a presentation on Deep Water Horizon (DWH) Open Ocean Restoration Plan 4—Fish and Water Column Invertebrates.

The Council will hold public testimony from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., CDT for FINAL ACTION Items (a). Shrimp Framework Action: Modification of the Vessel Position Data Collection Program for the Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery and (b). Framework Action: Modifications to Lane Snapper Minimum Size Limits; and open testimony on other fishery issues or concerns. Public comment may begin earlier than 2 p.m. CDT, but will not conclude before that time. Persons wishing to give public testimony in-person must register at the registration kiosk in the meeting room. Persons wishing to give public testimony virtually must sign up on the Council website on the day of public testimony. Registration for virtual testimony closes one hour (1 p.m. CDT) before public testimony begins.

The Council will receive Committee reports from Coral, Data Collection, Gulf SEDAR, and Shrimp followed by a CLOSED SESSION Report: Announce 2024 Law Enforcement Officer/Team of the Year, and Reef Fish Committee.

The Council will receive updates from the following supporting agencies: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Liaison; Alabama Law Enforcement Efforts; NOAA Office of Law Enforcement (OLE); Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission; U.S. Coast Guard; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and Department of State.

The Council will discuss Council Planning and Primary Activities, and Other Business items, if any.

The meeting will be a hybrid meeting; both in-person and virtual participation available. You may register for the webinar to listen-in only by visiting www.gulfcouncil.org and click on the Council meeting on the calendar.

The timing and order in which agenda items are addressed may change as required to effectively address the issue, and the latest version along with other meeting materials will be posted on the website as they become available.

Although other non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before this group for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those issues may not be the subject of formal action during these meetings. Actions will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided that the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final-action to address the emergency.

These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid or accommodations should be directed to Kathy Pereira, (813) 348-1630, at least 15 days prior to the meeting date.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

This collection of information is required by the Trademark Act of 1946, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq., which provides for the federal registration of trademarks, service marks, collective trademarks and service marks, collective membership marks, and certification marks. The Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid Protocol) is an international treaty that allows a trademark owner to seek registration in any of the participating countries by filing a single international application. The International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, administers the international registration system.

The Madrid Protocol Implementation Act of 2002 amended the Trademark Act to provide that: (1) the owner of a U.S. application or registration may seek protection of its mark in any of the participating countries by submitting a single international application through the USPTO and (2) the holder of an international registration may request an extension of protection of the international registration to the United States. The Madrid Protocol came into effect in the United States on November 2, 2003, and is implemented under 15 U.S.C. 1141 et seq. and 37 CFR parts 2 and 7. Individuals and businesses that use or intend to use such marks in commerce may file an application to register the marks with the USPTO. Both the register and the information provided in pending applications for registration can be accessed by the public. This public access allows users to determine the availability of a mark and lessens the likelihood of initiating the use of a mark previously adopted by another.

Items in this information collection must be submitted electronically. In limited circumstances, registrants may be permitted to submit the information by mail or hand delivery.

OMB Control Number: 0651-0051.

Forms: (MM = Madrid Mark).

Type of Review: Extension and revision of a currently approved information collection.

Affected Public: Private sector.

Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.

Frequency: On occasion.

Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 91,024 respondents.

Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 91,024 responses.

Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the responses in this information collection will take the public between 45 minutes (0.75 hours) and 75 minutes (1.25 hours) to complete. This includes the time to gather the necessary information, create the forms or documents, and submit the completed item to the USPTO.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 96,109 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent Hourly Cost Burden: $42,960,723.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-hourly Cost Burden: $41,700,722. There are no capital start-up costs, maintenance costs, or recordkeeping costs associated with this information collection. However, the USPTO estimates that the total annual non-hour cost burden for this information collection, in the form of filing fees and postage, is $41,700,722.

There are fees associated with processing international applications and related requests under the Madrid Protocol, as set forth in 37 CFR 2.6 and 37 CFR 7.6. Most of those fees are charged per class of goods or services. Therefore, the total fees can vary depending on the number of classes.

Although the USPTO requires that the items in this information collection be submitted electronically, in limited circumstances, responses may be submitted by mail through the United States Postal Service. The USPTO estimates that 0.01% of the 91,024 items will be submitted in the mail resulting in nine mailed items. The USPTO estimates that the average postage cost for a mailed submission, using a Priority Mail legal flat-rate envelope, will be $10.75. Therefore, the USPTO estimates the total mailing costs for this information collection at $97.

The USPTO is soliciting public comments to:

(a) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;

(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(d) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

All comments submitted in response to this notice are a matter of public record. The USPTO will include or summarize each comment in the request to OMB to approve this information collection. Before including an address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable information (PII) in a comment, be aware that the entire comment—including PII—may be made publicly available at any time. While you may ask in your comment to withhold PII from public view, the USPTO cannot guarantee that it will be able to do so.

The Director of the USPTO has the authority to establish regulations governing the conduct and discipline of agents, attorneys, or other persons representing applicants and other parties before the USPTO (35 U.S.C. 2, 32-33). The USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct, set forth in 37 CFR part 11, subpart D, prescribe the manner in which agents, attorneys, and other persons (collectively, “practitioners”) representing applicants and other parties before the USPTO should conduct themselves professionally. Part 11 outlines practitioners' responsibilities for recordkeeping and reporting violations or complaints of misconduct to the USPTO. Part 11, subpart C sets forth the manner by which the USPTO investigates misconduct and imposes discipline.

The USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct require all practitioners to maintain complete records of all funds, securities, and other properties of clients coming into their possession, and to render appropriate accounts to the client regarding the funds, securities, and other properties of clients coming into the practitioner's possession, collectively known as “client property.” These recordkeeping requirements are necessary to maintain the integrity of client property. State bars require attorneys to perform similar recordkeeping.

