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2All contract personnel will sign appropriate 

nondisclosure agreements. 

3Electronic Document Information System 

(EDIS): https://edis.usitc.gov. 

purposes of this Investigation may be 

disclosed to and used: (i) by the 

Commission, its employees and Offices, 

and contract personnel (a) for 

developing or maintaining the records 

of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in 

internal investigations, audits, reviews, 

and evaluations relating to the 

programs, personnel, and operations of 

the Commission including under 5 

U.S.C. appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. 

Government employees and contract 

personnel,2 solely for cybersecurity 

purposes. All nonconfidential written 

submissions will be available for public 

inspection at the Office of the Secretary 

and on EDIS.3

This action is taken under the 

authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), 

and of §§ 201.10 and 210.8(c) of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (19 CFR 201.10, 210.8(c)). 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: October 9, 2024. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23772 Filed 10–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–739–740 and 

731–TA–1716–1717 (Preliminary)] 

Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products 

From China and Vietnam; Institution of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Investigations and Scheduling of 

Preliminary Phase Investigations 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the institution of investigations 

and commencement of preliminary 

phase antidumping and countervailing 

duty investigation Nos. 701–TA–739– 

740 and 731–TA–1716–1717 

(Preliminary) pursuant to the Tariff Act 

of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’) to determine 

whether there is a reasonable indication 

that an industry in the United States is 

materially injured or threatened with 

material injury, or the establishment of 

an industry in the United States is 

materially retarded, by reason of 

imports of thermoformed molded fiber 

products from China and Vietnam, 

provided for in subheading 4823.70.00 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States, that are alleged to be 

sold in the United States at less than fair 

value and alleged to be subsidized by 

the Governments of China and Vietnam. 

Unless the Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Commerce’’) extends the time for 

initiation, the Commission must reach a 

preliminary determination in 

antidumping and countervailing duty 

investigations in 45 days, or in this case 

by November 22, 2024. The 

Commission’s views must be 

transmitted to Commerce within five 

business days thereafter, or by 

December 2, 2024. 

DATES: October 8, 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 

these investigations may be viewed on 

the Commission’s electronic docket 

(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background.—These investigations 

are being instituted, pursuant to 

sections 703(a) and 733(a) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671b(a) and 

1673b(a)), in response to a petition filed 

on October 8, 2024, by the American 

Molded Fiber Coalition, which is 

comprised of Genera, Vonore, 

Tennessee, Tellus Products, LLC, Belle 

Glade, Florida, and the United Steel, 

Paper and Forestry, Rubber, 

Manufacturing, Energy, Allied 

Industrial and Service Workers 

International Union, AFL–CIO. 

For further information concerning 

the conduct of these investigations and 

rules of general application, consult the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B 

(19 CFR part 201), and part 207, 

subparts A and B (19 CFR part 207). 

Participation in the investigations and 

public service list.—Persons (other than 

petitioners) wishing to participate in the 

investigations as parties must file an 

entry of appearance with the Secretary 

to the Commission, as provided in 

§§ 201.11 and 207.10 of the 

Commission’s rules, not later than seven 

days after publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. Industrial users 

and (if the merchandise under 

investigation is sold at the retail level) 

representative consumer organizations 

have the right to appear as parties in 

Commission antidumping duty and 

countervailing duty investigations. The 

Secretary will prepare a public service 

list containing the names and addresses 

of all persons, or their representatives, 

who are parties to these investigations 

upon the expiration of the period for 

filing entries of appearance. 

Limited disclosure of business 

proprietary information (BPI) under an 

administrative protective order (APO) 

and BPI service list.—Pursuant to 

§ 207.7(a) of the Commission’s rules, the 

Secretary will make BPI gathered in 

these investigations available to 

authorized applicants representing 

interested parties (as defined in 19 

U.S.C. 1677(9)) who are parties to the 

investigations under the APO issued in 

the investigations, provided that the 

application is made not later than seven 

days after the publication of this notice 

in the Federal Register. A separate 

service list will be maintained by the 

Secretary for those parties authorized to 

receive BPI under the APO. 

Conference.—The Office of 

Investigations will hold a staff 

conference in connection with the 

preliminary phase of these 

investigations beginning at 9:30 a.m. on 

Tuesday, October 29, 2024. Requests to 

appear at the conference should be 

emailed to preliminaryconferences@

usitc.gov (DO NOT FILE ON EDIS) on or 

before Friday, October 25, 2024. Please 

provide an email address for each 

conference participant in the email. 

Information on conference procedures, 

format, and participation, including 

guidance for requests to appear as a 

witness via videoconference, will be 

available on the Commission’s Public 

Calendar (Calendar (USITC) | United 

States International Trade Commission). 

A nonparty who has testimony that may 

aid the Commission’s deliberations may 

request permission to participate by 

submitting a short statement. 

Please note the Secretary’s Office will 

accept only electronic filings during this 

time. Filings must be made through the 

Commission’s Electronic Document 

Information System (EDIS, https://

edis.usitc.gov). No in-person paperbased filings or paper copies of any 

electronic filings will be accepted until 

further notice. 

