Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 213 / Monday, November 4, 2024 / Notices 87599 

DATES: October 29, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Stebbins ((202) 205–2039), 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 29, 2024, by IDC Group, Inc., 

Minneapolis, Minnesota; Iowa Spring 

Manufacturing, Inc., Adel, Iowa; and 

Service Spring Corp., Maumee, Ohio. 

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 

November 19, 2024. Requests to appear 

at the conference should be emailed to 

preliminaryconferences@usitc.gov (DO 

NOT FILE ON EDIS) on or before 5:15 

p.m. on November 15, 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 22, 2024, a 

written brief containing information and 

arguments pertinent to the subject 

matter of the investigations. Parties shall 

file written testimony and 

supplementary material in connection 

with their presentation at the conference 

no later than 4:00 p.m. on November 18, 

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 29, 2024. 

Sharon Bellamy, 

Supervisory Hearings and Information 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25551 Filed 11–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1140–0119] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed eCollection 

eComments Requested; Request for 

Interim Security Clearance—ATF Form 

8620.70 

AGENCY: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

Firearms and Explosives, Department of 

Justice. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice 

(DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

Firearms and Explosives (ATF), will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 


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review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 30 days until 

December 4, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have comments especially on the 

estimated public burden or associated 

response time, suggestions, or need a 

copy of the proposed information 

collection instrument with instructions 

or additional information, please 

contact: Niki Wiltshire, Personnel 

Security Division, by email at 

Niki.Wiltshire@atf.gov, or telephone at 

202–648–9260. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed information collection was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register, 89 FR 67105, on Monday, 

August 19, 2024, allowing a 60-day 

comment period. Written comments and 

suggestions from the public and affected 

agencies concerning the proposed 

collection of information are 

encouraged. Your comments should 

address one or more of the following 

four points: 

—Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

—Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

—Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and/or 

—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 

responses. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be submitted within 

30 days of the publication of this notice 

on the following website 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function and entering either the title of 

the information collection or the OMB 

Control Number 1140–0119. This 

information collection request may be 

viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to view Department of 

Justice, information collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 

years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 

without renewal. The DOJ notes that 

information collection requirements 

submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. 

Overview of this information 

collection: 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a previously approved 

collection. 

2. Title of the Form/Collection: 

Request for Interim Security Clearance. 

3. Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Justice sponsoring the 

collection: ATF Form 8620.70. 

Component: Bureau of Alcohol, 

Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. The obligation to respond 

is voluntary. Abstract: The Request for 

Interim Security Clearance (ATF F 

8620.70) is used to request approval for 

a candidate for Federal or Contractor 

employment at the Bureau of Alcohol, 

Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to be 

granted an interim security clearance 

prior to the completion and 

adjudication of the individual’s 

background investigation. The proposed 

information collection (IC) OMB # 

1140–0119 is being revised to remove 

the option for one to delay an interim 

security clearance and to replace it with 

the option for one to decline the risk 

associated with an interim security 

clearance. Additionally, a minor 

revision to the Paperwork Reduction 

Act Notice has been included. 

5. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

6. Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 2,000 respondents. 

7. Estimated Time per Respondent: 5 

minutes. 

8. Frequency: Once annually. 

9. Total Estimated Annual Time 

Burden: 167 hrs. 

10. Total Estimated Annual Other 

Costs Burden: $0. 

If additional information is required, 

contact: Darwin Arceo, Department 

Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning 

Staff, Justice Management Division, 

United States Department of Justice, 

Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street 

NE, 4W–218 Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: October 29, 2024. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25519 Filed 11–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–FY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

[Exemption Application No. L–12069] 

Proposed Exemption From Certain 

Prohibited Transaction Restrictions 

Involving Boilermakers Western States 

Apprenticeship Fund Located in Page, 

Arizona 

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed exemption. 

SUMMARY: This document provides 

notice of the pendency before the 

Department of Labor (the Department) of 

a proposed individual exemption from 

certain of the prohibited transaction 

restrictions of the Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). 

This proposed exemption would permit 

the purchase of a parcel of improved 

real property by the Boilermakers 

Western States Apprenticeship Fund 

(the Plan or Applicant) from a local 

union lodge whose members may be 

participants in the Plan. The Plan 

requests the exemption in order to 

continue to utilize the property to carry 

out its training program and its 

administrative duties. 

DATES: 

Exemption date: If granted, the 

exemption will be effective as of the 

date the grant notice is published in the 

Federal Register. 

Comments due: Written comments 

and requests for a public hearing on the 

proposed exemption should be 

submitted to the Department by 

December 19, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: All written comments and 

requests for a hearing should be 

submitted to the Employee Benefits 

Security Administration (EBSA), Office 

of Exemption Determinations, 

Attention: Application No. L–12069, via 

email to e-OED@dol.gov or online 

through https://www.regulations.gov. 

Any such comments or requests should 

be sent by the end of the scheduled 

comment period. The application for 

exemption and the comments received 

will be available for public inspection in 

the Public Disclosure Room of the 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, U.S. Department of 


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