Part 11 also requires a practitioner to report knowledge of certain violations of the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct to the USPTO. The Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OED) may, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, suspend, exclude, or disqualify any practitioner from further practice before the USPTO based on non-compliance with the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct. Practitioners who have been excluded or suspended from practice before the USPTO, and practitioners transferred to disability inactive status, must maintain records of their compliance with the suspension or exclusion order, or the transfer to disability inactive status. These records are necessary to demonstrate eligibility for reinstatement. Reports of alleged violations of the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct are used by the Director of OED to conduct investigations and disciplinary hearings, as appropriate.

This information collection covers the various reporting and recordkeeping requirements set forth in part 11 for practitioners representing applicants and other parties before the USPTO. Also covered are petitions for reinstatement for suspended or excluded practitioners and the means for reporting violations or complaints of misconduct to the USPTO.

Items in this information collection may be submitted as electronic submissions. Applicants may also submit the information in paper form by mail, fax, or hand delivery.

OMB Control Number: 0651-0017.

Forms:

• PTO-107R (Reinstatement—Data Sheet—Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents). PTO-107R is also approved for use under USPTO information collection 0651-0012.

Type of Review: Extension and revision of a currently approved information collection.

Affected Public: Individuals or households.

Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.

Frequency: On occasion.

Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 52,411 respondents.

Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 52,411 responses.

Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the responses in this information collection will take the public approximately one to three hours to complete. This includes the time to gather the necessary information, create the document, and submit the completed item to the USPTO. The USPTO also estimates that the required recordkeeping actions will take a practitioner 1 to 20 hours to perform.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 58,187 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent Hourly Cost Burden: $26,009,589. 

Title: Core Principles and Other Requirements for Swap Execution Facilities (OMB Control No. 3038-0074). This is a request for revision of a currently approved information collection.

Abstract: Section 5h to the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) sets forth the requirements concerning the registration and operation of swap execution facilities (“SEFs”), which the Commission has implemented in part 37 of its regulations. These information collections are needed for the Commission to ensure that SEFs comply with these requirements. Among other requirements, part 37 of the Commission's regulations imposes SEF registration requirements for a trading platform or system, obligates SEFs to provide transaction confirmations to swap counterparties, and requires SEFs to comply with 15 core principles. Collection 3038-0074 was created in response to the part 37 regulatory requirements for SEFs.

On December 26, 2024, the Commission published in the Federal Register notice of the proposed extension of this information collection and provided 60 days for public comment on the proposed extension, 89 FR 105012 (“60-Day Notice”). The Commission did not receive any relevant comments on the 60-Day Notice.

Burden Statement: The Commission is revising its estimate of the burden for this collection for SEFs. The respondent burden for this collection is estimated to be as follows:  2

Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.

Estimated Average Burden Hours per Respondent: 775 (rounded).

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 15,499.

Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection.

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), before an agency submits a proposed collection of information to OMB for approval, it must first publish a document in the Federal Register providing a 60-day comment period and otherwise consult with members of the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information. In this notice we provide the estimated burden associated with applications for grants from PSGP, which provides funding to eligible state, local and tribal governments for enforcement and educational programs to reduce deaths and injuries from drowning and drain entrapment incidents in swimming pools and spas.

Under the PRA, an agency must publish the following information:

• A title for the collection of information;

• A summary of the collection of information;

• A brief description of the need for the information and the proposed use of the information;

• A description of the likely respondents and proposed frequency of response to the collection of information;

• An estimate of the burden that will result from the collection of information; and

• Notice that comments may be submitted to the agency and OMB.

44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D). In accordance with this requirement, the Commission provides the following information:  1

Title: Pool Safely Grant Program Application.

OMB Number: New.

Type of Request: New information collection request.

Type of Review Requested: Regular.

Requested Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval.

Summary of the Collection of Information: The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (VGB Act) authorizes CPSC to grant funding for the PSGP. 15 U.S.C. 8004-8008. The PSGP provides two-year grants to eligible state, local or tribal governments to reduce deaths and injuries from drowning and drain entrapment incidents in swimming pools and spas. The grant awards can range from $50,000 to $400,000 per applicant. Prospective applicants will be able to access the grant application on Grants.gov and apply electronically through GrantSolutions. Applicants will be required to complete common forms  2 used for federal grants, as well as up to six additional attachments specific to PSGP. Awards are posted to the CPSC's website and via press release.

Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the Information: The PSGP is part of CPSC's national campaign to prevent drowning and drain entrapment. Drowning is one of the leading causes of death among young children. 3 The information collected through the application for PSGP grants is used to determine eligibility and to provide funding to reduce deaths and injuries from drowning and drain entrapment incidents in swimming pools and spas. Funding can be requested for enforcement and for education in accordance with 15 U.S.C. 8004(d).

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal or U.S. Territory Government

Estimated Number of Respondents: We expect up to 20 respondents annually.

Frequency: Annual.

Total Estimated Annual Burden: To apply for the PSGP, in addition to completing common forms, 4 an applicant would typically provide six attachments specific to the grant program.

• Attachment 1, the project narrative, provides a description of community needs and is estimated to take 20 hours to prepare, on average.

• Attachment 2, the budget narrative, presents each budget category with an explanation of each line item and is estimated to take 10 hours to prepare, on average.

• Attachment 3, the schedule, is a multi-year project schedule/timeline and is estimated to take six hours to prepare, on average.

• Attachment 4, the staffing plan, includes a narrative that describes and identifies each program staff member with the amount of time for the grant program funded work and is estimated to take six hours to prepare, on average.

• Attachment 5, legal eligibility, includes references necessary to support that the applicant meets the legal eligibility requirements of the VGB Act for swimming pools and spas and is estimated to take one hour to prepare, on average.

• Attachment 6, the indirect cost rate agreement, substantiates indirect costs that may be reimbursed as permissible administrative costs as stated in the VGB Act and is estimated to take one hour to prepare, on average.

