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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[18X.LLAK941000.L1440000.ET0000; F– 

92350] 

Public Land Order No. 7870; Extension 

of Public Land Order No. 5645, as 

Extended by Public Land Order No. 

7336; Alaska 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Public Land Order. 

SUMMARY: This Public Land Order (PLO) 

extends the duration of the withdrawal 

of public land created by two prior 

PLOs (PLO No. 5645, as extended by 

PLO No. 7336), for an additional 20-year 

term. Approval of this PLO would allow 

the continued operation of the United 

States (U.S.) and Canadian Joint Use 

Port of Entry, Poker Creek Border 

Station. Without an extension, the 

current PLO will expire on July 18, 

2018. If the withdrawal expires, the 

selection by the State of Alaska would 

immediately become effective and the 

land would be eligible for transfer out 

of Federal ownership. 

PLO No. 5645 withdrew 

approximately ten acres of public land 

from settlement, sale, location or entry 

under the general land laws, including 

U.S. mining laws, and reserved them for 

the maintenance of the Poker Creek 

Border Station in Alaska. PLO No. 7336 

extended PLO No. 5645 for an 

additional 20-year term and transferred 

administrative jurisdiction from the U.S. 

Department of the Treasury to the 

General Services Administration. 

DATES: This PLO takes effect on July 19, 

2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David V. Mushovic, BLM Alaska State 

Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, 

Mailstop 13, Anchorage, AK 99513– 

7504, 907–271–4682, or dmushovi@

blm.gov. People who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to 

contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

withdrawal requires this extension to 

continue to protect and reserve the land 

for the U.S. and Canadian Joint Use Port 

of Entry Poker Creek Border Station. 

Order 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

the Secretary of the Interior by Section 

204 of the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 

1714, it is ordered as follows: 

1. Public Land Order No. 5645, (43 FR 

31006, (1978)), as extended by Public 

Land Order No. 7336 (63 FR 30511, 

(1998)), which withdrew public land 

from settlement, sale, location, or entry, 

under all of the general land laws, 

including U.S. mining laws, and 

reserved it as an administrative site for 

the maintenance of the Poker Creek 

Border Station, is hereby extended for 

an additional 20-year period. 

2. The withdrawal extended by this 

Order will expire on July 18, 2038, 

unless as a result of a review conducted 

prior to the expiration date, pursuant to 

Section 204(f) of the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 

U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary determines 

that the withdrawal shall be further 

extended. 

Dated: June 22, 2018. 

Joseph R. Balash, 

Assistant Secretary—Land and Minerals 

Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–590 and 731– 

TA–1397 (Final)] 

Sodium Gluconate, Gluconic Acid, and 

Derivative Products From China; 

Scheduling of the Final Phase of 

Countervailing Duty and Anti-Dumping 

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–590 and 731–TA–1397 (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 sodium gluconate, gluconic 

acid, and derivative products from 

China, provided for in statistical 

reporting numbers 2918.16.1000, 

2918.16.5010, and 2932.20.5020 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States, preliminarily determined 

by the Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Commerce’’) to be subsidized and sold 

at less-than-fair-value. 

DATES: July 2, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Casanova ((202) 708–2719), 

Office of Investigations, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 500 E 

Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. 

Hearing-impaired 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 ‘‘all grades 

of sodium gluconate, gluconic acid, 

liquid gluconate, and glucono delta 

lactone (GDL) (collectively, GNA 

products), regardless of physical form 

(including, but not limited to substrates; 

solutions; dry granular form or powders, 

regardless of particle size; or as a 

slurry). The scope also includes GNA 

products that have been blended or are 

in solution with other product(s) where 

the resulting mix contains 35 percent or 

more of sodium gluconate, gluconic 

acid, liquid gluconate, and/or GDL by 

dry weight. Sodium gluconate has a 

molecular formula of NaC6H11O7. 

Sodium gluconate has a Chemical 

Abstract Service (CAS) registry number 

of 527–07–1, and can also be called 

‘‘sodium salt of gluconic acid’’ and/or 

sodium 2, 3, 4, 5, 6- 

pentahydroxyhexanoate. Gluconic acid 

has a molecular formula of C6H12O7. 

Gluconic acid has a CAS registry 

number of 526–95–4, and can also be 

called 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 pentahydroxycaproic 

acid. Liquid gluconate is a blend 

consisting only of gluconic acid and 

sodium gluconate in an aqueous 

solution. Liquid gluconate has CAS 

registry numbers of 527–07–1, 526–95– 

4, and 7732–18–5, and can also be 

called 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-pentahydroxycaproic 

acid hexanoate. GDL has a molecular 

formula of C6H10O6. GDL has a CAS 

registry number of 90–80–2, and can 

also be called d-glucono-1, 5-lactone. 

The merchandise covered by the 

scope of this investigation is currently 

classified in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

under statistical reporting numbers 

2918.16.1000, 2918.16.5010, and 

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the scope may also enter under HTSUS 

statistical reporting numbers 

2918.16.5050, 3824.99.2890, and 

3824.99.9295. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings and CAS registry numbers 

are provided for convenience and 

customs purposes, the written 

description of the merchandise is 

dispositive.’’ 

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 the 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 sodium gluconate, gluconic 

acid, and derivative 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 November 30, 2018, 

by PMP Fermentation Products, Inc., 

Peoria, Illinois. 

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 September 5, 2018, 

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 Tuesday, September 18, 

2018, 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 September 13, 

2018. 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 

September 14, 2018, 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 September 12, 2018. 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 

September 25, 2018. 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 

September 25, 2018. On October 10, 

2018, 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 October 12, 2018, 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: July 12, 2018. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

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