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1Quartz surface products may also generally be 

referred to as engineered stone or quartz, artificial 

stone or quartz, agglomerated stone or quartz, 

synthetic stone or quartz, processed stone or quartz, 

manufactured stone or quartz, and Bretonstone. 

RESPONDENTS’ ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS—Continued 

30 CFR Reporting and recordkeeping requirement Hour 

burden 

Average 

number of 

annual 

responses 

Annual 

burden 

hours 

Total Burden ........ ............................................................................................................. ........................ 146 1,299 

Note: AUDIT PROCESS—The Office of Regulatory Affairs determined that the audit process is exempt from the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 because ONRR staff asks non-standard questions to resolve exceptions. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

Authority: Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Gregory J. Gould, 

Director for Office of Natural Resources 

Revenue. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27259 Filed 12–14–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4335–30–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–606 and 731– 

TA–1416 (Final)] 

Quartz Surface Products From China; 

Scheduling of the Final Phase of 

Countervailing Duty and Antidumping 

Duty Investigations 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of the final 

phase of antidumping and 

countervailing duty investigation Nos. 

701–TA–606 and 731–TA–1416 (Final) 

pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the 

Act’’) to determine whether an industry 

in the United States is materially 

injured or threatened with material 

injury, or the establishment of an 

industry in the United States is 

materially retarded, by reason of 

imports of quartz surface products from 

China, provided for in subheading 

6810.99 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States, 

preliminarily determined by the 

Department of Commerce (‘‘Commerce’’) 

to be subsidized and sold at less-thanfair-value. 

DATES: November 20, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lawrence Jones (202–205–3358), 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 

these investigations may be viewed on 

the Commission’s electronic docket 

(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope.— For purposes of these 

investigations, Commerce has defined 

the subject merchandise as certain 

quartz surface products.1 Quartz surface 

products consist of slabs and other 

surfaces created from a mixture of 

materials that includes predominately 

silica (e.g., quartz, quartz powder, 

cristobalite) as well as a resin binder 

(e.g., an unsaturated polyester). The 

incorporation of other materials, 

including, but not limited to, pigments, 

cement, or other additives does not 

remove the merchandise from the scope 

of the investigations. However, the 

scope of the investigations only 

includes products where the silica 

content is greater than any other single 

material, by actual weight. Quartz 

surface products are typically sold as 

rectangular slabs with a total surface 

area of approximately 45 to 60 square 

feet and a nominal thickness of one, 

two, or three centimeters. However, the 

scope of these investigations includes 

surface products of all other sizes, 

thicknesses, and shapes. 

In addition to slabs, the scope of these 

investigations includes, but is not 

limited to, other surfaces such as 

countertops, backsplashes, vanity tops, 

bar tops, work tops, tabletops, flooring, 

wall facing, shower surrounds, fire 

place surrounds, mantels, and tiles. 

Certain quartz surface products are 

covered by the investigations whether 

polished or unpolished, cut or uncut, 

fabricated or not fabricated, cured or 

uncured, edged or not edged, finished or 

unfinished, thermoformed or not 

thermoformed, packaged or unpackaged, 

and regardless of the type of surface 

finish. In addition, quartz surface 

products are covered by the 

investigations whether or not they are 

imported attached to, or in conjunction 

with, non-subject merchandise such as 

sinks, sink bowls, vanities, cabinets, and 

furniture. If quartz surface products are 

imported attached to, or in conjunction 

with, such non-subject merchandise, 

only the quartz surface product is 

covered by the scope. 

Subject merchandise includes 

material matching the above description 

that has been finished, packaged, or 

otherwise fabricated in a third country, 

including by cutting, polishing, curing, 

edging, thermoforming, attaching to, or 

packaging with another product, or any 

other finishing, packaging, or fabrication 

that would not otherwise remove the 

merchandise from the scope of the 

investigations if performed in the 

country of manufacture of the quartz 

surface products. 

The scope of the investigations does 

not cover quarried stone surface 

products, such as granite, marble, 

soapstone, or quartzite. Specifically 

excluded from the scope of the 

investigations are crushed glass surface 

products. Crushed glass surface 

products are surface products in which 

the crushed glass content is greater than 

any other single material, by actual 

weight. 

The products subject to the scope are 

currently classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS) under the following statistical 

reporting numbers: 6810.99.0010. 

Subject merchandise may also enter 

under subheadings 6810.11.0010, 

6810.11.0070, 6810.19.1200, 

6810.19.1400, 6810.19.5000, 

6810.91.0000, 6810.99.0080, 

6815.99.4070, 2506.10.0010, 

2506.10.0050, 2506.20.0010, 

2506.20.0080. The HTSUS subheadings 

set forth above are provided for 

convenience and U.S. Customs purposes 

only. The written description of the 

scope is dispositive. 


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1The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 

CFR 207.2(f)). 

Background.—The final phase of 

these investigations is being scheduled 

pursuant to sections 705(b) and 731(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 

1671d(b) and 1673d(b)), as a result of 

affirmative preliminary determinations 

by Commerce that certain benefits 

which constitute subsidies within the 

meaning of section 703 of the Act (19 

U.S.C. 1671b) are being provided to 

manufacturers, producers, or exporters 

in China of quartz surface products, and 

that such products are being sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

within the meaning of section 733 of the 

Act (19 U.S.C. 1673b). The 

investigations were requested in 

petitions filed on April 17, 2018 by 

Cambria Company LLC, Eden Prairie, 

Minnesota. 