CPSC estimates it would take the applicant approximately 44 hours to complete attachments 1-6. CPSC expects to receive 20 grant applications that utilize the attachments described, for a total burden hour estimate of 880 hours (44 hours per application × 20 applications).

Total Estimated Annual Burden Cost: CPSC estimates the compensation for the creation and compilation of attachments 1-6 is $62.92 per hour (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,” September 2024, total compensation for state and local government workers: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_12172024.pdf ). Therefore, the estimated annual cost of the burden requirements is $55,370 ($62.92 per hour × 880 hours = $55,369.60). Based on this analysis, the collection of information would impose a total burden to applicants of 880 hours at a cost of $55,370.

Request for Comments:

CPSC requests that interested parties submit comments regarding this proposed information collection (see the ADDRESSES section at the beginning of this notice). Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Commission specifically invites comments on:

• Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of CPSC's functions, including whether the information will have practical utility;

• The accuracy of CPSC's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;

• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information the Commission proposes to collect; and

• Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques when appropriate, and other forms of information technology.

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), before an agency submits a proposed collection of information to OMB for approval, it must first publish a document in the Federal Register providing a 60-day comment period and otherwise consult with members of the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information. In this notice we provide the estimated burden associated with applications for grants from COPPGP, which provides funding to eligible state, local and tribal governments to reduce deaths and injuries from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Under the PRA, an agency must publish the following information:

• A title for the collection of information;

• A summary of the collection of information;

• A brief description of the need for the information and the proposed use of the information;

• A description of the likely respondents and proposed frequency of response to the collection of information;

• An estimate of the burden that will result from the collection of information; and

• Notice that comments may be submitted to the agency and OMB.

44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D). In accordance with this requirement, the Commission provides the following information:  1

Title: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Grant Program Application.

OMB Number: New.

Type of Request: New information collection request.

Type of Review Requested: Regular.

Requested Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval.

Summary of the Collection of Information: The Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2022 (NZB Act) authorizes CPSC to provide funding for the Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Grant Program (COPPGP). 15 U.S.C. 2090. The COPPGP provides two-year grants to eligible state, local or tribal governments to reduce deaths and injuries from carbon monoxide poisoning. The grant awards can range from $50,000 to $400,000 per applicant. Prospective applicants will be able to access the grant application on Grants.gov and apply electronically through GrantSolutions. Applicants will be required to complete common forms  2 used for federal grants, as well as up to six additional attachments specific to COPPGP. Awards are posted to the CPSC's website and via press release.

Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the Information: The COPPGP provides eligible state, local, and tribal governments with funding to purchase and install carbon monoxide alarms and to develop training and public education programs in accordance with 15 U.S.C. 2090(e). The information collected through the application for COPPGP grants is used to determine eligibility and to provide funding to reduce deaths and injuries from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal or U.S. Territory Government.

Estimated Number of Respondents: CPSC expects up to 35 respondents annually.

Frequency: Annual.

Total Estimated Annual Burden: To apply for the COPPGP, in addition to completing common forms, 3 an applicant would typically provide six attachments specific to the grant program.

• Attachment 1, the introduction, provides a table of contents and introduction and is estimated to take one hour to prepare, on average.

• Attachment 2, legal eligibility, provides references necessary to support that the applicant meets the legal eligibility requirements of the NZB Act and is estimated to take one hour to prepare, on average.

• Attachment 3, the work plan, provides the framework and describes all aspects of the proposed project and is estimated to take 40 hours to prepare, on average.

• Attachment 4, the budget table, provides a budget narrative and table for the 2-year project schedule and is estimated to take 10 hours to prepare, on average.

• Attachment 5, cost share, is an additional narrative documenting cost share on the budget (not required for tribal governments) and is estimated to take five hours to prepare, on average.

• Attachment 6, the indirect cost rate agreement, substantiates indirect costs that the NZB Act states may be reimbursed as permissible administrative costs and is estimated to take one hour to prepare, on average.

CPSC estimates it would take the applicant approximately 58 hours to compile attachments 1-6, except for tribal governments which would take approximately 53 hours because attachment 5 is not required. CPSC expects to receive 35 grant applications that utilize the attachments described, for a total burden hour estimate of 2,030 hours (58 hours per application × 35 applications). The actual burden may be slightly lower depending on the number of tribal government applications. However, to estimate the maximum burden, these estimates assume all applications to be non-tribal government applications.

Total Estimated Annual Burden Cost: CPSC estimates the compensation for the creation and compilation of attachments 1-6 is $62.92 per hour (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,” September 2024, total compensation for state and local government workers: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_12172024.pdf ). Therefore, the estimated annual cost of the burden requirements is $127,728 ($62.92 per hour × 2,030 hours = $127,727.60). Based on this analysis, the collection of information would impose a total burden to applicants of 2,030 hours at a cost of $127,728.

Request for Comments:

CPSC requests that interested parties submit comments regarding this proposed information collection (see the ADDRESSES section at the beginning of this notice). Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Commission specifically invites comments on:

• Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of CPSC's functions, including whether the information will have practical utility;

• The accuracy of CPSC's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;

• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information the Commission proposes to collect; and

• Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques when appropriate, and other forms of information technology.

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to provide advice and recommendations concerning the following EM site-specific issues: clean-up activities and environmental restoration; waste and nuclear materials management and disposition; excess facilities; future land use and long-term stewardship. The Board may also be asked to provide advice and recommendations on any EM program components.

Tentative Agenda:

Public Participation: This meeting is open to the public. The EM SSAB, Oak Ridge, welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special accommodations due to a disability, please contact Melyssa P. Noe at least seven days in advance of the meeting at the phone number listed above. Written statements may be filed with the Board via email either before or after the meeting. Public comments received no later than 5 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 7, 2025, will be read aloud during the meeting. Comments will be accepted after the meeting by no later than 5 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 14, 2025. Please submit comments to orssab@orem.doe.gov . Please put “Public Comment” in the subject line. The Deputy Designated Federal Officer is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Individuals wishing to make public comments will be provided a maximum of five minutes to present their comments.

