Title: Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops (FSCSC) Program.

OMB Control Number: 0560-0311.

Expiration Date: 12/31/2025.

Type of Request: Extension with revision.

Abstract: To apply for the Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops (FSCSC) program, a producer submits FSA-888-1 (Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops Program (FSCSC) for Program Years 2024 and 2025). The form is manual. The information submitted by applicants is used by FSA to determine eligibility and issue FSCSC payments to eligible applicants. Information that the producer is required to provide on this form is the applicant's name, address, phone number, email, and all certification information and expenses. The applicant must also certify to being either a small or medium size business.

The producer must sign FSA-888-1 agreeing to the rules and regulations of the FSCSC program and that all information is true and correct.

There is a reduction in the number of respondents and burden hours since the last OMB submission. The estimated number of respondents and burden hours have been updated to reflect a reduction in applicants based on prior year program participation. The burden hours have also been reduced because CCC-860, Socially Disadvantaged, Limited Resource, Beginning and Veteran Farmer or Rancher Certification, is not used for FSCSC for the 2024 and 2025 program years.

For the following estimated total annual burden on respondents, the formula used to calculate the total burden hour is the estimated average time per responses hours multiplied by the estimated total annual responses.

Estimate of Annual Burden: Public reporting burden for the collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour and 15 minutes per response.

Respondents: Producers.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,500.

Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.4.

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 3,500.

Estimated Average Time per Response: 1 hour 3.6 minutes (1.06 hours).

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,650 hours.

We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information collection to help us:

(1) 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;

(2) 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;

(3) Evaluate the quality, utility, and clarity of the information technology; and

(4) Minimize the burden of the information collection on those who respond through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

All comments received in response to this notice, including names and addresses where provided, will be made a matter of public record. Comments will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval of the information collection.

Today, inventoried roadless areas total approximately 58.2 million acres, or about 30 percent of all National Forest System lands. The 2001 Roadless Rule applies to approximately 44.7 million acres of National Forest System lands, including about 9.3 million acres within the Tongass National Forest. The 44.7 million acres exclude approximately 9.3 million acres in Idaho and 4.2 million acres in Colorado, which are under state specific roadless rules. Current areas are reflected on national maps at the Forest Service Roadless Area website ( https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/planning/roadless ).

More than 95 percent of inventoried roadless areas managed under the 2001 Roadless Rule (outside of Colorado and Idaho) are in ten Western states, including (from largest inventoried roadless area acreage to smallest): Alaska, Montana, California, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, New Mexico, and Arizona. Sixty-three percent are forested areas (with at least 10 percent canopy cover). Congress has included approximately 1.3 million acres (or 2.8 percent) of inventoried roadless areas managed under the 2001 Roadless Rule in the National Wilderness Preservation System.

While they are referred to as `roadless', because of the history of their inventory and designation, there are thousands of miles of existing roads within lands designated under the 2001 Roadless Rule, including National Forest System roads as well as county, state, or other ownerships. About half of these lands are within 1 mile of a road and 31 percent are within 0.5 miles of a road (13.3 million acres).

Between 1984 and 2024, 13 percent of inventoried roadless areas (5.5 million acres) experienced high or moderate severity wildfire. The occurrence of moderate- to high-severity fire in inventoried roadless areas has increased in recent decades, especially since 2000, consistent with trends throughout the National Forest System. Currently, forty percent of lands within inventoried roadless areas have a high or very-high wildfire hazard potential, ranging from 5 percent in the Eastern Region to 60 percent in California. About 23 percent (10.2 million acres) of inventoried roadless areas managed under the 2001 Roadless Rule are within the wildland-urban interface (WUI), areas where human development intermixes with the wildland, based on the definition of WUI set out in the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511(16)). An additional 4.8 million areas are within one mile of the WUI, totaling about 35 percent of these inventoried roadless area acres.

The 2001 Roadless Rule Final EIS predicted that extensive fire reduction work would not be needed within inventoried roadless areas for at least 20 years. In the 24 years since that analysis, the area encompassing the WUI has increased alongside increased insect and disease and wildfire activity throughout the National Forest System, including within inventoried roadless areas. Insect and disease and wildfire activity, especially within the WUI, affects important resources, neighboring infrastructure, and communities. Additional information is available at the Forest Service Roadless Area website ( https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/planning/roadless ).

The relationship between regulations, land management plans, and national forest projects is of particular importance. A land management plan, developed under the National Forest Management Act and the Planning Rule at 36 CFR 219, provides a framework for future project analysis and decision making. All land management plans conform to existing laws and regulations and are administratively changed as needed to conform to new statutory and regulatory requirements (36 CFR 219.1(f) and 219.13(c)).

The 2001 Roadless Rule did not amend, revise, or compel amendment or revision of any land management plans (36 CFR 294.14(b) (2001); 66 FR 3273); however, the Roadless Rule's provisions supersede the plan components for inventoried roadless areas applied through individual land management plans. The Forest Service planning directives (Forest Service Handbook (FSH) 1909.12, Chapter 24, updated in 2015) require land management plans to treat inventoried roadless areas as a type of designated area, with the option to also identify these areas as unique geographic areas or management areas in the plans. Plans may also include additional plan components for inventoried roadless areas if they are compatible with the restrictions of the applicable roadless rule. Within land management plans, inventoried roadless areas currently overlap on some national forests with other management areas, such as core habitats, research natural areas, alpine areas, or areas managed for backcountry recreation where there are expected to be low levels of development, including timber harvest and road construction. For example, 3.1 million acres managed under the 2001 Roadless Rule are also managed as recommended wilderness, and 6.5 million acres are managed as backcountry.

All site-specific project decisions must be consistent with land management plans. Any site-specific impacts on inventoried roadless areas and other resources must be analyzed, including National Environmental Policy Act compliance prior to a decision. Project decisions must comply with applicable Federal and State laws, such as the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, Endangered Species Act, National Historic Preservation Act, and the Wilderness Act.

Amid legal challenges to the 2001 Roadless Rule and to provide for consistent application, exceptions for specific activities in inventoried roadless areas (294.12(b) and 294.13(b)), were reviewed and authorized by the Secretary and Forest Service Chief until 2012. In 2012, certain exceptions were delegated to the applicable Regional Forester. Since 2018 all exceptions have been delegated to the Regional Forester. Approval requires review and documentation, including maps and justification. The use of exceptions has been limited, and the majority have been for forest stewardship purposes.

Given changing resource conditions and shifts in policy priorities, the Department believes that the “one-size-fits-all” approach to roadless area management under the 2001 Roadless Rule is no longer appropriate and proposes to use local land management planning processes to administer inventoried roadless areas. Rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule would provide discretion for local land managers to tailor management, as appropriate, to local land conditions.

Under the current Administration, the USDA has refocused policies, programs, and resources on increasing rural economic opportunity, decreasing Federal regulation, and streamlining Federal government services. Specifically, this deregulatory action is proposed pursuant to Executive Order 14192, Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation, to alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens. In Executive Order 14225, Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production, and Executive Order 14154, Unleashing American Energy, the President declared that the United States' national and economic security are currently threatened by our Nation's reliance upon foreign timber, energy and mineral production, and that it is imperative for the United States to take immediate action to facilitate domestic production of these natural resources to the maximum possible extent. As such, USDA is examining regulations that pose undue burden on production of the Nation's timber and identification, development, and use of domestic energy and mineral resources. This action is also being proposed in accordance with Executive Order 14153, Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential, section 3(c), which directs that the Secretary of Agriculture “shall reinstate” the 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule (85 FR 68688) which exempted the Tongass National Forest from the 2001 Roadless Rule.

As resource conditions and policies have evolved over time, it is now evident that the blanket, national approach taken in the 2001 Roadless Rule unnecessarily and adversely limits exercise of management discretion. The flexibility to respond to local land and resource conditions is paramount.

Conditions within and adjacent to National Forest System lands have dramatically changed over the twenty-four years since the 2001 Roadless Rule was published and are expected to continue to change, including the expanding wildland-urban interface; growing impacts of extreme wildfire, drought, and insect and disease infestations; and continuing deferred maintenance needs on National Forest System roads and trails. Management flexibility is needed for the Agency to achieve its multiple use conservation mission, including timber production, recreation, wildfire suppression, and fuel reduction treatments. These needs are magnified by the emphasis on domestic timber and energy production on Federal lands and deregulation policies reflected in Executive Orders 14192, 14225, 14154, as well as Secretary's Memorandum 1078-006, Increasing Timber Production and Designating an Emergency Situation on National Forest System Lands. The USDA is cognizant that the President's recent Orders have significantly changed the context in which the USDA Forest Service administers these lands for the benefits of all Americans. Local decision making and active land management benefit not only the communities that rely on national forests for jobs, natural resources, open spaces, forage, and clean water, but all citizens who utilize the multiple use attributes of national forests.

Given these national policy priorities and changing conditions, the Department has determined the 2001 Roadless Rule is no longer the best approach to managing inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System. Managing inventoried roadless areas to maintain their roadless character through a national rule no longer facilitates the maintenance of the long-term health and productivity. A national rule adds administrative burden and does not efficiently support multiple use management of National Forest System lands. This action seeks to reinstate a reliance upon the flexibility of the local land management planning process. The proposed rule responds to the need for national forests to take swift and immediate action to reduce wildfire risk and help protect surrounding communities and infrastructure. It would allow local managers, as deemed appropriate and consistent with land management plans, to build roads and implement active forest management practices (for example, timber sales and thinning) in inventoried roadless areas. Combined with the complex social and resource issues, the litigation and legislative history surrounding inventoried roadless area conservation demonstrates that while differences in opinion seem inevitable, various active management options responding to changing local land conditions are available where needed.

Land management plans and Agency directives provide a comprehensive framework with respect to inventoried roadless area decision making. Eliminating a cumbersome national level oversight process and returning authority to the local decisionmakers provides for efficiency as well as effectiveness for resource conservation. The important resource values of inventoried roadless areas can be effectively conserved through local decision making and planning without restrictive and unnecessary national prohibitions.

The USDA proposes to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule (66 FR 3244, 36 CFR Subpart B (2001)) on 44.7 million acres, including the Tongass National Forest, but maintain state-specific roadless conservation rules for Idaho and Colorado (36 CFR Subparts C and D). As directed by Executive Order 14153: Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential, the proposed rule will expressly exclude the Tongass National Forest from the 2001 Roadless Rule. If adopted, management of inventoried roadless areas would be governed by applicable land management plan direction.

