Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 170 / Friday, August 31, 2018 / Notices 44565 

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The 

Broadcasting Board of Governors 

(Board) will be meeting at the time and 

location listed above. The Board will 

vote on a consent agenda consisting of 

the minutes of its June 6, 2018 meeting 

and a resolution honoring the 55th 

anniversary of Voice of America’s 

English to Africa Service. The Board 

will receive a report from the Chief 

Executive Officer and Director of BBG. 

This meeting will be available for 

public observation via streamed 

webcast, both live and on-demand, on 

the agency’s public website at 

www.bbg.gov. Information regarding this 

meeting, including any updates or 

adjustments to its starting time, can also 

be found on the agency’s public website. 

The public may also attend this 

meeting in person at the address listed 

above as seating capacity permits. 

Members of the public seeking to attend 

the meeting in person must register at 

https://bbgboardmeetingsept

2018.eventbrite.com by 12:00 p.m. (ET) 

on September 4. For more information, 

please contact BBG Public Affairs at 

(202) 203–4400 or by email at pubaff@

bbg.gov. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Persons interested in obtaining more 

information should contact Oanh Tran 

at (202) 203–4545. 

Oanh Tran, 

Managing Director. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19085 Filed 8–29–18; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 8610–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Membership of the Departmental 

Performance Review Board 

AGENCY: Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of membership on the 

Departmental Performance Review 

Board. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(DOC) announces the appointment of 

those individuals who have been 

selected to serve as members of the 

Departmental Performance Review 

Board. The Performance Review Board 

is responsible for reviewing 

performance appraisals and ratings of 

Senior Executive Service (SES) members 

and making recommendations to the 

appointing authority on other 

performance management issues, such 

as pay adjustments, bonuses and 

Presidential Rank Awards. The 

appointment of these members to the 

Performance Review Board will be for a 

period of twenty-four (24) months. 

DATES: The period of appointment for 

those individuals selected for the 

Departmental Performance Review 

Board begins on August 31, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christi Casiano, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Office of Human Resources 

Management, Office of Executive 

Resources, 14th and Constitution 

Avenue NW, Room 51010, Washington, 

DC 20230, at (202) 482–0124. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), the 

Department of Commerce (DOC), 

announces the appointment of those 

individuals who have been selected to 

serve as members of the Departmental 

Performance Review Board. The 

Performance Review Board is 

responsible for (1) reviewing 

performance appraisals and ratings of 

Senior Executive Service (SES) members 

and (2) making recommendations to the 

appointing authority on other 

performance management issues, such 

as pay adjustments, bonuses and 

Presidential Rank Awards. The 

appointment of these members to the 

Performance Review Board will be for a 

period of twenty-four (24) months. 

The name, position title, and type of 

appointment of each member of the 

Performance Review Board are set forth 

below: 

1. Jon Alexander, Deputy Director, 

Financial Management Systems, 

Career SES 

2. Lisa Blumerman, Chief, Office of 

Survey and Census Analytics, 

Career SES 

3. Gregory Brown, Chief Financial 

Officer and Chief Administration 

Officer, Career SES 

4. Renee Macklin, Director of 

Information Technology for 

Enterprise Services, Career SES 

5. Jeremy Pelter, Chief Financial Officer 

and Director of Administration, 

Career SES 

6. Stephen Renna, Director, Advocacy 

Center, Noncareer SES 

7. Joseph Semsar, Senior Advisor, 

Noncareer SES 

Christi Casiano, 

HR Specialist, Office of Executive Resources, 

Office of Human Resources Management, 

Office of the Secretary/Office of the CFO/ 

ASA, Department of Commerce. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18969 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[S–134–2018] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 259—Koochiching 

County, Minnesota; Application for 

Subzone; Digi-Key Corporation; Thief 

River Falls, Minnesota 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by 

the Koochiching Economic 

Development Authority, grantee of FTZ 

259, requesting subzone status for the 

facilities of Digi-Key Corporation, 

located in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. 

The application was submitted pursuant 

to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade 

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a– 

81u), and the regulations of the FTZ 

Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally 

docketed on August 24, 2018. 

The proposed subzone would consist 

of the following sites: Site 1 (130.7 

acres) 701 Brooks Avenue, Thief River 

Falls, Pennington County; and Site 2 

(4.19 acres) 121 Arnold Avenue, Thief 

River Falls, Pennington County. A 

notification of proposed production 

activity has been submitted and will be 

published separately for public 

comment under 15 CFR 400.37. The 

proposed subzone would be subject to 

the existing activation limit of FTZ 259. 

In accordance with the FTZ Board’s 

regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman of the 

FTZ Staff is designated examiner to 

review the application and make 

recommendations to the Executive 

Secretary. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions shall be 

addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive 

Secretary at the address below. The 

closing period for their receipt is 

October 10, 2018. Rebuttal comments in 

response to material submitted during 

the foregoing period may be submitted 

during the subsequent 15-day period to 

October 25, 2018. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 

21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the 

‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ 

Board’s website, which is accessible via 

www.trade.gov/ftz. 

