Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 22 / Thursday, February 1, 2024 / Notices 6503 

1See Certain Steel Nails from Taiwan: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review, Preliminary Determination 

of No Shipments, Preliminary Determination of No 

Reviewable Sales, and Partial Rescission of Review; 

2021–2022, 88 FR 51291 (August 3, 2023) 

(Preliminary Results), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2 Id. The mandatory respondents in this review 

are: Your Standing International, Inc. (YSI); Shang 

Jeng Nail Co., Ltd. (Shang Jeng); and World Kun 

Company Limited (World Kun). We note that 

Concord International Engineering & Trading Co., 

Ltd. was selected as a mandatory respondent, but 

claimed to have no reviewable sales in its 

questionnaire responses. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 

Certain Steel Nails from Taiwan; 2021–2022,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

4See Certain Steel Nails from the Republic of 

Korea, Malaysia, the Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, 

and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Antidumping Duty Orders, 80 FR 39994 (July 13, 

2015) (Order). 5See Preliminary Results, 88 FR at 51292. 

Dated: January 25, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Subsidies Valuation Information 

V. Analysis of Programs 

VI. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether Electricity Is 

Subsidized by the Government of Korea 

(GOK) 

Comment 2: Whether the Korea Emissions 

Trading System (K–ETS) Is 

Countervailable 

Comment 3: Whether Hyundai Steel 

Company (Hyundai Steel) and Hyundai 

Green Power (HGP) Are Cross-Owned 

Comment 4: Whether KG Dongbu Steel Co., 

Ltd. (KG Dongbu) Is Equityworthy and 

the 2015–2018 Debt-to-Equity Swaps 

Should Be Countervailed 

Comment 5: Whether Subsidies Prior to 

Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.’s (Dongbu Steel) 

Change in Ownership (CIO) Pass 

Through to KG Dongbu 

Comment 6: Whether Commerce 

Incorrectly Calculated the 

Uncreditworthy Benchmark Rate and 

Unequityworthy Discount Rate 

Comment 7: Whether Commerce Used the 

Correct Uncreditworthy Rate in the 

Benefit Calculation for the Long-Term 

Loan and Bond Restructured in 2019 

Comment 8: Whether Commerce 

Incorrectly Included Long-Term Bonds 

Received From a Private Bank in its 

Calculation of Benefit for Restructured 

Loans 

VIII. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–583–854] 

Certain Steel Nails From Taiwan: Final 

Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review, Final 

Determination of No Shipments, and 

Final Determination of No Reviewable 

Sales; 2021–2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

certain steel nails from Taiwan were 

sold in the United States at less than 

normal value during the period of 

review (POR), July 1, 2021, through June 

30, 2022. Commerce also determines 

that certain companies under review 

made no shipments of certain steel nails 

from Taiwan or had no reviewable sales 

during the POR. 

DATES: Applicable February 1, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Faris Montgomery, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VIII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–1537. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 3, 2023, Commerce 

published the preliminary results in the 

2021–2022 administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on certain steel 

nails from Taiwan and invited 

interested parties to comment.1 The 

review covers 140 companies, including 

three mandatory respondents, four 

companies claiming no shipments of 

subject merchandise during the POR, 

three companies claiming no reviewable 

sales during the POR, and 130 

companies not selected for individual 

examination.2 A summary of the events 

that occurred since publication of the 

Preliminary Results, as well as a full 

discussion of the issues raised by parties 

for these final results, are included in 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum.3

Commerce conducted this 

administrative review in accordance 

with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 

Scope of the Order 4

The merchandise covered by this 

Order are certain steel nails from 

Taiwan. The certain steel nails subject 

to the Order are currently classifiable 

under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 

7317.00.55.02, 7317.00.55.03, 

7317.00.55.05, 7317.00.55.07, 

7317.00.55.08, 7317.00.55.11, 

7317.00.55.18, 7317.00.55.19, 

7317.00.55.20, 7317.00.55.30, 

7317.00.55.40, 7317.00.55.50, 

7317.00.55.60, 7317.00.55.70, 

7317.00.55.80, 7317.00.55.90, 

7317.00.65.30, 7317.00.65.60 and 

7317.00.75.00. Certain steel nails subject 

to this Order also may be classified 

under HTSUS subheadings 

7907.00.60.00, 8206.00.00.00 or other 

HTSUS subheadings. While the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of this 

Order is dispositive. For a complete 

description of the scope of the Order, 

see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in parties’ case and 

rebuttal briefs are addressed in the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum and 

are listed in appendix I to this notice. 

