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effect for the duration of the Reno Air
Racing Association’s SRP, which will
expire on September 31, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Victoria Wilkins, (775) 885–6000, email:
[email protected]. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to
contact the above individual during
normal business hours. The FRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with the
above individual. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the temporary closure is to
provide for public safety and to ensure
that the Reno Air Racing Association
can meet Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) requirements for
air shows which require spectators to be
a certain distance away from the course.
A portion of the race course occurs over
public lands and there is potential for
fallout of planes or plane parts in the
event of an accident. This temporary
closures apply to all public use,
including motorized and non-motorized
recreation, casual use, access through
public lands, or entry for any other
purposes. The public lands affected by
the closures are described as follows:

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Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada
T. 21 N., R. 19 E.,
Sec. 8, E1⁄2 NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, and
E1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 16, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4, and
W1⁄2SE1⁄4.
The areas described aggregate 450 acres, in
Washoe County, Nevada.

Temporary closure notices and maps
of the closure areas will be posted at the
BLM Nevada State Office, 1340
Financial Boulevard, Reno, Nevada, at
the BLM Carson City District Office,
5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City,
Nevada, and on the BLM website: http://
www.blm.gov. Public notification will
be provided during the scheduled
events and the temporary closure areas
will be posted and patrolled by law
enforcement. Under the authority of
Section 303(a) of the Federal Lands
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1733(a)), 43 CFR 8360.0–7 and 43
CFR 8364.1, the BLM will enforce the
following rules in the area described
above: All public use and entry,
whether motorized, on foot, or
otherwise, is prohibited.
Exceptions: Temporary closure
restrictions do not apply to event
officials, medical and rescue personnel,
law enforcement, agency personnel
monitoring the event, or other permitted
users with written authorization from
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Penalties: Any person who violates
this temporary closure may be tried
before a United States Magistrate and
fined in accordance with 18 U.S.C.
3571, imprisoned no more than 12
months under 43 U.S.C. 1733(a) and 43
CFR 8360.0–7, or both. In accordance
with 43 CFR 8365.1–7, State or local
officials may also impose penalties for
violations of Nevada law.
Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1733(a), 43 CFR
8360.0–7 and 43 CFR 8364.1.
Victoria Wilkins,
Acting Field Manager, Sierra Front Field
Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Indian Gaming Commission
Renewals of Information Collections
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
National Indian Gaming
Commission, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
National Indian Gaming Commission
(NIGC or Commission) is seeking
comments on the renewal of
information collections for the following
activities: Compliance and enforcement
actions under the Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act, as authorized by Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
Control Number 3141–0001; approval of
tribal ordinances, and background
investigation and issuance of licenses,
as authorized by OMB Control Number
3141–0003; National Environmental
Policy Act submissions, as authorized
by OMB Control Number 3141–0006;
and issuance to tribes of certificates of
self-regulation for Class II gaming, as
authorized by OMB Control Number
3141–0008. These information
collections all expire on January 31,
2020.

SUMMARY:

Submit comments on or before
August 30, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Comments can be mailed,
faxed, or emailed to the attention of:
Tim Osumi, National Indian Gaming
Commission, 1849 C Street NW, MS
1621, Washington, DC 20240.
Comments may be faxed to (202) 632–
7066, and may be sent electronically to
[email protected], subject: PRA renewals.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim
Osumi at (202) 632–7054; fax (202) 632–
7066 (not toll-free numbers).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Request for Comments
You are invited to comment on these
collections concerning: (i) Whether the
collections of information are necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (ii) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimates of the burdens
(including the hours and dollar costs) of
the proposed collections of information,
including the validity of the
methodologies and assumptions used;
(iii) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; (iv) ways to minimize the
burdens of the information collections
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other collection techniques or forms of
information technology.
Please note that an agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and an individual
need not respond to, a collection of
information unless it has a valid OMB
Control Number.
It is the Commission’s policy to make
all comments available to the public for
review at the location listed in the
ADDRESSES section. Before including
your address, phone number, email
address, or other personally identifiable
information (PII) in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your PII—may be
made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask in your comment
that the Commission withhold your PII
from public review, the Commission
cannot guarantee that it will be able to
do so.
II. Data
Title: Indian Gaming Compliance and
Enforcement.
OMB Control Number: 3141–0001.
Brief Description of Collection:
Although IGRA places primary
responsibility with the tribes for
regulating their gaming activities, 25
U.S.C. 2706(b) directs the Commission
to monitor gaming conducted on Indian
lands on a continuing basis. Amongst
other actions necessary to carry out the
Commission’s statutory duties, the Act
authorizes the Commission to access
and inspect all papers, books, and
records relating to gross revenues of a
gaming operation. The Act also requires
tribes to provide the Commission with
annual independent audits of their
gaming operations, including audits of
all contracts in excess of $25,000. 25
U.S.C. 2710(b)(2)(C), (D);
2710(d)(1)(A)(ii). The Act also
authorizes the Commission to
‘‘promulgate such regulations and

