Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 220 / Thursday, November 16, 2023 / Notices 78721 

Andrew Berke, 

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25288 Filed 11–15–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meetings of the Maine 

Advisory Committee to the U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, that 

the Maine Advisory Committee 

(Committee) to the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights will hold virtual briefings 

on Thursday, December 14, 2023, and 

Thursday, January 11, 2024, both at 12 

p.m. (ET) to hear testimony on the 

barriers to fully funding Maine’s public 

defense services. 

DATES: Thursday, December 14, 2023; at 

12 p.m. (ET). 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held 

via Zoom. 

Zoom Link (Audio/Visual): https://

tinyurl.com/5yr4dspy; password: 

USCCR–ME 

Join by Phone (Audio Only): 1–833– 

435–1820 USA toll-free; Meeting ID: 161 

655 9331# 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mallory Trachtenberg, Designated 

Federal Official at mtrachtenberg@

usccr.gov or via phone at 202–809–9618. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These 

committee meetings are available to the 

public through the registration link 

above. Any interested member of the 

public may listen to the meetings. An 

open comment period will be provided 

to allow members of the public to make 

a statement as time allows. Per the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, public 

minutes of the meetings will include a 

list of persons who are present at the 

meetings. If joining via phone, callers 

can expect to incur regular charges for 

calls they initiate over wireless lines, 

according to their wireless plan. The 

Commission will not refund any 

incurred charges. Callers will incur no 

charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free 

telephone number. Closed captioning 

will be available for individuals who are 

deaf, hard of hearing, or who have 

certain cognitive or learning 

impairments. To request additional 

accommodations, please email ebohor@

usccr.gov at least 10 business days prior 

to the meeting. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

regional office within 30 days following 

the meeting. Written comments may be 

emailed to Mallory Trachtenberg at 

mtrachtenberg@usccr.gov. Persons who 

desire additional information may 

contact the Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit at 1–202–809–9618. 

Records generated from these 

meetings may be inspected and 

reproduced at the Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit Office, as they 

become available, both before and after 

the meetings. Records of the meetings 

will be available via 

www.facadatabase.gov under the 

Commission on Civil Rights, Maine 

Advisory Committee link. Persons 

interested in the work of this Committee 

are directed to the Commission’s 

website, http://www.usccr.gov, or may 

contact the Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit at ebohor@usccr.gov. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome & Roll Call 

II. Discussion: Briefings on Barriers to 

Fully Funding Maine Public 

Defense Services 

III. Public Comment 

IV. Adjournment 

Dated: November 13, 2023. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25349 Filed 11–15–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 2156] 

Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone 

Under the Alternative Site Framework 

in Socorro, Texas 

Pursuant to its authority under the 

Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18, 

1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) adopts the following Order: 

Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones 

(FTZ) Act provides for ‘‘. . . the 

establishment . . . of foreign-trade 

zones in ports of entry of the United 

States, to expedite and encourage 

foreign commerce, and for other 

purposes,’’ and authorizes the ForeignTrade Zones Board to grant to qualified 

corporations the privilege of 

establishing foreign-trade zones in or 

adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection ports of entry; 

Whereas, the Board adopted the 

alternative site framework (ASF) (15 

CFR 400.2(c)) as an option for the 

establishment or reorganization of 

zones; 

Whereas, the City of Socorro (the 

Grantee) made application to the Board 

(B–1–2023, docketed January 9, 2023) 

requesting the establishment of a 

foreign-trade zone under the ASF with 

a service area of the City of Socorro, 

Texas, adjacent to the Tornillo Customs 

and Border Protection port of entry; 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment was given in the Federal 

Register (88 FR 2603, January 17, 2023) 

and the application was processed 

pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s 

regulations; and, 

Whereas, the Board adopted the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiners’ report, and found that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations are satisfied; 

Therefore, on November 9, 2023, the 

Board granted to the City of Socorro the 

privilege of establishing a foreign-trade 

zone, designated on the records of the 

Board as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 302, as 

described in the application, and subject 

to the FTZ Act and the Board’s 

regulations, including section 400.13, 

and to the Board’s standard 2,000-acre 

activation limit. 

Dated: November 13, 2023. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25350 Filed 11–15–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–827] 

Certain Cased Pencils From the 

People’s Republic of China: Final 

Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2021–2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) has completed 

its administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on certain 

cased pencils (cased pencils) from the 

People’s Republic of China (China) for 

the period of review (POR) December 1, 

2021, through November 30, 2022. We 

continue to find that the single entity 

Wah Yuen Stationery Co. Ltd./ 

Shandong Wah Yuen Stationery Co. Ltd. 

