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See United Farm Workers v. Perdue, No. 

20–cv–01452–DAD–JLT (E.D. Cal. Oct. 

28, 2020). Pursuant to the court’s order, 

NASS issues this notice of 

reinstatement. The reinstated survey 

will be based on July and October 

reference weeks and completion of the 

survey and report is expected to require 

nine weeks following the Federal 

Register publication of this notice. If the 

court’s order is modified or dissolved in 

the future, NASS will publish a 

subsequent notice informing the public 

of that development as well as NASS’s 

intentions regarding this information 

collection. 

Authority: These data are collected 

under authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a). 

Individually identifiable data collected 

under this authority are governed by 

Section 1770 of the Food Security Act 

of 1985, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires 

USDA to afford strict confidentiality to 

non-aggregated data provided by 

respondents. 

Signed at Washington, DC, December 4, 

2020. 

Kevin L. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27109 Filed 12–9–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–53–2020] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 82—Mobile, 

Alabama Authorization of Production 

Activity; Aker Solutions, Inc. (Subsea 

Oil and Gas Systems), Mobile, 

Alabama 

On August 7, 2020, Aker Solutions, 

Inc., submitted a notification of 

proposed production activity to the FTZ 

Board for its facility within FTZ 82, in 

Mobile, Alabama. 

The notification was processed in 

accordance with the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including 

notice in the Federal Register inviting 

public comment (85 FR 50802, August 

18, 2020). On December 7, 2020, the 

applicant was notified of the FTZ 

Board’s decision that no further review 

of the activity is warranted at this time. 

The production activity described in the 

notification was authorized, subject to 

the FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s 

regulations, including Section 400.14. 

Dated: December 7, 2020. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27139 Filed 12–9–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

[Docket No. 201120–0309] 

RIN 0694–XC067 

Notice of Request for Public 

Comments by the Titanium Sponge 

Working Group 

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In March of 2019, the 

Secretary initiated an investigation 

under Section 232 of the Trade 

Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, to 

determine the effects on the national 

security from imports of titanium 

sponge. In February of 2020, the 

President issued a memorandum 

concurring with the Secretary’s findings 

that titanium sponge imports threatened 

to impair U.S. national security. The 

President’s concurrence also agreed that 

actions to adjust imports under Section 

232, such as tariffs, should not be taken 

at this time and established an 

interagency working group. The work of 

the Titanium Sponge Working Group 

has proceeded in exploring measures to 

ensure access to titanium sponge in the 

United States for use for national 

defense and in critical industries during 

an emergency, and at this time the 

Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is 

seeking public comments to better 

inform the deliberations of the working 

group. 

DATES: The due date for filing original 

comments is January 11, 2021. The due 

date for rebuttal comments is January 

25, 2021. Rebuttal comments may only 

address issues raised in the original 

comment it is filed under, which was 

filed on or before January 11, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submissions: All written 

comments on the notice must be 

addressed to the Titanium Sponge 

Working Group and filed through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. To submit 

comments via http://

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number BIS–2020–0037 on the home 

page and click ‘‘search.’’ The site will 

provide a search results page listing all 

documents associated with this docket. 

Find a reference to this notice and click 

on the link entitled ‘‘Comment Now!’’ 

(For further information on using http:// 

www.regulations.gov, please consult the 

resources provided on the website by 

clicking on ‘‘How to Use This Site.’’) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

TSWG@bis.doc.gov; Titanium Sponge 

232 Project Line 202–482–3110. Email is 

the preferred method of contact, and 

will facilitate a more timely response by 

BIS. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 4, 2019, in response to a 

petition, the Secretary initiated an 

investigation under Section 232 of the 

Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 1862), to determine 

the effects on the national security from 

imports of titanium sponge. This 

petition led the Bureau of Industry and 

Security (BIS) to publish a Notice of 

Request for Public Comments on Section 

232 National Security Investigation of 

Imports of Titanium Sponge on March 

8, 2019 (84 FR 8503). The March 8, 2019 

notice requested comments specific to 

the status of the titanium sponge 

industrial base in the United States. 

While the comments received were 

pertinent, several developments have 

occurred since the end of that notice 

period that warrant this notice of 

request for additional comments. 