The Issues and 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 Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

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

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

Based on our findings at verification, 

Commerce made certain changes to the 

margin calculations for YSI. The Issues 

and Decision Memorandum contains 

descriptions of these changes. 

Final Determination of No Shipments 

In the Preliminary Results, Commerce 

determined that the following 

companies had no shipments of subject 

merchandise during the POR: Astrotech 

Steels Private Limited (Astrotech); 

Region Systems Sdn. Bhd (Region 

Systems); Region Industries Co., Ltd. 

(Region Industries); and Region 

International Co., Ltd (Region 

International).5 As we have not received 

any information to contradict this 

determination, consistent with our 

practice, we will instruct U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate 

any existing entries of subject 

merchandise produced by these four 

companies, but exported by other 

parties, at the all-others rate if there is 


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6 Id. 

7See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 

FR 23954, 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment of 

Antidumping Duties); see also Certain Pasta from 

Turkey: Notice of Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 

23974, 23977 (April 29, 2011), unchanged in Pasta 

from Turkey: Notice of Final Results of the 14th 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 

68399 (November 4, 2011). 

8See appendix II for a list of these companies. 

9See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

10See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also 

Antidumping Proceeding: Calculation of the 

Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 

Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 

Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 

(February 14, 2012). 

11See Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 

at 23954. 

no rate for the intermediate 

company(ies) involved in the 

transaction. 

Final Determination of No Reviewable 

Sales 

In the Preliminary Results, Commerce 

determined that resellers Create Trading 

Co., Ltd. (Create Trading), Wiresmith 

Industrial Co., Ltd. (Wiresmith), and 

Concord International Engineering & 

Trading Co., Ltd. (Concord 

International) had no reviewable sales of 

subject merchandise during the POR.6

As we find that there is no evidence on 

the record of this review which warrants 

a different determination, we continue 

to find that these three companies had 

no reviewable sales during the POR. As 

discussed further in the ‘‘Assessment 

Rates’’ section below, we will instruct 

CBP to liquidate any existing entries of 

subject merchandise produced by Create 

Trading, Wiresmith, and Concord 

International’s respective unaffiliated 

suppliers and attributed to Create 

Trading, Wiresmith, and Concord 

International at the rate applicable to 

the unaffiliated producers, or the allothers rate if there is no rate for the 

unaffiliated producers.7

Facts Available 

Pursuant to section 776(a)(1) and 

776(a)(2)(A)–(C) of the Act, we are 

relying upon facts otherwise available to 

assign estimated dumping margins to 

mandatory respondents Shang Jeng and 

World Kun because both companies 

were unresponsive to our requests for 

information, and thereby withheld 

necessary information that was 

requested by Commerce, failed to 

provide the information requested by 

the specified deadlines in the form and 

manner requested, and significantly 

impeded the conduct of the review. 

Further, Commerce finds that Shang 

Jeng and World Kun failed to cooperate 

by not acting to the best of their ability 

to comply with requests for information 

and, thus, Commerce is applying an 

adverse inference in selecting among the 

facts available, in accordance with 

section 776(b) of the Act. As adverse 

facts available, we are assigning these 

companies a rate of 78.17 percent, 

which is the highest rate applied in any 

segment of this proceeding. 

Rate for Non-Selected Companies 

As we stated in the Preliminary 

Results, the weighted-average dumping 

margin for YSI is not zero, de minimis, 

or based entirely on facts otherwise 

available, whereas other selected 

mandatory respondents’ weightedaverage dumping margins are based 

entirely on facts available. Commerce, 

therefore, assigned a weighted-average 

dumping margin to the non-examined 

companies that is equal to the weightedaverage dumping margin for YSI in 

accordance with its practice. This 

determination is unchanged for the final 

results. 

Final Results of Review 

We have determined the following 

dumping margins for the firms listed 

below for the period July 1, 2021, 

through June 30, 2022: 

Exporter/producer 

Weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

Your Standing International, Inc .................................................................................................................................................. 26.28 

Shang Jeng Nail Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................................ 78.17 

World Kun Company Limited ....................................................................................................................................................... 78.17 

Companies under Review Not Selected for Individual Examination 8 ........................................................................................ 26.28 

Disclosure 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed for YSI within five days of 

the date of publication of this notice to 

parties in this proceeding, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Assessment Rates 

Commerce has determined, and CBP 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries in this review, in 

accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b). 