Written submissions.—As provided in 

§§ 201.8 and 207.15 of the 

Commission’s rules, any person may 

submit to the Commission on or before 

5:15 p.m. on November 1, 2024, a 

written brief containing information and 

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matter of the investigations. Parties shall 

file written testimony and 

supplementary material in connection 

with their presentation at the conference 

no later than noon on October 28, 2024. 

All written submissions must conform 

with the provisions of § 201.8 of the 

Commission’s rules; any submissions 

that contain BPI must also conform with 

the requirements of §§ 201.6, 207.3, and 

207.7 of the Commission’s rules. The 

Commission’s Handbook on Filing 

Procedures, available on the 

Commission’s website at https://

www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_

on_filing_procedures.pdf, elaborates 

upon the Commission’s procedures with 

respect to filings. 

In accordance with §§ 201.16(c) and 

207.3 of the rules, each document filed 

by a party to the investigations must be 

served on all other parties to the 

investigations (as identified by either 

the public or BPI service list), and a 

certificate of service must be timely 

filed. The Secretary will not accept a 

document for filing without a certificate 

of service. 

Certification.—Pursuant to § 207.3 of 

the Commission’s rules, any person 

submitting information to the 

Commission in connection with these 

investigations must certify that the 

information is accurate and complete to 

the best of the submitter’s knowledge. In 

making the certification, the submitter 

will acknowledge that any information 

that it submits to the Commission 

during these investigations may be 

disclosed to and used: (i) by the 

Commission, its employees and Offices, 

and contract personnel (a) for 

developing or maintaining the records 

of these or related investigations or 

reviews, or (b) in internal investigations, 

audits, reviews, and evaluations relating 

to the programs, personnel, and 

operations of the Commission including 

under 5 U.S.C. appendix 3; or (ii) by 

U.S. Government employees and 

contract personnel, solely for 

cybersecurity purposes. All contract 

personnel will sign appropriate 

nondisclosure agreements. 

Authority: These investigations are 

being conducted under authority of title 

VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice 

is published pursuant to § 207.12 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: October 8, 2024. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23714 Filed 10–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Blockchain Security 

Standards Council, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 26, 2024, pursuant to section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

Blockchain Security Standards Council, 

Inc., (‘‘BSSC’’) has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership. The notifications were 

filed for the purpose of extending the 

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, Anchor Labs, Inc., DBA 

Anchorage Digital, San Francisco, CA; 

Figment, Inc., Toronto, CANADA; and 

Ribbit Capital, New York, NY, have 

been added as parties to this venture. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and BSSC intends 

to file additional written notifications 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On July 9, 2024, BSSC filed its 

original notification pursuant to section 

6(a) of the Act. The Department of 

Justice published a notice in the Federal 

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the 

Act on September 26, 2024 (89 FR 

78902). 

Suzanne Morris, 

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement 

Operations, Antitrust Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23656 Filed 10–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Consortium for Battery 

Innovation 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

October 1, 2024, pursuant to section 6(a) 

of the National Cooperative Research 

and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 

4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Consortium for 

Battery Innovation (‘‘CBI’’) has filed 

written notifications simultaneously 

with the Attorney General and the 

Federal Trade Commission disclosing 

changes in its membership. The 

notifications were filed for the purpose 

of extending the Act’s provisions 

limiting the recovery of antitrust 

plaintiffs to actual damages under 

specified circumstances. Specifically, 

Shenxian Hua Yang Industry Co. Ltd., 

Liao Cheng, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 

CHINA; Camel Group Co. Ltd., 

Xiangyang, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 

CHINA; and Luminous Power 

Technologies, Gurugram, INDIA, have 

been added as parties to this venture. 

Also, Boab Metals, Perth, 

AUSTRALIA; Digatron Power 

Electronics GmbH, Aachen, GERMANY; 

and NV Bekaert SA, Zwevegem, 

BELGIUM, have withdrawn as parties to 

this venture. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and CBI intends 

to file additional written notifications 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On May 24, 2019, CBI filed its original 

notification pursuant to section 6(a) of 

the Act. The Department of Justice 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the 

Act on June 21, 2019 (84 FR 29241). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on March 18, 2024. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the 

Act on June 28, 2024 (89 FR 54043). 

Suzanne Morris, 

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement 

Operations, Antitrust Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23661 Filed 10–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—ASTM International 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 25, 2024, pursuant to section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

ASTM International (‘‘ASTM’’) has filed 

written notifications simultaneously 

with the Attorney General and the 

Federal Trade Commission disclosing 

additions or changes to its standards 

development activities. The 

notifications were filed for the purpose 

of extending the Act’s provisions 

limiting the recovery of antitrust 

plaintiffs to actual damages under 

specified circumstances. Specifically, 

ASTM has provided an updated list of 

current, ongoing ASTM activities 

originating between May 12, 2024, and 


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