The proposed action would rescind the prohibitions set forth in the 2001 Roadless Rule. Local land management planning, guided by public input and information on land conditions, would provide the basis for conservation of inventoried roadless areas. The proposed rule would not compel amendment or revision of any land management plan, though plans may be amended in any manner whatsoever, and are revised periodically (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)).

The proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule would not authorize any specific ground-disturbing activities or projects, nor does it propose any increase in the overall amount of timber harvested or roads constructed; require any timber harvest or road construction; or dictate when, where, or how such activities may occur in the future. These decisions are left to the local officials through site-specific analysis and evaluation of land and resource conditions and would be consistent with applicable plan provisions. The proposed rule would not alter existing regulatory requirements for environmental analysis, public engagement, or administrative review.

In addition to the proposed action, the EIS will analyze a `no action' alternative that would retain the 2001 Roadless Rule.

The EIS will evaluate the potential social, economic, and environmental programmatic effects resulting from the implementation of the alternatives described above. Substantive issues are those that meaningfully inform the consideration of reasonably foreseeable impacts of the proposed action or a decision on the alternative selected for implementation (7 CFR 1b.11). The following preliminary substantive issues are anticipated to be evaluated. The EIS will evaluate the anticipated impacts and benefits, including reasonably foreseeable impacts, related to:

• Public access to National Forest System lands, including for recreation, to facilitate subsistence or other uses, and to exercise legal rights.

• Forest health and management, including timber management, fuels management, and fire suppression.

• Soil, water and air; plant and animal communities, including threatened, endangered, sensitive species; scenic integrity; recreation settings and opportunities; and cultural resources, traditional cultural properties, and sacred sites.

• Local and regional economies.

The level of environmental review of the identified resources for the EIS will be commensurate with the anticipated effects to each resource. Because the proposed rule does not propose to compel changes to land management plans or initiate development of specific activities within currently inventoried roadless areas, it is uncertain if there would be any future project-level decisions, and what those decisions might entail. Effects of any future actions will be considered at Forest or project-level scales where site-specific details of a specific action and the resources it affects can be meaningfully evaluated and weighed, subject to their land management plans and environmental analysis processes.

The USDA Forest Service is the lead agency. No Cooperating or Participating Agencies have been designated. The USDA Forest Service does not anticipate designating any Federal, State, Tribal, or local agencies as cooperating or participating agencies. These organizations are encouraged to provide input through the public comment opportunities for this notice of intent, as well as the proposed rule and draft EIS.

The Responsible Official is the Secretary of Agriculture or her designee.

Comments received on this notice of intent will guide the development of the EIS. The Agency is requesting comments on alternatives or effects and on relevant information, studies, or analyses with respect to the proposal. Follow the instructions for sending comments (see ADDRESSES section above).

It is important that reviewers provide their comments at such times and in such a manner that they are useful to the Agency's preparation of the EIS; therefore, comments should be provided prior to the close of the comment period and should clearly articulate the reviewer's concerns and contentions. When lengthy or complex comments are provided, they are most effective if a brief, plainly worded summary of the main points is included. Comments, including attachments and any personal information provided in your comments, will be posted to the docket unchanged. Do not submit any information you consider to be private, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other information, the disclosure of which is restricted by statute.

This action is not subject to the pre-decisional administrative review (objection) process of 36 CFR 218 or 219.

Tribal governments and Alaska Native Corporations will have an opportunity to be engaged during rulemaking and EIS development through various coordination and consultation events.

No anticipated permits or other authorizations are required for this action.

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Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments; the comments must be received in the regional office within 30 days following the meeting. Written comments may be mailed to the Regional Programs Unit, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 230 S. Dearborn, Suite 2120, Chicago, IL 60604. They may also be faxed to the Commission at (312) 353-8324 or emailed to Corrine Sanders at csanders@usccr.gov. Persons who desire additional information may contact the Regional Programs Unit at (312) 353-8311.

Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Regional Programs Unit Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Records of the meeting will be available via www.facadatabase.gov under the Commission on Civil Rights, Alabama Advisory Committee link. Persons interested in the work of this Committee are directed to the Commission's website, http://www.usccr.gov, or may contact the Regional Programs Unit at the above email or street address.

This preliminary determination is made in accordance with section 703(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). On April 23, 2024, Commerce published the notice of initiation of this countervailing duty investigation in the Federal Register . 1 On June 4, 2025, Commerce postponed the preliminary determination of this investigation until August 25, 2025. 2 On August 18, 2025, the petitioner alleged that, pursuant to section 703(e)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, critical circumstances exist with respect to imports of monomers and oligomers from Taiwan. 3 As the allegation was submitted less than 20 days before the scheduled date of the preliminary determination, Commerce's intends to issue a separate preliminary critical circumstances determination no later than 30 days after the submission of the allegation consistent with 19 CFR 351.206(c)(2)(ii).

For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 4 A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix II to this notice. The Preliminary 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

The product covered by this investigation is monomers and oligomers from Taiwan. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I.

In accordance with the preamble to Commerce's regulations, 5 the Initiation Notice set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage, ( i.e., scope). 6 No interested party commented on the scope of the investigation as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. Thus, the scope of the investigation is unchanged from the Initiation Notice.

On April 10, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary affirmative determination in the LTFV investigation of CORE from Mexico, in which we also postponed the final determination to August 25, 2025, and invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination. 1 On July 18, 2025, Commerce issued a post-preliminary analysis memorandum in which we made certain changes to our differential pricing analysis. 2 We invited interested parties to comment on the Post-Preliminary Analysis. 3

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. 4 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 product covered by this investigation is CORE from Mexico. For a full description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I.

In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage ( i.e., scope) in scope-specific case briefs or other written comments. 5 We received scope case and rebuttal briefs from multiple interested parties. For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal responses submitted to the record for this final determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, see the Final Scope Memorandum. 6 In the Final Scope Memorandum, Commerce made no changes to the scope language as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. 7 See Appendix I.

As provided in section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), in April and May 2025, we conducted verification of the sales and cost information submitted by Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Ternium)/Tenigal, S.de R.L. de C.V. (Tenigal) (collectively, Ternium/Tenigal) and Galvasid S.A. de C.V. (Galvasid)/Perfiles LM, S.A. de C.V. (Perfiles) (collectively, Galvasid/Perfiles) for use in our final determination. 8 We used standard verification procedures, including an examination of relevant sales and accounting records, and original source documents provided by Ternium/Tenigal and Galvasid/Perfiles.

All issues raised in case and rebuttal briefs submitted by interested parties in this investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to this notice at Appendix II.

Based on our analysis of the comments received and our findings at verification, we made certain changes to Galvasid/Perfiles' and Ternium/Tenigal's margin calculations. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that the estimated weighted-average dumping margin for all other producers and exporters not individually investigated shall be an amount equal to the weighted-average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually investigated excluding rates that are zero, de minimis, or determined entirely under section 776 of the Act, i.e., facts otherwise available. Therefore, we calculated the all-others rate based on a weighted average of the dumping margins calculated for the mandatory respondents using each company's publicly ranged values for the merchandise under consideration. 9

Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist:

Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in connection with this final determination to interested parties within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the publication of the notice in the Federal Register , in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of subject merchandise, as described in Appendix I of this notice, which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after April 10, 2025, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register .

Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), where appropriate, Commerce will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margin or the estimated all-others rate, as follows: (1) the cash deposit rate for the respondents listed above will be equal to the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margin determined in this final determination; (2) if the exporter is not a company identified above but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be equal to the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margin established for that producer of the subject merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will be equal to the all-others estimated weighted-average dumping margin. These suspension of liquidation instructions will remain in effect until further notice.

To determine the cash deposit rate, Commerce normally adjusts the estimated weighted-average dumping margin by the amount of export subsidies countervailed in a companion CVD proceeding, when CVD provisional measures are in effect. Accordingly, where Commerce has made a final affirmative determination for countervailable export subsidies, Commerce offsets the estimated weighted-average dumping margin by the appropriate CVD rate. Commerce would adjust the cash deposit rate for export subsidies in the companion CVD investigation by the appropriate export subsidy rate; however, suspension of liquidation of provisional measures in the companion CVD proceeding has been discontinued. 12 Therefore, we are not instructing CBP to collect cash deposits based upon the adjusted estimated weighted-average dumping margin for those export subsidies at this time. If the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) makes a final affirmative determination of injury due to both dumping and subsidies, then the cash deposit rate will be revised effective on the date of the publication of the ITC's final affirmative determination in the Federal Register to be the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margin adjusted for export subsidies.

In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, Commerce will notify the ITC of the final affirmative determination of sales at LTFV. Because Commerce's final determination 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 or sales (or the likelihood of sales) by reason of importation of CORE from Mexico, no later than 45 days after this 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 and suspension of liquidation will be lifted. 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 above in the “Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation” section. In addition, we are making available to the ITC all non-privileged and non-proprietary information in our files, provided the ITC confirms that it will not disclose such information, either publicly or under administrative protective order (APO), without the written consent of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

This notice will serve as a final 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 return or 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.

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 10, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary affirmative determination in the LTFV investigation of CORE from Australia, 1 in which it also postponed the final determination until August 25, 2025, and invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination. 2 On July 18, 2025, Commerce issued a post-preliminary analysis memorandum in which it made certain changes to its differential pricing analysis. 3 We invited interested parties to comment on the Post-Preliminary Analysis. 4

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. 5 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 product covered by this investigation is CORE from Australia. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I.

In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage ( i.e., scope) in scope-specific case briefs or other written comments. 6 We received scope case and rebuttal briefs from multiple interested parties. For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal responses submitted to the record for this final determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, see the Final Scope Memorandum. 7 In the Final Scope Memorandum, Commerce made no changes to the scope language as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. 8 See Appendix I.

Commerce conducted verification of the information relied upon in making its final determination in this investigation, in accordance with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Specifically, Commerce conducted on-site verifications of the sales and cost information submitted by BlueScope Steel Ltd./BlueScope Distribution Pty Ltd./Fielders Manufacturing Pty Ltd./Lysaght Building Solutions Pty Ltd. (BlueScope). 9 We used standard verification procedures, including an examination of relevant sales and accounting records, and original source documents provided by BlueScope.

