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determining factor, definition, factor
limits, and visual reference image for
contrasting chickpeas.
Under Terms Defined:
Section 102, Classes, would be
amended to include Chickpeas
(Garbanzo Beans). A new Section 122,
Contrasting Chickpeas would be added.
Under Principles Governing
Application of the Standards:
Current Sections 122, 123, and 124
would be renumbered to 123, 124, and
125 with no change to the text.
Under Grades, Grade Requirements,
Grade Designations, Special Grades,
and Special Grade Requirements:
Current Sections 125, 126, 127, 128,
129, 130, 131, 132, and 133 would be
renumbered to 126, 127, 128, 129, 130,
131, 132, 133, 134, with no change to
the text.
A new Section 135, Grade and grade
requirements for the class Chickpeas
(Garbanzo Beans) would be added.
Current Sections 134 and 135 would
be renumbered to 136 and 137,
respectively, with no change to the text.
GIPSA will solicit comments for 30
days. All comments received within the
comment period will be made part of
the public record maintained by GIPSA,
will be available to the public for
review, and will be considered by
GIPSA before a final action is taken on
this proposal.
The Bean Handbook would be revised
to incorporate any revision to the
standards.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627.
Randall D. Jones,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection,
Packers and Stockyards Administration.

CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD
INVESTIGATION BOARD
Sunshine Act Meeting

Contact Person for Further Information

June 8, 2017, 1:00 p.m.

EDT
U.S. Chemical Safety Board,
1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 910,
Washington, DC 20006.
STATUS: Open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The
Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board (CSB) will convene
a public meeting on June 8, 2017,
starting at 1:00 p.m. EDT in Washington,
DC, at the CSB offices located at 1750
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite 910.
The Board will vote to change the status
of three recommendations that were

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The meeting is free and open to the
public. If you require a translator or
interpreter, please notify the individual
listed below as the ‘‘Contact Person for
Further Information,’’ at least three
business days prior to the meeting.
A conference call line will be
provided for those who cannot attend in
person. Please use the following dial-in
number to join the conference: (888)
862–6557 Confirmation Number
44851150#.
The CSB is an independent, nonregulatory federal agency charged with
investigating accidents and hazards that
result, or may result, in the catastrophic
release of extremely hazardous
substances. The agency’s Board
Members are appointed by the President
and confirmed by the Senate. CSB
investigations look into all aspects of
chemical accidents and hazards,
including physical causes such as
equipment failure as well as
inadequacies in regulations, industry
standards, and safety management
systems.

The time provided for public
statements will depend upon the
number of people who wish to speak.
Speakers should assume that their
presentations will be limited to three
minutes or less, but commenters may
submit written statements for the
record.

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PLACE:

Additional Information

Public Comment

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TIME AND DATE:

calendared for public consideration.
The recommendations are related to the
2012 Chevron Richmond Refinery
investigation (2012–03–I–CA–R28) and
the 2013 Williams Olefins investigation
(2013–03–I–LA–R1 and R3). The Board
will also provide an overview of its
participation in Safe and Sound Week.
An opportunity for public comment will
be provided.

Hillary Cohen, Communication
Manager, at [email protected] or (202)
446–8094. Further information about
this public meeting can be found on the
CSB Web site at: www.csb.gov.
Dated: May 10, 2017.
Kara A. Wenzel,
Acting General Counsel, Chemical Safety and
Hazard Investigation Board.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35).
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: American Community Survey
Methods Panel Tests, 2017 Adaptive
Strategy Test.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0936.
Form Number(s): ACS–1, ACS CATI,
ACS CAPI, ACS Internet.
Type of Request: Non-substantive
Change Request.
Number of Respondents: 288,000.
Average Hours per Response: 40
minutes.
Burden Hours: No additional burden
hours are requested under this nonsubstantive change request.
Needs and Uses: The American
Community Survey (ACS) collects
detailed socioeconomic data from about
3.5 million households in the United
States and 36,000 in Puerto Rico each
year. The ACS also collects detailed
socioeconomic data from about 195,000
residents living in Group Quarter (GQ)
facilities. An ongoing data collection
effort with an annual sample of this
magnitude requires that the ACS
continue research, testing, and
evaluations aimed at reducing
respondent burden, improving data
quality, achieving survey cost
efficiencies, and improving ACS
questionnaire content and related data
collection materials. The ACS Methods
Panel is a research program that is
designed to address and respond to
issues and survey needs.
Residents of sampled housing units
are initially invited to self-respond to
the survey through a series of mailings.
Mail materials are sent to sampled
housing units using an internet push
strategy. This method encourages
households to respond via Internet in
the first two mailings and then provides
a paper questionnaire in the third (sent
about two weeks after the first mailing),
followed by additional reminders. The
internet was added as a mode of data
collection to the ACS in 2013. The
addition of this mode helped lower the
data collection costs for the ACS and
provided a convenient way for
respondents to complete the survey.
However, this frustrates some
respondents who do not have Internet

