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1A record of the Commissioners’ votes, the 

Commission’s statement on adequacy, and any 

individual Commissioner’s statements will be 

available from the Office of the Secretary and at the 

Commission’s website. 

2Commissioner Amy A. Karpel not participating. 

3The Commission has found the responses 

submitted on behalf of The Timken Company and 

JTEKT Bearings North America LLC to be 

individually adequate. Comments from other 

interested parties will not be accepted (see 19 CFR 

207.62(d)(2)). 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: January 10, 2024. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00729 Filed 1–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[USITC SE–24–004] 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United 

States International Trade Commission. 

TIME AND DATE: January 25, 2024 at 11:00 

a.m. 

PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20436, Telephone: 

(202) 205–2000. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Agendas for future meetings: none. 

2. Minutes. 

3. Ratification List. 

4. Commission vote on Inv. Nos. 701– 

TA–489 and 731–TA–1201 (Second 

Review) (Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks 

(DSSS) from China). The Commission 

currently is scheduled to complete and 

file its determinations and views of the 

Commission on February 1, 2024. 

5. Outstanding action jackets: none. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Sharon Bellamy, Supervisory Hearings 

and Information Officer, 202–205–2000. 

The Commission is holding the 

meeting under the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552(b). In 

accordance with Commission policy, 

subject matter listed above, not disposed 

of at the scheduled meeting, may be 

carried over to the agenda of the 

following meeting. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: January 12, 2024. 

Sharon Bellamy, 

Supervisory Hearings and Information 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00909 Filed 1–12–24; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 731–TA–344 (Fifth 

Review)] 

Tapered Roller Bearings From China; 

Scheduling of an Expedited Five-Year 

Review 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of an expedited 

review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 

1930 (‘‘the Act’’) to determine whether 

revocation of the antidumping duty 

order on tapered roller bearings from 

China would be likely to lead to 

continuation or recurrence of material 

injury within a reasonably foreseeable 

time. 

DATES: December 5, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

(Stamen Borisson (202) 205–3125), 

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 

this proceeding may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background.—On December 5, 2023, the 

Commission determined that the 

domestic interested party group 

response to its notice of institution (88 

FR 60489, September 1, 2023) of the 

subject five-year review was adequate 

and that the respondent interested party 

group response was inadequate. The 

Commission did not find any other 

circumstances that would warrant 

conducting a full review.1 Accordingly, 

the Commission determined that it 

would conduct an expedited review 

pursuant to section 751(c)(3) of the Act 

(19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(3)).2

For further information concerning 

the conduct of this review 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, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 

207). 

Staff report.—A staff report 

containing information concerning the 

subject matter of the review has been 

placed in the nonpublic record, and will 

be made available to persons on the 

Administrative Protective Order service 

list for this review on February 8, 2024. 

A public version will be issued 

thereafter, pursuant to § 207.62(d)(4) of 

the Commission’s rules. 

Written submissions.—As provided in 

§ 207.62(d) of the Commission’s rules, 

interested parties that are parties to the 

review and that have provided 

individually adequate responses to the 

notice of institution,3 and any party 

other than an interested party to the 

review may file written comments with 

the Secretary on what determination the 

Commission should reach in the review. 

Comments are due on or before 

February 15, 2024 and may not contain 

new factual information. Any person 

that is neither a party to the five-year 

review nor an interested party may 

submit a brief written statement (which 

shall not contain any new factual 

information) pertinent to the review by 

February 15, 2024. However, should the 

Department of Commerce (‘‘Commerce’’) 

extend the time limit for its completion 

of the final results of its review, the 

deadline for comments (which may not 

contain new factual information) on 

Commerce’s final results is three 

business days after the issuance of 

Commerce’s results. If comments 

contain business proprietary 

information (BPI), they must conform 

with the requirements of §§ 201.6, 

207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission’s 

rules. The Commission’s Handbook on 

Filing Procedures, available on the 

Commission’s website at https://

www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_

on_filing_procedures.pdf, elaborates 

upon the Commission’s procedures with 

respect to filings. 

In accordance with §§ 201.16(c) and 

207.3 of the rules, each document filed 

by a party to the review must be served 

on all other parties to the review (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. 

Determination.—The Commission has 

determined this review is 

extraordinarily complicated and 

therefore has determined to exercise its 

authority to extend the review period by 

up to 90 days pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 

1675(c)(5)(B). 

Authority:This review is being 

conducted under authority of title VII of 

the Act; this notice is published 

pursuant to § 207.62 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

By order of the Commission. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 11 / Wednesday, January 17, 2024 / Notices 2983 

Issued: January 10, 2024. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00727 Filed 1–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 

Act 

On January 10, 2024, the Department 

of Justice lodged a proposed Consent 

Decree with the United States District 

Court for the District of Columbia in the 

case captioned United States v. 

Cummins Inc., Case No. 1:24–cv–00088. 