On November 29, 2019, the Secretary 

transmitted to the President a report on 

the Section 232 investigation in which 

he found that titanium sponge imports 

threatened to impair the national 

security, and stated that there is a risk 

of the United States being completely 

dependent on imports of titanium 

sponge and could therefore lack surge 

capacity required to support defense 

and critical industries needs in an 

extended national emergency. On 

February 27, 2020, the President issued 

a memorandum regarding the Section 

232 investigation into whether imports 

of titanium sponge threatened to impair 

the national security. The President 

concurred with the Secretary’s finding 

that imports of titanium sponge 

threatened to impair U.S. national 

security, and also agreed with the 

Secretary’s recommendation that he not 

take actions to adjust imports under 

Section 232 at that time. Instead, the 

President directed the Secretaries of 

Commerce and Defense to form a 

working group, along with other 

executive departments and agencies that 

they deemed appropriate, to develop 

recommended actions. 

The Titanium Sponge Working Group 

(TSWG), established at the President’s 

direction, consists of the following 

permanent members: The Departments 

of Commerce, Defense, Interior, and 

State, which are joined by rotating 

members from other U.S. Government 

agencies as needed. The goal of the 

TSWG is to reach interagency agreement 

on measures needed to ensure access to 

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use for national defense and critical 

industries in an emergency. The TSWG 

will submit to the President a report 

detailing agreed upon recommendations 

to ensure U.S. access to titanium sponge 

for national defense and critical 

industries purposes, in addition to 

detailing the current and projected U.S. 

industrial requirements. 

The establishment of the TSWG and 

the required report, along with the 

impact of the ongoing COVID–19 

pandemic on U.S. access to titanium 

sponge, merit a comment period to 

solicit information to assist the 

interagency working group in its 

deliberations regarding imports of 

titanium sponge. The Department of 

Commerce (Department) has determined 

that although there is significant 

governmental expertise on the TSWG, 

receiving public input in this area 

would further the understanding of the 

TSWG members as they develop 

potential solutions to address the issue 

of imports of titanium sponge. 

Although the President established 

the working group after he concurred 

with the Secretary that imports of 

titanium sponge threatened to impair 

the national security, the solicitation of 

comments to assist in the TSWG 

deliberations is distinct from the 

Department’s prior Section 232 titanium 

sponge investigation. However, the 

Section 232 investigation and the TSWG 

both deal with the importance of access 

to titanium sponge for national defense 

and critical industries purposes. 

Therefore, BIS is handling the 

solicitation of comments similarly to 

how BIS has previously solicited 

comments for Section 232 

investigations. The TSWG will consider 

the public comments when preparing 

interagency recommendations to the 

President for further consideration. 

Written Comments 

Interested parties are invited to 

submit written comments, data, 

analyses, or information pertinent to the 

task of the TSWG to the Department’s 

Office of Technology Evaluation no later 

than January 11, 2021. An original 

comment will not be considered if: (1) 

It is received no later than January 11, 

2021; (2) and/or includes rebuttal 

language pertaining to a different 

comment. Rebuttal comments may be 

submitted in response to issues raised in 

original comments received on or before 

January 11, 2021 may be filed no later 

than January 25, 2021. Rebuttal 

comments may only address issues 

raised in the original comment it is filed 

under, which was filed on or before 

January 11, 2021. Rebuttal comments 

that address new or different issues 

other than the issues raised in the 

original comment it was filed under will 

not be considered. A rebuttal comment 

will not be considered if: (1) It is 

received no later than January 25, 2021; 

(2) and/or includes language that is 

partially original and partially in 

response to an original comment. 

The Department is particularly 

interested in comments and information 

directed to the following criteria: 

(i) Potential measures to ensure access 

to titanium sponge in the United States 

for use for national defense and critical 

industries in an emergency, including, 

but not limited to, U.S. Government or 

industry investment in any portion of 

the U.S. titanium supply chain 

(including ore, sponge, semi-finished, 

and finished titanium products), 

stockpiling, multilateral negotiations, 

trade actions, and industrial base 

analyses. 

(ii) Potential measures to increase 

access to titanium sponge in the United 

States for use for national defense and 

critical industries, and to support 

domestic production capacity for the 

production of titanium sponge to meet 

national defense requirements, 

including, but not limited to, U.S. 