For further information, contact 

Elizabeth Whiteman at 

Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202) 

482–0473. 


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44566 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 170 / Friday, August 31, 2018 / Notices 

1See Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination, 83 FR 32075 (July 11, 2018) 

(Final Determination). 

2See ITC Notification Letter to the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, referencing ITC Investigation Nos. 

701–TA–583 and 731–TA–1381, dated August 22, 

2018. 

Dated: August 27, 2018. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18967 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Transportation and Related Equipment 

Technical Advisory Committee; Notice 

of Partially Closed Meeting 

The Transportation and Related 

Equipment Technical Advisory 

Committee will meet on September 26, 

2018, 9:30 a.m., in the Herbert C. 

Hoover Building, Room 3884, 14th 

Street between Constitution & 

Pennsylvania Avenues NW, 

Washington, DC. The Committee 

advises the Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Export Administration 

with respect to technical questions that 

affect the level of export controls 

applicable to transportation and related 

equipment or technology. 

Agenda 

Public Session 

1. Welcome and Introductions. 

2. Status reports by working group 

chairs. 

3. Public comments and Proposals. 

Closed Session 

4. Discussion of matters determined to 

be exempt from the provisions relating 

to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. 

app. 2 §§ 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). 

The open session will be accessible 

via teleconference to 20 participants on 

a first come, first serve basis. To join the 

conference, submit inquiries to Ms. 

Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@

bis.doc.gov no later than September 19, 

2018. 

A limited number of seats will be 

available during the public session of 

the meeting. Reservations are not 

accepted. To the extent time permits, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements to the Committee. The public 

may submit written statements at any 

time before or after the meeting. 

However, to facilitate distribution of 

public presentation materials to 

Committee members, the Committee 

suggests that presenters forward the 

public presentation materials prior to 

the meeting to Ms. Springer via email. 

The Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the delegate of the General Counsel, 

formally determined on August 24, 

2018, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 § (10)(d)), that 

the portion of the meeting dealing with 

pre-decisional changes to the Commerce 

Control List and U.S. export control 

policies shall be exempt from the 

provisions relating to public meetings 

found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 §§ 10(a)(1) and 

10(a)(3). The remaining portions of the 

meeting will be open to the public. 

For more information, call Yvette 

Springer at (202) 482–2813. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18939 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–063] 

Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Countervailing Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) and the 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

Commerce is issuing a countervailing 

duty order on cast iron soil pipe fittings 

(soil pipe fittings) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China). 

DATES: Applicable August 31, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dennis McClure or Jinny Ahn, 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) 482–5973 or (202) 482–0339, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 11, 2018, Commerce 

published its final determination in the 

countervailing duty investigation of soil 

pipe fittings from China.1 On August 22, 

2018, the ITC notified Commerce of its 

final determination, pursuant to section 

705(d) of the Act, that an industry in the 

United States is materially injured 

within the meaning of section 

705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by reason of 

subsidized imports of soil pipe fittings 

from China.2

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

scope of this order is cast iron soil pipe 

fittings, finished and unfinished, 

regardless of industry or proprietary 

specifications, and regardless of size. 

Cast iron soil pipe fittings are 

nonmalleable iron castings of various 

designs and sizes, including, but not 

limited to, bends, tees, wyes, traps, 

drains (other than drain bodies), and 

other common or special fittings, with 

or without side inlets. 

Cast iron soil pipe fittings are 

classified into two major types—hubless 

and hub and spigot. Hubless cast iron 

soil pipe fittings are manufactured 

without a hub, generally in compliance 

with Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute (CISPI) 

specification 301 and/or American 

Society for Testing and Materials 

(ASTM) specification A888. Hub and 

spigot pipe fittings have hubs into 

which the spigot (plain end) of the pipe 

or fitting is inserted. Cast iron soil pipe 

fittings are generally distinguished from 

other types of nonmalleable cast iron 

fittings by the manner in which they are 

connected to cast iron soil pipe and 

other fittings. 

Excluded from this scope are all drain 

bodies. Drain bodies are normally 

classified in subheading 7326.90.86.88 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States (HTSUS). 

The cast iron soil pipe fittings subject 

to the scope of this order are normally 

classified in subheading 7307.11.0045 of 

the HTSUS: Cast fittings of 

nonmalleable cast iron for cast iron soil 

pipe. They may also be entered under 

HTSUS 7324.29.0000 and 7307.92.3010. 

The HTSUS subheadings and 

specifications are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes 

only; the written description of the 

scope of this order is dispositive. 

Countervailing Duty Order 

On August 22, 2018, in accordance 

with section 705(d) of the Act, the ITC 

notified Commerce of its final 

determination in this investigation, in 

which it found that imports of cast iron 

soil pipe fittings are materially injuring 

a U.S. industry. Therefore, in 

accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the 

Act, we are publishing this 

countervailing duty order. In its 

determination, the ITC found two 

domestic like products covered by the 

scope of the investigation: Drain bodies 

and all other soil pipe fittings. The ITC 

made a negative determination with 

respect to drain bodies and an 


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