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(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How might the agency minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

ONRR published a notice, with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comment of this collection of 

information, in the Federal Register on 

April 16, 2024 (89 FR 26915). ONRR did 

not receive comments from companies 

regarding the published 60-day Federal 

Register notice. ONRR conducted 

outreach to industry and did not receive 

any comments. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this 30-day notice are a 

matter of public record. ONRR will 

include or summarize each comment in 

its request to OMB to approve this ICR. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask ONRR in your 

comment to withhold information from 

public review, ONRR cannot guarantee 

that it will be able to do so. 

Abstract: (a) General Information: The 

Secretary of the United States 

Department of the Interior (‘‘Secretary’’) 

is responsible for mineral resource 

development on Federal and Indian 

lands and the Outer Continental Shelf. 

Laws pertaining to Federal and Indian 

mineral leases are posted at https://

onrr.gov/references/statutes. Pursuant to 

the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 

Management Act of 1982 (‘‘FOGRMA’’) 

and other laws, the Secretary’s 

responsibilities include maintaining a 

comprehensive inspection, collection, 

and fiscal and production accounting 

and auditing system that: (1) accurately 

determines mineral royalties, interest, 

and other payments owed, (2) collects 

and accounts for such amounts in a 

timely manner, and (3) disburses the 

funds collected. See 30 U.S.C. 1701 and 

1711. ONRR performs these mineral 

revenue management responsibilities for 

the Secretary. See Secretarial Order No. 

3306. Royalty payors submit royalty 

reports to ONRR on a monthly basis by 

submitting forms ONRR–2014 (Report of 

Sales and Royalty Remittance) and 

ONRR–4430 (Solid Minerals Production 

and Royalty Report). ONRR uses these 

royalty reports to create accounts 

receivables of the mineral revenues that 

ONRR collects. 

The basis for the data that a company 

submits on forms ONRR–2014 and 

ONRR–4430 is generally available 

within the records of the lessee or others 

involved in developing, transporting, 

processing, purchasing, or selling such 

minerals. The information that ONRR 

collects under this ICR includes data 

necessary to ensure that ONRR’s 

accounts receivables are accurately 

based on the value of the mineral 

production, as reported to ONRR on 

forms ONRR–2014 and ONRR–4430. 

(b) Information Collections: Every 

year, under the CFO Act, the Office of 

Inspector General (‘‘OIG’’) or its agent 

audits the accounts receivable portions 

of the Department of the Interior’s 

financial statements, which includes 

accounts receivables based on ONRR 

forms ONRR–2014 and ONRR–4430. 

Accounts receivable confirmations are a 

common practice in the audit business. 

As part of CFO Act audits, the OIG or 

its agent selects a sample of accounts 

receivable items based on forms ONRR– 

2014 and ONRR–4430 and provides the 

sample items to ONRR. ONRR then 

identifies the company names and 

addresses for the sample items selected 

and creates accounts receivable 

confirmation letters. In order to meet the 

CFO Act’s requirements, the letters must 

be on ONRR letterhead and the Deputy 

Director for ONRR, or his or her 

designee, must sign the letters. The 

letters request third-party confirmation 

responses by a specified date on 

whether ONRR’s accounts receivable 

records agree with royalty payor records 

for the following items: (1) customer 

identification; (2) royalty invoice 

number; (3) payor assigned document 

number; (4) date of ONRR receipt; (5) 

original amount the payor reported; and 

(6) remaining balance due to ONRR. The 

OIG or its agent mails the letters to the 

payors, instructing them to respond 

directly to confirm the accuracy and 

validity of selected royalty receivable 

items and amounts. In turn, it is the 

responsibility of the payors to verify, 

research, and analyze the amounts and 

balances reported on their respective 

forms ONRR–2014 and ONRR–4430. 

Title of Collection: Accounts 

Receivable Confirmations. 