Minutes: Minutes will be available by emailing or calling Melyssa P. Noe at the email address and telephone number listed above. Minutes will also be available at the following website: https://www.energy.gov/orem/listings/oak-ridge-site-specific-advisory-board-meetings .

Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was signed on March 6, 2025, by David Borak, Committee Management Officer, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register .

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to provide advice and recommendations concerning the following EM site-specific issues: clean-up activities and environmental restoration; waste and nuclear materials management and disposition; excess facilities; future land use and long-term stewardship. The Board may also be asked to provide advice and recommendations on any EM program components.

Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. To register for in-person attendance, please send an email to srscitizensadvisoryboard@srs.gov no later than 4 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 20, 2025. The EM SSAB, Savannah River Site, welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special accommodations due to a disability, please contact James Tanner at least seven days in advance of the meeting at the telephone number listed above. Written statements may be filed with the Board via email either before or after the meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral statements should submit their request to srscitizensadvisory board@srs.gov. Requests must be received two days prior to the meeting. Comments will be accepted after the meeting, by no later than 4 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Please submit comments to srscitizensadvisoryboard@srs.gov. The Deputy Designated Federal Officer is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Individuals wishing to make oral public comments will be provided a maximum of five minutes to present their comments. Individuals wishing to submit written public comments should email them as directed above.

Minutes: Minutes will be available by emailing or calling James Tanner at the email address or telephone number listed above. Minutes will also be available at the following website: https://cab.srs.gov/srs-cab.html.

Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was signed on March 6, 2025, by David Borak, Committee Management Officer, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register .

The original meeting announcement appeared in the Federal Register on December 3, 2024, (89 FR 95779 (FRL-12241-02-OCSPP)). This document announces the new dates for the rescheduled virtual meetings. Please consult the December 3, 2024, document for details about the purpose of the meetings, as well as more detailed instructions for participating or providing comments.

As indicated previously, EPA's background documents, related supporting materials, including preliminarily refined risk estimates for 1,3-butadiene released from facilities, and revised draft charge questions to the SACC are available on the SACC website and in the docket established for the specific chemical substance that is the topic of the meeting and identified in the header of this document. In addition, EPA may provide additional background documents to the SACC as the materials become available ( e.g., SACC meeting agenda). EPA is announcing the release of a new supplement of preliminarily refined risk estimates for 1,3-butadiene released from facilities and also revisions to the charge questions.

You may access these documents, and certain other related documents that might be available, through the docket at https://www.regulations.gov and the SACC website at https://www.epa.gov/tsca-peer-review.

After the SACC peer review meeting, the SACC will prepare the meeting minutes and final report document summarizing its recommendations to the EPA, which will also be available in the docket and through the SACC website.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2625(o); 5 U.S.C. 10.

On June 15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to approve and assign OMB control numbers to collections of information conducted or sponsored by the Board. In exercising this delegated authority, the Board is directed to take every reasonable step to solicit comment. In determining whether to approve a collection of information, the Board will consider all comments received from the public and other agencies.

During the comment period for this proposal, a copy of the proposed PRA OMB submission, including the draft reporting form and instructions, supporting statement (which contains more detail about the information collection and burden estimates than this notice), and other documentation, will be made available on the Board's public website at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/review or may be requested from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears above. On the page displayed at the link above, you can find the supporting information by referencing the collection identifier, FR 27. Final versions of these documents will be made available at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, if approved.

The Board invites public comment on the following information collection, which is being reviewed under authority delegated by the OMB under the PRA. Comments are invited on the following:

a. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the Board's functions, including whether the information has practical utility;

b. The accuracy of the Board's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

c. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;

d. Ways to minimize the burden of information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and

e. Estimates of capital or startup costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.

At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the Board should modify the proposal.

Collection title: New Hire Information Collection.

Collection identifier: FR 27.

OMB control number: 7100-0375.

General description of collection: This information collection provides for the electronic collection of certain personnel information from new hires using a secure web-based portal, the New Hire Portal, before the first day of employment of a new hire. As part of the onboarding process for new hires, a Human Resources (HR) professional at the Board identifies the necessary information that must be collected from the new hire, which is dependent upon the type of hire that the person is. The types of hires include Regular Hires, which are hires who are being hired into a non-intern position and not transferring from a non-federal agency, including a Governor or Board officer; Intern Hires, which are hires being hired into an intern position; and Federal Transfers, which are hires who are transferring from another federal agency. Once the HR professional has identified the types of information that will be necessary, the new hire is sent an email asking him or her to provide the information described below through the New Hire Portal prior to their official start date.

The New Hire Portal is broken out into different sections and each section corresponds to the hardcopy forms that new employees previously filled out and provided to the Board during or after the first day of NEO. The information collection now involves a new hire electronically providing this personnel information and filling out the applicable sections of the New Hire Portal before their first day of orientation. The sections of the portal that each new hire is asked to complete electronically depend upon the type of position that the new hire has been offered at the Board.

Proposed revisions: The Board proposes to revise the FR 27 by changing the collection platform from the New Hire Portal to Workday Onboarding in June 2025, adding two new categories of hires categorized as Officers/Governors and Contingent Workers, restructuring sections into individual tasks, adding new data fields, removing data fields, and relabeling data fields. There will also be a change in the login process, as all respondents, except Contingent Workers, will be required to complete identity proofing and set up a secure account through a separate system, Login.gov , before accessing Workday Onboarding. The Designation of Beneficiary Unpaid Compensation of Deceased Employee form and Executive Death and Dismemberment Benefit for Officers and Governors questionnaire, previously not subject to PRA, will now be collected prior to a hire's first day of employment. The Board will no longer collect information for use on the FEGLI Program Designation of Beneficiary form through the New Hire Information Collection. The Board will also no longer collect information to populate the state tax form prior to the hire's start date, so it will no longer be subject to PRA. The Board will begin collecting Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) electronically through Workday Onboarding, rather than via a PDF.

