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2. Alcohol/Prohibited Substance 

a. Possession of an open container of 

an alcoholic beverage by the driver or 

operator of any motorized vehicle, 

whether or not the vehicle is in motion, 

is prohibited—43 CFR 8365.1–6. 

b. Possession of alcohol by minors. 

Consumption or possession of any 

alcoholic beverage by a person under 21 

years of age on public lands is 

prohibited—43 CFR 8365.1–6 

Supplementary Rule 63 FR 43716. 

c. Operation of a motor vehicle while 

under the influence of alcohol, 

marijuana, narcotics, or dangerous drugs 

is prohibited—43 CFR 8341.1(f)(3). 

3. Disorderly Conduct 

a. Obstructing, resisting, or attempting 

to elude a law enforcement officer, or 

failing to follow their orders or 

directions is prohibited—43 CFR 

8365.1–4(a)(4). 

4. Motor Vehicles 

a. Motor vehicles must comply with 

the following requirements: 

i. The operator of a motor vehicle 

must possess a valid driver’s license 43 

CFR 8341.1(e). 

ii. Motor vehicles and trailers must 

possess evidence of valid registration— 

43 CFR 8341.1(d). 

iii. Motor vehicles must not exceed 

the posted speed limit—43 CFR 

8341.1(f)(2). 

5. Pets or Other Animals 

a. Allowing any pet or other animal to 

be unrestrained is prohibited. All pets 

must be restrained by a leash of not 

more than six feet in length—43 CFR 

8365.2–1(c). 

Enforcement: Any person who 

violates these closures or restrictions 

may be tried under Federal law. State or 

local officials may also impose penalties 

for violations of State and/or local law. 

Authority: 43 CFR 8364.1 

William Mack, 

District Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22210 Filed 10–4–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–12–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–686–688 and 

731–TA–1612–1617 (Final)] 

Brass Rod From Brazil, India, Israel, 

Mexico, South Africa, and South 

Korea; 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–686–688 and 731–TA–1612– 

1617 (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 brass rod from 

Brazil, India, Israel, Mexico, South 

Africa, and South Korea, provided for in 

subheadings 7407.21.15, 7407.21.30, 

7407.21.70, and 7407.21.90 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States, preliminarily determined 

by the Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Commerce’’) to be subsidized by the 

governments of India, Israel, and South 

Korea. The determinations with respect 

to imports of brass rod alleged to be sold 

at less-than-fair-value are pending. 

DATES: September 29, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

Duffy ((202) 708–2579), 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 ‘‘The 

products covered by these investigations 

are brass rod and bar (brass rod), which 

is defined as leaded, low-lead, and nolead solid brass made from alloys such 

as, but not limited to the following 

alloys classified under the Unified 

Numbering System (UNS) as C27450, 

C27451, C27460, C34500, C35000, 

C35300, C35330, C36000, C36300, 

C37000, C37700, C48500, C67300, 

C67600, and C69300, and their 

international equivalents. 

The brass rod subject to these 

investigations has an actual crosssection or outside diameter greater than 

0.25 inches but less than or equal to 12 

inches. Brass rod cross-sections may be 

round, hexagonal, square, or octagonal 

shapes as well as special profiles (e.g., 

angles, shapes), including hollow 

profiles. 

Standard leaded brass rod covered by 

the scope contains, by weight, 57.0–65.0 

percent copper; 0.5–3.0 percent lead; no 

more than 1.3 percent iron; and at least 

15 percent zinc. No-lead or low-lead 

brass rod covered by the scope contains 

by weight 59.0–76.0 percent copper; 0– 

1.5 percent lead; no more than 0.35 

percent iron; and at least 15 percent 

zinc. Brass rod may also include other 

chemical elements (e.g., nickel, 

phosphorous, silicon, tin, etc.). 

Brass rod may be in straight lengths 

or coils. Brass rod covered by these 

investigations may be finished or 

unfinished, and may or may not be 

heated, extruded, pickled, or colddrawn. Brass rod may be produced in 

accordance with ASTM B16, ASTM 

B124, ASTM B981, ASTM B371, ASTM 

B453, ASTM B21, ASTM B138, and 

ASTM B927, but such conformity to an 

ASTM standard is not required for the 

merchandise to be included within the 

scope. 

