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ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged 

to submit public comments or requests 

for a public hearing relating to this 

petition electronically via the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov gov (indicate 

public docket number IRS–2022–0037 

or polyphenylene sulfide) by following 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. Comments cannot be edited 

or withdrawn once submitted to the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. 

Alternatively, comments and requests 

for a public hearing may be mailed to: 

Internal Revenue Service, Attn: 

CC:PA:01:PR (Supplemental Notice of 

Filing for Polyphenylene Sulfide), Room 

5203, P.O. Box 7604, Ben Franklin 

Station, Washington DC 20044. All 

comments received are part of the 

public record and subject to public 

disclosure. All comments received will 

be posted without change to 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. You 

should submit only information that 

you wish to make publicly available. If 

a public hearing is scheduled, notice of 

the time and place for the hearing will 

be published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Camille Edwards Bennehoff at (202) 

317–6855 (not a toll-free number). 

Request To Add Substance to the List 

(a) Overview. 

A petition was filed pursuant to Rev. 

Proc. 2022–26 (2022–29 I.R.B. 90), 

requesting that polyphenylene sulfide 

be added to the list of taxable 

substances under section 4672(a) of the 

Internal Revenue Code (List). The notice 

of filing summarizing the 

polyphenylene sulfide petition and 

requesting comments was published in 

the Federal Register on December 30, 

2022 (87 FR 80579). The Treasury 

Department and the IRS received no 

written comments in response to the 

original notice of filing and a public 

hearing was neither requested nor held. 

After the comment period for the notice 

of filing closed, an error was discovered 

in the stoichiometric material 

consumption equation for 

polyphenylene sulfide, and the 

Petitioner subsequently provided a 

corrected petition. 

This supplemental notice of filing 

provides the corrected stoichiometric 

material consumption equation for 

polyphenylene sulfide in paragraph (b) 

of this document. The stoichiometric 

material consumption equation is 

corrected to read as follows: 

on [2 NaOH + C6H6 + 2 Cl2 + H2S] → 

[C6H4S]n + 2n H2O + 2n NaCl + 2n 

HCl 

The other petition information 

provided in paragraph (b) of this 

document is unchanged from the 

original notice of filing for 

polyphenylene sulfide. Although the 

only change from the original notice of 

filing is to the stoichiometric material 

consumption equation, this document 

also includes all of the other 

information presented on the corrected 

petition to avoid confusion and is 

provided for public notice and comment 

pursuant to section 9 of Rev. Proc. 

2022–26. 

The petition requesting the addition 

of polyphenylene sulfide to the List is 

based on weight and—as noted 

previously—contains the information 

detailed in paragraph (b) of this 

document. The publication of petition 

information in this supplemental notice 

of filing is not a determination and does 

not constitute Treasury Department or 

IRS confirmation of the accuracy of the 

information published. 

Pursuant to section 10.02 of Rev. Proc. 

2022–26, the IRS and Petitioner agreed 

to extend the 180-day determination 

period. 

(b) Petition Content. 

(1) Substance name: Polyphenylene 

sulfide. 

According to the petition, these are 

the commonly used substance names for 

polyphenylene sulfide: 

Polyphenylene sulfide 

PPS 

Poly(p-phenylenesulfide) 

Benzene, 1,4-dichloro-, polymer with 

sodium sulfide. 

(2) Petitioner: Celanese Ltd., an 

exporter of polyphenylene sulfide. 

(3) Proposed classification numbers: 

(i) HTSUS number: 3911.90.2500. 

(ii) Schedule B number: 3911.90.6100. 

(iii) CAS numbers: 25212–74–2, 

26125–40–6 

(4) Petition filing dates: 

(i) Petition filing date for purposes of 

making a determination: December 20, 

2022. 

(ii) Petition filing date for purposes of 

section 11.02 of Rev. Proc. 2022–26: July 

1, 2022. 

(5) Description from petition: 

According to the petition, 

polyphenylene sulfide is a highperformance thermoplastic, has high 

heat and chemical resistance, and is 

used in applications such as filters, 

appliance, machine and automobile 

parts, replacing steel in some cases. 

In the final step of the production 

process, polyphenylene sulfide is 

manufactured by the polymerization of 

1,4-dichlorobenzene (p-DCB), a taxable 

substance, with sodium hydrosulfide 

and sodium hydroxide. Sodium 

hydrosulfide is made from sodium 

hydroxide and hydrogen sulfide. 

Taxable chemicals constitute 90.0 

percent by weight of the materials used 

to produce this substance. 

(6) Process identified in petition as 

predominant method of production of 

substance: 

Three separate reactions: 

(A) 1,4 dichlorobenzene is made from 

the reaction of benzene with 2 

equivalents of chlorine. 

(B) Sodium hydrogen sulfide is made 

from the reaction of hydrogen sulfide 

with sodium hydroxide. 

(C) 1,4-dichlorobenzene (pdichlorobenzene, p-DCB), sodium 

hydrosulfide (NaSH), and sodium 

hydroxide (NaOH) are reacted at high 

temperature and high pressure to form 

polyphenylene sulfide and byproduct 

sodium chloride. 

(7) Stoichiometric material 

consumption equation, based on 

process identified as predominant 

method of production: 

n [2 NaOH + C6H6 + 2 Cl2 + H2S] → 

[C6H4S]n + 2n H2O + 2n NaCl + 2n 

HCl 

(8) Tax rate calculated by Petitioner, 

based on Petitioner’s conversion factors 

for taxable chemicals used in 

production of substance: 

(i) Tax rate: $14.50 per ton. 

