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1See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Petitions for the 

Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties,’’ dated September 5, 2024 (the Petitions). 

Nucor is not a petitioner with respect to the AD/ 

CVD petitions on CORE from Mexico. U.S. Steel, 

Wheeling-Nippon, and the USW are not petitioners 

with respect to the AD/CVD petitions on CORE 

from Canada. 

2 Id. 

3See Commerce’s Letters, ‘‘Supplemental 

Questions,’’ dated September 9, 2024 (General 

Issues Questionnaire), see also Country-Specific 

CVD Supplemental Questionnaires: Brazil 

Supplemental, Canada Supplemental, Mexico 

Supplemental, and Vietnam Supplemental, dated 

September 10 and 11, 2024; Commerce’s Letter, 

‘‘Second Supplemental Questions,’’ dated 

September 16, 2024 (Second General Issues 

Questionnaire); and Memorandum, ‘‘Phone Call,’’ 

dated September 19, 2024. 

4See Petitioners’ Letters, ‘‘Response to General 

Issues Questionnaire and Amendment to Volume I 

of Petitions,’’ dated September 12, 2024 (First 

General Issues Supplement); see also Petitioners’ 

Country-Specific CVD Supplemental Responses: 

Brazil CVD Supplement, Canada CVD Supplement, 

Mexico CVD Supplement, and Vietnam CVD 

Supplement, dated September 13 and 16, 2024; 

Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Petitioners’ Response to Second 

General Issues Supplemental Questionnaire and 

Amendment to Volume I of Petitions,’’ dated 

September 18, 2024 (Second General Issues 

Supplement); and Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Response to 

Third General Issues Questionnaire and 

Amendment to Volume I of Petitions,’’ dated 

September 20, 2024 (Third General Issues 

Supplement). 

varnishing, trimming, cutting, punching and/ 

or slitting or any other processing that would 

not otherwise remove the merchandise from 

the scope of the investigations if performed 

in the country of manufacture of the in-scope 

corrosion resistant steel. 

All products that meet the written physical 

description are within the scope of these 

investigations unless specifically excluded. 

The following products are outside of and/or 

specifically excluded from the scope of these 

investigations: 

• Flat-rolled steel products either plated or 

coated with tin, lead, chromium, chromium 

oxides, both tin and lead (‘‘terne plate’’) or 

both chromium and chromium oxides (‘‘tin 

free steel’’), whether or not painted, 

varnished or coated with plastics or other 

non-metallic substances in addition to the 

metallic coating; 

• Clad products in straight lengths of 

4.7625 mm or more in composite thickness 

and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and 

measures at least twice the thickness; 

• Certain clad stainless flat-rolled 

products, which are three-layered corrosionresistant carbon steel flat-rolled products less 

than 4.75 mm in composite thickness that 

consist of a carbon steel flat-rolled product 

clad on both sides with stainless steel in a 

20%-60%-20% ratio; and 

Also excluded from the scope of the 

antidumping duty investigation on corrosion 

resistant steel from Taiwan are any products 

covered by the existing antidumping duty 

order on corrosion-resistant steel from 

Taiwan. See Certain Corrosion-Resistant 

Steel Products from India, Italy, the People’s 

Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and 

Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative 

Antidumping Determination for India and 

Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 

81FR 48390 (July 25, 2016); CorrosionResistant Steel Products from Taiwan: Notice 

of Third Amended Final Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value Pursuant to 

Court Decision and Partial Exclusion from 

Antidumping Duty Order, 88 FR 58245 

(August 25, 2023). 

Also excluded from the scope of the 

antidumping duty investigation on corrosionresistant steel from the United Arab Emirates 

and the antidumping duty and countervailing 

duty investigations on corrosion-resistant 

steel from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 

are any products covered by the existing 

antidumping and countervailing duty orders 

on corrosion-resistant steel from the People’s 

Republic of China and the Republic of Korea 

and the antidumping duty order on 

corrosion-resistant steel from Taiwan. See 

Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products 

from India, Italy, the People’s Republic of 

China, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: 

Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping 

Determination for India and Taiwan, and 

Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390 (July 

25, 2016); see also Certain CorrosionResistant Steel Products from India, Italy, 

Republic of Korea and the People’s Republic 

of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 81 FR 

48387 (July 25, 2016). This exclusion does 

not apply to imports of corrosion-resistant 

steel that are entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption in the United 

States for which the relevant importer and 

exporter certifications have been completed 

and maintained and all other applicable 

certification requirements have been met 

such that the entry is entered into the United 

States as not subject to the antidumping and 

countervailing duty orders on corrosionresistant steel from the People’s Republic of 

China, the antidumping and countervailing 

duty orders on corrosion-resistant steel from 

the Republic of Korea, or the antidumping 

duty order on corrosion-resistant steel from 

Taiwan. 

The products subject to the investigations 

are currently classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

under item numbers: 7210.30.0030, 

7210.30.0060, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 

7210.49.0040, 7210.49.0045, 7210.49.0091, 

7210.49.0095, 7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000, 

7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090, 

7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000, 

7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 

7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 

7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000, 7225.91.0000, 

7225.92.0000, 7226.99.0110, and 

7226.99.0130. 

The products subject to the investigations 

may also enter under the following HTSUS 

item numbers: 7210.90.1000, 7215.90.1000, 

7215.90.3000, 7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 

7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000, 

7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 

7225.99.0090, 7226.99.0180, 7228.60.6000, 

7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000. 

