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9See Hyundai RB’s Letter, ‘‘Large Diameter 

Welded Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Request 

to Extend the Deadline for the Final 

Determination,’’ dated August 1, 2018; and SeAH’s 

Letter, ‘‘Antidumping Duty Investigation of Large 

Diameter Welded Pipe from Korea—Request for 

Extension of Final Determination,’’ dated August 3, 

2018. 

Postponement of Final Determination 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that a final determination may be 

postponed until not later than 135 days 

after the date of the publication of the 

preliminary determination. The final 

determination may be postponed if, in 

the event of an affirmative preliminary 

determination, exporters, who account 

for a significant proportion of exports of 

subject merchandise, request a 

postponement, or, in the event of a 

negative preliminary determination, 

petitioners request a postponement. 

Section 351.210(e)(2) of Commerce’s 

regulations requires that a request by 

exporters for postponement of the final 

determination be accompanied by a 

request for extension of provisional 

measures from a four-month period to a 

period not more than six months in 

duration. 

On August 1 and 3, 2015, pursuant to 

19 CFR 351.210(e), Hyundai RB and 

SeAH, respectively, requested that 

Commerce postpone the final 

determination and that provisional 

measures be extended to a period not to 

exceed six months.9 In accordance with 

section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) The 

preliminary determination is 

affirmative; (2) the requesting exporters 

account for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise; and 

(3) no compelling reasons for denial 

exist, Commerce is postponing the final 

determination and extending the 

provisional measures from a four-month 

period to a period not greater than six 

months. Accordingly, Commerce will 

make its final determination no later 

than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination. If the 

final determination is affirmative, the 

ITC will determine before the later of 

120 days after the date of this 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after the final determination whether 

these imports are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: August 20, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is welded carbon and alloy steel 

pipe (including stainless steel pipe), more 

than 406.4 mm (16 inches) in nominal 

outside diameter (large diameter welded 

pipe), regardless of wall thickness, length, 

surface finish, grade, end finish, or 

stenciling. Large diameter welded pipe may 

be used to transport oil, gas, slurry, steam, or 

other fluids, liquids, or gases. It may also be 

used for structural purposes, including, but 

not limited to, piling. Specifically, not 

included is large diameter welded pipe 

produced only to specifications of the 

American Water Works Association (AWWA) 

for water and sewage pipe. 

Large diameter welded pipe used to 

transport oil, gas, or natural gas liquids is 

normally produced to the American 

Petroleum Institute (API) specification 5L. 

Large diameter welded pipe may also be 

produced to American Society for Testing 

and Materials (ASTM) standards A500, A252, 

or A53, or other relevant domestic 

specifications, grades and/or standards. Large 

diameter welded pipe can be produced to 

comparable foreign specifications, grades 

and/or standards or to proprietary 

specifications, grades and/or standards, or 

can be non-graded material. All pipe meeting 

the physical description set forth above is 

covered by the scope of this investigation, 

whether or not produced according to a 

particular standard. 

Subject merchandise also includes large 

diameter welded pipe that has been further 

processed in a third country, including but 

not limited to coating, painting, notching, 

beveling, cutting, punching, welding, or any 

other processing that would not otherwise 

remove the merchandise from the scope of 

the investigation if performed in the country 

of manufacture of the in-scope large diameter 

welded pipe. 

Excluded from the scope are any products 

covered by the existing antidumping duty 

order on welded line pipe from the Republic 

of Korea. See Welded Line Pipe from the 

Republic of Korea and the Republic of 

Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 80 FR 

75056 (December 1, 2015). Also excluded 

from the scope are any products covered by 

the existing antidumping order on welded 

ASTM A–312 stainless steel pipe from Korea. 

See Welded ASTM A–312 Stainless Steel 

Pipe from South Korea: Antidumping Duty 

Order, 57 FR 62300 (December 30, 1992). 