Frequency: Event-generated.

Respondents: The FR 27 panel comprises individuals who are new hires to the Board but have not yet become employees.

Total estimated number of respondents: Regular Hire, 235; Intern Hire, 131; Federal Transfer, 39; Governor/Officer, 9; Contingent Worker, 637.

Estimated average hours per response: Regular Hire, 1.78; Intern Hire, 1.71; Federal Transfer, 1.95; Governor/Officer, 1.86; Contingent Worker, 1.5.

Total estimated change in burden: 1,298.

Total estimated annual burden hours: 1,691.

On January 20, 2025, the President declared a national emergency with respect to the grave threat to the United States posed by the influx of illegal aliens and drugs into the United States in Proclamation 10886 (Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border) (90 FR 8327, January 29, 2025). See National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. ) (NEA).

On February 1, 2025, the President expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in that proclamation to cover the threat to safety and security of Americans, including the public health crisis of deaths due to the use of fentanyl and other illicit drugs and the failure of Canada to do more to arrest, seize, detain, or otherwise intercept drug trafficking organizations, other drug and human traffickers, criminals at large, and drugs. In addition, the President determined that this failure to act on the part of Canada constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in substantial part outside the United States, to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. See Executive Order 14193 (90 FR 9113), dated February 1, 2025.

To address this threat, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ) (IEEPA), the NEA, section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2483), and 3 U.S.C. 301, the President imposed ad valorem tariffs on all imports that are products of Canada, excluding those encompassed by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b). Specifically, Executive Order 14193 adjusted duties on imported products of Canada, except for imports of energy and energy resources that are products of Canada, by imposing, consistent with law, an additional 25 percent ad valorem rate of duty. With respect to imports of energy and energy resources that are products of Canada, the Executive order imposed, consistent with law, an additional 10 percent ad valorem rate of duty.

On February 3, 2025, the President issued Executive Order 14197, “Progress on the Situation at our Northern Border” (90 FR 9183), which amended Executive Order 14193 by pausing the implementation of the additional duties for 30 days until March 4, 2025, to allow time to assess whether actions taken by Canada as of that date were sufficient to alleviate the crisis and resolve the unusual and extraordinary threat beyond our southern border. Additionally, Executive Order 14197 withdrew the exceptions in section 2(a) of Executive Order 14193 related to covered goods loaded onto a vessel at a port of entry or in transit on the final mode of transport prior to entry into the United States.

Subsequently, on March 2, 2025, the President amended subsection (h) of section 2 of Executive Order 14193, to modify the application of 19 U.S.C. 1321 to goods covered by subsection (a) and subsection (b) of section 2 of Executive Order 14193. See Executive Order 14226, “Amendment to Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border” (March 2, 2025) (90 FR 11369, March 6, 2025). Specifically, as amended, subsection (h) of section 2 of Executive Order 14193 provides that duty-free de minimis treatment under 19 U.S.C. 1321 is available for otherwise eligible covered articles described in the Executive order, but shall cease to be available for such articles upon notification by the Secretary of Commerce to the President that adequate systems are in place to fully and expediently process and collect tariff revenue applicable pursuant to subsection (a) and subsection (b) of section 2 of the Executive order for covered articles otherwise eligible for de minimis treatment.

On March 6, 2025, the President signed Executive order “Amendment to Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border.” In that Executive order, the President determined that automotive production is a major source of U.S. employment and innovation and integral to U.S. economic and national security. The American automotive industry as currently structured often trades substantial volumes of automotive parts and components across our borders in the interest of bringing supply chains closer to North America. In order to minimize disruption to the U.S. automotive industry and automotive workers, the President determined that it is appropriate to adjust tariffs imposed on articles of Canada. Accordingly, articles that are entered free of duty as originating in Canada under the terms of general note 11 to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), including any treatment set forth in subchapter XXIII of chapter 98 and subchapter XXII of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, as related to the Agreement between the United States of America, United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA), shall not be subject to the additional ad valorem rate of duty described in section 2(a) or section 2(b) of Executive Order 14193.

Furthermore, the additional ad valorem rate of duty described in Executive Order 14193 is reduced from 25% to 10% for potash that does not qualify for duty-free treatment under the USMCA, but is a product of Canada, in accordance with the March 6, 2025 Executive order. All other products of Canada that do not qualify for duty-free treatment under the USMCA shall remain subject to the rates set forth in Executive Order 14193 (unless otherwise exempted).

Executive Order 14193 directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to determine and implement the necessary modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), consistent with law, in order to effectuate the Executive order, as amended by Executive Order 14197, Executive Order 14226, and the March 6, 2025 Executive order.

As such, this notice is revising the March 3, 2025 CBP Federal Register Notice titled “Notice of Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of Canada Pursuant to the President's Executive Order 14193, Imposing Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border” (90 FR 11423, March 6, 2025) to implement the rates of duty imposed by the Executive order, as amended, effective on 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on March 7, 2025, subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS is modified by the Annex to this notice.

Articles that are entered free of duty as originating under the terms of general note 11 to the HTSUS, including any treatment set forth in subchapter XXIII of chapter 98 and subchapter XXII of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, as related to USMCA, will not be subject to the additional ad valorem rate of duty provided for in HTSUS heading 9903.01.10, as specified in new HTSUS heading 9903.01.14. Potash not qualifying for duty-free treatment under the USMCA, but which is a product of Canada, that is entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on March 7, 2025, will be subject to the reduced additional 10% ad valorem rate of duty provided for in HTSUS heading 9903.01.15, instead of the 25% ad valorem rate provided for in HTSUS heading 9903.01.10.

