Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 1 / Tuesday, January 2, 2024 / Notices 57 

1See Mattresses from Indonesia: Initiation of 

Countervailing Duty Investigation, 88 FR 57412 

(August 23, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Mattresses from Indonesia: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigation, 88 FR 69132 (October 5, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Negative Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Mattresses 

from Indonesia,’’ 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, 88 FR at 57413. 

6See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 5–6. 

7The deadline for interested parties to submit 

scope case and rebuttal briefs will be established in 

the preliminary scope decision memorandum. 

recommendations to the Director of the 

Census Bureau on the trends, uses, and 

application of scientific innovations and 

developments in relation to the full 

range of Census Bureau programs and 

activities. 

3. The Census Bureau is especially 

interested in receiving applications from 

persons with expertise in survey 

methodology, information technology, 

computer science and engineering, 

geography, psychology, business/ 

finance, sociology, and marketing. 

4. Individuals, groups, and/or 

organizations may submit nominations 

on behalf of individual candidates. A 

summary of the candidate’s 

qualifications (resume ́ or curriculum 

vitae) must be included along with the 

nomination letter. Nominees must be 

able to actively participate in the tasks 

of the Census Scientific Advisory 

Committee, including, but not limited 

to, regular meeting attendance, 

Committee meeting discussant 

responsibilities, review of materials, as 

well as participation in conference calls, 

webinars, working groups, and/or 

special Committee activities. 

5. The Department of Commerce is 

committed to equal opportunity in the 

workplace and seeks diverse Committee 

membership. 

Robert L. Santos, Director, Census 

Bureau, approved the publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. 

Dated: December 26, 2023. 

Shannon Wink, 

Program Analyst, Policy Coordination Office, 

U.S. Census Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28812 Filed 12–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[S–192–2023] 

Approval of Expansion of Subzone 

144C; Orgill, Inc.; Tifton, Georgia 

On September 28, 2023, the Executive 

Secretary of the Foreign-Trade Zones 

(FTZ) Board docketed an application 

submitted by the Brunswick and Glynn 

County Development Authority, grantee 

of FTZ 144, requesting an expansion of 

Subzone 144C subject to the existing 

activation limit of FTZ 144, on behalf of 

Orgill, Inc., in Tifton, Georgia. 

The application was processed in 

accordance with the FTZ Act and 

Regulations, including notice in the 

Federal Register inviting public 

comment (88 FR 69116, October 5, 

2023). The FTZ staff examiner reviewed 

the application and determined that it 

meets the criteria for approval. Pursuant 

to the authority delegated to the FTZ 

Board Executive Secretary (15 CFR 

400.36(f)), the application to expand 

Subzone 144C was approved on 

December 26, 2023, subject to the FTZ 

Act and the Board’s regulations, 

including section 400.13, and further 

subject to FTZ 144’s 2,000-acre 

activation limit. 

Dated: December 26, 2023. 

Camille R. Evans, 

Acting Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28811 Filed 12–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–560–839] 

Mattresses From Indonesia: 

Preliminary Negative Countervailing 

Duty Determination and Alignment of 

Final Determination With the Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are not being provided to 

producers and exporters of mattresses 

from Indonesia. The period of 

investigation (POI) is January 1, 2022, 

through December 31, 2022. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable January 2, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Natasia Harrison or Harrison Tanchuck, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1240 or 

(202) 482–7421, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this countervailing 

duty (CVD) investigation on August 23, 

2023.1 On October 5, 2023, Commerce 

postponed the preliminary 

determination until December 26, 

2023.2

For a complete description of events 

that followed the initiation of this 

investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed 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. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are mattresses from 

Indonesia. 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 We received 

comments concerning the scope of the 

concurrent antidumping duty (AD) 

investigations of mattresses as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice.6 We 

are currently evaluating the scope 

comments filed by the interested parties 

and intend to issue our preliminary 

decision regarding the scope of the AD 

and CVD investigations prior to or 

concurrently with the AD preliminary 

determinations. We will incorporate the 

scope decisions from the AD 

investigations into the scope of the final 

CVD determination for this 

investigation, after considering any 

relevant comments submitted in scope 

case and rebuttal briefs.7


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