The HTSUS subheadings above are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes only. The written description of the 

scope of the investigations is dispositive. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22592 Filed 10–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–351–863, C–122–872, C–201–864, C–552– 

844] 

Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products From Brazil, Canada, Mexico, 

and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigations 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable September 25, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Senoyuit and Sofia Pedrelli at 202–482– 

6106 and 202–482–4310 (Brazil), Colin 

Thrasher at 202–482–3004 (Canada), 

Maria Teresa Aymerich at 202–482– 

0499 (Mexico), and Mary Kolberg at 

202–482–1785 (the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam (Vietnam)), AD/CVD 

Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Petitions 

On September 5, 2024, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

received countervailing duty (CVD) 

petitions concerning imports of certain 

corrosion-resistant steel products 

(CORE) from Brazil, Canada, Mexico, 

and Vietnam filed in proper form on 

behalf of Steel Dynamics, Inc. (SDI), 

Nucor Corporation (Nucor), United 

States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel), 

Wheeling-Nippon Steel, Inc. (WheelingNippon), and the United Steel, Paper 

and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, 

Energy, Allied Industrial and Service 

Workers International Union, AFL–CIO, 

CLC (the USW), domestic producers of 

CORE and a certified union, which 

represents workers engaged in the 

production of CORE in the United States 

(collectively, the petitioners).1 The CVD 

petitions were accompanied by 

antidumping duty (AD) petitions 

concerning imports of CORE from 

Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the 

Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, the 

Republic of Tu ̈rkiye, the United Arab 

Emirates, and Vietnam.2

Between September 9 and 19, 

Commerce requested supplemental 

information pertaining to certain aspects 

of the Petitions.3 Between September 12 

and 20, 2024, the petitioners filed 

timely responses to these requests for 

additional information.4

In accordance with section 702(b)(1) 

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5SDI, Nucor, U.S. Steel, and Wheeling-Nippon 

are interested parties under section 771(9)(C) of the 

Act, while the USW is an interested party under 

section 771(9)(D) of the Act. 

6See section on ‘‘Determination of Industry 

Support for the Petitions,’’ infra. 

7See 19 CFR 351.204(b)(2). 

8See General Issues Questionnaire; see also 

Second General Issues Questionnaire. 

9See First General Issues Supplement at 7–9 and 

Exhibit Supp. I–55; see also Second General Issues 

Supplement at 2–3 and Exhibit 2nd Supp I–7. 10See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing 

Duties; Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 

1997) (Preamble). 11See 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) (defining ‘‘factual 

information’’). 12See 19 CFR 351.303(b)(1). 13See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; 

Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 

39263 (July 6, 2011); see also Enforcement and 

Compliance; Change of Electronic Filing System 

Name, 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014), for details 

of Commerce’s electronic filing requirements, 

effective August 5, 2011. Information on using 

ACCESS can be found at https://access.trade.gov/ 

help.aspx and a handbook can be found at https:// 

access.trade.gov/help/Handbook_on_Electronic_

Filing_Procedures.pdf. 

14See Commerce’s Letters, ‘‘Invitation for 

Consultation to Discuss the Countervailing Duty 

Petition,’’ dated September 5, 2024, and September 

6, 2024. 

15See Memorandum, ‘‘Consultations with the 

Government of Brazil,’’ dated September 23, 2024. 

16See Memorandum, ‘‘Consultations with 

Officials from the Government of Canada,’’ dated 

September 19, 2024 (GOC Consultations 

Memorandum). In addition, on September 24, 2024, 

Commerce met via video conference with officials 

from the GOC (at their request) to further discuss 

the issues raised during the September 19, 2024, 

consultations. See Memorandum, ‘‘Petition for the 

Imposition of Countervailing Duties on Imports of 

Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from 

Canada: Videoconference with Embassy of Canada,’’ 

dated September 24, 2024. 

17See Memorandum, ‘‘Consultations with 

Officials from the Government of Mexico,’’ dated 

September 23, 2024. 

18See Memorandum, ‘‘Consultations with the 

Government of Vietnam,’’ dated September 19, 

2024. 

(the Act), the petitioners allege that the 

Government of Brazil (GOB), the 

Government of Canada (GOC), the 

Government of Mexico (GOM), and the 

Government of Vietnam (GOV) 

(collectively, Governments) are 

providing countervailable subsidies, 

within the meaning of sections 701 and 

771(5) of the Act, to producers of CORE 

from Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and 

Vietnam, and that such imports are 

materially injuring, or threatening 

material injury to, the domestic industry 

producing CORE in the United States. 

Consistent with section 702(b)(1) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.202(b), for those 

alleged programs on which we are 

initiating CVD investigations, the 

Petitions were accompanied by 

information reasonably available to the 

petitioners supporting their allegations. 

Commerce finds that the petitioners 

filed the Petitions on behalf of the 

domestic industry because the 

petitioners are interested parties, as 

defined in sections 771(9)(C) and (D) of 

the Act.5 Commerce also finds that the 

petitioners demonstrated sufficient 

industry support with respect to the 

initiation of the requested CVD 

investigations.6

Periods of Investigation 

Because the Petitions were filed on 

September 5, 2024, the periods of 

investigation for the Brazil, Canada, 

Mexico, and Vietnam CVD 

investigations are January 1, 2023, 

through December 31, 2023.7

Scope of the Investigations 

The merchandise covered by these 

investigations is CORE from Brazil, 

Canada, Mexico, and Vietnam. For a full 

description of the scope of these 

investigations, see the appendix to this 

notice. 

Comments on the Scope of the 

Investigations 

On September 9 and 16, 2024, 

Commerce requested information and 

clarification from the petitioners 

regarding the proposed scope to ensure 

that the scope language in the Petitions 

is an accurate reflection of the products 

for which the domestic industry is 

seeking relief.8 On September 12 and 

18, 2024, the petitioners provided 

clarifications and revised the scope.9

The description of merchandise covered 

by these investigations, as described in 

the appendix to this notice, reflects 

these clarifications. 

As discussed in the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations, we are setting 

aside a period for interested parties to 

raise issues regarding product coverage 

(i.e., scope).10 Commerce will consider 

all comments received from interested 

parties and, if necessary, will consult 

with interested parties prior to the 

issuance of the preliminary 

determinations. If scope comments 

include factual information, all such 

factual information should be limited to 

public information.11 To facilitate 

preparation of its questionnaires, 

Commerce requests that scope 

comments be submitted by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time (ET) on October 15, 2024, 

which is 20 calendar days from the 

signature date of this notice.12 Any 

rebuttal comments, which may include 

factual information, must be filed by 

5:00 p.m. ET on October 25, 2024, 

which is 10 calendar days from the 

initial comment deadline. 