Imported products of Canada that are encompassed by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b) will not be subject to the additional ad valorem duty rates provided for in new HTSUS heading 9903.01.15 such qualifying products, other than products for personal use included in accompanied baggage of persons arriving in the United States, must be declared and entered under HTSUS heading 9903.01.11 or HTSUS heading 9903.01.12, as applicable. Specifically, HTSUS heading 9903.01.11 covers products encompassed by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2) and HTSUS heading 9903.01.12 covers products encompassed by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3). 1

The additional ad valorem duty provided for in new HTSUS heading 9903.01.15 applies in addition to all other applicable duties, taxes, fees, exactions, and charges.

Further, pursuant to Executive Order 14226, the administrative exemption from duty and certain taxes at 19 U.S.C. 1321(a)(2)(C)—known as the “ de minimis” exemption—continues to be available for articles covered by HTSUS headings 9903.01.14 and 9903.01.15 that are otherwise eligible for the exemption, including for eligible articles sent to the United States through the international postal network, but shall cease to be available for such articles upon notification by the Secretary of Commerce to the President that adequate systems are in place to fully and expediently process and collect tariff revenue applicable to articles covered by HTSUS headings 9903.01.14 and 9903.01.15 otherwise eligible for the “ de minimis ” exemption. Accordingly, articles that are products of Canada that are eligible for the de minimis exemption and are covered by HTSUS headings 9903.01.14 and 9903.01.15 may continue to request de minimis entry and clearance until such time as the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, so notifies the President and further guidance is provided.

The additional ad valorem duty provided for in new HTSUS heading 9903.01.15 also applies to products of Canada that are eligible for temporary duty exemptions or reductions under subchapter II to chapter 99, shall be subject to the additional ad valorem rate of duty imposed by HTSUS heading 9903.01.15.

The additional duties imposed by HTSUS heading 9903.01.15 shall not apply to goods for which entry is properly claimed under a provision of chapter 98 of the tariff schedule pursuant to applicable regulations of CBP, and whenever CBP agrees that entry under such a provision is appropriate, except for goods entered under subheading 9802.00.80; and subheadings 9802.00.40, 9802.00.50, and 9802.00.60. For subheadings 9802.00.40, 9802.00.50, and 9802.00.60, the additional duties apply to the value of repairs, alterations, or processing performed (in Canada), as described in the applicable subheading. For heading 9802.00.80, the additional duties apply to the value of the article assembled abroad (in Canada), less the cost or value of such products of the United States, as described.

The Annex to this notice also provides that products of Canada include both goods of Canada under the rules set forth in part 102, title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as applicable, as well as goods for which Canada was the last country of substantial transformation prior to importation into the United States.

Articles that are products of Canada, excluding those encompassed by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b), except those that are eligible for admission to a foreign trade zone under “domestic status” as defined in 19 CFR 146.43, and are admitted into a United States foreign trade zone on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on March 4, 2025, must be admitted as “privileged foreign status” as defined in 19 CFR 146.41. Such articles will be subject, upon entry for consumption, to the duties imposed by the Executive order, as amended, and the rates of duty related to the classification under the applicable HTSUS heading or subheading in effect at the time of admission into the United States foreign trade zone.

No drawback shall be available with respect to the additional duties imposed pursuant to the Executive orders.

On January 20, 2025, the President declared a national emergency with respect to the grave threat to the United States posed by the influx of illegal aliens and drugs into the United States in Proclamation 10886 (Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border) (90 FR 8327, January 29, 2025). See National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. ) (NEA).

On February 1, 2025, the President expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in that proclamation to cover the public health crisis of deaths due to the use of fentanyl and other illicit drugs and the failure of Mexico to arrest, seize, detain, or otherwise intercept drug trafficking organizations, other drug and human traffickers, criminals at large, and drugs. In addition, the President determined that this failure to act on the part of the Mexican government constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in substantial part outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. See Executive Order 14194 (90 FR 9117), dated February 1, 2025.

To address this threat, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ) (IEEPA), the NEA, section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2483), and 3 U.S.C. 301, the President imposed ad valorem tariffs on all imports that are products of Mexico, excluding those encompassed by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b). Specifically, Executive Order 14194 adjusted duties on imported products of Mexico, by imposing, consistent with law, an additional 25 percent ad valorem rate of duty.

On February 3, 2025, the President issued Executive Order 14198, “Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border” (90 FR 9185), which amended Executive Order 14194 by pausing the implementation of the additional duties for 30 days until March 4, 2025, to allow time to assess whether actions taken by Mexico as of that date were sufficient to alleviate the crisis and resolve the unusual and extraordinary threat beyond our southern border. Additionally, Executive Order 14198 withdrew the exceptions in section 2(a) of Executive Order 14194 related to covered goods loaded onto a vessel at a port of entry or in transit on the final mode of transport prior to entry into the United States.

Subsequently, on March 2, 2025, the President amended subsection (g) of section 2 of Executive Order 14194, to modify the application of 19 U.S.C. 1321 to goods covered by subsection (a) of section 2 of Executive Order 14194. See Executive Order 14227, “Amendment to Duties to Address the Situation At Our Southern Border” (March 2, 2025) (90 FR 11371, March 6, 2025). Specifically, as amended, subsection (g) of section 2 of Executive Order 14194 provides that duty-free de minimis treatment under 19 U.S.C. 1321 is available for otherwise eligible covered articles described in the Executive order, but shall cease to be available for such articles upon notification by the Secretary of Commerce to the President that adequate systems are in place to fully and expediently process and collect tariff revenue applicable pursuant to subsection (a) of section 2 of the Executive order for covered articles otherwise eligible for de minimis treatment.