Commerce intends to issue assessment 

instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 

days after the date of publication of 

these final results in the Federal 

Register. If a timely summons is filed at 

the U.S. Court of International Trade, 

the assessment instructions will direct 

CBP not to liquidate relevant entries 

until the time for parties to file a request 

for a statutory injunction has expired 

(i.e., within 90 days of publication). 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), 

because YSI’s weighted-average 

dumping margin is not zero or de 

minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 

351.106(c)(1), we calculated importerspecific antidumping duty assessment 

rates on the basis of the ratio of the total 

amount of dumping calculated for each 

importer’s examined sales to the total 

entered value of those sales.9 Where we 

do not have entered values for all U.S. 

sales to a particular importer, we 

calculated an importer-specific, per-unit 

assessment rate on the basis of the ratio 

of the total amount of dumping 

calculated for the importer’s examined 

sales to the total quantity of those sales. 

To determine whether an importerspecific, per-unit assessment rate is de 

minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an 

importer-specific ad valorem ratio based 

on estimated entered values. Where an 

importer-specific assessment rate is zero 

or de minimis, we intend to instruct 

CBP to liquidate appropriate entries 

without regard to antidumping duties.10

For entries of subject merchandise 

during the POR produced by an 

individually examined respondent for 

which it did not know its merchandise 

was destined for the United States, we 

intend to instruct CBP to liquidate such 

entries at the all-others rate if there is no 

rate for the intermediate company(ies) 

involved in the transaction.11

In addition, because we found no 

shipments of subject merchandise for 

Astrotech, Region Systems, Region 

Industries, and Region International in 

the final results, any suspended entries 

made under that exporter’s case number 

(i.e., at that exporter’s rate) will be 

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12See Certain Steel Nails from Taiwan: Notice of 

Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final 

Determination in Less Than Fair Value 

Investigation and Notice of Amended Final 

Determination, 82 FR 55090 (November 20, 2017). 

is no rate for the intermediate 

company(ies) involved in the 

transaction. 

Because we continue to find Concord 

International, Create Trading, and 

Wiresmith had no reviewable entries 

during the POR in the final results, any 

suspended entries of subject 

merchandise associated with these 

companies will be liquidated at the rate 

applicable to the unaffiliated producers, 

or the all-others rate if there is no rate 

for the unaffiliated producers. 

For the companies which were not 

selected for individual examination 

listed in appendix II, we assigned an 

antidumping duty assessment rate equal 

to the weighted-average dumping 

margin determined for these companies 

in the final results of review (i.e., the 

margin for the sole cooperating 

mandatory respondent YSI). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be in effect for all 

shipments of the subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication date of the final results of 

this administrative review, as provided 

by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the 

cash deposit rate for YSI, Shang Jeng, 

World Kun, and the companies listed in 

appendix II will be equal to the 

appropriate dumping margin 

established in the final results of this 

administrative review; (2) for previously 

reviewed or investigated companies not 

covered in this review, the cash deposit 

rate will continue to be the companyspecific rate published for the most 

recently-completed segment of this 

proceeding in which the company was 

reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm 

covered in this review, a prior 

completed review, or the less-than-fair 

value (LTFV) investigation, but the 

producer is, then the cash deposit rate 

will be the company-specific rate 

established for the most recentlycompleted segment of this proceeding 

for the producer of subject merchandise; 

and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 

producers and exporters will continue 

to be 2.16 percent, the all-others rate 

established in the LTFV investigation, 

as amended.12 These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a final reminder 

to importers of their responsibility 

under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a 

certificate regarding the reimbursement 

of antidumping duties prior to 

liquidation of the relevant entries 

during the POR. Failure to comply with 

this requirement could result in 

Commerce’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping duties. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to parties subject to an 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

return or destruction of proprietary 

information disclosed under APO in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), 

which continues to govern business 

proprietary information in this segment 

of the proceeding. Timely written 

notification of the return/destruction of 

APO materials, or conversion to judicial 

protective order, is hereby requested. 

Failure to comply with the regulations 

and the terms of an APO is a 

sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results of administrative review in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: January 26, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

V. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether To Include San Shing 

Fastech Corporation’s (San Shing) 

Financial Data in the Calculation of 

Profit and Indirect Selling Expenses (ISE) 

for Constructed Value (CV) 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should 

Find YSI and Its Toller Affiliated and 

Refer Potential Duty Evasion to U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should 

Continue To Apply Adverse Facts 

Available (AFA) to Shang Jeng Nail Co., 

Ltd. (Shang Jeng) and World Kun 

Company Limited (World Kun) 