Excluded from the scope of these 

investigations is brass ingot, which is a 

casting of unwrought metal unsuitable 

for conversion into brass rod without 

remelting, that contains, by weight, at 

least 57.0 percent copper and 15.0 

percent zinc. 

The merchandise covered by these 

investigations is currently classifiable 

under subheadings 7407.21.9000, 

7407.21.7000, and 7407.21.1500 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS). Products subject 

to the scope may also enter under 

HTSUS subheadings 7403.21.0000, 

7407.21.3000, and 7407.21.5000. The 

HTSUS subheadings and UNS alloy 

designations are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes. The 

written description of the scope of the 

investigations is dispositive.’’ 

Background.—The final phase of 

these investigations is being scheduled 

pursuant to section 731(b) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)), as a 

result of affirmative preliminary 

determinations by Commerce that 

certain benefits which constitute 

subsidies within the meaning of § 703 of 

the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b) are being 

provided to manufacturers, producers, 

or exporters in India, Israel, and South 

Korea of brass rod. Commerce’s 

preliminary determinations with respect 

to imports of brass rod from Brazil, 

India, Israel, Mexico, South Africa, and 

South Korea that are alleged to be sold 

in the United States at less than fair 

value are pending. 


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The investigations were requested in 

petitions filed on April 27, 2023, by the 

American Brass Rod Fair Trade 

Coalition, Washington, District of 

Columbia; Mueller Brass Co., Port 

Huron, Michigan; and Wieland Chase 

LLC, Montpelier, Ohio. 

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 

§ 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. 

Please note the Secretary’s Office will 

accept only electronic filings during this 

time. Filings must be made through the 

Commission’s Electronic Document 

Information System (EDIS, https://

edis.usitc.gov.) No in-person paperbased filings or paper copies of any 

electronic filings will be accepted until 

further notice. 

Limited disclosure of business 

proprietary information (BPI) under an 

administrative protective order (APO) 

and BPI service list.—Pursuant to 

§ 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 November 29, 

2023, and a public version will be 

issued thereafter, pursuant to § 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 Tuesday, December 12, 

2023. Requests to appear at the hearing 

should be filed in writing with the 

Secretary to the Commission on or 

before Thursday, December 7, 2023. 

Any requests to appear as a witness via 

videoconference must be included with 

your request to appear. Requests to 

appear via videoconference must 

include a statement explaining why the 

witness cannot appear in person; the 

Chairman, or other person designated to 

conduct the investigation, may in their 

discretion for good cause shown, grant 

such a request. Requests to appear as 

remote witness due to illness or a 

positive COVID–19 test result may be 

submitted by 3pm the business day 

prior to the hearing. Further information 

about participation in the hearing will 

be posted on the Commission’s website 

at https://www.usitc.gov/calendarpad/ 

calendar.html. 

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 attend a 

prehearing conference, if deemed 

necessary, to be held at 9:30 a.m. on 

Monday, December 11, 2023. Parties 

shall file and serve written testimony 

and presentation slides in connection 

with their presentation at the hearing by 

no later than 4:00 p.m. on Monday, 

December 11, 2023 (one business day 

prior to hearing). 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 § 207.23 of the 

Commission’s rules; the deadline for 

filing is December 6, 2023. Parties shall 

also file written testimony in connection 

with their presentation at the hearing, 

and posthearing briefs, which must 

conform with the provisions of § 207.25 

of the Commission’s rules. The deadline 

for filing posthearing briefs is December 

19, 2023. 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 December 19, 2023. On 

January 3, 2024, 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 January 5, 

2024, but such final comments must not 

contain new factual information and 

must otherwise comply with § 207.30 of 

the Commission’s rules. All written 

submissions must conform with the 

provisions of § 201.8 of the 

Commission’s rules; any submissions 

that contain BPI must also conform with 

the requirements of §§ 201.6, 207.3, and 

207.7 of the Commission’s rules. The 

Commission’s Handbook on Filing 

Procedures, available on the 

Commission’s website at https:// 

www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_

on_filing_procedures.pdf, elaborates 

upon the Commission’s procedures with 

respect to filings. 

Additional written submissions to the 

Commission, including requests 

pursuant to § 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 §§ 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 § 207.21 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: September 29, 2023. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22150 Filed 10–4–23; 8:45 am] 

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