Commerce requests that any factual 

information that parties consider 

relevant to the scope of the 

investigations be submitted during that 

time period. However, if a party 

subsequently finds that additional 

factual information pertaining to the 

scope of the investigations may be 

relevant, the party must contact 

Commerce and request permission to 

submit the additional information. All 

scope comments must be filed 

simultaneously on the records of the 

concurrent AD and CVD investigations. 

Filing Requirements 

All submissions to Commerce must be 

filed electronically via Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping Duty and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS), 

unless an exception applies.13 An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety by 

the time and date it is due. 

Consultations 

Pursuant to sections 702(b)(4)(A)(i) 

and (ii) of the Act, Commerce notified 

the Governments of the receipt of the 

Petitions and provided an opportunity 

for consultations with respect to the 

Petitions.14 Commerce held 

consultations with the GOB on 

September 23, 2024,15 the GOC on 

September 19, 2024,16 the GOM on 

September 20, 2024,17 and the GOV on 

September 19, 2024.18

Determination of Industry Support for 

the Petitions 

Section 702(b)(1) of the Act requires 

that a petition be filed on behalf of the 

domestic industry. Section 702(c)(4)(A) 

of the Act provides that a petition meets 

this requirement if the domestic 

producers or workers who support the 

petition account for: (i) at least 25 

percent of the total production of the 

domestic like product; and (ii) more 

than 50 percent of the production of the 

domestic like product produced by that 

portion of the industry expressing 

support for, or opposition to, the 

petition. Moreover, section 702(c)(4)(D) 

of the Act provides that, if the petition 

does not establish support of domestic 

producers or workers accounting for 

more than 50 percent of the total 

production of the domestic like product, 

Commerce shall: (i) poll the industry or 

rely on other information in order to 

determine if there is support for the 

petition, as required by subparagraph 

(A); or (ii) determine industry support 

using a statistically valid sampling 

method to poll the ‘‘industry.’’ 

Section 771(4)(A) of the Act defines 

the ‘‘industry’’ as the producers as a 

whole of a domestic like product. Thus, 


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19See section 771(10) of the Act. 

20See USEC, Inc. v. United States, 132 F. Supp. 

2d 1, 8 (CIT 2001) (citing Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. 

v. United States, 688 F. Supp. 639, 644 (CIT 1988), 

aff’d Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. v. United States, 865 

F.2d 240 (Fed. Cir. 1989)). 

21For a discussion of the domestic like product 

analysis as applied to these cases and information 

regarding industry support, see Checklists, 

‘‘Countervailing Duty Investigation Initiation 

Checklists: Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products from Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (CountrySpecific CVD Initiation Checklists), at Attachment 

II, Analysis of Industry Support for the 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions 

Covering Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products 

from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the 

Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, the Republic of 

Tu ̈rkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Attachment II). 

These checklists are on file electronically via 

ACCESS. 

22See Attachment II of the Country-Specific CVD 

Initiation Checklists. 

23 Id. 

24 Id. 

25 Id. 

26 Id. 

27See Stelco’s Letter, ‘‘Comments on Industry 

Support for the Petitions and Request for Polling,’’ 

dated September 18, 2024. 

28See Dofasco’s Letter, ‘‘Comments on Industry 

Support and Request for Industry Polling,’’ dated 

September 18, 2024. 

29See Ternium’s Letters, ‘‘Comments on 

Petitioners’ Standing,’’ dated September 18, 2024 

(Ternium Letter I), and ‘‘Entry of Appearance,’’ 

dated September 13, 2024. 

30See Ternium Letter I at 3. 

31See GOC and Government of Ontario’s Letter, 

‘‘Industry Support Comments,’’ dated September 

18, 2024. 

32See GOC Consultations Memorandum; see also 

GOC’s Letter, ‘‘Government of Canada’s 

Consultations Materials,’’ dated September 20, 

2024. 

33See Petitioners’ Letters, ‘‘Response to 

Comments on Industry Support and Request for 

Polling,’’ dated September 20, 2024 (Petitioners’ 

Response I), ‘‘Response to Comments on Industry 

Support,’’ dated September 20, 2024 (Petitioners’ 

Response II), and ‘‘Response to Comments on 

Petitioners’ Standing,’’ dated September 20, 2024 

(Petitioners’ Response III). 

34See Stelco’s Letter, ‘‘Rebuttal Comments on 

Industry Support for the Petitions and Request for 

Polling,’’ dated September 20, 2024; see also 

Dofasco’s Letter, ‘‘Rebuttal Comments to 

Petitioners’ Response to the Second General Issues 

Questionnaire and Amendment to Volume I of 

Petitions,’’ dated September 20, 2024. 

35See Ternium’s Letter, ‘‘Ternium’s Third 

Comments on Petitioners’ Standing,’’ dated 

September 24, 2024. 

36For further discussion, see Attachment II of the 

Country-Specific CVD Initiation Checklists. 

37 Id.; see also section 702(c)(4)(D) of the Act. 

to determine whether a petition has the 

requisite industry support, the statute 

directs Commerce to look to producers 

and workers who produce the domestic 

like product. The U.S. International 

Trade Commission (ITC), which is 

responsible for determining whether 

‘‘the domestic industry’’ has been 

injured, must also determine what 

constitutes a domestic like product in 

order to define the industry. While both 

Commerce and the ITC apply the same 

statutory definition regarding the 

domestic like product,19 they do so for 

different purposes and pursuant to a 

separate and distinct authority. In 

addition, Commerce’s determination is 

subject to limitations of time and 

information. Although this may result in 

different definitions of the like product, 

such differences do not render the 

decision of either agency contrary to 

law.20

Section 771(10) of the Act defines the 

domestic like product as ‘‘a product 

which is like, or in the absence of like, 

most similar in characteristics and uses 

with, the article subject to an 

investigation under this title.’’ Thus, the 

reference point from which the 

domestic like product analysis begins is 

‘‘the article subject to an investigation’’ 

(i.e., the class or kind of merchandise to 

be investigated, which normally will be 

the scope as defined in the petition). 

