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and, after the investigation, issue a 

general exclusion order, or in the 

alternative a limited exclusion, and a 

cease and desist order. 

ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for 

any confidential information contained 

therein, may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help 

accessing EDIS, please email 

EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. Hearing impaired 

individuals are advised that information 

on this matter can be obtained 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 at 

https://www.usitc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pathenia M. Proctor, The Office of 

Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 

telephone (202) 205–2560. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: 

The authority for institution of this 

investigation is contained in section 337 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 

19 U.S.C. 1337, and in section 210.10 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2023). 

Scope of Investigation: Having 

considered the complaint, the U.S. 

International Trade Commission, on 

December 22, 2023, Ordered that— 

(1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of 

section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, an investigation be instituted 

to determine whether there is a 

violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of 

section 337 in the importation into the 

United States, the sale for importation, 

or the sale within the United States after 

importation of certain products 

identified in paragraph (2) by reason of 

infringement of one or more of claims 1 

and 12–14 of the ’511 patent and claims 

1 and 3 of the ’260 patent, and whether 

an industry in the United States exists 

as required by subsection (a)(2) of 

section 337; 

(2) Pursuant to section 210.10(b)(1) of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10(b)(1), the 

plain language description of the 

accused products or category of accused 

products, which defines the scope of the 

investigation, is ‘‘optical line 

termination (OLT) and optical network 

unit/terminal (ONU/ONT) equipment 

that conform to passive optical network 

standards of ITU–T Recommendation 

series G.984.x for Gigabit-capable 

Passive Optical Network (G–PON) and 

its successor standards, including 

10GPON/XGS–PON (ITU–T Rec. 

G.987.3) and TWDM–PON/NG–PON2 

(ITU–T Rec. G.989.3) as well as IEEE 

802.3ah (EPON) and 802.3av (10G– 

EPON)’’; 

(3) For the purpose of the 

investigation so instituted, the following 

are hereby named as parties upon which 

this notice of investigation shall be 

served: 

(a) The complainant is: 

Optimum Communications Services, 

Inc., 344 Grove Street #242, Jersey City, 

NJ 07302 

(b) The respondents are the following 

entities alleged to be in violation of 

section 337, and are the parties upon 

which the complaint is to be served: 

Hangzhou Softel Optic Co., Ltd., 708 

709 Haiwei Building, 101 Binkang 

Road, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, 

Zhejiang, China 310051 

Hangzhou DAYTAI Network 

Technologies Co., Ltd., 1513 Room, 

East Communications Building, No. 

398, Wensan Road, Xihu District, 

Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, 

China 310013 

Hangzhou Sumlo Industrial Co., Ltd., 

Room 706–707, Baiyun Bldg-2, No. 

190, Tiancheng Road, Hangzhou, 

Zhejiang, China 310007 

(c) The Office of Unfair Import 

Investigations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW, Suite 

401, Washington, DC 20436; and 

(4) For the investigation so instituted, 

the Chief Administrative Law Judge, 

U.S. International Trade Commission, 

shall designate the presiding 

Administrative Law Judge. 

Responses to the complaint and the 

notice of investigation must be 

submitted by the named respondents in 

accordance with section 210.13 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to 

19 CFR 201.16(e) and 210.13(a), as 

amended in 85 FR 15798 (March 19, 

2020), such responses will be 

considered by the Commission if 

received not later than 20 days after the 

date of service by the complainant of the 

complaint and the notice of 

investigation. Extensions of time for 

submitting responses to the complaint 

and the notice of investigation will not 

be granted unless good cause therefor is 

shown. 

Failure of a respondent to file a timely 

response to each allegation in the 

complaint and in this notice may be 

deemed to constitute a waiver of the 

right to appear and contest the 

allegations of the complaint and this 

notice, and to authorize the 

administrative law judge and the 

Commission, without further notice to 

the respondent, to find the facts to be as 

alleged in the complaint and this notice 

and to enter an initial determination 

and a final determination containing 

such findings, and may result in the 

issuance of an exclusion order or a cease 

and desist order or both directed against 

the respondent. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: December 26, 2023. 

Katherine Hiner, 

Supervisory Attorney. 

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness 

Analysis of Federal Programs 

AGENCY: Office of Management and 

Budget. 

ACTION: Revisions to Appendix C of 

OMB Circular No. A–94. 

SUMMARY: Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) Circular No. A–94 

specifies certain discount rates to be 

updated annually when the interest rate 

and inflation assumptions used to 

prepare the Budget of the United States 

Government are changed. These 

updated discount rates are found in 

Appendix C of the Circular and are to 

be used for cost-effectiveness analysis, 

including lease-purchase analysis, as 

specified in the revised Circular. These 

rates do not apply to regulatory analysis. 

The revised Appendix C of Circular No. 

A–94 can be accessed at https://

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/ 

uploads/2023/12/CircularA94AppendixC.pdf. 

DATES: The revised discount rates will 

be in effect through December 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jamie Taber, Office of Economic Policy, 

Office of Management and Budget, 202– 

395–2515, a94@omb.eop.gov. 

Wesley Yin, 

Associate Director for Economic Policy, Office 

of Management and Budget. 

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