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guidelines as it deems appropriate to
implement’’ IGRA. 25 U.S.C.
2706(b)(10). Part 571 of title 25, Code of
Federal Regulations, implements these
statutory requirements.
Section 571.7(a) requires Indian
gaming operations to keep/maintain
permanent books of account and records
sufficient to establish the amount of
gross and net income, deductions and
expenses, receipts and disbursements,
and other relevant financial
information. Section 571.7(c) requires
that these records be kept for at least
five years. Under § 571.7(b), the
Commission may require a gaming
operation to submit statements, reports,
accountings, and specific records that
will enable the NIGC to determine
whether or not such operation is liable
for fees payable to the Commission (and
in what amount). Section 571.7(d)
requires a gaming operation to keep
copies of all enforcement actions that a
tribe or a state has taken against the
operation.
Section 571.12 requires tribes to
prepare comparative financial
statements covering all financial
activities of each class II and class III
gaming operation on the tribe’s Indian
lands, and to engage an independent
certified public accountant to provide
an annual audit of the financial
statements of each gaming operation.
Section 571.13 requires tribes to prepare
and submit to the Commission two
paper copies or one electronic copy of
the financial statements and audits,
together with management letter(s) and
other documented auditor
communications and/or reports as a
result of the audit, setting forth the
results of each fiscal year. The
submission must be sent to the
Commission within 120 days after the
end of the fiscal year of each gaming
operation, including when a gaming
operation changes its fiscal year or
when gaming ceases to operate. Section
571.14 requires tribes to reconcile
quarterly fee reports with audited
financial statements and to keep/
maintain this information to be
available to the NIGC upon request in
order to facilitate the performance of
compliance audits.
This information collection is
mandatory and allows the Commission
to fulfill its statutory responsibilities
under IGRA to regulate gaming on
Indian lands.
Respondents: Indian tribal gaming
operations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
931.
Estimated Annual Responses: 931.
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collection, the range of time can vary
from 40 burden hours to 1,105 burden
hours for one item.
Frequency of Responses: 1 per year.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours on Respondents: 406,905.
Estimated Total Non-hour Cost
Burden: $34,349,884.
Title: Approval of Class II and Class
III Ordinances, Background
Investigations, and Gaming Licenses.
OMB Control Number: 3141–0003.
Brief Description of Collection: The
Act sets standards for the regulation of
gaming on Indian lands, including
requirements for the approval or
disapproval of tribal gaming ordinances.
Specifically, § 2705(a)(3) requires the
NIGC Chair to review all class II and
class III tribal gaming ordinances.
Section 2710 sets forth the specific
requirements for the tribal gaming
ordinances, including the requirement
that there be adequate systems in place:
To cause background investigations to
be conducted on individuals in key
employee and primary management
official (PMO) positions
(§ 2710(b)(2)(F)(i)); and to provide two
prompt notifications to the Commission,
including one containing the results of
the background investigations before the
issuance of any gaming licenses, and the
other one of the issuance of such gaming
licenses to key employees and PMOs
(§ 2710(b)(2)(F)(ii)). In addition,
§ 2710(d)(2)(D)(ii) requires tribes who
have, in their sole discretion, revoked
any prior class III ordinance or
resolution to submit a notice of such
revocation to the NIGC Chair. The Act
also authorizes the Commission to
‘‘promulgate such regulations and
guidelines as it deems appropriate to
implement’’ IGRA. 25 U.S.C.
2706(b)(10). Parts 519, 522, 556, and 558
of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations,
implement these statutory requirements.
Sections 519.1 and 519.2 require a
tribe, management contractor, and a
tribal operator to designate an agent for
service of process, and § 522.2(g)
requires it to be submitted by written
notification to the Commission. Section
522.2(a) requires a tribe to submit a
copy of an ordinance or resolution
certified as authentic, and that meets the
approval requirements in 25 CFR
522.4(b) or 522.6. Sections 522.10 and
522.11 require tribes to submit,
respectively, an ordinance for the
licensing of individually owned gaming
operations other than those operating on
September 1, 1986, and for the licensing
of individually owned gaming
operations operating on September 1,
1986. Section 522.3(a) requires a tribe to
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or resolution within 15 days after
adoption of such amendment.
Section 522.2(b)–(h) requires tribes to
submit to the Commission: (i)
Procedures that the tribe will employ in
conducting background investigations
on key employees and PMOs, and to
ensure that key employees and PMOs
are notified of their rights under the
Privacy Act; (ii) procedures that the
tribe will use to issue licenses to key
employees and PMOs; (iii) copies of all
tribal gaming regulations; (iv) a copy of
any applicable tribal-state compact or
procedures as prescribed by the
Secretary of the Interior; (v) procedures
for resolving disputes between the
gaming public and the tribe or the
management contractor; and (vi) the
identification of the law enforcement
agent that will take fingerprints and the
procedures for conducting criminal
history checks, including a check of
criminal history records information
maintained by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. Section 522.3(b) requires
a tribe to submit any amendment to
these submissions within 15 days after
adoption of such amendment. Section
522.12(a) requires a tribe to submit to
the Commission a copy of an authentic
ordinance revocation or resolution.
Section 556.4 requires tribes to
mandate the submission of the
following information from applicants
for key employee and PMO positions: (i)
Name(s), Social Security number(s),
date and place of birth, citizenship,
gender, and languages; (ii) present and
past business and employment
positions, ownership interests, business
and residential addresses, and driver’s
license number(s); (iii) the names and
addresses of personal references; (iv)
current business and personal telephone
numbers; (v) a description of any
existing and previous business
relationships with Indian tribes,
including ownership interests; (vi) a
description of any existing and previous
business relationships with the gaming
industry generally, including ownership
interests; (vii) the name and address of
any licensing/regulatory agency with
which the person has filed an
application for a license or permit
related to gaming, even if the license or
permit was not granted; (viii) for each
ongoing felony prosecution or
conviction, the charge, the name and
address of the court, and the date and
disposition, if any; (ix) for each
misdemeanor conviction or ongoing
prosecution within the past 10 years,
the name and address of the court and
the date and disposition; (x) for each
criminal charge in the past 10 years that
is not otherwise listed, the criminal
charge, the name and address of the