All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by interested parties in this investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to this notice as Appendix II.

We made certain changes to the dumping margin calculations for BlueScope since the Preliminary Determination. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that Commerce shall determine an estimated all-others rate for all exporters and producers not individually examined. This rate shall be an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis dumping margins, and any dumping margins determined entirely under section 776 of the Act. Because there is only one mandatory respondent in this investigation, namely BlueScope, and its final dumping margin is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available, we assigned BlueScope's estimated weighted-average dumping margin to all other producers and exporters, pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.

Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist:

On May 2, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register the antidumping duty (AD) order on LDWP from Korea. 1 On May 2, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order. 2 On July 5, 2024, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an administrative review of the Order. 3 On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days. 4 Additionally, on December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the deadline to issue the preliminary results in this administrative review by 90 days. 5 Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce extended the deadline until August 8, 2025. 6

The product covered by the Order is LDWP from Korea. For a full description of the scope, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 7

Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act. Constructed export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.

For a full description of the methodology underlying these preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is provided in Appendix I. The Preliminary 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment of a weighted-average dumping margin to be determined for companies not selected for individual examination when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an investigation, for guidance when determining the weighted-average dumping margin for companies which were not selected for individual examination in an administrative review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is normally “an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted average dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely {on the basis of facts available}.”

Where the rates for the individually examined companies are all zero, de minimis, or determined entirely using facts available, section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act instructs that Commerce “may use any reasonable method to establish the estimated all-others rate for exporters and producers not individually investigated, including averaging the estimated weighted average dumping margins determined for the exporters and producers individually investigated.” One such reasonable method is to weight average the zero and de minimis rates, and the rates determined entirely pursuant to facts available. In fact, the SAA states that this is the “expected” method in such circumstances. 8

In this review, we have preliminarily calculated a weighted-average dumping margin for each of the mandatory respondents, Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai Steel)/Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (HSP)  9 and SeAH Steel Corporation (SeAH), that is zero percent. Accordingly, we preliminarily assign to the non-selected companies a dumping margin of zero percent consistent with section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act.

We preliminarily determine that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024:

Commerce intends to disclose to interested parties the calculations performed for these preliminary results within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register , in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the date of the publication of this notice. 11 Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case briefs. 12 Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities. 13 Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.

As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs. 14 Further, we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f). 15

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants and whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case and rebuttal briefs. An electronically filed hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety via ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), upon completion of the final results of this administrative review, Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by this review.

If the weighted-average dumping margin for an individually examined respondent is not zero or de minimis ( i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this review, Commerce intends to calculate an importer-specific ad valorem AD assessment rate based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those sales, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 16 We intend to instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review when the importer-specific assessment rate calculated in the final results of this review is above de minimis ( i.e., 0.50 percent).

Where we do not have entered values for all U.S. sales to a particular importer (or customer), we will calculate a per-unit assessment rate by aggregating the antidumping duties due for all U.S. sales to that importer (or customer) and dividing this amount by the total quantity sold to that importer (or customer). 17 To determine whether a per-unit assessment rate is de minimis, we will calculate estimated entered values.

If the weighted-average dumping margin for an individually examined respondent or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final results of review, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. 18 The final results of this administrative review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable. 19

For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by each individually examined respondent for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate ( i.e., 7.08 percent) established in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation  20 if there is no rate for the intermediate company involved in the transaction. 21

Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this administrative 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 upon publication in the Federal Registe r of the notice of final results of administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Hyundai Steel/HSP and SeAH will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results of this administrative review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent, and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for merchandise exported by a company not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate published in the completed segment for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or a previous segment, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in the completed segment for the most recent period of the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 7.08 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation. 22 These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Unless the deadline is extended, Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative review, including the results of our analysis of issues raised by interested parties in any case or rebuttal briefs, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results in the Federal Register . 23

This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping duties, and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the countervailing duties.

We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

Background

On April 10, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary affirmative determination in the LTFV investigation of CORE from Canada, 1 in which it also postponed the final determination until August 25, 2025, and invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination. 2 On July 18, 2025, Commerce issued a post-preliminary analysis memorandum in which it made certain changes to its differential pricing analysis. 3 We invited interested parties to comment on the Post-Preliminary Analysis. 4

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. 5 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 product covered by this investigation is CORE from Canada. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I.

In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage ( i.e., scope) in scope-specific case briefs or other written comments. 6 We received scope case and rebuttal briefs from multiple interested parties. For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal responses submitted to the record for this final determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, see the Final Scope Memorandum. 7 In the Final Scope Memorandum, Commerce made no changes to the scope language as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. 8 See Appendix I.

Commerce conducted verification of the information relied upon in making its final determination in this investigation, in accordance with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Specifically, Commerce conducted on-site verifications of the sales and cost information submitted by ArcelorMittal G.P. (AMD) and ArcelorMittal Coteau-du-Lac Limited Partnership (ACDLP) (collectively, AMD/ACDLP) and Stelco Inc. (Stelco). We used standard verification procedures, including an examination of relevant sales and accounting records, and original source documents provided by AMD/ACDLP and Stelco.

All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by interested parties in this investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to this notice as Appendix II.

We made certain changes to the dumping margin calculations for AMD/ACDLP and Stelco since the Preliminary Determination. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

We continue to find that the application of adverse facts available, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, is warranted to determine the estimated weighted-average dumping margin for Nova Steel Inc.

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that Commerce shall determine an estimated all-others rate for all exporters and producers not individually examined. This rate shall be an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis dumping margins, and any dumping margins determined entirely under section 776 of the Act.

Commerce calculated individual estimated weighted-average dumping margins for Stelco and AMD/ACDLP that are not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available. Therefore, Commerce calculated the all-others rate by weight averaging the estimated weighted-average dumping margins that it calculated for Stelco and AMD/ACDLP by each company's publicly-ranged values of sales of subject merchandise during the POI. 9

On April 10, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary affirmative determination in the LTFV investigation of CORE from South Africa, 1 in which we also postponed the final determination until August 25, 2025, and invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination. 2 On July 18, 2025, Commerce issued a post-preliminary analysis memorandum in which we made certain changes to our differential pricing analysis. 3 We invited interested parties to comment on general issues, sales issues, and the changes to the differential pricing analysis. 4

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. 5 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 product covered by this investigation is CORE from South Africa. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I.

In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage ( i.e., scope) in scope-specific case briefs or other written comments. 6 We received scope case and rebuttal briefs from multiple interested parties. For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal responses submitted to the record for this final determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, see the Final Scope Memorandum. 7 In the Final Scope Memorandum, Commerce made no changes to the scope language as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. 8 See Appendix I.

Commerce conducted verification of the information relied upon in making its final determination in this investigation, in accordance with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Specifically, we conducted on-site verifications of the sales and cost information submitted by Duferco Steel Processing PTY Ltd. (DSP), for use in our final determination. 9 We used standard verification procedures, including an examination of relevant sales and accounting records, and original source documents provided by DSP.

All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by interested parties in this investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to this notice as Appendix II.

Commerce preliminarily determined, in accordance with section 733(e)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, that critical circumstances do not exist with respect to imports of CORE from South Africa produced and exported by DSP and all other producers and exporters. 10 For the final determination, pursuant to sections 735(a)(3)(A) and (B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, we find that critical circumstances exist for all other producers and exporters. Furthermore, we continue to find that critical circumstances do not exist for DSP. For a discussion and analysis of comments regarding Commerce's critical circumstances analysis, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Based on our analysis of the comments received and additional information obtained since the Preliminary Determination, we made certain changes to the margin calculation for this final determination. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that Commerce shall determine an estimated all-others rate for all exporters and producers not individually examined. This rate shall be an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely under section 776 of the Act.

In this investigation, Commerce calculated an individual estimated weighted-average dumping margin for DSP, the only individually examined exporter/producer in this investigation, that is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available. Therefore, because the only individually calculated dumping margin is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available, the estimated weighted-average dumping margin calculated for DSP is the margin assigned to all other producers and exporters, pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.

Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist:

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

In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend liquidation of all entries of CORE, as described in Appendix I of this notice, which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after April 10, 2025, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register .

Pursuant to sections 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A) 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 as follows: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies listed in the table above that exported the subject merchandise will be equal to the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margins determined in this final determination; (2) if the exporter is not a company identified in the table above, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be equal to the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margin established for that producer; and (3) the cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will be equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margin for all other producers and exporters listed in the table above. These suspension of liquidation instructions will remain in effect until further notice.

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 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 or sales (or the likelihood of sales) for importation of CORE from South Africa no later than 45 days after this final determination. If the ITC determines that such injury does not exist, this proceeding will be terminated, all cash deposits posted will be refunded, and suspension of liquidation will be lifted. 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 CORE from South Africa 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 above.

This notice serves 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 sanctionable violation.

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

On February 10, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register the Preliminary Determination and invited interested parties to comment. 1 On July 16, 2025, Commerce issued a post-preliminary analysis. 2

For a complete description 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, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 3 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 accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

The product covered by this investigation is CORE from Canada. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I.

In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage ( i.e., scope) in scope-specific case briefs or other written comments. 4 We received case and rebuttal briefs from multiple interested parties. For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal responses submitted to the record for this final determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, see the Final Scope Memorandum. 5 In the Final Scope Memorandum, Commerce made no changes to the scope language as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. 6 See Appendix I.

Commerce conducted verification of the information relied upon in making its final determination in this investigation, in accordance with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Specifically, we conducted on-site verifications of the subsidy information reported by ArcelorMittal Dofasco G.P. (AMD), Stelco, Inc. (Stelco) and the Government of Ontario in May 2025 using standard verification procedures, including an examination of relevant sales and accounting records, and original source documents provided by the company respondents and the Government of Ontario. 7

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 parties, to which we responded in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, see Appendix II.

Based on our analysis of the comments received from interested parties and our verification findings, we made certain changes to the countervailable subsidy rate calculations for AMD, Stelco, and for all other producers/exporters. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Commerce conducted this investigation in accordance with section 701 the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found to be countervailable, Commerce 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. 8 For a full description of the methodology underlying our final determination, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

In making this final determination, Commerce relied, in part, on facts available, including adverse facts available (AFA), pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. For a full discussion of our application of AFA, see the section “Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse Inferences” in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act, Commerce will determine an all-others rate equal to the weighted-average countervailable subsidy rates established for exporters and/or producers individually investigated, excluding any rates that are zero, de minimis, or rates based entirely under section 776 of the Act.