With regard to the domestic like 

product, the petitioners do not offer a 

definition of the domestic like product 

distinct from the scope of the 

investigations.21 Based on our analysis 

of the information submitted on the 

record, we have determined that CORE, 

as defined in the scope, constitutes a 

single domestic like product, and we 

have analyzed industry support in terms 

of that domestic like product.22

In determining whether the 

petitioners have standing under section 

702(c)(4)(A) of the Act, we considered 

the industry support data contained in 

the Petitions with reference to the 

domestic like product as defined in the 

‘‘Scope of the Investigations,’’ in the 

appendix to this notice. To establish 

industry support, the petitioners 

provided the 2023 total shipments of the 

domestic like product for the U.S. 

producers and workers that support the 

Petitions and compared this to the 

estimated total 2023 shipments of the 

domestic like product for the entire 

domestic industry.23 The petitioners 

estimated total shipments of the 

domestic like product for the entire 

domestic industry based on shipment 

data from the American Iron and Steel 

Institute and made certain adjustments 

to these data to approximate total 

shipments of the domestic like product 

in 2023.24 Because total industry 

production data for the domestic like 

product for 2023 are not reasonably 

available to the petitioners, and the 

petitioners have established that 

shipments are a reasonable proxy for 

production data,25 we have relied on the 

data provided by the petitioners for 

purposes of measuring industry 

support.26

On September 18, 2024, we received 

timely filed comments on industry 

support from Stelco, Inc. (Stelco), a 

Canadian producer/exporter of CORE.27

On September 18, 2024, we also 

received timely filed comments on 

industry support from ArcelorMittal 

Dofasco G.P. (Dofasco), a Canadian 

producer and exporter of CORE.28 Also 

on September 18, 2024, we received 

timely filed comments on industry 

support from Ternium USA and 

Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V. 

(collectively, Ternium), a U.S. producer 

and importer of CORE and a Mexican 

producer/exporter of CORE, 

respectively.29 In its September 18, 

2024, submission, Ternium stated that it 

opposed the Mexico CVD Petition.30 On 

September 18, 2024, we also received 

timely filed comments on industry 

support from the GOC and the 

Government of Ontario (collectively).31

In addition, in the GOC raised industry 

support concerns during the September 

19, 2024, consultations with respect to 

the Canada CVD Petition.32 On 

September 20, 2024, the petitioners 

responded to the comments from Stelco, 

GOC, Dofasco, and Ternium in timely 

filed rebuttal submissions.33 On 

September 20, 2024, Stelco, Dofasco, 

and Ternium submitted additional 

comments.34 On September 24, 2024, 

Ternium submitted additional 

comments and provided its 2023 

shipments and production.35

Our review of the data provided in the 

Petitions, the First General Issues 

Supplement, Second General Issues 

Supplement, the Third General Issues 

Supplement, Petitioners’ Response I, 

Petitioners’ Response II, Petitioners’ 

Response III, and other information 

readily available to Commerce indicates 

that the petitioners have established 

industry support for the Petitions.36

With respect to the Brazil, Mexico, and 

Vietnam CVD Petitions, we determine 

that the domestic producers and 

workers that support the Brazil, Mexico, 

and Vietnam CVD Petitions account for 

more than 50 percent of the total 

production of the domestic like product 

and, as such, Commerce is not required 

to take further action to evaluate 

industry support (e.g., polling).37

Second, the domestic producers and 

workers have met the statutory criteria 

for industry support under section 

702(c)(4)(A)(i) of the Act because the 

domestic producers and workers who 

support the Brazil, Mexico, and Vietnam 

CVD Petitions account for at least 25 

percent of the total production of the 


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38See Attachment II of the Country-Specific CVD 

Initiation Checklists. 

39 Id. 

40 Id. 

41See Attachment II of the Canada CVD Initiation 

Checklist. 

42 Id.; see also section 702(c)(4)(D) of the Act. 

43See Attachment II of the Canada CVD Initiation 

Checklist. 

44 Id. 

45 Id. 

46For further information regarding negligibility 

and the injury allegation, see Country-Specific CVD 

Initiation Checklists at Attachment III, Analysis of 

Allegations and Evidence of Material Injury and 

Causation for the Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Petitions Covering Certain Corrosion-Resistant 

Steel Products from Australia, Brazil, Canada, 

Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, the 

Republic of Tu ̈rkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and 

the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Attachment III). 

47 Id. 

48 Id. 

domestic like product.38 Finally, the 

domestic producers and workers have 

met the statutory criteria for industry 

support under section 702(c)(4)(A)(ii) of 

the Act because the domestic producers 

and workers who support the Brazil, 

Mexico, and Vietnam CVD Petitions 

account for more than 50 percent of the 

production of the domestic like product 

produced by that portion of the industry 

expressing support for, or opposition to, 

the Petitions.39 Accordingly, Commerce 

determines that the Brazil, Mexico, and 

Vietnam CVD Petitions were filed on 

behalf of the domestic industry within 

the meaning of section 702(b)(1) of the 

Act.40

With respect to the Canada CVD 

Petition, based on information provided 

in the Petition and supplemental 

responses thereto, we determine that the 

domestic producers (or workers) have 

met the statutory criteria for industry 

support under section 702(c)(4)(A)(i) of 

the Act, because the domestic producers 

(or workers) who support the Canada 

CVD Petition account for at least 25 

percent of the total production of the 

domestic like product.41 Because the 

Canada CVD Petition and supplemental 

submissions did not establish support 

from domestic producers (or workers) 