Government or industry investment in 

any portion of the U.S. titanium supply 

chain (including ore, sponge, semifinished, and finished titanium 

products), stockpiling, multilateral 

negotiations, trade actions, and 

industrial base analyses. 

(iii) The structure of the global 

titanium sponge supply chain, 

including upstream (ore and other 

feedstock) and downstream (semifinished and finished titanium products, 

increased usage of scrap) production 

steps, especially as the structure may 

impact recommendations targeting 

alternative parts of the titanium sponge 

supply chain in order to ensure and/or 

increase access to titanium sponge in 

the United States; 

(iv) Pandemic-related impacts on the 

supply and demand of titanium sponge 

and other titanium products in the 

United States and abroad (such as the 

decline in aerospace demand, prospects 

for recovery, maintaining essential 

workforce, or the recent idling of U.S. 

sponge operations); 

(v) The role of non-U.S. titanium 

sponge production and distribution in 

ensuring and/or increasing access to 

titanium sponge and domestic titanium 

sponge capacity in the United States, 

including prospects for partnerships or 

joint ventures between U.S. and nonU.S. sponge producers, trade actions 

(e.g., modification of current global 

tariff/quota structures on titanium 

products), or non-U.S. investment in 

U.S. production capacity. Additionally, 

the impact of U.S.-reliance on single or 

sole source supplies of titanium sponge 

from non-U.S. sources; and 

(vi) Prospects and risks of brownfield 

or greenfield investments in any step of 

the titanium supply chain, including 

upstream ore extraction and processing, 

intermediate titanium sponge 

production, or other downstream 

titanium production steps; and 

(vii) How great of a threat is 

cybercrime or malicious cyber activity 

to organizations in the titanium sponge 

supply chain? In addressing this 

question, commenters are encouraged to 

provide specific examples of how 

malicious cyber activity such as 

ransomware, distributed denial of 

service (DDoS) attacks, or malware have 

undermined or threatened production in 

the U.S. and/or the reliability of U.S. 

supply chain for titanium sponge. 

Additionally, what actions or policies 

are recommended to strengthen the 

titanium sponge and related sectors’ 

ability to prevent, detect, and recover 

from malicious cyber activity? In 

addressing this question, to what extent, 

if any, does dependence on foreign 

suppliers increase organizations’ 

exposure to cybercrime/impacts or 

create any additional burdens because 

of the complexities involved with 

dealing with different countries’ laws on 

cyber issues? 

Requirements for Written Comments 

The http://www.regulations.gov 

website allows users to provide 

comments by filling in a ‘‘Type 

Comment’’ field, or by attaching a 

document using an ‘‘Upload File’’ field. 

The Department prefers that comments 

be provided in an attached document. 

The Department prefers submissions in 

Microsoft Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat 

(.pdf). If the submission is in an 

application format other than Microsoft 

Word or Adobe Acrobat, please indicate 

the name of the application in the 

‘‘Type Comment’’ field. Please do not 

attach separate cover letters to 

electronic submissions; rather, include 

any information that might appear in a 

cover letter within the comments. 

Similarly, to the extent possible please 

include any exhibits, annexes, or other 

attachments in the same file, so that the 

submission consists of one instead of 

multiple files. Comments will be placed 

in the docket and open to public 

inspection, except information 

determined to be confidential. 

Comments may be viewed on http://

www.regulations.gov by entering docket 

number BIS–2020–0037 in the search 

field on the home page. 


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1See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: 

Countervailing Duty Order, 82 FR 40138 (August 

24, 2017) (Order). 

2See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review, 84 FR 37834 

(August 2, 2019). 

3See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Finished Carbon Steel 

Flanges from India: Request for Administrative 

Review,’’ dated September 3, 2019 (Petitioners’ 

Review Request). 

4We note that Norma requested a review of itself 

and its affiliates USK Export Private Limited (USK); 

Uma Shanker Khandelwal and Co. (UMA); and 

Bansidhar Chiranjilal (BCL). 