On March 6, 2025, the President signed Executive order “Amendment to Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Southern Border.” In that Executive order, the President determined that automotive production is a major source of U.S. employment and innovation and integral to U.S. economic and national security. The American automotive industry as currently structured often trades substantial volumes of automotive parts and components across our borders in the interest of bringing supply chains closer to North America. In order to minimize disruption to the U.S. automotive industry and automotive workers, the President determined that it is appropriate to adjust tariffs imposed on articles of Mexico. Accordingly, articles that are entered free of duty as originating in Mexico under the terms of general note 11 to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), including any treatment set forth in subchapter XXIII of chapter 98 and subchapter XXII of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, as related to the Agreement between the United States of America, United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA), shall not be subject to the additional ad valorem rate of duty described in section 2(a) of Executive Order 14194.

Furthermore, the additional ad valorem rate of duty described in Executive Order 14194 is reduced from 25% to 10% for potash that does not qualify for duty-free treatment under the USMCA, but is a product of Mexico, in accordance with the March 6, 2025 Executive order. All other products of Mexico that do not qualify for duty-free treatment under the USMCA shall remain subject to the rate of duty set forth in section 2(a) of Executive Order 14194 (unless otherwise exempted).

Executive Order 14194 directed the Secretary of Homeland Security, to determine and implement the necessary modifications to the HTSUS, consistent with law, in order to effectuate the Executive Order, as amended by Executive Order 14198, Executive Order 14227, and the March 6, 2025 Executive order.

As such, this notice is revising the March 3, 2025 CBP Federal Register Notice titled “Notice of Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of Mexico Pursuant to the President's Executive Order 14194, Imposing Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Southern Border” (90 FR 11429, March 6, 2025) to implement the rates of duty imposed by the March 6, 2025 Executive order. Effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on March 7, 2025, subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS is modified by the Annex to this notice.

Articles that are entered free of duty as originating under the terms of general note 11 to the HTSUS, including any treatment set forth in subchapter XXIII of chapter 98 and subchapter XXII of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, as related to USMCA, will not be subject to the additional ad valorem rate of duty provided for in HTSUS heading 9903.01.01, as specified in the new HTSUS heading 9903.01.04. Potash not qualifying for duty-free treatment under the USMCA, but which is a product of Mexico, that is entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on March 7, 2025 will be subject to the reduced additional 10% ad valorem rate of duty provided for in HTSUS heading 9903.01.05, instead of the 25% ad valorem rate provided for in HTSUS heading 9903.01.01.

Imported products of Mexico that are encompassed by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b) will not be subject to the additional ad valorem duty provided for in new HTSUS heading 9903.01.04, but such qualifying products, other than products for personal use included in accompanied baggage of persons arriving in the United States, must be declared and entered under HTSUS heading 9903.01.02 or HTSUS heading 9903.01.03, as applicable. Specifically, HTSUS heading 9903.01.02 covers products encompassed by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2) and HTSUS heading 9903.01.03 covers products encompassed by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3). 1

The additional ad valorem duty provided for in new HTSUS heading 9903.01.04 applies in addition to all other applicable duties, taxes, fees, exactions, and charges.

Further, pursuant to Executive Order 14227, “Amendment to Duties to Address the Situation At Our Southern Border,” the administrative exemption from duty and certain taxes at 19 U.S.C. 1321(a)(2)(C)—known as the “ de minimis ” exemption—continues to be available for articles covered by HTSUS headings 9903.01.04 and 9903.01.05 that are otherwise eligible for the exemption, including for eligible articles sent to the United States through the international postal network, but shall cease to be available for such articles upon notification by the Secretary of Commerce to the President that adequate systems are in place to fully and expediently process and collect tariff revenue applicable to articles covered by HTSUS headings 9903.01.04 and 9903.01.05 otherwise eligible for the “ de minimis ” exemption. Accordingly, articles that are products of Mexico that are eligible for the de minimis exemption and are covered by HTSUS headings 9903.01.04 and 9903.01.05 may continue to request de minimis entry and clearance until such time as the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, so notifies the President and further guidance is provided.

The additional ad valorem duty provided for in new HTSUS heading 9903.01.05 also applies to products of Mexico that are eligible for temporary duty exemptions or reductions under subchapter II to chapter 99.

The additional duties imposed by HTSUS heading 9903.01.05 shall not apply to goods for which entry is properly claimed under a provision of chapter 98 of the tariff schedule pursuant to applicable regulations of CBP, and whenever CBP agrees that entry under such a provision is appropriate, except for goods entered under heading 9802.00.80; and subheadings 9802.00.40, 9802.00.50, and 9802.00.60. For subheadings 9802.00.40, 9802.00.50, and 9802.00.60, the additional duties apply to the value of repairs, alterations, or processing performed (in Mexico), as described in the applicable subheading. For heading 9802.00.80, the additional duties apply to the value of the article assembled abroad (in Mexico), less the cost or value of such products of the United States, as described.

The Annex to this notice also provides that products of Mexico include both goods of Mexico under the rules set forth in part 102, title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as applicable, as well as goods for which Mexico was the last country of substantial transformation prior to importation into the United States.

Articles that are products of Mexico, excluding those encompassed by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b), except those that are eligible for admission to a foreign trade zone under “domestic status” as defined in 19 CFR 146.43, and are admitted into a United States foreign trade zone on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on March 4, 2025, must be admitted as “privileged foreign status” as defined in 19 CFR 146.41. Such articles will be subject, upon entry for consumption, to the duties imposed by the Executive order, as amended, and the rates of duty related to the classification under the applicable HTSUS heading or subheading in effect at the time of admission into the United States foreign trade zone.

No drawback shall be available with respect to the additional duties imposed pursuant to the Executive orders.

Under the authority of 6 United States Code (U.S.C.) 451, this charter renewed the HSAC as a discretionary committee, which shall operate in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. ch. 10. The HSAC was established in 2003, under the authority of title 6 U.S.C. 451, and chartered under the provisions of the FACA, 5 U.S.C. ch. 10. This discretionary committee provides nonpartisan and organizationally independent, strategic advice to the Secretary of Homeland Security on matters related to homeland security. Three amendments were made: (1) Reduces the total membership from 40 to 35. (2) Changes members terms to a three-year appointment, from one to three-year terms. (3) Removes co-chairs to now reflect a Chair and Vice Chair.