VI. Recommendation 

Appendix II 

List of Companies Under Review Not 

Selected for Individual Examination 

1. A-Jax Enterprises Limited 

2. A-Jax International Company Limited 

3. A-Stainless International Company 

Limited 

4. Advanced Global Sourcing Limited 

5. Aimreach Enterprises Company Limited 

6. Alisios International Corporation 

7. Allwin Architectural Hardware Inc. 

8. A.N. Cooke Manufacturing Co., Pty., 

Limited 

9. Asia Engineered Components 

10. Asia Link Industrial Corporation 

11. Asia Smarten Way Corp. (Taiwan) 

12. Autolink International Company Limited 

13. BCR Inc. 

14. Bestwell International Corporation 

15. Boss Precision Works Co., Ltd. 

16. Budstech CI Limited 

17. Bulls Technology Company Limited 

18. Canatex Industrial Company Limited 

19. Cata Company Limited 

20. Cenluxmetals Company Limited 

21. Chang Bin Industrial Co., Ltd. 

22. Channg Chin Industry Corporation 

23. Charng Yu Industrial Company 

24. Chen Nan Iron Wire Co., Ltd. 

25. Chen Yu-Lan 

26. Chia Da Fastener Company Limited 

27. Chiang Shin Fasteners Industries Ltd. 

28. Chin Tai Sing Precision Manufactory Co., 

Ltd. 

29. Chun Yu Works & Company Limited 

30. Cross International Co., Ltd. 

31. Da Wing Industry Company Limited 

32. Dar Yu Enterprise Co., Ltd. 

33. Eagre International Trade Co., Ltd. 

34. Ever-Top Hardware Corporation 

35. Excel Components Manufacturing Co., 

Ltd. 

36. Fastguard Fastening Systems Inc. 

37. Fastnet Corporation 

38. Fujian Xinhong Mech. & Elec. Co., Ltd. 

39. Funtec International Co., Ltd. 

40. Fuzhou Royal Floor Co., Ltd. 

41. FWU Kuang Enterprise Co., Ltd. 

42. GoFast Company Limited 

43. H–H Fasteners Company 

44. H-Locker Components Inc. 

45. Hau Kawang Enterprise Co., Ltd. 

46. Hecny Group 

47. Hi-Sharp Industrial Corp., Ltd. 

48. Hom Wei Enterprise Corporation 

49. HWA Hsing Screw Industry Co., Ltd. 

50. Hwaguo Industrial Fasteners Co., Ltd. 

51. Hy-Mart Fastener Co., Ltd. 

52. Hyup Sung Indonesia 

53. In Precision Link Co., Ltd. 

54. Intai Technology Corporation 

55. JCH Hardware Company Inc. 

56. Jet Crown International Co., Ltd. 

57. Ji Li Deng Fasteners Co., Ltd. 

58. Jinhai Hardware Co., Ltd. 

59. Jinn Her Enterprise Limited 

60. Jockey Ben Metal Enterprise Co., Ltd. 

61. Kan Good Enterprise Co., Ltd. 

62. Katsuhana Fasteners Corporation 

63. Kay Guay Enterprises Co., Ltd. 

64. Key Use Industrial Works Co., Ltd. 

65. KOT Components Co., Ltd. 

66. K. Ticho Industries Co., Ltd. 

67. K Win Fasteners Inc. 

68. Kuan Hsin Screw Industry Co., Ltd. 

69. Liang Ying Fasteners Industry Co., Ltd. 

70. Long Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd. 

71. Lu Chu Shin Yee Works Co., Ltd. 

72. Mechanical Hardwares Co. 

73. Midas Union Co., Ltd. 

74. Min Hwei Enterprise Co., Ltd. 

75. Ming Cheng Precision Co., Ltd. 

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77. ML Global Ltd. 

78. Newfast Co., Ltd. 

79. Noah Enterprise Co., Ltd. 

80. Nytaps Taiwan Corporation 

81. Pao Shen Enterprises Co., Ltd. 

82. Par Excellence Industrial Co., Ltd. 

83. Pengteh Industrial Co., Ltd. 

84. Pneumax Corp. 

85. Printech T Electronics Corporation 

86. Pro-an International Co., Ltd. 

87. Pronto Great China Corp. 

88. Professional Fasteners Development Co., 

Ltd. 

89. P.S.M. Fasteners (Asia) Limited 

90. Qi Ding Enterprise Co., Ltd. 

91. Right Source Co., Ltd. 

92. Rodex Fasteners Corp. 

93. Rong Chang Metal Co., Ltd. 

94. San Shing Fastech Corporation 

95. SBSCQ Taiwan Limited 

96. Shanxi Pioneer Hardware Industrial Co., 

Ltd. 

