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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 112 / Tuesday, June 11, 2019 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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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: Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Title: Interim Procedures for
Considering Requests under the
Commercial Availability Provision of
the United States—Peru Trade
Promotion Agreement Implementation
Act.
Form Number(s): N/A.
OMB Control Number: 0625–0265.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Number of Respondents: 16 (10 for
Requests; 3 for Responses; 3 for
Rebuttals).
Average Hours per Response: 8 hours
per Request; 2 hours per Response; and
1 hour per Rebuttal.
Burden Hours: 89.
Needs and Uses: The United States
and Peru negotiated the U.S.-Peru Trade
Promotion Agreement (the Agreement),
which entered into force on February 1,
2009. Subject to the rules of origin in
Annex 4.1 of the Agreement, pursuant
to the textile provisions of the
Agreement, a fabric, yarn, or fiber
produced in Peru or the United States
and traded between the two countries is
entitled to duty-free tariff treatment.
Annex 3–B of the Agreement also lists
specific fabrics, yarns, and fibers that
the two countries agreed are not
available in commercial quantities in a
timely manner from producers in Peru
or the United States. The items listed in
Annex 3–B are commercially
unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers.
Articles containing these items are
entitled to duty-free or preferential
treatment despite containing inputs not
produced in Peru or the United States.
The list of commercially unavailable
fabrics, yarns, and fibers may be
changed pursuant to the commercial
availability provision in Chapter 3,
Article 3.3, Paragraphs 5–7 of the
Agreement. Section 203(o) of the Act
implements the commercial availability
provision of the Agreement. Under this
provision, interested entities from Peru
or the United States have the right to
request that a specific fabric, yarn, or
fiber be added to, or removed from, the
list of commercially unavailable fabrics,
yarns, and fibers in Annex 3–B.
Section 203(o) of the Act provides
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fabrics, yarns, and fibers in Annex 3–B
by determining whether additional
fabrics, yarns, or fibers are not available
in commercial quantities in a timely
manner in the United States or Peru,
and that the President will issue
procedures governing the submission of
requests and providing an opportunity
for interested entities to submit
comments. The President delegated the
responsibility for publishing the
procedures and administering
commercial availability requests to
CITA, which issues procedures and acts
on requests through the U.S.
Department of Commerce, Office of
Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) (See
Proclamation No. 8341, 74 FR 4105, Jan.
22, 2009). Interim procedures to
implement these responsibilities were
published in the Federal Register on
August 14, 2009. (See Interim
Procedures for Considering Requests
Under the Commercial Availability
Provision of the United States-Peru
Trade Promotion Agreement
Implementation Act and Estimate of
Burden for Collection of Information, 74
FR 41111, Aug. 14, 2009) (Commercial
Availability Procedures).
The intent of the Commercial
Availability Procedures is to foster the
use of U.S. and regional products by
implementing procedures that allow
products to be placed on or removed
from a product list, on a timely basis,
and in a manner that is consistent with
normal business practice. The
procedures are intended to facilitate the
transmission of requests; allow the
market to indicate the availability of the
supply of products that are the subject
of requests; make available promptly, to
interested entities and the public,
information regarding the requests for
products and offers received for those
products; ensure wide participation by
interested entities and parties; allow for
careful review and consideration of
information provided to substantiate
requests and responses; and provide
timely public dissemination of
information used by CITA in making
commercial availability determinations.
CITA must collect certain information
about fabric, yarn, or fiber technical
specifications and the production
capabilities of Peruvian and U.S. textile
producers to determine whether certain
fabrics, yarns, or fibers are available in
commercial quantities in a timely
manner in the United States or Peru,
subject to Section 203(o) of the Act.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Frequency: Varies.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
This information collection request
may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow

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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,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–051, C–570–052]

Certain Hardwood Plywood Products
From the People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination
of Circumvention of the Antidumping
Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that certain hardwood plywood with
face and back veneers of radiata and/or
agathis pine that: (1) Has a Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) or
California Air Resources Board (CARB)
label certifying that it is compliant with
TSCA/CARB requirements; and (2) is
made with a resin, the majority of which
is comprised of one or more of three
product types—urea formaldehyde,
polyvinyl acetate, and/or soy—(inquiry
merchandise), exported from the
People’s Republic of China (China), is
circumventing the antidumping (AD)
and countervailing duty (CVD) orders
on certain hardwood plywood products
from China.
DATES: Applicable June 11, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rachel Greenberg, or Hannah Falvey
AD/CVD Operations, Office V,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0652, or
(202) 482–4889 respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:

Background
On September 21, 2018, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
notice of initiation of this anti-

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