(ii) Conversion factors: 0.74 for 

sodium hydroxide, 0.72 for benzene, 

1.31 for chlorine. 

(9) Public docket number: IRS–2022– 

0037. 

Michael Beker, 

Senior Counsel (Passthroughs and Special 

Industries),IRS Office of Chief Counsel. 

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BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Request 

for Individual Access to Records 

Protected Under the Privacy Act and 

Consent for Disclosure of Records 

Protected Under the Privacy Act 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury will submit the following 

information collection requests to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the 

date of publication of this notice. The 


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public is invited to submit comments on 

these requests. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before April 15, 2024 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, or any other aspect 

of the information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer, 1750 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 8100, 

Washington, DC 20220, or email at 

PRA@treasury.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the submissions may be 

obtained from Ryan Law by emailing 

Ryan.Law@treasury.gov, calling (202) 

622–8098, or viewing the entire 

information collection request at 

www.reginfo.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Request for Individual Access to 

Records Protected under the Privacy Act 

and Consent for Disclosure of Records 

Protected under the Privacy Act. 

OMB Control Number: 1505–NEW. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Description: The Request for 

Individual Access to Records Protected 

under the Privacy Act and Consent for 

Disclosure of Records Protected under 

the Privacy Act, was developed in 

accordance with the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Memorandum M–21–04, Modernizing 

Access to and Consent for Disclosure of 

Records Subject to the Privacy Act, 

which implements the requirements of 

the Creating Advanced Streamlined 

Electronic Services for Constituents Act 

of 2019 (‘‘CASES Act’’). This form is 

based on the mandatory OMB M–21–04 

templates for individuals to submit 

requests for accessing and consenting to 

the disclosure of records protected 

under the Privacy Act of 1974, as 

amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a. 

The Request for Individual Access to 

Records Protected under the Privacy Act 

form is used by individuals seeking 

access to their records under the Privacy 

Act and any information pertaining to 

them that are maintained in Treasury’s 

systems of records. The Privacy Act 

provides that ‘‘the parent of any minor, 

or the legal guardian of any individual 

who has been declared to be 

incompetent due to physical or mental 

incapacity or age by a court of 

competent jurisdiction, may act on 

behalf of the individual.’’ Therefore, this 

form may also be used by a parent or 

legal guardian. 

Form Number: None. 

Affected Public: Public individuals. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

316. 

Frequency of Response: Annual. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 316. 

Estimated Time per Response: 3 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 948. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of technology; and (e) estimates of 

capital or start-up costs and costs of 

operation, maintenance, and purchase 

of services required to provide 

information. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Melody Braswell, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND 

SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION 

Notice of Open Public Hearing 

AGENCY: U.S.-China Economic and 

Security Review Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of open public hearing. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following hearing of the U.S.-China 

Economic and Security Review 

Commission. The Commission is 

mandated by Congress to monitor, 

investigate, and report to Congress 

annually on ‘‘the national security 

implications of the economic 

relationship between the United States 

and the People’s Republic of China.’’ 

Pursuant to this mandate, the 

Commission will hold a public hearing 

in Washington, DC on March 1, 2024 on 

‘‘Consumer Products from China: Safety, 

Regulations, and Supply Chains.’’ 

DATES: The hearing is scheduled for 

Friday, March 1, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: Members of the public will 

be able to attend in person at a location 

TBD or view a live webcast via the 

Commission’s website at www.uscc.gov. 

Visit the Commission’s website for 

updates to the hearing location or 

possible changes to the hearing 

schedule. Reservations are not required 

to view the hearing online or in person. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public seeking further 

information concerning the hearing 

should contact Jameson Cunningham, 

444 North Capitol Street NW, Suite 602, 

Washington, DC 20001; telephone: 202– 

624–1496, or via email at jcunningham@

uscc.gov. Reservations are not required 

to attend the hearing. 

ADA Accessibility: For questions 

about the accessibility of the event or to 

request an accommodation, please 

contact Jameson Cunningham via email 

at jcunningham@uscc.gov. Requests for 

an accommodation should be made as 

soon as possible, and at least five 

business days prior to the event. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: This is the second public 

hearing the Commission will hold 

during its 2024 reporting cycle. The 

hearing will initially address the safety 

and quality of consumer products 

imported from China and the extent to 

which U.S. consumers, firms, and 

regulators are able to detect and respond 

to risks presented by unsafe and poorquality imports. Next, the hearing will 

examine how shifts in global trade 

patterns affect U.S. supply chain 

resiliency, focusing on Chinese firms 

moving manufacturing abroad as well as 

attempts by Chinese firms to circumvent 

U.S. tariffs via transshipment through 

intermediary countries. Finally, the 

hearing will assess the Chinese 

government’s economic and policy 

support for its domestic manufacturing 

sector and consider the potential impact 

of these policies on China and the 

United States. 

The hearing will be co-chaired by 

Commissioner Robin Cleveland and 

Commissioner Kimberly T. Glas. Any 

interested party may file a written 

statement by March 1, 2024 by 

transmitting it to the contact above. A 

portion of the hearing will include a 

question and answer period between the 

Commissioners and the witnesses. 

Authority: Congress created the U.S.- 

China Economic and Security Review 

Commission in 2000 in the National 

Defense Authorization Act (Pub. L. 106– 

398), as amended by Division P of the 

Consolidated Appropriations 

Resolution, 2003 (Pub. L. 108–7), as 

amended by Public Law 109–108 

(November 22, 2005), as amended by 

Public Law 113–291 (December 19, 

2014). 


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