United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2025_register executive 2025-03-13 article Notices D09002ee1d0a39287 D09002ee1d0a392e5 United States Department of Commerce originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Bureau of Industry and Security originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Secretary of Commerce has initiated an investigation to determine the effects on U.S. national security of imports of copper in all forms, including, but not limited to, raw mined copper; copper concentrates; refined copper; copper alloys; scrap copper; and derivative products. This investigation has been initiated under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended. Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, data, analyses, or other information pertinent to the investigation to the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security. This notice identifies issues on which the Department is especially interested in obtaining the public's views. 90 FR 11940 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-03-13/2025-04061 2025-04061 fr13mr25-19 3510-33-P Docket No. 250310-0032 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-03-13/2025-04061 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-13/html/2025-04061.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-13/pdf/2025-04061.pdf 2 p. 11940 11941 90 FR 11940 Notice of Request for Public Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Copper; Federal Register Vol. 90, Issue NOTICE 2025-04061 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Industry and Security 2025-04-01 Docket No. 250310-0032 3510-33-P 2025-04061 Notice of request for public comments.

The Secretary of Commerce has initiated an investigation to determine the effects on U.S. national security of imports of copper in all forms, including, but not limited to, raw mined copper; copper concentrates; refined copper; copper alloys; scrap copper; and derivative products. This investigation has been initiated under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended. Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, data, analyses, or other information pertinent to the investigation to the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security. This notice identifies issues on which the Department is especially interested in obtaining the public's views.

Comments may be submitted at any time but must be received by April 1, 2025. Stephen Astle, Director, Defense Industrial Base Division, Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce (202) 482-2533, copper232@bis.doc.gov. For more information about the Section 232 program, including the regulations and the text of previous investigations, see www.bis.doc.gov/232. Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Copper, copper232@bis.doc.gov https://efoia.bis.doc.gov/ https://www.regulations.gov regulations.gov www.bis.doc.gov/232 www.regulations.gov Vol. 90, no. 48 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2025-03-13 continuing daily deposited born digital 222 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-03-13 P0b002ee1d0a35d3b 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr13mr25 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-03-13 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-13/pdf/FR-2025-03-13.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-13/xml/FR-2025-03-13.xml fdlp 11891 12103 DGPO 2025-03-13 2025-03-13 FR-2025-03-13 machine generated eng FR FR-2025-03-13 90 48