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court, and the date and disposition; (xi)
the name and address of any licensing/
regulatory agency with which the
person has filed an application for an
occupational license or permit, even if
the license or permit was not granted;
(xii) a photograph; and (xiii)
fingerprints. Sections 556.2 and 556.3,
respectively, require tribes to place a
specific Privacy Act notice on their key
employee and PMO applications, and to
warn applicants regarding the penalty
for false statements by also placing a
specific false statement notice on their
applications.
Sections 556.6(a) and 558.3(e) require
tribes to keep/maintain the individuals’
complete application files, investigative
reports, and eligibility determinations
during their employment and for at least
three years after termination of their
employment. Section 556.6(b)(1)
requires tribes to create and maintain an
investigative report on each background
investigation that includes: (i) The steps
taken in conducting a background
investigation; (ii) the results obtained;
(iii) the conclusions reached; and (iv)
the basis for those conclusions. Section
556.6(b)(2) requires tribes to submit, no
later than 60 days after an applicant
begins work, a notice of results of the
applicant’s background investigation
that includes: (i) The applicant’s name,
date of birth, and Social Security
number; (ii) the date on which the
applicant began or will begin work as a
key employee or PMO; (iii) a summary
of the information presented in the
investigative report; and (iv) a copy of
the eligibility determination.
Section 558.3(b) requires a tribe to
notify the Commission of the issuance
of PMO and key employee licenses
within 30 days after such issuance.
Section 558.3(d) requires a tribe to
notify the Commission if the tribe does
not issue a license to an applicant, and
requires it to forward copies of its
eligibility determination and notice of
results to the Commission for inclusion
in the Indian Gaming Individuals
Record System. Section 558.4(e)
requires a tribe, after a gaming license
revocation hearing, to notify the
Commission of its decision to revoke or
reinstate a gaming license within 45
days of receiving notification from the
Commission that a specific individual
in a PMO or key employee position is
not eligible for continued employment.
These information collections are
mandatory and allow the Commission to
carry out its statutory duties.
Respondents: Indian tribal gaming
operations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
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Estimated Annual Responses:
202,509.
Estimated Time per Response:
Depending on the type of information
collection, the range of time can vary
from 1.0 burden hour to 1,483 burden
hours for one item.
Frequency of Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours on Respondents: 1,121,340.
Estimated Total Non-hour Cost
Burden: $3,070,189.
Title: NEPA Compliance.
OMB Control Number: 3141–0006.
Brief Description of Collection: The
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq., and the
Council on Environmental Quality’s
(CEQ) implementing regulations, require
federal agencies to prepare (or cause to
be prepared) environmental documents
for agency actions that may have a
significant impact on the environment.
Under NEPA, an Environmental
Assessment (EA) must be prepared
when the agency action cannot be
categorically excluded, or the
environmental consequences of the
agency action will not result in a
significant impact or the environmental
impacts are unclear and need to be
further defined. An Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) must be
prepared when the agency action will
likely result in significant impacts to the
environment.
Amongst other actions necessary to
carry out the Commission’s statutory
duties, the Act requires the NIGC Chair
to review and approve third-party
management contracts that involve the
operation of tribal gaming facilities. 25
U.S.C. 2711. The Commission has taken
the position that the NEPA process is
triggered when a tribe and a potential
contractor seek approval of a
management contract. Normally, an EA
or EIS and its supporting documents are
prepared by an environmental
consulting firm and submitted to the
Commission by the tribe. In the case of
an EA, the Commission independently
evaluates the NEPA document, verifies
its content, and assumes responsibility
for the accuracy of the information
contained therein. In the case of an EIS,
the Commission directs and is
responsible for the preparation of the
NEPA document, but the tribe or
potential contractor is responsible for
paying for the preparation of the
document. The information collected
includes, but is not limited to, maps,
charts, technical studies,
correspondence from other agencies
(federal, tribal, state, and local), and
comments from the public. These
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and allow the Commission to carry out
its statutory duties.
Respondents: Tribal governing bodies,
management companies.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3.
Estimated Annual Responses: 3.
Estimated Time per Response:
Depending on whether the response is
an EA or an EIS, the range of time can
vary from 2.5 burden hours to 12.0
burden hours for one item.
Frequency of Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours on Respondents: 26.5.
Estimated Total Non-hour Cost
Burden: $14,846,686.
Title: Issuance of Certificates of SelfRegulation to Tribes for Class II Gaming.
OMB Control Number: 3141–0008.
Brief Description of Collection: The
Act sets the standards for the regulation
of Indian gaming, including a
framework for the issuance of
certificates of self-regulation for class II
gaming operations to tribes that meet
certain qualifications. Specifically, 25
U.S.C. 2710(c) authorizes the
Commission to issue a certificate of selfregulation if it determines that a tribe
has: (i) Conducted its gaming activity in
a manner that has resulted in an
effective and honest accounting of all
revenues, in a reputation for safe, fair,
and honest operation of the activity, and
has been generally free of evidence of
criminal or dishonest activity; (ii)
adopted and is implementing adequate
systems for the accounting of all
revenues from the activity, for the
investigation, licensing, and monitoring
of all employees of the gaming activity,
and for the investigation, enforcement,
and prosecution of violations of its
gaming ordinance and regulations; and
(iii) conducted the operation on a
fiscally and economically sound basis.
The Act also authorizes the Commission
to ‘‘promulgate such regulations and
guidelines as it deems appropriate to
implement’’ IGRA. 25 U.S.C.
2706(b)(10). Part 518 of title 25, Code of
Federal Regulations, implements these
statutory requirements.
Section 518.3(e) requires a tribe’s
gaming operation(s) and the tribal
regulatory body (TRB) to have kept all
records needed to support the petition
for self-regulation for the three years
immediately preceding the date of the
petition submission. Section 518.4
requires a tribe petitioning for a
certificate of self-regulation to submit
the following to the Commission,
accompanied by supporting
documentation: (i) Two copies of a
petition for self-regulation approved by
the tribal governing body and certified
as authentic; (ii) a description of how
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§ 518.3; (iii) a brief history of each
gaming operation, including the
opening dates and periods of voluntary
or involuntary closure(s); (iv) a TRB
organizational chart; (v) a brief
description of the criteria that
individuals must meet before being
eligible for employment as a tribal
regulator; (vi) a brief description of the
process by which the TRB is funded,
and the funding level for the three years
immediately preceding the date of the
petition; (vii) a list of the current
regulators and TRB employees, their
complete resumes, their titles, the dates
that they began employment, and if
serving limited terms, the expiration
date of such terms; (viii) a brief
description of the accounting system(s)
at the gaming operation that tracks the
flow of the gaming revenues; (ix) a list
of the gaming activity internal controls
at the gaming operation(s); (x) a
description of the recordkeeping
system(s) for all investigations,
enforcement actions, and prosecutions
of violations of the tribal gaming
ordinance or regulations, for the threeyear period immediately preceding the
date of the petition; and (xi) the tribe’s
current set of gaming regulations, if not
included in the approved tribal gaming
ordinance. Section 518.10 requires each
Indian gaming tribe that has been issued
a certificate of self-regulation to submit
to the Commission the following
information by April 15th of each year
following the first year of selfregulation, or within 120 days after the
end of each gaming operation’s fiscal
year: (i) An annual independent audit;
and (ii) a complete resume for all TRB
employees hired and licensed by the
tribe subsequent to its receipt of a
certificate of self-regulation.
Submission of the petition and
supporting documentation is voluntary.
Once a certificate of self-regulation has
been issued, the submission of certain
other information is mandatory.
Respondents: Tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 7.
Estimated Annual Responses: 7.
Estimated Time per Response:
Depending on the information
collection, the range of time can vary
from 3.66 burden hours to 1,940 burden
hours for one item.
Frequency of Responses: Varies.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours on Respondents: 2,092.
Estimated Total Non-hour Cost
Burden: $821,545.
Dated: June 26, 2019.
Christinia Thomas,
Chief of Staff (Acting).
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 731–TA–1145 (Second
Review)]