The large diameter welded pipe that is 

subject to this investigation is currently 

classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under 

subheadings 7305.11.1030, 7305.11.1060, 

7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060, 

7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.1060, 

7305.19.5000, 7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6010, 

7305.31.6090, 7305.39.1000 and 

7305.39.5000. While the HTSUS subheadings 

are provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of this investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope Comments 

V. Application of Facts Available and Use of 

Adverse Inferences 

A. Application of Facts Available 

B. Use of Adverse Inference 

C. Preliminary Estimated WeightedAverage Dumping Margins Based on 

AFA 

D. Selection and Corroboration of the AFA 

Rate 

VI. Discussion of the Methodology 

A. Comparisons to Fair Value 

B. Determination of Comparison Method 

C. Results of the Differential Pricing 

Analysis 

VII. Date of Sale 

VIII. Product Comparisons 

IX. Export Price and Constructed Export 

Price 

X. Normal Value 

A. Particular Market Situation 

1. Petitioners’ Allegation 

2. Analysis 

B. Home Market Viability and Selection of 

Comparison Market 

C. Affiliated-Party Transactions and Arm’sLength Test 

D. Affiliation 

E. Level of Trade 

F. Cost of Production Analysis 

1. Calculation of COP 

2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices 

3. Results of the COP Test 

G. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison 

Market Prices 

XI. Currency Conversion 

XII. Conclusion 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–881] 

Large Diameter Welded Pipe From 

India: Preliminary Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that large diameter welded pipe (welded 


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1See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada, 

Greece, India, the People’s Republic of China, the 

Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey: 

Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 83 

FR 7154 (February 20, 2018) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada, 

Greece, India, the People’s Republic of China, the 

Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 

Less-Than-Fair Value Investigations, 83 FR 27953 

(June 15, 2018). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Large Diameter Welded 

Pipe from India’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 5See Initiation Notice. 6See Memorandum, ‘‘Large Diameter Welded 

Pipe from Canada, Greece, India, the People’s 

Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and the 

Republic of Turkey: Scope Comments Decision 

Memorandum for the Preliminary Determinations,’’ 

dated June 19, 2018 (Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum). 7See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Petitions for the 

Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties: Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada, 

Greece, India, the People’s Republic of China, the 

Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey,’’ 

dated January 17, 2018 (the Petition), Volume IV, 

at 18. 

pipe) from India is being, or is likely to 

be, sold in the United States at less than 

fair value (LTFV). The period of 

investigation (POI) is January 1, 2017, 

through December 31, 2017. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable August 27, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jaron Moore or Kate 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) 482–3640 or (202) 482–4929, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on February 20, 2018.1 On June 8, 2018, 

Commerce postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation; the 

revised deadline is now August 20, 

2018.2 For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II 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 https://

access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the 

Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of 

the main Department of Commerce 

building. 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 Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is welded pipe from India. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).5 Certain interested 

parties commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. For a summary of the 

product coverage comments and 

rebuttal responses submitted to the 

record for this investigation, and 

accompanying discussion and analysis 

of all comments timely received, see the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum.6 Commerce is 

preliminarily modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. See the revised scope in 

Appendix I to this notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Furthermore, pursuant to 

section 776(a) and (b) of the Act, we 

preliminarily have relied upon facts 

otherwise available, with adverse 

inferences (adverse facts available or 

AFA), for Bhushan Steel (Bhushan) and 

Welspun Trading Limited (Welspun), 

the respondents selected for individual 

examination, for their failure to 

cooperate in this investigation. As AFA, 

we have preliminarily assigned the only 

margin alleged in the Petition of 50.55 

percent.7 For a full description of the 

methodology underlying the 

preliminary determination, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 733(d)(1)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A) 

of the Act provide that in the 

preliminary determination Commerce 

shall determine an estimated all-others 

rate for all exporters and producers not 

individually examined. This rate shall 

be an amount equal to the weighted 

average of the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins established 

for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding any 

zero and de minimis margins, and any 

margins determined entirely under 

section 776 of the Act. 

In cases where no weighted-average 

dumping margins other than zero, de 

minimis, or those determined entirely 

under section 776 of the Act have been 

established for individually examined 

entities, in accordance with section 

735(c)(5)(B) of the Act, Commerce may 

use ‘‘any reasonable method to establish 

the estimated all-others rate for 

exporters and producers not 

individually investigated, including 

averaging the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins determined 

for the exporters and producers 

individually investigated.’’ Our recent 

practice in these circumstances is to 

average the dumping margins alleged in 

the petition and apply the result to ‘‘allother’’ entities not individually 

examined. In this investigation, 

Commerce has preliminarily determined 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin for Bhushan and 

Welspun entirely under section 776 of 

the Act. Therefore, as the ‘‘all-others’’ 

rate, we are assigning the sole margin in 

the Petition, which is 50.55 percent. For 

a full description of the methodology 

underlying Commerce’s analysis, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margins exist: 


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8See the Preliminary Decision Memorandum for 

further discussion. 