5See Norma’s Letter, ‘‘Finished Carbon Steel 

Flanges from India: Request for an Administrative 

Review,’’ dated August 29, 2019; see also RNG’s 

Letter, ‘‘Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: 

Request for Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review,’’ August 30, 2019; Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd.’s 

Letter, ‘‘Request for Review of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review of Finished Carbon Steel 

Flanges from India,’’ dated August 30, 2019; and 

Bebitz Flanges Works Private Limited’s Letter, 

‘‘Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: 

Requests for Administrative Review,’’ dated 

September 3, 2019. 

6See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 

53411, 53421–53422 (October 7, 2019). 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review of Finished Carbon Steel 

Flanges from India: Respondent Selection,’’ dated 

November 4, 2019. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational 

Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24, 

2020. 

9See Memorandum, ‘‘Finished Carbon Steel 

Flanges from India: Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review; 1/1/2018–12/31/2018,’’ 

dated June 19, 2020. 

10See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020. 

11See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review of Finished Carbon Steel 

Flanges from India,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

All filers should name their files 

using the name of the person or entity 

submitting the comments. 

Communications from agencies of the 

United States Government will not be 

made available for public inspection. 

Material submitted by members of the 

public that is properly marked as 

business confidential information with a 

valid statutory basis for confidentiality, 

and which is accepted as such by the 

Department will not be disclosed 

publicly. Guidance on submitting 

business confidential information is as 

follows: Anyone submitting business 

confidential information should clearly 

identify the business confidential 

portion at the time of submission, 

include a statement justifying 

nondisclosure and referring to the 

specific legal authority claimed with the 

submission, and provide a nonconfidential version of the submission 

which will be placed in the public file 

on http://www.regulations.gov. For 

comments submitted electronically 

containing business confidential 

information, the file name of the 

business confidential version should 

begin with the characters ‘‘BC’’. Any 

page containing business confidential 

information must be clearly marked 

‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ on the 

top of that page. The non-confidential 

version must be clearly marked 

‘‘PUBLIC’’. The file name of the nonconfidential version should begin with 

the character ‘‘P’’. The ‘‘BC’’ and ‘‘P’’ 

should be followed by the name of the 

person or entity submitting the 

comments or rebuttal comments. 

Matthew S. Borman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27119 Filed 12–9–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–533–872] 

Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From 

India: Preliminary Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review and Intent To Rescind, in Part; 

2018 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that Norma (India) Ltd. (Norma) and 

R.N. Gupta & Co. Ltd (RNG) received 

countervailable subsidies during the 

period of review (POR), January 1, 2018 

through December 31, 2018. In addition, 

we are announcing our intent to rescind 

this review with respect to two 

companies. Interested parties are invited 

to comment on these preliminary 

results. 

DATES: Applicable December 10, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

McGowan or Tyler Weinhold, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–3019 or (202) 482–1121, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 24, 2017, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

finished carbon steel flanges (steel 

flanges) from India.1 On August 2, 2019, 

Commerce published a notice of 

opportunity to request an administrative 

review of the Order.2 On September 3, 

2019, Weldbend Corporation and Boltex 

Mfg. Co., L.P., (the petitioners), 

requested a review of 37 producers and/ 

or exporters of subject merchandise.3

Further, from August 29, 2019 through 

September 3, 2019, Norma,4 RNG, Jai 

Auto Pvt. Ltd., and Bebitz Flanges 

Works Private Limited, foreign 

producers or exporters of subject 

merchandise, each requested a review of 

the Order with respect to themselves.5

On October 7, 2019, Commerce 

published a notice of initiation of an 

administrative review of the Order.6

Based on our examination of the 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

data, on November 6, 2019, we selected 

Norma and RNG, the two largest 

producers and/or exporters, as 

mandatory respondents.7

On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled 

all deadlines in administrative reviews 

by 50 days, thereby extending the 

deadline for these preliminary results 

until June 22, 2020.8 Further, on June 

19, 2020, Commerce extended the time 

period for issuing these preliminary 

results by 109 days, in accordance with 

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, to 

October 8, 2020.9 On July 21, 2020, 

Commerce again tolled all deadlines in 

administrative reviews by 60 days, 

thereby extending the deadline for these 

results until December 7, 2020.10 For a 

complete description of the events that 

followed the initiation of this review, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.11 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included at Appendix 

I to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 

The signed and electronic versions of 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

are identical in content. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is steel flanges. For a complete 

description of the scope of the Order, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 


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