accounting for more than 50 percent of 

the total production of the domestic like 

product, Commerce was required to take 

further action in order to evaluate 

industry support.42 In this case, 

Commerce was able to rely on other 

information, in accordance with section 

702(c)(4)(D)(i) of the Act, to determine 

industry support.43 Based on 

information provided in the Petitions, 

supplemental responses, and other 

information readily available to 

Commerce, the domestic producers (or 

workers) have met the statutory criteria 

for industry support under section 

702(c)(4)(A)(ii) of the Act because the 

domestic producers (or workers) who 

support the Canada CVD Petition 

account for more than 50 percent of the 

production of the domestic like product 

produced by that portion of the industry 

expressing support for, or opposition to, 

the Canada CVD Petition.44

Accordingly, Commerce determines that 

the Canada CVD Petition was filed on 

behalf of the domestic industry within 

the meaning of section 702(b)(1) of the 

Act.45

Injury Test 

Because Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and 

Vietnam are ‘‘Subsidies Agreement 

Countries’’ within the meaning of 

section 701(b) of the Act, section 

701(a)(2) of the Act applies to these 

investigations. Accordingly, the ITC 

must determine whether imports of the 

subject merchandise from Brazil, 

Canada, Mexico, and/or Vietnam 

materially injure, or threaten material 

injury to, a U.S. industry. 

Allegations and Evidence of Material 

Injury and Causation 

The petitioners allege that imports of 

the subject merchandise are benefiting 

from countervailable subsidies and that 

such imports are causing, or threaten to 

cause, material injury to the U.S. 

industry producing the domestic like 

product. In addition, the petitioners 

allege that subject imports from Brazil, 

Canada, Mexico, and Vietnam 

individually exceed the negligibility 

threshold provided for under section 

771(24)(A) of the Act.46

The petitioners contend that the 

industry’s injured condition is 

illustrated by the significant volume of 

subject imports; reduced market share; 

underselling and price depression and/ 

or suppression; and low and declining 

capacity utilization; and declines in 

U.S. commercial shipment values, net 

sales values, operating income, and net 

income.47 We assessed the allegations 

and supporting evidence regarding 

material injury, threat of material injury, 

causation, cumulation, as well as 

negligibility, and we have determined 

that these allegations are properly 

supported by adequate evidence and 

meet the statutory requirements for 

initiation.48

Initiation of CVD Investigations 

Based upon the examination of the 

Petitions and supplemental responses, 

we find that they meet the requirements 

of section 702 of the Act. Therefore, we 

are initiating CVD investigations to 

determine whether imports of CORE 

from Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and 

Vietnam benefit from countervailable 

subsidies conferred by the GOB, GOC, 

GOM, and the GOV, respectively. In 

accordance with section 703(b)(1) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1), unless 

postponed, we will make our 

preliminary determinations no later 

than 65 days after the date of these 

initiations. 

Brazil 

Based on our review of the Petitions, 

we find that there is sufficient 

information to initiate a CVD 

investigation on all 16 of the programs 

alleged by the petitioners. For a full 

discussion of the basis for our decision 

to initiate on each program, see the 

Brazil CVD Initiation Checklist. A 

public version of the initiation checklist 

for this investigation is available on 

ACCESS. 

Canada 

Based on our review of the Petitions, 

we find that there is sufficient 

information to initiate a CVD 

investigation on 27 of the 28 programs 

alleged by the petitioners. For a full 

discussion of the basis for our decision 

to initiate on each program, see the 

Canada CVD Initiation Checklist. A 

public version of the initiation checklist 

for this investigation is available on 

ACCESS. 

Mexico 

Based on our review of the Petitions, 

we find that there is sufficient 

information to initiate a CVD 

investigation on 15 of the 16 programs 

alleged by the petitioners. For a full 

discussion of the basis for our decision 

to initiate on each program, see the 

Mexico CVD Initiation Checklist. A 

public version of the initiation checklist 

for this investigation is available on 

ACCESS. 

Vietnam 

Based on our review of the Petitions, 

we find that there is sufficient 

information to initiate a CVD 

investigation on all 26 of the programs 

alleged by the petitioners. For a full 

discussion of the basis for our decision 

to initiate on each program, see the 

Vietnam CVD Initiation Checklist. A 

public version of the initiation checklist 

for this investigation is available on 

ACCESS. 

Respondent Selection 

Brazil, Canada, and Mexico 

In the Petitions, the petitioners 

identified eight companies in Brazil, 

five companies in Canada, and six 

companies in Mexico as producers and/ 


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49See Petitions at Volume I (page 28 and Exhibits 

I–10 through I–12); see also First General Issues 

Supplement at 7 and Exhibit Supp. I–18. 

50See Country-Specific Memoranda, ‘‘Release of 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Entry Data,’’ 

dated September 23, 2024. 

51See Petitions at Volume I (page 28 and Exhibit 

I–18). 

52See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products 

from the People’s Republic of China: Affirmative 

Final Determination of Circumvention of the 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 83 

FR 23895 (May 23, 2018). 

53See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products 

from the Republic of Korea: Affirmative Final 

Determinations of Anti-Circumvention Inquiries on 

the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty 

Orders, 84 FR 70948 (December 26, 2019); see also 

Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the 

Republic of Korea: Correction to Affirmative Final 

Determinations of Anti-Circumvention Inquiries on 

the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty 

Orders, 85 FR 882 (January 8, 2020). 

54See section 703(a)(1) of the Act. 

55 Id. 

56See 19 CFR 351.301(b). 

57See 19 CFR 351.301(b)(2). 

or exporters of CORE.49 Commerce 

intends to follow its standard practice in 

CVD investigations and calculate 

company-specific subsidy rates in these 

investigations. Following standard 

practice in CVD investigations, in the 

event Commerce determines that the 

number of exporters or producers is 

large such that Commerce cannot 

individually examine each company 

based on its resources, Commerce 

intends to select mandatory respondents 

based on U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) entry data for U.S. 

imports under the appropriate 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) subheading(s) 

listed in the ‘‘Scope of the 

Investigations,’’ in the appendix. 