For this final determination, Commerce has calculated individual estimated countervailable subsidy rates for AMD and Stelco that are not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available. Therefore, we calculated the all-others rate using a weighted average of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the individually investigated respondents, AMD and Stelco, using each company's publicly ranged value for their exports to the United States of subject merchandise, in accordance with section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act. 9

Commerce determines that the following estimated countervailable subsidy rates exist for the period January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023:

Commerce intends to disclose its calculations performed to interested parties in 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 the Federal Register , 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 collect cash deposits and suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise, as described in the scope of the investigation section, that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after February 10, 2025, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register . 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 June 10, 2025, the first day provisional measures were no longer in effect, but to continue the suspension of liquidation of all entries of subject merchandise between February 10, 2025, and June 9, 2025.

If the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issues a final affirmative injury determination, we will issue a countervailing duty (CVD) order, reinstate the suspension of liquidation under section 706(a) of the Act, and require a cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties for such 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, Commerce will notify the ITC of its final affirmative determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of CORE from Canada. 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 material injury, by reason of imports of CORE from Canada no later than 45 days after this 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 “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 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 pursuant to sections 705(d) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.210(c).

On February 10, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register the Preliminary Determination and invited interested parties to comment. 1 On August 5, 2025, Commerce issued a post-preliminary analysis. 2 Because Commerce aligned the deadline for the final determination in this countervailing duty (CVD) investigation with the deadline for the final determination in the companion less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of CORE from Brazil, the deadline for this final CVD determination is now August 25, 2025. 3

For a complete description 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, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 4 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 accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

The product covered by this investigation is CORE from Brazil. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I.

In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage ( i.e., scope) in scope-specific case briefs or other written comments. 5 We received scope case and rebuttal briefs from multiple interested parties. For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal responses submitted to the record for this final determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, see the Final Scope Memorandum. 6 In the Final Scope Memorandum, Commerce made no changes to the scope language as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. 7 See Appendix I.

Commerce conducted verification of the information relied upon in making its final determination in this investigation, in accordance with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Specifically, we conducted on-site verifications of the subsidy information reported by Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. (Usiminas) and its cross-owned companies and Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) and its cross-owned companies in May 2025 using standard verification procedures, including an examination of relevant sales and accounting records, and original source documents provided by Usiminas and CSN. 8

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 parties, and to which we responded in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, see Appendix II.

Based on our review and analysis of the information received during verification, our post-preliminary analysis, and comments received from parties, for this final determination, we made certain changes to the countervailable subsidy rate calculations for Usiminas, CSN, and for all other producers/exporters. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Commerce conducted this investigation in accordance with section 701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found to be countervailable, Commerce 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. 9 For a full description of the methodology underlying our final determination, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

In making this final determination, Commerce relied, in part, on facts available, including adverse facts available (AFA), pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. For a full discussion of our application of AFA, see the section “Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse Inferences” in the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act, Commerce will determine an all-others rate for companies not individually examined equal to the weighted-average countervailable subsidy rates established for exporters and producers individually examined, excluding any zero and de minimis rates and any rates based entirely under section 776 of the Act.

In this investigation, Commerce calculated total subsidy rates for CSN and Usiminas that are not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available. Commerce calculated the all-others rate using a weighted average of the individual estimated subsidy rates calculated for the examined respondents using each company's publicly-ranged values for the merchandise under consideration.

Commerce determines that the following estimated countervailable subsidy rates exist for the period January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023:

Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis performed to interested parties in 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 the Federal Register , 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 collect cash deposits and suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise, as described in the scope of the investigation section, that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after February 10, 2025, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register for entries produced and/or exported by CSN and all other producers and exporters. 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, June 10, 2025, but to continue the suspension of liquidation of all entries of subject merchandise between February 10, 2025, and June 9, 2025. Because the preliminary subsidy rate for Usiminas was de minimis, Commerce directed CBP not to suspend liquidation of entries of the merchandise from Usiminas.

However, because the final subsidy rate for Usiminas is above de minimis, in accordance with section 705(c)(1)(C) of the Act, we are directing CBP to suspend liquidation of all entries of subject merchandise produced and/or exported by Usiminas that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register and to require a cash deposit for such entries of merchandise in the amount indicated above.

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 such entries of subject merchandise in the amounts indicated above, in accordance with section 706(a) of the Act. 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, Commerce will notify the ITC of its final affirmative determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of CORE from Brazil. 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 material injury, by reason of imports of CORE from Brazil no later than 45 days after this 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 countervailing duty 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 “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 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 pursuant to sections 705(d) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.210(c).

On February 10, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register the Preliminary Determination and invited interested parties to comment. 1 On June 10, 2025, Commerce issued a post-preliminary analysis. 2 Because Commerce aligned the deadline for the final determination in this countervailing duty (CVD) investigation with the deadline for the final determination in the companion less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of CORE from Vietnam, the deadline for this final CVD determination is now August 25, 2025. 3

For a complete description 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, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 4 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 accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

The product covered by this investigation is CORE from Vietnam. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I.

In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage ( i.e., scope) in scope-specific case briefs or other written comments. 5 We received scope case and rebuttal briefs from multiple interested parties. For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal responses submitted to the record for this final determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, see the Final Scope Memorandum. 6 In the Final Scope Memorandum, Commerce made no changes to the scope language as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. 7 See Appendix I.

Commerce conducted verification of the information relied upon in making its final determination in this investigation, in accordance with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Specifically, we conducted on-site verifications of the subsidy information reported by Hoa Sen Group (HSG) and Ton Dong A Corporation (TDA) in May 2025 using standard verification procedures, including an examination of relevant sales and accounting records, and original source documents provided by HSG and TDA. 8

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 parties, and to which we responded in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, see Appendix II.

Based on our review and analysis of the information received during verification, our post-preliminary analysis, and comments received from parties, for this final determination, we made certain changes to the countervailable subsidy rate calculations for HSG, TDA, and for all other producers/exporters. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Commerce conducted this investigation in accordance with section 701 the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found to be countervailable, Commerce 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. 9 For a full description of the methodology underlying our final determination, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

In making this final determination, Commerce relied, in part, on facts available, including adverse facts available (AFA), pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. For a full discussion of our application of AFA, see the section “Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse Inferences” in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act, Commerce will determine an all-others rate equal to the weighted average countervailable subsidy rates established for those exporters and/or producers individually investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis countervailable subsidy rates, and any rates based entirely under section 776 of the Act. In this investigation, Commerce calculated a total subsidy rate for HSG that is de minimis. Therefore, the only rate that is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available is the rate calculated for TDA. Consequently, the rate calculated for TDA is also assigned as the rate for all other producers and exporters.

Commerce determines that the following estimated countervailable subsidy rates exist for the period January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023:

Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis performed to interested parties in 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 the Federal Register , 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 collect cash deposits and suspend liquidation of entries of CORE, as described in the scope of the investigation section, that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after February 10, 2025, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register for entries produced and/or exported by the non-responsive companies and all other producers and exporters. In accordance with section 703(d) of the Act, we instructed CBP to discontinue the suspension of liquidation of all entries of CORE entered or withdrawn from warehouse on, or after, June 10, 2025, but to continue the suspension of liquidation of all entries of CORE between February 10, 2025, and June 9, 2025. Because the subsidy rates for HSG and TDA were zero and de minimis at the Preliminary Determination, respectively, Commerce directed CBP not to suspend liquidation of entries of the merchandise from these companies.

However, because the final subsidy rate for TDA is above de minimis, in accordance with section 705(c)(1)(C) of the Act, we are directing CBP to suspend liquidation of all entries of subject merchandise produced and/or exported by TDA that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register and to require a cash deposit for such entries of merchandise in the amount indicated above.

If the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issues a final affirmative injury determination, we will issue a countervailing duty (CVD) order, reinstate the suspension of liquidation under section 706(a) of the Act, and require a cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties for such entries of subject merchandise in the amounts indicated above, except for HSG and its cross-owned companies because HSG's rate is de minimis, in accordance with section 706(a) of the Act. 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, Commerce will notify the ITC of its final affirmative determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of CORE from Vietnam. 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 material injury, by reason of imports of CORE from Vietnam no later than 45 days after this 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 “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 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 pursuant to sections 705(d) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.210(c).

On April 10, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary affirmative determination in the LTFV investigation of CORE from Taiwan, in which we also postponed the final determination until August 25, 2025 and invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination. 1 On June 10, 2025, Commerce clarified that the deadlines for case briefs and rebuttal briefs would be established at a future date, notwithstanding the deadlines established in the Preliminary Determination. 2 On July 23, 2025, Commerce issued a post-preliminary analysis memorandum in which we: (1) preliminarily determined that both a cost-based particular market situation (PMS) and a sales-based PMS existed during the POI and (2) made certain changes to our differential pricing analysis. 3 We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination and the Post-Preliminary Analysis. 4

A summary of the events that occurred since 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. 5 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 product covered by this investigation is CORE from Taiwan. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I.

In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage ( i.e., scope) in scope- specific case briefs or other written comments. 6 We received scope case and rebuttal briefs from multiple interested parties. For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal response submitted to the record for this final determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, see the Final Scope Memorandum. 7 In the Final Scope Memorandum, Commerce made no changes to the scope language as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. See Appendix I.

Commerce conducted verification of the information relied upon in making its final determination in this investigation, in accordance with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Specifically, we conducted on-site verifications of the sales and cost information submitted by Yieh Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Yieh Phui) and Yieh Phui America, Inc. for use in our final determination. We used standard verification procedures, including an examination of relevant sales and accounting records, and original source documents provided by Yieh Phui and Yieh Phui America, Inc. 8

All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by interested parties in this investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to this notice as Appendix II.

Based on our review and analysis of the comments submitted in case briefs, we made no methodological changes to our final determination. 9

For the purposes of this final determination, we find that, pursuant to section 776(a)(1) of the Act, the use of facts available with adverse inferences is warranted in determining the weighted-average dumping margin for non-responsive companies. For further discussion of these issues, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that Commerce shall determine an estimated all-others rate for all exporters and producers not individually examined. This rate shall be equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely under section 776 of the Act.

