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be followed in all appointments to the 

Board. To ensure that the 

recommendations of the Board have 

taken into account the needs of the 

diverse groups served by USDA, 

membership shall include to the extent 

possible, individuals with demonstrated 

ability to represent minorities, women, 

and persons with disabilities. USDA is 

an equal opportunity provider, 

employer, and lender. 

Dated: February 15, 2024. 

Cikena Reid, 

USDA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03680 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Request Revision 

and Extension of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 this 

notice announces the intention of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) to request revision and 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection, the Hemp 

Production and Disposition Inquiry. 

Revision to burden hours will be needed 

due to changes in the size of the target 

population, sampling design, number of 

mailings, and/or questionnaire length. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by April 23, 2024 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535–0270, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: OMBofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number above in the 

subject line of the message. 

• eFax: (855) 838–6382. 

• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD– 

ROM submissions to: Richard Hopper, 

NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 

South Building, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250– 

2024. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand 

deliver to: Richard Hopper, NASS 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Room 5336, South 

Building, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph L. Parsons, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–4333. Copies of 

this information collection and related 

instructions can be obtained without 

charge from Richard Hopper, NASS— 

OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 720– 

2206 or at ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Hemp Production and 

Disposition Inquiry. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0270. 

Expiration Date of Approval: August 

31, 2024. 

Type of Request: Intent to Seek 

Approval to Revise and Extend an 

Information Collection for 3 years. 

Abstract: The primary objective of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

is to prepare and issue State and 

national estimates of crop and livestock 

production, disposition, and prices. The 

2018 Farm Bill requires USDA to 

promulgate regulations and guidelines 

to establish and administer a program 

for the production of hemp in the 

United States. 

As defined in the 2018 Farm Bill, the 

term ‘‘hemp’’ means the plant species 

Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that 

plant, including the seeds thereof and 

all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, 

isomers, acids, salts, and salts of 

isomers, whether growing or not, with a 

delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol 

concentration of not more than 0.3 

percent on a dry weight basis. Delta-9 

tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, is the 

primary intoxicating component of 

cannabis. Cannabis with a THC level 

exceeding 0.3 percent is considered 

marijuana, which remains classified as 

a schedule I controlled substance 

regulated by the Drug Enforcement 

Administration (DEA) under the 

Controlled Substances Act (CSA). 

Under the Agricultural Act of 2014 

(2014 Farm Bill), Public Law 113–79, 

State departments of agriculture and 

institutions of higher education were 

permitted to produce hemp as part of a 

pilot program for research purposes. 

The authority for hemp production 

provided in the 2014 Farm Bill was 

extended by the 2018 Farm Bill, which 

was signed into law on December 20, 

2018. 

Hemp is a commodity that can be 

used for numerous industrial and 

horticultural purposes including fabric, 

paper, construction materials, food 

products, cosmetics, production of 

cannabinoids (such as cannabidiol or 

CBD), and other products. 

In determining the type of data that 

would need to be collected and the 

frequency of the data collections, NASS 

management attended a joint meeting 

with representatives from the USDA’s 

Economic Research Service (ERS), Farm 

Service Agency (FSA), Risk 

Management Agency (RMA), 

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), 

and the Office of the Secretary. 

Authority: The data will be collected 

under the authority of the Domestic 

Hemp Production Program, which is 

mandated by the Agriculture 

Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm 

Bill). In addition, the data will be 

collected under the authority of Title 7 

U.S.C. 2204(a). Individually identifiable 

data collected under this authority are 

governed by Section 1770 of the Food 

Security Act of 1985 as amended, 7 

U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to 

afford strict confidentiality to nonaggregated data provided by 

respondents. This Notice is submitted in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), and Office 

of Management and Budget regulations 

at 5 CFR part 1320. 

All NASS employees and NASS 

contractors must also fully comply with 

all provisions of the Confidential 

Information Protection and Statistical 

Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 2018, Title 

III of Public Law 115–435, codified in 

44 U.S.C. Ch. 35. CIPSEA supports 

NASS’s pledge of confidentiality to all 

respondents and facilitates the agency’s 

efforts to reduce burden by supporting 

statistical activities of collaborative 

agencies through designation of NASS 

agents, subject to the limitations and 

penalties described in CIPSEA. NASS 

uses the information only for statistical 

purposes and publishes only tabulated 

total data. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 15 minutes per 

response. Publicity materials and 

instruction sheets will account for 5 

minutes of additional burden per 

respondent. 

Respondents: Farmers and Ranchers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,025. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 2,600 hours. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 


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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 37 / Friday, February 23, 2024 / Notices 13687 

1See Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of 

Carbon and Alloy Steel from the People’s Republic 

of China and India: Countervailing Duty Orders, 83 

FR 4637 (February 1, 2018); Certain Cold-Drawn 

Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from 

the People’s Republic of China, the Federal 

Republic of Germany, India, Italy, the Republic of 

Korea, and Switzerland: Antidumping Duty Orders; 

and Amended Final Determinations of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value for the People’s Republic of China 

and Switzerland, 83 FR 26962 (June 11, 2018) 

(collectively, Orders). 