On September 23, 2024, Commerce 

released CBP data on imports of CORE 

from Brazil, Canada, and Mexico under 

administrative protective order (APO) to 

all parties with access to information 

protected by APO and indicated that 

interested parties wishing to comment 

on CBP data and/or respondent 

selection must do so within three 

business days of the publication date of 

the notice of initiation of these 

investigations.50 Comments must be 

filed electronically using ACCESS. An 

electronically-filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety via 

ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. ET on the 

specified deadline. Commerce will not 

accept rebuttal comments regarding the 

CBP data or respondent selection. 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under APO 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(b). 

Instructions for filing such applications 

may be found on Commerce’s website at 

https://www.trade.gov/administrativeprotective-orders. 

Vietnam 

In the Petitions, the petitioners 

identified 17 companies in Vietnam as 

producers and/or exporters of CORE.51

Commerce intends to follow its standard 

practice in CVD investigations and 

calculate company-specific subsidy 

rates in these investigations. In the 

event that Commerce determines that 

the number of known producers/ 

exporters is large, and it cannot 

individually examine each company 

based upon Commerce’s resources, 

Commerce intends to select mandatory 

respondents based on quantity and 

value (Q&V) questionnaires issued to 

the potential respondents. Commerce 

normally selects mandatory respondents 

in CVD investigations using U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

entry data for U.S. imports under the 

appropriate Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheadings listed in the ‘‘Scope of the 

Investigations’’ in the appendix. 

However, for the Vietnam CVD 

investigation, due to Commerce’s 

determinations that certain imports of 

CORE from Vietnam are circumventing 

the CVD orders on CORE from the 

People’s Republic of China 52 and the 

Republic of Korea,53 we cannot rely on 

CBP data in selecting respondents. 

Accordingly, for Vietnam, Commerce 

will send Q&V questionnaires to each 

producer and/or exporter for which 

there is complete address information 

on the record. 

Commerce will also post the Q&V 

questionnaire along with filing 

instructions on Commerce’s website at 

https://www.trade.gov/ec-adcvd-caseannouncements. Exporters/producers of 

CORE from Vietnam that do not receive 

Q&V questionnaires may still submit a 

response to the Q&V questionnaire and 

can obtain a copy of the Q&V 

questionnaire from Commerce’s website. 

Responses to the Q&V questionnaire 

must be submitted by the relevant 

producers/exporters no later than 5:00 

p.m. on October 9, 2024, which is two 

weeks from the signature date of this 

notice. An electronically filed document 

must be received successfully, in its 

entirety, by ACCESS no later than 5:00 

p.m. ET on the deadline noted above. 

Distribution of Copies of the Petitions 

In accordance with section 

702(b)(4)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.202(f), a copy of the public version 

of the Petitions has been provided to the 

GOB, GOC, GOM, and GOV via 

ACCESS. To the extent practicable, we 

will attempt to provide a copy of the 

public version of the Petitions to each 

exporter named in the Petitions, as 

provided under 19 CFR 351.203(c)(2). 

ITC Notification 

Commerce will notify the ITC of its 

initiation, as required by section 702(d) 

of the Act. 

Preliminary Determination by the ITC 

The ITC will preliminarily determine, 

within 45 days after the date on which 

the Petitions were filed, whether there 

is a reasonable indication that imports 

of CORE from Brazil, Canada, Mexico, 

and/or Vietnam are materially injuring, 

or threatening material injury to, a U.S. 

industry.54 A negative ITC 

determination for any country will 

result in the investigation being 

terminated with respect to that 

country.55 Otherwise, these CVD 

investigations will proceed according to 

statutory and regulatory time limits. 

Submission of Factual Information 

Factual information is defined in 19 

CFR 351.102(b)(21) as: (i) evidence 

submitted in response to questionnaires; 

(ii) evidence submitted in support of 

allegations; (iii) publicly available 

information to value factors of 

production under 19 CFR 351.408(c) or 

to measure the adequacy of 

remuneration under 19 CFR 

351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence placed on 

the record by Commerce; and (v) 

evidence other than factual information 

described in (i)–(iv). Section 351.301(b) 

of Commerce’s regulations requires any 

party, when submitting factual 

information, to specify under which 

subsection of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) the 

information is being submitted 56 and, if 

the information is submitted to rebut, 

clarify, or correct factual information 

already on the record, to provide an 

explanation identifying the information 

already on the record that the factual 

information seeks to rebut, clarify, or 

correct.57 Time limits for the 

submission of factual information are 

addressed in 19 CFR 351.301, which 

provides specific time limits based on 

the type of factual information being 

submitted. Interested parties should 

review the regulations prior to 

submitting factual information in these 

investigations. 

Extensions of Time Limits 

Parties may request an extension of 

time limits before the expiration of a 

time limit established under 19 CFR 

351.301, or as otherwise specified by 

Commerce. In general, an extension 

request will be considered untimely if it 

is filed after the expiration of the time 


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58See 19 CFR 351.302. 

59See 19 CFR 351.301; see also Extension of Time 

Limits; Final Rule, 78 FR 57790 (September 20, 

2013) (Time Limits Final Rule), available at https:// 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013- 

22853.htm. 

60See section 782(b) of the Act. 

61See Certification of Factual Information to 

Import Administration During Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 

17, 2013) (Final Rule); see also frequently asked 

questions regarding the Final Rule, available at 

https://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_

info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf. 

62See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069 

(September 29, 2023). 

limit established under 19 CFR 351.301, 

or as otherwise specified by 

Commerce.58 For submissions that are 

due from multiple parties 

simultaneously, an extension request 

will be considered untimely if it is filed 

after 10:00 a.m. ET on the due date. 