In this investigation, Commerce calculated an individual estimated weighted-average dumping margin for Yieh Phui, the only individually examined exporter/producer in this investigation, that is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available. Therefore, because the only individually calculated dumping margin is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available, the estimated weighted-average dumping margin calculated for Yieh Phui is the margin assigned to all other producers and exporters, pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.

Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist:

Normally, Commerce discloses its calculations performed in connection with the final determination to interested parties within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this final determination in the Federal Register , in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because Commerce has made no changes to its margin calculation for Yieh Phui since the Post-Preliminary Analysis, and there are no additional calculations performed in this final determination, there are no calculations to disclose. 10

In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend liquidation of entries of CORE, as described in Appendix I of this notice, which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after April 10, 2025, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register .

Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act and 735(c)(5)(A) 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 weighted-average antidumping duties as follows: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies listed in the table above that exported the subject merchandise will be equal to the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margins determined in this final determination; (2) if the exporter is not a company identified in the table above, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be equal to the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margin established for that producer of the subject merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will be equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margin for all other producers and exporters. These suspension of liquidation instructions will remain in effect until further notice.

Because the final determination 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 or sales (or the likelihood of sales) for importation of CORE from Taiwan no later than 45 days after this final determination. If the ITC determines that such injury does not exist, this proceeding will be terminated, all cash deposits posted will be refunded, and suspension of liquidation will be lifted. 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 CORE from Taiwan 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 above.

This notice will serve as a final reminder to parties subject to an APO of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 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 the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

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 10, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary affirmative determination in the LTFV investigation of CORE from the Netherlands, in which Commerce also postponed the final determination until August 25, 2025. 1 On July 17, 2025, Commerce issued a post-preliminary analysis memorandum in which it made certain changes to the differential pricing analysis. 2 Commerce invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination and the Post-Preliminary Analysis. 3

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. 4 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 product covered by this investigation is CORE from the Netherlands. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I.

In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage ( i.e., scope) in scope-specific case briefs or other written comments. 5 We received scope case and rebuttal briefs from multiple interested parties. For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal responses submitted to the record for this final determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, see the Final Scope Memorandum. 6 In the Final Scope Memorandum, Commerce made no changes to the scope language as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. 7 See Appendix I.

Commerce conducted verification of the information relied upon in making its final determination in this investigation, in accordance with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Specifically, we conducted on-site verifications of the sales and cost information submitted by Tata-Wuppermann  8 for use in our final determination. 9 We used standard verification procedures, including an examination of relevant sales and accounting records, and original source documents provided by Tata-Wuppermann.

All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by interested parties in this investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to this notice as Appendix II.

We made certain changes to the margin calculation for Tata-Wuppermann since the Preliminary Determination. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that Commerce shall determine an estimated weighted-average dumping margin, i.e., the all-others rate, for all exporters and producers not individually examined. This rate shall be an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely under section 776 of the Act.

In this investigation, Commerce calculated an estimated weighted-average dumping margin for Tata-Wuppermann, the only individually examined producer in this investigation, that is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available. Therefore, because the only individually calculated dumping margin is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available, the estimated weighted-average dumping margin calculated for Tata-Wuppermann is the estimated weighted-average dumping margin assigned to all other producers and exporters, pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.

Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist:

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

In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend liquidation of all entries of CORE, as described in Appendix I of this notice, which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after April 10, 2025, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register .

Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act and 735(c)(5)(A) 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 as follows: (1) the cash deposit rate for entries of subject merchandise exported by one of the companies listed in the table above will be equal to the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margins determined in this final determination; (2) if the exporter is not a company identified in the table above, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be equal to the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margin established for that producer; and (3) the cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will be equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margin for all other producers and exporters listed in the table above.

These suspension of liquidation instructions and cash deposit requirements will remain in effect until further notice.

Because the final determination 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 or sales (or the likelihood of sales) for importation of CORE from the Netherlands no later than 45 days after this final determination. If the ITC determines that such injury does not exist, this proceeding will be terminated, all cash deposits posted will be refunded, and suspension of liquidation will be lifted. 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 CORE from the Netherlands 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 above.

This notice serves 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 sanctionable violation.

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

On April 10, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary affirmative determination in the LTFV investigation of CORE from Türkiye, in which we also postponed the final determination until August 25, 2025, and invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination. 1 On May 9, 2025, Commerce published an amended preliminary determination. 2 On July 16, 2025, we issued a post-preliminary determination where we made certain changes to the differential pricing analysis. 3 We invited interested parties to comment on the Post Preliminary Analysis. 4

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. 5 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 product covered by this investigation is CORE from Türkiye. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I.

In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage ( i.e., scope) in scope-specific case briefs or other written comments. 6 We received scope case and rebuttal briefs from multiple interested parties. For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal responses submitted to the record for this final determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, see the Final Scope Memorandum. 7 In the Final Scope Memorandum, Commerce made no changes to the scope language as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. 8 See Appendix I.

Commerce verified the sales and cost information submitted by Borcelik Celik Sanayii Ticaret A.S., ArcelorMittal Çelik Ticaret A.Ş., Bamesa Celik Servıs San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. and Bamesa Muradiye Demir Çelik San. Ve Tic. A.Ş (collectively, Borcelik)  9 and Yıldız Demir Çelik Sanayi A.S. and Yıldız Entegre Ağaç Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S (collectively, YDÇ)  10 for use in our final determination, consistent with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). We used standard verification procedures, including an examination of relevant sales and accounting records, and original source documents provided by Borcelik and YDÇ.

All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by interested parties in this investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to this notice as Appendix II.

We made certain changes to the margin calculations for Borcelik and YDÇ since the Preliminary Determination. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that Commerce shall determine an estimated all-others rate for all exporters and producers not individually examined. This rate shall be an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for individually investigated exporters and producers, excluding rates that are zero, de minimis, or determined entirely under section 776 of the Act.

In this investigation, Commerce calculated estimated weighted-average dumping margins for Borcelik and YDÇ that are not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available. Commerce calculated the all-others rate using a weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the examined respondents weighted by each respondent's publicly-ranged total U.S. sales values for the merchandise under consideration. 11

Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist:

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

In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, 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 April 10, 2025, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register .

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 weighted-average antidumping duties as follows: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies listed in the table above that exported the subject merchandise will be equal to the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margins determined in this final determination; (2) if the exporter is not a company identified in the table above, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be equal to the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margin established for that producer of the subject merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will be equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margin for all other producers and exporters. These suspension of liquidation instructions will remain in effect until further notice.

In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) of its final affirmative determination of sales at LTFV. Because Commerce's final determination 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 or sales (or the likelihood of sales) for importation of CORE from Türkiye no later than 45 days after this final determination. If the ITC determines that such injury does not exist, this proceeding will be terminated, all cash deposits posted will be refunded, and suspension of liquidation will be lifted. 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 above.

This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an administrative protective order (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 sanctionable violation.

This final determination and notice are issued and published in accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(c).

Background

On March 26, 2003, Commerce published in the Federal Register the AD order on silicon metal from the Russian Federation (Russia). 1 On May 1, 2025, Commerce published the notice of initiation of this fourth sunset review of the Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 2 On May 7, 2025, Commerce received a timely and complete notice of intent to participate in the sunset review from the Domestic Interested Parties  3 within the deadline specified in the 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). 4 The Domestic Interested Parties claimed the interested party status within the meaning of section 771(9)(C) of the Act as producers of silicon metal. 5 On May 22, 2025, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that it had received a notice of intent to participate from the Domestic Interested Parties. 6

On June 2, 2025, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i), Domestic Interested Parties filed a timely and adequate substantive response. 7 Commerce did not receive a substantive response from any respondent interested party. On June 20, 2025, Commerce notified the ITC that it did not receive substantive response from any respondent interested parties. 8 As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce is conducting an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the Order.

The product covered by these Order is silicon metal from the Russian Federation. For the full description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decisions Memorandum. 9

A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review, including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping in the event of revocation of the Order and the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail if the Order were to be revoked, is provided in the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum. 10 A list of the topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached in the 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), 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce determines that revocation of the Order would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, and that the magnitude of the dumping margins likely to prevail would be weighted-average dumping margins up to 87.08 percent.

This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction 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, orders 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 351.218 and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii).

On April 10, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary affirmative determination in the LTFV investigation of CORE from Brazil, 1 in which we also postponed the final determination until August 25, 2025, and invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination. 2 On July 17, 2025, Commerce issued a post-preliminary analysis memorandum in which we made certain changes to our differential pricing analysis. 3 We invited interested parties to comment on the changes to the differential pricing analysis. 4

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. 5 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 product covered by this investigation is CORE from Brazil. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I.

In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage ( i.e., scope) in scope-specific case briefs or other written comments. 6 We received scope case and rebuttal briefs from multiple interested parties. For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal responses submitted to the record for this final determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, see the Final Scope Memorandum. 7 In the Final Scope Memorandum, Commerce made no changes to the scope language as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. 8 See Appendix I.

Commerce conducted verification of the information relied upon in making its final determination in this investigation, in accordance with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Specifically, we conducted on-site verifications of the sales and cost information submitted by CSN  9 and Usiminas  10 for use in our final determination. 11 We used standard verification procedures, including an examination of relevant sales and accounting records, and original source documents provided by CSN and Usiminas.

All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by interested parties in this investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to this notice at Appendix II.

In the Preliminary Determination, we found that CSN is affiliated with Prada, and Usiminas is affiliated with Unigal and Solucoes, and that each should be treated as single entities, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f). 12 No interested party commented on these preliminary findings. As the record contains no other information or evidence that calls into question our preliminary findings, we adopt the reasoning and findings of fact outlined in the Preliminary Determination with respect to this issue. Therefore, we continue to find that CSN and Prada should be treated as a single entity, and that Usiminas, Unigal, and Solucoes should be treated as a single entity, for the purpose of this proceeding.

We have made certain changes to the margin calculations for CSN and Usiminas since the Preliminary Determination. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that Commerce shall determine an estimated all-others rate for all exporters and producers not individually examined. This rate shall be an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely under section 776 of the Act.

In this investigation, Commerce calculated estimated weighted-average dumping margins for CSN and Usiminas that are not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available. Therefore, Commerce calculated the all-others rate using a weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the examined respondents using each company's publicly-ranged values for the merchandise under consideration. 13

Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist:

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

In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend liquidation of all entries of CORE, as described in Appendix I of this notice, which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after April 10, 2025, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register .

Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), upon publication of this notice, Commerce will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit for estimated antidumping duties as follows: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies listed in the table above that exported the subject merchandise will be equal to the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margins determined in this final determination; (2) if the exporter is not a company identified in the table above, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be equal to the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margin established for that producer; and (3) the cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will be equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margin for all other producers and exporters listed in the table above. These suspension of liquidation instructions will remain in effect until further notice.

To determine the cash deposit rate, Commerce normally adjusts the estimated weighted-average dumping margin by the amount of export subsidies countervailed in a companion CVD investigation, when CVD provisional measures are in effect. Accordingly, because Commerce made an affirmative final determination for countervailable export subsidies, Commerce has offset the estimated weighted-average dumping margin by the appropriate export subsidy rate. Any such adjusted cash deposit rate may be found in the “Final Determination” section above. However, the suspension of liquidation of provisional measures in the companion CVD case has been discontinued. 15 Therefore, we are not instructing CBP to collect cash deposits based on the adjusted estimated weighted-average dumping margin for export subsidies at this time. If the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) makes a final affirmative determination of injury due to both dumping and subsidies, then the cash deposit rate will be revised effective on the date of publication of the ITC's final affirmative determination in the Federal Register to be the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margin adjusted for export subsidies.

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 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 or sales (or the likelihood of sales) for importation of CORE from the Brazil no later than 45 days after this final determination. If the ITC determines that such injury does not exist, this proceeding will be terminated, all cash deposits posted will be refunded, and suspension of liquidation will be lifted. 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 CORE from Brazil 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 above.

This notice serves 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 sanctionable violation.

This final determination and notice are issued and published pursuant to sections 735(d) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.210(c).

On April 10, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary affirmative determination in the LTFV investigation of CORE from Vietnam, in which we also postponed the final determination until August 25, 2025, and invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination. 1 On May 29, 2025, Commerce published its Amended Preliminary Determination. 2 On July 17, 2025, Commerce issued a post-preliminary analysis memorandum in which we made certain changes to our differential pricing analysis. 3 We invited interested parties to comment on changes to the differential pricing analysis. 4

A summary of the events that occurred since 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. 5 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 accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

The product covered by this investigation is CORE from Vietnam. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix I.

In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage ( i.e., scope) in scope-specific case briefs or other written comments. 6 We received scope case and rebuttal briefs from multiple interested parties. For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal response submitted to the record for this final determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, see the Final Scope Memorandum. 7 In the Final Scope Memorandum, Commerce made no changes to the scope language as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. See Appendix I.

Commerce conducted verification of the information relied upon in making its final determination in this investigation, in accordance with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Specifically, we conducted on-site verifications of the sales and cost information submitted by Hoa Sen Group (HSG) and Ton Dong A Corporation (TDA), for use in our final determination. 8 We used standard verification procedures, including an examination of relevant sales and accounting records, and original source documents provided by HSG and TDA.

All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by interested parties in this investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to this notice as Appendix II.

We made certain changes to the margin calculations for HSG and TDA since the Preliminary Determination, Amended Preliminary Determination, and Post-Preliminary Analysis. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

As discussed in the Preliminary Determination, Commerce assigned an estimated weighted-average dumping margin on the basis of AFA, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, to the Vietnam-wide entity (including, but not limited to, 12 companies which did not rebut the presumption of government control). 9 No party commented on our findings with respect to the Vietnam-wide entity and use of the highest corroborated dumping margin alleged in the petition as the appropriate rate assigned to the Vietnam-wide entity. Therefore, Commerce continues to find, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, that the use of facts otherwise available, with adverse inferences, is warranted in determining the dumping rate for the Vietnam-wide entity, and we continue to assign the highest transaction-specific dumping margin calculated for the mandatory respondents ( i.e., 162.96 percent). 10

On July 7 and 9, 2025, interested parties commented on Commerce's preliminary separate rate determinations. 11 We have reconsidered our methodology for calculating the separate rate in this investigation, which we have addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. We have not made any changes regarding our determination of companies eligible to receive a separate rate. Accordingly, we continue to find that HSG and TDA, and certain non-individually examined companies that are listed in the “Final Determination” rate table below, are eligible for a separate rate.

Consistent with the Preliminary Determination and Policy Bulletin 05.1, 12 Commerce calculated combination rates for the companies eligible for a separate rate.

Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist:

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

In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend liquidation of subject merchandise entries, as described in Appendix I of this notice, which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after April 10, 2025, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register .

Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), Commerce will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit equal to the amount by which the normal value exceeds the U.S. price as follows: (1) the cash deposit rate for the exporter/producer combination listed in the table above will be the rate identified in the table; (2) for all combination of Vietnamese exporters/producers of subject merchandise that have not received their own separate rate above, the cash deposit rate will be the cash deposit rate established for the Vietnam-wide entity; and (3) for all non-Vietnamese exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their own separate rate above, the cash deposit rate will be the cash deposit rate applicable to the Vietnamese exporter/producer combination that supplied that non-Vietnamese exporter. These suspension of liquidation instructions will remain in effect until further notice.

To determine the cash deposit rate, Commerce normally adjusts the estimated weighted-average dumping margin by the amount of export subsidies countervailed in a companion countervailing duty (CVD) investigation, when CVD provisional measures are in effect. Accordingly, where Commerce made an affirmative determination for countervailable export subsidies, Commerce would offset the estimated weighted-average dumping margins by the appropriate export subsidy rate. 16 Any such adjusted cash deposit rates may be found in the “Final Determination” section above. However, the suspension of liquidation of provisional measures in the companion CVD investigation has been discontinued. 17 Therefore, we are not instructing CBP to collect cash deposits based upon the adjusted estimated weighted-average dumping margins for export subsidies at this time. If the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) makes a final affirmative determination of injury due to both dumping and subsidies, then the cash deposit rate will be revised effective on the date of publication of the ITC's final affirmative determination in the Federal Register to be the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margin adjusted for export subsidies.

In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, Commerce will notify the ITC of its final affirmative determination of sales at LTFV. Because Commerce's final determination 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 CORE no later than 45 days after this final determination. If the ITC determines that material injury or threat of material injury does not exist, the proceeding will be terminated and all cash deposits will be refunded or canceled, and suspension of liquidation will be lifted. If the ITC determines that such injury does exist, Commerce will issue an antidumping duty order directing CBP to assess, upon further instructions by Commerce, antidumping 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 “Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation” section above.

This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an administrative protective order (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 sanctionable violation.

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

Background

On April 10, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary affirmative determination in the LTFV investigation of CORE from the UAE, 1 in which we also postponed the final determination until August 25, 2025, and invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination. 2 On July 8, 2025, Commerce issued a post-preliminary analysis memorandum in which we made certain changes to our differential pricing analysis. 3 We invited interested parties to comment on the changes to the differential pricing analysis. 4

On February 10, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register its Preliminary Determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of CORE from Mexico and invited interested parties to comment. 1 On July 31, 2025, Commerce issued its post-preliminary analysis regarding new subsidy allegations. 2 Because Commerce aligned the deadline for this final determination with the deadline for the final determination in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of CORE from Mexico, the deadline for the final determination is now August 25, 2025. 3

The subject permit is requested under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq. ), and the regulations governing the taking and importing of marine mammals (50 CFR part 216).

The applicant proposes to film up to 232 humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) in Hawaii for a wildlife documentary. Filming may occur from a vessel, underwater pole camera, and unmanned aircraft system. Fifty bottlenose ( Tursiops truncatus ), 50 spinner ( Stenella longirostris ), and 50 pantropical spotted ( S. attenuata ) dolphins may be filmed while interacting with humpback whales. The permit would be valid through April 2028.

In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ), an initial determination has been made that the activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.

Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal Register , NMFS is forwarding copies of the application to the Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.

The Scallop Advisory Panel will meet to discuss Framework 40—review results of 2025 scallop surveys, and preliminary projections. The primary focus of this meeting will be to develop input on the range of potential specification alternatives for FY 2026 and FY 2027. The action will set ABC/ACLs, days-at-sea, access area allocations, total allowable landings for the Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) management area, targets for General Category incidental catch, General Category access area trips and trip accounting, and set-asides for the observer and research programs for fishing year 2026 and default specifications for fishing year 2027. They also plan to discuss Social and Wellbeing Outcomes in Catch Share Programs—receive a presentation by Dr. Kanae Tokunaga (Gulf of Maine Research Institute) on a Case Study of the LAGC IFQ Scallop Program. The Advisory Panel will also discuss 2025 Scallop Work Priorities—review Long-Term Strategic Plan Roadmap and discuss prioritization, LAGC IFQ Review. Other business will be discussed, if necessary.

Although non-emergency issues not contained on the agenda may come before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Council action 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 the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to address the emergency. The public also should be aware that the meeting will be recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is available upon request.

This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Cate O'Keefe, Executive Director, at (978) 465-0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

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

Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Exchange Employment Applications; Exchange Forms 1200-718 and 1200-026; OMB Control Number 0702-0133.

Type of Request: Revision.

Number of Respondents: 147,400.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 147,400.

Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 73,700.

Number of Respondents: 2,060.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 2,060.

Average Burden per Response: 60 minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 2,060.

Number of Respondents: 849.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 849.

Average Burden per Response: 45 minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 637.

Number of Respondents: 150,309.

Annual Responses: 150,309.

Annual Burden Hours: 76,397.

Needs and Uses: This information collection covers the documentation related to the employment of individuals to the Exchange within the Continental United States of America and Exchange facilities outside the Continental United States of America. The collection allows the Exchange to capture the essential information required to evaluate applicants for Exchange civilian opportunities in order to hire the best, qualified individuals empowering the Exchange's mission of enhancing the quality of life for members of the U.S. Military.

Affected Public: Individuals or households.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Reginald Lucas.

Title, Associated Form and OMB Number: Exchange Credit Program; OMB Control Number 0702-0137.