Steel Threaded Rod From China;
Institution of a Five-Year Review
United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Commission hereby gives
notice that it has instituted a review
pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the
Act’’), as amended, to determine
whether revocation of the antidumping
duty order on steel threaded rod from
China would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of material
injury. Pursuant to the Act, interested
parties are requested to respond to this
notice by submitting the information
specified below to the Commission.
DATES: Instituted July 1, 2019. To be
assured of consideration, the deadline
for responses is July 31, 2019.
Comments on the adequacy of responses
may be filed with the Commission by
September 12, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Messer (202–205–3193), Office of
Investigations, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain
information on this matter by contacting
the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–
205–1810. Persons with mobility
impairments who will need special
assistance in gaining access to the
Commission should contact the Office
of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.
General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by
accessing its internet server (https://
www.usitc.gov). The public record for
this proceeding may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background.— On April 14, 2009, the
Department of Commerce issued an
antidumping duty order on imports of
certain steel threaded rod from China
(74 FR 17154). Following first five-year
reviews by Commerce and the
Commission, effective August 19, 2014,
Commerce issued a continuation of the
antidumping duty order on imports of
certain steel threaded rod from China
(79 FR 49050). The Commission is now
conducting a second review pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Act, as amended
(19 U.S.C. 1675(c)), to determine
whether revocation of the order would
be likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of material injury to the
SUMMARY:

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domestic industry within a reasonably
foreseeable time. Provisions concerning
the conduct of this proceeding may be
found in the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure at 19 CFR parts
201, subparts A and B and 19 CFR part
207, subparts A and F. The Commission
will assess the adequacy of interested
party responses to this notice of
institution to determine whether to
conduct a full review or an expedited
review. The Commission’s
determination in any expedited review
will be based on the facts available,
which may include information
provided in response to this notice.
Definitions.—The following
definitions apply to this review:
(1) Subject Merchandise is the class or
kind of merchandise that is within the
scope of the five-year review, as defined
by the Department of Commerce.
(2) The Subject Country in this review
is China.
(3) The Domestic Like Product is the
domestically produced product or
products which are like, or in the
absence of like, most similar in
characteristics and uses with, the
Subject Merchandise. In its original
determination and its expedited first
five-year review determination, the
Commission defined a single Domestic
Like Product consisting of certain steel
threaded rod, coextensive with
Commerce’s scope.
(4) The Domestic Industry is the U.S.
producers as a whole of the Domestic
Like Product, or those producers whose
collective output of the Domestic Like
Product constitutes a major proportion
of the total domestic production of the
product. In its original determination
and its expedited first five-year review
determination, the Commission defined
a single Domestic Industry consisting of
all U.S. producers of certain steel
threaded rod.
(5) An Importer is any person or firm
engaged, either directly or through a
parent company or subsidiary, in
importing the Subject Merchandise into
the United States from a foreign
manufacturer or through its selling
agent.
Participation in the proceeding and
public service list.—Persons, including
industrial users of the Subject
Merchandise and, if the merchandise is
sold at the retail level, representative
consumer organizations, wishing to
participate in the proceeding as parties
must file an entry of appearance with
the Secretary to the Commission, as
provided in section 201.11(b)(4) of the
Commission’s rules, no later than 21
days after publication of this notice in
the Federal Register. The Secretary will
maintain a public service list containing

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