OMB Control Number: 1012–0001. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Businesses. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 24 randomly selected 

mineral payors from Federal and Indian 

lands and the OCS. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 24. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: ONRR estimates that each 

response will take 15 minutes for payors 

to complete. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 6 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Annual. 

Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour 

Burden Cost: ONRR did not identify any 

‘‘non-hour cost’’ burden associated with 

this collection of information. 

An agency may not conduct, or 

sponsor and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

PRA of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Howard M. Cantor, 

Director, Office of Natural Resources 

Revenue. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21613 Filed 9–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4335–30–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–1418] 

Certain Cochlear Implant Systems and 

Components Thereof; Notice of 

Institution of Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

complaint was filed with the U.S. 

International Trade Commission on 

August 16, 2024, under section 337 of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on 

behalf of Advanced Bionics AG of 

Switzerland and Advanced Bionics LLC 

of Valencia, California. Supplements 

were filed on August 29, and 30, and 

September 6, 2024. The complaint, as 

supplemented, alleges violations of 

section 337 based upon the importation 

into the United States, the sale for 

importation, and the sale within the 

United States after importation of 

certain cochlear implant systems and 

components thereof by reason of the 

infringement of certain claims of U.S. 

Patent No. 7,317,945 (‘‘the ’945 patent’’) 

and U.S. Patent No. 8,422,706 (‘‘the ’706 

patent’’). The complaint, as 

supplemented, further alleges that an 

industry in the United States exists as 

required by the applicable Federal 

statute. The complainants request the 

Commission institute an investigation 

and, after the investigation, issue a 

limited exclusion order and cease and 

desist orders. 


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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 (2024). 

Scope of Investigation: Having 

considered the complaint, the U.S. 

International Trade Commission, on 

September 17, 2024, 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, 

3–11, and 13–22 of the ’945 patent, and 

claims 1–20 of the ’706 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 ‘‘cochlear implant 

systems as a whole, and the individual 

microphone, sound processor, external 

headpiece transmitter, implanted 

receiver and electrode array components 

of a cochlear implant system’’; 

(3) Pursuant to Commission Rule 

210.50(b)(1), 19 CFR 210.50(b)(1), the 

presiding administrative law judge shall 

take evidence or other information and 

hear arguments from the parties or other 

interested persons with respect to the 

public interest in this investigation, as 

appropriate, and provide the 

Commission with findings of fact and a 

recommended determination on this 

issue, which shall be limited to the 

statutory public interest factors set forth 

in 19 U.S.C. 1337(d)(1), (f)(1), (g)(1); 

(4) 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 complainants are: 

Advanced Bionics AG, Laubisru ̈tistrasse 

28, 8712 Sta ̈fa, Switzerland 

Advanced Bionics LLC, 28515 

Westinghouse Place, Valencia, CA 

91355 

(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: 

MED–EL Corporation, USA, 2645 

Meridian Parkway, Suite 100, 

Durham, NC 27713 

MED¥EL Elektromedizinische Gera ̈te 

GmbH, Fu ̈rstenweg 77a, 6020 

Innsbruck, Austria 

(c) The Office of Unfair Import 

Investigations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW, Suite 

401, Washington, DC 20436; and 

(5) 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 complainants 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: September 17, 2024. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21634 Filed 9–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 731–TA–929–931 (Fourth 

Review)] 

Silicomanganese From India, 

Kazakhstan, and Venezuela; 

Scheduling of Expedited Five-Year 

Reviews 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of expedited 

reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 

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

revocation of the antidumping duty 

orders on silicomanganese from India, 

Kazakhstan, and Venezuela would be 

likely to lead to continuation or 

recurrence of material injury within a 

reasonably foreseeable time. 

DATES: August 5, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caitlyn Costello (202) 205–2058, Office 

of Investigations, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired 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 August 5, 2024, the 

Commission determined that the 

domestic interested party group 

response to its notice of institution (89 

FR 35247, May 1, 2024) of the subject 

five-year reviews was adequate and that 

the respondent interested party group 

response was inadequate. The 


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