Needs and Uses: The information collection is the basis for determining Exchange patron credit eligibility, enhancing the patron's shopping experience, determining the patron's suitability to cash checks at Exchange facilities, and collecting government debts. Allowing patrons to use credit in their shopping experience supports the efficiency and effectiveness of the Exchange's marketing programs and the mission to support the Army's Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Programs. Authorized patrons include individuals who are members of the uniformed services, retired members, authorized veterans, and dependents of members of the Armed Forces, commissioned officers of the Public Health Service, and commissioned officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Other individuals may meet the requirements of being patrons as mandated by regulation. The Exchange offers “personal credit” accounts to service members for purchases of military clothing and to all authorized patrons a private label Military Star credit card for retail purchases. Patrons deciding to apply for credit may voluntarily complete the application form online, through a local Exchange facility by completing the Exchange paper form CRC 7429395 “Military Star Credit Paper Application”, or by supplying information to an authorized Exchange cashier at the Point of Sale. Account holders requesting to update information on their account may do so electronically by visiting https://www.myecp.com/, or by contacting the Exchange MILITARY STAR department at 1-877-891-7827. Information collected from the patron allows the Exchange to address their credit worthiness, and supply monthly statements and debt communication, to include wage garnishments.

Affected Public: Individuals or households.

Annual Burden Hours: 28,975.

Number of Respondents: 869,231.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 869,231.

Average Burden per Response: 2 minutes.

Frequency: On occasion.

Background: This document is a centralized and up-to-date set of instructions for applying to the Department's discretionary grant programs. Notices inviting applications (NIAs) will reference this document instead of providing this series of instructions within each NIA. If in the rare circumstance exceptions to these instructions are necessary, they will be noted in an individual competition NIA.

Revised Common Instructions: The Department is making changes to the revised common instructions for applicants that were published in the Federal Register on December 23, 2024 (89 FR 104528), to update common instructions and include information previously found in Department NIAs, including Application and Submission Information, Application Review Information, and Award Administration Information. This effort is intended to help simplify and reduce the traditional length of Department NIAs by moving further common application elements into these instructions. In addition, the Department has added guidance on the usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when applying to grant competitions. The revised common instructions and information are below.

Common Set of Instructions and Information for Applicants: Application and Submission Information.

1. Where to Find the Application Package: You can obtain an application package from the Department's website or Grants.gov .

2. Content and Formatting Requirements: Requirements concerning the content and formatting of an application, together with the forms you must submit, are in the application package for the program located on Grants.gov .

We recommend that you use the following standards:

• A “page” is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.

• Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch) all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings, footnotes, quotations, references, and captions.

• Meet or exceed standards for accessibility d (including alternative text for charts, figures, and graphs) in compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For assistance with 508 compliance, please visit section508.gov/create.

• Use a font that is 12 point.

• Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier, Courier New, or Arial.

3. Unique Entity Identifier, Taxpayer Identification Number, and System for Award Management: To do business with the Department, and to submit your application electronically using Grants.gov , you must—

a. Have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN);

b. Be registered in the System for Award Management ( SAM.gov ), the Government's primary registrant database. Information about SAM is available at www.SAM.gov. To further assist you with registering in SAM.gov and getting a UEI or updating your existing SAM registration, see the Quick Start Guide for Grant Registrations at https://www.fsd.gov/sys_attachment.do?sys_id=f51d017e1bab7c105465eaccac4bcb9f%20 and the Entity Registration Video at https://sam.gov/content/entity-registration;

c. Provide your UEI number and TIN on your application; and

d. Maintain an active SAM registration with current information while your application is under review by the Department and, if you are awarded a grant, during the project period.

If you are a corporate entity, agency, institution, or organization, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). If you are an individual, you can obtain a TIN from the IRS or the Social Security Administration. If you need a new TIN, please allow two to five weeks for your TIN to become active.

The SAM registration process usually takes approximately 7 to 10 business days, but may take longer, depending on the completeness and accuracy of the data you enter into the SAM.gov database. The Department recommends that you register early, at least 10 to 14 business days before the application deadline. If you are unable to submit an application on Grants.gov by the application deadline because you do not have an active SAM registration, you will not be considered for funding.

Note: Once your SAM.gov registration is active, it may be 24 to 48 hours before you can access the information in, and submit an application through, Grants.gov .

If you are currently registered with SAM.gov , you may not need to make any changes. However, please make certain that the TIN associated with your UEI is correct.

Note: You must update your SAM registration annually. This may take three or more business days.

e. Register as an applicant using your UEI number and be designated by your organization's E-Biz Point of Contact as an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR). Details on these steps are outlined at the following Grants.gov web page: https://grants.gov/register.

4. Submission Instructions:

a. Electronic Submission of Applications.

The Department is participating as a partner in the Government-wide Grants.gov site. Submit applications electronically using Grants.gov . Do not mail or email them unless explicitly allowed in a competition NIA.

You may access the electronic grant applications at www.grants.gov. You may search for the downloadable application package for the competition that you are interested in applying to by the Assistance Listing Number (ALN). Do not include the ALN's alpha suffix in your search ( e.g., search for 84.184, not 84.184D).

A Grants.gov applicant must apply online using Workspace, a shared environment in Grants.gov where members of a grant team may simultaneously access and edit different web forms within an application. You begin by creating an individual Workspace for each application and establish, for that application, a collaborative application package that allows more than one person in your organization to work concurrently on an application. You will then complete the application forms in Workspace and submit the application when completed. For further instructions on how to apply using Grants.gov , refer to: https://grants.gov/applicants/grant-applications/how-to-apply-for-grants.

Please note the following:

• Assistance: Applicants needing assistance with Grants.gov may contact the Grants.gov Support Center either by calling 1-800-518-4726 or by sending an email to support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Center is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except for Federal holidays. Applicants needing assistance from Department staff with their applications should contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section in the competition NIA prior to the application deadline date during normal business hours, and no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the application deadline date.

Further information about applying for discretionary grants can also be found on the ED.gov website: https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/apply-grant/getting-started-discretionary-grant-applications.

• Time to Submit an Application: The amount of time it can take to upload an application will vary depending on a variety of factors, including the size of the application and the speed of your internet connection. Therefore, the Department recommends that you leave yourself plenty of time to complete your submission.

• Application Deadline, Date- and Time-Stamps: Applications received by Grants.gov are date- and time-stamped upon submission. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, received, and date- and time-stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 11:59:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the application deadline date. Except as otherwise noted in this section, the Department will not accept your application if it is submitted, received, and date- and time-stamped by the Grants.gov system after 11:59:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the application deadline date. The Department will not consider an application that does not comply with the deadline requirements. When the Department retrieves your application from Grants.gov , the Department will notify you if the Department is rejecting your application because it was late. Receipt of a date- and time-stamp from Grants.gov does not mean that your application meets program eligibility requirements described in the NIA.

• Artificial Intelligence: The Department recognizes the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) systems (including machine learning, generative artificial intelligence, and large language models) and generated content to support the mission of promoting student achievement and ensuring equal access. The use of AI in the development of grant application materials is allowable. Applicants submitting a grant application must certify on the standard application form to the “true, complete, and accurate” nature of all the contents of their grant application, regardless of whether it is generated by AI.

• Forms: When you submit your application electronically, all documents must be submitted electronically, including all information you typically provide on the following forms: the Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information—Non-Construction Programs (ED 524), and all Department-specific assurances and certifications.

• File Type: When you submit your application electronically, you must upload any narrative sections and all other attachments to your application as files in Portable Document Format (PDF). The Department recommends applicants submit all documents as read-only flattened PDFs, meaning any fillable PDF files must be saved and submitted as non-fillable PDF files and not as interactive or fillable PDF files, to better ensure applications are processed in a more timely, accurate, and efficient manner. If you upload a file type other than PDF or if you submit a password-protected file, the Department will be unable to review that material. Please note that this will likely result in your application not being considered for funding. The Department will not convert material from other formats to PDF.

• Notification of Receipt: After you electronically submit your application, you will receive from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that contains a Grants.gov tracking number. Grants.gov will also notify you automatically by email if your application met all of the Grants.gov validation requirements or if there were any errors. If you discover that your submitted application was incomplete or included errors, you will be given an opportunity to correct any errors and resubmit, but you must still meet the deadline date and time (11:59:59) for submission.

Once your application is successfully validated by Grants.gov , the Department will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send you an email with a unique PR/Award number for your application.

If you are prevented from electronically submitting your application on the application deadline date because of technical problems within the Grants.gov system, the Department will grant you an extension until 11:59:59 p.m., Eastern Time, the following business day to enable you to transmit your application electronically, provided the Department can verify the technical issues that affected your ability to submit your application on time via your Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number.

Note: The extensions to which the Department refers in this section apply only to technical problems with the Grants.gov system. The Department will not grant you an extension if you failed to fully register in order to submit your application to Grants.gov (including with the required UEI number and TIN currently registered in SAM) before the application deadline date and time or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system.

1. Submission of Proprietary Information: Given the types of projects that may be proposed in applications for funding, your application may include business information that you consider proprietary. In 34 CFR 5.11 we define “business information” and describe the process we use in determining whether any of that information is proprietary and, thus, protected from disclosure under Exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended).

Because we plan to make successful applications available to the public, you may wish to request confidentiality of business information.

Consistent with Executive Order 12600, please designate in your application any information that you believe is exempt from disclosure under Exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act. In the appropriate Appendix section of your application, under “Other Attachments Form,” please list the page number or numbers on which we can find this information. For additional information please see 34 CFR 5.11(c).

2. Intergovernmental Review: Most Department competitions are subject to intergovernmental review under Executive Order 12373. If applicable, information about this process is in the program application package.

3. Past Performance: In reviewing applications in any discretionary grant competition, the Secretary may consider the past performance of the applicant in carrying out a previous award, such as the applicant's use of funds, achievement of project objectives, and compliance with grant conditions. The Secretary may also consider whether the applicant failed to submit a timely performance report or submitted a report of unacceptable quality.

4. Assurances: In addition, in making a competitive grant award, the Secretary requires various assurances, including those applicable to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance from the Department.

5. Risk Assessment and Specific Conditions: Before awarding grants under this competition, the Department conducts a review of the risks posed by applicants. The Secretary may impose specific conditions and, in appropriate circumstances, high-risk conditions on a grant if the applicant or grantee is not financially stable; has a history of unsatisfactory performance; has a financial or other management system that does not meet the standards in 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; or is otherwise not responsible.