9See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit 

rate 

(adjusted 

for export 

subsidies 

offset) 

(percent) 

Bhushan Steel ......................................................................................................................................................... 50.55 16.85 

Welspun Trading Limited ......................................................................................................................................... 50.55 16.85 

All-Others ................................................................................................................................................................. 50.55 16.85 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

suspend liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise, as described in Appendix 

I, entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. Further, pursuant 

to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(d), Commerce will instruct 

CBP to require a cash deposit equal to 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin, or the estimated allothers rate, adjusted for export 

subsidies, as follows: (1) The cash 

deposit rate for the respondents listed 

above will be equal to the companyspecific estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins, adjusted for export 

subsidies, as determined in this 

preliminary determination; (2) if the 

exporter is not a respondent identified 

above, but the producer is, then the cash 

deposit rate will be equal to the 

company-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin, adjusted for 

export subsidies, as established for that 

producer of the subject merchandise 

and (3) the cash deposit rate for all other 

producers or exporters will be equal to 

the all-others estimated weightedaverage dumping margin, adjusted for 

export subsidies. 

Commerce normally adjusts the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin by the amount of export 

subsidies countervailed in a companion 

countervailing duty (CVD) proceeding, 

when CVD provisional measures are in 

effect. Accordingly, where Commerce 

preliminarily made an affirmative 

determination for countervailable export 

subsidies,8 Commerce has offset the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin by the appropriate CVD rate. 

Any such adjusted rates may be found 

in the Preliminary Determination 

section above. 

Should provisional measures in the 

companion CVD investigation expire 

prior to the expiration of provisional 

measures in this LTFV investigation, 

Commerce will direct CBP to begin 

collecting estimated antidumping cash 

deposits unadjusted for countervailed 

export subsidies at the time the CVD 

provisional measures expire. These 

suspension of liquidation instructions 

will remain in effect until further notice. 

Disclosure 

Normally, Commerce discloses to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with a 

preliminary determination within five 

days of its public announcement or, if 

there is no public announcement, 

within five days of the date of 

publication of this notice of preliminary 

determination in the Federal Register, 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

However, because Commerce 

preliminarily applied AFA to the 

mandatory respondents Bhushan and 

Welspun in this investigation, and the 

applied AFA rate is based solely on the 

Petition, in accordance with section 776 

of the Act, there are no calculations to 

disclose. 

Verification 

Because none of the mandatory 

respondents in this investigation 

responded to our requests for 

information, verification will not be 

conducted. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

regarding non-scope issues may be 

submitted to the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance no later 

than 30 days after the date of 

publication of the preliminary 

determination. Rebuttal briefs, limited 

to issues raised in case briefs, may be 

submitted no later than five days after 

the deadline date for case briefs.9

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs on any issues raised in 

this proceeding are encouraged to 

submit with each argument: (1) A 

statement of the issue; (2) a brief 

summary of the argument; and (3) a 

table of authorities. 

Additionally, case briefs regarding 

scope issues may be submitted within 

10 days after the date of publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. 

Rebuttal briefs regarding scope issues, 

limited to those issues in the scope case 

briefs, may be submitted no later than 

five days after the deadline date for 

scope case briefs. All scope case and 

rebuttal briefs must be filed identically 

on the records of this investigation and 

the concurrent LTFV and CVD 

investigations of welded pipe. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, at a time and date to be 

determined. Parties should confirm the 

date, time, and location of the hearing 

two days before the scheduled date. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination. If the 

final determination is affirmative, the 

ITC will determine before the later of 

120 days after the date of this 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after the final determination whether 

these imports are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Final Determination 

Section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(b)(1) provide that 

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determination within 75 days after the 

date of its preliminary determination. 