(Wah Yuen) as well as Tianjin Tonghe 


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78722 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 220 / Thursday, November 16, 2023 / Notices 

1See Certain Cased Pencils from the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021– 

2022, 88 FR 60636 (September 5, 2023). 

2See Certain Cased Pencils from the People’s 

Republic of China: Continuation of Antidumping 

Duty Order, 88 FR 15673 (March 14, 2023); and 

Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Cased Pencils 

from the People’s Republic of China, 59 FR 66909 

(December 28, 1994) (Order). 

3See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement 

of Change in Department Practice for Respondent 

Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and 

Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy 

Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 

FR 65963 (November 4, 2013). 

4See Certain Cased Pencils from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2012–2013, 80 FR 

26897 (May 11, 2015). 

Stationery Co., Ltd. (Tianjin Tonghe) 

and Ningbo Homey Union Co., Ltd. 

(Ningbo Homey) are part of the Chinawide entity. 

DATES: Applicable November 16, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine Johnson, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VIII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–4929. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 5, 2023, Commerce 

published the Preliminary Results in the 

Federal Register.1 We invited interested 

parties to comment on the Preliminary 

Results; however, no interested parties 

submitted comments. Accordingly, we 

made no changes to the Preliminary 

Results and no decision memorandum 

accompanies this Federal Register 

notice. 

Scope of the Order 2

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is certain cased pencils of any 

shape or dimension (except as described 

below) which are writing and/or 

drawing instruments that feature cores 

of graphite or other materials, encased 

in wood and/or man-made materials, 

whether or not decorated and whether 

or not tipped (e.g., with erasers, etc.) in 

any fashion, and either sharpened or 

unsharpened. The pencils subject to the 

Order are currently classifiable under 

subheading 9609.10.00 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS). Specifically 

excluded from the scope of the Order 

are mechanical pencils, cosmetic 

pencils, pens, non-cased crayons (wax), 

pastels, charcoals, chalks, and pencils 

produced under U.S. patent number 

6,217,242, from paper infused with 

scents by the means covered in the 

above-referenced patent, thereby having 

odors distinct from those that may 

emanate from pencils lacking the scent 

infusion. Also excluded from the scope 

of the Order are pencils with all of the 

following physical characteristics: (1) 

length: 13.5 or more inches; (2) sheath 

diameter: not less than one-and-one 

quarter inches at any point (before 

sharpening); and (3) core length: not 

more than 15 percent of the length of 

the pencil. 

In addition, pencils with all of the 

following physical characteristics are 

excluded from the scope of the Order: 

novelty jumbo pencils that are octagonal 

in shape, approximately ten inches long, 

one inch in diameter before sharpening, 

and three-and-one eighth inches in 

circumference, composed of turned 

wood encasing one-and-one half inches 

of sharpened lead on one end and a 

rubber eraser on the other end. 

Although the HTSUS subheading is 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

merchandise covered by the scope of the 

Order is dispositive. 

China-Wide Entity 

We find all companies for which a 

review was requested to be part of the 

China-wide entity, because they did not 

file no-shipment statements, separate 

rate applications, or separate rate 

certifications. Accordingly, Wah Yuen, 

Tianjin Tonghe, and Ningbo Homey are 

part of the China-wide entity. Because 

no party requested a review of the 

China-wide entity, and Commerce no 

longer considers the China-wide entity 

as an exporter conditionally subject to 

administrative reviews, we did not 

conduct a review of the China-wide 

entity.3 Accordingly, the rate previously 

established for the China-wide entity, 

114.90 percent, is not changed as a 

result of this review.4

Assessment Rates 

Commerce will determine, and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries in accordance with 

section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.212(b)(1). Because we 

determined that Wah Yuen, Tianjin 

Tonghe, and Ningbo Homey are not 

eligible for separate rates and are part of 

the China-wide entity, we intend to 

instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem 

assessment rate of 114.90 percent (i.e., 

the China-wide entity rate) to all entries 

of subject merchandise during the POR 

that were exported by these companies. 

Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of these final results of 

review in the Federal Register. If a 

timely summons is filed at the U.S. 

Court of International Trade, the 

assessment instructions will direct CBP 

not to liquidate relevant entries until the 

time for parties to file a request for a 

statutory injunction has expired (i.e., 

within 90 days of publication). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative review for shipments of 

subject merchandise from China 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication date of this notice, as 

provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 

Act: (1) for previously investigated or 

reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese 

exporters for which a review was not 

requested and that received a separate 

rate in a prior segment of this 

proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 

continue to be the existing exporterspecific rate published for the most 

recently-completed period; (2) for all 

Chinese exporters of subject 

merchandise that have not been found 

to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash 

deposit rate will be the rate for the 

China-wide entity; and (3) for all nonChinese exporters of subject 

merchandise that have not received 

their own rate, the cash deposit rate will 

be the rate applicable to the Chinese 

exporter that supplied that non-Chinese 

exporter. These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Notification to Importers Regarding the 