6. Integrity and Performance Review: If you are selected to receive an award that over the course of the project period may exceed the simplified acquisition threshold (currently $250,000), we must make a judgment about your integrity, business ethics, and record of performance under Federal awards—that is, the risk posed by you as an applicant—before we make an award. In doing so, we must consider any information about you that is in the System for Award Management's (SAM) Responsibility/Qualification reports (formerly referred to as the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS)). You may review and comment on any information about yourself that a Federal agency previously entered and that is currently in the Responsibility/Qualification reports in SAM.

If the total value of your currently active grants, cooperative agreements, and procurement contracts from the Federal Government exceeds $10,000,000, the reporting requirements in 2 CFR part 200, Appendix XII, require you to report certain integrity information to SAM semiannually. Please review these requirements if this grant plus all the other Federal funds you receive exceed $10,000,000.

1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we will notify your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award Notification (GAN), or we may send you an email containing a link to access an electronic version of your GAN. We also may notify you informally.

If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding, we will notify you.

2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements : Administrative and national policy requirements are identified in the application package and referenced in the Applicable Regulations section of the competition's NIA. The regulations outlining the terms and conditions of an award in the Applicable Regulations section of the competition notice include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also incorporates your approved application as part of your binding commitments under the grant.

3. Open Licensing Requirements: Unless an exception applies and is identified in the NIA, if you are awarded a grant by the Department, you will be required to openly license to the public grant deliverables created in whole, or in part, with Department grant funds. When the deliverable consists of modifications to pre-existing works, the license extends only to those modifications that can be separately identified and only to the extent that open licensing is permitted under the terms of any licenses or other legal restrictions on the use of pre-existing works. Additionally, a grantee that is awarded competitive grant funds must have a plan to disseminate these public grant deliverables. This dissemination plan can be developed and submitted after your application has been reviewed and selected for funding. For additional information on the open licensing requirements please refer to 2 CFR 3474.20.

4. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a grant, you must ensure that you have in place the necessary processes and systems to comply with the reporting requirements should you receive funding under the competition. This does not apply if you have an exception.

(b) At the end of your project period, you must submit a final performance report, including financial information, as directed by the Secretary. If you receive a multiyear award, you must submit an annual performance report that provides the most current performance and financial expenditure information as directed by the Secretary. The Secretary may also require more frequent performance reports.

(c) The Secretary may provide a grantee with additional funding for data collection analysis and reporting. In this case the Secretary establishes a data collection period.

5. Continuations: When applicable, in making a continuation award, the Secretary considers, among other things: whether a grantee has made substantial progress in achieving the goals and objectives of the project; whether the grantee has expended funds in a manner that is consistent with its approved application and budget; if the Secretary has established performance measurement requirements, whether the grantee has made substantial progress in achieving the performance targets in the grantee's approved application; and whether the continuation of the project is in the best interest of the Federal Government.

In making a continuation award, the Secretary also considers whether the grantee is operating in compliance with the assurances and specific conditions in its approved application, including those applicable to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance from the Department.

Accommodations; Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section in the competition NIA. If the Department provides an accommodation or auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the application process, the individual's application remains subject to all other requirements and limitations in the competition NIA.

On request to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT , individuals with disabilities can obtain this document and a copy of the application package in an accessible format. The Department will provide the requestor with an accessible format that may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 file, braille, large print, audiotape, compact disc, or other accessible format.

The Department is especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues: (1) is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. Please note that written comments received in response to this notice will be considered public records.

Title of Collection: Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students With Intellectual Disabilities (TPSID) Evaluation Protocol.

OMB Control Number: 1840-0825.

Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved ICR.

Respondents/Affected Public: Private Sector.

Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 40.

Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 788.

Abstract: The Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities Coordinating Center (TPSID-CC) program is the evaluation arm for the work that is being completed by the TPSID program grantees. TPSID-CC uses data collected from the work that the TPSID program grantees are doing on behalf of the TPSID program participants, to establish a comprehensive research and evaluation protocol for TPSID program grantees, non-TPSID program CTP (comprehensive transition programs) and pertinent stakeholders. TPSID program grantees can use the evidence-based information they receive from the data that is collected by the TPSID-CC to find ways to apply what they have learned to their respective TPSID program projects. Simultaneously, the TPSID-CC is also providing technical assistance to build the capacity of IHEs across the country to make college possible for students with intellectual disabilities who want to go to college Data must be collected by the TPSID-CC on accreditation standards and communications with recognized accrediting agencies; descriptions and analyses of funding streams, and the impact of the TPSID-CC's technical assistance activities related to outreach and dissemination.

In October 2020, the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI), UMass Boston received a five-year cooperative agreement from the Office of Postsecondary Education to serve as the National Coordinating Center (NCC) for colleges and universities implementing inclusive higher education programs for students with intellectual disabilities, including 22 model demonstration projects aimed at creating inclusive comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities known as Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (TPSIDs).

To reduce respondent burden, the NCC has streamlined and simplified the previously approved evaluation system for the TPSID programs. The NCC will enhance the collection and analyses of longitudinal follow-up data from TPSID model programs via an already developed and previously OMB approved evaluation system for the TPSID programs. The revised data collection system is part of an evaluation effort. The system will collect program data at the institutions from TPSID program staff via an online, secure data management system.

Purpose: The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is charged with advising the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on the use of immunizing agents. In addition, under 42 U.S.C. 1396s, the Committee is mandated to establish and periodically review and, as appropriate, revise the list of vaccines for administration to vaccine-eligible children through the Vaccines for Children program, along with schedules regarding dosing interval, dosage, and contraindications to administration of vaccines. Further, under applicable provisions of the Affordable Care Act and section 2713 of the Public Health Service Act, immunization recommendations of ACIP that have been adopted by the Director, CDC, and appear on CDC immunization schedules generally must be covered by applicable health plans.

Matters to be Considered: The agenda will include discussions on COVID-19 vaccines; Hepatitis B vaccine; measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (MMRV) vaccine; and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). The agenda will include updates on ACIP Workgroups. Recommendation votes may be scheduled for COVID-19 vaccines, Hepatitis B vaccine, MMRV vaccine, and RSV. Vaccines for Children (VFC) may be scheduled for COVID-19 vaccines, Hepatitis B vaccine, MMRV vaccine, and RSV. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. For more information on the meeting agenda, visit https://www.cdc.gov/acip/meetings/index.html.

Meeting Information: The meeting will be webcast live via the World Wide Web. For more information on ACIP, please visit the ACIP website: https://www.cdc.gov/acip.

Interested persons or organizations are invited to participate by submitting written views, recommendations, and data. Please note that comments received, including attachments and other supporting materials, are part of the public record and are subject to public disclosure. Comments will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, do not include any information in your comment or supporting materials that you consider confidential or inappropriate for public disclosure. If you include your name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in the body of your comments, that information will be on public display. CDC will review all submissions and may choose to redact, or withhold, submissions containing private or proprietary information such as Social Security numbers, medical information, inappropriate language, or duplicate/near-duplicate examples of a mass-mail campaign. CDC will carefully consider all comments submitted into the docket.

Written Public Comment: The docket will be opened to receive written comments September 2-13, 2025. Written comments must be received no later than September 13, 2025.

Oral Public Comment: This meeting will include time for members of the public to make an oral comment. Oral public comment will occur before any scheduled votes, including all votes relevant to the ACIP's Affordable Care Act and Vaccines for Children Program roles. Priority will be given to individuals who submit a request to make an oral public comment before the meeting according to the procedures below.

Procedure for Oral Public Comment: All persons interested in making an oral public comment at the September 18-19, 2025, ACIP meeting must submit a request at https://www.cdc.gov/acip/meetings/index.html between September 2-13, 2025, and no later than 11:59 p.m., EDT, September 13, 2025, according to the instructions provided.

If the number of persons requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled time, CDC will conduct a random draw to determine the speakers for the scheduled public comment session. CDC staff will notify individuals regarding their request to speak by email by September 16, 2025. To accommodate the significant interest in participation in the oral public comment session of ACIP meetings, each speaker will be limited to three minutes, and each speaker may speak only once per meeting.

The Director, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

In FR document, 2025-14828, published on August 5, 2025 (90 FR 37515), we are withdrawing item 1 “Registration, Attestation, Dispute Resolution and Correction, Assumptions Document and Data Retention Requirements for Open Payments” which begins at the top of the left column on page 37516. We are also withdrawing item 2 “Medicare Enrollment Application—Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Suppliers,” which begins at the top of the middle column on page 37516.

This notice sets out a summary of the use and burden associated with the following information collections. More detailed information can be found in each collection's supporting statement and associated materials (see ADDRESSES ).

Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. The term “collection of information” is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and includes agency requests or requirements that members of the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA requires federal agencies to publish a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, CMS is publishing this notice.

1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Information Collection Requirements in HSQ-110, Acquisition, Protection and Disclosure of Peer review Organization Information and Supporting Regulations; Use: The Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982 authorizes quality improvement organizations (QIOs), formally known as peer review organizations (PROs), to acquire information necessary to fulfill their duties and functions and places limits on disclosure of the information. The QIOs are required to provide notices to the affected parties when disclosing information about them. These requirements serve to protect the rights of the affected parties. The information provided in these notices is used by the patients, practitioners and providers to: obtain access to the data maintained and collected on them by the QIOs; add additional data or make changes to existing QIO data; and reflect in the QIO's record the reasons for the QIO's disagreeing with an individual's or provider's request for amendment.

Beneficiary and Family-Centered Care-Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) Contracts have been signed with QIOs for their respective geographic areas (which includes all United States & Territories). The second type of QIOs and Quality Innovation Network-QIOs focus on health care quality improvement efforts.

The scope of information collection by the BFCC-QIOs includes the number of Medicare beneficiaries with expedited appeals, reconsideration appeals and Beneficiary Complaint cases which are then reported into the CMS System of Record. Medicare beneficiaries or their appointed representatives have the right to appeal the provider's decision to discharge or end services if beneficiaries believe their Medicare Part A Medicare services ( e.g., hospital discharge, skilled nursing home care, home health, etc.) are ending too soon. They also have the right to file a Beneficiary Complaint case when they have concerns about the quality of care they received. Form Number: CMS-R-70 (OMB control number: 0938-0426); Frequency: Reporting—On occasion; Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; Number of Respondents: 50,000; Total Annual Responses: 398,388; Total Annual Hours: 521,599. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Kellie.Leveille@cms.hhs.gov ).