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’739 Patent’’) and 10,992,254 (‘‘the ’254 

Patent’’). The Commission’s NOI named 

the following eight respondents: (1) 

Hikam America, Inc. of Chula Vista, CA; 

(2) Hikam Electro ́nica de Me ́xico, S.A. 

de C.V. of Mexicali, Mexico; (3) Hikam 

Tecnologia de Sinaloa of Guasave, 

Mexico; (4) Hewtech Philippines Corp. 

of Laguna, Philippines; (5) Hewtech 

Philippines Electronics Corp. of 

Pampanga, Philippines; (6) Hewtech 

(Shenzhen) Electronics Co., Ltd. of 

Shenzhen, China; (7) Voltage, LLC of 

Chapel Hill, NC; and (8) Ningbo Voltage 

Smart Production Co. (‘‘Ningbo 

Voltage’’) of Ningbo, China. Id. The 

Office of Unfair Import Investigations 

was also named as a party in this 

investigation. Id. 

On June 29, 2023, Complainant filed 

an unopposed motion for leave to 

amend the complaint and NOI to add 

allegations of infringement against 

respondents Voltage, LLC and Ningbo 

Voltage (collectively, ‘‘Voltage’’) related 

to claims 1, 2–3, 6, 8, 11–18, 21, 23, and 

24 of U.S. Patent No. 11,689,153 (‘‘the 

’153 patent’’). See Order No. 5, at 1. In 

its motion, Complainant argued that: (1) 

addition of the ’153 patent will not 

affect the scope of discovery because 

‘‘the ’153 Patent is a continuation of a 

patent that is already asserted in the 

Investigation; (2) it seeks to assert the 

’153 Patent against the same 

respondents and accused products; and 

(3) the ’153 Patent relates to the same 

technology that is already at issue in the 

Investigation.’’ Order No. 5, at 2. 

Complainant further argued that 

‘‘[g]ranting the proposed amendment 

will not prejudice the rights of the 

parties or the public interest because the 

proposed amendment will: (1) add 

substantially similar allegations based 

on a related patent to those currently 

asserted; (2) not delay or disrupt the 

timely progression of the Investigation; 

and (3) promote judicial economy by 

allowing the parties to litigate related 

patents by the same parties against the 

same accused products in the same 

investigation.’’ Id. No party opposed the 

motion. Id. at 1. 

On July 18, 2023, the ALJ issued the 

first subject ID (Order No. 5), granting 

Complainant’s motion to amend the 

complaint and NOI as requested. The ID 

finds that Complainant had established 

good cause for the proposed amendment 

pursuant to Commission Rule 

210.14(b)(1) (19 CFR 210.14(b)(1)). As 

the ID explains, Complainant could not 

have asserted the ’153 patent at the time 

it filed its original Complaint because 

the ’153 patent issued on June 27, 2023, 

over a month after the original 

complaint was filed on May 4, 2023. See 

Order No. 5, at 4. In addition, the ID 

finds that ‘‘there does not appear to be 

any evidence demonstrating that 

inclusion of the ’153 patent will 

substantially expand the scope of 

discovery because the claimed subject 

matter is similar to the ’254 patent, 

which is already asserted in this 

investigation, and the accused and 

domestic industry products are the 

same.’’ Id. The ID concludes that neither 

Voltage nor the public interest will be 

prejudiced by the amendment. Id. 

On July 18, 2023, the ALJ issued the 

second subject ID (Order No. 6), 

pursuant to Commission Rule 

210.51(a)(1), setting a 17-month target 

date for completion of the investigation 

of November 12, 2024 in consideration 

of ‘‘the parties’ proposals, the parties’ 

scheduling conflicts, the scope of this 

investigation, and the [presiding ALJ’s] 

responsibilities in other investigations.’’ 

Order No. 6, at 2. The ID further states 

that the deadline for issuing the final ID 

is July 12, 2024. Id. 

No party filed a petition for review of 

the subject IDs. 

The Commission has determined not 

to review the subject IDs (Order Nos. 5 

and 6). Pursuant to Commission Rule 

210.14, the Notice of Investigation is 

amended to include claims 1, 2–3, 6, 8, 

11–18, 21, 23, and 24 of the ’153 patent. 

The target date for completion of the 

investigation is set for November 12, 

2024, and the deadline for issuing the 

final ID is July 12, 2024. 

The Commission vote for this 

determination took place on August 15, 

2023. 

The authority for the Commission’s 

determination is contained in section 

337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in Part 

210 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (19 CFR part 

210). 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: August 16, 2023. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed Agreed 

Modification of Consent Decree Under 

The Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act 

On August 11, 2023, the Department 

of Justice lodged a proposed Agreed 

Modification of the Consent Decree with 

the United States District Court for the 

Western District of Michigan in the 

lawsuit entitled United States of 

America and the State of Michigan v. 

NCR Corporation, Civil Action No. 

1:19–cv–01041. 

The United States, on behalf of the 

United States Environmental Protection 

Agency (‘‘EPA’’), and the State of 

Michigan, on behalf Michigan 

Department of Environment, Great 

Lakes, and Energy, filed suit in 2019 

against NCR Corporation (‘‘NCR’’) under 

the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act for the recovery of response costs 

and the performance of response work 

at the Allied Paper, Inc./Portage Creek/ 

Kalamazoo River Superfund Site in 

Michigan (the ‘‘Site’’). 

