Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 208 / Monday, October 28, 2024 / Notices 85495 

1See Disposable Aluminum Containers, Pans, 

Trays, and Lids from the People’s Republic of 

China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation, 89 FR 49833 (June 12,2024) (Initiation 

Notice). 

2See Disposable Aluminum Containers, Pans, 

Trays, and Lids from the People’s Republic of 

China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination 

in the Countervailing Duty Investigation, 89 FR 

60355 (July 25, 2024). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 25, 2024. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Disposable 

Aluminum Containers, Pans, Trays, and Lids from 

the People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 

(Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

5See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) 

(Preamble). 

6See Initiation Notice, 89 FR at 49834. 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0610–0094. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary of Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25006 Filed 10–25–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 2170] 

Activation Limit Increase Under 

Alternative Site Framework; ForeignTrade Zone 84; Houston, Texas 

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the 

following Order: 

Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones 

(FTZ) Act provides for ‘‘. . . the 

establishment . . . of foreign-trade 

zones in ports of entry of the United 

States, to expedite and encourage 

foreign commerce, and for other 

purposes,’’ and authorizes the Board to 

grant to qualified corporations the 

privilege of establishing foreign-trade 

zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection ports of entry; 

Whereas, the Board adopted the 

alternative site framework (ASF) (15 

CFR 400.2(c)) as an option for the 

establishment or reorganization of 

zones; 

Whereas, the Port of Houston 

Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade 

Zone 84, submitted an application to the 

Board (FTZ Docket B–36–2024, 

docketed June 26, 2024) for authority to 

increase the activation limit of the zone 

under the ASF to 3,000 acres; 

Whereas, the application has been 

processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and 

the Board’s regulations; and, 

Whereas, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiner’s report, and finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations are satisfied; 

Now, therefore, the Board hereby 

orders: 

The application to increase the 

activation limit of the zone under the 

ASF to 3,000 acres is approved, subject 

to the FTZ Act and the Board’s 

regulations, including section 400.13. 

Dated: October 23, 2024. 

Dawn Shackleford, 

Executive Director of Trade Agreements 

Policy & Negotiations, Alternate Chairman, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25011 Filed 10–25–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–171] 

Disposable Aluminum Containers, 

Pans, Trays, and Lids From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination, Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, and Alignment of Final 

Determination With Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of disposable 

aluminum containers, pans, trays, and 

lids (disposable aluminum containers) 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(China). The period of investigation 

(POI) is January 1, 2023, through 

December 31, 2023. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable October 28, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Warnes, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–0028. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this countervailing 

duty (CVD) investigation on June 12, 

2024.1 On July 25, 2024, Commerce 

postponed the deadline for the 

preliminary determination until October 

15, 2024, in accordance with section 

703(c)(1)(A) of the Act.2 On July 26, 

2024, Commerce further tolled all 

deadlines in this proceeding by seven 

days.3 The deadline for the preliminary 

determination is now October 21, 2024. 

For a complete description of events 

that followed the initiation of this 

investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

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Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are disposable aluminum 

containers from China. For a complete 

description of the scope of this 

investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,5 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).6 No interested 

party commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found to be countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 


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