The United States filed a Complaint 

in this lawsuit seeking civil penalties 

and injunctive relief from Defendant 

Cummins Inc. (‘‘Cummins’’) for alleged 

violations of title II of the Clean Air Act, 

as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7521–7590, and 

the regulations promulgated thereunder, 

which aim to protect human health and 

the environment by reducing emissions 

of nitrogen oxides (‘‘NOX’’) and other 

pollutants from mobile sources of air 

pollution, including new motor 

vehicles. The State of California has 

filed a separate Complaint alleging 

corresponding claims for civil penalties 

and injunctive relief against Cummins 

under the Clean Air Act’s citizen suit 

provisions, 42 U.S.C. 7404(a)(1), and 

California laws and regulations. 

The United States’ Complaint alleges 

that Cummins violated the Clean Air 

Act through the company’s production 

and sale of diesel motor vehicle 

engines—along with associated engine 

control and emission control systems— 

that were installed in nearly one million 

pickup trucks sold in the United States 

under the RAM 2500 and RAM 3500 

model names. The United States alleges 

that Cummins’ applications to the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency for 

Certificates of Conformity for those 

trucks did not disclose multiple 

software-based features that affect their 

emission control systems. In addition, 

the United States alleges that some of 

these undisclosed software features 

qualify as illegal ‘‘defeat devices’’ that 

bypass, defeat and/or render inoperative 

emission control systems in more than 

630,000 model year 2013–2019 RAM 

2500 and RAM 3500 trucks, causing 

those vehicles to emit substantially 

higher levels of NOX during certain 

normal real world driving conditions, as 

compared to the vehicles’ NOX

emissions levels during federal emission 

tests. 

When the United States’ Complaint 

was filed, the United States also lodged 

a proposed Consent Decree among the 

United States (on behalf of the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency), the 

State of California (on behalf of the 

California Air Resources Board), and 

Cummins (the ‘‘Joint Consent Decree’’). 

If approved by the Court, the Joint 

Consent Decree would resolve the 

claims against Cummins in the United 

States’ Complaint on agreed terms and 

conditions. The Joint Consent Decree 

also would partially resolve the claims 

against Cummins in the California 

Complaint. A separate proposed 

Consent Decree between Cummins and 

California (the ‘‘California Partial 

Consent Decree’’) was lodged 

concurrently with the proposed Joint 

Consent Decree. The California Partial 

Consent Decree would resolve the 

remaining claims in the California 

Complaint, including claims brought by 

the California Attorney General. 

The Joint Consent Decree would 

require Cummins to: (i) pay the United 

States a $1.478 billion civil penalty; (ii) 

pay the California Air Resources Board 

a $164 million penalty; and (iii)) take 

various steps to remedy the alleged 

violations, including conducting vehicle 

recall campaigns to replace the software 

in model year 2013–2019 RAM trucks 

and satisfying mitigation requirements 

to offset the excess NOX emissions from 

those trucks. 

The California Partial Consent Decree 

would require Cummins to pay $33 

million in civil penalties to the 

California Attorney General and make 

an additional payment to fund actions 

or projects that reduce NOX emissions 

through mitigation programs 

administered by the California Air 

Resources Board. 

Taken together, the Joint Consent 

Decree and the California Partial 

Consent Decree would require Cummins 

to pay more than $2 billion to resolve 

the violations alleged by the United 

States and California, including $1.675 

billion in civil penalties. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period for public comment on the 

United States’ proposed Joint Consent 

Decree. Comments should be addressed 

to the Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and should refer to Untied 

States v. Cummins Inc., DJ Ref. No. 90– 

5–2–1–12300. All comments must be 

submitted no later than thirty (30) days 

after the publication date of this notice. 

Comments may be submitted either by 

email or by mail: 

To submit 

comments: Send them to: 

By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@

usdoj.gov. 

By mail ......... Assistant Attorney General, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. 

Box 7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the proposed Joint Consent Decree may 

be examined and downloaded at this 

Justice Department website: https://

www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 

We will provide a paper copy of the 

proposed Joint Consent Decree upon 

written request and payment of 

reproduction costs. Please mail your 

request and payment to: Consent Decree 

Library, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 

7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. 

Please enclose a check or money order 

for $45.75 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. 

Patricia A. McKenna, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00705 Filed 1–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Consent Decrees Under the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act, Clean Water Act, and Oil Pollution 

Act 

On January 8, 2024, the Department of 

Justice lodged five proposed consent 

decrees with the United States District 

Court for the Northern District of Ohio 

in the lawsuit entitled United States v. 

Ohio Refining Co., et al., Civil Action 

No. 3:24–cv–00039. 

The United States filed a Complaint 

alleging claims against Ohio Refining 

Co., LLC, Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Energy 

Transfer (R&M), LLC, Pilkington North 

America, Inc., and Chemtrade Logistics, 

Inc., under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(‘‘CERCLA’’), the Clean Water Act, and 

the Oil Pollution Act for recovery of 

damages for injury to, loss of, or 

destruction of natural resources 

resulting from the release of hazardous 

substances and oil at the Duck & Otter 

Creeks NRDA Site located near Toledo, 

Ohio. Each Defendant or its predecessor 

historically owned and/or operated an 

industrial facility within the Site which 

discharged polynuclear aromatic 

hydrocarbon (‘‘PAH’’) compounds, 


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