2See Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing from China, 

Germany, India, Italy, South Korea, and 

Switzerland; Institution of Five-Year Reviews, 88 FR 

114 (January 1, 2023). 

3See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review, 88 

FR 63, 64 (January 3, 2023). 

4See Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of 

Carbon and Alloy Steel from the People’s Republic 

of China, the Federal Republic of Germany, India, 

Italy, the Republic of Korea, and Switzerland: Final 

Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the 

Antidumping Duty Orders, 88 FR 16587 (March 20, 

2023); see also Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical 

Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Results of Expedited First 

Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order, 88 FR 

19612 (April 3, 2023) (while the title of this Federal 

Register notice indicates the AD order, this Federal 

Register notices is in fact for the CVD order); and 

Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon 

and Alloy Steel from India: Final Results of the 

Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing 

Duty Order, 88 FR 24386 (April 20, 2023). 

5See Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing from China, 

Germany, India, Italy, South Korea, and 

Switzerland, 89 FR 11315 (February 14, 2024). 

on those who are to respond, through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, technological, or 

other forms of information technology 

collection methods. 

All responses to this notice will 

become a matter of public record and be 

summarized in the request for OMB 

approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, February 20, 

2024. 

Joseph L. Parsons, 

Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03746 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–55–2023] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 127; 

Authorization of Production Activity; 

Trucast LLC; (Turbine Wheels); 

Newberry, South Carolina 

On October 20, 2023, Trucast LLC 

submitted a notification of proposed 

production activity to the FTZ Board for 

its facility within Subzone 127G, in 

Newberry, South Carolina. 

The notification was processed in 

accordance with the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including 

notice in the Federal Register inviting 

public comment (88 FR 73826–73827, 

October 27, 2023). On February 20, 

2024, the applicant was notified of the 

FTZ Board’s decision that no further 

review of the activity is warranted at 

this time. The production activity 

described in the notification was 

authorized, subject to the FTZ Act and 

the FTZ Board’s regulations, including 

section 400.14. 

Dated: February 20, 2024. 

Elizabeth Whiteman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03682 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–428–845, A–533–873, A–475–838, A–570– 

058, A–580–892, A–441–801, C–533–874, C– 

570–059] 

Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing 

of Carbon and Alloy Steel From 

Germany, India, Italy, the People’s 

Republic of China, the Republic of 

Korea, and Switzerland: Continuation 

of Antidumping Duty Orders and 

Countervailing Duty Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: As a result of the 

determinations by the U.S. Department 

of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

that revocation of the antidumping duty 

(AD) orders on certain cold-drawn 

mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy 

steel (cold-drawn mechanical tubing) 

from the Federal Republic of Germany 

(Germany), India, Italy, the People’s 

Republic of China (China), the Republic 

of Korea (Korea), and Switzerland, and 

the countervailing duty (CVD) orders on 

cold-drawn mechanical tubing from 

India and China would likely lead to a 

continuation or recurrence of dumping, 

countervailable subsidies, and material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States, Commerce is publishing a notice 

of continuation of these AD and CVD 

orders. 

DATES: Applicable February 14, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily Halle or Brendan Quinn, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office V and Office III, 

respectively, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–0176 or (202) 482–2923, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 1, 2018, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

CVD orders on cold-drawn mechanical 

tubing from India and China, and on 

June 11, 2018, Commerce published in 

the Federal Register and the AD orders 

on cold-drawn mechanical tubing from 

Germany, India, Italy, China, Korea, and 

Switzerland.1 On January 3, 2023, the 

ITC instituted,2 and Commerce 

initiated,3 the first sunset review of the 

Orders, pursuant to section 751(c) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 

As a result of its reviews, Commerce 

determined that revocation of the 

Orders would likely lead to 

continuation or recurrence of dumping 

and/or countervailable subsidies, and 

therefore, notified the ITC of the 

magnitude of the margins of dumping 

and net countervailable subsidy rates 

likely to prevail should the Orders be 

revoked.4

On February 14, 2024, the ITC 

published its determination, pursuant to 

sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, 

that revocation of the Orders would 

likely lead to continuation or recurrence 

of material injury to an industry in the 

United States within a reasonably 

foreseeable time.5

Scope of the Orders 

The scope of the Orders covers colddrawn mechanical tubing of circular 

cross-section, 304.8 mm or more in 

length, in actual outside diameters less 

than 331 mm, and regardless of wall 

thickness, surface finish, end finish or 

industry specification. The subject colddrawn mechanical tubing is a tubular 

product with a circular cross-sectional 

shape that has been cold-drawn or 

otherwise cold-finished after the initial 

tube formation in a manner that 

involves a change in the diameter or 

wall thickness of the tubing, or both. 

The subject cold-drawn mechanical 

tubing may be produced from either 

welded (e.g., electric resistance welded, 

continuous welded, etc.) or seamless 


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