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access or prefer to respond by paper. In
fact, the addition of the internet mode
resulted in self-response rates
decreasing in certain areas
(Baumgardner, S., Griffin, D., & Raglin,
D. 2014. ‘‘The Effects of Adding an
Internet Response Option to the
American Community Survey’’, 2014
American Community Survey Research
and Evaluation Report Memorandum
Series, ACS14–RER–21. Retrieved
March 6, 2017 from https://
www.census.gov/library/workingpapers/2014/acs/2014_Baumgardner_
04.html). Those less likely to respond by
internet include those 65 and older,
adults with less than a high school
education, and those living in
households with a total income of less
than $20,000 (Pew Research Center,
September 22, 2015). ‘‘Coverage Error in
Internet Surveys.’’ Retrieved on March
15, 2017 from http://
www.pewresearch.org/2015/09/22/
coverage-error-in-internet-surveys).
The Census Bureau seeks to test an
additional mailing strategy in areas with
a low likelihood to respond via the
internet. The new strategy would
involve mailing a paper questionnaire to
these areas earlier in the mailing
process, giving households the option to
respond by paper or via the internet.
This strategy is called the Choice
method. The purpose of this test is to
study the impact of offering a choice in
response modes on self-response, cost,
and the precision of the estimates. The
Census Bureau proposes to test this
strategy as part of the October 2017 ACS
production panel (clearance number:
0607–0810, expires 6/30/2018). Thus,
there is no increase in burden from this
test since it will result in the same
burden estimate per interview (40
minutes).
Census tracts will be identified as
Choice census tracts based on a method
similar to that being developed for the
2020 Census that looks at varying
combinations of low availability of highspeed internet connections, historically
low ACS survey response via the
internet, and a large proportion of the
population aged 65 and older, for
example. Based on current analysis and
estimates, of the over 70,000 tracts in
the United States, approximately 33
percent would be identified as Choice
tracts. Of the approximately 288,000
housing units in a given month of ACS
sample, approximately 100,000 would
be in the Choice tracts. For testing
purposes, approximately half of the
housing units in Choice tracts will be
sent the choice mailing materials, while
the other half will receive production
mailing materials. All households in
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method will receive the current
production materials following the Push
mailing strategy.
The Census Bureau proposes to
evaluate mailing strategies by
comparing self-response rates and by
comparing the final response rates,
which include responses obtained via
interviewer modes. This will help
determine the impact of offering a paper
questionnaire earlier in the mailout
process. For this comparison, a twotailed test (at the a = 0.1 level) will be
used so that the Census Bureau can
measure the impact on the evaluation
measure in either direction with 80
percent power. The sample size will be
able to detect differences of
approximately 1 percentage point
between the self-response return rates of
the identified tracts receiving the Push
materials versus those receiving the
Choice materials. Additional metrics of
interest include response rates by subgroups, overall costs, and the impact on
reliability of the ACS estimates.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: One-time test as part of
the monthly American Community
Survey.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, Sections 141, 193, and 221.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
PRA Departmental Lead, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–580–886]

Ferrovanadium From the Republic of
Korea: Antidumping Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on an affirmative final
determination by the Department of
Commerce (the Department) and an
affirmative final determination by the
International Trade Commission (the
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ITC), the Department is issuing an
antidumping duty order on
ferrovanadium from the Republic of
Korea (Korea).
DATES: Effective May 15, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karine Gziryan or Eli Lovely, AD/CVD
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–4081 or (202) 482–1593,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 735(d)
and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.210(c), on March 23, 2017, the
Department published its final
affirmative determination of sales at
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) with respect
to ferrovanadium from Korea.1 On May
8, 2017, the ITC notified the Department
of its final affirmative determination
that an industry in the United States is
materially injured within the meaning
of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by
reason of the LTFV imports of
ferrovanadium from Korea.2
Scope of the Order
The product covered by this order is
all ferrovanadium regardless of grade
(i.e., percentage of contained
vanadium), chemistry, form, shape, or
size. Ferrovanadium is an alloy of iron
and vanadium. Ferrovanadium is
classified under Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States
(‘‘HTSUS’’) item number 7202.92.0000.
Although this HTSUS item number is
provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the
scope of the order is dispositive.
Antidumping Duty Order
As stated above, on May 8, 2017, in
accordance with section 735(d) of the
Act, the ITC notified the Department of
its final determination that the industry
in the United States producing
ferrovanadium is materially injured by
reason of the LTFV imports of
ferrovanadium from Korea.3 Therefore,
in accordance with section 735(c)(2) of
the Act, the Department is issuing this
1 See Ferrovanadium From the Republic of Korea:
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, 82 FR 14874 (March 23, 2017).
2 See Letter to Ronald Lorentzen, Acting Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and
Compliance, from Rhonda K. Schmidtlein,
Chairman of the U.S. International Trade
Commission, regarding ferrovanadium from the
Republic of Korea (April 08, 2017).
3 Id.

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