The Agreed Modification concern the 

provisions of the Original Consent 

Decree relating to Operable Unit 5, Area 

3 (‘‘OU5, Area 3’’) of the Site, 

constituting a portion of the Kalamazoo 

River. The Original Consent Decree 

included a template Agreed 

Modification to amend the Decree to 

add the OU5, Area 3 Record of Decision 

and an updated Statement of Work. In 

May 2022, EPA issued the ROD for OU5, 

selecting a remedy with a current 

estimated cost of $34,000,000. This 

proposed Agreed Modification of the 

Consent Decree follows the template 

from the Original Consent Decree and 

will govern NCR’s performance of that 

work. 

Additionally, the Agreed Modification 

also makes one minor clarifying 

correction to the Original Consent 

Decree regarding how NCR should make 

installment payments to EPA for future 

response costs, specifying that the 

payments should go to the Financial 

Litigation Unit. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period for public comment on the 

Agreed Modification of the Consent 

Decree. Comments should be addressed 

to the Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and should refer to United 

States of America and the State of 

Michigan v. NCR Corporation, D.J. Ref. 

No. 90–11–2–07912/11. All comments 

must be submitted no later than thirty 

(30) days after the publication date of 

this notice. Comments may be 

submitted either by email or by mail: 

To submit 

comments: Send them to: 

By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@

usdoj.gov. 

By mail ......... Assistant Attorney General, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. 

Box 7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 


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During the public comment period, 

the proposed Agreed Modification of the 

Consent Decree may be examined and 

downloaded at this Justice Department 

website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/ 

consent-decrees. 

We will provide a paper copy of the 

proposed Agreed Modification of the 

Consent Decree upon written request 

and payment of reproduction costs. 

Please mail your request and payment 

to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ— 

ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 

Please enclose a check or money order 

for $57.25 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. 

Patricia McKenna, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2023–17905 Filed 8–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Office of Justice Programs 

[OJP (OJP) Docket No. 1813] 

Meeting of the Global Justice 

Information Sharing Initiative Federal 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs 

(OJP), Justice. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This is an announcement of a 

meeting of the Global Justice 

Information Sharing Initiative (Global) 

Federal Advisory Committee (GAC) to 

discuss the Global Initiative, as 

described at https://bja.ojp.gov/ 

program/it/global. 

DATES: The meeting will take place on 

Thursday, September 21, 2023 from 9:00 

a.m. until 3:30 p.m. ET, and Friday, 

September 22, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. until 

12:00 p.m. ET. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at 

the Homeland Security and Emergency 

Management Agency (HSEMA), 1015 

Half Street SE, 10th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20003. Approved observers will 

receive an invitation and instructions 

for entering the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David P. Lewis, Global Designated 

Federal Official (DFO), Bureau of Justice 

Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, 

810 7th Street, Washington, DC 20531; 

Phone (202) 616–7829 [note: this is not 

a toll-free number]; Email: 

david.p.lewis@usdoj.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is open to the public, however, 

members of the public who wish to 

attend this meeting must register with 

Mr. David P. Lewis at least (7) days in 

advance of the meeting. Access to the 

meeting room will not be allowed 

without prior authorization. All 

attendees will be required to sign-in and 

go through security before they will be 

admitted to the meeting. 

Anyone requiring special 

accommodations should notify Mr. 

Lewis at least seven (7) days in advance 

of the meeting. 

Purpose: The GAC will act as the focal 

point for justice information systems 

integration activities in order to 

facilitate the coordination of technical, 

funding, and legislative strategies in 

support of the Administration’s justice 

priorities. 

The GAC will guide and monitor the 

development of the Global information 

sharing concept. It will advise the 

Assistant Attorney General, OJP; the 

Attorney General; the President 

(through the Attorney General); and 

local, state, tribal, and federal 

policymakers in the executive, 

legislative, and judicial branches. The 

GAC will also advocate for strategies for 

accomplishing a Global information 

sharing capability. 

Interested persons whose registrations 

have been accepted may be permitted to 

participate in the discussions at the 

discretion of the meeting chairman and 

with approval of the Global DFO. 

David P. Lewis, 

Global DFO, Senior Policy Advisor, Bureau 

of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice 

Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2023–17864 Filed 8–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–18–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request; Grantee 

Reporting Requirements for National 

User Facilities Managed by the NSF 

Division of Materials Research 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) has submitted the 

following information collection 

requirement to OMB for review and 

clearance under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. This is the 

second notice for public comment; the 

first was published in the Federal 

Register, and no comments were 

received. NSF is forwarding the 

proposed submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance simultaneously with the 

publication of this second notice. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAmain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance 

Officer, National Science Foundation, 

2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, 

VA 22314, or send email to splimpto@

nsf.gov. Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339, which is accessible 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year 

(including Federal holidays). Copies of 

the submission may be obtained by 

calling 703–292–7556. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NSF may 

not conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information unless the collection of 

information displays a currently valid 

OMB control number and the agency 

informs potential persons who are to 

respond to the collection of information 

that such persons are not required to 

respond to the collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

Title of Collection: Grantee Reporting 

Requirements for National User 

Facilities managed by the NSF Division 

of Materials Research. 

OMB Number: 3145–0234. 

Type of Request: Revision to and 

extension of approval of an information 

collection. 

Proposed Project: 

The NSF Division of Materials 

Research (DMR) supports a number of 

National User Facilities that provide 

specialized capabilities and 

instrumentation to the scientific 

community on a competitive proposal 

basis. In addition to the user program, 

these facilities support in-house 

research, development of new 

instrumentation or techniques, 

education, and knowledge transfer. 

The facilities integrate research and 

education for students and post-docs 

involved in experiments, and support 

extensive K–12 outreach to foster an 

interest in Science Technology 

Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) 

and STEM careers. Facilities capitalize 

on diversity through participation in 

center activities and demonstrate 

leadership in the involvement of groups 


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