97. Somax Enterprise Co., Ltd. 

98. Spec Products Corporation 

99. Star World Product and Trading Co., Ltd. 

100. Sumeeko Industries Co., Ltd. 

101. Sunshine Spring Co., Ltd. 

102. Suntec Industries Co., Ltd. 

103. Supreme Fasteners Corp. 

104. Szu I Industries Co., Ltd. 

105. Tag Fasteners Sdn. Bhd. 

106. Taifas Corporation 

107. Taiwan Geer-Tai Works Co., Ltd. 

108. Taiwan Quality Fastener Co., Ltd. 

109. Team Builder Enterprise Limited 

110. Techno Associates Taiwan Co., Ltd. 

111. Techup Development Co., Ltd. 

112. TG Co., Ltd. 

113. Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co. Ltd. 

114. Topps Wang International Ltd. 

115. Ume-Pride International Inc. 

116. Unistrong Industrial Co., Ltd. 

117. United Nail Products Co. Ltd. 

118. Vanguard International Co., Ltd. 

119. Wa Tai Industrial Co., Ltd. 

120. Win Fastener Corporation 

121. WTA International Co., Ltd. 

122. Wumax Industry Co., Ltd. 

123. Wyser International Corporation 

124. Yeun Chang Hardware Tool Company 

Limited 

125. Yng Tran Enterprise Company Limited 

126. Yoh Chang Enterprise Company Limited 

127. Yow Chern Company 

128. Yumark Enterprises Corporation 

129. Yu Tai World Co., Ltd. 

130. Zenith Good Enterprise Corporation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Notice of Availability of Draft 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment for Modernization and 

Internal Expansion of Existing 

Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities 

Under the CHIPS Incentives Program 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; availability of a Draft 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) is 

extending the period for submitting 

comments on the Draft Programmatic 

Environmental Assessment (PEA) for 

the modernization and internal 

expansion of existing semiconductor 

fabrication facilities under the CHIPS 

Incentives Program. The original 

deadline for public comments was 

January 25, 2024. NIST is extending the 

deadline until February 9, 2024. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

notice published December 27, 2023, at 

88 FR 89372, is extended. Comments 

must be received on or before February 

9, 2024. Comments received after 

January 25, 2024, and before publication 

of this notice are deemed to be timely. 

Those who have already submitted 

comments need not resubmit. 

ADDRESSES: The PEA is available for 

download and review at https://

www.nist.gov/chips/nationalenvironmental-policy-act-nepa, under 

the heading ‘‘NEPA Public 

Involvement.’’ 

You may submit comments on the 

PEA by the following methods: 

Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments via email to 

ChipsNEPA@chips.gov citing 

‘‘Modernization PEA’’ in the subject 

line. NIST will accept comments in 

attached Word or PDF formats or within 

the body of the email. 

By mail: Comments can also be 

mailed to the CHIPS Incentives Program 

at: Department of Commerce; HCHB 

Room 7419; ATTN: CPO Environmental 

Division; 1401 Constitution Ave NW, 

Washington, DC 20230. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NIST. All comments 

received are a part of the public record; 

commenters should not include 

personal identifying information (e.g., 

name, address, etc.), confidential 

business information, or otherwise 

sensitive information. NIST will accept 

anonymous comments. The most 

helpful comments include a specific 

recommendation, explain the reason for 

any recommended change, and provide 

supporting information. NIST will 

consider all relevant comments received 

on or before the closing date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Frenkel, NIST, telephone number 

240–204–1960, email David.Frenkel@

chips.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a 

Federal Register notice dated December 

27, 2023 (88 FR 89372), NIST 

announced the availability of the Draft 

PEA for the modernization and internal 

expansion of existing semiconductor 

fabrication facilities under the CHIPS 

Incentives Program. NIST has prepared 

the draft PEA in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the 

Council on Environmental Quality’s 

(CEQ) NEPA implementing regulations 

(40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508). The 

PEA addresses financial assistance for 

the modernization or internal expansion 

of existing current-generation and 

mature-node commercial facilities 

within their existing footprint 

throughout the U.S. 

The original deadline for public 

comments was January 25, 2024. NIST 

has received a request for an extension 

of the comment period due to the length 

and technical content of the document. 

NIST is therefore extending the deadline 

until February 9, 2024. 

Authority: This notice is provided 

pursuant to NEPA and CEQ’s NEPA 

implementing regulations (40 CFR 

1506.6). 

Tamiko Ford, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

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SUMMARY: The CHIPS Research and 

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