Under certain circumstances, Commerce 

may elect to specify a different time 

limit by which extension requests will 

be considered untimely for submissions 

which are due from multiple parties 

simultaneously. In such a case, we will 

inform parties in a letter or 

memorandum of the deadline (including 

a specified time) by which extension 

requests must be filed to be considered 

timely. An extension request must be 

made in a separate, standalone 

submission; under limited 

circumstances we will grant untimely 

filed requests for the extension of time 

limits, where we determine, based on 19 

CFR 351.302, that extraordinary 

circumstances exist. Parties should 

review Commerce’s regulations 

concerning the extension of time limits 

and the Time Limits Final Rule prior to 

submitting factual information in these 

investigations.59

Certification Requirements 

Any party submitting factual 

information in an AD or CVD 

proceeding must certify to the accuracy 

and completeness of that information.60

Parties must use the certification 

formats provided in 19 CFR 

351.303(g).61 Commerce intends to 

reject factual submissions if the 

submitting party does not comply with 

the applicable certification 

requirements. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under APO 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 

Parties wishing to participate in these 

investigations should ensure that they 

meet the requirements of 19 CFR 

351.103(d) (e.g., by filing the required 

letters of appearance). Note that 

Commerce has amended certain of its 

requirements pertaining to the service of 

documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).62

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to sections 702 and 777(i) of 

the Act, and 19 CFR 351.203(c). 

Dated: September 25, 2024. 

Ryan Majerus, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Investigations 

The products covered by these 

investigations are certain flat-rolled steel 

products, either clad, plated, or coated with 

corrosion-resistant metals such as zinc, 

aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel- or 

iron-based alloys, whether or not corrugated 

or painted, varnished, laminated, or coated 

with plastics or other non-metallic 

substances in addition to the metallic 

coating. The products covered include coils 

that have a width of 12.7 mm or greater, 

regardless of form of coil (e.g., in 

successively superimposed layers, spirally 

oscillating, etc.). The products covered also 

include products not in coils (e.g., in straight 

lengths) of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and 

a width that is 12.7 mm or greater and that 

measures at least 10 times the thickness. The 

products covered also include products not 

in coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a 

thickness of 4.75 mm or more and a width 

exceeding 150 mm and measuring at least 

twice the thickness. The products described 

above may be rectangular, square, circular, or 

other shape and include products of either 

rectangular or non-rectangular cross-section 

where such cross-section is achieved 

subsequent to the rolling process, i.e., 

products which have been ‘‘worked after 

rolling’’ (e.g., products which have been 

beveled or rounded at the edges). 

For purposes of the width and thickness 

requirements referenced above: 

(1) Where the nominal and actual 

measurements vary, a product is within the 

scope if application of either the nominal or 

actual measurement would place it within 

the scope based on the definitions set forth 

above, and 

(2) where the width and thickness vary for 

a specific product (e.g., the thickness of 

certain products with non-rectangular crosssection, the width of certain products with 

non-rectangular shape, etc.), the 

measurement at its greatest width or 

thickness applies. 

Steel products included in the scope of 

these investigations are products in which: 

(1) iron predominates, by weight, over each 

of the other contained elements; and (2) the 

carbon content is 2 percent or less, by weight. 

Subject merchandise also includes 

corrosion-resistant steel that has been further 

processed in a third country, including but 

not limited to annealing, tempering, painting, 

varnishing, trimming, cutting, punching and/ 

or slitting or any other processing that would 

not otherwise remove the merchandise from 

the scope of the investigations if performed 

in the country of manufacture of the in-scope 

corrosion resistant steel. 

All products that meet the written physical 

description are within the scope of these 

investigations unless specifically excluded. 

The following products are outside of and/or 

specifically excluded from the scope of these 

investigations: 

• Flat-rolled steel products either plated or 

coated with tin, lead, chromium, chromium 

oxides, both tin and lead (‘‘terne plate’’) or 

both chromium and chromium oxides (‘‘tin 

free steel’’), whether or not painted, 

varnished or coated with plastics or other 

non-metallic substances in addition to the 

metallic coating; 

• Clad products in straight lengths of 

4.7625 mm or more in composite thickness 

and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and 

measures at least twice the thickness; 

• Certain clad stainless flat-rolled 

products, which are three-layered corrosionresistant carbon steel flat-rolled products less 

than 4.75 mm in composite thickness that 

consist of a carbon steel flat-rolled product 

clad on both sides with stainless steel in a 

20%–60%–20% ratio; and 

Also excluded from the scope of the 

antidumping duty investigation on corrosion 

resistant steel from Taiwan are any products 

covered by the existing antidumping duty 

order on corrosion-resistant steel from 

Taiwan. See Certain Corrosion-Resistant 

Steel Products from India, Italy, the People’s 

Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and 

Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative 

Antidumping Determination for India and 

Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 

81FR 48390 (July 25, 2016); CorrosionResistant Steel Products from Taiwan: Notice 

of Third Amended Final Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value Pursuant to 

Court Decision and Partial Exclusion from 

Antidumping Duty Order, 88 FR 58245 

(August 25, 2023). 

Also excluded from the scope of the 

antidumping duty investigation on corrosionresistant steel from the United Arab Emirates 

and the antidumping duty and countervailing 

duty investigations on corrosion-resistant 

steel from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 

are any products covered by the existing 

antidumping and countervailing duty orders 

on corrosion-resistant steel from the People’s 

Republic of China and the Republic of Korea 

and the antidumping duty order on 

corrosion-resistant steel from Taiwan. See 

Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products 

from India, Italy, the People’s Republic of 

China, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: 

Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping 

Determination for India and Taiwan, and 

Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390 (July 

25, 2016); see also Certain CorrosionResistant Steel Products from India, Italy, 

Republic of Korea and the People’s Republic 

of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 81 FR 

48387 (July 25, 2016). This exclusion does 

not apply to imports of corrosion-resistant 

steel that are entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption in the United 

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1Semiconductor Research Corporation, ‘‘MAPT 

Microelectronics and Advanced Packaging 

Technologies Roadmap’’, 2023. Available online at: 

https://srcmapt.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ 

SRC–MAPT-Roadmap-2023-v4.pdf. 