Accordingly, Commerce will make its 

final determination no later than 75 

days after the signature date of this 

preliminary determination. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: August 20, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is welded carbon and alloy steel 

pipe (including stainless steel pipe), more 

than 406.4 mm (16 inches) in nominal 

outside diameter (large diameter welded 

pipe), regardless of wall thickness, length, 

surface finish, grade, end finish, or 

stenciling. Large diameter welded pipe may 

be used to transport oil, gas, slurry, steam, or 

other fluids, liquids, or gases. It may also be 

used for structural purposes, including, but 

not limited to, piling. Specifically, not 

included is large diameter welded pipe 

produced only to specifications of the 

American Water Works Association (AWWA) 

for water and sewage pipe. 

Large diameter welded pipe used to 

transport oil, gas, or natural gas liquids is 

normally produced to the American 

Petroleum Institute (API) specification 5L. 

Large diameter welded pipe may also be 

produced to American Society for Testing 

and Materials (ASTM) standards A500, A252, 

or A53, or other relevant domestic 

specifications, grades and/or standards. Large 

diameter welded pipe can be produced to 

comparable foreign specifications, grades 

and/or standards or to proprietary 

specifications, grades and/or standards, or 

can be non-graded material. All pipe meeting 

the physical description set forth above is 

covered by the scope of this investigation, 

whether or not produced according to a 

particular standard. 

Subject merchandise also includes large 

diameter welded pipe that has been further 

processed in a third country, including but 

not limited to coating, painting, notching, 

beveling, cutting, punching, welding, or any 

other processing that would not otherwise 

remove the merchandise from the scope of 

the investigation if performed in the country 

of manufacture of the in-scope large diameter 

welded pipe. 

The large diameter welded pipe that is 

subject to this investigation is currently 

classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under 

subheadings 7305.11.1030, 7305.11.1060, 

7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060, 

7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.1060, 

7305.19.5000, 7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6010, 

7305.31.6090, 7305.39.1000 and 

7305.39.5000. While the HTSUS subheadings 

are provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of this investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope Comments 

V. Application of Facts Available and Use of 

Adverse Inference 

A. Application of Facts Available 

B. Application of Facts Available With an 

Adverse Inference 

C. Preliminary Estimated WeightedAverage Dumping Margin Based on 

Adverse Facts Available 

D. Corroboration of Secondary Information 

VI. All-Others Rate 

VII. Adjustments to Cash Deposit Rates for 

Export Subsidies 

VIII. Conclusion 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST). 

Title: Manufacturing Extension 

Partnership Management Information 

Reporting. 

OMB Control Number: 0693–0032. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Revision and 

extension of an approved information 

collection. 

Number of Respondents: 51. 

Average Hours per Response: 20 

Hours for Quarterly Review, 4 Hours for 

Semi-Annual Review, 30 hours for the 

Annual Review; 80 hours for Panel 

Review. 

Burden Hours: 5,508 hours for 

quarterly, semi-annual and annual 

Review; and 1,360 hours for Panel 

Review. 

Needs and Uses: NIST MEP offers 

technical and business solutions to 

small- and medium-sized manufacturers 

to improve their productivity, improve 

profitability, and enhance their 

economic competitiveness. This is a 

major program which links all 50 states 

and Puerto Rico and the manufacturers 

through more than 400 affiliated MEP 

Centers and Field Offices. NIST MEP 

has many legislative and contractual 

requirements for collecting data and 

information from the MEP Centers. This 

information is used for the following 

purposes: (1) Program Accountability, 

(2) Reports to Stakeholders, (3) 

Continuous Improvement; and (4) 

Identification of Distinctive Practices. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Quarterly, Semi-Annual, 

and Annual Reporting. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the 

Chief Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Announcing Request for Nominations 

for Lightweight Cryptographic 

Algorithms 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST), Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice solicits 

nominations from any interested party 

for candidate algorithms to be 

considered for lightweight 

cryptographic standards. The 

submission requirements and the 

minimum acceptability requirements of 

a ‘‘complete and proper’’ candidate 

algorithm submission, as well as the 

evaluation criteria that will be used to 

appraise the candidate algorithms, can 

be found on the NIST Computer 

Security Resource Center website at: 

https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/ 

Lightweight-Cryptography. 

DATES: Proposals must be received on or 

before February 25, 2019. Further 

details are available at https://

csrc.nist.gov/Projects/LightweightCryptography. 

ADDRESSES: Algorithm submission 

packages should be sent to Dr. Kerry 


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