Reimbursement of Duties 

This notice serves as a final reminder 

to importers of their responsibility 

under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a 

certificate regarding the reimbursement 

of antidumping duties prior to 

liquidation of the relevant entries 

during this POR. Failure to comply with 

this requirement could result in 

Commerce’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping duties. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to parties subject to an 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

return or destruction of proprietary 

information disclosed under APO in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), 

which continues to govern business 

proprietary information in this segment 

of the proceeding. Timely written 

notification of the return or destruction 


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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 220 / Thursday, November 16, 2023 / Notices 78723 

1See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products 

from the Republic of Korea: Notice of Initiation and 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 

Circumstances Review, 88 FR 67243 (September 29, 

2023) (Initiation and Preliminary Results), and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 2 Id., 88 FR at 67243. 

3 Id., 88 FR at 67245. 

4See Dongkuk CM’s Letter, ‘‘Case Brief,’’ dated 

October 11, 2023. 

1See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from 

Ukraine: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review and Preliminary Intent To 

Rescind, in Part; 2020–2022, 88 FR 45134 (July 14, 

2023) (Preliminary Results). 

of APO materials, or conversion to 

judicial protective order, is hereby 

requested. Failure to comply with the 

regulations and terms of an APO is a 

sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing this 

notice in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.213(h) and 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: November 9, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25290 Filed 11–15–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–878] 

Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products From the Republic of Korea: 

Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Changed Circumstances Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On September 29, 2023, the 

U.S. Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) published the notice of 

initiation and preliminary results of a 

changed circumstances review (CCR) of 

the antidumping duty (AD) order on 

certain corrosion-resistant steel from the 

Republic of Korea (Korea). For these 

final results, Commerce continues to 

find that Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., 

Ltd., following a corporate 

organizational change in June 2023 

(hereinafter, Dongkuk CM), is the 

successor-in-interest to the prereorganization Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., 

Ltd. entity (hereinafter, Old Dongkuk 

Steel). Therefore, Dongkuk CM is 

entitled to Old Dongkuk Steel’s AD cash 

deposit rate with respect to entries of 

the subject merchandise in the abovereferenced proceeding. 

DATES: Applicable November 16, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Horn, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VIII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–4868. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 29, 2022, Commerce 

published the Initiation and Preliminary 

Results,1 finding that Dongkuk CM is 

the successor-in-interest to Old 

Dongkuk Steel, and should be assigned 

the same AD cash deposit rate assigned 

to Old Dongkuk Steel with respect to 

entries of subject merchandise in the 

above referenced proceeding.2 In the 

Initiation and Preliminary Results, we 

provided all interested parties with an 

opportunity to comment and request a 

public hearing regarding our 

preliminary finding.3 Dongkuk CM 

submitted comments agreeing with our 

preliminary finding in full, and we 

received no other comments from 

interested parties.4 Additionally, we 

received no requests for a public hearing 

from interested parties. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the AD 

order is certain corrosion-resistant steel 

products from Korea. For a complete 

description of the scope, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Final Results of the Changed 

Circumstances Review 

For the reasons stated in the Initiation 

and Preliminary Results, and because 

we received no contrary comments from 

interested parties challenging our 

preliminary finding, Commerce 

continues to find that Dongkuk CM is 

the successor-in-interest to Old 

Dongkuk Steel and is entitled to the 

same AD cash deposit rate as Old 

Dongkuk Steel with respect to entries of 

subject merchandise in the above-noted 

proceeding. Consequently, Commerce 

will instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection to suspend liquidation of all 

shipments of subject merchandise 

produced and/or exported by Dongkuk 

CM and entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the publication date of this notice in the 

Federal Register at the AD cash deposit 

rate in effect for Old Dongkuk Steel. 

This cash deposit requirement shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of return or 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing this determination and 

publishing these final results and notice 

in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) 

and 777(i)(1) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.216 

and 351.221(c)(3). 

Dated: November 8, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25354 Filed 11–15–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–823–817] 

Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire 

Strand From Ukraine: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2020–2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

PJSC Stalkanat (Stalkanat) did not make 

sales of prestressed concrete steel wire 

strand (PC strand) from Ukraine in the 

United States at less than normal value 

during the period of review, (POR) 

November 19, 2020, through May 31, 

2022. 

DATES: Applicable November 16, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Griffith, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–6430. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 14, 2023, Commerce 

published the preliminary results of this 

administrative review covering one 

producer/exporter, Stalkanat.1 We 

invited interested parties to comment on 

the Preliminary Results. For a complete 

description of the events that occurred 


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