For further information concerning 

the conduct of this phase of the 

investigations, hearing procedures, and 

rules of general application, consult the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B 

(19 CFR part 201), and part 207, 

subparts A and C (19 CFR part 207). 

Participation in the investigations 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 final phase of these 

investigations as parties must file an 

entry of appearance with the Secretary 

to the Commission, as provided in 

section 201.11 of the Commission’s 

rules, no later than 21 days prior to the 

hearing date specified in this notice. A 

party that filed a notice of appearance 

during the preliminary phase of the 

investigations need not file an 

additional notice of appearance during 

this final phase. The Secretary will 

maintain a public service list containing 

the names and addresses of all persons, 

or their representatives, who are parties 

to the investigations. 

Limited disclosure of business 

proprietary information (BPI) under an 

administrative protective order (APO) 

and BPI service list.—Pursuant to 

section 207.7(a) of the Commission’s 

rules, the Secretary will make BPI 

gathered in the final phase of these 

investigations available to authorized 

applicants under the APO issued in the 

investigations, provided that the 

application is made no later than 21 

days prior to the hearing date specified 

in this notice. Authorized applicants 

must represent interested parties, as 

defined by 19 U.S.C. 1677(9), who are 

parties to the investigations. A party 

granted access to BPI in the preliminary 

phase of the investigations need not 

reapply for such access. A separate 

service list will be maintained by the 

Secretary for those parties authorized to 

receive BPI under the APO. 

Staff report.—The prehearing staff 

report in the final phase of these 

investigations will be placed in the 

nonpublic record on March 14, 2019, 

and a public version will be issued 

thereafter, pursuant to section 207.22 of 

the Commission’s rules. 

Hearing.—The Commission will hold 

a hearing in connection with the final 

phase of these investigations beginning 

at 9:30 a.m. on April 4, 2019, at the U.S. 

International Trade Commission 

Building. Requests to appear at the 

hearing should be filed in writing with 

the Secretary to the Commission on or 

before March 29, 2019. A nonparty who 

has testimony that may aid the 

Commission’s deliberations may request 

permission to present a short statement 

at the hearing. All parties and 

nonparties desiring to appear at the 

hearing and make oral presentations 

should participate in a prehearing 

conference to be held on April 1, 2019, 

at the U.S. International Trade 

Commission Building, if deemed 

necessary. Oral testimony and written 

materials to be submitted at the public 

hearing are governed by sections 

201.6(b)(2), 201.13(f), and 207.24 of the 

Commission’s rules. Parties must submit 

any request to present a portion of their 

hearing testimony in camera no later 

than 7 business days prior to the date of 

the hearing. 

Written submissions.—Each party 

who is an interested party shall submit 

a prehearing brief to the Commission. 

Prehearing briefs must conform with the 

provisions of section 207.23 of the 

Commission’s rules; the deadline for 

filing is March 21, 2019. Parties may 

also file written testimony in connection 

with their presentation at the hearing, as 

provided in section 207.24 of the 

Commission’s rules, and posthearing 

briefs, which must conform with the 

provisions of section 207.25 of the 

Commission’s rules. The deadline for 

filing posthearing briefs is April 11, 

2019. In addition, any person who has 

not entered an appearance as a party to 

the investigations may submit a written 

statement of information pertinent to 

the subject of the investigations, 

including statements of support or 

opposition to the petition, on or before 

April 11, 2019. On May 1, 2019, the 

Commission will make available to 

parties all information on which they 

have not had an opportunity to 

comment. Parties may submit final 

comments on this information on or 

before May 3, 2019, but such final 

comments must not contain new factual 

information and must otherwise comply 

with section 207.30 of the Commission’s 

rules. All written submissions must 

conform with the provisions of section 

201.8 of the Commission’s rules; any 

submissions that contain BPI must also 

conform with the requirements of 

sections 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the 

Commission’s rules. The Commission’s 

Handbook on E-Filing, available on the 

Commission’s website at https://

edis.usitc.gov, elaborates upon the 

Commission’s rules with respect to 

electronic filing. 

Additional written submissions to the 

Commission, including requests 

pursuant to section 201.12 of the 

Commission’s rules, shall not be 

accepted unless good cause is shown for 

accepting such submissions, or unless 

the submission is pursuant to a specific 

request by a Commissioner or 

Commission staff. 

In accordance with sections 201.16(c) 

and 207.3 of the Commission’s rules, 

each document filed by a party to the 

investigations must be served on all 

other parties to the investigations (as 

identified by either the public or BPI 

service list), and a certificate of service 

must be timely filed. The Secretary will 

not accept a document for filing without 

a certificate of service. 

Authority: These investigations are being 

conducted under authority of title VII of the 

Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 

pursuant to section 207.21 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: December 11, 2018. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27196 Filed 12–14–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–614 and 731– 

TA–1431 (Preliminary)] 

Magnesium From Israel 

Determinations 

On the basis of the record 1 developed 

in the subject investigations, the United 

States International Trade Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) determines, pursuant 

to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’), 

that there is a reasonable indication that 

an industry in the United States is 

materially injured by reason of imports 

of magnesium from Israel, provided for 

in subheadings 8104.11.00, 8104.19.00, 

and 8104.30.00 of the Harmonized Tariff 


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