2AI Aspirations: AI for Sustainable Materials, 

White House Office of Science and Technology 

Policy, 2024. Available online at: https://ai.gov/ 

aspirations/. 

exporter certifications have been completed 

and maintained and all other applicable 

certification requirements have been met 

such that the entry is entered into the United 

States as not subject to the antidumping and 

countervailing duty orders on corrosionresistant steel from the People’s Republic of 

China, the antidumping and countervailing 

duty orders on corrosion-resistant steel from 

the Republic of Korea, or the antidumping 

duty order on corrosion-resistant steel from 

Taiwan. 

The products subject to the investigations 

are currently classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

under item numbers: 7210.30.0030, 

7210.30.0060, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 

7210.49.0040, 7210.49.0045, 7210.49.0091, 

7210.49.0095, 7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000, 

7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090, 

7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000, 

7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 

7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 

7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000, 7225.91.0000, 

7225.92.0000, 7226.99.0110, and 

7226.99.0130. 

The products subject to the investigations 

may also enter under the following HTSUS 

item numbers: 7210.90.1000, 7215.90.1000, 

7215.90.3000, 7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 

7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000, 

7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 

7225.99.0090, 7226.99.0180, 7228.60.6000, 

7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000. 

The HTSUS subheadings above are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes only. The written description of the 

scope of the investigations is dispositive. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22591 Filed 10–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute for Standards and 

Technology 

Artificial Intelligence-Powered 

Autonomous Experimentation (AI/AE) 

for Sustainable Semiconductor 

Materials 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of intent (NOI). 

SUMMARY: The CHIPS Research and 

Development Office (CHIPS R&D) 

intends to announce an open 

competition for industry-informed, 

university-based collaborations 

demonstrating artificial intelligencepowered autonomous experimentation 

(AI/AE) into sustainable materials and 

processes relevant to semiconductor 

manufacturing. CHIPS R&D expects a 

total Federal commitment of up to 

approximately $100 million over a 

period not to exceed five years as 

needed to support at least two large, 

team-oriented awards. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions may be submitted via email 

to askchips@chips.gov with ‘‘2024– 

NIST–CHIPS–AI/AE–NOI’’ in the 

subject line or via phone to Jim Warren 

at (301) 975–5708. Responses to 

questions received, provided at the sole 

discretion of CHIPS R&D, will be posted 

on the CHIPS R&D website at https://

www.nist.gov/chips/chips-RD-fundingopportunities, with further information 

provided on this site once the open 

competition has been announced. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose. CHIPS R&D intends to 

announce, via a Notice of Funding 

Opportunity (NOFO), an open 

competition for industry-informed, 

university-based AI/AE collaborations 

relevant to sustainable semiconductor 

manufacturing. The NOFO would seek 

to support the long-term viability of 

domestic semiconductor manufacturing 

by accelerating the discovery, design, 

synthesis, and deployment of new 

materials and processes and the 

development of new researchers needed 

to meet the industry’s technological, 

economic, and sustainability goals. 

These goals may include but are not 

limited to improving leading-edge 

product performance; improving 

manufacturing yield, energy and water 

efficiency, and supply chain resiliency; 

and reducing manufacturing emissions 

and waste (including PFAS) through the 

development of materials and process 

alternatives, for the benefit of human 

health and safety. If successful, the 

competition should demonstrate that 

new sustainable semiconductor 

materials and processes, meeting 

industry needs, can be designed and 

adopted for industry testing within five 

years. The competition should further 

accelerate a step-change in the number 

of universities, researchers, and 

graduates participating in the U.S. 

semiconductor R&D ecosystem, 

including in CHIPS Act funded 

activities at the National Semiconductor 

Technology Center (NSTC) and CHIPS 

Manufacturing USA Institute. 

For general planning purposes, CHIPS 

R&D expects a total Federal 

commitment of up to approximately 

$100 million over a period not to exceed 

five years, as needed to support at least 

two large, team-oriented awards. CHIPS 

R&D expects eligible uses of Federal 

funds to include the procurement, 

upgrade, or maintenance of necessary 

research equipment at universities; 

accessing such equipment outside of 

academia or outside of the project team; 

basic and applied research and 

development (R&D); workforce 

development; and technology transition. 

CHIPS R&D further envisions that 

university research teams may leverage 

industry-provided expertise, intellectual 

property, facility access, or other forms 

of partner co-investment during the 

award period of performance. The 

anticipated program outcomes, if 

successful, should prove relevant and 

translatable to the NSTC, CHIPS 

Manufacturing USA Institute, and other 

CHIPS programs.. The purpose of this 

NOI is to facilitate the development of 

meaningful collaborations and 

responsive proposals by offering 

preliminary information to potential 

applicants. Consistent with the 

direction under Executive Order 14080 

(Implementation of the CHIPS Act of 

2022) for agencies to prioritize 

benefitting a broad range of stakeholders 

and to establish collaborative networks, 

CHIPS R&D expects to encourage 

proposals that significantly expand the 

capabilities of emerging research 

institutions (ERIs) in partnership with 

industry, other research universities, 

and national laboratories. 

This NOI is provided to allow 

potential applicants sufficient time to 

develop meaningful collaborations and 

responsive proposals. CHIPS R&D 

intends to announce the competition by 

posting the NOFO on Grants.gov 

(https://www.grants.gov) in the fourth 

quarter of calendar year 2024. CHIPS 

R&D will refine program structure, cost, 

and other program details in the 

upcoming NOFO. In the event of 

inconsistencies between the NOI and 

the NOFO, the NOFO shall govern and 

control. More information about the 

expected NOFO will be made available 

on the CHIPS for America website at 

https://www.nist.gov/chips/chips-rdfunding-opportunities. 

Background. Accelerated discovery, 

design and validation of new materials 

promises critical benefits to the future of 

the global semiconductor industry.1 2 In 

its 2023 Microelectronics and Advanced 

Packaging Technologies Roadmap 

(‘‘Roadmap’’), the Semiconductor 

Research Corporation indicated a 

demand for innovative semiconductor 

materials and chemistries. The 

Roadmap stated that ‘‘tools 

encompassing co-optimization of 

performance metrics and 

environmental, health, and safety 

metrics will help accelerate the 


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