DOL, as part of continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information before submitting them to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for final approval. This program helps to ensure requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements can be properly assessed.

ETA's administrative procedures regulation, found at 20 CFR 601, sets out the collection of information requirements. Section 601.2 requires states to submit copies of their unemployment compensation (UC) laws for approval by the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) so that the Secretary may determine the status of state laws and plans of operation. Section 601.3 requires states to “submit all relevant state materials such as statutes, executive and administrative orders, legal opinions, rules, regulations, interpretations, court decisions, etc.”

These materials are used by the Secretary to determine whether the state law contains provisions required by Section 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. DOL provides grants to states to fund the administration of their employment security laws if their UC laws and their plans of operation for public employment offices meet required conditions of Federal laws. The information transmitted by Form MA 8-7 is used by the Secretary to make findings (as specified in the above cited Federal laws) required for certification to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to states or for certification of the state law for purposes of providing additional tax credits to employers in states with UC laws conforming to Federal law. If this information is not available, the Secretary cannot make such certifications. To facilitate transmittal of required material, DOL prescribes the use of Form MA 8-7, Transmittal for Unemployment Insurance Materials. This simple check-off form is used by the states to identify material being transmitted to ETA's National Office and allows the material to be routed to appropriate staff for prompt action. With this renewal, DOL is proposing that the MA 8-7 document be revised to clarify that states are not required to send documents that ETA already collects through its subscription services. 20 CFR 601.2 and 601.3 authorize this information collection.

This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and the public is generally not required to respond to an information collection, unless it is approved by OMB under the PRA and displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.

Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments to the contact shown in the ADDRESSES section. Comments must be written to receive consideration, and they will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval of the final ICR. In order to help ensure appropriate consideration, comments should OMB control number 1205-0222.

Submitted comments will also be a matter of public record for this ICR and posted on the internet, without redaction. DOL encourages commenters not to include personally identifiable information, confidential business data, or other sensitive statements/information in any comments.

DOL is particularly interested in comments that:

• Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, ( e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses).

Agency: DOL-ETA.

Type of Review: Extension Without Changes.

Title of Collection: Transmittal for Unemployment Insurance Materials.

Form: MA 8-7.

OMB Control Number: 1205-0222.

Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.

Frequency: Varies.

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 318.

Estimated Average Time per Response: 0.25 hour.

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 79.5 hours.

Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.

DOL, as part of continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information before submitting them to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for final approval. This program helps to ensure requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements can be properly assessed.

State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) administer the Unemployment Compensation for Ex-servicemembers (UCX) program in accordance with the same terms and provisions of the paying State's unemployment insurance law, which apply to unemployed claimants who work in covered employment in the private sector. SWAs must be able to obtain certain information (wage and separation data) about each claimant filing claims for UCX benefits to support SWAs in making determination of the claimant's eligibility for benefits. DOL has prescribed a form to enable SWAs to obtain this necessary information from the individual's military branch. Form ETA-843 is essential to the UCX claims process, and the frequency of use varies depending upon the circumstances involved. In FY 2024, the number of UCX claims dropped to 21,472, down from 34,698 in FY 2021, which was the figure used in the calculations of the previous submission. This decline in UCX claims has also led to a reduction in burden hours. Sections 8521-8525 of Title 5 of the U.S. Code authorizes this information collection.

This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and the public is generally not required to respond to an information collection, unless it is approved by OMB under the PRA and displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.

Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments to the contact shown in the ADDRESSES section. Comments must be written to receive consideration, and they will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval of the final ICR. In order to help ensure appropriate consideration, comments should mention OMB 1205-0176.

Submitted comments will also be a matter of public record for this ICR and posted on the internet, without redaction. DOL encourages commenters not to include personally identifiable information, confidential business data, or other sensitive statements/information in any comments.

DOL is particularly interested in comments that:

• Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, ( e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

Agency: DOL-ETA.

Type of Review: Revision.

Title of Collection: Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX), Handbook No. 384.

Form: ETA 843.

OMB Control Number: 1205-0176.

Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.

Frequency: 20.

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 1,060.

Estimated Average Time per Response: 5 minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 88 hours.

Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.

DOL, as part of continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information before submitting them to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for final approval. This program helps to ensure requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements can be properly assessed.

The ETA 538 and ETA 539 reports are submitted weekly and contain information on initial claims and continued weeks claimed for the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program. These figures are important economic indicators. The ETA 538 report provides information that allows UI claims data to be released to the public five days after the close of the reference period. The ETA 539 report contains more detailed weekly claims information including the State's 13-week insured unemployment rate, which determines eligibility for the Extended Benefits program. Section 303(a)(6) of the Social Security Act and 20 CFR 615.15 authorize this information collection.

This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and the public is generally not required to respond to an information collection, unless it is approved by OMB under the PRA and displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.

Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments to the contact shown in the ADDRESSES section. Comments must be written to receive consideration, and they will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval of the final ICR. In order to help ensure appropriate consideration, comments should mention OMB control number 1205-0028.

Submitted comments will also be a matter of public record for this ICR and posted on the internet, without redaction. DOL encourages commenters not to include personally identifiable information, confidential business data, or other sensitive statements/information in any comments.

DOL is particularly interested in comments that:

• Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, ( e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses).

Agency: DOL-ETA.

Type of Review: Extension without changes.

Title of Collection: Weekly Claims and Extended Benefits Data and Weekly Initial and Continued Weeks Claimed.

Form: ETA 538 and ETA 539.

OMB Control Number: 1205-0028.

Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.

Frequency: 104.

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 5,512.

Estimated Average Time per Response: 30 minutes for submittal of the ETA 538; 50 minutes for submittal of the ETA 539.

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,675 hours.

Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.